Redwater-Whent Conflict

Combatants| * House Redwater
* House Mallery
* House Flameheart
* House Greywinde
* House Starkwood

Commanders| * Lord Robin Redwater
* Ser Jory Redwater
* Ser Marq Mallery
* Lord Darron Flameheart
* Ser Rickard Greywinde
* Ser Arthur Whent
* Lady Alasyanne Whent
* Lord Artos Starkwood

The Redwater-Whent Conflict was a series of conflicts between the Houses of House Redwater and House Whent and their allies. The conflict is one of the longest standing on and off feuds and most deadliest of House Brightflame era of the 8 Kingdoms.

## Prelude

Originally allies in the earliest stages and House Whent even becoming a vassal of the Redwaters, bad blood ensued and started a long standing conflict that bounced between open war and passive aggressive peace through out the years. This has lead to both sides using other conflict and wars to continue there aggression with each other and taking advantage of the unstable political situation following the death of the beloved King Baelor to try and push one over the other, and though there were moments of peace and the end of the conflict sees some regret on both sides the conflict shaped a significant portion of this growing era.

The two sides were initially at peace with each other, both houses fought alongside each other many times in he King's quest for the throne and were present at the Siege of King's Landing where all the hard work paid off and King Baelor was seated on the Iron Throne. Even after the devastating death of the king both houses were still allies as House Whent had pledged its sword to the Redwaters and Arthur Whent even named one of his sons Robin, in honor of his Liege Lord Robin Redwater. In fact the conflict didnt start with each other but with there differing views on the matter of one Chrisarys Stormfyre, who has a back and forth relationship with both houses and has certaintly caused no end of bloodshed for both men. Chrisarys was campaigning to start an ambitious plan to deal with Daneary Targaryean who many had started to feel was growing in power in Essos, this plan however involved Chrisarys being given much power for someone so young and felt too ambitious, plus given how the man claimed to be the son of Aegon Targaryean, Jory in particular felt that Chrisays was actually planning to take what he could from the Realm who were foolish enough to join him and join the Dragon Queen in taking Westeros. His actions in putting a stop to this with no discernable proof raised issues as he had Chrisarys arrested and misinterpreted an order as an attack on his vassals. This order lead to one Daniel Youngflower to being hunted and Rodrick Whent took offense to both matters, as his son Oswell married Chrisarys sister and he was friends with the young Daniel. Rodrick was not a man to keep quite about these things and had on more then one occasion verbally insulted Jory for these acts, which Jory took offense to since the vassal he feared was under threat was none other then Rodrick himself (The letter had instead been an order to find Rodrick and talk terms of an alliance, not an order of assasination) and Jory felt that Rodrick was being completely unappreciative of his position and work. This never lead to anything major but i laid the groundwork for the events that would.

## March to Hen Hill

> *Rodrick: The man had my son arrested! What would you do if such an insult were to occur.*
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> *Jory: I would take his castle, Im hand of the King and no one would say anything otherwise. But you dont have such power Rodrick. Turn back before you get your men killed in a pointless conflict.*
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Chrisarys would be the start of another conflict between them. Well into there time the Henning matter had seen lots of death and betrayal and dished out a fair deal of both as well, one such issue saw Chrisarys Stormfyre arrest the visiting Arthur Whent when the man came to check in on them, Chrisarys says that Arthur broke guest right by drawing his blade, Arthur to the day he died protested that he only grabbed his blade and never pulled it out and that he was never offered bread and salt or any food that would have initiated guest rights. Regardless Chrisarys was lord of the castle and Arthur was outnumbered, no man in that room at the time lived to tell a different tale as the wars that came soon ended all of them but Arthur and Chrisarys and history would show both of them to not be the best sources of reliable information at times. When Rodrick heard of this he was furious and made his march to take the castle and free his son. Chrisays was soon visited by Zelos Wilder and his men, the man who's sister would soon marry Chrisarys brother and the Wilder lord kept his men there to avoid conflict hoping more men in between them would dissuade Rodrick from trying. It did not, instead he continued to march until he was stopped by Jory Redwater who had also heard the news and came out with his men to stop Rodrick correctly predicting how the man would react. Rodrick was even more furious by this act since to him it felt more to spite him then it was to keep the peace but Jory was both the hand and his Liege lord to continue to act this way would be considered Treason and Rodrick wasnt quite yet at that level, though there was said to be a brief clashing of steel both parties eventually backed off, with nothing resolved between them, and eventually Arthur was let go when Chrisarys was convinced to allow him to leave.

