Ned then takes up Dawn and slays the mortally wounded knight with his own blade. He duels with and disarms Ned, but before he can kill him, Howland stabs him through the back of his neck. In a vision witnessed by Bran Stark and the Three-Eyed Raven, Ser Arthur Dayne wields Dawn alongside a second sword in his fight against Eddard Stark and his bannermen during their encounter, slaying most of them and wounding Howland Reed. Ser Arthur Dayne with Dawn prior to his final fight with Eddard Stark and his companions. Ser Arthur Dayne's entry on the Book of Brothers mention Dawn.ĭawn is mentioned by King Joffrey Baratheon as he reads Ser Arthur Dayne's entry in the Book of Brothers.