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| Raid on Wendish Town | |||||||||||||||||
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| Conflict | War of the Five Kings | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | late 298 AC[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place | Wendish Town | ||||||||||||||||
| Result | Clegane victory | ||||||||||||||||
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A raid on Wendish Town occurs before the outbreak of open warfare in the War of the Five Kings. The unsuspecting people of Wendish Town are attacked by Ser Gregor Clegane and the Mountain's men.[2]
Prelude
In response to Catelyn Stark's arrest of his son Tyrion Lannister, Lord Tywin Lannister sends Ser Gregor Clegane and the Mountain's men to raid parts of the western riverlands.[2] Tywin hopes to draw out Lord Eddard Stark, Catelyn's husband and the Hand of the King, from King's Landing, but Eddard is wounded in the meantime in the streets of the capital during a confrontation with Ser Jaime Lannister.[3]
Raid
To maintain deniability, the Mountain's men do not display any banners and present themselves as mere brigands during their nighttime attacks.[2] The people of Wendish Town seek shelter in their holdfast, but the raiders pile straw against the timbered walls and set fires to burn alive the Wendish folk. When the townspeople emerge from the holdfast, the Mountain's men shoot them down with arrows.[2] Having attacked Wendish Town, Sherrer, and the Mummer's Ford, the raiding party returns to the westerlands before the rivermen can respond.[2]
Aftermath
Survivors from Sherrer are brought to King's Landing by Ser Raymun Darry, Ser Karyl Vance, and Ser Marq Piper to inform the Iron Throne of the attacks. When the brewer Joss describes their leader as being an enormous man, the knights insist he was Gregor Clegane. Lord Stark, holding court as King's Hand while Robert I Baratheon is away hunting in the kingswood, tasks Lord Beric Dondarrion with bringing the king's justice to Gregor.[2] Beric is ambushed in a battle at the Mummer's Ford, however.[4]
Quotes
Raymun: At Wendish Town, the people sought shelter in their holdfast, but the walls were timbered. The raiders piled straw against the wood and burnt them all alive. When the Wendish folk opened their gates to flee the fire, they shot them down with arrows as they came running out, even women with suckling babes.
Varys: Oh, dreadful. How cruel can men be?[2]—Raymun Darry and Varys
References
- ↑ See the War of the Five Kings calculations.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 43, Eddard XI.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 17, Arya III.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 55, Catelyn VIII.