## Yellow Wedding

> *Jory: The Whents have tried to assassinate me! Arrest there lord and kill the rest!*
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> *Arthur: What?! This is madness! Men keep my family safe, this madman will kill us all!*
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While the March may have been the first time the two houses physically came to blows the Yellow Wedding was the time it came resulted in bloodshed and is generally considered the point of no return for the two. The Wedding was at Castle Byford and saw the unification of the loyal Redwater vassal, and brave warrior Ser Marq Mallery and Shiera Qoherys, the festivities went by rather successfully and with no incident but when the feast started in earnest and the ale had started to set in, senses were lost. While drunk Jory and Rodrick started arguing as there lips loosened and there true feelings were spread for all to hear, when one barb got too personal Rodrick decided it was better to leave, and despite some heckling it was perhaps a wise move, what wasnt wise was his eventual return to the castle a few moments later after clearing his head and resuming arguments with the Redwaters. Rodrick had apparently been convinced to return by one of his Sellswords Bran, this same Bran suddenly took a knife and out of the blade attempted to stab Ser Jory with it! What became of this sellsword isn't known, some say he was cut down by the quick work of Mallery Crossbowmen and died immediately others say that Jory fought him off and while the ensuing chaos happened he fled never to be seen again, of course many who were agaisnt the Redwaters claim Jory had let him go and that the whole thing was a trick to justify what came next, but this hasn't been proven and is so far nothing more then gossip, spoken behind the backs of the men and never said to Jory's face. Either way Bran has never been seen again after this event and his fate is uncertain. In the chaos anything could have happened.

Either way Jory assuming that Bran was acting on the orders of House Whent declared that they had all broken guest rights and ordered there men executed. The Mallery's almost by instinct obeyed his command and the blood started to shed as arrows flew and men were killed. The Whents either tried to flee or fight back and other houses in between tried to do the same and get out of harms way. Zelos Wilder attempted to save who he could with his men but was accused of helping the Whents and was attacked as well, losing some men but ultimately avoiding any serious injury himself. Rodrick Whent was able to fight his family out of harms way but was captured and detained in there stead while the drunk Ser Jory was taken out of the hall by his squire so he wouldnt be harmed leaving the rest to ultimately resolve the issue as Zelos and others eventually got the fighting down to a halt and secured Rodrick, however he did so to send him to Kings Landing to face trail for the actions so they could get to the bottom of who was involved with who.

## Redsand Crisis

> *Oswell: Jory wont escape unscathed this time. Ill make sure I'm the one who punishes him if necessary.*
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> *Privat: Dont be so bullheaded, you rush into this your liable to lose your life and accomplish nothing for it.*
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What followed were a series of trials and tribulations that saw Oswell Whent killed by his wife Visenya Henning in trial by combat, and Jory winning a stage TBC with his friend Ian to avoid punishment. This act was seen as an insult to the trail itself and Artos Starkwood, family to the Whents attacked as did Little Knight leading a fight that saw the two fight Jory and Ian and there men clashing with each other and the death of Littleknight, Lord Privat's squire. The Whents angered by this assisted the royalist forces that besieged the tower of the Hand where Jory fled to in the ensuing struggles and stayed there as Robin Redwater showed up with his own forces to save him. Negotiations ensued and prevented any further battles or worse outright war but The Redwaters had to have wards given to the Kalkuho's and Rickard greywinde offered himself as a prisoner until an allotted time was met. The worst case scenario was avoided but the Whents and the Redwaters didnt walk away satisfied with the results, and there issues grew with each other and others in the Kingdom. Though through this period it was mostly at tourneys were barbs were thrown rather then attempted murders at weddings.

