The Annals of History

Life in the Seven Kingdoms is tumultuous and turbulent, and no period has been more so than the years since the death of Maegor the Cruel. Upon this page, the events of the last eighty-five years, since the beginning of the reign of King Maegor Targaryen, in the Kingdom of the Iron Throne, The Vale of Arryn, The Stormlands, The Reach, The North, The Riverlands, The Westerlands, the Iron Islands, and the Principality of Dorne, are written by scores of historians, scholars, and archmaesters of the citadel over the years, some old enough to have witnessed all of the below history unfold.

## **The Annals of History**

### **42 AC - 50 AC**

* **42 AC** - Maegor seizes the throne after the death of his brother Aenys, taking back the capital from the Faith Militant, burning the Sept of Remembrance, and dealing the Faith heavy blows in battle.
* **43 AC** - Maegor is officially crowned king by the High Septon at the Starry Sept, after his predecessor dies suddenly. Later that year, Maegor's nephew, Prince Aegon, declares a rebellion for the throne, but is slain in the Battle Beneath the Gods Eye.
* **45 AC** - Construction on the Red Keep is completed, with every single worker involved being executed. Construction on the Dragonpit begins soon after, whilst the first signs of the dragon sickness appear in its future occupants.
* **47 AC** - Having borne no heirs, Maegor marries Elinor Costayne, Jeyne Westerling, and his niece, Rhaena Targaryen in one ceremony. Rhaena's daughter with Prince Aegon, Aerea, is named his heir until a child is born.
* **48 AC** - Rhaena Targaryen gives birth to her and Maegor's son, Prince Rhaegar. However, months later, Maegor falls ill of a disease spreading through both House Targaryen and their dragons, and dies soon after. The newborn heir ascends the throne as King Rhaegar I, with Prince Jaehaerys, the boy's cousin, and son of Prince Aenys, as his Hand and Regent.
* **49 AC** - Lord Lyman Lannister passes away, and his son and heir Tommen Lannister ascends to the position of Lord of the West.
* **50 AC** - Spreading through the dragons like wildfire, the disease that had slain King Maegor picked up a new name - the Dragonblight - after killing many dragons. That same year, Lord Hubert Arryn perishes of a possibly-related fever, leaving Lord Darnold Arryn as Lord of the Vale.

### **51 AC - 60 AC**

* **54 AC** - After the death of Lord and Lady Tully from the Shivers, a strain of the Dragonblight, Lady Agnes Tully inherits Riverrun. Lord Darnold Arryn dies in the Battle for the Mountains, along with his brother Ser Rymond, Ser Humfrey Hardyng, Ser Lyonel Corbray, Ser Lymond Corbray, and Ser Eon Lynderly. Revenge is taken in the Battle for the High Road by Lord Denys Hunter, whilst Lord Gunthor Arryn inherits the Weirwood Throne. Beyond the Neck, another great death was dealt to the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms, with Lord Osric Stark being slain by the Magnar of Thenn. Young Lord Alaric Stark would ascend to the throne, and would disobey the Crown within hours, ignoring Prince Regent Jaehaerys' letter, and holding his father's funeral without the Hand's wife.
* **55 AC** - Months after Jaehaerys Targaryen's letter, his wife would arrive, and would be met coldly by the lords of the north. Alaric refused her guest right, and was disgusted with her proposal of gifting the lands north of Last Hearth to the Night's Watch. After the princess left, Lord Alaric called a council, and made a fateful decision. Letters from the south had been received by Alaric Stark, Lord of Winterfell, but the letters sent south were written by Alaric I Stark, King of Winter, and they spoke of independence.

### **61 AC - 70 AC**

* **60 AC** - The Justiciars are properly established by Prince Regent Jaehaerys, and would be led by Ser Ronnel Darklyn.

