A Feast of Crows (Second King's Landing Battle)

[Lord Dread]

~~~~~ 268/269 AL ~~~~~
Sixth Blackfyre Rebellion
Third Battle of King's Landing
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It was in the light of dawn, when blue banners, bearing the falcon crest and white moon of Arryn, approached the capital from the South, taking soon their position to confront Blackfyre in a field battle. Knowing that Baratheon and the Dornishmen would cover their back, Ser Denys was hopeful that they would be able to retake the capital in the name of Baratheon. Those, who once fought for the Blackfyre cause, are now standing against their former allies from the Golden Company.
Spears were ready, swords were drawn, while horns were blown to dictate the armies into their positions. Daemon the Pretender would die this day and it would be the Arryns who hopefully would ensure this.

Arryn Commanders

Ser Denys Arryn Battles +3, Duels +3, Survival +2 Waymar Royce Battles + 4, Duels +11, Survival +1 Ser Stevron Frey Battles +3, Duels +3, Survival +3, Rearguard +2 Ser Selwyn Tarth Battles +1 Duels +1, Survival +2 Ser Artys Waxley Battle +2, Survival +1, Logistician +1,Capture +2 Ser Matthos Waxley Battle +2, Duel +1, Survival +2 Naval: +2 Lord Harrold Hunter Battle +2, Duel +2, Survival +3

Forces of House Arryn

Polearms: 3427 Archers: 3300 Heavy Infantry: 2060 Light Cavalry: 1700 Heavy cavalry: 1,013 Ser Selwyn's household guard: 50 Total men: 11,950 Waymar Royce: +11 duels +4 battles +1 survival +1 charisma House Royce of the Gates of the Moon: 1900 Heavy Infantry 966 Heavy Cavalry 400 Falconguard 600 Crossbowmen Total: 4,226 House Royce of Runestone: 1600 Heavy Infantry 749 Heavy cavalry 667 polearms 250 light cavalry 500 archers total: 3766 men House Frey of the Bloody Gate 33 Polearms 100 Heavy Infantry 50 Archers 10 Light cavalry 50 Heavy cavalry 1,200 Knights of the Bloody Gate 200 Knights of the Vale (elite cavalry) 468 Polearm Infantry total: 2,111 men House Waxley of Wickenden 500 Polearms 375 Heavy Infantry 1500 Archers 375 Light cavalry 125 Heavy cavalry total: 2,875 men OOC: Calculated their regular forces, if there's more men Alex can contribute apart from the militia, she's free to tell me. Don't know if she hired professionals Entire army: 24,928 men

OOC: Orders will be made via PM. Basic plan is to confront with Arryn as the first host the Blackfyre army outside the capital, which according to Baratheon scouts is estimated around 30,000 men. Knowing that Baratheon is in the west, while some troops remained at Bronzegate to cover the surprise moment, they will march from the southern Kingsroad upon the capital.

Anyone involved into the fight (Gandy, Oz, Alex, PM) is free to tell me if I overlooked some details regarding the hosts. In Alex' case I added up her militia to make things go smoother.
Apparently the army also arrived earlier, since I notice that Ser Artys Waxley has logistician (why people never tell me ^^), though it doesn't matter too much except when it comes to time stamps.

So yeah, let the games begin.

[Dirty Chai]

[OOC: Doran Martell's seventeen thousand Dornishmen should arrive on the field around 5 RL hours after the Arryn force does. Pretty sure that's too late. But I had Doran aim for the KL hex, as it has all that land south of the blackwater in the same hex.]

[EDIT: 5 RL hours corresponds to about 10-12 IC days. So the battle would be over, and the corpses rotting, by the time I arrive. But the victor will still be here.]

[Lord Dread]

OOC: As far as I know the plan was anyways to confront Blackfyre with the regular armies. Else it would be an unfair slaughter in my eyes. ^^

[Gandalfus]

OOC: Think I arrive at the same time as the Dornish, roughly

[Dirty Chai]

[Gandy and I figured it out, we both arrive in the KL hex literally 5 RL minutes apart. The Dornish arrive 5 RL minutes later, which amounts to.. a couple hours?]

