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|name = Battle at Dragonstone
 
|name = Battle at Dragonstone
 
|image = Drogon Euron's Fleet S8 EP4.jpg
 
|image = Drogon Euron's Fleet S8 EP4.jpg
|conflict = [[Daenerys Targaryen's invasion of Westeros]]
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|conflict = [[Daenerys Targaryen's war for Westeros]]
 
|date = [[Timeline#Season 8 - 305 AC|305 AC]]
 
|date = [[Timeline#Season 8 - 305 AC|305 AC]]
 
|place = [[Blackwater Bay]] by [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]]
 
|place = [[Blackwater Bay]] by [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]]
|result = [[Salt Throne]] victory
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|result = Decisive [[Salt Throne]] victory
 
*Death of [[Rhaegal]]
 
*Death of [[Rhaegal]]
 
*Capture of [[Missandei]]
 
*Capture of [[Missandei]]
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|commanders1 = [[King of the Iron Islands|King]] [[Euron Greyjoy]]
 
|commanders1 = [[King of the Iron Islands|King]] [[Euron Greyjoy]]
 
|commanders2 = [[King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men|Queen]] [[Daenerys Targaryen]]<br>[[Hand of the King|Lord Hand]] [[Tyrion Lannister]]<br>[[Unsullied|Commander]] [[Grey Worm]]
 
|commanders2 = [[King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men|Queen]] [[Daenerys Targaryen]]<br>[[Hand of the King|Lord Hand]] [[Tyrion Lannister]]<br>[[Unsullied|Commander]] [[Grey Worm]]
|forces1 = *The ''[[Silence]]''
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|forces1 = The [[Iron Fleet]]
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*11 ships mounted with [[scorpion]]s (including ''[[Silence]]'')
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|forces2 = 2 [[dragons]]<br>Targaryen fleet (at least 23 ships)
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|casual1 = None
 
|casual2 = Heavy
 
|casual2 = Heavy
 
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*[[Missandei]] (POW)
 
*[[Missandei]] (POW)
 
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{{Quote|Get to the skiff. Now!|[[Grey Worm]] to [[Missandei]]|The Last of the Starks}}
 
The '''battle at Dragonstone''' is an engagement during [[Daenerys Targaryen's war for Westeros]] when [[Euron Greyjoy]] and a portion of the [[Iron Fleet]] ambush [[Daenerys Targaryen]]'s fleet while they are sailing back to [[Dragonstone]] from [[the North]].
   
 
== History ==
The '''Battle at Dragonstone''' is an engagement during [[Daenerys Targaryen's invasion of Westeros]] when [[Euron Greyjoy]] and a portion of the [[Iron Fleet]] ambush [[Daenerys Targaryen]]'s fleet while they are sailing back to [[Dragonstone]] from [[the North]].
 
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=== Prelude ===
 
 
{{Quote|We have won the Great War. Now we will win the last war.|[[Daenerys Targaryen]]|The Last of the Starks#}}[[Daenerys Targaryen]] had officially suspended her [[Daenerys Targaryen's war for Westeros|campaign]] to take the [[Iron Throne]] from [[Cersei Lannister]] after the [[Dragonpit Summit]], where [[House Targaryen]] and [[House Stark]] agreed to an armistice with [[House Lannister]]. After meeting with her brother [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]], Daenerys's [[Hand of the King|Hand]], Cersei further agreed to send the Lannister armies north to fight in the [[Great War]] against the [[Night King]] and his [[White Walkers]] and their [[Wights|army of the dead]], which Daenerys had previously [[Wight Hunt|agreed]] to help [[Jon Snow]] with. After Daenerys and Jon set sail for [[the North]], however, Cersei revealed to her brother [[Knighthood|Ser]] [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] that she did not truly intend to honor the truce, and instead hired the [[Golden Company]] to restrengthen her position and take back the southern kingdoms. Intending to honor the promise he made to fight for the living, Ser Jaime abandoned his sister and rode north alone.<ref>"[[The Dragon and the Wolf]]"</ref>
== Prelude ==
 
