Battles of Vengeance and Justice

by Psykic Ninja

Here I shall be posting brief overviews of each of the battles that take place in the main story of A Game of Vengeance and Justice. There will be conflicting details about numbers of losses etc between this and the main story. This represents false reports etc. If you come across one of these discrepancies, assume this is the fact and the main story has what the characters hear.

10. The Battle of the Storm

The Battle of the Storm

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Conflict: The War of the Four Stags
Date: 300 AL
Place: The Reach
Result: House Baratheon of Storm's End Victory

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-Combatants-

House Baratheon of Storm's End… House Tyrell

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-Commanders-

Lord Jasper Baratheon … King Renly Baratheon
… Lord Mace Tyrell

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-Strength-

3000 (all horsed) … 23,000 (mostly raw recruits)

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-Casualties-

Not significant … not 4,000

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Prelude

Jasper Baratheon's invasion of the Reach began very well, most of the lords on the border had lost their men at King's Landing, those that had not had none of their men present to defend their homes. Castle after castle fell to Jasper as he swept in to the Reach, hoping to catch Renly. However, when Renly gathers more men, and Randyll Tarly turns away from the Ironborn to assist his king, Jasper knows he has to act fast. He knew that he was still considered immature, and that it was Stannis who had planned and won the battle at King's Landing. Jasper made sure of such on his march by stating it loudly in the presence of every Reacher Lord he subjugated. He made his move. Leaving most of his host behind, to fool Renly into thinking that he was still there, Jasper set off with his horse, determined to strike Renly hard and fast, ending his rebellion now.

The Battle

Jasper struck at night. His horsemen charged into Renly's camp, cutting through the men of the Reach and sending most of the fleeing to the hills and forests. Renly, not considering an attack to be possible, was having dinner with all his lords, including the leader of his outriders. As they were having their second course, Jasper's knights surrounded them. Unarmed and unarmoured, they were forced to surrender.

Aftermath

With Jasper and their lord in chains, the men of the Reach rushed to bend the knee before Jasper, who insisted on taking most of them to King's Landing. The reacher hosts were ordered to prove their loyalty by marching against Robb Stark in the Riverlands.

More importantly, Jasper secured his reputation as a tried and tested battle commander, and Stannis' pupil in the art of war. In a single stroke, Jasper had removed one of the Kings from the war. This battle won one of the fronts for the Iron Throne, and gained them a strong host of soldiers. Turning the war around, they now had every advantage.