[Poach]

I can roll this tomorrow. PM me orders.

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[Lucius Malfoy]

OOC: I will send orders after my small shift today.

Edit: Gonna at least add in my troops

Commanders
Daemon Blackfyre - +10 Duel (+8 from Blackfyre, +1 from Veteran Swordsmen, +7 health from Armor), +4 Survival (+1 from Dark Bodyguard)
Tom the Butcher - +3 Joust, +7 Battles, +15 Duels (+7 Greatsword), +4 Survival
Ser Thorgen Pyre - +2 Survival, +2 Duel, +2 Battle
Larraq of Braavos - +3 Duel, +3 Survival
Boremund Bracken - +4 Battles, +3 Survivals, +10 Duels (+7 Greatsword)
Jonos Bracken: +2 Battles, +2 Income, +2 Spying
Ser Arthur Whent: +3 Battles, +3 Joust, +1 Charisma
Ser Terrence Whent: +3 Duels, +3 Survival

NPC Commanders
Westerosi - Lord Rosby (until Jok gets back), Lord Brune and Lord Bywater
Essosi - Nine Eyes and Old Mother

Army Total: 36,549 men

Blackfyre Royal Army

Main Army: 21,388 men 2,526 Elite Infantry 2,050 Heavy Infantry 712 Light Infantry 3,255 Polearms 8,360 Archers 864 Elite Cav 1,890 Heavy Cav 1,731 Light Cav King's Landing Levy: 7,500 men 5,625 Light Infantry 1,875 Archers Militia of House Bywater: 2,125 men 850 Polearms 425 Archers 425 Heavy Inf 212 Light Cav 213 Heavy Cav Army of Whent: 2,736 men 638 Knights of the Riverlands (Elite Cavalry) 272 Archers 515 Heavy Infantry 411 Heavy Cavalry 900 Ringmail Greycloaks (Elite Infantry)

Personal Army of Blackfyre

Total:​ 2,800 men 1,200 Polearms 600 Kingswood Gamekeepers 600 Heavy Infantry 400 Crownlander Knights

[Poach]

LM has sent me orders. Need Baratheon side.

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[Gandalfus]

I'll sort mine out when I get home in a few hours


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[Dirty Chai]

Arryn arrives more than a week ahead of the Dornish and Stormlander armies... Are you rolling them as two separate battles, or are you just having the Dornish and Stormlanders come in late (they arrive 5 RL minutes apart, from the south and west respectively)?

[Lucius Malfoy]

Yeah, I sent my orders thinking I was just facing Arryn since they came ahead of Baratheon and Dorne. If that is not the case, I would like to revise my orders then.

[Lucius Malfoy]

I just checked the timestamps for each army. Dorne and Baratheon arrive within 5 minutes of each other which would make them participate together in 1 battle. However, LD's forces arrive 3 hours or so ahead of them, so that should constitute a battle of its own. So this battle for King's Landing should involve two separate encounters between Blackfyre and Baratheon-aligned forces.

[Poach]

Arryn alone then. Need arryn orders.

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[The Mad Skylord]

OOC: Because I'm a stickler and an occasional prick:
We're on the Fourth Battle of King's Landing, and it's the Seventh Blackfyre Rebellion!

[Poach]

If someone has LD's orders for Arryn can they forward me them? I'm still waiting.

[Lord Dread]

Yup it's supposed to be a battle between just Arryn and Blackfyre.
Makes it more thrilling, while I also assume it's more fair. Plus, perhaps the chance to break my bad luck of not being able to win any major battles.
Or my worst decision ever.

If someone has LD's orders for Arryn can they forward me them? I'm still waiting.

Send them just the moment you said it.
Had a long day, while I hope they are fleshed out enough.

[Poach]

There was nothing pretty about this battle. No great struggle, no surprise turn of events, no last minute cavalry charges. A vastly outnumbered Arryn army marched against a swarm of Blackfyre troops and was promptly overwhelmed and cut down. This struggle does not deserve the name "battle".

Blackfyre

2566 E Inf
2809 H Inf
5180 L Inf
4040 Polearms
11472 Archers
1590 E Cav
2032 H Cav
1571 L Cav

31,259 men, of 36,489 men.

