Editing Meraxes (section)

===The First Dornish War===
[[File:Death of Meraxes.jpg|thumb|right|400px|The death of Meraxes, as depicted by Chase Stone in ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'']]
The [[First Dornish War]] began in {{Date|4}}, when Aegon decided to conquer the kingdom at last. Queen Rhaenys led the first assault on Dorne, seizing Dornish seats as she approached Sunspear, and burning the [[Planky Town]] on Meraxes. In {{Date|10}} at [[Hellholt]], an iron bolt from a [[Scorpion (weapon)|scorpion]] went through Meraxes's eye, and the dragon and Rhaenys fell from the sky. In Meraxes's death throes, she destroyed the castle's highest tower and part of the curtain wall. It is not certain whether Rhaenys outlived Meraxes. There are those who say that Rhaenys lost her seat and fell to her death, while others claim that she was crushed to death beneath Meraxes in the castle yard.{{Ref|TWOIAF|Dorne: Dorne Against the Dragons}}