{{Quote|We have won the Great War. Now we will win the last war.|[[Daenerys Targaryen]]|Season 8, Episode 4}}[[Daenerys Targaryen]] officially suspended her [[Daenerys Targaryen's invasion of Westeros|campaign]] to take the [[Iron Throne]] from [[Cersei Lannister]] after the [[Dragonpit Summit]], where [[House Targaryen]] and [[House Stark]] agreed to an armistice with [[House Lannister]]. After meeting with her brother [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]], Daenerys's [[Hand of the King|Hand]], Cersei further agreed to send the Lannister armies north to fight in the [[Great War]] against the [[Night King]] and his [[White Walkers]] and their [[Wights|army of the dead]], which Daenerys had previously [[Wight Hunt|agreed]] to help [[Jon Snow]] with. After Daenerys and Jon set sail for [[the North]], however, Cersei revealed to her brother [[Knighthood|Ser]] [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] that she did not truly intend to honor the truce, and instead hired the [[Golden Company]] to restrengthen her position and take back the southern kingdoms. Intending to honor the promise he made to fight for the living, Ser Jaime abandoned his sister and rode north alone.<ref>"[[The Dragon and the Wolf]]"</ref>
 
   
 
[[File:GoT S08E03 AKNK.png|thumb|left|The Night King, the White Walkers, and the army of the dead were destroyed.]]
 
[[File:GoT S08E03 AKNK.png|thumb|left|The Night King, the White Walkers, and the army of the dead were destroyed.]]
The Golden Company, led by Captain [[Harry Strickland]], was ferried across the [[Narrow Sea]] from [[Essos]] to [[Westeros]] on the [[Iron Fleet]] by [[Euron Greyjoy]], Cersei's new ally, the self-proclaimed [[King of the Iron Islands]].<ref>"[[Winterfell (episode)|Winterfell]]"</ref> The living ultimately prevailed, albeit narrowly, over the dead at the [[Battle of Ice and Fire]] with the destruction of the Night King at the hands of [[Arya Stark]], shattering the White Walkers and destroying the wights.<ref>"[[The Long Night (episode)]]"</ref> With the Great War having been declared won for the living, the survivors refocused their efforts towards the last war: taking the Iron Throne from Cersei and House Lannister.<ref name="E71">"[[Season 8, Episode 4]]"</ref>
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The Golden Company, led by Captain [[Harry Strickland]], was ferried across the [[Narrow Sea]] from [[Essos]] to [[Westeros]] on the [[Iron Fleet]] by [[Euron Greyjoy]], Cersei's new ally and the self-proclaimed [[King of the Iron Islands]].<ref>"[[Winterfell (episode)|Winterfell]]"</ref> The living ultimately prevailed, albeit narrowly, over the dead at the [[Battle of Winterfell (Great War)|Battle of Winterfell]] with the destruction of the Night King at the hands of [[Arya Stark]], shattering the White Walkers and destroying the wights.<ref>"[[The Long Night (episode)|The Long Night]]"</ref> With the Great War having been declared won for the living, the survivors refocused their efforts towards the last war: taking the Iron Throne from Cersei and House Lannister.<ref name="E71">"[[The Last of the Starks]]"</ref>
   
 
After holding a massive funeral for the fallen and celebrating their victory at Winterfell, Daenerys, Tyrion, [[Varys]], [[Grey Worm]], [[Missandei]], and the remaining [[Unsullied]] marched to [[White Harbor]] and set sail to return to [[Dragonstone]] while [[Jon Snow]], the armies of [[the North]] and [[the Vale]], and the remaining [[Dothraki]] marched south on the [[Kingsroad]] towards [[King's Landing]].<ref name="E71" />
 
After holding a massive funeral for the fallen and celebrating their victory at Winterfell, Daenerys, Tyrion, [[Varys]], [[Grey Worm]], [[Missandei]], and the remaining [[Unsullied]] marched to [[White Harbor]] and set sail to return to [[Dragonstone]] while [[Jon Snow]], the armies of [[the North]] and [[the Vale]], and the remaining [[Dothraki]] marched south on the [[Kingsroad]] towards [[King's Landing]].<ref name="E71" />
   