## 3rd Siege of Hen Hill

> *Visenya: Your job is to help me stop Rheagon, so long as Chrisarys keeps his distance from us we should be good to accomplish that without them*
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> *Rodrick: and if those cunts show there faces to me I wont be held accountable for what comes next. Keep in mind I help you out of choice, not by force.*
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The next clashing of blades came during the Henning Civil war when Rheagon, Visenya, and Chrisarys all came into conflict with each other and brought there own people involved in the sides, of those sides the Whents were helping Visenya and her army that had many sellswords, whereas Chrisarys came with Redwater backing and many Westeros knights and Lords. Naturally tensions rose especially since Jory once tried to argue that the Whents were being treasonous for not being on his side as despite all the fight between them they were still Redwater vassals. Of course Rodrick, both to his benefit and often enough to his detriment, cared little for the political ramifications of his actions in pursuit of what he thought was right. Both sides wanted the keep which was currently held by Rheagon and his allies, but while they were doing this Haywin Sand leader of the Broken Skulls used there hatred to his benefit. He killed a Redwater party and took up looking like them before going on the attack agaisnt the Whents and then retreating back to the keep.

This was all the provoking Rodrick needed to consider an act of war and he ended up attacking the Redwaters opening, forcing many of his allies to rush in to help save him from getting killed and derailing both sides efforts to siege the castle. Jory of course pushed his men into trying to kill them before eventually the starkwoods were able to get the Whents to fall back, but by then even Jory couldnt muster his men and pull off a successful attack of the castle, and Chrisarys had been captured in his failed attempt, forcing both sides to retreat and almost leading to another battle as Rodrick explained his side of the story trying to incriminate the redwaters. Though Jory obviously didnt believe this act, Visenya was able to get everyone on her side especially when days later Chrisarys hand was brought to her in a box, an act that infuriated everyone in what was supposed to be a demoralizing gesture. For a brief moment bad blood was put behind al in an effort to get back at Rheagon for his actions.

## 4th Siege of Hen Hill

> *Marq: Ser I must advise against this. Rodrick cant be trusted to aid you in anyway.*
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> *Jory: To aid me? Certaintly not but he can be trusted to hate, and if theres anyone he hates right now its the Hennings and this damn castle which he'd certaintly raze to the ground if he had the choice. Let him lose men rushing up the walls first, it wont bother me.*
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After some time organizing themselves for the next siege, the combined forces that followed Chrisarys and Visenya now followed her agaisnt Rheagon, something he hadn't seen coming, though to his credit to see the Whents and Redwaters especially aligned behind anything youd think the Gods themselves had intervened. The siege was a tough ne as Hen Hill was strong if anything else but under such a host the battle was never going to end well for Rheagon, Rodrick and Jory of all people had been one of the first few people up the wall and had started to cut down the enemy so close to one another Perseus Quickgold once quipped that the "only reason there doing so well is because they were trying to kill each other but these damn Hennings keep getting in there way" Eventually Visenya's side one and Rheagon's faction was put down with Rheagon himself dying to his brother's hand.

This lead to a moment of relative peace between the two, though relations were never cordial and the two took every opportunity to try and one up the other. Jory won a melee here, Arthur unseated Robin Redwater there, an someone placed higher in an archery contest. But unlike before these kinds of squabbles are simple and in some aspects can be healthy, so much so one could almost hope the conflict was over, unfortunately the worse had yet to come as the two sides would soon be a bit more direct in there actions.

## Black Rebellion

> *Robin: The bastard! Ive given him chance after chance I've provided him with everything his family would ever need to grow strong, and how does he repay me! By taking my fucking town!?*
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> *Darron: Rodrick probably thought himself clever with his deception. But he may have just doomed his whole house.*
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The Black Rebellion was at the time the biggest civil war House Brightflame had found itself in as the Redwaters took on most of there rivals in an effort to enact justice on two houses, House Darkstar, and House Blackwolf, for various reasons such as the belief House Darkstar was going against the terms of an earlier signed treaty and expanding there house and House Blackwolf for Shamus's perceived embellishing of his own coffers while being Master of Coin. This brought many of there friends and allies and admittedly just enemies of House Redwater behind the Blacks though the Hand of the King didnt falter in his beliefs and even thought this better since he could remove all of his opponents in one war rather then over time. The Whents at first appeared to be playing the part of loyal vassals as they should serving under the Redwaters for the first battle of the war where they played a part in pushing back Rickon Darkstars men but failing to capture him and end the war. However when Rodrick Whent was sent back to help secure there flanks he showed his true colors and instead went to Fairmarket, the Redwater controlled town and after feigning orders that were followed through and let hi his men betrayed the surprised garrison of Fairmarket and took over the town for the Blacks. Permantly making it clear that they had violated there oaths to the Redwaters in the process. How much one may say the Redwaters were still deserving of said oaths depends from person to person though many agree the methods the Whents went about it were hardly admirable and appeared to be more acts of revenge at all costs.

