The Battle Of The King's Road (Dance Of The Dragons) House Of The Dragon History & Lore
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- The final battle in the dance of the dragons was about to unfold, in the scale of the dance it would be seen as quite small. But the impact it will leave would change the seven kingdoms of westeros forever. As the riverlands arm moved south down the king's road to capture kings landing from King Aegon ii Lord Baratheon marched up the king's road to meet them. In a battle that would come to be known as the muddy mess.
The Dance Of The Dragons will be the focus of the plot of the new HBO spin-off House Of The Dragon coming in 2022. So if you want to learn the story before we see HBO's take on it then this will be a very long-running series. Game Of Thrones / House of the dragon are HBO shows based on George R R Martin's A Song Of Ice And Fire series. The information in this video comes from the books a world of ice and fire as well as fire and blood.
The Coronation Of Queen Rhaenyra (Dance Of The Dragons) Game Of Thrones History & Lore
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Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen was trapped on Dragonstone by her brother King Aegon ii with no way to escape her fate. What was to come was the final showdown between the two main players of the dance of the dragons and bring the war into its final phase. The House of the dragon was crumbling and the events that was about to follow would only cause more damage to both sides of the war.
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Quite symbolic that the first battle of the Dance was an aerial duel between two dragons, and the final battle was a conventional battle between armies of men. A perfect representation of how the age of dragons had come to an end. And for an additional level of symbolism, there were no actual Targaryens in this battle, just bannermen fighting in their name, symbolizing where the true power now lay.
The Dance was almost a cold war in the beginning because it was so dangerous to put an army on the field just for dragons to burn them. The dragons dying really allowed more traditional battles in the final days of the war
Man The Riverlands and more specifically house BlackWood were The Blacks MVP this whole war. They won all their battle and arguably just saved the war for her side and her son. BlackWood is the coolest house
They did the hard work but tbh I wouldn't say the saved the war moreso they won the war. Remember the Vale and the North where laregly untouched and where just sending their full strength towards the end of the war.
The backwoods make great servant that could explain blood raven devotion to house targaryen and didn't use his power for personal gain awry just gave the seven kingdoms to him.
Rhaynera should have bed the boy.
Who were the blackwoods in game of thrones ..was they still there in got?
@@quagmire8565 they were bannermen of the Tullys and proclaimed Robb as the King in the North. After the red wedding, if I recall correctly they were the last House of Riverlands to surrender and lower the Direwolf of Winterfell in their castle.
The Tullys are by far the most underrated major house in Westeros. Family, duty, honor!
The one Tully I truly respect is Brynden 'Blackfish' Tully. His brother Hoster, though, was a major pr*ck. Why do I respect the Blackfish? He speaks his mind, gives helpful advice, is more competent, and is not afraid to put his idiot nephew in his place. I don't know how he would've felt about Jon Snow, but I think he focuses more on how good he is, rather than him being a bastard.
I just now realized that GRRM named all of the Tullys during the Dance of the Dragon after Sesame Street/Muppets characters (Grover, Elmo, Kermit) lmaoo
And Oscar
There’s an extra layer too, when you look at the forks of the Trident - the green, the blue, and the red (Oscar/Kermit, Grover, Elmo).
Its great to see the Riverlands more involved in the history of Westeros. Its also nice to see them not being taken advantage of not being the helpless middle child. Their showing how they're using their landscape as an advantage as well as showing some cunning.
They often do get overshadowed, but it helps they had basically the only real functioning army left outside the vale.
@@WorldOfWesteros are you going to do a house lannister video for the dance of dragons? Because I would very much like to see that.
Definitely. It makes sense that the Riverlands would produce great warriors too since they are historically the site of many battles.
Lord Kermit Tully claimed he intended to show the Usurper: ‘Its not easy being Green.’
And proceeded to kermit unalive, refuses to elaborate, and left the mortal plane.
The dragonless age of targaryen rule started with a battle in the Riverlands.
Than like 200 years later it ends with a battle in the Riverlands.
It's like poetry it rhymes.
The Riverland armies performed overall very well in the Dance of Dragon Civil War winning many impressive victories such as the Battle of the Kingsroad, Battle By The Lakeshore(Fishfeed),etc. A lot of these times the Riverlands had either little outside support(Winter Wolves) or none. Also there use of unorthodox tactics is another great aspect of them. House Frey, House Balckwood, House Tully(later on) really stood out.
there tactics really did make them stand out among the rest of the armies in both sides
@@WorldOfWesteros With the results speaking for themselves: The Westerlands, the Reach, the Stormlands, and The Green Crownland Faction all recieved devastating blows at their hands. It was great to read that a lot of Cregan's northern host stayed in the Riverlands and helped rebuild the region and boost up their fighting power.
