Editing Oldtown (section)

===Dance of the Dragons===
At the start of the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Ser [[Tyland Lannister]], a supporter of King [[Aegon II Targaryen]] instead of his rival, Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]], sent a third of the royal treasury to Oldtown for safekeeping.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}} Lord [[Ormund Hightower]] and Aegon's younger brother, Prince Daeron, marched an army from Oldtown on behalf of Aegon's [[greens]]. Their host participated in the [[Battle of the Honeywine]],{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}} and they sent the children of [[Lady Caswell]] to captivity in Oldtown after the [[sack of Bitterbridge]].{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}} Ormond and Ser [[Bryndon Hightower]], the foremost knight of Oldtown, were slain by Lord [[Roderick Dustin]] in the [[First Battle of Tumbleton]],{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}} however, and the remnants of their host fell to pieces after [[Second Battle of Tumbleton|Second Tumbleton]].{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

The Hightowers were slow to reply to Aegon II's call for more men from Oldtown after the [[Battle of the Kingsroad]], and the crippled king was soon after [[poison]]ed and succeeded by King [[Aegon III Targaryen]], son of the late Rhaenyra.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}} Ormond's heir, [[Lyonel Hightower]], was convinced by his paramour, Lady [[Samantha Tarly]], to make peace.{{ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}} The relationship between Lyonel and Sam outraged the [[High Septon (Regency of Aegon III)|High Septon]], as Sam had briefly been married to Lord Ormond before his death in the war.{{ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}