Attempted Coup in King's Landing

### Outcome

**Coup failure*** King Gendry I Baratheon maintains control over King's Landing and the Seven Kingdoms
* All coup leaders killed or captured
* Bran Stark is reappointed as Hand of the King
* Ser Brienne of Tarth is reappointed as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard

Factions| * **Iron Throne**/House Baratheon of King's Landing
	+ Kingsguard (loyalist)
	+ City Watch of King's Landing (loyalist)
* House Baratheon of Storm's End
* House Stark
* House Blackwater
* House Lannister
* House Tarth
* House Yronwood
* Kingsguard (rebel)
* City Watch of King's Landing (rebel)

Casualties| * Ser Balon Swann
* Ser Arys Oakheart
* Commander Humfrey Waters
* Lord Desmond Crakehall (POW)
* Lady Ynys Yronwood (POW)

The **attempted coup in King's Landing** was a major turning point during the War of the Narrow Sea, where numerous informants and saboteurs in the court of King Gendry Baratheon attempted to overthrow him and take control of the capital. The coup failed, and all the traitors were either killed or exiled.

## History

### Prelude

Before and during the duration of the conflict, the Second Triarchy had cultivated a number of agents to bring down House Baratheon of King's Landing from within. The five most prominent of these spies, were Lord Desmond Crakehall, Lady Ynys Yronwood, Ser Arys Oakheart, Commander Humfrey Waters, and Mistress of Whisperers Myrielle, their effective leader.

Since the beginning of the Eastern Coalition's invasion of Westeros, the gang of five aided the Second Triarchy by sewing discord between the allies of the Iron Throne, particularly between King Gendry Baratheon and his brother, Lord Edric Baratheon. Specifically, they attempted to frame Edric as an agent of the Eastern Coalition seeking the New Throne, following the deaths of the Blackfyre claimants, hoping such a divide would split the Realm. Gendry initially came to believe this following Edric's disappearance near Volantis, but after Edric returned and confronted Gendry on Dragonstone with evidence of treachery in his court, the gang of five's plans quickly began to crumble.

### Attempted coup

Realising their plan to turn brother against brother had failed, the spies staged a coup under the direction of Myrielle, hoping to take control of King's Landing until a fresh army from the Second Triarchy could reach the continent.

The coup soon failed, as many within the walls of the Red Keep remained loyal to Gendry, and despite their commander turning cloak, a good number among the City Watch of King's Landing sided with their king. Furthermore, former Hand of the King Bran Stark had quietly returned to the capital following his expedition beyond the Wall, and used his powers of greensight and warging to discover and disrupt the plans of the co-conspirators.

The coup's ringleader, Mistress of Whisperers Myrielle, was killed by Master of Ships Bronn Blackwater. Ser Arys Oakheart, although he succeeded in killing Ser Balon Swann, was killed himself by Ser Brienne of Tarth, who had remained in the capital despite her prior banishment. Commander Humfrey Waters was killed in a skirmish between his own forces and loyalist goldcloaks, led by Lord Edric Baratheon. Lord Desmond Crakehall and Lady Ynys Yronwood were captured alive.

### Aftermath

Following the coup's failure, Lord Desmond and Lady Ynys were forced to publicly admit the Eastern Coalition's true intentions for Westeros, namely the partition of the Realm between the Second Triarchy and Euron Greyjoy. Such revelations galvanised the Realm, and drove most noble houses still not committed to the war effort, particularly the Hightowers and Martells, to support the New Throne in the total defeat of the Eastern Coalition.

Bran Stark was soon reappointed to the position of Hand of the King. Brienne of Tarth was also renamed to the Kingsguard, and resumed her position as Lord Commander.