Nevertheless the Black Rebellion continued and the Whents stayed in Fairmarket for the majority of it, ruling it like it was now there property. That quickly changed when there men learned that the Rebellion was over and that no kind of protection was put over them as they expected, instead The Redwaters had agreed to many terms on the conditions that the Whents were not exempt from such things, which Privat accepted, having a slight distaste for the method of there betrayal (According to reports the Whents had agreed to be Privat's spy in matters regarding the redwaters, but Privat had never planned the taking of Fairmarket and that was by all accounts Rodrick going into business for himself.) And this left the Whents on there own. Panicked Rodrick retreated back to his keep where he intended to escort his family to safer pastures to avoid the Redwater retaliation smartly deducing that he stood no chance of defending both Fairmarket and his keep if his troops were divided and wanted to invest fully in Fairmarket as his home to hold out the Redwaters. Robin however who started to take the vendetta just as personal if not more then Ser Jory after this betrayal made sure he never made it there, taking Fairmarket with relative ease thanks to his knowledge of the town and then setting up an ambush for the unsuspecting Rodrick Whent.

## Ambush of the Whent Convoy

> *Rodrick: House Redwater will pay for this transgression! Ill have vengeance*
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> *Robin: You'll have nothing, vengeance or otherwise, in fact you'll have nothing to do with Westeros again.*
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If there is a climax to all of the actions that have been taken up to this point, it lead to this moment. Until now the conflict between them had been fought vicariously through other matters, even the Yellow Wedding was a violation of Guest rights during the Mallery Wedding rather then a pure Whent vs Redwater matter and was misunderstanding of guest rights. The ambush was an open war, while a contingent of Redwater troops had been assigned to deal with the castle and tear it down Robin laid out an Ambush that he thought for sure would be the end of the Whents. When Rodrick marched into and the trap was sprung the whents were for all intents and purposes cornered, there would be no lord to intervene, no mercy without surrender and no quarter given to anyone who was a soldier, though there were civilians the vassals of the Whents were careful not to put any of them in harm's way even if it ended with some of them being hurt. Though Rodrick and Arthur both tried to fight there way out only Alysanne managed to get free and fled North home to her father the Starkwods, something the Redwaters would have preferred to avoid since they didnt want another big war on there hands. Still there main goal was achieved as Rodrick surrendered when his 500 men were reduced to an inured and battered 50 and Robin laid out the terms. House Whent was to be exiled from Westeros, there women excluding Arthur's wife were to become Silent sisters and there castle and property were to be destroyed. Rodrick for the sake of his kids obliged the deal even if he hated it and within the Week the Whent Banner and everything about them was gone aside from Alysanne who stayed in Starkwood keep safe from harm for a time, before eventually choosing to sail out to where her husband had been since leaving.

Normally this would be the end of such a conflict, the Whents had almost no soldiers yet and while most of what remained was of there elite guard and they still had enough money to afford more for a time they lacked any influence to get back to Westeros and were likely doomed to try and survive in Essos some way. Though fate seemed to be kind to them in more ways then one, when Lys made it clear they needed aid with a matter of corsair pirates The Whents pledged themselves to help hoping to gain some rewards from it, this arrangement after some negoiations ended up being a joint operation with House Brightflame meaning the Whents fought alongside there former allies once more in the Battle of the Broken Arm. This helped him gain more money for more sellswords, which he promptly used to help Haywin Sand, now Haywin Darkspear into taking the Stepstones and with his help he became apart of the newly formed Kingdom of the Stepstones. Though during this Ser Hollis Pyne former knight under the Redwater's also became lord of the same kingdom despite Rodrick Whent being one of the main voices agaisnt fearing his former connection with the Redwaters made him a good mole for them but was overruled. The new establishment lead to Rodrick and Arthur rather quickly abusing the power they had as envoys as Haywin made a deal with King Dearon that allowed both kingdoms to show up to the other on special occasions, so they were allowed to circumvent the exile that had kept them out for a few months and in a manner that was certaintly frustrating for the Redwaters. But they respected the King's will and thus while they were quick to remind the Whents there actions reflected heavily on there kingdom, they never pushed for there dismissal at least in public.