I love how the freys are depicted as brave and capable rather than cowardly and sneaky. Specifically sabitha grey.
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Cregan took his sweet time making it down south for sure
Still don't understand how they had the men to meet Daeron's forces in Tumbleton though, that always irked me... where did did these extra men suddenly come from?
They literally carry the whole war. One thing I notice is that, if you have the river run, you get the whole package up north lol. Arryn, Stark and Tully will definitely fight together by your side lol
I find it poetic what happened to Borros. He was an arrogant and ambitious lord who served himself and indirectly started the war by having mere children fight each other, only to die at the hands of children himself bringing the dance to an end
Wow house Tully sounds bad ass in this love them. Family,Duty,Honor 🐟
Yes!!!
What a great warrior was Benjicot Blackwood.
Great video. I really enjoyed the battle part.
Glad you enjoyed it
Oscar and Kermit Tully, also Benjicot and Alys Blackwood were real mvp’s during the dance. Even being extremely young for battle commanders they managed to not only win battles but win the respect of their troops and fellow lords during the Dance. Always kinda ticked me off that Cregan Stark showed the lads immense disrespect when he arrived at Kings Landing with his host. He was the elder lord for sure but he was greener in war then them.
aas much as i dislike Cregan i do like that we get to see a different look and take on the starks
See this is why I hate the fact that George made Elmo 19 when originally he was 13. A 19 year old isn’t a lad.Aemond went on the war path at 19.Jacerys and Daeron both flew into battle younger than 19.
Can you tell me how to get. How to get to King's Road.
One good thing he did was dispense justice, and stabilize kings landing for the new regent. @@WorldOfWesteros
I was just thinking how in Westeros battles, we don't necessary see much strategy involved in battles, however I was surprised by this one. I really liked the ambush of the Tullys. Most battles in ASOIAF are won by armies larger then the opponent's.
i think it does reflect history in a lot of way, a lot of the time the bigger number did win, when there was a surprise victory from a smaller army it would be some kind of strategic or technological that won the day.
It's always weird to me how all the Greens supporters were just idiots. The massive and wealthy armies of the Reach, and Westerlands and the fierce Stormlands fighters all just absolutely suck at tactics lol. Idk, it seems a bit contrived and convenient the green armies incompetence throughout
In the books .robb use some cunning tactics in every battle of five kings, so as others. Show did not focus on that much.
This battle is a imitation of battle of Agincourt, fought between the English and the French. If you see a vdo of it you will understand how similar these two battles are
@@subhodeepghosh216 I know about Agincourt already. That battle has nothing to do with this battle. Please wake up my fellow human
These make the work day fly by.
Great directing on the video the battle part was good.
I'm planning to do this with all battle going forward when it's possible. I've got to have the right art assets to make it work
@@WorldOfWesteros great man going forward zoom out a bit and minimize the banners.
Definitely will try and zoom out more. I agree it definitely would be better. I made the battle map the wrong resolution so to have it full screen I needed to zoom in. I’d say the map was x2 as big. Didn’t have time to remake it so just went with it but next time I do one will be much more zoomed out. I’m actually planning a series which is just going to be brake downs of key battle
Lord Benjicot The Bloody.. We've already met his ancestor on House of Dragon and he was a bad ass.
We might very well have met him.
Ah yes, the great allies of the Queen, the Blackwoods, Starks, Velaryons, and Seasame Street
The muppets of the Riverlands came to die for their queen!!!
Man.. the Riverlands are fertile and awesome for trade, but they are utterly indefensible from every direction but the north.
Can't wait to see this in house of the dragon, maybe season 4
Great video keep it coming sir
glad you enjoyed it
@@WorldOfWesteros I always do
A dude named Elmo with a son named Kermit? George mehn😂😂😂😂😂 btw great battle and Borros was a bad ass.
Fighting for the hand of the fair maid, Miss Piggy.
No he wasn’t.Man didn’t fight in a SINGLE battle the whole war because he was scared of facing the dragons.In the first battle after he finally escaped his cocoon that was Storm’s end he got smoked by whom he had earlier derided as “boys and a woman” and got killed by Kermit.
Literally was thinking this 😂
If Borros had just supported the Blacks instead of being the power hungry Baratheon that he was most of the war could have been avoided. All because he wanted one of his daughters to marry a Prince.
😭if only the show showed us the real reason he chose to side with the greens then u would be saying this 😫
Supported the Blacks why? Aegon II was the rightful king as he saw it and Rhaenyra offered him nothing.
