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|date = {{Date|42}}
 
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|place = [[Great Fork]] of the [[Blackwater Rush|Blackwater]]
 
|result = Victory for the [[Iron Throne]]
 
|result = Victory for the [[Iron Throne]]
 
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| combatant1 = [[Iron Throne]]<br>
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| combatant1 = [[File:House Targaryen.svg|30px]] '''[[Iron Throne]]/[[House Targaryen]]'''<br>
*[[Kingsguard]]
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*[[File:Kingsguard.svg|20px]][[Kingsguard]]
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*[[House Hogg]]
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*[[File:House Mooton.svg|20px]] [[House Mooton]]
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| combatant2 = [[File:Star of the Faith.svg|30px]] '''[[Faith of the Seven]]/[[Faith Militant]]'''<br>
*Allied noble Houses of the [[westerlands]] and [[riverlands]]
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*[[File:Poor Fellows.svg|20px]] [[Poor Fellows]]
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*[[File:Warrior's Sons.svg|20px]] [[Warrior's Sons]]
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Dozen houses from the [[riverlands]] and [[westerlands]]
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*[[File:House Falwell.svg|20px]] [[House Falwell]]
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*[[File:House Lorch.svg|20px]] [[House Lorch]]
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*[[File:House Terrick.svg|20px]] [[House Terrick]]
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*[[File:House Wayn.svg|20px]] [[House Wayn]]
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*[[File:House Lychester.svg|20px]] [[House Lychester]]
 
| commander1 = King [[Maegor I Targaryen]]<br>[[Jon Hogg|Big Jon Hogg]]
 
| commander1 = King [[Maegor I Targaryen]]<br>[[Jon Hogg|Big Jon Hogg]]
 
| commander2 = Ser [[Horys Hill]]<br>Lord [[Rupert Falwell]]
 
| commander2 = Ser [[Horys Hill]]<br>Lord [[Rupert Falwell]]

Latest revision as of 16:43, 9 June 2021

Battle at the Great Fork
Conflict Faith Militant uprising
Date 42 AC
Place Great Fork of the Blackwater
Result Victory for the Iron Throne
Combatants
House Targaryen.svg Iron Throne/House Targaryen
Star of the Faith.svg Faith of the Seven/Faith Militant

Dozen houses from the riverlands and westerlands

Commanders
King Maegor I Targaryen
Big Jon Hogg
Ser Horys Hill
Lord Rupert Falwell
Strength
20,000 soldiers
Balerion
20,000 men:
* ~13,000 Poor Fellows
* 200 Warrior's Sons
~6,800 men from the riverlands and westerlands[N 1]

A battle at the Great Fork of the Blackwater Rush was one of many battles fought between King Maegor I Targaryen and the Faith Militant during the Faith Militant uprising.

Prelude

Thirteen thousand Poor Fellows and two hundred Warrior's Sons, led by Ser Horys Hill, joined nearly seven thousand household knights and feudal levies of a dozen rebel lords from the riverlands and westerlands, led by Lord Rupert Falwell, Alongside Rupert the Fighting Fool rode Ser Lyonel Lorch, Ser Alyn Terrick, Lord Tristifer Wayn, Lord Jon Lychester, and many other puissant knights.[1]

Maegor had a similar number of men, although he had near twice as many armored horse. The king also had numerous longbowmen and his dragon, Balerion.[1]

Battle

The two armies met at the Great Fork of the Blackwater Rush. During the battle, Lord Rupert killed two knights of the Kingsguard, but was himself slain by Lord Mooton of Maidenpool. Despite having been blinded by a sword early on in the battle, Big Jon Hogg led a charge which put the Poor Fellows to flight. King Maegor flew upon Balerion's back during the battle, and despite the rain, the dragon caused many deaths with its flames. The savage battle lasted until nightfall, ending in victory for Maegor.[2][1] The king returned to King's Landing and mutilated Wat the Hewer, who had been captured in the earlier battle at Stonebridge.[1]

Notes

  1. With a total strength of twenty thousand men, the contribution of the rebel lords from the riverlands and westerlands was six thousand eight hundred men (twenty thousand minus thirteen thousand Poor Fellows and two hundred Warrior's Sons).

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Sons of the Dragon.
  2. The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I.