261 AC

Year 261 After the Conquest (261 AC) is a year in the Westerosi calendar, the 261st after Aegon's crowning in Oldtown that maesters and educated people use as a reference to date the years.

In 261 AC, the young Ser Tywin Lannister overpassed his lord father and brutally exterminated Houses Reyne and Tarbeck, as a response to their revolt against Casterly Rock.

Roger Reyne drowning with his own seat, as depicted by Fuderiki

Events

• Early in the year, Lord Walderan Tarbeck is arrested by Tywin Lannister, leading to Lady Ellyn Reyne to take Stafford Lannister and two other Lannister cousins prisoner. Lord Tytos Lannister forces a peace.
• Late in the year and without the consent of his lord father, Tywin Lannister demands that Lord Roger Reyne and Lord Walderan Tarbeck present themselves to Casterly Rock to "answer for their crimes". The two lords refuse to do so and renounce their allegiance to House Lannister.
• Tywin starts a campaign against Houses Reyne and Tarbeck, ending with the destruction of both houses and their castles.

Deaths

• Every member of House Tarbeck, including:
  • Lord Walderan Tarbeck, in battle against Tywin's army.
  • Walderan's sons, nephews, cousins, and his daughter's husbands, in battle against Tywin's army.
  • Lady Ellyn Reyne, died when Tarbeck Hall collapsed.
  • Tion Tarbeck, died when Tarbeck Hall collapsed.

• Every member of House Reyne, including:
  • Lord Roger Reyne, drowned in Castamere.
  • Ser Reynard Reyne, drowned in Castamere.