The Crownlands

## Geography

### Location

Eastern Westeros, bordered by the Vale, the Riverlands, the Reach, and the Stormlands.

### Notable Locations

DuskendaleCrackclaw Point

Claw Isle

Dragonstone

Driftmark

Massey's Hook

The **crownlands** is one of the nine constituent regions of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. It was never a sovereign nation, instead being contested by river kings, Storm Kings, and local petty kings until Aegon the Conqueror seized control of the area during his Wars of Conquest and made it his primary foothold on the continent. Since then, the crownlands have been ruled directly by the Iron Throne, first House Targaryen, then House Baratheon after Robert's Rebellion, and presently by House Tyrell. Bastards of noble origin raised in the crownlands are given the surname Waters.

Some notable houses of the crownlands include Bar Emmon, Celtigar, Massey, Rosby, Rykker, Stokeworth, Sunglass, and Velaryon.

## History

### The Great Council, 300 - 301 AC

Following the death of King Tommen I in a riot, Hand of the King Mace Tyrell called a Great Council, which elected **Myrcella I Baratheon** as the Lady of the Seven Kingdoms. A regency council, made up of Mace Tyrell, Randyll Tarly, Nestor Royce, Petyr Baelish, and Ser Jaime Lannister, was established to rule until Myrcella came of age. **Aegon Targaryen**, claimant to the Iron Throne, who also put his name forward during the council, was forced to call off his conquest and flee to Essos with the remnants of the Golden Company.

### Years of Consolidation, 300 - 306 AC

The Years of Consolidation was the period of time in were the War of the Five King's came to an end and saw the reintegration of Westeros into one realm once more under Queen Myrcella I Baratheon following the Great Council of 301 AC.

### A Queen's Marriage, 306 AC

As the Long Winter passed and spring once again brought life to Westeros, Queen Myrcella married Willas Tyrell in King’s Landing. The ceremony was the first event in years to bring the whole of the Realm together in merriment and promised an age of bounty and unity.

### War of the Two Dragons, 309 AC

Coming from the far east, Aegon Targaryen returned to the Seven Kingdoms with his aunt and wife **Daenerys Targaryen** at his side, and they brought dragonfire and twenty-thousand swords to try and reclaim the Iron Throne for their dynasty. Their attempt at conquest ultimately failed, however, and the Realm persevered under Queen Myrcella.

### Pitchfork Revolt, 312 - 314 AC

With continued ignorance from the Faith towards poor commoners that were suffering from famine due to the cruel winter, popularity for the worship of R'hllor rises. The High Septon sent missionaries to the Vale, Riverlands and Cracklaw Point to convert the smallfolk back to the Seven, but one zealot supporter of the Faith took matters into his own hands.

Lord Mooton aggressively cracked down on the worshippers, leading to a brutal revolt in the region that also spread to the Crownlands. The revolt took the lives of a few minor nobles, including Lord Mooton himself. The ringleaders of the rebellion were severely punished and the Crown also forbade the local lords and the Faith from countering the spread of the Red Faith through anything but peaceful means.

### A Dynasty of Roses, 336 AC

**324 AC**: King-Consort Willas Tyrell passed away in illness and the young Prince Tommen inherited Highgarden, becoming the Lord Paramount of the Mander. As the latter was rather young, Queen Myrcella bestowed the honor of Warden of the South to her former betrothed, Prince Trystane Martell.

**336 AC**: Queen Myrcella I passed away and her son Tommen II Tyrell followed her as the sovereign of the Realm. His ascension to the throne was subject to some controversy, as he subsequently abolished the titles Lord of Highgarden and Lord Paramount of the Mander, and named his firstborn, Prince Alester, the Prince of Highgarden. This act signified the formal unification of the Crown and the Reach under the Dynasty of the Rose.

### War of Gold and White, 357 - 358 AC

**351 AC:** Tommen II Tyrell dies, and his successor, **Alester Tyrell**, names his younger brother, Lyonel, the Prince of Highgarden. Over the years, the prince would make many a friend among the lords of the Reach - garnering popularity that would outgrow the King’s own.

**357-358 AC:** The Reach rose up in rebellion after King Alester I named his newborn son the Prince of Highgarden. Led by Lyonel Tyrell, the rebels fought to see the Reach return to its state as a constituent region of the Realm, separate from the royal territories.

### War of the Last Dragon, 378 - 381 AC

Following her conquests in Essos, **Daena Targaryen**, Queen of the Narrow Sea, invaded Westeros with her army of sellsails and mercenaries to once again bring the Seven Kingdoms under the banner of the dragon. After several years of brutal fighting Queen Daena and Drogon, the Last Dragons, were finally brought down, ending once and for all the final remnants of the Targaryen dynasty.