Only Dorne remained independent, and would for hundreds of years. One by one the Kings surrendered or perished: the Tullys of Riverrun succeeded the Hoares as Lords of the Riverlands after Aegon and Balerion ended Harren's line Aegon's childhood friend, Orys Baratheon, took the Stormlands after defeating Argilac Durrandon the Tyrells surrendered Highgarden to Aegon after King Mern and his sons were killed Loren Lannister surrendered after a battle against all three Targaryens and their dragons called the Field of Fire Torrhen Stark spared his people by bending the knee Ronnel and Sharra Arryn surrendered peacefully to Visenya after she landed her dragon, Vhagar, in the Eyrie. Despite inferior numbers, Aegon, his sisters, and their dragons were enough to overwhelm their foes. Everyone ready? Greensight powers, activate!įrom here he divided his forces in three, simultaneously sending troops south towards Storm's End, north towards the Eyrie, and northeast towards Harrenhal. We've already covered the early history, and now we'll be diving into Aegon's Conquest and the Reign of the Targaryens, with Robert's Rebellion looming on the horizon.

With that in mind, let's embark on a (relatively) brief journey through the history of Westeros and Essos. Attempting to itemize every detail from the main novels and other source material is best left to Wikis (yes, plural there's one for the books and another for the show), but there's good and potentially useful information to be gained from events occurring before or outside of the show's scope. They also include references to book material, which is highly satisfying for us readers and gives me ample opportunity to babble endlessly to unsuspecting friends who ask simple questions about the show. I think they do a great job supplying some of the extensive detail of the massive fantasy world George R.R. I've mentioned before that despite numerous differences between the novels in A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO's adaptation to Game of Thrones, I'm a huge fan of the show.

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