## 5th Siege of Hen Hill

> *Jory: You really expect me to believe you've come to help me? The Stepstones have assisted Chrisarys before, your lord Youngflower resides in that castle with the bastard.*
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> *Rodrick: Daniel protects Chrisarys out of love for his 'brother' you know damn well its a love I dont share. My men are here to root him out and if I have to stomach being at your side one more time..so be it.*
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In another turn of events Chrisarys and Hen Hill brought the two together again when Jory declared war on Chrisarys for running a political marriage by sleeping with his sister, once again on the same side as they were during the last siege. Though Jory was understandably weary of Rodrick's role on his side for various reasons, 1. Rodrick's betrayal of House Redwater at Fairmarket, not an act easily forgotten. 2. Chrisarys' family was in mid pledge to King Haywin, one of there own was set to marry him so Rodrick had a political reason to assist the Henning family in surviving. 3. His fellow Lord Daniel Youngflower and his brother Jon were both assisting the Hennings in the battle, meaning Rodrick could very well be considered a traitor for doing this. Though it should be noted that again, Rodrick never truly considered the political ramifications of his actions in the pursuit of his own justice, and the Whents were well and truly here to kill Chrisarys for his actions. Unfortunately if this could have lead to any reconciliation with Rodrick and Jory at this point we will never know, as Rodrick Whent died that day, when fighting his way up the walls to try and help take the castle an unknown soldier caught Rodrick unaware and sent him tumbling back down to the floor below, Lord Rodrick's neck was broken on impact and he died before anyone could have done anything about it. The soldier that did the deed didnt live long to boast of it as he was quickly set upon by vengeful Whent soldiers and killed within minutes of Rodrick's fall, Arthur dragged his father's body off the battlefield, apparently in denial that he was already gone and hoping a Maester could tend to him. When he returned to the camp after the fighting reality set in and was said Arthur broke down in his camp, seen by only close friends.

Jory Redwater was, perhaps unsurprisingly, not broken up by the loss even if Rodrick's expertise in combat would be missed in the siege. That being said rumors that Jory had laughed or mocked the death of Rodrick reached the new lord's camp, while there is no proof of this rumor Arthur was just as hot headed as his father and believed it. Still not wanting to ruin the siege Arthur kept his composure until the battle restarted and instead put all his efforts into avenging his fathers death by taking the castle, cutting a path through any and all he could, though this unfortunately lead to the death of Jon Youngflower at Arthur's hand and of course caused more bad blood then it resolved, not helped that the siege ultimately ended with Chrisarys still in power but removed as a Redwater vassal. Arthur was frustrated in the belief that his father had died for very little accomplished.

## Sunfyre Rebellion

> *Haywin: The Redwater seek to help the Sunfyre's remove me from the Kingdom I bled for*
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> *Arthur: This does little to surprise me. The Redwaters wont stop until they control everything even remotely involved with Westeros.*
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Caught in the politics of others Rheagon Sunfyre had married Sophia Redwater and used his new connection with the Redwaters to take the Stepstones, a prize he had been eyeing ever since its creation. Robin and Jory put there forces behind helping there new family take this land. Though some offered that getting the chance to remove the Whents from Westeros again played a part in there eagerness and dedication to helping, The Whents as usual were not going to go down quietly and were ready to die defending the land from the Redwater/Sunfyre alliance. Arthur didnt take part in the initial battle as he was planning to enforce Bloodstone first and foremost which means he was absent when Hollis Pyne betrayed the Stepstones and helped Rheagon win the first battle, outing himself as the kind of man Rodrick had warned against. This motivated Arthur to pay there enemy back and Arthur fought alongside Daniel in the Push Through Red River where they forced back the combined Redwater forces of the Mallery's, Greywinde, and Flamehearts to assure that they never had the chance to fully get on the attack. After that they fell back to Bloodstone where they fought alongside there King to take part in The Battle by Bloodstone where Arthur and Jory were once again on opposite sides. The Stepstones with a better plan and a good deal of luck but ultimately the losses were too much for Haywin and feeling responsible for it all negotiated with the kingdom to start ceding his Kingdom to the Iron Throne but that none of his vassals were to be harmed or removed, a deal that Rheagon followed through on despite pushback from Robin. Jory who was also conscious of the losses ultimatel was fine with the arrangement since the core of there plan was made, one of there own was now in control of the Stepstones and the Redwaters had more of an edge then before, Though some like Arthur weren't going to let it stand if they could help it.

