Dawn Age

The Dawn Age describes the period of Westerosi pre-history that dates from the furthest reaches of antiquity, until the sealing of the pact on the Isle of Faces. It was followed by the Age of Heroes.

History

Very little is known about Westeros before the arrival of the First Men. The Children of the Forest lived here alongside the giants, though not always amicably. The Deep Ones also appear to have had certain structures built during this period. Of all the settlements that endured by the time of the Andal invasions, only Oldtown can be said with any certainty to have existed in the Dawn Age.

The First Men arrived in Westeros approximately seven thousand years before the Coming of the Andals, crossing the Arm of Dorne and gradually spreading through the new continent. Everywhere but in Dorne and on remote islands, they encountered the Children of the Forest - with whom initial cordial relations fell into conflict. Men cut down and burned weirwoods wherever they found them, and claimed the lands for themselves.