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Battle of the Stony Shore
Conflict War of the Five Kings
Date 299 AL
Place Stony Shore, the North
Result Greyjoy victory
Combatants
House Greyjoy House Stark
Commanders
Theon Greyjoy Benfred Tallhart
Strength
8 longships Wild hares
Casualties
Benfred Tallhart

The Battle of the Stony Shore was the opening fight between House Greyjoy and the Seven Kingdoms during the War of the Five Kings.

Prelude

Theon Greyjoy was sent to Pyke as an envoy of Robb Stark, offering Balon Greyjoy a crown in return for an alliance and a strike against the Lannisters. Balon turned it down and instead planned to strike at the vulnerable North.[1] As part of the plan Theon, accompanied by Aeron Greyjoy and Dagmer Cleftjaw, was to take 8 longships and harry the Stony Shore, sinking any ship chance met.[2]

Battle

Theon and his party landed on the Stony Shore. When news of ironborn raiding reached Torrhen's Square, Leobald Tallhart sent Benfred Tallhart and his Wild hares to investigate.[3] Expecting no trouble from the ironmen, Benfred and his party approached the Stony Shore without scouts, singing and talking loudly. In a crook of a road, the ironborn had fallen on the party, first loosing a flight of arrows from concealed positions and then Theon led the men-at-arms into hand-to-hand combat and massacred them, capturing Benfred.[4]

Aftermath

Benfred was hauled away for questioning, but refused to answer and insulted the Drowned God within Aeron Greyjoy's hearing. He was put to death by on Theon's command.[5] By killing Benfred's party, the true size of the assault by the ironmen was kept secret a little longer, which would allow the seizure of Deepwood Motte and Torrhen's Square.

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