Editing Lys (section)

===Recent History===
[[File:LyseniCaptain final use web 181.jpg|thumb|300px|Lyseni Captain, by Raymond Bonilla © Fantasy Flight Games]]
King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]], half-Lysene through his mother [[Larra Rogare|Larra]], had a Lysene mistress towards the end of his reign: [[Serenei of Lys]], the last daughter of an ancient but impoverished noble family of Valyrian blood. Serenei bore the king one child, the famously beautiful [[Shiera Seastar]], whom Aegon IV legitimized on his deathbed as one of his [[Great Bastards]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

In {{Date|209}}, Prince [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion Targaryen]] was temporarily exiled to Lys, following his role in the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]] which indirectly resulted in the death of his uncle, Prince [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor Breakspear]]. Aerion brightflame stayed in Lys for a few years, and it is possible that he fathered some children while staying there.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Many_Questions/ Many Questions (October 14, 1998)]</ref>

Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] went to Lys during the reign of [[Aerys II Targaryen]].<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Mercy (The Winds of Winter)|Mercy]]</ref> Prince [[Oberyn Martell]] was sent to Lys after being suspected of using poison on Lord [[Edgar Yronwood]], but no one dared call it exile.<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)|Arianne I]]</ref> 

[[Jon Connington]] supposedly drank himself to death in Lys after being driven from the [[Golden Company]] in disgrace for stealing from their war chest.{{Ref|ADWD|24}} When [[Daenerys Targaryen]] was a young girl she and her brother [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] spent some time in Lys when they were wandering from place to place.{{Ref|AGOT|3}}

Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] fled in exile to Lys with his wife [[Lynesse Hightower]], after which he began to sell his sword to make coin. By the time Jorah returned to Lys after fighting the [[Braavosi]] on the [[Rhoyne]], his wife had taken [[Tregar Ormollen]] as a lover. She now rules his household as his concubine.{{Ref|ACOK|12}}{{Ref|ADWD|27}}

[[Hizdahr zo Loraq]] has visited Lys.{{Ref|ADWD|2}} [[Varys]], [[master of whisperers]] for King [[Robert I Baratheon]], originates from Lys,{{Ref|AWOIAF|Varys}} and according to Grand Maester [[Pycelle]], Varys was born a [[slave]] there.{{Ref|AGOT|25}} Lord [[Petyr Baelish]], Robert's [[master of coin]], trades for Lysene lace.{{ref|ACOK|17}}

[[Asha Greyjoy]] lost her virginity when she was sixteen to a beautiful blond Lysene sailor.{{ref|AFFC|11}}