![]() Later in the war, during the two years of the Dragon's Wroth, the Targaryens burned the Dornish castles with dragonfire, with the exception of Sunspear. Lord Harlen Tyrell marched east from the Hellholt to retake Sunspear, but his host disappeared in the red sands of Dorne. Dornishmen swarmed in from the shadow city and Jon was killed in the Defenestration of Sunspear. After Aegon returned to King's Landing, however, Dorne rose in rebellion. Within Sunspear's great hall, Aegon declared that Dorne was now part of the realm ruled by the Iron Throne, and he named Lord Jon Rosby as Warden of the Sands and Castellan of Sunspear. Meria vacated Sunspear before the arrival of King Aegon I Targaryen and Queen Rhaenys Targaryen, who found the shadow city half abandoned as well. ĭuring the First Dornish War, the Dornishmen abandoned their castles, allowing House Targaryen to take them without fighting. Queen Rhaenys Targaryen confronted Meria Martell at Sunspear during Aegon's Conquest of the Seven Kingdoms, but the Princess of Dorne refused to surrender and Rhaenys retreated from Dorne. The Winding Walls of the castle were built around 400 BC. It contains beautiful towers built in the Rhoynish fashion, such as the Spear Tower and the Tower of the Sun of the Old Palace. It was named after the union of the Martell spear with the sun of the Rhoynar. The seat of the ruling Princes and Princesses of Dorne became Sunspear, the new castle which developed around the Sandship. This alliance of the Martells with the Rhoynar led to the unification of Dorne in Nymeria's War. When Nymeria arrived in Dorne with the ten thousand ships of the Rhoynar possibly around 700 BC, she wed Lord Mors Martell, the Lord of the Sandship. ![]() The Sandship was the ancient keep of House Martell, minor Dornish lords. Sunspear by Juan Carlos Barquet © Fantasy Flight Games Ī portrait of Princess Daenerys Targaryen hangs in Sunspear. ![]() These two towers are the first things visitors see when they arrive at Sunspear, whether by land or by sea. In the Tower of the Sun, the high seats of the Prince of Dorne can be found: two twin seats, one with the Martell spear inlaid in gold upon its back, the other bearing the blazing Rhoynish sun. The Spear Tower is a hundred and a half feet high, and can house noble prisoners. Two other chief structures are the tall and slender Spear Tower and the great, domed Tower of the Sun. Over time, towers in Rhoynish fashion sprung up around the keep. ![]() One of Sunspear's chief structures is the original stronghold of House Martell, the Sandship, which is a large, ugly, dun-colored building that looks like a dromond. The Threefold Gate, where the gates are lined up one behind the other, avoids the labyrinth, instead allowing straight passage on a brick path to the Old Palace. Sunspear is a walled settlement, protected by three massive Winding Walls, encircling one another and containing miles of narrow alleys, hidden courts, and noisy bazaars. Alyse Ladybright is Sunspear's lord treasurer. Ricasso is the castle's seneschal and Ser Manfrey Martell is its castellan. Areo Hotah is the captain of guards for Doran Martell, while Caleotte and Myles are maesters serving House Martell.
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