* **61-63 AC** - From the Red Mountains of Dorne, the Vulture King descends upon the Stormlands, but is quickly defeated and slain by the forces of Lord Rogar Baratheon. However, Lord Leo Tyrell declares an invasion of Dorne, extending the war by two years, and dooming many of his people to their ends. Whilst the knights threw their lives away in Dorne, to the west, the Iron Islands plotted their own war. Lord Victarion Greyjoy delivered the declaration of independence, and the Iron Islands stood strong, defeating a royal fleet on the high seas. For his efforts, Lord Victarion was crowned by the Kingsmoot as High King. In the south, meanwhile, Lord Leo's invasion was ill-fated, with 10,000 Reachmen perishing in the Battle of Starfall. On his return to the Reach, Leo Tyrell was attacked by pirates and killed, leaving Gwayne Tyrell as Lord of Highgarden. Lord Gwayne calls a full retreat, and makes peace with the Prince of Dorne.
* **64 AC** - As King Rhaegar I Targaryen comes of age, the Duskendale Incident occurs, resulting in the death of Ser Orson Darklyn, heir to Duskendale, and the Justiciar who was responsible. In the Reach, Lord Gwayne Tyrell comes of age, and weds Rohanne Florent in a grand ceremony, held during the Grand Tourney of Highgarden.
* **67 AC** - After six-and-forty years, the War for the Bite comes to a head, as Ser Hallis Manderly, brother of Lord Medrick Manderly, takes an army to Sweetsister and lays siege to Breakwater Castle, holdfast of House Borrell, in an attempt to avenge the sinking of countless Manderly trade ships. Ser Hallis' force was unable to take the castle quickly, but *was* able to smash through the outer gates. Lord Howard Sunderland catches word of the siege, and sends a missive to Lord Gunthor Arryn in Gulltown, who heads north with a fleet alongside Lord Armond Grafton. Lord Manderly was aware of Arryn's reinforcements and reluctantly set out himself, catching the Gulltown fleet as it reached the Sisters. As the two fleets engaged, Lord Grafton was able to land a contingent of men who broke the siege of Breakwater, including Lord Arryn himself, and Lord Medrick was able to do much the same. The two lords met on the battlefield, and agreed to bring an end to the conflict. Lord Borrell and Ser Hallis were exiled for five years for their part in the war. Whilst peace was made, piracy and crime quickly returned to the Bite, as it is wont to do.
* **69 AC** - Jaehaerys Targaryen perishes from the Dragonblight after twenty-one years of loyal service as Hand of the King.

### **71 AC - 80 AC**

* **70 AC** - Mara Martell becomes Princess of Dorne.
* **71 AC** - Prince Aenar Targaryen, first child of King Rhaegar, is born. Ser Damion Lannister returns from his voyage to Essos, bearing the long-lost sword Brightroar that he had taken from Triarch Tagaros in Volantis.
* **73 AC** - High King Victarion Greyjoy dies of a heart attack, and his son Torgon ascends to the Driftwood Chair.
* **75-78 AC** - The fearsome winter, Maegor's Breath (known as the Winter of a Hundred Kings in the North) sweeps across Westeros, a name coined by Prince Aemon, Hand of the King. Whilst throughout every realm the winter was bitter and deadly, beyond the Neck it was stronger than anywhere else. However, this strong cold had its silver linings, with the North being spared the worst of a bad outbreak of the Dragonblight, that took the lives of many in the south.
* **76 AC** - Mara Martell passes away, and Nymor Martell becomes Prince of Dorne, initially under a regency by his uncle Cletus Martell.

* **77 AC** - The young Prince Aenar Targaryen dies of the Dragonblight, the same year as his brother Viserys Targaryen is born, who would later go on to be King.
* **78 AC** - After House Massey does not receive the royal aid required to deal with the heavy winter and the rising bandit attacks, they rise up against the crown in the Hook Uprising, along with many other isolated Crownlander houses. Later that year, the war ends with the capture and execution of many of the warleaders. Across Westeros, Lord Tommen Lannister dies, and Tytos Lannister inherits. In the Reach, Lord Paramount Gwayne Tyrell marries Samantha Peake after the death of his second wife, Perianne Caswell, in a joint ceremony, with the marriage of his daughter, Alysanne, to Ser Lucien Hightower. Alysanne was named heir along with her husband, sparking anger on behalf of Ser Gareth Tyrell, the Lord of the Reach's brother and former heir. Gareth's fury would not be the last of the tension, as Lady Samantha gives birth to a son, Theodore, within the year, creating two distinct factions.
* **79 AC** - Lord Wulfgar Goodbrother and Goremund Drumm assault a Redwyne convoy bearing the Lord of the Arbor's daughter, forcing King Torgon to demand justice, a demand that Lord Wulfgar was smart enough to ignore. Goremund met with Torgon Greyjoy, but his account of the meeting would never be heard, as the Drumm never left the room alive. In retaliation, Lord Lodos Drumm and Lord Wulfgar Goodbrother raised their banners, beginning the War for the Seadragon Throne. After a grim, bloody conflict, with the deaths of many lords, and the defection of Lord Harlaw's heir to the rebellion, Lodos Drumm slew Iron King Torgon, and was officially crowned as King of the Iron Islands, bringing an end to a conflict bloody enough to rival the Third Dornish War.

