War of Kherdëm

### Battles

Shipbreaker Bay • Rook's Nest • The Gullet • The Honeywine • The Red Fork • The Lakeshore • Butcher's Ball • The Tumbleton I • Dragonstone • The Gods Eye • The Tumbleton II • King's Landing • The Dragonpit • The Kingsroad

### Result

Complete Ravenge of the Orsblak, Peace of Pelengil

### Territorial Changes

To be defined

Belligerents| House Targaryen (Blacks)* House Arryn
* House Bar Emmon
* House Beesbury
* House Bigglestone
* House Blackwood
* House Borrell
* House Bracken (originally green)
* House Brune of Brownhollow
* House Brune of the Dyre Den
* House Buckler
* House Byrch
* House Caswell
* House Celtigar
* House Cerwyn
* House Costayne
* House Chambers
* House Charlton
* House Corbray
* House Crabb
* House Darklyn
* House Darry
* House Deddings
* House Dustin
* House Fell
* House Flint of Flint's Finger
* House Footly
* House Frey
* House Grey
* House Greyjoy
* House Grimm
* House Harte
* House Hayford
* House Hornwood
* House Mallister
* House Manderly
* House Massey
* House Merryweather
* House Mullendore
* House Perryn
* House Piper
* House Roote
* House Rowan
* House Royce
* House Smallwood
* House Stark
* House Staunton
* House Sunderland
* House Tarly
* House Tully (originally green)
* House Vance of Wayfarer's Rest
* House Vypren
* House Wode
* House Baratheon
* House Bourney (originally black)
* House Butterwell (originally black)
* House Crakehall
* House Fossoway of Cider Hall
* House Graceford
* House Hightower
* House Lannister
* House Lefford
* House Leygood
* House Mooton (originally black)
* House Norcross
* House Peake
* House Redwyne
* House Reyne
* House Risley
* House Rodden
* House Rosby (originally black)
* House Roxton
* House Stokeworth (originally black)
* House Strong
* House Swann
* House Swyft
* House Tarbeck
* House Thorne
* House Vance of Atranta
* House Velaryon (originally black)
* House Wylde
* The Triarchy

Notable commanders| Queen Rhaenyra I* Prince Daemon Targaryen
* Prince Jacaerys Velaryon
* Lord Corlys Velaryon
* Lord Cregan Stark
* Lord Roderick Dustin
* Lord Dalton Greyjoy
* Lord Kermit Tully
* Lord Benjicot Blackwood
* Ser Otto Hightower
* Lord Commander Criston Cole
* Prince Regent Aemond Targaryen
* Lord Ormund Hightower
* Admiral Sharako Lohar of Lys
* Ser Tyland Lannister
* Lord Borros Baratheon
* Lord Unwin Peake

## War in the East

### Result

Revenge

Belligerents| House Targaryen (Blacks)* House Arryn
* House Bar Emmon
* House Beesbury
* House Bigglestone
* House Blackwood
* House Borrell
* House Bracken (originally green)
* House Brune of Brownhollow
* House Brune of the Dyre Den
* House Buckler
* House Byrch
* House Caswell
* House Celtigar
* House Cerwyn
* House Costayne
* House Chambers
* House Charlton
* House Corbray
* House Crabb
* House Darklyn
* House Darry
* House Deddings
* House Dustin
* House Fell
* House Flint of Flint's Finger
* House Footly
* House Frey
* House Grey
* House Greyjoy
* House Grimm
* House Harte
* House Hayford
* House Hornwood
* House Mallister
* House Manderly
* House Massey
* House Merryweather
* House Mullendore
* House Perryn
* House Piper
* House Roote
* House Rowan
* House Royce
* House Smallwood
* House Stark
* House Staunton
* House Sunderland
* House Tarly
* House Tully (originally green)
* House Vance of Wayfarer's Rest
* House Vypren
* House Wode
* House Baratheon
* House Bourney (originally black)
* House Butterwell (originally black)
* House Crakehall
* House Fossoway of Cider Hall
* House Graceford
* House Hightower
* House Lannister
* House Lefford
* House Leygood
* House Mooton (originally black)
* House Norcross
* House Peake
* House Redwyne
* House Reyne
* House Risley
* House Rodden
* House Rosby (originally black)
* House Roxton
* House Stokeworth (originally black)
* House Strong
* House Swann
* House Swyft
* House Tarbeck
* House Thorne
* House Vance of Atranta
* House Velaryon (originally black)
* House Wylde
* The Triarchy

Notable commanders| * Osdreign Tarvius

The **Dance of the Dragons** was a major civil war in the history of the Seven Kingdoms. It confirmed that the
law of male primogeniture as practised historically in Westeros did apply to the ruling Targaryen dynasty. The war was also important in that it destroyed many cadet and lesser branches of the Targaryen family, and also eliminated almost all of the surviving dragons at the time.

## Causes

King Viserys I Targaryen ruled well during a time of peace and plenty. He married an Arryn of the Vale and they had one child, Princess Rhaenyra. King Viserys' wife died and he raised his daughter to succeed him, making her privy to the deliberations of the small council and seeking her counsel in matters of rulership. This was widely accepted, as if a ruler should not have any male heirs, then his female ones could inherit.