Now lords under the Iron Throne once again, the Whents were fully free of there previous exile, and would play there part, though Arthur Whent was a new lord he made many of the mistakes of his father with his bullheaded decisions. Such as his controversial order to loose arrows during The Defense of Griffen's Roost that got loyal men killed in the crossfire, all because it would kill the enemy faster which made it hard for him to fully redeem his own house despite his genuine efforts to accomplish that. A turning point in this was at a tourney in Summerhall, both Arhur Whent and Jory Redwater fought in the melee and went right for each other the moment it started, Rodrick and Jory had there fair share of battles that were impressive, sadly Arthur was not his father, the fight was a long one but fairly one sides as Jory outclassed his opponent and gave him a rather brutal beating before finally knocking him out. Lord Arthur described it as 'the most humiliating day of his life' but he also described it as an eye opener. Within the confines with his friends he claimed that the fight made him realize he wont beat Jory or the Redwaters through brute force or power, he needed to be smarter then them, something his father had failed to learn before his death and something Arthur was seeking to make up for. Arthur from here on out wanted to pick his battles and try to take on the Redwaters from a more indirect angle. However this did not remove Arthur from never making a foolish mistake again as during the Tourney at Oldstones when talking with someone in private he drew his blade during a speech, a passing maid noticed and told Jory Redwater who used the fact that he did it to try and get Arthur punished, Robin opted for a harsh punishment but ultimately it cost Arthur a few of his fingers.

## Verdant-Lash War

> *Rheagon: Lord Whent, need I remind you that helping the Verdants is treason, ive declared I'm staying neutral that means were out of the war. You wouldnt want to be left at the mercy of the Redwaters again when they win this war would you?*
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When the next major civil war broke out it was between the New Castmere lords the Verdants, and the eager Crownland Lashes. Looking to expand on the alliance with the Verdants, help there family the Starkwoods, and face the Redwaters with powerful allies, as they had backed the Lashes, Arthur was quick to assist alongside Daniel. Though Jory and Robin used his position and family connection with Rheagon to try and put a stop to that, Rheagon who also had a deal with the Verdants simply declared his neutrality in the matter thinking it would force his lords back, which pulled back Daniel for a time but Arthur remained rightfully pointing out that if all he's doing is declaring neutrality he cant be punished for simply offering aid of his own choice and thus stayed the course. However there was a plan in this between Daniel and a few other Stepstone Lords as Arthur used his time away from the prying eyes of the Stepstones where he was sure he was being spied on by the Sunfyres to get into contact with Haywin, letting him know of a larger plot. While Arthur was playing the part of a loyal soldier assisting in the battles in the Riverlands he was eventually ordered back by Rheagon to answer for something. Arthur finally obliged leaving some of his men with the Verdants while he went back home to answer Rheagon's summoning.

Here while Rheagon had planned to seemingly make an example out of Arthur for his obvious disobedience he found the tides turned against him when the Stepstones Coup was put in affect, the scheming plan meant to assure that Rheagon and his ally Hollis Pyne were put in there place and usurped of there position, when it took place and Rheagon realized he would ultimately never be able to truly make ground in the stepstones he contacted Haywin and relented control back to him for Oldstones, a deal Haywin accepted and shortly upon his arrival had Hollis stripped of his lands and titles in the Stepstones. The coup's success cast out the Redwater presence in the Stepstones and Haywin eager to assert his control back rallied his men as they would land the killing blow in the war. The Siege of Castle Lash saw the Stepstones take the last holding of the Lashes and force them into a surrender with the Redwaters unable to assist. They had secured the win for the Verdants and had completely shaken up the Redwater's power, though youd still be a fool to pick a fight with them there power wasnt nearly as big or consuming and they had lost considerable ground. For the Whents it was one of if not the biggest victory they had played a part in securing over the Redwaters.

