i’m currently reading through ‘garen: first shield’ and it seems to be set after the mage rebellion with sylas(?). i’m interested to read the stories that led up to and happened during or is related to the rebellion after finishing the novella. right now, i only have a vague idea of the story beats that occured. much mahalo!
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First things first. Is my list fully accurate. No. Does it include every single canon rebellion, revolt, insurgency, civil war, uprising, etc? No. Are there factual mistakes in the list? Probably. Does the mean time between conflict matter? Probably Not. Does it provide some fun insights into the 7 Kingdoms? Yes.
You can find my list here. I basically went through 'Fire and Blood' and the Wiki and listed the start and end years, ruler, and year since the previous conflict. Basically I wanted to find out the time between conflicts that are important enough to effect the smallfolk significantly. I was bored and this was a fun time sink. Don't judge me.
So the king with the most wars, unsurprisingly is Aegon I, with his conquest at 5 major conflicts. Then it's a three-way tie between Aenys I, Jaehaerys I, and Aegon V at 4 conflicts. 'Tommen Baratheon I' technically has 5 to his name too but you can easily argue that some of all of them are one conflict or shouldn't be counted in the list at all.
The longest gap between conflict happened between 133 AC at the end of the Fair Isle Rebellion under Aegon III to the beginning of the Conquest of Dorne (i.e. the Fifth Dornish War) in 157 AC under Daeron I. The next longest gap is between 'Prince Daemon's Conquest of the Stepstones' and the beginning of the 'Dance of Dragons' at the end of Viserys I's reign.
In third place is occupied by two tied peaces with the first being the peace between the Third and Fourth Dornish War. Both the peaces lasted 22 years. However, since the Fourth Dornish War lasted all of a day and did not involve a single non-Dornish casualty so you could argue we should count peace till the next conflict (Invasion of Tarth) which would give the longest period of peace to Jaehaerys I at 31 years. Honestly, that seems more fitting for the Conciliator.
The second third longest peace is the gap between the failed naval invasion of Dorne under Aegon IV and the first Blackfyre Rebellion under Daeron II. The next longest peace is two gaps of 16 years. The average gap being 9 years of course.
The year with the most conflicts is 37 AC at 4 individual uprisings. Though again in the current year of 300 AC there are arguably 5 conflicts.
Surprisingly one the longest peace in the last 100 years came under Aery 'Mad king' II at 16 years.
And finally there have been 40 conflict
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One of my favorite quotes about fAegon/the Golden Company and their return to Westeros is:
>Laswell Peake rapped his knuckles on the table. "Even after a century, some of us still have friends in the Reach. The power of Highgarden may not be what Mace Tyrell imagines." -ADWD, The Lost Lord
I thought it would be interesting to go look over the support the Blackfyres have had in the past and see which houses could be inclined to offer support.
It should be noted that some of these could have individually supported the Blackfyres and not had the backing of their house. It is also probable that there were other houses/individuals involved in each of these rebellions that the reader does not know about yet.
I also didn't feel the need to listen out Bittersteel/Members of House Blackfyre/the Golden Company as my goal here is primarily to see what support in Westeros they could have.
>"Daemon, though . . . Daemon was no more pious than a king need be, and all the great knights of the realm gathered to him. It would suit Lord Bloodraven if their names were all forgotten, so he has forbidden us to sing of them, but I remember. Robb Reyne, Gareth the Grey, Ser Aubrey Ambrose, Lord Gormon Peake, Black Byren Flowers, Redtusk, Fireball . . . Bittersteel! I ask you, has there ever been such a noble company, such a roll of heroes? -The Sworn Sword
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House Reyne
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House Ambrose
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House Peake
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House Ball
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House Crakehall (possibly - Redtusk could be an allusion to the sigil of House Crakehall)
>Ser Eustace cradled his wine cup in both hands. "If Daemon had ridden over Gwayne Corbray . . . if Fireball had not been slain on the eve of battle . . . if Hightower and Tarbeck and Oakheart and Butterwell had lent us their full strength instead of trying to keep one foot in each camp . . . if Manfred Lothston had proved true instead of treacherous . . . if storms had not delayed Lord Bracken's sailing with the Myrish crossbowmen . . . if Quickfinger had not been caught with the stolen dragon's eggs . . . so many if s, ser . . . had any one come out differently, it could all have turned t'other way. Then we would called be the loyalists, and the red dragons would be remembered as men who fought to keep the usurper Daeron the Falseborn upon his stolen throne, and failed." -The Sworn Sword
I am thinking of getting a new watch, but I am not willing to sell my kidneys. I really like the rolex oyster perpetual 41 and the explorer (although is very small for me). Today I walked by the rolex/ tudor AD and Tudor really came a long way, that black-bay 58 really spoke to me, was readily available and costs almost half the price as a entry level Rolex. However a Rolex is a Rolex, it is a classic/ timeless piece… a bit divided here.
Europe
Germany (Inevitable | Bormann, Heydreich, Göring, Speer)
RK Ostland (Inevitable | Meyer-Landrut, Drechsler, Jeckeln, Stahlecker, Vituska, Kovner)
England (Inevitable | Free England)
Iberian Union - Collapse (Spain, Portugal, multiple ideological rebellions, regional breakaways)
RK Moscowein - Breakaway (Russian People's Republic)
Croatia - Breakaway? (Bosnia)
Serbian National Front (Chetniks?)
Africa
Egypt - Multiple Ideological rebellions
Italian East Africa - Collapse
Hüttignia (Inevitable) - Collapse
Central African Republic (Inevitable) - Collapse
South Africa (Inevitable) - Boer Republic
RK Sudwestafrika - (Collapse | Namibia - Angola)
RK Madagaskar - Hitnagdut - Malgasy Republic- Militärstaat
Middle East
Italian Levant - Collapse (Israel/Palestine/both)
Yemen (Likely outdated)
Iraq (Likely Outdated)
Former British Raj
Republic Of India- Hindustan - P.R. India - Pakistan
Azad Hind - Multiple Ethnic Groups
South-East Asia
Indonesia (Inevitable | Islamists, Communists, Loyalists, Aceh separatists)
Burma - Multiple Ethnic Separatists, Communists
If I am missing any or I got some details wrong, please let me know!
Because I'm slightly confused as to who is part of it
