Editing Westerlands (section)

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Thomas Denmark tywin jaime.jpg|thumb|[[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] and [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] ride out, by Thomas Denmark © Fantasy Flight Games]]
After the abduction of [[Tyrion Lannister]] by [[Catelyn Stark]] at the [[crossroads]],{{ref|AGOT|28}} Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] sends Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] to raid the [[riverlands]] and then retreat back to the westerlands.{{ref|AGOT|43}} After the death of King [[Robert I Baratheon]], Tywin and Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] lead armies of twenty thousand{{ref|AGOT|56}} and fourteen or fifteen thousand strong,{{ref|AGOT|63}} respectively, into the riverlands.{{ref|AGOT|55}}

Jaime crushes the rivermen in a [[battle in the hills below the Golden Tooth]] and a [[battle under the walls of Riverrun]], but Ser [[Marq Piper]] and Lord [[Karyl Vance]] raid lands west of the [[Red Fork]].{{ref|AGOT|56}} Jaime is eventually captured at the [[battle in the Whispering Wood]]{{ref|AGOT|63}} and his army is dispersed in the [[Battle of the Camps]].{{ref|AGOT|69}} Tywin sends hundreds of cavalry, including Gregor and Ser [[Amory Lorch]], to set the riverlands ablaze.{{ref|AGOT|69}} In response to the actions of the westermen and King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], the rivermen proclaim [[Robb Stark]] to be [[King of the Trident|king]] at [[Riverrun]].{{ref|AGOT|71}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
With Tywin secure at [[Harrenhal]], Ser [[Stafford Lannister]] begins raising a new host of some thousands in the westerlands.{{ref|ACOK|7}} Having sent [[Theon Greyjoy]] to negotiate with Lord [[Balon Greyjoy]] and [[Catelyn Stark]] to negotiate with [[Renly Baratheon]], Robb leads a host of [[northmen]]{{ref|ACOK|39}} and [[rivermen]]{{ref|ACOK|39}}{{Ref|ASOS|29}} in an invasion of the west.{{ref|ACOK|14}} Robb hopes that Balon's [[Iron Fleet]] will join him in attacking the westerlands,{{ref|ACOK|11}} while Renly deals with Tywin.{{ref|ACOK|7}} Theon desires to claim the west for himself.{{ref|ACOK|11}}

After bypassing the [[Golden Tooth]], Robb wins a crushing victory over Stafford's inexperienced host in the [[Battle of Oxcross]]. They then pillage the eastern and northern areas of the westerlands, [[Raiding along the westerlands coast|raiding the coast]] and capturing [[taking of Ashemark|Ashemark]], the [[storming of the Crag|Crag]], and the [[Seizure of westerlands gold mines|gold mines]] at [[Castamere]], [[Nunn's Deep]], and the [[Pendric Hills]].{{ref|ACOK|35}}{{ref|ACOK|39}}{{ref|ACOK|55}} Balon's [[ironborn]] refuse to attack the west, however, instead attacking the largely-defenseless [[north]].{{ref|ACOK|37}}

Tywin is stopped at the [[Red Fork]] during the [[Battle of the Fords]],{{ref|ACOK|45}} after which he and the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] defeat [[Stannis Baratheon]] in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]].{{ref|ACOK|62}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:T Jedruszek Edict of the Rock.jpg|500px|thumb|Lannister soldiers in [[King's Landing]] by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Since Robb marries [[Jeyne Westerling]], the Freys at the Crag leave Robb's service.{{ref|ASOS|14}} After the Blackwater, Robb abandons the captured castles in the westerlands and returns to Riverrun.{{ref|ASOS|19}} Robb claims to Ser [[Edmure Tully]] that he and Ser [[Brynden Tully]] had planned to ambush Tywin on the [[Goldroad]] or trap him in the west, but were prevented from doing so by Edmure's defeat of Tywin in the Battle of the Fords.{{ref|ASOS|14}}

Ser [[Daven Lannister]] reforms the remnants of his father Stafford's host at [[Lannisport]],{{ref|ASOS|19}} and they join Ser [[Forley Prester]] at the [[Golden Tooth]].{{ref|ASOS|60}}

Lord Tywin is murdered by his son, [[Tyrion Lannister]], in the [[Tower of the Hand]].{{ref|ASOS|77}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[File:Xia TaptaraCL.jpg|thumb|[[Cersei Lannister]], by Xia Taptara © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Queen [[Cersei Lannister]], the [[Lord of Casterly Rock|Lady of Casterly Rock]], succeeds Tywin as the liege lord of the westerlands.{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}} The lords of the west lead a procession of hundreds of soldiers which accompanies Tywin's corpse on its return to the Rock from [[King's Landing]]. Two thousand westermen participate in the [[siege of Dragonstone]].{{ref|AFFC|16}}

When King [[Euron Greyjoy|Euron]] and Lord Captain [[Victarion Greyjoy]] set out to attack mainland Westeros after Balon's death, the westerlands escapes their wrath, as the Iron Fleet sails past and attacks the [[taking of the Shields|Shield Islands]] and the [[Reach]] instead.{{ref|AFFC|29}}

Jaime joins Daven, the new [[Warden of the West]], and other westermen at the [[siege of Riverrun]].{{ref|AFFC|33}} Forley commands the escort of Edmure and Jeyne as they travel from Riverrun to the west.{{ref|AFFC|44}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
After killing Tywin, Tyrion flees to [[Essos]].{{ref|ADWD|1}} Because his speech would identify him as a highborn westerman, Tyrion poses as a Lannisport bastard, Hugor Hill.{{ref|ADWD|14}}