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.

14. The Subjugation of the Iron Islands

Subjugation of the Iron Islands

Conflict: The War of the Four Kings

Date: 300 AL

Place: The Iron Islands

Outcome: Iron Throne Victory (House Lannister and House Tyrell armies and the Royal Fleet)

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-Combatants-

House Greyjoy… Houses loyal to the Iron Throne

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-Commanders-

Iron King Victarion Greyjoy +… Ser Davos Seaworth

Lords of the Iron Islands… Ser Kevan Lannister

… Lord Randyll Tarly

… Ser Garlan Tyrell

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-Strength-

Iron Fleet (70 ships)… Royal Fleet (200 warships)

Various longships (400)

Houses of the Iron Islands 10-15,000 reavers… House Lannister, 15,000

… House Tyrell, 30,000

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-Losses-

Ironborn power destroyed totally… not too major

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-Prelude-

Following the losses at the Redwyne Straits, the Reach and the Westerlands, House Greyjoy's hold over the Iron Islands was tenuous. Whilst the Iron Fleet still loyally followed their captain, the Iron King, other lords were less than pleased. The confidence of the king himself was also dented by the Redwyne Straits, and he sung his death song, not expecting to survive this battle. As the Royal Fleet sailed for the Iron Islands, Lannister and Tyrell men gathered near the Banefort to be prepared to cross to the Islands

-The Battle-

The Battle at Sea

In the open seas, where their full might could be brought to bear, the Royal Fleet was able to swiftly overwhelm the Iron Fleet, Victarion Greyjoy's skill at sailing and war unable to save them. Once overwhelmed, the longships fled back to their homes.

The Battle on the Isles

With no strong Greyjoys to unify them, Victarion having died at sea, the Iron Islands fell to bickering. Some lords rushed to surrender to the Iron Throne, whilst others wanted to hold out at all costs. Lords fought lords and the newly arrived Loyalist armies had no difficulty in subjugating the Iron Islands. Unfortunately, given that they had rebelled once before, no House was spared the retribution of the King, who moved to destroy the hyper aggressive culture of the Ironborn now the war was at an end.

-Aftermath-

The last battle of the war at last secured the hegemony of House Baratheon over the Lands of Westeros. Peace reined, but with a Targaryen resurgence on the horizon, how fleeting it will be is unknown.