The Tournament of the Vale was held in the year 502 AC and hosted by Nathaniel Arryn, Regent Lord Paramount of the Vale and then Master of Laws for the Iron Throne.
Joust
Petyr Arryn of Gulltown defeated Ryman Sunglass
Edric Tarth defeated Dake Arryn
Harald Redfort defeated Ulrich Dayne
Martyn Dayne defeated Bryen Meadows
Quentyn Tarth defeated Petyr Arryn of Gulltown
Varus of the Channels defeated Harald Redfort
Ronnel Royce defeated Martyn Dayne
Tywin Marbrand defeated Edric Tarth
Semi Finals
Tywin Marbrand defeated Quentyn of Tarth
Varus of the Channels defeated Ronnel Royce
Final
Tywin Marbrand defeated Varus of the Channels and named Danae Targaryen Queen of Love and Beauty. The act was seen as fatherly, given Ser Tywin's age and Danae's marriage to the King.
Archery
Alistar Flint edged out Bonifer Tarly with a bullseye in the final round.
Melee
Tyro won the melee after a savage fight against thirty other competitors. His experience in the fighting pits of Meereen proved invaluable, and he fought without armor.
Important Events
While at the tournament, King Damon Lannister confronted Lord Gylen Hightower about rumors concerning his worship of R'hllor, which the Reachman adamantly denied. Symeon Stark gave Lord Jojen Stark an ultimatum: that if Jojen did not stop pretending that Thaddius Lannister's bastard son was his own, Symeon would encite the northern lords to rebellion.
The King also confronted Jojen Stark about his relationship with Thaddius and warned him that if he ever travelled below the Neck or sought to make contact with Thaddius, Damon would retaliate against the Stark family with force. Ser Quentyn of Tarth smashed Jojen's hand with the pommel of his sword, breaking several of his fingers, in order to retrieve the ring that Thaddius had given Jojen.
On the first night of the joust, Queen Danae Targaryen lost her pregnancy. She and the King abandoned the tournament early to return to King's Landing.