The Blacks

## The Supporters of the Black Dragon

Men flocked to the side of the Black Dragon and his sons, from a thousand different holdfasts and villages.

### Location

Across Westeros

**The Blacks** is a collective name for those houses, peoples, and individuals who supported Aegon the Usurper in his revolt against King Daeron Targaryen in 186AC.

Some lords still claim to be members of this group, though such action is generally kept secret.

## History

Though not actually named until the start of the war, Aegon's support among the lords of Westeros began over a decade before. Following the Dornish revolt in 161AC, Daeron was largely unwilling to condemn or even acknowledge any sort of aggression from their southern neighbour. Raids increased, without the knowledge of the Prince of Dorne, and the Marcher lords grew increasingly frustrated with the inaction of the Iron Throne.

Hand of the King Viserys Targaryen dispatched his son, Aegon, on a mission to the marcher lords. He was tasked with re-affirming their loyalty to Daeron, and assuring them that the royal family was not blind to their plight. Rather than winning their loyalty towards his cousin, however, Prince Aegon won it for himself, his harsh condemnation of the Dornish and decisive, martial attitude winning him favour in the south. Many lords turned to him to voice their concerns in court, as he feared neither rebuke nor reprimand, and in time he came to be seen as the counter-balance to the King, and the main voice of - in some eyes - reason.

### The War

After war broke out, the Blacks raised their banners in earnest to support their king. The Starks, Tyrells, and Baratheons were his most powerful supporters, though the Northmen sided with him for reasons largely their own. Across Westeros lords great and small joined with the Black Dragon and his rebellion, turning what might have otherwise been a small, localized revolt into a civil war large enough to rival the Dance.

Since the war's end, asking a man if he fought for the Black dragon or the Red is often seen as a discourteous and dangerous question.

## Members during the Rebellion

### The Stormlands

* House Baratheon
* House Caron
* House Connington
* House Dondarrion
* House Cole
* House Fell
* House Grandison
* House Selmy

### The Reach

* House Tyrell

* House Ambrose
* House Ashford
* House Ball
* House Bulwer
* House Florent
* House Fossoway
* House Oakheart
* House Osgrey
* House Peake
* House Tarly
* House Webber

### The Westerlands

* House Reyne
* House Brax
* House Crakehall
* House Tarbeck

### The Riverlands

* House Lothston
* House Lychester
* House Cox
* House Roote
* House Strickland
* House Bracken
* House Vance of Atranta
* House Whent
* House Wode
* House Grell

### The Crownlands

* House Darklyn
* House Darke
* House Goode
* House Brune
* House Crabb
* House Staunton
* House Cave
* House Chelsted

### The Vale

* House Sunderland
* House Borrell
* House Torrent
* House Longthorpe

### The North

* The large majority of Northern Houses sided with Aegon the Black Dragon

## More Information

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