Editing Sunspear (section)

===Origin===
[[File:Towerofthesuncbarquet.jpg|thumb|Sunspear by Juan Carlos Barquet © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The [[Sandship]] was the ancient keep of [[House Martell]], minor Dornish lords. When [[Nymeria]] arrived in [[Dorne]] with the [[ten thousand ships]] of the [[Rhoynar]] possibly around {{date|-700}},<ref group="N">The Dornish joined "[...] a thousand years ago [...]" with the Rhoynar (''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'', Dorne: Queer Customs of the South) following Nymeria's flight after the end of the [[Rhoynish Wars]], which "[...] reached a bloody climax a thousand years ago in the [[Second Spice War]] [...]" (''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'', Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships). After the Second Spice War, the city of [[Chroyane]] was destroyed ("[...] but for a thousand years this has been the Palace of Sorrow." (''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'', [[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 18|Tyrion V]])). It is unknown if this means one thousand years ago (seven hundred years before Aegon's Conquest) or if [[George R. R. Martin]] is being figurative.</ref> she wed Lord [[Mors Martell]], the [[Lord of the Sandship]]. This alliance of the Martells with the Rhoynar led to the unification of Dorne in [[Nymeria's War]].{{ref|twoiaf|Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships}}

The seat of the ruling [[Prince of Dorne|Princes and Princesses of Dorne]] became Sunspear, the new castle which developed around the Sandship. It was named after the union of the Martell spear with the sun of the Rhoynar. It contains beautiful towers built in the Rhoynish fashion, such as the Spear Tower and the Tower of the Sun of the [[Old Palace]]. The Winding Walls of the castle were built around {{date|-400}}.{{ref|TWOIAF|Dorne: Sunspear}}<ref name="winding walls" group="N"/>