Though Danyla lived a leisurely life in Braavos, she kept a close watch on the situation in Westeros. With King Jaehaerys deliberately turning a blind eye, the area around High Heart in the Riverlands had descended into utter chaos.
No fewer than twenty or thirty houses had brought forces there under the pretext of hunting, with their combined strength already exceeding five thousand. The lords of the Riverlands had all barred their castle gates and refused visitors, afraid that one careless move would drag them into the conflict.
House Brinley was now on the verge of annihilation under the combined assault of House Blackwood, House Frey, and the forces of the Vale. Apart from Stone Hedge, which still held thanks to its sturdy walls, all its other lands had fallen into the allied forces' hands.
Many of House Bracken's relatives by marriage, along with hunting parties that had come to the Riverlands uninvited, had tried several times to intervene, only to be frightened off by Daemon on his dragon.
Fortunately, Daemon's presence on dragonback deterred the various factions from acting too rashly, though their petty schemes never stopped. In particular, Harold and his men could never seem to finish rounding up the members of the Poor Fellows. More than ten thousand had already been sent to the Stepstones and Cisland to work in the saltworks and mines.
The dragon's roar heard in the Mountains of the Moon last time worried Danyla even more. She had already sent word to her cousin Jeyne, the Duchess of the Vale, asking her to keep a close watch on activity deep within the mountains. If a dragon appeared, she was to notify King's Landing and Dragonstone immediately.
She had also instructed Dorea Sand to send several of her warg sisters secretly to the vicinity