## 2nd Verdant-Lash war

> *Arthur: Im done letting my father's wars consume me. Any battle I drag myself into will be fought because I chose to be apart of it.*
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Sometime after this, though its unknown when such change occurred, Jory and Arthur had started to make amends or at least talk about doing so, the various wars and conflicts there houses had been worn them out and with little to show for it. Arthur had become far more pragmatic in trying to redeem his houses name well aware of the stigma it had brought on in recent years because of his and his fathers actions. He had learned his lesson and whether it be through time and maturity or the recent war being a similar revelation or Jory as the beating at Summerhall was for Arthur, the Hand had learned his as well. There were still some issues between houses despite this growing attempt to end it, Arthur's wife was not so easy to forgive, having hated the attack at the convoy that forced her to flee for her life, and remembering how her young sons had been split up or forced to travel with them in exile because of The Redwaters. Robin was equally not as forgiving, having taken the betrayal and the mocking of the escaped exile personally. To make matters worse Arthur Whent wouldnt long live these issues, as he came down with an illness, he described it as a bloody flux but the symptoms said otherwise, either way there was little that could be done to help him and Arthur passed away in his own keep shortly after a Feast where he made the announcement in the 3rd moon of 304 AC, over 2 years after his father passed. This left control House Whent firmly under the young Robin Whent, with his regent being his mother who in her already less then forgiving state and grieving period rebuffed any attempts at friendship by Jory.

The Second war broke out again and Lady Whent had to consider her options carefully, this time House Lash was a vassal of the Darkspears even if she liked the Verdants more personally, but the Redwaters once again backed the Lashes, which made her decision easier for her and she went agaisnt the grain and fought with the Verdants, all while influencing her son in what would surely lead to more issues with the Redwaters In the long run if she truly raised him to maintain the vengeance of the Whents. The war was briefer then the first one but during it the commander of the Whent forces made several attacks on Redwater supplies trying to undermine there ability to mobilize.

## Darkspear Rebellion

> *Robin: We need to remove the Whents now. We wont get a chance like this again.*
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There will be many things said about Haywin Darkspear and his actions, the most pivotal being when he brought House Brightflame into its 3rd Major Civil war TheDarkspear Rebellion. During this House Whent which owed Haywin all they had stayed loyal to the Darkpear's and the Stepstones and in return one of there own Larrys Whent was named a member of Haywin's own Kingsguard formed by there Lord Commander Ethan Lash. Robin obviously played no part in the war itself instead letting Larrys and his generals handle the matter as he stayed in the castle throughout it. The Whents fought honorably having men in a few battles in the war itself before there forces were pushed back to Bloodstone where the Battle of Bloodstone saw the Whents and Redwaters clash once again when Robin Redwater lead his forces to try and take the castle as he breached it and attempted to secure the holding Robin Redwater was attacked and nearly killed by Larrys Whent saved only by the timely intervention of Rheagon Sunfyre who gave Larrys a rather fatal blow, though Larrys was still able to down Rheagon and limp away from the encounter, he was later found dead in the hallway leading to where Haywin's kids were, likely having bled out from his wounds as there were no other major injuries on him. When Ser Ian who had lead the initial assault to Haywin's keep left with many knights and lords to go deal with Tywin Lannister who was in Essos Robin used his position to take control of the council that netted out the treaty and plans for the Stepstones in the aftermath of the war. One of the orders that he insisted on was the execution of Robin Whent but enough protest got him to move it down to exile which Robin accepted.

