Editing Stormlands (section)

==History==
===Storm Kings===
[[File:Masseys Hook.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Massey's Hook]] by Zach Graves © Fantasy Flight Games]]
During the [[Dawn Age]], the woods of the stormlands were inhabited by [[children of the forest]], while [[giants]] dwelled in the foothills of the [[Red Mountains]]. The land was then settled by [[First Men]] who came to [[Westeros]] across the [[Arm of Dorne]]. Deities worshipped by the stormlanders of antiquity included the [[sea god]] and the [[goddess of the wind]].{{ref|ACOK|31}} [[War of the First Men and the children of the forest|War ensued]] between the elder races and the humans until the [[Pact]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands: The Coming of the First Men}} The First Men of old often carved their tales into wood.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands: House Durrandon}}

The stormlands were consolidated by the [[Storm King]]s, [[House Durrandon]] of [[Storm's End]], who were founded by [[Durran Godsgrief]]. In time, the Durrandons gained dominion over [[Cape Wrath]] and the [[rainwood]], what would become the [[kingswood]], [[Massey's Hook]], and islands in the [[narrow sea]], such as [[Tarth]] and [[Estermont]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands}} Storm Kings fought [[river kings]] for control of lands north of the [[Blackwater Rush]], and sometimes Storm's End controlled lands as far as [[Maidenpool]] and the [[Bay of Crabs]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}{{ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands}} The [[Dornish Marches]] were created as bulwarks against [[Dorne]] to the south and the [[Kingdom of the Reach]] to the west.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands: The Men of the Stormlands}}

The Storm Kings defended the stormlands during the [[coming of the Andals]], but eventually the First Men intermarried with the Andal newcomers.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands: Andals in the Stormlands}} Himself aided by Andals, [[Gyles III Gardener]], King of the Reach, conquered the lands north of the rainwood, but he failed to capture Storm's End after besieging it for two years.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: Andals in the Reach}} King [[Arlan III Durrandon]] vanquished the river kings of [[House Teague]], extending the Storm Kings' domain north to the [[Neck]] for three centuries.{{ref|AGOT|Appendix}}{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}}

Stretched thin by their conquests,{{ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands: Andals in the Stormlands}} the power of the Storm Kings gradually declined due to pressure from [[House Gardener]] and [[Dornishmen]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}} King [[Arrec Durrandon]] lost the [[riverlands]] to [[Harwyn Hoare|Harwyn Hardhand]], who became [[King of the Isles and the Rivers]], although the stormlands fended off Harwyn's son, King [[Halleck Hoare]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands: The Black Blood}} The rivermen found the [[ironborn]] to be crueler masters than the stormlanders.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}}

Arrec's grandson, King [[Argilac Durrandon]], killed King [[Garse VII Gardener]] at [[Battle of Summerfield|Summerfield]] and also fought alongside [[Pentos]] and [[Tyrosh]] against [[Volantis]] during the [[Century of Blood]].{{ref|ADWD|14}}{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

===House Baratheon===
[[File:ReneAigner Dornish Marches.jpg|thumb|350px|The [[Dornish Marches]] by Rene Aigner]]
During [[Aegon's Conquest]], Lords [[House Buckler|Buckler]], [[House Errol]], and [[House Fell|Fell]] fought against [[House Targaryen]]'s host at the [[Wendwater]] and then retreated into their forests. [[Rhaenys Targaryen]] burned the woods with [[Meraxes]], however.{{ref|FAB|Aegon's Conquest}} King [[Argilac Durrandon]] and his stormlords confronted [[Orys Baratheon]], the half brother of [[Aegon I Targaryen]], near [[Bronzegate]]. Orys slew Argilac the Arrogent in the bloody battle known as the [[Last Storm]].{{ref|FAB|Aegon's Conquest}}

