The Battles in the Boneway

The year 95 AC would see a series of raids back and forth across the border of the Stormlands and Dorne, mostly undertaken by forces under the control of Houses Dondarrion and Wyl. The border dispute would quickly solve itself within a few moons and peace would return.

Prelude
The War in the Pass had left the Stormlands with a bitter taste in their mouths, as while they had contributed men to the conflict, Luthor Gardener’s peace with Prince Morgan effectively forced them to withdraw from the conflict as well. Still, the prospect of taking on Dorne was in the minds of some in the Kingdom of the Storm. Chief among them was Prince Ormund Durrandon, who had been begging King Arlan to bring the Red Mountains into the fold of the Stormlands. The King refused to attack the Dornish, citing the War in the Pass as the most recent reason as to why Dorne is not worth fighting against and their attention lay to the north with the Black Kings in the Trident. Still, the Prince would gather allies in an attempt to force a war.

The Burning of Little Wyl
Just after dusk in the fourth moon of 95 AD, the small village of Little Wyl, on the northern lands of House Wyl was the scene of sudden carnage. Out of the night, men rode on horseback with torches and no sigil on their breasts. They burned the village and sacked it, killing many of its inhabitants  Lord Wyl and his men would investigate the village in the days following and while they did not have a solid lead, they assumed it was the Stormlanders that carried out the atrocity.

The Investigation
Lord Wyl did not react as Prince Ormund had hoped and instead of openly attacking the Stormlands, he continued to track the men who took part in the attack. Spies from Wyl would uncover that a few of those men were in Blackhaven and a raven from Lord Wyl to Lord Dondarrion would have Lord Dondarrion refuse to turn over any man in his castle to the Dornish. Thus, Wyl had enough proof, at least to satisfy his own curiosity, that it was the Stormlords that perpetrated the attack.

The Fires of Blackhaven
One night, as a storm raged in the distance, Lord Dondarrion was awakened to the sounds of shouts both outside and in his castle. The lands around Blackhaven were aflame. Houses, barns, inns, smithys, anything around the castle made of wood was aflame. No armed attacks, just burning buildings. No culprits were found though Dondarrionwas quick to name Wyl as the arsonist. Word of the fires and attack on Little Wyl spread to the surrounding lands and for the next few moons, incidents would continue to occur on both sides of the border without either side being able to concretely claim it was the other. It would all come to a head in the seventh moon of 95 AD.

The Hostage
Shortly after their arrival back at Blackhaven, the captain of the guards of the Blackhaven garrison, Ser Mychel Storm, went missing one night during his rounds at the main gate. The following morning a note was discovered pinned to a postern gate by another guard searching for the man. It bid Lord Dondarrion to ride into the Mountains to recover his guard, lest he be returned piece by piece. After discussions, Lord Dondarrion rode to the place and would not return until the following morning with a bloodied but alive Ser Mychel. When asked about what happened, he only replied that he’d found the man with a knife tied against his neck in a strangely rigged device that resembled a Tyroshi strangulation device.

The Battle of Wyl
With the fires, Lord Dondarrion openly declared that Lord Wyl had attacked his lands and rallied many of the Marcher lords to his side. Among those that answered the call were Prince Orumund Durrandon and Lord Monfryd Swann, bringing a host of men to Blackhaven and marching south down the Boneway. They were met outside the castle Wyl by forces of Lords Wyl, Yronwood, and Manwoody. The battle was joined and hundreds on both sides died, with Lord Swann being the most notable casualty. In the end, a flank led by prince Ormund would manage to break through dornish defences, forcing dornish to call for retreat. Dornish army would regroup, taking a defence in Wyl's castle with Stormlands forces laying siege to it. Prince Ormund was preparing for an assault when he received the messenger from his brother. King Arlan ordered prince Ormund to stop the siege and turn back with an army, much to the ire of the later.

Peace
Around the time of the Fire of Blackhaven, King Arlan VI Durrandon and Prince Morgan Martell began to exchange letters between one another, wishing for peace to remain between their two realms and for the situation to not escalate any further. With the attack on Wyl forcing their hands, Prince Morgan rode north while King Arlan rode south, both with armies of their own at their back. In the ruins of Little Wyl, the two rulers met and discussed the terms of peace, agreeing that both sides would stand their men down. Prince Morgan offered to send money to Lord Dondarrion to rebuild his lands and King Arlan promised that he would send men and coin to rebuild Little Wyl back to it's former state. Thus, the peace between two realms resumes.