== The ambush ==
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=== The ambush ===
[[Tyrion Lannister]] and [[Varys]] discuss the implications of the parentage of [[Jon Snow]], having learned from [[Sansa Stark]], who, alongside [[Arya Stark]], learned straight from [[Bran Stark]] with Jon's permission, that he is Aegon Targaryen, the son of Daenerys's brother [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] and [[Lyanna Stark]]. Daenerys, meanwhile, flies overheard on [[Drogon]] with an injured [[Rhaegal]] next to them when suddenly Rhaegal is struck with three bolts from an anti-dragon scorpion, causing him to plummet and sink into [[Blackwater Bay]]. A portion of the [[Iron Fleet]] is revealed to have been sitting at [[Dragonstone]] with [[Euron Greyjoy]] himself at its command. Each of the [[ships]] are equipped with an anti-dragon scorpion. Daenerys directs Drogon to attack the ships, but pulls back when Euron and the ironborn fire again, not taking the bait. However, after they fly away to safety, Euron and his men target the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] fleet and fire on the ships, quickly decimating it. Tyrion jumps into the water to escape, as well as Tyrion and Grey Worm.<ref name="E71" />
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[[Tyrion Lannister]] and [[Varys]] discuss the implications of the parentage of [[Jon Snow]], having learned from [[Sansa Stark]], who, alongside [[Arya Stark]], learned straight from [[Bran Stark]] with Jon's permission, that he is Aegon Targaryen, the son of Daenerys's brother [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] and [[Lyanna Stark]]. Daenerys, meanwhile, flies overhead on [[Drogon]] with an injured but recovering [[Rhaegal]] next to them. All of a sudden, seemingly from out of nowhere, a gigantic scorpion bolt plunges into Rhaegal's chest. Moments later, a second bolt strikes the Rhaegal's wing, quickly followed by a third bolt which rips through the dragon's throat, fatally wounding him. As Rhaegal plunges into the sea, a portion of the [[Iron Fleet]] (about 12 ships), armed with massive scorpions, is revealed to have been waiting at [[Dragonstone]] with [[Euron Greyjoy]] himself at its command. Daenerys is horrified and enraged by Rhaegal's death; screaming in fury, she directs Drogon to attack the fleet, but relents and pulls up as the scorpions fire again. As they fly away to safety, Euron and his men target the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] fleet and fire on the ships, quickly decimating them. After nearly being hit several times by the shots, Tyrion jumps into the water to escape, as well as Varys and [[Grey Worm]].<ref name="E71" />
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=== Aftermath ===
 
The survivors of [[Euron]]'s surprise attack are able to swim ashore to [[Dragonstone]], among them [[Tyrion]], [[Varys]], and [[Grey Worm]], but [[Missandei]] is taken captive by Euron, who returns to [[King's Landing]] and delivers her as a [[hostage]] to [[Cersei]]. [[Daenerys]] and [[Drogon]] also return to Dragonstone. Daenerys wants to march on [[King's Landing]] and destroy the city to avenge [[Rhaegal]] and save Missandei, but Varys reveals that Cersei has brought the [[smallfolk]] into the [[Red Keep]] to hold as hostages, knowing that Daenerys and Tyrion do not want to kill innocent civilians.
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Word of the ambush reaches [[Winterfell]]. [[Jaime]] learns of the ambush and Daenerys's plan to march on the capital from [[Sansa]] and [[Brienne]]. Later at night, Jaime decides to ride south to try to rescue Cersei, believing he has no other choice, leaving Brienne behind at Winterfell. Brienne pleads with Jaime not to go, and tries to convince him he's a more honorable person than his vicious sister, but Jaime reveals several of his past misdeeds that he committed for Cersei. 
   
