House Henning

House Henning is a house created during the rise of the 7 Kingdoms, thus they were never loyal to any of the initial kingdoms and had only pledged there swords to the Dragons before the end of Roberts Rebellion, the House has splintered off and become two prominent forces of power following the War of 7 Kings.

## Creation

The Founder of House Henning was a Knight named Richard who used to be a chicken farmer in the section that would soon be the Crownlands, having been slighted by the wars that disrupted his attempts to protect his home, he was one of the first mainlanders to leave and pledge himself to Aegon's cause, he accompanied Aegon's ground forces into his First test, then in the following battles against House Hoare, surviving both. Richard remained in the area after the wars ended and went back to his village once the fighting in the area was over. Though Aegon would eventually make his city Richard wouldnt earn his lordship until a few years into the king's beginning when he was allowed to build a castle and serve as lord of his lands, as they were in the crownlands and Aegon hoped to win his loyalty and bolster the lands to him. He succeeded as Richard, now calling himself Richard Henning would pledge his eternal services to the crown and protect the lands in the area from all who would disturb the realm of dragons. Richard soon married Bethany Dunbridge a third daughter and started the slow construction of his keep, because of this he stayed out of the war with Dorne instead he kept his focus close to home. This meant he was close to the city to protect the Targaryeans from Martell assassins' and clear out a group of bandits but beyond that he never saw any real warfare again and soon and instead raised his two boys in relative peace, When he passed in the same year his King did his eldest son Rodrick took over in his stead.

## Loyal Service

Rodrick went to the new kings council when it came down to what to do about the various rebellions that had sprung up but that meant he wasnt there to actually stop them, though he did advise the king sally out and take out the traitors themselves the King seemed uneasy about the prospect of doing so. Instead Rodrick went home frustrated that there efforts were wasted on debates and how he would be ready to answer the call for the next one. Still young when he took lordship Rodrick grew up during this moment of strife as the divide between the crown and the Faith became evident, Rodrick chose the crown, opposing the faith, supporting the sibling marriage and sending his brother to lead a group of Henning men to protect there envoy, they proved necessary during the attack when the Faith militant attacked and nearly killed the young couple, though Richard's brother saved them he died in the fighting, This put Richard permanently against the Faith and he was behind Maegor the Cruel in all of his endeavors in snuffing out the Militant, the only battle Maegor fought that the Lord of Hen Hill refused to answer was the Battle with Aegon the uncrowned, Rodrick supported the King but he couldnt justify fighting to stop the man his brother died saving and it was said he spent the day drinking when he heard that the young prince was slain by his uncle.

Despite this he remained loyal to the end but many said he was mostly going through the motions at this point not thinking about the consequences of his actions and disconnected from anything but his loyal service. Even when Jahearys came to give him an alternative he remained a fighter for Maegor though he had doubts when he saw how little actually backed the Cruel King he never had a chance to defect before the King died and in his shame he took the Black and abandoned ruling the castle. Since he never had a child the castle went to his brothers young son Eddie Henning. Eddie grew up without much parental guidance and was rather arrogant and crass but he was smarter then most would have thought. When his Dunbridge family tried taking the castle from him through trickery he played along before embarrassing them at a feast and making it clear they would never take his castle from him. It was said this is where the feud between the families started though they didnt act under the good king's rule. Eddie lived a long life learning to be good at bow and lance, but never getting to properly test these abilities in warfare as the King's era was one of relative peace, instead he married and had 4 kids (3 sons and 1 daughter) and died sometime in 88 AC from sickness. His family didnt stand out again until the Great Council of 101 where Gregor Henning cast his vote for the eventual king Viserys Targaryean to take over after the king died. When the time finally came Gregor was a witness to many of the issues prevailing the Targaryeans in the coming decades, witnessing the slow brewing conflict between the Greens and the Blacks the hennings chose the Greens to back, Though this was mostly the will of Gregor himself as the rest of his family had mixed feelings about the conflict agreeing with one side this moon and the other side the next. Gregor himself refused because he felt the Velaryons would become too powerful in the aftermath as it there house whos kid would rule in the aftermath over a male Aegon would would keep the family name.

He proved true to his belief backing the king as soon as possible and when war seemed evident he and his sons of 20 and 18 marched off to King's Landing to back the Green Targaryeans cause. He accompanied Ser Cristen Cole on his march to Rook's Rest, where he was a witness to the brutal Dragon battle that raged in the sky before the castle fell. His son took a wound and Gregor would send him home while he continued in the war against the blacks. Gregor would follow Prince Aemond and ser Cole for the rest of the campaign which meant he was caught in the brutal Butcher's Ball and slain alongside his allies and a portion of his army, a third of his foot had surrendered at The capitol when Princess Rhaenrya came with her men to take it, knowing battle was futile. Though his castle didnt bend the knee they had a henning captive which kept them docile, and there new lord Meryn the injured son still had to recover. He only returned to the battle near the wars end when he joined Borros Baratheon in helping take the city back when it had fallen into chaos. Meryn had thought the war would end soon after Aegon's arrival but was disgusted with the actions of Aegon himself attacking the crownland lords who had turned back to him in the aftermath, realizing that Aegon wouldnt rest until he punished half the realm for there actions, and angered that the greens more or less brushed off his houses loyal service when the King's Road battle proved a failure Meryn quickly changed sides and helped the Lads crush the Stormlands host. When he returned to the city again it was supporting Aegon III not the II like his father had once done.

