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=== The Breaking ===

As a last ditch effort to staunch the flow of invaders their greenseers gathered and with their combined magics broke the Arm of Dorne - an event named the 'Hammer of the Waters', turned the [[The North#The Neck|Neck]] into a swamp<ref>Dave Hill. (2014). ''The North'' in ''Histories & Lore: Season 3''. Home Box Office.</ref>, and crumbled away the Iron Islands to a shadow of what it once was<ref name="FirstMen8">George R.R. Martin. (2014). ''The World of Ice and Fire - The Coming of the First Men''. London: HarperVoyager. p.8.</ref>.

As a last ditch effort to staunch the flow of invaders their greenseers gathered in their hundreds, offering sacrifices, and with their combined magics broke the Arm of Dorne<ref name="Dorne237>George R.R. Martin. (2014). ''The World of Ice and Fire - Dorne: The Breaking''. London: HarperVoyager. p.237.</ref> - an event named the 'Hammer of the Waters', turned the [[The North#The Neck|Neck]] into a swamp<ref>Dave Hill. (2014). ''The North'' in ''Histories & Lore: Season 3''. Home Box Office.</ref>, and crumbled away the Iron Islands to a shadow of what it once was<ref name="FirstMen8">George R.R. Martin. (2014). ''The World of Ice and Fire - The Coming of the First Men''. London: HarperVoyager. p.8.</ref>.

Despite the near-apocalyptic disasters that befell the First Men, they were already too entrenched in Westeros to leave, and the war continued over many more generations for centuries, perhaps millennia. Eventually, the mightiest greenseers of the Children came to the realisation that this was a war they could not win, and made peace with the kings of the First Men, who had grown weary of the fruitless conflict.

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* Dorne is the oldest settled region in Westeros, as it was the very first land the First Men step foot on from the Arm of Dorne<ref name="Dorne237>George R.R. Martin. (2014). ''The World of Ice and Fire - Dorne: The Breaking''. London: HarperVoyager. p.237.</ref>.

* The Hammer of the Waters, the breaking of the Arm of Dorne, that cut off the First Men already in Westeros from Essos was too late to turn the tide of war between the First Men and the Children of the Forest, who were outnumbered three-to-one after just a few centuries<ref name="Dorne237>George R.R. Martin. (2014). ''The World of Ice and Fire - Dorne: The Breaking''. London: HarperVoyager. p.237.</ref>.

== References ==

[[Category:History|Dawn Age]]

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 === The Breaking ===
-As a last ditch effort to staunch the flow of invaders their greenseers gathered and with their combined magics broke the Arm of Dorne - an event named the 'Hammer of the Waters', turned the [[The North#The Neck|Neck]] into a swamp<ref>Dave Hill. (2014). ''The North'' in ''Histories & Lore: Season 3''. Home Box Office.</ref>, and crumbled away the Iron Islands to a shadow of what it once was<ref name="FirstMen8">George R.R. Martin. (2014). ''The World of Ice and Fire - The Coming of the First Men''. London: HarperVoyager. p.8.</ref>.
+As a last ditch effort to staunch the flow of invaders their greenseers gathered in their hundreds, offering sacrifices, and with their combined magics broke the Arm of Dorne<ref name="Dorne237>George R.R. Martin. (2014). ''The World of Ice and Fire - Dorne: The Breaking''. London: HarperVoyager. p.237.</ref> - an event named the 'Hammer of the Waters', turned the [[The North#The Neck|Neck]] into a swamp<ref>Dave Hill. (2014). ''The North'' in ''Histories & Lore: Season 3''. Home Box Office.</ref>, and crumbled away the Iron Islands to a shadow of what it once was<ref name="FirstMen8">George R.R. Martin. (2014). ''The World of Ice and Fire - The Coming of the First Men''. London: HarperVoyager. p.8.</ref>.
 Despite the near-apocalyptic disasters that befell the First Men, they were already too entrenched in Westeros to leave, and the war continued over many more generations for centuries, perhaps millennia. Eventually, the mightiest greenseers of the Children came to the realisation that this was a war they could not win, and made peace with the kings of the First Men, who had grown weary of the fruitless conflict.
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 * Dorne is the oldest settled region in Westeros, as it was the very first land the First Men step foot on from the Arm of Dorne<ref name="Dorne237>George R.R. Martin. (2014). ''The World of Ice and Fire - Dorne: The Breaking''. London: HarperVoyager. p.237.</ref>.
-* The Hammer of the Waters, the breaking of the Arm of Dorne, that cut off the First Men already in Westeros from Essos was too late to turn the tide of war between the First Men and the Children of the Forest, who were outnumbered three-to-one after just a few centuries<ref name="Dorne237>George R.R. Martin. (2014). ''The World of Ice and Fire - Dorne: The Breaking''. London: HarperVoyager. p.237.</ref>.
 == References ==
 [[Category:History|Dawn Age]]

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