As Stormstrider was flying eastwards in panic, the now unbound saddle finally slipped from his back, and Shireen Stark found herself falling rapidly towards the rocky shore from nearly a hundred feet in the air. Her dragon, unnerved by the loss of his rider, tried to turn around and dive. The action saved him once again as an icy projectile tore through the membrane of his left wing instead of his torso. Unable to stay airborne, he crashed down towards a few hills further south.