### **81 AC - 90 AC**

* **83 AC** - Lord Yronwood attempts an invasion of the Stormlands, sparking the Fourth Dornish War (known as the War of Yorick's Aggression in Dorne). In his foolish efforts, the Lord of Yronwood was able to take Blackhaven before being pushed back to Wyl by Lord Baratheon. Lord Raymont's army was assisted by a force led by Lord Gwayne Tyrell, whilst Ser Gareth led a host to besiege Skyreach, only be defeated and pushed back to Nightsong. Although tensions were high, partially thanks to the death of Baelon Targaryen, Prince Nymor Martell, who had recently come of age, and King Rhaegar I Targaryen were able to make peace, saving both the Reachman and Stormlander hosts from further casualties.
* **85 AC** - The War for the Mountains of the Moon officially begins with the murder of Ser Corwyn Arryn.
* **88 AC** - After three years, the War for the Mountains of the Moon ends, with the near-death of House Belmore, and the extreme losses taken by the Mountain Clans marking a need for peace.
* **89 AC** - Lodos Drumm, Iron King, dies after ten years of rule, each year spent on raiding and reaving rather than controlling his realm. Urragon 'One-Eye', his son and heir, inherits the newly-constructed Seadragon Throne, and begins to reform the raiding system, and creates a ruling council. In Dorne, Nymor Martell commissions the Water Gardens to be built, as a new seat for House Martell, inspired by the palaces of the Rhoyne.

### **91 AC - 99 AC**

* **92 AC** - Malmur Stane, a Skagosi fanatic, travels to the Wolfswood, gathering a collection of followers who believed that the plague that had ravaged the North was caused by the Old Gods' fury, and that they had not received a suitable sacrifice. With his crazed beliefs, Malmur was able to raise a congregation in the region of fifty to sixty fanatics, who began to mutilate the local smallfolk in reverence of the gods. After the North's highest priest, Torrhen Snow, Winter's Shepherd, was captured by the fanatics, Prince Edric Stark set out to destroy them, accompanied by soldiers of many of the kingdom's houses, including Glover and Karstark footmen, Manderly knights, and the Lord of the Dreadfort in person. Every single fanatic was slain, with the exception of Eyron Dustin, who only survived thanks to Prince Edric's unwillingness to be known as a kinslayer. Peace was brought to the North, finally, at the tip of Ice's blade.
* **93 AC** - After the death of King Rhaegar I Targaryen, the coronation of Viserys Targaryen is held, during which the young king insults Lords Tyrell and Lannister. These insults were the final spark to ignite the fire of the Rosegold Rebellion, led by Lord Tytos Lannister and the self-crowned King Gwayne Tyrell. That very same year, the rebellion ends in The Golden Truce, with Lucien Hightower and the Lord of the Westerlands receiving Small Council Seats in return for their homage to the King. Important casualties in the war included Lord Raymont Baratheon, Lord Tyrion Lannister of Lannisport, Lord Lucas Osgrey, Lord Hightower, and Lord Crane. Iron King Urragon Drumm and Prince Nymor Martell agree on a trade deal between their two sovereign realms, bringing them closer together and emphasising their mutual interest in peaceful relations, while under the Iron Throne, war is raging.
* **96 AC** - The Crownlands is hit with yet another outbreak of dragonblight, culminating in the death of Prince Aemon, the Hand of the King.

* **97 AC** - Queen Myranda Arryn dies in childbirth, along with the newborn Prince Valarr Targaryen a few days after.
* **97 AC** - In the Stormlands a bandit group led by a member of House Toyne, and funded by his lordly brother, begins to raid the lands of houses that support the unity of the Seven Kingdoms. Lord Wylde is dispatched to deal with them, and yet turns to the same banditry as his enemies, although for a different cause. After a while, Lord Paramount Roy Baratheon marches an army to deal with them, but the damage and casualties dealt were grievous. Whilst Lord Roy Baratheon and the High Justiciar of the Stormlands were away dealing with this, the Duel at Storm's End occured between the Justiciar Ser Jorran of Wickenden, and Devan Baratheon, which would see the death of the former.
* **98 AC** - With Balerion taking his last breath, the dragons are now truly gone from the world. But the plight that House Targaryen faces are not as threats from the Tyrells to the Ironborn make themselves known.
* **99 AC -** Gunthor Arryn is murdered by a bastard of House Targaryen pushing Ysilla Arryn to use this as a chance to benefit her own future reign. While that happens the Riverlands begins an invasion of the North, to which they take Flint's Finger. Though King Viserys seeks to put an end to the war, his calls to stop are set aside by Lady Agnes who calls for the High Septon. But the King moves on to stripe her of her titles and march upon Riverrun with her heir and new Lord Paramount Tommard Tully.

