Half of them could not stop in time and crashed into the chain, capsizing their boats or cracking the hulls open, leaving only a small handful of vessels stranded outside of Oldtown. One of the galleys sinking was the ship of Harras Harlaw, the bearer of the Valyrian Steel longsword Nightfall. The man couldn't get out of his armour quickly enough and sank like a rock in the cold waters of the river.