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Lord [[Roose Bolton]] ordered [[Robett Glover]] to take the better part of the [[North|Northern]] foot south and meet up with Ser [[Helman Tallhart]] and his garrison from [[the Twins]] to march on [[Duskendale]].<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 64|Chapter 64]], Arya</ref> With both of their strongholds in the North having been seized by the [[ironborn]], both men are keen for vengeance, and burn their way towards the town.  
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Lord [[Roose Bolton]] ordered [[Robett Glover]] to take the better part of the [[North|Northern]] foot south and meet up with Ser [[Helman Tallhart]] and his garrison from [[the Twins]] to march on [[Duskendale]].<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 64|Chapter 64]], Arya</ref> With both of their strongholds in the North having been seized by the [[ironborn]], both men are keen for vengeance; likewise their [[Hornwood]] and [[Castle Cerwyn|Cerwyn]] men had lost their lords in the war. The army burns its way towards the town.  
  
 
Meanwhile, after the victory over [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis I]] at the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] and the new alliance between [[House Lannister]] and [[House Tyrell]], the two houses had combined their forces. Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] marched with a sizable [[Reach]]-[[Stormlands]] army to catch the Northern force at Duskendale and throw them back.
 
Meanwhile, after the victory over [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis I]] at the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] and the new alliance between [[House Lannister]] and [[House Tyrell]], the two houses had combined their forces. Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] marched with a sizable [[Reach]]-[[Stormlands]] army to catch the Northern force at Duskendale and throw them back.

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Battle of Duskendale
Conflict War of the Five Kings
Date 299 AC
Place Duskendale
Result Lannister - Tyrell victory
Combatants
House Stark House Lannister
House Tyrell
House Baratheon of King's Landing
Commanders
Robett Glover
Ser Helman Tallhart
Lord Randyll Tarly
Ser Gregor Clegane
Strength
3000 men unknown, significantly larger force
Casualties
Ser Helman Tallhart+
significant - army all but destroyed
heavy,[1], but far less than the northmen[2]

The Battle of Duskendale was one of the final battles of the War of the Five Kings. Its only lasting effect was to bleed the forces further and weaken the noble houses of the North.

Intro

Lord Roose Bolton ordered Robett Glover to take the better part of the Northern foot south and meet up with Ser Helman Tallhart and his garrison from the Twins to march on Duskendale.[3] With both of their strongholds in the North having been seized by the ironborn, both men are keen for vengeance; likewise their Hornwood and Cerwyn men had lost their lords in the war. The army burns its way towards the town.

Meanwhile, after the victory over Stannis I at the Battle of the Blackwater and the new alliance between House Lannister and House Tyrell, the two houses had combined their forces. Lord Randyll Tarly marched with a sizable Reach-Stormlands army to catch the Northern force at Duskendale and throw them back.

The Battle

Northmen: House Glover, House Tallhart, House Karstark, House Hornwood, House Cerwyn

Joffrey loyalists: House Tarly, House Leygood, House Ambrose, House Fossoway of Cider Hall, House Fossoway of New Barrel, House Clegane, House Rykker, "many from the Stormlands"

As the Northern army fell back they encountered Ser Gregor Clegane who had marched from Harrenhal and cut off their retreat. Caught between the sea, Lord Tarly and Ser Gregor, the army was annihilated.[4]

The Aftermath

Ser Helman was killed during the battle, and Robett Glover was taken prisoner along with Harrion Karstark. The northern foot was destroyed, which hurt King Robb's ability to retake the North. It was later revealed that Lord Roose had defected to the Lannister side and in his attempt to diminish the Northern lords' ability to attack him, he had sent the Northern army to its destruction.[5]

The northmen were buried in a common grave by the sea marked only by a sign reading "HERE LIE THE WOLVES", while Lord Tarly's dead were buried in tombs beneath the septs of Duskendale.[6]

References and Notes