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| battle_name = Retaking of Deepwood Motte
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| battle_name = Fight by Deepwood Motte
 
| conflict = [[War of the Five Kings]]
 
| conflict = [[War of the Five Kings]]
 
| date = {{Date|300}}
 
| date = {{Date|300}}
 
| place = [[Deepwood Motte]] and the [[wolfswood]]
 
| place = [[Deepwood Motte]] and the [[wolfswood]]
| result = victory for [[Stannis Baratheon]] and [[the north]]men
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| result = [[House Baratheon of Dragonstone]] victory
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*Deepwood returned to [[House Glover]]
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*[[Asha Greyjoy]] captured
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*Houses [[House Glover|Glover]] and [[House Mormont|Mormont]] join [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s army
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*Men once sworn to the [[House Hornwood|Hornwoods]], [[House Cerwyn|Cerwyns]] and [[House Tallhart|Tallharts]] join Stannis Baratheon's army{{ref|ADWD|35}}
 
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| colour_scheme =
| combatant1 = [[House Baratheon of Dragonstone]] <br>[[House Flint of the mountains|House Flint]]<br>[[House Norrey]]<br>[[House Wull]]<br>[[House Liddle]]<br>[[House Mormont]]
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| combatant2 = [[File:House Baratheon (Dragonstone).svg|33px]] '''[[House Baratheon of Dragonstone]]:'''{{refn|group=N|name=Stannis|Several Houses accompanied Stannis to the Wall but have not been confirmed as having continued with him to Deepwood and toward Winterfell, such as the [[House Bar Emmon|Bar Emmons]] and the [[House Velaryon|Velaryons]] from the [[crownlands]]. Similar Houses from the [[stormlands]] include the [[House Caron|Carons]], the [[House Estermont|Estermonts]], the [[House Morrigen|Morrigens]], and the [[House Wensington|Wensingtons]].}}<br>
| combatant2 = [[House Greyjoy]]
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| commander1 = [[Stannis Baratheon]] <br> [[Alysane Mormont]]
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[[Crownlands]]
| commander2 = [[Asha Greyjoy]]
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*[[House Farring]]{{ref|ADWD|42}}
| strength1 = 1,500 southron soldiers <br> 3,500 [[Northern mountain clans|mountain clansmen]]
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*[[House Massey]]{{ref|ADWD|42}}
| strength2 = Less than 200 <br> 4 longships  
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| casualties1 = unknown  
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[[Stormlands]]
| casualties2 = all but nine
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*[[House Fell]]{{ref|ADWD|42}}
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*[[House Horpe]]{{ref|ADWD|42}}
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*[[House Peasebury]]{{ref|ADWD|62}}
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*[[House Wylde]]{{ref|ADWD|62}}
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[[File:House Stark.svg|30px]] [[Northern mountain clans]]{{refn|group=N|name=clans|Other [[northern mountain clans]] who may be part of Stannis's host include the [[House Burley|Burleys]] and the [[House Harclay|Harclays]].}}
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* [[House Flint of the mountains|House Flint]]{{ref|ADWD|42}}
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* [[House Liddle]]{{ref|ADWD|42}}
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* [[House Norrey]]{{ref|ADWD|42}}
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* [[House Wull]]{{ref|ADWD|42}}
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----
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[[File:House Mormont.svg|30px]] [[House Mormont]]{{ref|ADWD|35}}
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| combatant1 = [[File:House Greyjoy.svg|30px]] [[Iron Islands|Ironborn]] led by [[Asha Greyjoy]]
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*[[House Botley]]{{ref|ADWD|42}}
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*[[House Greyjoy]]{{ref|ADWD|26}}
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*[[House Harlaw]]{{ref|ADWD|Appendix}}
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| commander2 = [[File:House Baratheon (Dragonstone).svg|23px]] King [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis I Baratheon]]
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----
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[[File:House Mormont.svg|20px]] [[Alysane Mormont]]
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| commander1 = [[File:House Greyjoy.svg|20px]] [[Asha Greyjoy]]<br>[[File:House Greyjoy.svg|20px]] [[Quenton Greyjoy (cousin)|Quenton Greyjoy]]
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| strength2 = Total ~3,900:
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*~1,400 [[southron]] soldiers
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*~2,500 [[Northern mountain clans|mountain clansmen]]
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----
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unknown Mormont forces
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| strength1 = ~200 <br> 4 longships  
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| casualties2 = unknown  
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| casualties1 = all killed or captured
 
}}
 
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The '''Retaking of Deepwood Motte''' is an event in the late stages of the [[War of the Five Kings]] during [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s attempt to gain the [[northmen]]s' allegiance by driving the invading [[ironborn]] out of the region.  
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The '''fight by Deepwood Motte'''{{ref|ADWD|42}} occurs in the late stages of the [[War of the Five Kings]]. [[Stannis Baratheon]] attempts to gain the [[northmen]]'s allegiance by driving the invading [[ironborn]] of [[Asha Greyjoy]] out of [[Deepwood Motte]] and the [[wolfswood]].{{ref|ADWD|26}}
  
