Editing Narrow sea (section)

==History==
===Ancient History===
[[File:TrevorCooknARROWsEA.jpg|thumb|400px|Cliffs along the narrow sea by Trevor Cook © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The [[First Men]] of antiquity crossed the [[Arm of Dorne]] from [[Essos]] to [[Westeros]]. According to legend, however, the [[hammer of the waters]] shattered the land bridge and created the [[Stepstones]] between the narrow sea and the [[Summer Sea]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Dorne: The Breaking}}

During the [[coming of the Andals]], longships crossed the narrow sea from [[Andalos]] to the east coast of Westeros.{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Arrival of the Andals}} When [[Andals]] attacked the [[north]], King [[Theon Stark]] retaliated by raiding the coast of Andalos.{{ref|TWOIAF|The North: The Kings of Winter}} The [[Wolf's Den]] was built to protect the [[White Knife]] from raiders from the east.{{ref|AGOT|66}}

After conquering the [[Old Empire of Ghis]], the [[Valyrian Freehold]] expanded west and established several colonies, which are now called the [[Free Cities]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: Valyria's Children}} These included [[Pentos]] and [[Myr]] along the narrow sea and [[Tyrosh]], which was founded to control trade in the Stepstones.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}} Refugees from Valyrian [[slavery]] founded [[Braavos]] where the narrow sea meets the [[Shivering Sea]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: Braavos}} 

Princess [[Nymeria]] led [[ten thousand ships]] of the [[Rhoynar]] across the narrow sea to [[Dorne]] after the Valyrians defeated them in the [[Rhoynish Wars]].{{ref|AGOT|7}}{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships}}

===Recent Centuries===
Overcoming the resistance of the local lords of the narrow sea, [[Dragonstone]] was raised as the westernmost outpost of the Valyrian Freehold two centuries before the [[Doom of Valyria]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Doom of Valyria}} Having resettled at Dragonstone before the Doom, the [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]] controlled the skies above the narrow sea with their [[dragon]]s, while the fleets of their Valyrian allies, the [[House Velaryon|Velaryons]] and [[House Celtigar|Celtigars]], controlled the middle region of the sea. [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] formed a new realm, the [[Seven Kingdoms]], through [[Aegon's Conquest|the Conquest]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}} The [[Company of the Rose]] chose to exile themselves across the sea rather than remain in Westeros.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}

[[King's Landing]], Aegon's new capital on [[Blackwater Bay]], grew to surpass [[Duskendale]] as the largest [[Westeros]]i port of the narrow sea.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}} Prince [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor Targaryen]] fled across the sea to [[Pentos]] in {{date|40}} after refusing to put aside [[Alys Harroway]], but Maegor returned to claim the [[Iron Throne]] two years after the passing of his brother, King [[Aenys I Targaryen]].{{ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}

Lord [[Rogar Baratheon]] considered extending the Iron Throne's power across the sea by having King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] wed the daughter of the [[Archon of Tyrosh]], but the king instead wed his sister, [[Alysanne Targaryen]].{{ref|FAB|The Year of the Three Brides - 49 AC}} Agents and informers throughout the narrow sea sought [[Elissa Farman]] after she fled Dragonstone with three [[dragon egg]]s.{{ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}} In {{date|58}} Jaehaerys hosted the Archon of Tyrosh and the [[Prince of Pentos]] in [[King's Landing]] to resolve a war which had disrupted trade in the narrow sea.{{ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}

The [[Triarchy]], formed in {{date|96}}, conquered the [[Stepstones]] and killed hundreds of [[pirate]]s among the islands.{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon: A Question of Succession}} While sailing from King's Landing to [[Lys]], the pregnant [[Mysaria]], paramour of Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]], lost her child during a storm in {{date|105}}.{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon: A Question of Succession}} [[Westeros]]i had come to resent the tolls imposed on merchants by the Triarchy in the past decade. Daemon and Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] began a [[war for the Stepstones]] against the Triarchy in {{date|106}}, and three years later Daemon was crowned [[King of the Stepstones and the Narrow Sea]]. Daemon eventually abandoned his island kingdom, however.{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon: A Question of Succession}} According to Septon [[Eustace (Dance of the Dragons)|Eustace]], Ser [[Criston Cole]] unsuccessfully begged sixteen-year-old Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] to flee across the narrow sea with him in {{date|113}}.{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon: A Question of Succession}}

The shy dragon [[Grey Ghost]] hunted fish in the narrow sea.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}} When the [[Dance of the Dragons]] broke out, Ser [[Tyland Lannister]] appealed across the narrow sea for aid, and the Triarchy eventually decided to aid the [[greens]] against the [[blacks]]. Heavy losses in the [[Battle of the Gullet]] led to the collapse of the Triarchy, with the [[Daughters' War]] breaking out in the narrow sea after the murder of [[Sharako Lohar]].{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}{{ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}} Near the end of the Dance, Tyland, Ser [[Marston Waters]], and Ser [[Julian Wormwood]] were sent across the sea in seek of sellswords in the [[Free Cities]].{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}} In the aftermath of the civil war, the [[Wolf Pack]] and the [[Stormbreakers]] crossed the narrow sea to serve as adventurous sellswords in Essos.{{ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}} [[Racallio Ryndoon]], self-styled King of the Narrow Sea, fled for the [[Basilisk Isles]].{{ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
[[Roggerio Rogare]] sailed ''[[Mermaid's Daughter]]'' up and down the narrow sea after the [[Lysene Spring]].{{ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}} 

King [[Viserys II Targaryen]] encouraged greater trade across the narrow sea during his brief reign.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys II}} Exiled in Essos, the [[Blackfyre Pretenders]] plotted to cross the narrow sea and claim the [[Iron Throne]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}

Following the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]], Prince [[Aerion Targaryen]] was sent by his father, Prince [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar Targaryen]], to reside at Lys for a few years.{{ref|THK}}

[[Doran Martell]], [[Prince of Dorne]], sent his brother [[Oberyn Martell|Oberyn]] across the sea to [[Lys]] after Lord [[Edgar Yronwood]] died in a duel.{{ref|twow||[[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)|Arianne I]]}}

In the aftermath of [[Robert's Rebellion]], the fleet of House Targaryen at [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]] was destroyed by a fierce storm. [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] and [[Daenerys Targaryen]] were smuggled across the narrow sea by Ser [[Willem Darry]] before the [[assault on Dragonstone]].{{ref|AGOT|3}} Daenerys spent much of her childhood fleeing across the sea from one city to the next.{{ref|ASOS|8}}