Siege of Henhill

Forces| Henning Allies* 80 soldiers (65 infantry and 15 archers)

## Prelude

In the opening weeks of the dark year of House Brightflame, House Henning's allegiance was tested when the Hand of the king Jory Redwater accused him of treason when the realization of his supposed plans to deal with Daenarys Targaryean were outed, made even more apparent when he claimed to be the son of Aegon which was deemed impossible given the young King's own age, though Chrisarys was soon absolved of any wrong doing his status in the realm was shaky and in a desperate effort to make Chrisarys appear as a more legit man in his own right arranged a marriage to Alys Gullegen, the former wife of the now deceased and disgraced Jason Gullegen who was slain in one of the man's failed coups. Chrisarys opposed the marriage and man of William's allies didnt feel marrying Chrisarys who was once accused of treason to the wife of a man who was a traitor would help his case but William would have none of it and saw that it was done regardless.

The marriage was not a loving one though Chrisarys didnt seek to cause any more discord for the still grieving women then had already been wrought. Shortly after the arrangement 1000 men claiming to be the remnants of house Gullegen came with Jason and Aly's son in tow claiming they sought to pledge there allegiance to the house. Alys convinced her new family to let them in s she could be with her son and William allowed 60 of there men in and made sure to close the gates behind them, the reunion of son and mother was not to be though as sudden shift in the mood caused Chrisarys to quickly realize something was up and he had Alys sent back to the castle before as he seemed to fear the Gullegen men started t attack the Henning garrison.

## The Battle

The Gullegen forces under Gyles Buckwell were attempting to take the gate to allow there forces in the castle and slaughter the Hennings completely but the Hennings though surprised by the battle had the numbers advantage and the soldiers were more experienced then the Gullegens were expecting them to be. Thus while the Hennings took significant losses in the initial attack once the element of surprise wore off the area started to be filled with Gullegen corpses. Gyles Buckwell started to rally his men for one last push to the gates to try and get them open but a stray attack from one of the knights he bested caught his leg forcing him to his knees, one of his less experienced men tried to get the men to follow him in Gyles place but he was quickly killed and any attempt at the gates was officially ended.

As the battle neared its end however a Gullegen arrow struck Ser William's throat thus the Henning's mistake proved fatal for the Lord and he died in Chrisary's arms. The rest of the men who were outside the gates fled with Jason's son in tow and Chrisarys in a rage personally had Gyles beaten and executed, the fate of the rest of the men who surrendered were uknown but many believe Chrisarys had similar fates for there part in Gullegens betrayal.

## Aftermath

With Ser William dead the head of the family was gone leaving the House in the care of the three siblings Chrisarys, Rheagon and Visenya Henning. This proved fatal as none of them were as experienced in ruling something that proved fatal with Chrisarys taking the loss of William the hardest and going on a warpath that would see him be the cause of many more battles to come. Including ones against his own family.

The Gullegens weren't done here and tried to play the victim claiming that they had come to play nice but were attacked by the traitorous Hennings who attempted to kill there stock in some misguided effort to please Ser Jory. Chrisarys simply prepared for war calling on anyone he deemed an ally to assist him in the battles to come. Though both Henning and Gullegen were not seen in the best light at that time both were given assistance, The Gullegens in the vein of another enemy of the Hennings the Dunbridges, while the Hennings would be assisted by the many allies there connections with the Redwaters and there friends afforded them