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===Combat at the Tower of Joy === :{{main|Combat at the tower of joy}} [[File:The tower of joy by henning.jpg|300px|thumb|Tower of joy, by Henning Ludvigsen, FFGΒ©.<br>Note: The bottom image is the original version, but was redone to make the top image, which features the red mountains of Dorne.]] After lifting the siege at Storm's End, Lord Eddard Stark rode further south with six companions: [[Howland Reed]], Lord [[Willam Dustin]], [[Ethan Glover]], [[Martyn Cassel]], [[Theo Wull]], and Ser [[Mark Ryswell]].{{Ref|AGOT|39}} According to a semi-canon source, Ned's army did not accompany him south to [[Dorne]].<ref name=BB/> Near the [[Red Mountains]] of Dorne, they found three knights of Aerys II's [[Kingsguard]], Ser [[Arthur Dayne]], Ser [[Oswell Whent]], and the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]], Ser [[Gerold Hightower]].{{ref|AGOT|39}} They were guarding a tower which Rhaegar is said to have named the [[tower of joy]]. The northmen and Kingsguard fought, with only Eddard and Howland surviving the [[combat at the tower of joy]].{{Ref|AGOT|39}} Inside the tower, Eddard found his sister, [[Lyanna Stark]], who extracted a promise from Eddard, and Lyanna died shortly after with her brother by her side.{{Ref|AGOT|4}} Eddard later tore down the tower, so he could use the stones to make cairns for the eight dead men.{{Ref|AGOT|39}} Afterwards, Eddard travelled further south, to [[Starfall]], where he delivered the famed sword [[Dawn]], which had been in the possession of the [[Sword of the Morning]], to Arthur's sister, Lady [[Ashara Dayne]].{{Ref|AGOT|6}}{{Ref|twoiaf|Dorne: The Andals Arrive}} The woman jumped into the sea to her death.{{ref|ASOS|43}}
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