"Do you not know?" Melessa asked gravely and he shook his head. "Euron Greyjoy and his reavers invaded Oldtown about a sennight ago," Sam frowned, and next to him Alleras gasped loudly at the news. They thankfully missed the fighting by about two days. "It was a complete bloodbath. Most of the Ironborn were slaughtered but not before breaching the Hightower itself. Lord Leyton Hightower, his son Garth Greysteel, and his eldest daughter, Malora died. Baelor, the new Lord, is out for blood now and is gathering every sailor to man the captured Ironborn fleet. He intends to bathe the Iron Isles in blood and has vowed not to stop until he has killed every single reaver sailing on the Sunset Sea. I sent letters to the Citadel inquiring about your well-being, but they said you were no longer there. I feared for the worst!"