## Rising Conflict

The Dance of Dragons was the last time the Hennings would ever defy a Targaryean while they were on the throne, let alone betray one, but there loyalty to the dragon, even the ones lacking actual dragons remained stout they had other matters to attend to. The war left many scars and the Dunbridges who had backed the Blacks in the war had attempted to take the castle from them calling them traitors to Aegon and citing there loyalty for why they should have the castle. During the war itself they had raided the lands to try and draw the Hennings out and had made there desire for the castle clear, but they were denied by Aegon and his regents. The gesture started the slow hostilities despite the Hennings having been married to the Dunbridges at one point. From there the houses continued more then a few issues that persisted between them for the years that followed. Meryn's son was nearly killed in a melee by Tor Dunbridge, Meryn himself actually killed Tor when he provoked the man soon afterwards. Don Henning was killed to provoke a minor war a few years before the Blackfyre rebellion which killed 3 more Hennings and the Lord of House Dunbridge as well as forcing the Dunbridges to send his eldest son as a ward when the Hennings won. When the Rebellion broke out The Dunbridges backed the Hennings and the current lord Harry Henning executed his ward as a sign of what he intended to do with the Dunbridges but neither of them met until the Battle of Redgrass Field where while the Hennings were on the winning side, Lord Harry lost his life in the battle (By a random crossbowmen).

The Punishments from this would forever weaken the Dunbridges and keep them from making a major play against the Hennings for the rest of the Targaryean Dynasty and the Hennings would start to slowly move past there feud with Dunbridges. Instead focusing back on there service to the Targaryeans, fighting in every other Rebellion, Fighting alongside the dragons against Blackfyres, Lothson, Greyjoys, and Peake's. They even remained loyal to the Aegon V despite how unpopular he was and were fully prepared for any war the Laughing Storm would bring when insulted but were pleased that it was resolved before a massive war lead to devastation. It was only when Mad King Aerys came to the throne that they ever had a dispute about the Targaryeas again, while they were initially as loyal as anyone and Lord Otto Henning opposed Tywin implying they would leave aerys to die and crown the prince, Otto noticeably hesitated when Aerys demanded Duskendale sacked and the lords family killed. After this Otto returned to his two sons Edric and William and stayed out of capitol matters. In the back half of Aerys reign it was said he had more then a few doubts about if it was a good thing aerys escaped that town but he took pleasure in his family and there growth, Edric had married and had 4 kids Marcus, Gregor, Arthur, and Marcella who seemed like they would all grow into the future of the house while William had recently married Nymeria and soon started to have a few kids shortly before Robert's Rebellion Rheagon and Visenya Henning, during the war itself Shiera Henning would be born as well.

Despite this Robert's Rebellion would not be a moment of joy for anyone who remained loyal to House Targaryean. Otto backed Aerys again despite his doubts and remained in KL ready to defend his king, but stayed out of the Battle of the Bells confident Jon could win the battle. When he returned in defeat he was shocked and when Rhaegar came to lead the loyalist He did go this time taking his second son William with him while Edric lead his forces still in the city. At the Battle of the Trident Otto fought in the center with Rhaegar and William fought in Ser Barristan's group, because of this William wasnt with his father during Robert's charge and Otto was killed by a sword to the neck while trying to stop Robert, William tried to do the same but lost heart seeing the battle turn against them and fled after the prince was killed. Taking the rest of his army he went back to Hen Hill where his family was leaving the rest of his family by themselves when the Lannisters sacked it. William never had any idea of the sack until much later as the Dunbridges attempted to take the castle now that most of the Henning forces were away or dead, despite this the castles defenses held by William. Though not even a fortnight after he had repelled them did he see Hoster Tully's men coming to take his castle, this time William knew there was no hope to save the castle and all he could do was take his family and flee through the siege leaving Hoster to take and ruin Hen Hill fleeing to Duskendale he was saved from further attack by a man he would take in as a friend, the man he would soon known as Aemond Rivers.

In the capitol Edric and his family remained unaware that his brother was still alive had likewise considered heading home when the news of the Prince's death came but stayed out of safety for the Royal family, and feeling his own was safer in the city, the Lannisters would prove him wrong as during the brutal sack Edric and Marcus came to see Gregor Clegane trying to rape his daughter Marcella. Both men knights in there own right attacked the Large man but the Mountain was always a fearsome threat bested both men killing Edric and then Marcus soon after before having his way with her anyway. Only Gregor, his son and his brother Arthur got out of the battle unscathed and fled to Dorne assuming Hen Hill was already being destroyed. When they got there they were surprised to hear that despite the brutal death of the beloved Elia Martell and her innocent kids that Dorne wasnt going to continue the war, but they earned praise for defending Dorne from opportunist bannermen in the Marches. Eventually Doran was kind enough to give them Sunflower Keep as there new home.