@gandix5516 nobody wants to support the whore queen
@@CatotheE True, Rhaenyra wanted him to fight her battles in return for nothing. The Starks, Arryns, and even the Manderlys got stuff for pledging fealty.
“Power hungry” same with the lords that supported the blacks who got stuff? And maybe he believes in Aegons right to rule over Rhaenura
And Aegon actually offers him something unlike Rhae who expects him to be a dog and do her dirty work
Borros died bravely killing tons of knights and lords and men at arms
Elmo and Kermit.. 😌…. TULLY???!! ♥️😍😍😍
Also Grover tully
@@arunsingla3452 ehh… grover used to give me nightmares
I like the strategies but I hate the inconsistencies with army sizes throughout this war and other wars in Westeros. This is Westeros at the height of its power and population yet the Stormlands are only bringing 8k when in the books Renly and Stannis have some 30k. The complete unite strength of the westerlands should not have gotten crushed after one battle in the books Tywin has some 50k+ some sell swords. I’d expect atleast 40k since Jason and Tyland seem competent and are really invested in the war. The Vale should have like 5k mounted knights + 35k peasant levies thundering down. Cregan Stark who has literally spent 2 fucking years amassing levies can only bring 8-20k men? That’s literally the same amount Robb Stark brought in 3 months that is literally terrible. If he’s bringing even old men that expect to die the lowest amount should be 40k. The only plausible number is the riverlands armies since they’ve been getting decimated since the start of the war but I feel like if I was critical I could bring up some gripes with them too.
Consistency with army sizes has never been one of GRRMS strong points. A lot of the army sizes really don't make sense in the dance, in my headcanon i put it down to being a in world history book thus it could be inaccurate
@@WorldOfWesteros I think in this civil war so many houses remain neutral and also there was no benefit committing too many resources in this battle for other houses then hightowers, valerians and targaryens.
Just a lack of support for the houses for the fighting is my head canon for weird numbers. Different leaders might want smaller armies or levies are harder to come by
Armies in the tens of thousands are expected in militaries with strong and structured logistics, like the empires of antiquity. Wars and battles, even in the late middle ages, would rarely involve so many men as you suggest, the supply lines would have been a nightmare, and marching so many men to battle would probably strip cities and castles of their much needed garrisons. Ol' fatty George has always screwd up with numbers and recruitment in the warfare of his world, especially with naval warfare and what a "levy" actually entails, but at least on this battle I could actually imagine an alternate 'Agincourt', from numbers to tactics. Just my two cents.
@@luizandrade6900 The problem with your assessment is that Westeros ain’t europe. It’s much bigger roughly the size of South America so there should be an increase in army size to reflect that which makes sense. Not to mention Westeros isn’t even completely medieval Europe, orders like the maesters show they have a basic 16th century type understanding of diseases and their government is structured after Elizabethan Tudor style type government.
I wonder if Aegon II killed Rhaenyra's last son if Cregan and the other Blacks would have disbanded and called it quits.
Elmo and Kermit...Really George lol.
Thats assuming he lives past the Sea Snake's coup. Even then the black armies outside of his walls would still have laid siege and deposed him as King and possibly send him north to join the Night's Watch. A regency council would then be able to have control over the last known living Targaryen at the time which was Jaehaera Targaryen. Even so Viserys was still alive across the Narrow sea and by 134 AC he was returned to King's Landing so he would just take Jaehaera's place. Its possible the young Lads might have called it quits but the Northern army is a different story. Lord Cregan seemed deadset on keeping his oath to Rhaenyra and the bulk of his army consisted of men who came south with a purpose to die in battle. Hell Cregan was even prepared to lay siege to the green strongholds of Storm's End, Oldtown and Casterly Rock even after Aegon II kicked the bucket.
I think aegon ii would have maybe clung onto power till Viserys ether came back or got discovered. Then almost immediately half the realm would swap sides.
@@spearshake4771 there were two other Targaryens, Baela and Rhaena, Daemon's daughters by Laena Velaryon.
The blacks may have rallied around them if Aegon the younger were killed.
@@liamcollins9183Aegon II had them too
@@nicksmithnutmilk no. Rhaena was in the Vale with a new dragon hatchling.
cant wait to see this in live action
I'm glad that HotD didn't change the names to remove all the Muppets from House Tully
What is up with those Tully names?!
*Grover, Elmo and Kermit*
What is this Sesame Street?
Elmo has another son, Oscar haha
@@mattybooboo Lol like what?
Was George even trying with these guys?
@@gerardjagroo those names are easy to remember and fun to say in a dark novel like asoiaf lmao
House Tully was obviously going through a Jim Henson Phase.
Good video, but you've used the crowned stag for Borros Baratheons forces!