 
==Prelude==
 
==Prelude==
[[Stannis Baratheon]], under the advice of [[Jon Snow]], goes west to take [[Deepwood Motte]], held by the ironborn under [[Asha Greyjoy]]. While moving through the [[northern mountains]], Stannis wins the support of the [[Northern mountain clans|mountain clans]] [[House Flint of the mountains|Flint]], [[House Wull|Wull]], [[House Norrey|Norrey]] and [[House Liddle|Liddle]], who remain loyal to the legacy of [[Eddard Stark|Ned]] and [[Robb Stark]].
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[[Asha Greyjoy]], who had captured [[fall of Deepwood Motte|Deepwood Motte]] when [[House Greyjoy]] entered the [[War of the Five Kings]], returns to Deepwood after the [[kingsmoot]]. She has four longships and near two hundred men at Deepwood and the strand of the [[Bay of Ice]].{{ref|ADWD|26}}
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[[Stannis Baratheon]], under the advice of [[Jon Snow]], goes west from [[Castle Black]] to free Deepwood. While moving through the [[northern mountains]], Stannis wins the support of the [[Northern mountain clans|mountain clans]] [[House Flint of the mountains|Flint]], [[House Wull|Wull]], [[House Norrey|Norrey]] and [[House Liddle|Liddle]], who remain loyal to the legacies of Lord [[Eddard Stark]] and [[Robb Stark]], the [[King in the North]].{{ref|ADWD|17}}{{ref|ADWD|26}}{{ref|ADWD|42}}
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==Fight==
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Stannis, now with three or four thousand men,{{ref|ADWD|26}} attacks [[Deepwood Motte]]. Five men, including a [[House Flint of the mountains|Flint]], climb Deepwood's eastern wall in an attempt to open the gate, but they are defeated by Asha's guards. [[Sybelle Glover]] and Deepwood's maester fail to convince Asha to surrender. From the watchtower Asha spots northmen camouflaged as trees. Seeing she is outnumbered, Asha decides to retreat back to her longships under cover of darkness. As Stannis's men attack the north gate with a battering ram, the [[House Greyjoy|Greyjoys]] escape out the south gate on foot and on horse and venture into the [[wolfswood]]. [[Hagen the Horn]] is struck by an arrow.{{ref|ADWD|26}}
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Initially traveling south and southwest, the ironborn then head west and intend to travel north to their beached longships only once the sun comes up. They march all night and light no fires and cover, they think, good ground. However, the retreat is slowed due to the unfamiliar territory and darkness. The northmen by comparison know the wolfswood well and are not hindered in the same way.{{ref|ADWD|26}}
  
==Battle==
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The northmen sneak up on the ironborn, slaying [[Rolfe the Dwarf]] and closing in around them. The ironborn fight back fiercely, but they are surrounded and outnumbered. [[Grimtongue]] strikes down at least nine northmen. [[Hagen's daughter]] fights naked. [[Quenton Greyjoy (cousin)|Quenton Greyjoy]] saves his cousin Asha from a spearman, but he is then killed by an axe. Eventually, all ironborn in the wolfswood are killed or captured, with Asha being defeated by [[Morgan Liddle]].{{ref|ADWD|26}}{{ref|ADWD|42}}
Stannis, now with an additional 3,500 men, attacks [[Deepwood Motte]]. Asha, seeing she is outnumbered, decides to retreat back to her longships, under cover of darkness. They march all night and light no fires and cover, they think, good ground. However, the retreat of the ironborn is slowed due to the unfamiliar territory and darkness. The northmen by comparison know the [[wolfswood]] well and are not hindered in the same way. The northmen sneak up on the ironborn, slaying their sentries and closing in around them. The ironborn fight back fiercely, but they are surrounded and outnumbered. Eventually, they are all subdued. [[Quenton Greyjoy (cousin)|Quenton]] and [[Dagon Greyjoy (Drunkard)|Dagon the Drunkard]], distant [[House Greyjoy|Greyjoy]] cousins, are both slain.{{ref|ADWD|26}}
 
  
Meanwhile, fighters in fishing sloops led by [[Alysane Mormont]] are able to sneak up on the longships off the strand, capturing or burning them.{{ref|ADWD|35}}
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Meanwhile, [[Alysane Mormont]] hides fighters in [[Bear Island]]'s fishing sloops. They sneak up on the longships off the strand, capturing or burning them. The ironborn at the [[Bay of Ice]] are slain or surrender.{{ref|ADWD|35}}
  