## Scattered family.

With the Hennings scattered around a lot of the story of the Hennings in Essos starts to blur, Aemond Rivers eventually falls in love with and marries Wylla Hennng and remains a good friend of William but there friendship starts to take a turn at some point as Aemond grows obsessed with revenge for being cast out by Westeros and growing angrier and more hostile, even having a son with his wife did little to calm the man (as his wife, the only one who could soothe him during these times died shortly after the birth for she was apparently not always of good health something poor Sheira Henning shared) and soon he ventured off to in his own words "Find a dragon." William Henning kept the son Chrisarys and raised him with his own kids and stayed in Essos and dragonstone for a time, while Gregor remained in Dorne growing a slow presence and being a war hawk for vengeance against the Lannisters. Vengeance that wouldnt come so fast, as they were turned down and stayed there hand out of respect for Doran. The family remained but was mostly uneventful or at least unrecorded before William Henning became aware of Aemond Rivers presence in the Golden Company when he confronted his old friend again the man tried to persuade him to join as well as soon the Golden Company would bring there wrath to the Seven Kingdoms, when William remained unconvinced Aemond revealed who he was, a bastard targaryean who had seen visions of a dragon leading the Golden company and bringing about change that which had never been seen before, blood would soak the lands and all would see there folly for turning against the Targaryeans. William simply decided his friend was mad and turned away for the final time even as aemond shouted predictions of another dance and more dragons about. William thought nothing of the mans ravings until he meat Baelor Brightflame and realized to his horror that Aemond was telling the truth, at least tot he extent of his own birth, and one night cursed "His dragons blood which seeps into my adopted son." Chrisarys had unfortunately overheard and was smart enough to know that he was talking about him, but had mistaken the words for the reveal of Aegon Targaryean shortly after, convinced he was the son Aegon when his family joined the Forgotten sons, the sellsword company of Baelor he assumed he was kin with them and sought to see unity with the dragons. William either never knew of these falsehoods or never bothered to correct them but when the war broke out every Henning was soon involved.

Gregor was all to happy to raise his weapons and answer the call to war, for it had been the very conflict he had hoped for, a chance to cut down the Lannisters before they escaped with there crimes and joined the Golden Company alongside Dorne, he had been sharpening his blades for this moment and his soldiers proved versatile against the Reachman they sought to push through eager to get there hands on Lannisters. Unfortunately Gregors weapons would never see conflict with the forces of Tywin, but Williams would joing the Forgotten Sons in there initial campaigns and quickly making short work of Stannis before Gregor had even started fighting, William was useful for the early campaigns and Chrisarys was eager to make the baratheon King pay for his horrid use of fire to which he had seen close hand during his time in Dragonstone and then landed to fight both Lannister and Stark to gain a foothold, when Aegon's invasion finally started it mostly saw action against the Reach and Renly's forces before the second dance that aemond had foreseen came and Baelor and Aegon came to blows. Thankfully the Hennings never came into contact with one another during this time but Gregor was outraged by the news, kin fighting kin while the real threats remained on the throne. It angered him even more so when Aegon was eventually defeated and his forces either scattered, dead, or defected. Dorne had lost there ally and soon the Reach pushed back deadlocking the two into conflict, and trapping the Hennings of Sunflower keep inside Dorne away from the fighting they really wanted. William was granted Hen Hill again once they got close enough and slowly started to repair it bringing his family in as well as Chrisarys who was still lamenting aegons defeat unaware of his real fathers nature. Aemond was captured by his own son after a grueling battle in the last conflict between the two forces, and Chrisarys had learned of his true nature by this point but had abandoned it claim the Hennings were always his family. For the moment things looked bright for the family but as Lords once again they were subjected to the same politics and key decisions that once cost them that castle and soon would find the game didnt change evenw ith new players.

## Hennings in Dorne

Gregor's family was under constant threat as even though the Brightflames secured the capitol, the war with the Reach hadn't ended. How could it? When the Dornish and the Reach had such bad blood, with the taste of blood in both sides mouth peace steadily lacked options. For years Gregor and his family helped Doran fight off the enemy before Daeron attacked the reach from behind, allowing momentum to swing the Dornish way and drive the enemy out. The peace that followed was short lived as Doran and his people refused to consider themselves under the rule of Daeron and after a few months to prepare his forces another war broke out in Dorne. The dornish were just as fierce as before and Gregor fought hard but nothing could stop Daeron from taking Dorne. Gregor like everyone else soon surrendered, hateful at the Hennings in Hen hill who allowed this to happen and allowed there men to be killed by Brightflame forces (In truth it was only after the war that The Henning even knew they had family in Dorne as William believed them to be dead, and William tragically never knew otherwise as he had lost his life in the first siege of his castle, a fact Gregor was unaware of until he visited shortly after Dorne's capitulation.) But this miscommunication drove a rift between the families, one that would never be mended. Gregor stayed in Dorne where for a time he was more loyal then most to the Brightflames for at least they were a dragon and one that had done the deed of ending Tywins reign, Gregor could at least respect that and he and his brother Arthur were part of the forces arguing against any future conflict with the brightflames in there home, the war was over for them. Dorne wouldnt hear it though and the uprising that followed and took Rheaneys was one that had happened close to them Gregor agreed to participate in saving her, and in the events known as the Cornered Viper was pushed off a boat with one of the Sand Snakes, seemingly losing his life. The heartbroken Arhtur took over in his stead and was angered when he felt daeron didnt appreciate Gregors work in trying to save his realm and only living family left. This bitterness turned to anger and when many in Dorne still argued against future wars, Arthur was not one of them.