The crown isn't added to the Baratheon stag until after Robert wins the iron throne.
Isn’t this the same exact battle of the real life battle of aqincourt. Rainy mud, Calvary charge, bowmen on the side?
Not exactly. The British sent heavy infantry to make it seem like they were advancing in order to trick the French into charging. Also the archers were not on the side, they were behind. Also the archers were protected by stakes in the ground.
Elmo and Kermit Tully, Martin is a genius at times, at others... bit of a muppet.
Do hope all these battles will be seen on screen during HOTD
Elmo and Kermit Tully 😂
Grover and Oscar as well
I still find it funny that Borros the Norros got done in by Kermit the fookin frog 😂
Lord Borros was a bad ass. A true Baratheon worthy of his house motto. Ours is the fury!
in battle yes, in diplomacy he and his daughter were both cunts that got what they deserved, one job he had diplomacy all he had to do was giving a escort to lucerys so he could get out and avoiding his murderer and his daughter keep her cunt mouth shut since her comment was the thing that trigger aemond to kill his nephew
Fury full of arrows
Lord Borros was an arrogant fool like all Baratheons
@@ВелиалВинчестер Stay amd, Targ shill.
@@ВелиалВинчестер Baratheon still destroyed the Targaryen dynesty cope harder
Elmo and Kermit? Lol
Even if by some miracle Boros won here, nothing changes. He never could beaten Cregan Stark’s army in the field, especially after the losses he would have sustained after the first battle.
Elmo... Tully.
Great cregan stark
Rip borros Baratheon
Whats with the tully and their names. Elmo and his heir Kermit 🤣
That’s because the Blackwoods are “old men”like the men in the North. They know the old gods always be watching 😂
The only good Baratheon is a dead one; except The Demon of the Trident.
And Stannis the one true king
@@patrickgrant6389 stannis the mannis
And Rhaenys's kinsman Boremund, who ofc gave birth to a shiddy illiterate heir
This is a lot like Agincourt
"Lord Boros himself was still a horse"
I think I missed something
Is this supposed to be Westeros Agincourt?!
It is, and I hope HOTD won't dramatize it by making it less one-sided.
Battle of Agincourt was the inspiiration?
I was thinking the same
Game of thrones version of Agincourt?
had not really considered that before but i think your spot on
Oh look it"s the battle of agincourt
what inkarnate map is in the background
made it myself, i'm currently re-mastering it because when i made this version inkarnate didn't even have a undo button. so there is a lot of new tools to play with
Is this Borros Baratheon's first battle? If so what took him so long to help the greens?
hedging his bets
Early in the war, he claimed the Dornish rebels encroached on his lands. He sent his army south to the Red Mountains to fight them instead of going north to fight the blacks. He didn't lead his army into the war until he took Kings Landing after Rheanyra was already dead.
Lord Borros should have suffered more.
Lord Elmo lol
baratheons stay taking that L
And the greens defeated for good
Sound like the battle of agincourt.
Ground muddy and defeated by longbow man
Why there is a crown on Baratheons banner?
the show got it wrong by saying " a crowned stag that now Robert is king." it was already crowned as it was the sigil of the old storm king that Aegon's half brother took over and kept their sigil.
@@matthewbullen6706 Yea already figured that out when I was renewing my memory about Orys Baratheon.
@@matthewbullen6706 but took the crown off the stag when orys took the banner for his own house they put the crown back on the stag when Robert won the iron throne
@@patrickgrant6389 Not in the books.
How are the rivelords so powerful at this era vs the main series? They are literally led by muppets here
Because they've been doing about half of the fighting and are the most veteran out of everybody in this war. Also one of the main leaders is a Blackwood.
Just so you know, I got the joke
Grover, Oscar, Elmo, Kermit...yeahhh lol
Muppets are powerful.
If only Aemond or Daron and their dragons were alive during this battle. Aegon ii would have still sat the throne.
You can say that literally about every battle "if Balerion was alive during Tumbleton the traitors would have died"
"If meraxes was alive the armies would be ashes"
Oof, honestly all these lords dying over the course of this war really put a strain on the realm afterwards.
It was mostly all boys and lady regents ruling in their son's stead for years after this war.
King Cregan Stark?
Ahorse
Bloody ben
Im sorry I cant take the tully names seriously. I hope they change them for the show. So dumb.
Nah keep them it makes the Green's defeat all the more humiliating.
@@George-Hawthorne He was betrayed and still killed countless men-at-arms, a dozen knights and two Lords.
@@CatotheE A good fighter, too bad he was as dumb as Balon Greyjoy.
The vrigin lord baratheon, vs the super chad river lords.
King Cregan Stark?