The last [[Storm King]]'s lands, titles, sigil, and house words were claimed by Orys, who married Argilac's daughter, [[Argella Durrandon|Argella]]. King Aegon I named Orys as [[Lord Paramount of the Stormlands]], and Orys became the first [[Hand of the King]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands: House Baratheon}} Traditionally part of the stormlands, the northern [[kingswood]] and [[Massey's Hook]] became part of the [[crownlands]], a new province sworn to [[House Targaryen]] of [[King's Landing]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands}}

===Dornish Wars===
The storm lords participated in the bloody [[First Dornish War]], which saw [[Cape Wrath]] raided by [[Dornishmen]] and parts of the [[rainwood]] burned.{{ref|FAB|Reign of the Dragon - The Wars of King Aegon I}} The [[marcher lords]] participated in the [[Second Dornish War]] against the [[Vulture King (Aenys I)|first Vulture King]],{{ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}} and they fended off attacks by the [[Vulture King (Jaehaerys I)|second Vulture King]] in the [[Third Dornish War]].{{ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}}{{ref|fab|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] and Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]] visited the stormlands while returning to [[King's Landing]] from [[Oldtown]] in {{date|54}}.{{ref|FAB|Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I}} [[Morion Martell]], [[Prince of Dorne]], desired to conquer the stormlands as far as Storm's End, but Jaehaerys crushed the Dornishmen in the [[Fourth Dornish War]].{{ref|fab|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

Prince [[Lucerys Velaryon]] was slain by Prince [[Aemond Targaryen]] at [[Storm's End]] at the start of the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}} Lord [[Borros Baratheon]] Lord [[Borros Baratheon]] declared for the [[greens]] of King [[Aegon II Targaryen]]. Instead of fighting the [[blacks]] of Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]], however, Borros led a host of six thousand into the [[Red Mountains]] to retaliate against the [[Vulture King (Aegon II)|third Vulture King]] for Dornish raids.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}} After Rhaenyra's death at [[fall of Dragonstone|Dragonstone]], Borros and his stormlanders secured [[King's Landing]] for the greens and ended the [[Moon of the Three Kings]]. They were then defeated by the [[Lads]] in the [[Battle of the Kingsroad]].{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}

After [[Dorne]] joined the [[Seven Kingdoms]], many stormlords, especially the [[marcher lords]], resented the Dornish presence in the court of King [[Daeron II Targaryen]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}

In {{Date|206}}, Lords [[House Caron|Caron]] and [[House Dondarrion|Dondarrion]] suppressed a [[Vulture King (Daeron II)|Vulture King]], with the father of Ser [[Manfred Dondarrion]] taking nearly four thousand infantry and eight hundred cavalry into the Red Mountains.{{Ref|THK}}

===Robert's Rebellion===
[[Robert's Rebellion]] saw [[House Baratheon]] raise a rebel alliance against King [[Aerys II Targaryen]], who called for the head of Lord [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]]. After Robert returned from the [[Vale of Arryn]] to call his banners, he defeated recalcitrant bannermen at [[Battles at Summerhall|Summerhall]] and eventually marched for [[Ashford]].{{ref|ASOS|36}} [[Mace Tyrell]], Lord of [[Highgarden]] and a Targaryen loyalist, invaded the stormlands from the [[Reach]]. Robert's middle brother, [[Stannis Baratheon]], defended their family's seat during the [[siege of Storm's End]], and [[Davos Seaworth|Davos]] smuggled food past the [[Redwyne fleet]] to aid Stannis's garrison.{{ref|ACOK|Prologue}}

Robert claimed the [[Iron Throne]], forming the royal [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]], after the deaths of Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], killed in the [[Battle of the Trident]], and King Aerys, betrayed by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] during the [[Sack of King's Landing]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: Robert's Rebellion}} The siege of Storm's End was lifted when Lord Tyrell knelt to Robert's friend, Lord [[Eddard Stark]].{{ref|ASOS|19}} Stannis then led the [[assault on Dragonstone]] and was given [[Dragonstone|that castle]] by Robert, although Stannis resents that their youngest brother, [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]], eventually succeeded Robert as Lord of Storm's End.{{ref|ACOK|Prologue}}