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Revision as of 17:33, 11 August 2015

War Across the Water
Worthless War
Location Three Sisters
Battles Rape of the Three Sisters
Result House Arryn rule over the Three Sisters established and consolidated
Belligerents
Kingdom of the North Kingdom of Mountain and Vale
  • House Arryn
  • House Sunderland
  • House Borrell
  • House Longthorpe
  • House Torrent
  • The War Across the Water, known to some as the Worthless War, was the war between the House Stark and House Arryn over the rule of the Three Sisters. The war was the result of the Rape of the Three Sisters two thousand years ago, when the northmen occupied the previously-independent Three Sisters. In response, the Sistermen bent the knee to King Mathos II Arryn in exchange for the Vale's assistance in driving out the northmen.[1][2]

    Mathos sailed for Sisterton with a hundred warships. Although he never returned from war, his sons and descendents continued the fight against the northmen for a thousand years.[2]

    A northern castle, the Wolf's Den at the mouth of the White Knife, was besieged by Osgood Arryn and burned by his son, Oswin the Talon.[3] In response, the Starks attacked Gulltown and burned hundreds of ships in the harbor. Control of the Three Sisters changed more than twelve times.[2]

    The war ended when House Stark simply lost interest in ruling the Three Sisters.[2] The control of the triumphant Arryns over the Three Sisters remained tenuous. Some Sistermen still resent northmen for the invasion.[1]

    The war is described in Archmaester Perestan's A Consideration of History.

    References and Notes