A few days after taking House Cuy's Sunhouse Castle, Danyla reckoned that the ships carrying House Hightower's wealth and people should have reached King's Landing, so she prepared to send Earl Hightower there.
Earl Hightower also knew this day was inevitable, so he had arranged the affairs of Hightower and the Earl's Territory well in advance. Fortunately, House Hightower had an excellent maester who could manage the domain even after every member of the family had left.
Unfortunately, although House Hightower had paid for several dozen people to ride dragons, Earl Hightower was the only one who enjoyed that privilege.
Early that morning, Danyla rode Dreamfyre toward King's Landing, accompanied by Little Balerion, the Three Little Ones, and Myracis.
Sitting on Dreamfyre's back, Earl Hightower gazed at the magnificent landscape below. He had been somewhat excited at first, but whenever he thought of his family's uncertain future, that excitement turned to sorrow.
Danyla and her party left Oldtown early that morning, crossed the towering Red Mountains, and passed through House Tarly's Earl's Territory at Horn Hill. Once they flew beyond the Red Mountains, the Mander River, the largest river in the Reach, came into view.
Following the Mander River north, they reached the Earl Merryweather's lands at noon.
House Merryweather was a noble house of the Reach. Its seat, Longtable Hall, stood at the confluence of the Mander River and the Blueburn River. With its abundant produce and vast lands, House Merryweather ranked among the wealthier and more powerful noble houses in the Seven Kingdoms.
Its sigil was a golden cornucopia spilling apples, carrots, plums, onions, leeks, turnips, and fruits of every color onto a white field, with a golden border. Its motto was "Behold our Bounty."
The lush green countryside and herds of livestock below made the wealth of