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==Prelude==
 
==Prelude==
The Meereenese, Warned by the fate of Astapor and Yunkai, did not allow for contacts being made with Daenerys, they striped the land before Daenerys arrival and retreated behind the formidable defense of Meereen. Daenerys followed by twenty thousand soldiers and sixty thousands refugees from [[Astapor]] and [[Yunkai]], was starved of supplies and couldn't afford a prolonged siege.{{Ref|aSoS|57}}
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The Meereenese, Warned by the fate of Astapor and Yunkai, did not allow for contacts being made with Daenerys, retreating behind the formidable defense of Meereen, they striped their land, leaving Daenerys with scorched fields and poisoned wells; and nailed disemboweled slave child up on every milepost along the coast road from Yunkai, with an outstretched arm point toward Meereen as message to Daenerys.{{Ref|aSoS|57}}
  
Daenerys dismantled her fleet to build siege weapons.
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Daenerys followed by twenty thousand soldiers and sixty thousands refugees from [[Astapor]] and [[Yunkai]], was starved of supplies and couldn't afford a prolonged siege.{{Ref|aSoS|57}}
  
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A champion, Oznak zo Pahl, emerged to challenge the Daenerys champion in single battle, and was slain by Daenerys's eunuch bodyguard [[Belwas|Strong Belwas]], a former gladiator in Meereen.
  
A champion, Oznak zo Pahl, emerged to challenge the invaders, and was slain by Daenerys's eunuch bodyguard [[Belwas|Strong Belwas]], a former gladiator in Meereen.  
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Daenerys commanded her fleet to be dismantled, to construct battering rams, mantlets, turtles, catapults, and ladders.
  
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==Battle==
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The fighting had raged bitter and bloody for most of a day and well into the night, Daenerys sent rams, protected by great wooden turtle covered with horsehides, to batter the city gates, while her archers were firing flights of flaming arrows over the walls and her forces stormed the walls.{{Ref|aSoS|71}}
  
To avoid an extended campaign, Ser Jorah, [[Barristan Selmy]] and Strong Belwas led a small force, infiltrated the city through the sewers. They released the gladiator slaves of the fighting pits and used the ensuing chaos to open the city's gates.  
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At night fall she sent a diversion force, to fire up the hulks in the harbor, allowing Ser Jorah, [[Barristan Selmy]], Strong Belwas and small force infiltrate the city sewers, undercover of darkness. once they found their way into the city, they went for the nearest fighting pit, releasing the slaves, within an hour, half the fighting slaves in Meereen had risen, soon after
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a ram broke through eastern gate and the defenders broke.{{Ref|aSoS|71}}
  
 
==Aftermath==
 
==Aftermath==

Revision as of 20:07, 7 December 2011

Siege of Meereen
Date 299 AC
Place Meereen
Result Daenerys occupies Meereen
Combatants
Daenerys Host Meereen Army
Commanders
Daenerys Targaryen
Jorah Mormont
Grey Worm
unknown
Strength
10k Unsullied
10k Freedmen
unknown
Casualties
unknown unknown

Siege of Meereen, Daenerys Targaryen marched on Meereen, the last and the biggest of the greatest slaver cities of Slaver's Bay.

Prelude

The Meereenese, Warned by the fate of Astapor and Yunkai, did not allow for contacts being made with Daenerys, retreating behind the formidable defense of Meereen, they striped their land, leaving Daenerys with scorched fields and poisoned wells; and nailed disemboweled slave child up on every milepost along the coast road from Yunkai, with an outstretched arm point toward Meereen as message to Daenerys.[1]

Daenerys followed by twenty thousand soldiers and sixty thousands refugees from Astapor and Yunkai, was starved of supplies and couldn't afford a prolonged siege.[1]

A champion, Oznak zo Pahl, emerged to challenge the Daenerys champion in single battle, and was slain by Daenerys's eunuch bodyguard Strong Belwas, a former gladiator in Meereen.

Daenerys commanded her fleet to be dismantled, to construct battering rams, mantlets, turtles, catapults, and ladders.

Battle

The fighting had raged bitter and bloody for most of a day and well into the night, Daenerys sent rams, protected by great wooden turtle covered with horsehides, to batter the city gates, while her archers were firing flights of flaming arrows over the walls and her forces stormed the walls.[2]

At night fall she sent a diversion force, to fire up the hulks in the harbor, allowing Ser Jorah, Barristan Selmy, Strong Belwas and small force infiltrate the city sewers, undercover of darkness. once they found their way into the city, they went for the nearest fighting pit, releasing the slaves, within an hour, half the fighting slaves in Meereen had risen, soon after a ram broke through eastern gate and the defenders broke.[2]

Aftermath

In contrast to her previous Ghiscari occupations, Daenerys lingered at Meereen and ruled it as queen. This was because at this time, she received word that her ruling council in Astapor had been overthrown by a dictatorial butcher resulting in much suffering. Not wanting to let this happen to Meereen, she decided to stay.[2]

References and Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 57, Daenerys V.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 71, Daenerys VI.