Editing Rhoynar (section)

===Ancient Rhoynar===
The Rhoynar lived in city-states along the vast network of the river Rhoyne, including [[Ar Noy]], [[Chroyane]], [[Ghoyan Drohe]], [[Ny Sar]], [[Sar Mell]], and [[Sarhoy]].{{ref|TLOIAF| The Free Cities}} The Rhoynish civilization was as storied and ancient as the [[Old Empire of Ghis]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships}}

The Rhoynar taught the [[Andals]] how to work iron, although the ''[[Seven-Pointed Star]]'' of the [[Faith of the Seven]] teaches that the Andals received this gift from [[Smith (the Seven)|the Smith]].{{ref|ADWD|5}} The Rhoynar used [[water magic]] to defend themselves from enemies.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships}} [[Garris the Grey]], Prince of Ny Sar, is said to have driven [[hairy men]] from the [[Noyne]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Free Cities: Norvos}}

However, the [[Valyrian Freehold]]'s expansion from the east threatened to overtake the Rhoynar hundreds of years before [[Aegon's Landing]]. For some two and a half centuries, the [[Rhoynish Wars]] were fought between the Valyrians and the Rhoynar. In the last of the these, [[Garin (prince)|Garin the Great]], Prince of Chroyane, led two hundred and fifty thousand Rhoynar to their deaths in battle against the Valyrians. [[Nymeria]], Princess of Ny Sar, led the surviving Rhoynar, mostly women and children, in fleeing Essos in [[ten thousand ships]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships}} During and after the Rhoynar evacuation, the Valyrians destroyed the great cities of the Rhoynish realm; their massive ruins are still easily observed from the Rhoyne.{{ref|ADWD|8}}{{ref|ADWD|18}}