Editing Reach (section)

===House Tyrell===
[[File:T Jedruszek wardensofthereach.jpg|350px|thumb|Wardens of the Reach by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games]]
During [[Aegon's Conquest]], King [[Mern IX Gardener]] led the army of the Reach against the invading [[House Targaryen]], but he was killed at the [[Field of Fire]] and his line was ended. [[House Tyrell]], the stewards of the Gardeners, surrendered Highgarden to [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]]. They were rewarded with both the castle and the title of [[Lord Paramount of the Mander]]. The [[High Septon (Aegon's Conquest)|High Septon]] and Lord [[Manfred Hightower (Aegon's Conquest)|Manfred Hightower]] did not oppose Aegon when he approached [[Oldtown]], increasing the new king's legitimacy.{{ref|AFFC|28}} Rather than remain independent, the Reach became part of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] ruled by the [[Iron Throne]].

During the [[Dance of the Dragons]], the Reach was split between the [[greens]] and the [[blacks]], with the [[House Hightower|Hightowers]] providing much of the support for the greens (along with the [[House Redwyne|Redwynes]]), but with the [[House Rowan|Rowans]], [[House Tarly|Tarlys]], [[House Costayne|Costaynes]], [[House Mullendore|Mullendores]], and [[House Grimm|Grimms]] supporting the blacks. The [[Battle on the Honeywine]] and [[First Battle of Tumbleton|First]] and [[Second Battle of Tumbleton|Second Tumbleton]] were fought in the Reach.{{ref|TPATQ}}

In the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]], several of [[Daemon I Blackfyre]]'s greatest supporters were men of the Reach, including Ser [[Quentyn Ball]] and Lord [[Gormon Peake]], while others supported [[Daeron II Targaryen]].{{ref|TSS}} The Reach suffered from a terrible drought in {{date|211}}.{{ref|TSS}} The [[ironborn]] have not raided the Reach since the time of [[Dagon Greyjoy]], [[Lord of the Iron Islands]].{{ref|AFFC|32}}

[[Robert's Rebellion]] saw the Reach provide much of the pro-Targaryen strength. Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] led the van of Lord [[Mace Tyrell]] to victory against Lord [[Robert Baratheon]] in the [[Battle of Ashford]].{{ref|ASOS|19}} After Ashford, Mace led the unsuccessful [[siege of Storm's End]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: House Tyrell}}