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Few Andals arrived in the Stormlands in the early days of their [[Coming_of_the_Andals|coming]]. Houses [[House Manning|Manning]] and [[House Pyle|Pyle]] landed on the southern edge of [[Blackwater#The Wendwater and Bywater Woods|Blackwater Bay]], [[House Polander]] settled on the Severisles in the [[The Eastern Marches|Red March]]. The most impactful of the first Andals in the Stormlands, however, was [[House Morne]], which settled on the eastern portion of [[Tarth]]. Within a few decades, the Mornes launched a [[The Sapphire March|conquest]] of Tarth, and expelled [[House Evenstar]] from their ancestral seat. [[Galladon Morne|Ser Galladon of Morne]] named himself king, and refused to bow to Storm's End when Durrandon messengers were dispatched following his crowning. | Few Andals arrived in the Stormlands in the early days of their [[Coming_of_the_Andals|coming]]. Houses [[House Manning|Manning]] and [[House Pyle|Pyle]] landed on the southern edge of [[Blackwater#The Wendwater and Bywater Woods|Blackwater Bay]], [[House Polander]] settled on the Severisles in the [[The Eastern Marches|Red March]]. The most impactful of the first Andals in the Stormlands, however, was [[House Morne]], which settled on the eastern portion of [[Tarth]]. Within a few decades, the Mornes launched a [[The Sapphire March|conquest]] of Tarth, and expelled [[House Evenstar]] from their ancestral seat. [[Galladon Morne|Ser Galladon of Morne]] named himself king, and refused to bow to Storm's End when Durrandon messengers were dispatched following his crowning. | ||
[[The Storming of Tarth]] followed, and House Morne was ejected from the isle, with [[House Blacktyde of Tarth]] taking up residence in Evenfall Hall for the foreseeable future. Storm King [[Qarlton II Durrandon]] led this reconquest, and his rule would see the Pyles, Polanders, and Mannings subjugated to the Storm Throne. Qarlton later expanded his dominion to the | [[The Storming of Tarth]] followed, and House Morne was ejected from the isle, with [[House Blacktyde of Tarth]] taking up residence in Evenfall Hall for the foreseeable future. Storm King [[Qarlton II Durrandon]] led this reconquest, and his rule would see the Pyles, Polanders, and Mannings subjugated to the Storm Throne. Qarlton later expanded his dominion to the southern edge [[Blackwater#The Blackwater Rush|Blackwater Rush]]. | ||
The Storm Kings saw relative prosperity for a time after this, exchanging border raids with the [[House Yronwood|Yronwoods]] occasionally, and joining an effort to oust [[House Risley]] from the [[The Reach|Reach]]. [[House Strickland]] attempted to land on [[Blackwater#The Hook|the Hook]], and forcibly convert the populace to worship of the Seven, but an alliance between [[Durran XIX Durrandon]] and [[House Massey|Kermit Massey]] saw his force shattered. | |||
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