Editing Stormlands (section)

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
King [[Robert I Baratheon]] dies after hunting [[boar]] in the [[kingswood]].{{ref|AGOT|49}} Rather than kneel to the new king, Robert's alleged son [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], [[Renly Baratheon]], Lord of [[Storm's End]], escapes [[King's Landing]] and allies with the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] of [[Highgarden]].{{ref|AGOT|71}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Marc Simonetti Storms End.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Storm's End]] by Marc Simonetti ©]]
During the [[War of the Five Kings]], [[Stannis Baratheon]], [[Lord of Dragonstone]], sends Ser [[Davos Seaworth]] to court the storm lords, but they remain loyal to their liege lord, Renly.{{ref|ACOK|Prologue}} Possibly, as many as some twenty thousand stormlanders join Renly.<ref>[[House Tyrell]], with the [[Reach]] behind them, is said to field seventy thousand men after the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] (''[[A Storm of Swords]]'', [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 38|Tyrion V]]). When they still supported Renly, he had an army of ninety thousand strong (''[[A Clash of Kings]]'', [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 22|Catelyn II]]), suggesting that some twenty thousand might have been stormlanders.</ref>

While Renly's host is slowly progressing toward King's Landing, Stannis sails from [[Dragonstone]] and besieges [[Storm's End]].{{ref|ACOK|22}} After [[siege of Storm's End (299)|Renly's death]],{{ref|ACOK|33}} the stormlords change their allegiance to Stannis.{{ref|ACOK|42}} After [[shadow assassin|a shadow]] kills Ser [[Cortnay Penrose]], Storm's End opens its gates to Stannis.{{ref|ACOK|44}} The king divides his forces, with Stannis marching north on the [[kingsroad]] for the capital and Ser [[Imry Florent]] leading the [[royal fleet]] which sails for [[Blackwater Bay]].{{ref|ACOK|58}} Stannis is defeated by the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] and [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], however.{{ref|ACOK|62}} Many of the stormlords kneel to King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]].{{ref|ACOK|65}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Aside from the garrisons of Ser [[Gilbert Farring]] at Storm's End and Ser [[Rolland Storm]] at Dragonstone, the remaining lords loyal to Stannis travel with him to defend the [[battle beneath the Wall|Wall]] and [[Castle Black]] from [[wildlings]].{{ref|ASOS|73}} King Joffrey dies at [[Purple Wedding|his wedding feast]],{{ref|ASOS|60}} and he is succeeded by his younger brother, [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]].{{ref|ASOS|72}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Lords [[Mace Tyrell]] and [[Mathis Rowan]] lay siege to Stannis's garrison at Storm's End. Mace returns to King's Landing when he hears that his daughter, Queen [[Margaery Tyrell]], has been arrested, however, leaving Mathis to continue the [[Siege of Storm's End (300)|siege of Storm's End]].{{ref|AWOIAF| Mathis Rowan}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Many of the nobles with Stannis, such as Ser [[Patrek of King's Mountain]] and Ser [[Justin Massey]], hope to win lands in the [[north]], as their lands in the south are lost to them.{{ref|ADWD|42}}{{ref|ADWD|49}}

Led by [[Harry Strickland]] and [[Jon Connington]], the [[Golden Company]] sails from [[Essos]] for [[Westeros]] in support of [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon Targaryen]]. The [[landing of the Golden Company]] occurs in the stormlands, with the sellswords quickly taking [[Estermont]], [[Cape Wrath]], [[Taking of Griffin's Roost|Griffin's Roost]], [[Greenstone]], [[taking of the Rain House|Rain House]], and [[taking of Crow's Nest|Crow's Nest]].{{ref|ADWD|61}}

===''The Winds of Winter''===
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Sellswords are said to have taken [[Tarth]], most of Cape Wrath, and half the [[Stepstones]].<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)|Arianne I]]</ref>