Wilder-Darkspear Shadow War

### Outcome:

Haywin Darkspear exposed as the traitor* Myr, Lys, Qohor, Volantis ally with House Darkspear
* Zelos Wilder reclaims Wild's Den
* Darkspear Rebellion Starts

Combatants| * House Wilder
* House Griften
* Order of the Black Knights
* Myr
* House Dunbridge

Commanders| * Ser Zelos Wilder
* Caim
* Zeto Aros
* Ser Robb Griften
* Kian Darkspear
* Jon Black
* Aegon The Black Knight
* Nyessos
* Ser Roy of House Wilder
* Asher Dunbridge

### Battles

* Battle of the Gold Cloaks
* Hunt for Savoy
* Attack on the Wilder Party
* The Search for Seles Wilder
* King's Landing Frame Up
* Starfall assault
* Raiding of Essos
* Hunt for Zelos Wilder
* Retaking Wild's Den

## Prelude

> *Jon: I can do this for you, but surely you know this will be a costly venture. And a time consuming one.*
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> *Haywin: I dont intend for this to be done yesterday and you'll have all the money you need to get it done, just act carefully and we will succeed.*
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Detailing the hidden Conflict that influenced the Realm and lead to one of his major Civil wars was the conflict, now called the Shadow war between House Wilder and House Darkspear. This event is called the Shadow War because it was a conflict in which the Wilder's spent most of it unaware they were being targeted and by who with them being under attack by Haywin's catspaws Jon Black and later Aegon Jadefyre, The Dragon. The conflict details the many events in Westeros affected by this conflict and House Wilder's efforts to deal with them. It's hard to say exactly when this matter took place but a general definite start time was when Jon Black joined the Gold Cloaks in 302 AC where he was given command of the Lion's Gate in time and quickly rose to the occasion as crime rose in the city. Though what we knew of this later on was that sometime before that Jon Black was sent there by Haywin to try and upset the balance of power in the city and plunge it into chaos if Haywin needed it to be. The reason he wanted this is well known, as he had hoped to derail any chance that King Daeron had if he tried to take Dorne, his former home and one that despite years apart from it he still cared for. Jon Black had taken the long game when it came to dealing with these matters first he joined the infamous Bard Koi and from here he met Goren Harlaw, from whom most of this information on how Jon Black and Aegon operated was told, the other being Kian Darkspear. Jon rose through the ranks before convincing Bard to let him join the capital city watch explaining to him his plan to provide him money from his attempt to run a criminal enterprise in the city. Jon had instead planned to take control of the city from there and when Bard died in an unrelated raid it worked all the better for him. Though before and after this he started forming the infamous Order of Black Knights with Aegon, Haywin's second best agent and Jon's closest friend, as his right hand man.

In the city slowly setting up his control of the city making himself look like a hero while organizing just about every murder, burglary and theft in the city Jon was set to try and deal with any threat, there was just one problem in his way. The Commander of the whole watch Zelos Wilder. He was the man Jon needed removed to complete his dominance of the city. Especially when Zelos started personally looking into the affairs he organized and seemed hot on his trail to figuring things out. Jon started taking more measures taking in Bard's men and making them Goldclak's and hiring more Hedge Knights to back him while also training the Order to be more then just regular bandits. Managing all aspects of his life it was clear why this man was trusted with such an important task. Though conflict was investable and his actions set him on a collision course with Zelos Wilder.

## Battle of the Gold Cloaks

> *Zelos: Im giving you one last chance Jon, stand down now*
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> *Jon: Save it Zelos, we both know this only ends when one of us is beaten. It was always going to end like this.*
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## Hunt for Savoy

> *Caim: Were not going to allow some upstarts take that family and get away with it*
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> *Zelos: I wish I could accompany you, these damn wounds..*
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## Attack on the Wilder Party

> *Aegon: We've come to avenge a dear friend of mine. You remember Jon Black right?*
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> *Zelos: Jon Black? Sorry, I tend to forget the names of men Ive killed.*
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## The Search for Seles Wilder

> *Zelos: I need you to head there and see what you can find out, before they have a chance to get too far away from us*
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> *Lief: And you want me doing this alone? What will you be doing while I'm risking my neck*
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## King's Landing Frame-up

> *Lief: The capitol is where he thinks he has some power but its actually where he's most vulnerable. Kill him there and it cant get back to me*
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> *Aegon: And I get rid of him, with you in charge and looking the other way my boss will be very pleased.*
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## Starfall Assualt

> *Roy: Maybe its this way. If he's here he's easier to remove then back at Hen Hill*
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> *Lief: We were never going to change course anyway the men will attack as soon as they can, with luck the Henning's die, the Dunbridges take the fall and we take Hen Hill in the aftermath.*
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## Raiding of Essos

> *Haywin: The attacks are working well, the Free Cities grow more and more frustrated with the raids every day, a boiling point will be reached soon*
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> *Kian: And we will be there to use it to our advantage.*
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## The Hunt for Zelos Wilder

> *Lief: Are you sure these sellswords are up to the task? Zelos knows Essos better then them.*
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> *Roy: I know there desperate to prove there worth and the coin, soon enough Zelos will be dead and our fears about him abated.*
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## Retaking Wild's Den

> *Lief: Things could have been easier if you just died, you've brought nothing but danger to this house and your loved ones.*
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> *Zelos: and what have you brought besides death in your 'reign'? Caim died because of you and you were ready to kill countless others so you can look great. And yet theres nothing to show for it except a shattered house.*
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## Aftermath

> *Zelos: I spent so much time just trying to survive I wasnt able to stop you from pulling off most of your plans. But I will stop you now.*
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> *Haywin: If there was anyone who could it would have been you. But now its mute, theres nothing left to stop. Nothing left but meeting my terms or seeing another war break out. Either scenario is fine with me.*
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