However, years later, King Viserys did marry again (to a Hightower of Oldtown) and this second marriage produced two sons and a daughter in short order. Under the law of male primogeniture as practised throughout Westeros (bar only Dorne, which was still an independent state at this time), it was expected that Viserys would confirm his eldest son as his heir, but instead continued to treat Princess Rhaenyra as his successor, and she continued to act as if she was going to inherit the Iron Throne. This defiance of tradition alarmed the other lords of the Seven Kingdoms, but the Targaryens had never previously ruled on if they would obey tradition in this situation or not, leaving the situation confused. Viserys' continued treatment of Rhaenyra as his heir did eventually lead to an expectation that she would be crowned and, as with the Targaryens' polygamy and incest, this would yet be another area in which the Targaryens would not be bound by the same laws that limited the other families.

When King Viserys passed, Ser Criston Cole of the Kingsguard took up his crown and, instead of passing it to Rhaenyra, instead placed it on the head of Prince Aegon, Viserys' eldest son by his second wife, and named him King Aegon II. Rhaenyra was furious, denouncing Cole as a traitor and summoning her armies.

### The Black Council

Rhaenyra made her own council, called the Black Council. Participants were, amongst others, Rhaenyra’s husband Daemon, her three eldest sons Jacaerys, Lucerys and Joffrey, Lord Corlys Velaryon, and his wife Princess Rhaenys.

Despite having more dragons, the Blacks knew that wouldn’t be an advantage, since the Greens possessed Vhagar, and from the nine dragons belonging to the Blacks, only five were big enough for battle.

Believing to have allies in the Riverlands who were only waiting for a place to gather, Prince Daemon decided to conquer Harrenhal as a base, using his dragon Caraxes, while Rhaenyra would remain on Dragonstone to recover her strength. House Velaryon closed off the Gullet, and Princess Rhaenys expressed hope of goading Aegon the Elder into a rash attack, believing him to be a green boy.

Princess Rhaenys was convinced that Storm's End would declare for Rhaenyra, since Lord Boremund, the deceased father of Lord Borros, had always been a supporter of Rhaenys herself. Though they believed the North to be too remote to play an important part in the war, the Blacks decided to send messages to those lords as well. Jacaerys, Rhaenyra’s heir, would bring messages to the Maiden of the Vale, the Starks of Winterfell and the Manderly’s of White Harbor. Lucerys, Rhaenyra’s second son, would go to Storm's End, a safer, shorter journey, according to the Blacks.

After these decisions, Rhaenyra was crowned a Queen, using the crown her father and great-grandfather had worn, thanks to Ser Steffon Darklyn, who had arrived from King's Landing. Prince Daemon, Rhaenyra’s husband, was named Protector of the Realm, and Jacaerys was officially named Prince of Dragonstone, and heir to the Iron Throne. Declaring Otto Hightower and Queen Alicent traitors, Rhaenyra allowed for her half-siblings to be forgiven if they would bend the knee. Upon hearing about these developments, King Aegon II declared Rhaenyra and Daemon traitors as well.

Hoping for a peaceful end to the war, Grand Maester Orwyle was allowed to visit Dragonstone and speak with Rhaenyra. The terms he brought with him, allowed Rhaenyra and all their supporters generous terms. Rhaenyra refused. Soon after, Lord Corlys’ ships took sail to close off theGullet, and Jace and Luke left on their dragons with their messages, and Daemon left on Caraxes to the Trident.

Harrenhal fell quickly to Daemon. Ser Simon Strong, the elderly castellan, was captured. Daemon had a dozen valuable hostages (including Ser Simon and his grandsons). In the mean time, Jace allied Lady Jeyne Arryn, and the Lords Manderly, Borrell and Sunderland, and Cregan Stark to Rhaenyra’s cause.

## Course of the war

The Seven Kingdoms divided almost evenly between those loyal to Queen Rhaenyra and those loyal to King Aegon. The Targaryen family itself became divided, and dragon-rider battled dragon-rider in the skies over Westeros. During the war many dragons and younger scions of House Targaryen were slain.

## Prelude wars: multiple individual wars

Probably this part will be in prelude or causes of the main war

### Dissorine / Serssentian Wars

Probably this part will be in prelude or causes of the main war

## Phase I: 2008-2015

### The Battle at Rook's Nest

Larys Strong had a list of all those who had gathered on Dragonstone to attend Rhaenyra’s coronation. Those lords living on islands could not be touched, but those on the main land could. Duskendale fell easily, and Lord Darklyn was beheaded. Ser Criston then turned his attention to Rook's Rest.

## Phase III: 2022-2025 Ravenge of the Arbon of Älon

### The Battle of the Kingsroad

An army of 4,000 men from the Riverlands, led by the 21-year old Lord Kermit Tully, the even younger Lord Benjicot 'Bloody Ben' Blackwood and his aunt Lady Alysanne Blackwood marched to King's Landing by the Kingsroad.

## Aftermath

The war concluded with the death of Aegon II and the ascension of Aegon III, Rhaenyra's son. It appears that this outcome was a negotiated settlement between the two sides. Since both claimants died in the conflict, neither side that started the war was technically victorious. The grievous damage done to House Targaryen also meant that it was hard to judge who had emerged from the war as a victory.

Most of the remaining dragons were killed in the war, leaving only four, somewhat sickly weaklings behind, Sheepstealer The Cannibal alongside with Silverwing and Morning. The last of these died several years later, leaving the Targaryens without their dragons. The war also thinned the Targaryen bloodline, leaving it perilously close to destruction. Thankfully, Aegon III and his successors increased the size of the family once more through the many children they had, although never again to such numbers as before the war.