## Hennings in the Riverlands

As rough as the Hennings of Sunflower Keep had it, fighting a war that seemed to drag on, one could say they got off easy for in that duration the Hennings of Hen Hill fought several smaller conflicts from men who were supposed to be there allies as they tore each other down. William was scared to death of his families position surrounded by houses stronger and more prestigious then there and desperate to make sure that his house was seen as something to be respected he quickly started arranging marriages for his kids, even Chrisarys needed a marriage for he had humiliated himself with his initial belief of being Aegon's son (A fact that was mocked by friends and enemies alike) and had gotten involved with a Wildling as well as a few other affairs that may or may not have been known to the public, in short he knew few people respected his houses name and that was the death of any house still trying to build themselves up. his politicking started to bear fruit, he found Visenya a husband in Oswell Whent and Shiera Henning was soon married to Lord Privat Khalkuho, Master of Laws and lord of Summerhall giving his name a much needed boost, Rhaegon would soon be married to Seles Wilder lady of a small but powerful house in the Riverlands, only Chrisarys proved tricky given he wasnt Williams true son and his reputation and attitude was hard to win people over, even with his friendships and skill as a fighter and his public ward in Meera the Wildling which everyone more or less knew was his mistress as well as Lyanna Whent who he was also interested in despite them already being family. Eventually William Henning married Chrisarys to the widow Alys Gullegan, A Buckwell by birth and a mother of a young baby, the last true born Gullegan after the death of Jason Gullegan. William was under the assumption that after the defeats the family had gained they were toothless but still prestigious enough to help his family, he was wrong. Like Jason himself his family saw that there only chance of survival was taking Hen Hill to avoid there last child being lost to make way for any spawn of Chrisarys and when there forces arrived some were let in...and they tried to attack the Hennings and open the gate to allow the rest in. In what has known as the Siege of Henhill The Buckwell soldiers tried and failed to get the gates open, forcing there men on the outside to retreat, but many Hennings lost there lives including William, leaving Chrisarys into a further mess and causing tensions as Rheagon was angered and blamed Chrisarys antics on his death, for if he had been of more respectable ilk such a marriage wouldnt have been necessary in his mind. The short Henning-Buckwell war that followed saw the Buckwells team up with the Dunbridges to try and take the castle but the Henning allies were more numerous, including the Whents and House Maloris, Daniel Youngflower and his sellsword company the Thorns joined the battle and the swift attack saw the Gullegan loyalists cut down before they even made it to the castle with the last of House Buckwell hunted and killed by Chrisarys, though Asher Dunbridge escaped with life to plot against the Hennings another day.

### Henning Civil War

While the external enemy had been defeated for a time, the internal ones had not for the Henning coalition that William had built was young and fragile. Privat was too far away and too busy in Kings Landing to help them all the time and Rheagon and Chrisarys found themselves in an internal struggle that threatened to tear apart there allegiance and split there allies. Chrisarys was in charge in Rheagons absence and in his mind no one ever told him he wasnt in line to inherit as William never named an heir, but Rheagon was more politically savvy as well as older and Williams trueborn son, soon he had all but taken power from Chrisarys, worse Rheagon cleverly stirred conflict between Visenya and Chrisarys by getting Lyonel and Chrisarys in an argument where Oswell drew his sword in the halls of there castle causing Chrisarys to have him locked up for violating guest rights, angering the mans wife, and Chrisarys sister Visenya and fracturing there friendship for the moment but that moment was all he needed, as expected The Whents reacted terribly and started to march to demand his freedom, so Rheagon made a plea to Seles to get her brother to send them men. Seles did and Zelos brought more troops in the event a fight broke out, Rheagon knew no such thing would happen though as the redwaters issues with the Whents meant Jory would never allow the attack to happen and he stopped Arthur in his tracks. The men were instead to make sure he had enough forces to finally ask Chrisarys to take a break and go see Shiera, with over 100 Wilder men inside the castle during this tense moment, Chrisarys knew that even if half of the Henning soldiers backed him it wouldnt be enough and with Visenya having gone to essos to be away from both of them Chrisarys knew he was beaten. He left the next day to go to Summerhall and Rheagon had secured Hen Hill for himself just like he wanted.

For a few months this lasted Visenya gave birth to a boy, her and Oswells first (And unfortunately only) while Chrisarys helped in Summerhall for his sisters sake as Privat was often in the city rather then his home. Rheagon's wedding to Seles was close to being finished and soon he would be able to start producing heirs, he had thought of everything to keep his place and was content, however one thing he could never plan for was a will being produced shortly before William died he sent a will to be finalized by the master of laws unfortunately it remained at Summerhall which allowed Chrisarys to find it first and to his shock discover that William had asked to name him heir of Hen Hill, a shocking move and one that filled Chrisarys was newfound love and respect for the man he lost. But he knew that he couldnt confront Rheagon with the letter, he'd reject it and some might say he rightfully so, he was the real son of William and the will's legitimacy could easily be questioned given how much time had passed. So Chrisarys sent the word out about the will and his intention to give to the master of Laws to decide. The news caught Rheagon flatfooted and sources describe him becoming more erratic and angry in response he went out to go the capitol to plead his case but was attacked on the road and forced back to Hen Hill, with one of his closest friends dead in the attack Rheagon was in a frenzy. The blame for this attack is pointed at many, some say it was Chrisarys or Visenya, an act from the Dunbridges or survivors of the Gullegan war, some it was just a random bandit attack. But Rheagon blamed of course his family and Chrisarys was quickly left to do damage control for his brothers claims of trying to kill him to secure the seat gathering allies for what he now considered a war. Visenya landed in Westeros around the time the claims started and realizing she might be in danger called for help herself. Chrisarys who was in the weakest position pledged to the Redwaters his seat if he helped him reclaim it he'd be a vassal to them and thus the battle lines were drawn for a civil war of House Henning.