 
Daenerys [[parley]]s with Cersei outside the gates of King's Landing. Tyrion and [[Qyburn]], who designed the anti-dragon weapons, discuss their opposing queens' terms of surrender; Tyrion tries but fails to appeal to Qyburn's humanity to save thousands of innocent people, and pushes forward to talk with his sister. Tyrion tries to convince Cersei to surrender in order to save her unborn child, appealing to his sister's love for her children, but Cersei does not give in. Cersei then has [[Gregor Clegane]] behead Missandei before Daenerys, Tyrion, and Grey Worm. Daenerys angrily walks away from the parley.<ref name="E71" />
== Aftermath ==
 
The survivors of [[Euron Greyjoy]]'s surprise attack are able to swim ashore to [[Dragonstone]], among them [[Tyrion Lannister]], [[Varys]], and [[Grey Worm]], but [[Missandei]] is taken captive by Euron, who returns to [[King's Landing]] and delivers her as a [[hostage]] to [[King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men|Queen]] [[Cersei Lannister]]. [[Daenerys Targaryen]] and [[Drogon]] also return to Dragonstone. Daenerys wants to march on [[King's Landing]] and destroy the city to avenge [[Rhaegal]] and save Missandei, but Varys reveals that Cersei has brought the [[smallfolk]] into the [[Red Keep]] to hold as hostages, knowing that Daenerys and Tyrion do not want to kill innocent civilians.<ref name="E71" />
 
   
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The deaths of Rhaegal and Missandei make Daenerys snap, with her starting to believe she can only win Westeros through fear. This plays a key role in her having [[Drogon]] [[Battle of King's Landing|raze King's Landing]], even after the city surrenders.
Word of the ambush reaches [[Winterfell]]. [[Knighthood|Ser]] [[Jaime Lannister]] learns of the ambush and Daenerys's plan to march on the capital from [[Sansa Stark]] and [[Brienne of Tarth]]. Later at night, Ser Jaime decides to ride south to try and rescue Cersei, believing he has no other choice, leaving Brienne behind at Winterfell.<ref name="E71" />
 
   
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== In the books ==
Daenerys [[parley]]s with Cersei outside the gates of King's Landing. [[Hand of the King|Hand]] meets Hand as Tyrion and [[Qyburn]], who designed the anti-dragon scorpions, discuss their opposing queens' surrenders; Tyrion tries but fails to appeal to Qyburn's humanity to save thousands of innocent people, and pushes forward to talk with his sister. Tyrion tries to convince Cersei to surrender in order to save her unborn child, appealing to his sister's love for her children, but Cersei does not give in. Cersei then has [[Knighthood|Ser]] [[Gregor Clegane]] behead Missandei before Daenerys, Tyrion, and Grey Worm. Daenerys angrily walks away from the parley.<ref name="E71" />
 
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In the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels, no equivalent battle has occurred. The TV show has surpassed the timeline of the books, so it is unclear if an equivalent battle will occur.
   
 
== References ==
 
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"Get to the skiff. Now!"
Grey Worm to Missandei[src]

The battle at Dragonstone is an engagement during Daenerys Targaryen's war for Westeros when Euron Greyjoy and a portion of the Iron Fleet ambush Daenerys Targaryen's fleet while they are sailing back to Dragonstone from the North.

History

Prelude

"We have won the Great War. Now we will win the last war."
Daenerys Targaryen[src]

Daenerys Targaryen had officially suspended her campaign to take the Iron Throne from Cersei Lannister after the Dragonpit Summit, where House Targaryen and House Stark agreed to an armistice with House Lannister. After meeting with her brother Tyrion, Daenerys's Hand, Cersei further agreed to send the Lannister armies north to fight in the Great War against the Night King and his White Walkers and their army of the dead, which Daenerys had previously agreed to help Jon Snow with. After Daenerys and Jon set sail for the North, however, Cersei revealed to her brother Ser Jaime that she did not truly intend to honor the truce, and instead hired the Golden Company to restrengthen her position and take back the southern kingdoms. Intending to honor the promise he made to fight for the living, Ser Jaime abandoned his sister and rode north alone.[1]

GoT S08E03 AKNK

The Night King, the White Walkers, and the army of the dead were destroyed.

