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The hammer and the anvil is a song about the strategy used by Prince Baelor Targaryen and Prince Maekar Targaryen during the Battle of the Redgrass Field.[1]
History
[edit]The Battle of the Redgrass Field was a battle fought during the First Blackfyre Rebellion in 196 AC. Prince Baelor Targaryen (the hammer) led Dornish spearmen against the rear of Daemon Blackfyre's rebel army and crushed it against the shield wall of Prince Maekar Targaryen (the anvil). However, Ser Eustace Osgrey felt the singers left out much from what actually happened, including Daemon's actions in the battle and how Brynden Rivers and his Raven's Teeth archers slew Daemon and his sons.[1]
Recent events
[edit]The Winds of Winter
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Ser Barristan Selmy and the troops of Meereen attack the armies of Yunkai in the Battle of Fire. Near the end of the battle, Barristan learns that ships of House Greyjoy have arrived in the bay, and the ironmen are coming ashore to fight the Yunkish. Barristan gleefully exclaims, “It’s like Baelor Breakspear and Prince Maekar, the hammer and the anvil. We have them! We have them!”[2]
Quotes
[edit]Dunk: I'd always heard that it was Baelor Breakspear who won the battle. Him and Prince Maekar.
Eustace: The hammer and the anvil? The singers leave out much and more. […] The singers can go on about their hammer and their anvil, ser, but it was the kinslayer who turned the tide with a white arrow and a black spell.[1]