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Post by Magnate Lucius on Jul 2, 2020 14:57:34 GMT -5
So it looked like Edric was to remain in the capital with the Queen Arianne and Nymeria Martell. He wondered what his role would be on the Small Council. Nonetheless, the young man could feel Dawn itching to fight. For now, he would obey the King's command and remain to assist in defending the capital and ruling the Targaryen claimant.
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Post by pontifex on Jul 4, 2020 11:46:19 GMT -5
King's Landing
Queen Arianne, Ser Devan Lannister, the Kingsguard, Edric Dayne
The Goldcloaks
Dayne Sellswords (1,200)
180 Light Cavalry
300 Heavy Infantry
300 Archers
420 Light Infantry
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The Grand Army of Aegon Targaryen VI - moves to the Bloody Gate
Manwoody
Obara Sand
(all other unspecified Dornish Lords and knights not otherwise specified)
{Targaryen Army}- led by Captain-General Harry Strickland
Total: 10,000 men + 2,400 sellswords + 24 Elephants
Golden Company (10,000 men + 24 Elephants):
24 Elephants
500 Knights
1,000 Light Cavalry
2,500 Heavy Infantry
3,000 Archers
3,000 Light Infantry
Additional Sellswords (2,400 Men):
880 Light Infantry
600 Archers
600 Heavy Infantry
320 Light Cavalry
{Martell Army}- led by Obara Sand
Total: 20,000 men + 3,500 sellswords
5000 Light Infantry
6000 Archers
4000 Men-At-Arms
4000 Light/Skirmisher Cavalry
1000 Knights
Martell Sellswords (2,300)
805 Light Infantry
575 Archers
575 Heavy Infantry
345 Light Cavalry
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The Army of the Hand - Under Command of Randyll Tarly with orders to secure the Riverlands for the King however he sees fit. Ser Addam's orders are to locate and capture Jaime Lannister, and transport him to the High Sparrow.
Randyll Tarly
Ser Addam Marbrand
Ser Mathis Rowan
Lord Osgrey
{Reachmen Army}- led by Randyll Tarly and Mathis Rowan
Total: 23,000 men
9,200 Light Infantry
4,600 Archers
4,600 Men-at-Arms (or Heavy Infantry)
2,300 Light Cavalry
2,300 Knights (or Heavy Cavalry)
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Post by Magnate Lucius on Jul 4, 2020 12:11:41 GMT -5
While many outriders report nothing, the outriders that headed for Harrenhal reported a strong force of light cavalry that blocked their advance north. They bore the banner of Stannis Baratheon. There was no estimation of where the pretender king was for no camp was spotted near the God's Eye.
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Post by Magnate Lucius on Jul 4, 2020 13:49:12 GMT -5
Harry Strickland, in full armor, marches into the tent of Aegon. They had barely gotten underway and suddenly halted just around Stokeworth. Why had they stopped?! His boys wanted blood, their blades desired combat, and his men weren't good at sitting around.
My King!
The Captain-General bellows.
What is going on?! We have barely begun to march and now I am being given orders to halt and defend?!
His men were already grumbling at this sudden change in orders.
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Post by pontifex on Jul 4, 2020 15:25:13 GMT -5
"Scouts have reported an enemy army within Maidenpool, and our northern route is strongly held, though we are unsure how strongly. I would wait for Tarly to cover us from the west before we advance. I am sure you would agree it would not be wise to potentially place ourselves between Maidenpool and more foes." Aegon said coolly.
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Post by Magnate Lucius on Jul 4, 2020 15:37:13 GMT -5
Strongly held? I heard that our outriders were pushed by light cavalry.
Strickland says, raising an eyebrow.
That is hardly a strong force. Stannis Baratheon is still in the Vale for all we know. He could be scouting a route through the Riverlands with those outriders.
The Captain-General clarifies, remembering what the meetings had said.
If we bottle up here much longer, the soldiers will get anxious, Sire. Their blades have not tasted flesh and blood for some time.
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Post by pontifex on Jul 4, 2020 15:43:29 GMT -5
"For all we know Stannis Baratheon is across the next bend in the road, Captain. Tarly will arrive soon, and when he does, we will advance in good order. The Reachmen will compose our western flank, the Golden Company our eastern, to march upon Maidenpool and offer battle. The Dornishmen will proceed to the fords and then to Harrenhall." Aegon replied in a tone that brokered no argument. "I will not sally forth recklessly into some ambush as our recent allies did in the Kingswood."
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Post by Royal Joker on Jul 5, 2020 2:42:20 GMT -5
A message arrives for the King, bearing the seal of House Tyrell.
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Post by Magnate Lucius on Jul 6, 2020 20:21:05 GMT -5
An action by Baratheon Outriders is spotted by a patrol. The deception did not do its job, however, in accordance with the strategy by Stannis Baratheon. As a result, Aegon's commanders still surmise that Baratheon may be in the area, but others believe his troops are still in the Vale and that these actions are trying to distract them. As Aegon has not found Baratheon's host, he is relatively in the dark. If Baratheon's host cannot be found, the position of the Targaryen loyalists could turn backwards.
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Post by Magnate Lucius on Jul 13, 2020 9:30:25 GMT -5
There was little choice. Their King was in a comma and the Dornish had been defeated. Randyll Tarly, the Lord Hand, was nowhere to be seen and his army was unaccounted for. Strickland's death, combined with the state of the King, demoralized what remained of the royal army immensely. The dawn of the next day revealed that the sellswords, that augmented their troops, had begun to desert. Acting Captain-General Gorys did his best to stem the desertions, but it was no use. Eventually, he too gave up on preventing the rats fleeing from a sinking ship.
Two days after the battle at Sow's Horn, the Essosi commands the Golden Company to withdraw for King's Landing. There was little to be done about desertions, but they could at least make a stand with the walls of King's Landing as a bulwark against the victorious Stannis Baratheon and his allies.
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