Dorne, also known as Winter, is a huge peninsula at the southernmost tip of Westeros and one of the Seven Kingdoms. Its capital is the city of Halberd on the east coast of the kingdom.

Dorne is bordered by the Sea of Dorne and the Crimson Mountains to the north, the Stone Steps Islands to the east, the Summer Sea to the south, and the mountains to the west of Qingting Island and the eastern part of Old Town. The Crimson Mountains are the land barrier that separates Dorne from Riverlands and Storm's End.

There are only two main official passages in the Crimson Mountains: the Stone Road Pass and the Prince Pass. The Prince's Pass is connected to the River Bend, and the Stone Road, also known as the Bone Road, connects to the Storm Land, and the exit is located near the Midsummer Hall.

Dorne is the hottest region of Westeros, stony, mountainous, arid and barren, and has the only desert on the continent.

For thousands of years, no hero has been able to conquer Dorne by force.

The first war of conquest of Dorne took place a thousand years ago, when Nymeria, the heroine of the Loynar from across the Narrow Sea, led thousands of large and small ships and more than 200,000 warriors and people to land in Dorne in order to avoid the dragon pursuit of the Valyrians.

Nymeria's conquest was quickly defeated, and whether it was a war in the desert or a war in the mountains, Nymeria won more than she won. After weighing the pros and cons, Nemelia decided to marry the Martell family, the nobles of Dorne. After a successful marriage strengthened Nemeria's army, and with the support of her husband Martell's family, Nemeria unified Dorne, captured the seven kings of Dorne, and sent them to the Wall of Desperation to serve as the Night Watchman.

Arya Stark's Icewolf was named Nameria, which came from the worship of the Loyna heroine Nameria!

This was the first time in history that the Dorne people were united, and the Roynars gained a foothold in the territory of Dorne, and they brought with them the customs and beliefs of the Roynars, and until now, in the manner of the Roynars, the patriarchs of the Martel family of Dorne have always called themselves "princes", their sons are called princes, and their daughters are called princesses.

Although the Loynards unified Dorne, their unity was inseparable from the support of the local nobles of Dorne, and without the support of the Martell family, Nymeria could not unify Dorne, and after Somelia unified Dorne, the entire rule of Dorne returned to the hands of the Martell family after her death.

The full name of the Martell family is Namelos Martell.

"Namelos" means "blood of Nameria", and usually they omit the previous Namelos and call only Martel. The family crest of the Martell family is a golden spear that runs through the red sun, the golden gun is the family crest of ancient Martell, the red sun is the symbol of the Roynars, and also represents the glory of Neselia as eternal as the sun in the sky, and Martell's family motto is "indomitable".

In modern times, the second war of conquest of Dorne was initiated by the Targaryens.

Three hundred years ago, Aegon Targaryen the Conqueror invaded Westeros. In the wars of conquest he waged, all the Andal kings bowed down one by one, and only the Dornites refused to submit to the dragon king.

When Aegon led dragons and armies to fight the Dorns, the Dornish took advantage of the mountains and the endless desert and refused to confront Aegon head-on, forcing Aegon to use the dragons. Then, the Dornites only used ambush and looting tactics to quickly retreat to the desert or the mountains of the Crimson Mountains, and even if Aegon flew all over Dorne on a dragon, he could not find Dorne's army. Unable to keep up with the food, Aegon eventually withdrew his troops from Dorne.

While Aegon Targaryen established the Red Keep in King's Landing to rule over the other six nations, the Dornish maintained their independence.

One hundred and fifty years later, after careful and long-term preparations, the "Young Dragon Lord" Daeron I set out to conquer Dorne again, this time he successfully forced the Dornish who lacked food out of the desert and mountains with the tactics of stationing and fighting a protracted war, and Daron I conquered Dorne.

However, it didn't take long for the Dornites to relent, and they immediately launched a rebellion. Rebellion after rebellion, and eventually the Dorneans sacrificed more than 40,000 warriors, forcing the Targaryens to withdraw again from Dorne, and the Targaryens' second conquest failed.

Later, Daerron's successor, "God-blessed" Baylor, made a truce with Dorne. They decided to learn from the strategy of Namelia, the heroine of Loyna, to marry.

