Editing Myr (section)

==History==
===Foundation===
[[File:Myrish_tradeswoman.png|thumb|300px|A Myrish tradeswoman, by Magali Villeneuve © ]]
The origins of Myr are disputed. There is some evidence that a now-vanished people inhabited the area during the [[Dawn Age]] and the [[Long Night]]. Modern Myr was founded by merchant adventurers from the [[Valyrian Freehold]] after they conquered a walled [[Andal]] town.{{ref|twoiaf|The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}

===After the Doom===
Following the [[Doom of Valyria]], [[Volantis]] took Myr with an army and [[Lys]] with a fleet during the [[Century of Blood]]. For two generations all three cities were ruled from within the [[Black Wall]]s of Volantis, but that ended when the Volantene [[Triarch of Volantis#Tigers|tigers]] tried to conquer [[Tyrosh]]. Lys and Myr rebelled, and [[Pentos]] came into the war on the Tyroshi side. The [[Storm King]], [[Argilac Durrandon]], marched into the [[Disputed Lands]] and defeated a Volantene host threatening Myr. Lord [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]] flew forth from [[Dragonstone]] on [[Balerion|Balerion the Black Dread]] and burned a Volantene fleet at Lys.{{Ref|ADWD|14}}{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Doom of Valyria}}

In {{date|12}} during the [[First Dornish War]], the [[Wyl of Wyl]] sold [[Alys Oakheart]] and her handmaids to a Myrish [[slaver]].{{ref|FAB|Reign of the Dragon - The Wars of King Aegon I}} Myrish and Volantene builders supervised the construction of the [[Dragonpit]] during the reign of King [[Maegor I Targaryen]].{{ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}} Ser [[Howard Bullock]] died in Myr in {{date|53}} after falling from his horse.{{ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}} Ser [[Orryn Baratheon]] joined the [[Maiden's Men]] in Myr after being forced to leave [[Tyrosh]],{{ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}} and Ser [[Borys Baratheon]] spent some time in Myr and Volantis before joining the [[Vulture King (Jaehaerys I)|Vulture King]].{{ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Policy, Progeny, and Pain}} [[Roy Connington]] was stabbed to death in a Myrish gambling den.{{ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

Myrish [[sellsails]] joined [[Morion Martell]], [[Prince of Dorne]], in the [[Fourth Dornish War]], but King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] crushed them in the [[Sea of Dorne]].{{ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Policy, Progeny, and Pain}} During the [[Myrish Bloodbath]] of {{Date|91|92}}, rival factions fought within the Free City. The losing faction tried to claim the [[Stepstones]], but they were forced to flee by the [[Archon of Tyrosh]] and pirate kings. The Myrish outlaws then invaded eastern [[Tarth]] in the [[stormlands]]. After a Myrman killed Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]], the outlaws were destroyed by Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon Targaryen]], Lord [[Cameron Tarth]], and Lord [[Boremund Baratheon]].{{ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Policy, Progeny, and Pain}} [[Corlys Velaryon]] visited Myr during his voyages.{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

===The Triarchy and the Daughters' War===
Myr combined its strength with [[Lys]] and [[Tyrosh]] and defeated [[Volantis]] in the [[Battle of the Borderland]]. They united, forming the [[Triarchy]] in {{Date|96}}.{{ref|twoiaf|The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}{{Ref|TRP}} The Myrish prince-admiral [[Craghas Drahar]] led the Triarchy's conquest of the [[Stepstones]]. The Triarchy increased the toll in the Stepstones for passing ships, and battled for the Stepstones against the alliance of Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] and Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]], starting in {{date|106}}, continuing beyond {{Date|115}}.{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

During the [[Dance of the Dragons]], the [[High Council of the Triarchy]] accepted Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]'s offer of alliance with the [[greens]], pledging to support to King [[Aegon II Targaryen]] against his half-sister, [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]]. Myrish soldiers attacked [[Driftmark]] during the [[Battle of the Gullet]], and Myrmen killed Prince [[Jacaerys Velaryon]] with their crossbows. Since most of the Triarchy's casualties during the battle were from Myrish and Tyroshi ships, the widows of those cities blamed Sharako for protecting his own Lysene ships.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}

[[Black Trombo]], a Myrish sellsword in the service of Lord [[House Vance of Wayfarer's Rest|Vance]] and the [[blacks]],{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}} has been suggested as the killer of Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Daeron Targaryen]] during the [[Second Battle of Tumbleton]].{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}} Tyland Lannister unsuccessfully sought to hire sellswords in Myr for the greens.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}

The [[Daughters' War]] broke out after the murder of Sharako. Although the admiral was killed in a personal dispute over the [[Johanna Swann|Black Swan]], it was rumored that he had been assassinated by Myr. Tyrosh claimed the Stepstones when Lys and Myr began fighting, but [[Racallio Ryndoon]] claimed the islands for himself as [[King of the Narrow Sea]]. An alliance of [[Braavos]], [[Lorath]], and [[Pentos]] also joined the war.{{ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}} When Tyrosh appear close to defeating Racallio, Lys and Myr made peace and attacked Tyrosh, forcing the [[Archon of Tyrosh|Archon]] to recall his men from the Stepstones.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}} The Daughters' War eventually ended with the [[Disputed Lands]] divided between Lys, Myr, and Tyrosh, although the Myrmen suffered the greatest losses in the arrangement. Most of the Stepstones were claimed by [[Dorne]].{{ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}} Daughters from ancient houses of Myr attended the [[Maiden's Day Ball]].{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}} Myrish ships frequented [[King's Landing]] during the [[Lysene Spring]].{{ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}

===Recent History===
During the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]], Lord [[House Bracken|Bracken]] tried to aid the [[House Blackfyre|Blackfyres]] with Myrish crossbowmen, but was delayed from sailing by storms.{{ref|TSS}}

While leading the [[Golden Company]] in {{date|241}}, Ser [[Aegor Rivers]] was killed in the [[Disputed Lands]] during a skirmish between Myr and [[Tyrosh]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}} In the middle of the reign of King [[Aerys II Targaryen]], Myr sided with Tyrosh in a trade war against [[Volantis]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} [[Smallfolk]] blame the [[Defiance of Duskendale]] on [[Serala]], the Myrish wife of Lord [[Denys Darklyn]].{{ref|AFFC|9}}

[[Varys]] claims to have been made a eunuch in Myr,{{Ref|ACOK|44}} and that he lived there as a thief until a rival thief informed on him, causing him to flee to [[Pentos]].{{Ref|ADWD|5}} Lord [[Orton Merryweather]], grandson of the exiled [[Hand of the King]] [[Owen Merryweather]], returned from his exile with a Myrish wife, [[Taena of Myr|Taena]].{{Ref|AFFC|12}}{{Ref|AFFC|16}} [[Thoros]], a Myrish [[red priest]] of [[R'hllor]], was sent to [[King's Landing]] during the reign of [[Aerys II Targaryen]], attempting to convert the king.{{Ref|ASOS|34}} Myr was among the [[Free Cities]] visited by [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] and [[Daenerys Targaryen]] in their years of exile.{{Ref|ASOS|23}}{{ref|AGOT|3}}