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As Prince Vaelarr was brought before his brother the King to answer for his crimes, Ser Lyonel Crakehall the prince and King's cousin was thrown into the dungeons for aiding in Brandon Stark's escape. Vaelarr stood in front of the Iron Throne and listened as his brother went on and on about how he could not believe that his own brother would try and help an acknowledged traitor escape, Vaelarr's attempts to justify his actions by saying that Brandon Stark was not in the wrong were brutally cut down by Aerys who continued to say that the Dragon did not bow before anyone, and the whether or not Rhaegar had run away with or kidnapped the Stark girl did not matter, so long as the Starks knew their place and knew that threatening the Crown Prince's life was completely inexcusable and were willing to pay the price then all should be fine. To Vaelarr it appeared that Aerys had seemed to delude himself into thinking that executing or even punishing Brandon Stark would go uncontested by the Starks, when it was Rhaegar who had forced Brandon's hand in the first place. Vaelarr bitterly thought that such delusions must have come from Varys and from Lord Merryweather the pathetic man Aerys had chosen to replace Tywin as his hand. Merryweather continued to worsen Vaelarr's opinion of him by speaking about how in this time of uncertainty traitors needed to be kept under lock and key and not allowed freedom and any who refused to accept the King's word were traitors to the throne, which Vaelarr thought meant that Merryweather was implying that Aerys execute him, something Vaelarr was glad to see deeply disturbed Aerys himself. When it was eventually announced that Vaelarr was to be placed under house arrest and would not be allowed out for the next month, it was a relief for Vaelarr at least he could do something to try and prevent the upcoming storm.
Meanwhile, Brandon Stark rode hard for the Brindlewood Palace, was roughly a mile away from the castle he was set upon by men wearing the Targaryen Red and Black, they attacked him and managed to kill his horse, but Brandon Stark managed to put up a bit of a fight killing three of the men and wounding one, before he was eventually wounded and knocked out. The men led by Mors Targaryen Rhaegar's second cousin reluctantly trussed Brandon Stark up and tied him to one of their horses and then made the journey back to King's Landing where Brandon Stark was thrown into the black cells once more to wait for his final sentence. Rickard Stark arrived at King's Landing alongside the fathers of his son's companions to answer for their apparent treason. When his son's crime was read for the whole court to hear, Rickard Stark demanded trial by combat armed as he was in armour, Aerys consented and then had Brandon brought with his neck still fixed in chains. Signalling to the gold cloaks Rickard Stark soon found himself being trussed up above a burning furnace, whilst Aerys looked on with a wild look in his eyes. Aerys declared loudly for the whole court to hear that Fire was the Targaryen's champion and that if Brandon Stark could reach his sword and free himself in time to safe his father, then they would have justice and would return to Winterfell unpunished. As it was Brandon Stark ended up choking himself to death straining to reach his sword, the last thing Brandon Stark saw before the darkness took him was his father being burned to death in his armour, whilst Aerys Targaryen laughed aloud like a maniac. The whole of the court stood and watched the scene unfold before them in horror, and no one, not the Hand of the King, not the Kingsguard, not even the King's own family dared to stop the King from enacting this madness. They continued to watch with horror as Brandon Stark's companions and their fathers all except Ethan Glover were burned alive, for the mere crime of following their liege in his quest for justice.
Later much later, Aerys sent out a raven to Jon Arryn at the Vale demanding that he hand over Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon for execution, or face the consequences. When Jon Arryn's raven returned refusing Aerys, and stating his intentions to call the banners Aerys was furious and took his frustration out on his wife by raping her viciously whilst Ser Jonothor Darry and Jamie Lannister of the Kingsguard stood outside his chambers, and by insulting his goddaughter by claiming that if she had been more healthy and not Dornish then Rhaegar would never have gone for the wolf slut, and if his ill begotten wife had given him a daughter then Rhaegar would never have had to have looked elsewhere. He also denigrated the Starks saying that they should have been grateful for Rhaegar paying any sort of attention to Lyanna , but then he also cursed his son by claiming that if he Aerys king of the Seven Kingdoms could not have his Joanna, then what gave Rhaegar the right to have Lyanna Stark. Nothing that was what Aerys claimed anything at all.
After refusing to give into Aerys' demand for his wards heads Jon Arryn called his banners, but was faced by some opposition amongst his bannermen led by Marq Grafton and at the Battle of Gulltown, Robert Baratheon slew Lord Grafton and the remaining Valemen all pledged themselves to Jon Arryn's cause. Robert Baratheon himself managed to return to Storm's End and called his own banners, and was met by mixed response he had 6000 men with him when he fought at Summerhall and managed to turn enemies into friends, and then advanced onto Ashford to face the oncoming Reach Army, to prevent them from invading his homeland whilst he was gone. At Ashford Robert Baratheon's forces were forced to retreat as Randyll Tarly leading the van smashed their forces, the casualty count was high but one notable casualty was Prince Serwyn Targaryen sent by his uncle to fight alongside the reachmen fighting alongside his future father in law and brother in law, Serwyn was slain by Robert's own hand, a hammer blow to chest that caved in his ribs and punctured his heart. Robert managed to lead some 2000 men with him to the Riverlands but left the road to Storm's End open, thus allowing the Tyrell army to lay siege to it. Eddard Stark made his way back home through the Fingers, were a fisherman's daughter helped him across the lake into White Harbour for a small favour. Once at Winterfell Eddard now the Lord of Winterfell and the wielder of Ice, called the banners and with 15,000 men marched toward the Riverlands leaving his brother Benjen as the Stark in Winterfell. The key to winning the war would be to get Hoster Tully onside, to do this Eddard Stark fulfilled the agreement his father had made with Hoster Tully and married his eldest daughter Catelyn, and Jon Arryn married Lord Tully's youngest daughter Lysa, before the three men and their forces marched for the Stoney Sept to aid Robert.
Whilst all of this was happening in the Tower of the Joy, Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark bathed in each other's presence blissfully unaware of the consequences of their actions. For after all what is the point of living if not for loving, especially where prophecy is concerned.