Eventually, Daron II married Princess Miria Martell of Dorne, and his sister Daenerys married Prince Marlon Martell of Dorne, thus allowing Dorne to be incorporated into the Seven Kingdoms in this peaceful way.

Despite this, the Martell family of Dorne still maintained their political and military independence, and they were the only country in the Seven Kingdoms that still called themselves princes and their children were called princes and princesses.

From ancient times to the present day, the people of Dorne have never been conquered by outside powers, except by marriage.

There are three reasons for the Dorn's public declaration of independence this time: the first is that Aegon VI, the secret son of Rhaegar Targaryen's wife, Princess Elia Martell, was captured by Daenerys and Will and thrown into prison at Pantos.

The second is that Prince Quentin Martell sent Prince Quentin Martell to Daenerys Targaryen's army in order to contact Daenerys Targaryen to overthrow the Baratheon family, but Prince Quentin Martell and several of his guards were all killed, and Quentin did not leave a word to his father, Prince Doro.

Third: After Will and Daenerys reached a settlement in King's Landing, although Raven informed Prince Martell, Daenerys Targaryen did not personally go to Dorne to explain to Prince Martell, and the Martens had no trust in Will and the Baratheons. Especially a guy named Will, and the Martell family doesn't know anything about him.

After feeling abandoned and despised by the Targaryens and the other great nobles of the Six Kingdoms, the Martell family did not hesitate and declared de facto independence.

Whether it's the ungrateful Targaryen or the twisted Baratheon, they have no illusions.

Dorne's economy, politics, and military have always been independent, even the taxes are independent, and in the three hundred years that Dorne has sworn allegiance to the Targaryens and submitted to them, Dorne's annual tax payments to the Targaryen royal family have been symbolic, and among the seven nations, Dorne has always enjoyed a completely different political status and treatment from the other six countries. When they learned that Ilia's son Aegon was still alive, the whole nation cheered, and when Aegon conquered Reese, Telosi, and Mill, Obron, the red serpent of Dorne, began to gather his army and train in large numbers.

However, all political changes came faster than the summer rains, and in just a few months, everything turned upside down, Aegon was taken down by Daenerys, Will and Daenerys made peace, and the Golden Knights withdrew from King's Landing.

This made Dorne's great hope and careful preparation burst like a beautiful soap bubble!

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Chapter 0884 Mance Rader is ashamed to say: Conquering Dorne is easy

"No one can conquer Dorne by force!" concluded Petyr the Littlefinger, after finishing the history of Dorne.

The meeting of the King, the Prime Minister, and Lady Caitlyn was filled with the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms, the knights from House Tyrell, the knights of Storm's End, the nobles of the Vale and the West, and as the lord of the North and the future 'mother' of Her Majesty, Caitlyn said: "Prince Doran Martel has a daughter, Arlene Martell, who is Doran's heir, known as Princess Dorne, and is very beautiful, and you can consider marrying. ”

Barristan Selmy said: "Prince Doran also has a son, Tristan Martell, who is fourteen or fifteen years old this year, and can also marry. ”

"I think Arya Stark and Tristan Martell are a good fit. Gavin Westerling said. His daughter Jenny Westerling is married to Robb and will soon have a baby, and the Westerlings and Starks are already close to each other.

"Arya, no!" Catelyn said.

"Sansa Stark can marry Tristan Martell. Littlefinger Petyr Berish said.

The eyes of the nobles fell on Will's face, everyone heard the rumors that Will was rejected by Sansa, Sansa is the pearl of the Stark family, no matter which aspect is worthy of Lord Will, Sansa suddenly refused to marry Lord Will after Riverrun, everyone did not think it was inappropriate.

The eldest lady of the Stark family has such a proud capital.

Caitlin respects her daughter's ideas, and wants to find a real nobleman for her daughter, which is also something that nobles prefer to see.

If Will Zhen and Sansa marry, many nobles will feel uncomfortable.

They don't think Will is worthy of Sansa!

Will was not embarrassed, and said, "I have no problem with Sansa's proposal of Tristan Martell, as long as Sansa agrees, I will support it." ”

The nobles looked at each other meaningfully.

Everyone disturbed and proposed a list of marriages with the Martell family.

