Editing Aegon's Conquest (section)

===Conquest of the Westerlands and the Reach===
: {{See also|Field of Fire}}

Meanwhile, the two great western kings made common cause and assembled their own armies. From [[Highgarden]] marched [[Mern IX Gardener]], [[King of the Reach]], with a mighty host from the [[Reach]]. Beneath the walls of [[Goldengrove]] he met [[Loren Lannister]], [[King of the Rock]], leading his own host from the [[westerlands]]. Together they commanded the mightiest host ever seen in [[Westeros]]: an army fifty-five thousand strong, including over five thousand knights. The [[Two Kings]] did not linger at Goldengrove, marching north.

[[File:Mern IX and Loren I Armies by John McCambridge for The Rise of the Dragon.jpg|thumb|350px|The [[Two Kings]] join forces by John McCambridge for ''[[The Rise of the Dragon]]'']]
Advised of their coming in his camp beside the Gods Eye, Aegon gathered his own forces and advanced to meet them. He commanded only one-fifth the men and was able to more quickly move his host. At the town of [[Stoney Sept]], both his queens joined him with their dragons, Rhaenys from Storm's End and Visenya from Crackclaw Point.

The two armies came together amongst the wide open plains south of the [[Blackwater Rush]]. [[House Gardener]] commanded the center of the allied army, with [[House Lannister]] the right and [[House Oakheart]] the left. The charge of their knights began to break the Targaryen army, but Aegon and his sisters attacked from the air with their dragons. Over five thousand died in this [[Field of Fire]], and tens of thousands were wounded. Mern and his kin all were all mortally wounded from the battle, ending House Gardener. Loren managed to escape, but he and the Lannister bannermen yielded to Aegon after being captured the following day. Loren was named Aegon's [[Warden of the West]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

Aegon marched at once for Highgarden, hoping to secure its surrender. He found the castle in the hands of its steward, [[Harlan Tyrell]], who yielded the castle without a fight and pledged his support to Aegon. In reward Harlan was granted Highgarden and named [[Warden of the South]] and [[Lord Paramount of the Mander]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}