Chrisarys marched on Hen Hill backed by the power of the Redwater forces he now technically served against the forces of Rheagon who lacked the allies on his own to match the Redwaters ferocious power had to bolster his allies in the Wilders and Darkstars with Sellsword Companies like the Broken Skulls, while Visenya likewise was mostly baked by Sellswords, albeit she had two powerful houses at her backs as well with her Whent relatives and there relatives the Starkwoods.. Unfortunately Rheagon still had the castle despite the smaller army and with both forces marching at him they met each other before they did him. While it seemed an alliance might be formed despite bad blood at both sides, an incident sparked by Haywin of the Skulls lead to such a thing not manifesting and instead as chrisarys made an attack at the castle he was stopped by Rheagon and his forces were attacked by Visenya's allowing Rheagons men to repel both, the 3rd Siege of HenHill was lifted and the castle remained in his hands while he had captured Chrisarys. In most situations this would be a clear victory for Rheagon all he would have to do is keep Chrisarys as a prisoner or force him to relqinqish his claim on the castle and he could have secured a victory, but in trying to intimdate his foes he took measures no decent lord should take. cutting off Chrisarys hand and murdering the Gullegen child, who was completely innocent drove some of his allies away as Lord Wilder promptly left his castle and as soon as the Broken Skulls were paid for there victory Haywin promptly left him as well. Meanwhile hearing of these dastardly deeds only hardened the resolve of his enemies who joined forces to unite and take one last attack on his castle. Rheagons biggest mistake was his last, the castle was no match for Visenya's fury and soon he was killed by Chrisarys once he was freed with the castle returned to him and now under Redwater power for the forseeable future.

### Redwater Era

Under the Redwaters Chrisarys had the perfect amount of room to grow while he still ha enemies none were strong enough to fight him without fear of retribution that would be much worse and Chrisarys tried to grow though he remained unmarried, not for lack of effort but more for lack of willing suitors as his war with Rheagon didnt mean he was cleared of any wrong doing and he kept Meera close, who was soon with child herself. Struggling with the pressure to live up to his fathers name he took to drinking as well and trying to learn politics, but usually diplomatic meetings were handled by others as his now hook hand left little pleased with it. He mostly stayed out of any fighting if he could helping with supplies and troops during the Black Rebellion but not getting directly involved himself and then Chrisarys played a more active role in the Battle of the Broken Arm helping his allies crush the pirates. After that he once again sent his best men to help Haywin secure the Stepstones and name himself King of them, this got him into the good graces of there king. His sister soon married Daniel Youngflower who had became a lord in his own right under haywin and he offered his cousins hand in marriage, Haywin accepted for a time and after other options seemed to dry up but for various reasons the marriage fell through and was never finished robbing Chrisarys out of what would have been his biggest diplomatic success yet. Unfortunately it was an act of his own doing.

While attempting and stressing over the attempted control of his house he got drunk with guests over, and not just any guest a Redwater guest who was set to be married to a Vale Lord to secure an alliance and make there control of the Vale go smoother. While drunk Chrisarys ended up ruining that in a night of passion having woken up to realize he had slept with the women himself. Ruining her value as a bride and insulting the Vale more Jory was angered and demanded he report to Kings landing to explain himself, if he had cooler heads might have prevailed but Chrisarys took it a step further and refused to do so, not just ignoring the Wartime hand of the king but his liege lord to boot. Jory couldnt let the dual insult last and declared Chrisarys a traitor for all marching to capture his castle and make the man face judgment and surprisingly he was backed by many allies he had clashed with earlier mostly because there was a clear wrongful action taken on Chrisarys part and thus there was very little to dispute Jory on. If only all Lords were persuaded by logic rather then emotion, for despite this people like Visenya were having none of it, she and her husband who was equally as protective marched from the Stepstones to assist him as did the starkwoods and there vassals and a few other lords. While they all knew Chrisarys actions were the cause, they mostly argued that being considered a traitor was too harsh a punishment, or quite frankly didnt care and simply wanted to protect there friend because he was there friend. Once again the attackers forces outnumbered the defenders but the siege was far more brutal then any previous one. Bodies dropped from the ladders, oil was poured down, even lords on both sides were nearly killed. And unfortunately for some it was too close Arther Whent was killed in the first wave and Jon Youngflower met his end in the third, when it was all said and done Jory's forces broke into the castle but after a brief scuffle allowed Chrisars some concessions that were leniet compared to his crimes, for one his status as a traitor was removed and pardons given out to any man who aided him. However he was no longer under Jory's protection and some thought that a punishment Chrisarys would regret the most.

### Hen Hill falls

Chrisays remained king of his own castle, though his control on it slipped, the fear of his mistakes only increased his drinking and his antics at tourneys started to make him less tolerable to his friends, he reacted negatively to many insults and was quick to give them back, he knew he shouldn't be acting this way (if his journal which he was allowed to keep was anything to go by) but everytime he had a chance to change things he blew it. Especially when he finally reached out to his Henning family in Dorne after he heard of there capitulation. Meeting them in Dorne Gregor (unaware of Williams death) insulted Chrisarys greatly feeling that the Lord couldn’t be bothered to come see them himself. Chrisarys was greatly offended by this remark as he blathered his rage against the house that had mostly stayed away from the rest of them in favor of appeasing King Daeron and fighting in his wars while there family was sieged over and over again and how William was twice the man Gregor ever was. Gregor was offended far more then he was shocked by both William and Rheagons passing, and bluntly told the new lord that he was no family of there’s. Instead of parting in friendship as family members out too the two families parted in rage and no attempts at reconciliation were made between then to the end of Chrisarys time as lord. The end of which came in another siege. Asher Dunbridge had been slowly biding his time for the right moment, and within a year had found it. Chrisarys had blundered his way through politics, isolating every ally he ever made, his history with the Whents and Redwaters are well documented but he had also ruined any relationship he had with houses like the Flamehearts and the Starkwoods, the Wilders saw them as problems as did the Darkspears, and the Griftens. Really the only house they could still count on was the Youngflowers, but since they were in the Stepstones they weren’t close enough to act. Asher wasted no time in making his move, declaring that the Hennings had no business in the castle and that Chrisarys was no true Henning anyway he declared his intent to take the castle and purge the realm of Chrisarys filth. Chrisarys after months of issues was eager for a fight and called his allies... only to find that none would come but instead many former allies had answered Ashers call. It was here that Chrisarys could no longer deny that his actions had hurt his realm and his subjects, despite his many attempts to deny or justify them he had single-handedly done irreversible damage to his reputation. He wanted to atone for it but that was far too late and the 6th Siege of Hen Hill had begun.