The Golden Company, led by Captain Harry Strickland, was ferried across the Narrow Sea from Essos to Westeros on the Iron Fleet by Euron Greyjoy, Cersei's new ally and the self-proclaimed King of the Iron Islands.[2] The living ultimately prevailed, albeit narrowly, over the dead at the Battle of Winterfell with the destruction of the Night King at the hands of Arya Stark, shattering the White Walkers and destroying the wights.[3] With the Great War having been declared won for the living, the survivors refocused their efforts towards the last war: taking the Iron Throne from Cersei and House Lannister.[4]

After holding a massive funeral for the fallen and celebrating their victory at Winterfell, Daenerys, Tyrion, Varys, Grey Worm, Missandei, and the remaining Unsullied marched to White Harbor and set sail to return to Dragonstone while Jon Snow, the armies of the North and the Vale, and the remaining Dothraki marched south on the Kingsroad towards King's Landing.[4]

The ambush

Tyrion Lannister and Varys discuss the implications of the parentage of Jon Snow, having learned from Sansa Stark, who, alongside Arya Stark, learned straight from Bran Stark with Jon's permission, that he is Aegon Targaryen, the son of Daenerys's brother Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark. Daenerys, meanwhile, flies overhead on Drogon with an injured but recovering Rhaegal next to them. All of a sudden, seemingly from out of nowhere, a gigantic scorpion bolt plunges into Rhaegal's chest. Moments later, a second bolt strikes the Rhaegal's wing, quickly followed by a third bolt which rips through the dragon's throat, fatally wounding him. As Rhaegal plunges into the sea, a portion of the Iron Fleet (about 12 ships), armed with massive scorpions, is revealed to have been waiting at Dragonstone with Euron Greyjoy himself at its command. Daenerys is horrified and enraged by Rhaegal's death; screaming in fury, she directs Drogon to attack the fleet, but relents and pulls up as the scorpions fire again. As they fly away to safety, Euron and his men target the Targaryen fleet and fire on the ships, quickly decimating them. After nearly being hit several times by the shots, Tyrion jumps into the water to escape, as well as Varys and Grey Worm.[4]

Aftermath

The survivors of Euron's surprise attack are able to swim ashore to Dragonstone, among them Tyrion, Varys, and Grey Worm, but Missandei is taken captive by Euron, who returns to King's Landing and delivers her as a hostage to Cersei. Daenerys and Drogon also return to Dragonstone. Daenerys wants to march on King's Landing and destroy the city to avenge Rhaegal and save Missandei, but Varys reveals that Cersei has brought the smallfolk into the Red Keep to hold as hostages, knowing that Daenerys and Tyrion do not want to kill innocent civilians.

Word of the ambush reaches Winterfell. Jaime learns of the ambush and Daenerys's plan to march on the capital from Sansa and Brienne. Later at night, Jaime decides to ride south to try to rescue Cersei, believing he has no other choice, leaving Brienne behind at Winterfell. Brienne pleads with Jaime not to go, and tries to convince him he's a more honorable person than his vicious sister, but Jaime reveals several of his past misdeeds that he committed for Cersei. 

Daenerys parleys with Cersei outside the gates of King's Landing. Tyrion and Qyburn, who designed the anti-dragon weapons, discuss their opposing queens' terms of surrender; Tyrion tries but fails to appeal to Qyburn's humanity to save thousands of innocent people, and pushes forward to talk with his sister. Tyrion tries to convince Cersei to surrender in order to save her unborn child, appealing to his sister's love for her children, but Cersei does not give in. Cersei then has Gregor Clegane behead Missandei before Daenerys, Tyrion, and Grey Worm. Daenerys angrily walks away from the parley.[4]

The deaths of Rhaegal and Missandei make Daenerys snap, with her starting to believe she can only win Westeros through fear. This plays a key role in her having Drogon raze King's Landing, even after the city surrenders.

In the books

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, no equivalent battle has occurred. The TV show has surpassed the timeline of the books, so it is unclear if an equivalent battle will occur.

References

  1. "The Dragon and the Wolf"
  2. "Winterfell"
  3. "The Long Night"
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "The Last of the Starks"