And the the Oh, While Egon and his sisters were busy conquering the Stormlands, the Riverlands, the Vale and what would become the Crown lands the Iron

Islands was in Chaos after the fall of Heron the Black so we'll speak of them later and

the Dornish continued to buy their time. So we'll speak of them later too.

The Resteros includes three major kingdoms, the north, the west, and the reach.

Torrenstark, the king of the north, gathered his strength, preparing to march south.

It took him longer, so we'll speak of him later.

At the same time, the West and the Reach decided to ally and fight the dragons together

and gathered their army quickly, so we'll speak of them now.

For once, two of the kingdoms were united, and this resulted in the largest army ever

fielded in Westrose.

Aegon, far from fearing this conflict, seems to have almost welcomed it.

I mean he would have preferred they knelt, but this gave him the opportunity to teach a lesson.

If Herron Hall was his chance to prove that no castle is safe by

destroying the largest one ever built, why not teach the same lesson when it comes to the

largest army ever fielded? If the West and Reach were going to gather all that many men in one place he would gladly come and make an example of them.

Teach them why you shouldn't do that.

Egon knew that the biggest army ever seen in Westeros wouldn't fare much better than the biggest castle had.

And he was right.

It was a spectacular and unique battle, but it wasn't a close battle. But it definitely wasn't simple either. There were many considerations, issues of timing, and uncertainty. Aegon had such a huge advantage compounded by the fact that his enemies were ignorant of how big his advantage was.

So he was able to think ahead about the aftermath during the battle. He was able to coordinate the outcome a little bit in ways that you can't normally plan war.

It's war like, well what happens happens? Like there's only so much you can plan, right? it's a little easier plan when you know you're gonna win yes

When you know you know you're gonna lose also yeah your choices are smaller anyway

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