Chrisarys was outnumbered and out maneuvered, for Asher who wasn’t the most adapt at warfare was compensated by the generals of more experienced houses who had taken there information of the castle both from a defensive and offensive position to there advantage, there combined might hit Chrisarys far harder and his men were set upon by soldiers of every region. Chrisarys didn’t yield, hoping to draw a stalemate and talk peace but his efforts to even hold them off were in vain. His more loyal men fought to the last but Chrisarys actions had made many of the less loyal demoralized and unwilling to die for his cause, many surrendered or broke when the fighting got too much for them and were spared, assuming they were lucky enough to surrender to anyone not a Dunbridge or a Whent who had no mercy for any soldier of the Hennings. The castle fell with ease but the rest held up in the keep lead by one of Chrisarys oldest friends Thomas Dayne who tried to break the enemies morale with sorties to no avail and eventually the keeps door gave way allowing the rest to pour in. Thomas fell in battle to a vengeful Arthur Dayne and Asher Dunbridge was all too happy to be the one to fight and defeat Chrisarys. The story he told was he took the man’s final arm before watching him scream in agony before taking his head, but that was just the story he told others, in truth he disarmed then knocked the beaten man out before taking him to the dungeons. Instead Chewyn Stormfyres head would be put on a like and paraded around as the hated lords, with none the wiser for the moment. Perhaps because to be blunt “no one cared enough about Chrisarys to check” as one of the Darkspear knights who later became known as Ser Robert Victor would say. And it was hard to deny, for there was no feast or celebration of this victory, they simply removed the man from power and went home as if it was less of a great victory and more of a clean up. A dirty deed done out of necessity and never talked about again. But if they had checked they would have seen Asher Dubridges true colors. Chrisarys was awakened in the dungeons where the man who had been blunt and angry was reduced to. Blubbering welp at the hands of the vicious Asher, tortured for the whereabouts of the other Hennings Chrisarys had spirited away Chrisarys eventually broke and revealed that it was Meera and Thomas Dayne who had seen them off and hadn’t told him. Thomas was mercifully dead and spared any further injustice, Meera was offered no such mercy and subjected to Ashers full wrath for there whereabouts, all while Chrisarys was forced to watch, and Meera was told about how Chrisarys sold her out. Chrisarys was the one to tell of her bravery in these final moments. “Filled with betrayal and under great pain Meera showed more will then any man I ever knew. She never broke, never came close to talking. It embarrassed Asher and eventually he grew frustrated and killed her, all without her giving him an ounce of satisfaction.” Chrisarys wasn’t as lucky either, robbed of rescue Chrisarys hoped that Daniel or his sister would bail him out but once Asher made it clear the Youngflowers begrudgingly accepted the Dunbridges takeover he knew he was doomed and Asher made use of his defeated mindset, turning him into a slave he named Stormy he briefly considered selling him to Essos in the shadow of the night as a final insult but then decided to keep him for himself rather then risk being caught selling a slave by the ever vigilante Master of whispers or some other spymaster. Instead he remained a prisoner in the castle that he once owned.

## Second coming of House Henning

With the fall of Hen Hill to the Dunbridges the only Henning power was in Dorne under Sunflower Keep and in the Stepstones under House Youngflower as all of Daniel's offspring were of course half Hnning by birth, though neither seemed to want to make a move on the Dunbridges, Gregor had no love for Chrisarys and was glad to be rid of the weaker line of Hennings in his mind while Visenya merely wanted Ashers head but didnt want to break the kings peace unprovoked to get it and certaintly had no desire to rule. Instead both remained living in the King's realm as he slowly tried to work through the War debt he incurred, and the Henning's helped where they could as Gregor remained a loyal lord in Dorne spreading the kings word and attending matters in King's Landing, he wanted the house of the Hennings to be remembered for actual Hennings and he knew no one could oppose the King and win, Though in peace troubles continued to arise. Some months after the Verdant-Lash war, The event known as the 4 trials commenced when 4 groups were sent to handle 4 different matters at the same time, Gregor Henning was part of the matter in Dorne of saving the Princess who had been kidnaped in a Dornish insurrection, leaving his brother Arthur in charge he went to go assist the kings forces in saving her from Sunspear while Visenya would help with matters in the North in an attempt to find Dark sister. In the event known as A Dark Winter Visenya was a witness to many battles in the North, fighting at Moles town, Castle Black and even at the Dreadfort to successfully bring the sword home, albeit having failed to stop the Wildlings from getting through the Wall, leading to a war in the North between the Brightflames, the North, and Mance Rayders forces. Gregors mission was much less glamour's nor did they gain a true success, Gregor was captured as part of some long play but whatever he attempted soon fell short when matters out of his control in The Cornered Viper soon fell apart and the Princes was wounded, when the group was rounded up Gregor fought one of the Sand snakes on the baot and sent both him and the girl over the sea presumably to there deaths.

