Vaith

Vaith is a Dornish settlement recorded as one of three places burned during a Targaryen attack in 9 AC. The account gives no further description of the settlement, but its inclusion in the campaign’s list of targets places it within the escalating conflict between Dorne and the Iron Throne.

Setting in the Dornish War

The attack on Vaith followed years of failed efforts to bring Dorne under Targaryen rule. In 8 AC, Dornish raiders had crossed the Sea of Dorne and attacked settlements along Cape Wrath; later that year, Visenya Targaryen retaliated from the air against Sunspear, Lemonwood, Ghost Hill, and the Tor. These earlier strikes form the immediate context for the next year’s renewed assault.

The Attack of 9 AC

In 9 AC, Visenya returned to Dorne with Aegon Targaryen flying beside her. Their forces burned Sandstone, Vaith, and the Hellholt. The account records Vaith as one of the targets but gives no details about the attack there, its inhabitants, the extent of the damage, or the settlement’s subsequent history.

Narrative Significance

Vaith’s brief mention places it within a pattern of retaliatory warfare in which dragonfire struck multiple Dornish settlements. The account names the places burned but does not describe this raid as bringing the conflict to an end; Vaith therefore appears as one point in a continuing campaign, rather than as the setting for a separately narrated episode.