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[[Myr]] and [[Lys]] of the [[Free Cities]] have constantly engaged in wars over possession of the Stepstones. Several times in its history, the [[Seven Kingdoms]] has also fought for control of them,<ref>So Spake Martin: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Invasions_of_the_East_and_Rebellions Invasions of the East and Rebellions]</ref> including one conflict involving Prince [[Daemon Targaryen (husband of Rhaenyra)|Daemon Targaryen]] and his [[dragon]], [[Caraxes]].<ref>''[[The Princess and the Queen]]''</ref> During the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]] a battle was fought here ending the [[Blackfyre Pretenders]]' threat.
 
[[Myr]] and [[Lys]] of the [[Free Cities]] have constantly engaged in wars over possession of the Stepstones. Several times in its history, the [[Seven Kingdoms]] has also fought for control of them,<ref>So Spake Martin: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Invasions_of_the_East_and_Rebellions Invasions of the East and Rebellions]</ref> including one conflict involving Prince [[Daemon Targaryen (husband of Rhaenyra)|Daemon Targaryen]] and his [[dragon]], [[Caraxes]].<ref>''[[The Princess and the Queen]]''</ref> During the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]] a battle was fought here ending the [[Blackfyre Pretenders]]' threat.
  
When he was fifteen, [[Balon Greyjoy]] spent a summer reaving in the Stepstones with [[Dagmer]], killing his first man and taking his first two [[salt wives]] in the islands.{{ref|AFFC|1}}
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When he was fifteen, [[Balon Greyjoy]] spent a summer reaving in the Stepstones with [[Dagmer Cleftjaw]], killing his first man and taking his first two [[salt wives]] in the islands.{{ref|AFFC|1}}
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==

Revision as of 14:03, 1 May 2014

The Stepstones are a chain of islands between the southern narrow sea and the northwestern Summer Sea. The islands are located east of Dorne in Westeros and west of the Disputed Lands in Essos. Just to the north is Tyrosh.[1] The Stepstones are home to pirate dens.[2]

Two of the islands have been named, Bloodstone and Grey Gallows.[3]

History

According to legend, the Stepstones are a remnant of a land-bridge, known as the Arm of Dorne, which once linked Westeros and Essos. More than ten thousand years ago the First Men used that land-bridge to cross into what is now known as Dorne to begin their invasion of Westeros. The greenseers of the children of the forest are said to have used magic to shatter the land-bridge into an archipelago named the Stepstones, located between the Broken Arm and the Disputed Lands.

Myr and Lys of the Free Cities have constantly engaged in wars over possession of the Stepstones. Several times in its history, the Seven Kingdoms has also fought for control of them,[4] including one conflict involving Prince Daemon Targaryen and his dragon, Caraxes.[5] During the War of the Ninepenny Kings a battle was fought here ending the Blackfyre Pretenders' threat.

When he was fifteen, Balon Greyjoy spent a summer reaving in the Stepstones with Dagmer Cleftjaw, killing his first man and taking his first two salt wives in the islands.[6]

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Fighting has broken out in the Stepstones.[7]

A Dance with Dragons

Some of the Golden Company lands on the Stepstones.[8][9]

The Winds of Winter

According to Valena Toland, a new pirate king has set up on Torturer's Deep, styling himself the Lord of the Waters, with three-decked warships. It is likely this is Aurane Waters. This name would be a play on both his bastard surname, and the traditional Velaryon title, "Lord of the Tides."[10][11]

References and Notes

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