 
==Aftermath==
 
==Aftermath==
Stannis takes several of the ironborn captive, including [[Asha Greyjoy]]. He frees Lady [[Sybelle Locke|Sybelle Glover]] and returns Deepwood Motte to [[House Glover]]. This wins Stannis much popular support in the [[North]], with House Glover and its vassal houses as well as [[House Mormont]] declaring for him afterwards.{{ref|ADWD|42}}
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[[Stannis Baratheon]] frees Lady [[Sybelle Glover]] and returns Deepwood Motte to [[House Glover]]. This wins Stannis much popular support in the [[north]], with House Glover and its vassal houses as well as [[House Mormont]] declaring for him afterwards.{{ref|ADWD|42}} Some men sworn to [[House Hornwood]] also join Stannis' army.{{ref|ADWD|35}}
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Stannis ransoms many of the most notable ironmen,{{ref|ADWD|35}} and only [[Ragged nine|nine]] remain when he departs Deepwood.{{ref|ADWD|42}} Stannis brings [[Asha Greyjoy]] with him during the king's [[march on Winterfell]], leaving the other captives behind.{{ref|ADWD|42}} [[Morgan Liddle]] apologizes to Asha for having cursed at her during the fighting.{{ref|ADWD|42}}
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[[Cromm]] eventually dies of his wounds.{{ref|ADWD|62}} [[Tycho Nestoris]], an envoy of the [[Iron Bank of Braavos]], later ransoms [[Tristifer Botley]], [[Fingers (ironman)|Fingers]], [[Grimtongue]], [[Qarl the Maid]], [[Roggon Rustbeard]], and [[Rook]] from Sybelle's dungeon. Tycho has the six remaining ironmen escort him to Stannis at the [[crofters' village]].{{ref|ADWD|62}}
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==Quotes==
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{{Quote|[[Deepwood Motte]]. If [[Roose Bolton|Bolton]] means to fight the [[siege of Moat Cailin|ironmen]], so must you. Deepwood is a motte-and-bailey castle in the midst of [[wolfswood|thick forest]], easy to creep up on unawares. A wooden castle, defended by an earthen dike and a palisade of logs. The going will be slower through [[northern mountains|the mountains]], admittedly, but up there your host can move unseen, to emerge almost at the gates of Deepwood.{{ref|ADWD|17}}|[[Jon Snow]] to [[Stannis Baratheon]]}}
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{{quote|Tris, don some mail, it's time you tried out that sweet sword of yours. Splash some blood upon the moon with me, and I promise you a kiss for every kill.{{ref|ADWD|26}}|[[Asha Greyjoy]] to [[Tristifer Botley]]}}
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{{quote|We are fighting shrubbery, Asha thought as she slew a man who had more leaves on him than most of the surrounding trees.{{ref|ADWD|26}}|thoughts of [[Asha Greyjoy]]}}
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{{quote|[[Asha Greyjoy|Greyjoy's]] longships are burned or taken, her crews slain or surrendered. The captains, knights, notable warriors, and others of high birth we shall ransom or make other use of, the rest I mean to hang ...{{ref|ADWD|35}}|[[Stannis Baratheon]] writing to [[Jon Snow]]}}
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==Notes==
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{{notes}}
  
==References and Notes==
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==References==
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[[Category:House Farring battles|Deepwood Motte]]
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[[Category:House Fell battles|Deepwood Motte]]
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[[Category:House Flint of the mountains battles|Deepwood Motte]]
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[[Category:House Glover battles|Deepwood Motte]]
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[[Category:House Greyjoy battles|Deepwood Motte]]
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[[Category:House Harlaw battles|Deepwood Motte]]
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[[Category:House Horpe battles|Deepwood Motte]]
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[[Category:House Liddle battles|Deepwood Motte]]
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[[Category:House Massey battles|Deepwood Motte]]
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[[Category:House Mormont battles|Deepwood Motte]]
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[[Category:House Norrey battles|Deepwood Motte]]
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[[Category:House Peasebury battles|Deepwood Motte]]
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[[Category:House Wull battles|Deepwood Motte]]
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[[Category:House Wylde battles|Deepwood Motte]]
 
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[[es:Recaptura de Bosquespeso]]
 
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[[fr:Bataille de Motte-la-Forêt]]
 
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Latest revision as of 19:39, 2 September 2021

Fight by Deepwood Motte
Conflict War of the Five Kings
Date 300 AC
Place Deepwood Motte and the wolfswood
Result

House Baratheon of Dragonstone victory

Combatants
House Greyjoy.svg Ironborn led by Asha Greyjoy House Baratheon of Dragonstone.svg House Baratheon of Dragonstone:[N 1]

Crownlands

Stormlands

House Stark.svg Northern mountain clans[N 2]


