Still, the opportunity to return home and seize the Seven Kingdoms could not be ignored.
Maelys, a huge and ugly man said to have swallowed his twin in the womb (he had a vestigial second head growing out of his shoulder) had seized command of the company by tearing the head of his cousin Daemon from his shoulders and had a reputation for savagery and bloodlust that had tainted the honour of the company. Their commander was Maelys Blackfyre, the last surviving descendant of House Blackfyre in the male line. Their great commander, Bittersteel, had died seventeen years earlier but the company remained intact and its reputation formidable. He was killed by his own wife in 266, ending the pretensions of the Ninepenny Kings.įoremost in military reputation amongst their armies was the Golden Company, made up of exiled knights and warriors from Westeros. The rest of the Band were destroyed over the next six months, with only Adarys surviving in Tyrosh. King Jaehaerys II sent his armies against the Band of Nine in 260, with Ser Barristan Selmy defeating and killing Maelys the Monstrous in single combat. They invaded and sacked Tyrosh before seizing several of the Stepstones, including Bloodstone. These were: Alequo Adarys of Tyrosh Maelys Blackfyre of the Golden Company Ser Derrick Fossoway, a sellsword captain Liomond Lashare, Lord of Battles Nine Eyes, a pirate captain the Old Mother, a pirate queen Xhobar Qhoqua, the Ebon Prince of the Summer Isles Samarro Saan of Lys and Spotted Tom the Butcher. The War of the Ninepenny Kings began in 258 AC when nine warlords of Essos made a formal pact under the Tree of Crowns.
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