### **100 AC - 110 AC**

* **100 AC -** The Hundredth Year following Aegon’s conquest begins with a large Dornish invasion of the Stormlands. Catching much of the Stormlands off guard, the initial campaign is swung towards the Dornishmens side.
* **101 AC -** The Stormlander begins to push back the invaders, pushing them back into the boneway marking the start of a bloody back and forth at the border.
* **102 AC -** Lady Ashlynn Toland and other nobles move to end the bloody war in the Red Mountains by secretly arranging a deal with King Viserys, allowing for his forces to land in Ghost Hill. Before the midway into the year, Royal Forces take Sunspear by surprise forcing the Martells to bend the knee as they appoint Lady Toland in Teora’s place.
* **103 AC -** The Ironborn under Lord Rodrik Greyjoy begin to rebuild an Iron Fleet. Though under the watchful eye of the Crown they refrain from raiding within Westeros as they gather resources.
* **106 AC -** The Iron Throne and the North begin a series of diplomatic missions, as both Kings seek to improve relations and prevent a war similar to that between the Riverlands and the North.
* **107 AC -** After the death of The Kind One, the Most Devout elects the Righteous One as High Septon. Marking a new and more zealous era for the Faith.
* **110 AC -** Within a handful of years, the Righteous One begins to spread rumors contesting the legitimacy of the Lord Roy’s eldest child. Though many contest this, especially those within the Stormlands.

### **111 AC - 120 AC**

* **112 AC -** House Tully and Lannister find themselves once more forging an alliance as they’ve long felt slighted by the King. United they garner the ear of the High Septon, who has begun to expand his own influence through the realm.
* **114 AC -** Put under the heavy thumb of the Crown, and resentful of the increasing relations between the Iron Throne and the North, a rebellion sparks in the Riverlands, in protest to the many hardships the land was having to go through, and of the “religious degeneracy” that House Targaryen was showing. Under the leadership of a charismatic young man named Marq the Cobbler, the smallfolk of the Riverlands joined together in roving mobs that ravaged villages under the auspices of liberation.
* **115 AC -** The spark of rebellion in the Riverlands eventually reaches the West following a speech by a supporter of Marq the Cobbler in Lannisport. House Tully and Lannister start coordinating to put down these elements, all the while the Ironborn use this as a chance to raid villages along the coast 'suspected' of aiding Cobblers.
* **116 AC -** The climate within the North harshens, resulting in a loss of food. The Iron Throne quickly sees this as an opportunity to garner goodwill with the Starks and aids the Northmen by supplying them with food. It becomes widely known throughout that the Lady Ysilla has been sick and unable to leave her chambers for over a year.
* **117 AC -** Pirates begin to harass the North, attacking trade and the coastline. The name of a Lyseni named Lucerys the Sea Bear quickly becomes commonplace amongst merchants and nobles in the North as his attacks grow in frequency as Lucerys' own personal fleet grows in size and wealth.
* **118 AC -** Radical missionaries set sail from Lannisport to the Iron Islands attempt to convert Lord Greyjoy and his vassals. The Lords of the Iron Islands quickly ask Lord Rodrik for permission to put down the would-be converters, to which he gives them his blessing. Afterwards, they return the bodies en masse to Lannisport, where the Westermen begin to call for the King's intervention against such crimes, though they simply fall on deaf ears.
* **119 AC -** The **'**Wedding of Dragon and Wolf' ushers the North back into the fold after a long period of strife and difficulty. In a cruel twist of fate, following the wedding, signs that winter is lifting begin to show.

### **120 AC - 130 AC**

* **120 AC -** Rumors begin to circulate that Lady Ysilla's health has begun to worsen further, with many speculating that she doesn't have long to live. Though in the Vale, the regency of Lord Jasper Arryn is replaced by that of their son, Rodrik, who serves at the head of a council of his fellow Valemen.

* **121 AC -** The High Septon appeals to countless wealthy religious lords asking for donations. Though few of them know the true intent, the same year he sends out countless radical preachers throughout Westeros seeking to rebuild the Poor Fellows.
* **122 AC -** Chapters of Poor Fellows begin to establish themselves throughout Westeros, many of which are in key cities but the Stoney Sept in the Riverlands quickly begins to serve as almost a safe heaven for roving bands of Poor Fellows.
* **123 AC -** Incidents involving Poor Fellows become commonplace as they fearmonger their way through Westeros.
* **125 AC -** The conflict between the Vale and the Poor Fellows takes a drastic turn as Ser Jasper Arryn and the Prince of Dragonstone meet with the leader of the Gulltown Chapter, a section in which refrained from fighting within the Vale, after a heated argument, Ser Jasper orders his arrest and beheads him. Within a couple of moons, Jasper and other Valemen are ambushed and murdered as a result. Sparking a brutal retaliation by the Prince Baelor and the Vale as they purge the Poor Fellows in return.
* **130 AC -** King Viserys dies, and the whole realm gathers in for the coronation of the new monarch by the High Septon, in what is sure to be an eventful ceremony, filled with wine, tourneys, and whispers.