House Mormont.svg House Mormont[1]
Commanders
House Greyjoy.svg Asha Greyjoy
House Greyjoy.svg Quenton Greyjoy
House Baratheon of Dragonstone.svg King Stannis I Baratheon
House Mormont.svg Alysane Mormont
Strength
~200
4 longships
Total ~3,900:
unknown Mormont forces
Casualties
all killed or captured unknown

The fight by Deepwood Motte[2] occurs in the late stages of the War of the Five Kings. Stannis Baratheon attempts to gain the northmen's allegiance by driving the invading ironborn of Asha Greyjoy out of Deepwood Motte and the wolfswood.[3]

Prelude

Asha Greyjoy, who had captured Deepwood Motte when House Greyjoy entered the War of the Five Kings, returns to Deepwood after the kingsmoot. She has four longships and near two hundred men at Deepwood and the strand of the Bay of Ice.[3]

Stannis Baratheon, under the advice of Jon Snow, goes west from Castle Black to free Deepwood. While moving through the northern mountains, Stannis wins the support of the mountain clans Flint, Wull, Norrey and Liddle, who remain loyal to the legacies of Lord Eddard Stark and Robb Stark, the King in the North.[6][3][2]

Fight

Stannis, now with three or four thousand men,[3] attacks Deepwood Motte. Five men, including a Flint, climb Deepwood's eastern wall in an attempt to open the gate, but they are defeated by Asha's guards. Sybelle Glover and Deepwood's maester fail to convince Asha to surrender. From the watchtower Asha spots northmen camouflaged as trees. Seeing she is outnumbered, Asha decides to retreat back to her longships under cover of darkness. As Stannis's men attack the north gate with a battering ram, the Greyjoys escape out the south gate on foot and on horse and venture into the wolfswood. Hagen the Horn is struck by an arrow.[3]

Initially traveling south and southwest, the ironborn then head west and intend to travel north to their beached longships only once the sun comes up. They march all night and light no fires and cover, they think, good ground. However, the retreat is slowed due to the unfamiliar territory and darkness. The northmen by comparison know the wolfswood well and are not hindered in the same way.[3]

The northmen sneak up on the ironborn, slaying Rolfe the Dwarf and closing in around them. The ironborn fight back fiercely, but they are surrounded and outnumbered. Grimtongue strikes down at least nine northmen. Hagen's daughter fights naked. Quenton Greyjoy saves his cousin Asha from a spearman, but he is then killed by an axe. Eventually, all ironborn in the wolfswood are killed or captured, with Asha being defeated by Morgan Liddle.[3][2]

Meanwhile, Alysane Mormont hides fighters in Bear Island's fishing sloops. They sneak up on the longships off the strand, capturing or burning them. The ironborn at the Bay of Ice are slain or surrender.[1]

Aftermath

Stannis Baratheon frees Lady Sybelle Glover and returns Deepwood Motte to House Glover. This wins Stannis much popular support in the north, with House Glover and its vassal houses as well as House Mormont declaring for him afterwards.[2] Some men sworn to House Hornwood also join Stannis' army.[1]

Stannis ransoms many of the most notable ironmen,[1] and only nine remain when he departs Deepwood.[2] Stannis brings Asha Greyjoy with him during the king's march on Winterfell, leaving the other captives behind.[2] Morgan Liddle apologizes to Asha for having cursed at her during the fighting.[2]

Cromm eventually dies of his wounds.[5] Tycho Nestoris, an envoy of the Iron Bank of Braavos, later ransoms Tristifer Botley, Fingers, Grimtongue, Qarl the Maid, Roggon Rustbeard, and Rook from Sybelle's dungeon. Tycho has the six remaining ironmen escort him to Stannis at the crofters' village.[5]

Quotes

Deepwood Motte. If Bolton means to fight the ironmen, so must you. Deepwood is a motte-and-bailey castle in the midst of thick forest, easy to creep up on unawares. A wooden castle, defended by an earthen dike and a palisade of logs. The going will be slower through the mountains, admittedly, but up there your host can move unseen, to emerge almost at the gates of Deepwood.[6]

Tris, don some mail, it's time you tried out that sweet sword of yours. Splash some blood upon the moon with me, and I promise you a kiss for every kill.[3]

We are fighting shrubbery, Asha thought as she slew a man who had more leaves on him than most of the surrounding trees.[3]

—thoughts of Asha Greyjoy

Greyjoy's longships are burned or taken, her crews slain or surrendered. The captains, knights, notable warriors, and others of high birth we shall ransom or make other use of, the rest I mean to hang ...[1]

Notes

  1. Several Houses accompanied Stannis to the Wall but have not been confirmed as having continued with him to Deepwood and toward Winterfell, such as the Bar Emmons and the Velaryons from the crownlands. Similar Houses from the stormlands include the Carons, the Estermonts, the Morrigens, and the Wensingtons.
  2. Other northern mountain clans who may be part of Stannis's host include the Burleys and the Harclays.

References