After Dany had emptied Earl Hightower's study of everything valuable, she returned to Dreamfyre's back and retrieved her Valyrian steel sword, Dawnlight. Then, sword in hand, she began searching for Earl Hightower and the others.
After all, things had reached this point, and it was time Danyla demanded an explanation and justice from House Hightower.
Normally, the members of House Hightower, their knights, soldiers, and servants numbered at least a thousand within the Hightower.
Otto Hightower had taken more than two hundred people with him when he left for King's Landing to serve as Hand of the King, so the Hightower still had over eight hundred permanent residents.
Danyla had already killed more than three hundred knights and warriors, and over two hundred others were carrying out duties in Oldtown, so there should still have been at least four or five hundred people in the Hightower.
Yet Danyla had searched for several quarters of an hour without seeing a single soul, so she hurried toward the Septon's Hall.
On the Continent of Westeros, especially in the south, noblewomen loved to pray in septs whenever disaster struck. With something this terrible happening in Oldtown, Earl Hightower's wife must have taken the women of the family to pray in the Septon's Hall.
No matter where Earl Hightower was hiding, once Danyla found his wife and children, how could he refuse to come out?!
Myracis, who shared Danyla's thoughts, flew toward the Septon's Hall ahead of her.
To guard against House Hightower lashing out in desperation, Danyla felt safer with a Great Dragon protecting her. After all, a wise person did not stand beneath a crumbling wall.
The Septon's Hall was not on a particularly high floor, and it occupied a large space of its own. Outside lay a sizable garden, filled with