Despite this the order was heavily criticized by the 8 Kingdoms as many knew Robin to simply be a boy, and one who hadn't even fought in the war while men like KG of Haywin got off much easier by comparison. Not even Jory Redwater stood by Robin's decision, and Robin himself had to endure criticism for his actions, Robin eventually resigned from his position in the small council and would spend some time hold up his castle not attending meetings, the reason for this varies as well. Many say King Daeron likewise not agreeing witht he sentence and feeling Robin was too emotionally driven subtly 'suggested' Robin resign and the Lord did so in protest staying in his castle to avoid having to deal with others, while some say he chose to do so either in disgrace because of how many interpreted the act or out of guilt. And of course this action only affirmed Lady Alysanne's doubts and suspicions on the Redwaters which saw her anger at the situation boil. Robin though was given an escort of around 50 men and was soon settled in Mereen sometime after the conflict in the area had been averted. Many efforts to repeal the exile were made but Robin went never answered any of them either because they never reached him or because the boy chose not too.

## Whent Rebellion

> *Alysanne: The Redwaters cant even be bothered to face me themselves they let there lackey's do the work for them now.*
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This is a part of the chapter that comes from a rather sad and depressing end of the House but very few ends are dignified. with Lady Whent still the Regent she tried to keep her house under control though her bitterness made that hard, even if she for the most part pulled through. Up until an incident happened involving the Redwater vassal, House Flameheart. Darron Flameheart had betrothed one of his kids to Ethan Lashes to form an alliance, however this alliance spat in the face of a deal her husband Arthur Whent had made as the kid betrothed was to be married to one of Arthur's daughters as part of forming a lasting peace. There is no indication of why Darron broke the arrangement, maybe he no longer saw such an alliance as valuable, maybe the Lashes simply offered a better deal, or maybe Darron forgot, it was noted he was never the same man after the brutal encounter on Bloodstone during Haywin's rebellion, but Alysanne had her own theories and blamed it on there liege lords ordering Darron to break off the deal for a better one. This has known proof as Jory had been making efforts to end the whole affair and Robin had long since remained quiet but LAdy Whent couldnt be dissuaded in her reasoning instead making the call for ear until Daniel got wind of her actions and told her under no circumstances will she pick a fight with the Flamehearts or her fellow lords in the Lashes or he would personally get involved. She pretended to listen standing down for now but secretly trying to arrange a deal with Sellswords and pirates to attack the Lashes knowing that Ethan was known to be easily provoked and assume (correctly) that the Whents set it up and would attack them without proof, there she could potentially draw them and the Flamehearts who she knew would by honor try and aid the Lashes onto her won turf and beat them to avenge this act.

Alysanne however overplayed her hand and overestimated her men's abilities, and loyalty. Were not sure who but someone on her council leaked this plan to Daniel Youngflower who upon hearing it had no choice but to declare the stubborn Whents traitors to the Realm with him, the Lashes, and eventually the Flamehearts and Wilders assembling to deal with them for good. The Rebllion was a short one as while the Whents were strong they were never going to match up to those combined forces as Daniela nd Ethan beat her captains at sea, while Zelos Wilder forced her armies back to the castle which Darron Flameheart besieged. Darron tried to get the lady to see reason offering that he could arrange for her house to be saved but even in defeat she would not break somehow believing that she could win and cursing his name simply for his association with the Redwaters who hadn't even acted or responded to the crisis, and this showed how she had buried herself in a delusion that was falling apart. The siege quickly disabused her of the notion of victory when Flameheart forces found there way in her halls she finally realized she had been beaten and surrendered. Sadly she did so too late for any leniency and Daniel followed through on his declaration, House Whent was exiled once and for all.

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> *Jory: I didnt mourn Rodrick's death, I felt sorrow for Arthur's, I disagreed with Robin's exile, and with this...I pity lady Alysanne.*
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The conflict as finally over after a 4 year struggle, Lady Alysanne likewise went to Mereen where her son was and the Whents pledged themselves under Deanarys Targaryean, who seemed content to stay put, and by most reports from the spies the Master of whispers had sent, so were the Whents who seemed to want nothing to do with Westeros anymore. Jory Redwater, who had for the longest time pushed for this day found the feeling by the time it happened to be of little joy, by his own admission he had planned to return the sword he had taken and reforged to them for the longest time but Arthur died before it could be done and Alysanne refused anything he offered. the fued had shaped the 8 Kingdoms in many ways and with its end late 304 AC, it felt like the end of a long era, with a new and uncertain one on the horizon.