Despite this the Princess was saved albeit badly wounded from her throat cut and the King was not pleased to see his sister in such a state though he did offer his thanks to the men who at least managed that much, Arthur Henning took this act as one of great disrespect to Gregor's sacrifice that his house wasnt as praised as others. This turned the Hennings secretly against the Brightflames though they didnt outright rebel there was a noticeable change in there call for peace, in that the Dornish should be compensated more then others despite there attempted rebellion. Asher also blamed the Lashes more directly for the missions failure and he and his oldest son Edric were part of the 2nd Verdant-Lash War Fighting to help the Verdants, though a healthy sum was afforded for them especially because they ended up being apart of the only battle the Verdants won in the war and allowed Lord Daemon to negotiate from a strong standing point when the Lashes wanted peace. Asher's actions caught the attention of Haywin and from then on he started sending letters to the man in regards to his opinion on the Brightflames and how it matched his own, when later events became apparent the two would remain allies.

### Hen Hill reclaimed.

Though the Henning name had somewhat died down in the west with the death of Sheira Henning when she gave birth, there was no adult Hennings on the mainland's they once inhabited until William Henning a cousin in Essos had returned and taken up residence with his in-laws the Khalkuho's. William was new to politics but he alarmed Asher Dunbridge for many reasons, he knew Daniel had been ready to see him removed more then ever (Not helped by Ashers own antics provoking him) and wanted to move against the man sooner rather then later, especially as William began to make friends amongst the nobility more alarmingly the nobility around his castle. Asher hadn't done much to anger the King but he also hadn't done much to please him either, having spent his time mostly to himself and barely helping in affairs of the realm, though there were less concerns about troubles around him Asher was not seen as a kind lord just because he wasnt seen as a brutal one. Whether there was any truth to the rumors that Daniel would have made a move first if Asher hadn't is unknown but Asher sealed his own fate when he made a deal with Lief Wilder, the two attempted to remove both there enemies from play. There actions got Zelos Wilder removed and nearly killed and allowing Lief to take power in Wild's Den, but when Lief took power he had no intention of helping Asher and during the attack on Starfall he attempted to have Daniel and the Hennings killed but in a way that clearly implicated Asher. Asher made the mistake of attending the very tourney that he was set up for and that action caused Daniel to act and attack the man accidently killing his sister before he can gather evidence, Lief still managed to have Asher arrested and quickly set about going to siege and take the castle.

With the Dunbridges castle under siege by Daniel and Lief and there many allies, the brother of Asher revealed his hand still holding Chrisarys and showing his existence to the world, announcing his intent to kill him unless Daniel surrendered his life, even shooting his own brother to show how little he cared about him. Daniel in anger mercy killed Asher and declared that they were taking his head and saving Chrisarys. The 7th Siege of Hen Hill was more one of subterfuge as assaults' on the castle walls were mostly so Daniel could lead a group through a secret passage inside to try and open the gate, it was a successful and once the army poured in Daniel himself went to go save Chrisarys and personally killed the last Dunbridge himself, fulfilling his promise to end there entire line for what they had done to his friend. Soon after the Dunbridge banners were burned, the Henning ones were put back on, showing there return to power for all to see. William would be given Lordship but after many mishaps and other events better explained elsewhere Chrisarys was soon back in power, and far humbler about his position after his time under Asher.

## Darkspear Rebellion

No other major conflict directly influence the Hennings as much besides the War of Seven Kings themselves then the Darkspear Rebellion, the bloodiest civil war under House Brightflames banner was the rise of Haywin trying to reclaim his throne and break away from Westeros to reform Kingdom of the Stepstones. In doing so he had revealed to be behind many unsolved attacks, kidnappings, and Bandit hits while trying to destabilize the realm. House Henning of Hen Hill rallied against him though Chrisarys fighting days were over and so he mostly just sent troops with Ser Jory Redwater to help clear out the Black Knights under Haywin in the Riverlands, he was eager to see the war end after so many times of being the cause of such pain and suffering that he had lost all stomach for it and instead merely tried to get his sister to bring there kids to his castle since he knew Daniel Youngflower would never abandon Haywin's side but that didnt mean there children should have to suffer as well. Unfortunately no such thing happened as the area was too dangerous for such travel and Daniel and his wife remained int he stepstones thankfully Daniel being made hand of the king meant he stayed at his kings side to help run his country which kept him out of the worst of the fighting, while Visenya stayed in there castle with enough men to keep any attackers at bay. Both were thankful the war never touched there home as they wanted there kids to live in the kind of peace they were never afforded.

