Fight by Deepwood Motte
Retaking of Deepwood Motte | |||||||||||||||||
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Conflict | War of the Five Kings | ||||||||||||||||
Date | 300 AC | ||||||||||||||||
Place | Deepwood Motte and the wolfswood | ||||||||||||||||
Result | victory for Stannis Baratheon and the northmen | ||||||||||||||||
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The Retaking of Deepwood Motte is an event in the late stages of the War of the Five Kings during Stannis Baratheon's attempt to gain the northmens' allegiance by driving the invading ironborn out of the region.
Prelude
Stannis Baratheon, under the advice of Jon Snow, goes west to take Deepwood Motte, held by the ironborn under Asha Greyjoy. While moving through the northern mountains, Stannis wins the support of the mountain clans Flint, Wull, Norrey and Liddle, who remain loyal to the legacy of Ned and Robb Stark.
Battle
Stannis, now with additional men, attacks Deepwood Motte. Asha, seeing she is outnumbered, decides to retreat back to her longships, under cover of darkness. They march all night and light no fires and cover, they think, good ground. However, the retreat of the ironborn is slowed due to the unfamiliar territory and darkness. The northmen by comparison know the wolfswood well and are not hindered in the same way. The northmen sneak up on the ironborn, slaying their sentries and closing in around them. The ironborn fight back fiercely, but they are surrounded and outnumbered. Eventually, they are all subdued. Quenton and Dagon the Drunkard, distant Greyjoy cousins, are both slain.[1]
Meanwhile, fighters in fishing sloops led by Alysane Mormont are able to sneak up on the longships off the strand, capturing or burning them.[2]
Aftermath
Stannis takes several of the ironborn captive, including Asha Greyjoy. He frees Lady Sybelle Glover and returns Deepwood Motte to House Glover. This wins Stannis much popular support in the North, with House Glover and its vassal houses as well as House Mormont declaring for him afterwards.[3]
References and Notes
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 26, The Wayward Bride.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 35, Jon VII.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 42, The King's Prize.
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