Assault on the Dreadfort

"This is turning into a lovely evening."

- Ramsay Snow to the invading Ironmen

The Assault on the Dreadfort is an attempted rescue mission during the War of the Five Kings.

Prelude
"Leave the North now, or more boxes will follow... with more Theon."

- Ramsay Snow in his letter to Balon Greyjoy

Following the Sack of Winterfell, Theon Greyjoy is taken prisoner by Ramsay Snow, the bastard son of Lord Roose Bolton, and held hostage at The Dreadfort.

Making plans
"I'm going to pick the fastest ship in our fleet. I'm going to choose the fifty best killers on the Iron Islands. I'm going to sail up the narrow sea, all the way to the Weeping Water. I'm going to march on the Dreadfort. I'm going to find my little brother. And I'm going to bring him home."

- Yara Greyjoy

When Yara learns of her brother's imprisonment and torture by the Boltons she resolves to rescue him, recruiting fifty of the Iron Islands most seasoned raiders, and sets sail for the Dreadfort.

The voyage
To reach the Dreadfort, Yara and her crew sailed south, and around the west coast of Westeros, up the Narrow Sea to the Weeping Water.

The Assault
"I'm here for Theon Greyjoy."

- Yara Greyjoy

In the books
The Assault on the Dreadfort does not occur in the A Song of Ice and Fire novels. Instead, Asha/Yara remains garrisoned at Deepwood Motte, as per her father's orders, and is ignorant of Theon's survival.