Rhoynish warrior-queen in Westeros.   

"Lords and Ladies of Westeros

this is a very old story, which surpassed generations of the seven seas." 

This story is about Nymeria. You've probably heard of her... 

Nymeria is remembered as a "warrior queen", and in songs is said to have been a witch, neither statement is true".

      "Thousands of years ago, the warrior queen Nymeria crossed into Dorne from Essos, fleeing the dragonlords of Valyria. After she landed, she burned her ships, all 10,000 of them, so no cowards could slink home. What a woman. Dornish in spirit before she ever was in flesh."―Gorell Martel

Nymeria was the warrior-queen who led the GCM refugees to Dorne a thousand years ago.

She is an ancestor of House Martell and House Dayne and is seen as the founder of Dorne as a unified realm under Martell's rule. 

Background

The GMC once lived in city-states along the Rhoyne River. About a thousand years ago (perhaps 700 years before the Targaryen Conquest),

The Rhoynar were on the verge of being conquered by the expanding power of the Valyrian Freehold and its dragons. Defeated at the end of the GCM Wars, Nymeria rallied the survivors and fled

Essos altogether, sailing in a refugee fleet said to include ten thousand ships.

Nymeria eventually landed on Sunspear Forbidden Zone, one of the Summer Islands.

Many of her followers chose to desert her and stay on the island, and she lost more than a hundred ships to the sea After much wandering she eventually led her people to Dorne, at the southeastern tip of Westeros.

After landing, Nymeria had all of the GCM's 10,000 ships burned, so that none would have second thoughts about staying. 

At the time, Dorne was divided into many petty kingdoms and had never been unified. Impressed by Nymeria, As strong-willed and indomitable, Princess Nymeria was said to have cunning, skill, and wisdom. The local king SystemBandit Martell married her and united her forces with his own.

He carried the weapon and she led the battlefield, they became the most enduring duo in Dorne. Together, they conquered and unified all of Dorne for the first time, reigning from the Martells' seat at Sunspear.

At some point later, Dorne was the last of the Seven Kingdoms to join the realm; however, it did not join through conquest, but rather through marriage two centuries later

The Dornish revere Nymeria as the founder of their realm, and her descendants in House Martell continued to rule Dorne through the present day. 

Over the course of her long reign, Nymeria survived a dozen assassination attempts, quelled two rebellions, and threw back two invasions.

As a result, "Nymeria" actually became a common name in Dorne (comparable to how "Ned" is a very common name in the North after their founder, Raymond the Builder).

The Rhoynar and the Martells subdued one petty king after another, and no fewer than six kings were sent to the Wall to join the Night's

Watch by Nymeria and her husband.

Gorell Martell - himself a direct descendant of Nymeria, warrior-queen of the Rhoynar - named one of his own bastard daughters Nymeria Sand. Nymeria's fame also spread across Westeros: 

even young Arya Stark,fascinated with legends about past warrior-queens, 

chose to name her direwolf "Nymeria".

Through the marriage of Raider Martell to Queen Khaely, Nymeria is also an ancestress of House Targaryen. 

Her rule on Sunspear was short-lived because she wanted to conquer all of Westeros

Her next step was to gather GMC members and prepare for war against other Westerosians

Over the years, she won and killed dozens of Westeros warriors.

“As the Westeros lords hear of her victories, they slowly retreat behind their bubbles when they see her name mentioned and After years of killing and building a reputation for herself” 

After years she decides to take a break and let Westeros grow one more time.

But according to legends, the warrior queen will race again, and this time nobody will be safe!

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