Editing Taking of the Shields (section)

==Battle==
[[File:Battle of the Shield Islands.gif|thumb|300px|(1) The [[Iron Fleet]] sails far from the coast.<br>(2) Vanguard sails up the [[Mander]].<br>(3) The defenders follow the vanguard. <br>(4) The main force attacks the [[Shield Islands|Shields]]. <br>(5) Having taken the islands the main force waits <br>for the returning fleet. <br>(6) The Iron Fleet is victorious.]]

[[Torwold Browntooth]] and the [[Red Oarsman]] lead twelve ironborn longships up the river [[Mander]] to draw out the defenses of the [[Shield Islands]]. Instead of sailing along the [[Reach]]'s coastline, [[Euron Greyjoy]] leads the other ironborn ships into the [[Sunset Sea]] and attacks the Shields from the west, with the setting sun hiding their approach.{{ref|AFFC|29}}

Ser [[Harras Harlaw]] lands at [[Grimston]] and plants his standard beneath the castle walls. Daring the defenders to face him, he kills five and forces two to yield. After the seventh man is defeated the septon in the castle declares the gods have spoken and surrenders the castle. The islands of [[Greyshield]], [[Greenshield]], and [[Southshield]] are captured before the next morning, while [[Oakenshield]] lasts half a day. Euron uses [[Oakenshield Castle]] at [[Lord Hewett's Town]] as his base, with Lord [[Humfrey Hewett]] and his family captured.{{ref|affc|29}}

When the Shields' ships abandon Torwold and the Red Oarsmen in the Mander and return to the islands, they are trapped by the [[Iron Fleet]] at the river's mouth. Lord Captain [[Victarion Greyjoy]] slays Ser [[Talbert Serry]] during the boarding of a [[House Serry|Serry]] vessel when Talbert falls overboard. Victarion loses only six ironborn ships, including ''[[Hardhand]]'', but captures thirty-eight. Victarion allows a dozen [[southron]] ships to escape to the Mander.{{ref|AFFC|29}}