While Danyla was dealing with House Hightower, the mob that had stormed the Starry Sept had already wiped out all the septons outside, along with the Oldtown guards who had rushed over at the news.
The hundred-odd Oldtown guards supplied the mob with over a hundred sharp Valyrian Steel Swords, which they picked up and used to hack frantically at the Starry Sept's enormous bronze doors.
But even after they had battered every Valyrian Steel Sword edge blunt, all they had left on the sturdy bronze doors were ugly scars.
At that moment, Ygr shouted,
"Looks like hacking at these bronze doors with swords and axes won't do any good. If we want to break through, we'll have to build a small battering ram!"
His suggestion met with immediate approval. Fortunately, plenty of ancient trees more than a century old stood around the Starry Sept, providing ample timber for a serviceable small battering ram.
There were also skilled carpenters among the mob, so everyone quickly got to work. Two hours later, as sunlight once again shone over Oldtown, the mob finished building their new battering ram.
Under Ygr's direction, over a hundred strong, sturdy rioters drove the ram hard into the Starry Sept's doors.
Every collision rang out with a tremendous crash, jolting awake the prelates who had finally managed to get a little rest inside the Starry Sept.
As the blows came faster and faster, the entire Starry Sept began to tremble. Many of the stained-glass panes overhead fell loose and shattered on the floor.
The prelates of the Faith of the Seven, so accustomed to lording over others, abandoned the statues of the Seven before which they usually prayed so devoutly and scattered like frightened rats!
Under the altar tables, inside the confessionals, in the kitchens, and beneath