The Hennings of Sunflower Keep on the other hand were firmly behind Haywin, aside from Edric Henning who opposed the decision Arthur not only took this opportunity to strike but he made a point of pledging himself to Haywin's cause and becoming a vassal to the new king. Arthur had sailed to meet with him personally shortly after he declared war and he was made Haywin's chief adviosr in matters in Dorne, what houses they could count on to rebel as well and what houses weren't worth the effort, Arthur gave it it all to him and Haywin used that knowledge to pick his allies carefully. Edric who doubted the plan was kept under heavy guard for his safety but Edric knew it was essentially keeping him prisoner until the war ended. Thus Edric was unable to warn the Dornish loyalists of the traitors in there midst and in a sneak betrayal the Dornish host was scattered leaving only this loyal to Haywins cause willing to fight. It was around this time Edric slipped from his guards grasp and made his way to join The Brightflame army lead by Ian Dayne to help stop Haywin. Arthur's coup had failed to defeat the army but Arthur and his son Oberyn were able to rally to the stepstones and bulk up Haywin's already impressive force, thus they were key generals in the Battle of Bloodstone. Family found itself on both sides of the fight in Sunflower keep as Edric was part of the second wave of Brightflame soldiers while Arthur and Oberyn were in Haywin's own vanguard. The Henning soldiers fought valiently but nothing could stop the impressive might of what they were up against, Father and son found themselves attacking and trapping Artos Starkwood in 2 on 1 combat and likely would have killed him had it not been for Edric's arrival fighting against his brother and his father and worse so he ended up landing the killing blow on Arthur himself slaying his dad for all to witness. Artos soon beat the son into submission and Edric attempted to bring his men to a halt and surrender, not many did or even could hear the man from the battle raging around them but Edric's actions certaintly saved some lives, even if in many he destroyed his soul to do it. Oberyn and his and Edric's sister Margarery were taken prisoner and tried as traitors to the Iron Throne after the War had ended and the Stepstone rebellion put down, Oberyn had tried to defend his actions as only following his father, though many argued following your king was jsut as if not more important nor was he beholden to his dad will. In any case rather then debate the matter too long Oberyn instead asked for a trial by seven confident that House Brightflame was spineless and tired of war and with most of there best men either dead, off solving another matter or or otherwise injured he could avoid a trial with combat. He was proven wrong when the crown rounded up 7 decent to great fighters to combat him and his close allies and Oberyn was soon forced to yield in the trial by Ser Berrick. His sister who had no part in the rebellion directly was shown mercy but he was set to be executed soon, however the Maester intervened getting all judges and Oberyn himself to agree to let the man take the black as the Night's watch was desperate in there need of manpower. Edric took Sunflower Keeo and was considered a hero, but for many in Dorne and outside there was an underlining resentment or distate for his kinslaying and many even doubted the story of his captivity, though there was no evidence to contradict his story. Many beleive the rumor he was secretly conspiring against his father was only constructed by some in Dorne who were hostile to him for choosing the Brightflames over Haywin (A dornish bastard and man who clearly valued Dorne's safety)

## Dornish insurection and Dornish War.

For a time the Henning's once again stayed out of matters, Edric because he was mostly occupied in Dorne trying to keep power and Chrisarys because matters of civil discourse no longer interested him as he was more focused on trying to rebuild his soiled reputation. The only serious matters Chrisarys attended that weren't feasts (as even tourneys no longer intrigued him) was matters in the North trying to help the Black brothers of the Nights watch and preparing for the matter North of it. Edric would attempt to help in some way but was surprised by the return of Gregor Henning, who had survived all this time with Obara of the Sand Snakes in Essos for years and had heard of his nephews actions in the rebellion. Having likewise grown frustrated with House Brightflame and at Edric for murdering his brother he slowly started to help Obara organize a rebellion in Dorne feeding the resentment people had to Daeron and there admiration for Haywin that had grown through Dorne even in some former loyalist. Gregor and Edric had a slight power struggle over Sunflower keep when Edric took him in happily but felt he needed to curb his more aggressive personality. While Edric remained lord for many more years it became clear Gregor won in the end for when he made a coup of Sunflower keep most of the men followed him and Obara killed the younger Henning Edric to ensure that Arthur was avenged without Gregor likewise being stuck with the reputation of kinslayer, which turned out to be the final part of the plan for once Gregor took power most of Dorne once again started another Dornish war against House Brightflame in 315 AC after relative years of peace, albeit peace with mounting tensions. The Hennings of Sunflower Keep were one of the main figureheads of the war and and Gregor lead a few attacks into the Reach, but the war never saw the kind of open conflcit of other wars as many men were still drained and the years of peace had done little to quell it all. Made worse was the Winter war as the Others House Brightflame had been preparing for finally broke through and invaded bringing the Worst Winter anyone had ever seen with them a year later. Chrisarys for the first time in over a decade joined a war directly traveling North to try and hold off the terrible invasion of the area, against the dead he felt it was one war he could fight and not regret. Gregor stayed in Dorne until the Peace of Pentos where Oberyn Martell returned to reestablish House Martell and agree to help fight the war in exhange for Dornish independece. Gregor disagreed with ending the war but nonetheless followed House Martell into battle, for the first time the Hennings of every family fully inified under one cause, the cause of the living.

The war was brutal and unkind as any war was and many lives were lost (Including Oberyn Henning as he was on the front lines for the first few battles of the Winter war) but when the smoke cleared in 319 the Others were defeated and after a great celebration the Dornish returned home as they were now free from Iron Throne at least for the moment, though many soon grew frustrated as the more extreme members of the Nobility felt the Brightflames hadn't bled enough for there suffering and rallied under the New Vulture King who had been calling for action since the Peace of Pentos itself, one of the Lords who followed him was Gregor Henning who hadnt given up his anger at the lost of all his old loved ones (He had remarried and had a child since then) had turned him bitter and he hoped to have the Dragons head, a far cry from the man who was once convinced a dragon would solve his solutions. He marched out as the most important man to the Vulture King's army besides the King himself but in his last battle in 322 the old and proud Henning was killed covering the flank of the army after it had been pushed back and he foolishly fought his cousin William Youngflower in combat, (though its likely he never even knew the man was part Henning for he looked more like his father then his mother) a man far younger and faster then he was. With his death his young son and regent ended there relations with the Vulture King and remain proud followers of the Martells. Chrisarys meanwhile had started several businesses attempting to try and restore much of the war torn land, though he had won over many ones old enough to remember his old self had not let the past die easily and Chrisarys remained a hero in some palces and a pariaha in others.