Elissa Farman’s Western Voyage

This thread follows Elissa Farman’s ambition to cross the Sunset Sea, from stolen dragon eggs to a voyage whose ending is never known.

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A Dream Beyond the Sea

Elissa’s Ambition A Seafarer’s Imagination Elissa Farman dreams of sailing west beyond the known charts, in contrast to merchants seeking familiar eastern routes. A Constrained Life Rhaena’s court and her brother’s restrictions cannot satisfy Elissa’s appetite for the sea. Her ambition remains a source of tension and possibility.

The Dragon Eggs Disappear

A Price for Departure The Theft Three dragon eggs vanish from Dragonstone. Rhaena suspects Elissa, who has departed without revealing her route. A Royal Search Jaehaerys orders agents to search the Free Cities and forbids anyone from treating the eggs as harmless stones. The theft becomes a matter of dynastic security.

A Ship Built in Braavos

Financing the Dream A New Identity Elissa travels under the name Alys Westhill and sells the eggs to the Sealord of Braavos. The Sun Chaser She uses the proceeds to build a ship suited to open water. The stolen eggs fund an expedition no royal order can fully control.

Across the Sunset Sea

An Expedition Breaks Apart Storms and New Islands The fleet suffers calms and storms, then reaches unfamiliar islands. Elissa urges the voyage onward, while Eustace Hightower chooses to turn back. Two Fates The ships separate. The Sun Chaser continues west, while the Lady Meredith eventually limps back to Oldtown after hardship in Sothoryos.

A Ship Seen in Asshai

An Unfinished Mystery No Confirmed Return The Sun Chaser is never seen again in Westeros. Elissa’s final fate remains unknown. A Distant Sighting Corlys Velaryon later believes he sees the weathered ship in Asshai. The possible sighting keeps Elissa’s westward dream alive without resolving it.

49–54 AC, during her years on Fair Isle and Dragonstone

54 AC, after Elissa leaves Dragonstone

Before the voyage of 56 AC

56–59 AC, during the western voyage

Decades later, during Corlys Velaryon’s eastern voyages