Behind the names of the eldest princess of the Martell family, Alian, and the third prince, Tristan, there was a long list of names of aristocratic teenagers.

Littlefinger smiled and said, "There are also many daughters of Count Oberon Martel, there are eight in total, and several of them are young and beautiful, and we can also consider marrying Oberon's daughters." ”

"His daughters are all illegitimate daughters. Earl Jon Amber, Grand of the North, said contemptuously.

"Little Sir Jon is a good woman to marry any of the eight illegitimate daughters of the Red Viper. A nobleman laughed.

"There are also a few beautiful women in the Mormont family, who are also the right age for Tristan Martell. ”

Will looked at the Savage King Mans Red, and he realized that Mance Red was about to fall asleep.

For those who are not familiar with the background of the Southern aristocracy, it is indeed boring to discuss whose daughter is more worthy of Tristan.

Will's heart moved, and Mance Rader had been elected by him as a royal courtier to check the dangers of the freedmen, and it was not good for him to sleep well at his first national convention like this. Will touched Mance Red's leg with his foot and said, "What do you think, Mance Red?"

"There is no kingdom that cannot be conquered. Mance Rader said.

His words silenced the nobles who were discussing marriage.

Everyone thinks that the Savages are savages and cannot be compared to them, but due to Lord Will and the current situation, the nobles feel that it is still a good material to use the Savage Legion as artillery fire. Motivated by the idea of being useful to the savages, the nobles accepted the 'Prime Minister's offer' that Mance Rader also be a member of the royal court.

There was a rare moment of silence at the government affairs meeting!

Mance Rader was a very beautiful man, and naturally saw the surprise and contempt in the eyes of the nobles.

"If we can't conquer Dorne, it's just that we haven't found a way to conquer Dorne yet," he said. For example, if we send out swordsmen and kill Martell's family suddenly, what will happen to the Dorn? will they dare to come out and attack us? There are only two ways, and to come out is to die. Although the Dornites have never been conquered by force, neither have the Dornians come out to conquer us. Why? Because they're not really strong enough. ”

"The population of the Dorne is indeed the smallest. Littlefinger Petyr said.

Caitlin was also very prejudiced against the Wildling King, Mans Red, and if it weren't for Lord Will, she felt that sitting with Mance Red would be a disgrace to her reputation.

"Master Mance Red, if you take your troops to fight Dorne, do you think you can take Dorne?"

"It's easy!" said Mance Rader slowly.

His tone and attitude made the nobles feel that it was too arrogant and rude.

Roland Storm, Earl of Nightsong City, located on the northern edge of the Crimson Mountains, said coldly: "Lord Mance, since you are so sure, then please tell us your military strategy, and we will respectfully listen to your lordship explain this way of victory." ”

"I won't say!" said Mance Raid, "but killing the Martell family is the first step in the whole military plan, and as for the later strategy, it won't work when it's said." But if Lord Will orders me to lead my troops, I will be able to conquer Dorne and make the people of Dorne die for His Majesty's leadership and rule. ”

Haile Hunt, the Kingsguard from the southern commander Randolph Tully's vassal, couldn't help himself, stood up and said, "Lord Mance, I remember that you were nothing more than Lord Will's defeated men. ”

"Yes, Lord Will not only defeated me, but also saved the lives of 100,000 of our freedmen. Mance Rader said calmly. There was no shame in his defeat at the hands of Lord Will.

"Hehe, Lord Will doesn't dare to say that he can easily take down Dorne, but you dare to brag nonsense here. There are many famous generals in the south, don't underestimate the warriors in the south. ”

"I never look down on anyone. Mance Rader said lightly, "There is no joke at the military meeting, I am willing to make a military order, as long as I give me an army, I want a few generals in the sea, and it will be easy to take Dorne." ”

"You may be able to defeat Dorne, but you can't conquer the hearts of the Dorn, and as soon as you leave, they will rebel immediately. Hale Hunt said.

"If I go, they won't!" said Mance Rader lightly, "General Hale, do you dare to bet with me that if I conquer Dorne, your head will lose to me." If I am invincible, I will kill myself before you. ”

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For the time being, I owe the tip of the head of 'This Moment', and I'll say it first. Will make it up! ^_^^_^