(1. Vhagar, riding Prince Viserys; 2. Vermithor, asleep on Dragonmont; 3. Cannibal, chained by the sea, riderless; 4. Dreamfyre, Dragonriding: Danyla; 5. Silverwing, riderless; 6. the Red Queen Meleys, Dragonriding: Princess Rhaenys; 7. Bloodworm Quicksilver, Dragonriding: Daemon; 8. Sheepstealer, whose two remaining dragon eggs Danyla had secretly kept, riderless; 9. Aposos, Danyla's; 10. Himolos, who had laid five new dragon eggs, Danyla's; 11. Amoros, Danyla's; 12. Antheros, Danyla's; 13. Syrax, Rhaenyra's; 14. Little Balerion, Danyla's; 15. Vhagar, Danyla's; 16. Grey Ghost, Danyla's; 17. Seasmoke, currently riderless, hatched by Laenor; 18. Myracis, Danyla's bonded dragon; 19. Urrax, currently being raised by King Jaehaerys. Danyla also had three dragon eggs received from the royal family, two brought back from Valyria, and one golden dragon egg laid by Silverwing, along with Urrax's four fossilized dragon eggs and two eggs from Sheepstealer.)
Seeing Danyla return with more than two hundred Unsullied and a tall Dothraki guard, Earl Hightower hurried out with his family to greet her warmly.
"Your Highness, thank you for your efforts!"
Earl Hightower now adopted an exceedingly humble attitude before Danyla, but he could not stop peering behind her.
"Your Highness, did you not see Hobart and the others outside? They went out last night to meet you, but they still haven't returned."
"And what is the situation with the riots outside?"
At his words, Danyla immediately put on a regretful expression and said,
"You may not have heard yet, my lord. Rumor has it that Ser Hobart led the Hightower warriors and Oldtown's garrison in plundering the merchant caravans at the docks, provoking public outrage. Some say they were wiped out to the last man, and that the mob even burned their bodies to ashes!"
"What?!"
Danyla's words struck the members of House Hightower like a thunderbolt. Earl Hightower's corpulent