Daemon Blackfyre 18 Free
Tom the Butcher 10 Captured, but freed in the route
Thorgyn Pyre 3 Wounded 14 Leg. Cannot walk, mounted only for 2 RL days.
Larraq of Braavos 4 Wounded 11 Leg. Cannot walk, mounted only for 2 RL days.
Boremund Bracken 13 Free
Arthur Whent 20 Free
Terrance Whent 5 Wounded

Arryn

350 E Inf
1932 H Inf
1637 Polearms
3162 Archers/Crossbows
82 E Cav
1224 H Cav
715 L Cav

9,106 men, of 19,600 men.

Denys Arryn 2 Dead
Artys Waxly 7 Wounded 8 Arm. -2 Duels for 3 RL days.
Waymar Royce 3 Wounded 10 Arm. -2 Duels for 3 R days.
Selwyn Tarth 12 Captured
Matthos Waxly 12 Captured
Harrold Hunter 16 Free
Stevron Frey 19 Free

[Pontifex Maximus]

"Seven help us." Stevron muttered. "Prepare to charge!" He ordered his small reserve. The flanks began to break, soon the Blackfyre army would overwhelm them. He led his small contingent into the fray, attempting to screen the retreat. Many had fallen. They should never have left the safety of the Vale. Not again. Had not Arryn learned his lesson the first time? Drawing his sword, Frey engaged the closest man from horseback, leaving at least a single enemy wounded on the field. It would count for very little. "Sound the retreat!" he commanded. Arryn's banner had dipped, he knew his lord was dead.

Ser Stevron Frey, as the most senior commander left unhurt, orders a retreat to the Vale.

[Oznerol]

Lord Harrold commanded the whole right. It was only when the enemy really displayed its whole strenght when he started to worry.

What madness is this? Why hasn't my nephew asked for advice?

He arranged his men for battle and mounted at the head of the cavalry. They were told by Ser Denys to charge against the enemy's left. Hunter simply did not know how they were supposed to rout the horde marching through the battlefield.

Gods be dammed, we're undone.

He lowered his visor and asked for his lance and sword. The banners fluttered over his head. Waxley was somewhere close, under the candles of his house. The clash was terrible and Lord Hunter had to ride more than once in order to avoid his men wavering and routing too early. He splinttered a lance or two and killed several men, including a tall one wearing the heraldry of a long-gone house. But his flank was crumbling, it was plainly obvious they wouldn't win. Slowly, the Valesmen were massacred; Hunter tried to sway the tide by charging. In vain. Waxley was unmounted and taken captive, then Hunter realized he had to order the rout, Jon willing or not. Trumpets clamored for retreat and the army completely routed and what tried to be an orderly retreat became a mess, a bloodbath. Hunter rode swiftly to escape the carnage with Lord Upcliff.

Seven hells, what was he thinking by dragging us to this?
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On the opposite flank, under Royce, a small retinue rode under the starry banner of Tarths. Selwyn was second in command to Royce and he stood near the lord of the Gates of the Moon, a stern and hardened commander. The battle ensued and it went poorly for the Valesmen, his men being butchered before his eyes Selwyn did something stupid and tried to prevent the rout by directly charging headlong into the enemy. Unknowing, he did the same that costed Boremund his life. And as History is ciclical and tends to repeat itself Selwyn was swiftly unmounted after some his bodyguards were killed and most simply ran away. A second Lord Tarth was dragged before Maegor.

Oh fate, what a cruel mistress!

[Lucius Malfoy]

Daemon witnessed the slaughter of the Vale forces. Truly, the Seven did not favor their endeavor as his soldiers surged forth, killing scores of soldiers and taking groups of others captive. He eyed two prominent captures; Selwyn Tarth and Matthos Waxly. One was surely the son of the late Lord Tarth while the other was a noble obeying his oath. He stares coldly at them both, pondering upon their fates. Silently, the Blackfyre dismounts his horse and approaches Tarth first.

Another Tarth, I have captured. I will surely be hated by your kin for this, hatred that will burn just as fire burns through wood. Fueled only by the unending rage within your hearts.