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| caption    = Battle of Oxcross by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games
 
| battle_name = Battle of Oxcross
 
| battle_name = Battle of Oxcross
 
| conflict    = [[War of the Five Kings]]
 
| conflict    = [[War of the Five Kings]]
 
| date        =  {{Date|299}}
 
| date        =  {{Date|299}}
| place       = [[Oxcross]], [[The Westerlands]]
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| place       = [[Oxcross]], [[westerlands]]
| result      = [[House Stark]] victory  
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| result      = [[House Stark|Stark]] victory  
| combatant1  = [[House Stark|Stark]] army
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| combatant1  = [[File:House Baratheon (King's Landing).svg|33px]] '''[[Iron Throne]]'''/ [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]]:<br>
| combatant2  = [[House Lannister|Lannister]] army
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| commander1 = King [[Robb Stark]]<br> Ser [[Brynden Tully]]
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[[File:House Lannister.svg|30px]] [[Westerlands]], led by [[House Lannister]]
| commander2 = Ser [[Stafford Lannister]] +<br> Lord [[Roland Crakehall]]<br>Lord [[Antario Jast]]
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*[[House Brax]]
| strength1  = 6,000
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*[[House Crakehall]]
| strength2  = 10,000
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*[[House Jast]]
| casualties1 = not significant <br> Ser [[Stevron Frey]]+
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*[[House Vikary]]
| casualties2 = Roughly 10,000<br> Ser [[Stafford Lannister]]+<br> Ser [[Lymond Vikary]] (captured)<br> Lord [[Antario Jast]] (captured) <br> Lord [[Roland Crakehall]] (captured) <br> [[Martyn Lannister]] (captured)
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| combatant2 = [[File:House Stark.svg|30px]] '''[[King in the North|Kingdom of the North]] and [[King of the Trident|the Trident]]'''/ [[House Stark]]:<br>
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The [[North]]
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*[[House Flint of Flint's Finger]]{{refn|group=N|name=Northern Houses|Houses Flint of Flint's Finger, Hornwood, Manderly & Mollen are not directly mentioned at this battle. However as they were all a part of Robb's host that took part in the earlier battles at [[battle in the Whispering Wood|the Whispering Wood]] and [[Battle of the Camps|the Camp]]s, and as Robb takes most of his host with him into the [[westerlands]], it can be assumed these houses were present with Robb throughout his westerlands campaign as well.}}
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*[[House Flint of Widow's Watch]]{{refn|group=N|name=Widow's Watch|House Flint of Widow's Watch is not directly mentioned at this battle. However as they were a part of Robb's host that gathered in the [[North]], it can be assumed they were present at subsequent battles in the [[riverlands]] and westerlands.}}
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*[[House Glover]]{{ref|ACOK|39}}
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*[[House Hornwood]]{{refn|group=N|name=Northern Houses}}
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*[[House Karstark]]{{ref|ACOK|39}}
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*[[House Manderly]]{{refn|group=N|name=Northern Houses}}
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*[[House Mollen]]{{refn|group=N|name=Northern Houses}}
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*[[House Mormont]]{{ref|ACOK|39}}
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*[[House Slate]]{{refn|group=N|name=Slate|House Slate is not directly mentioned at this battle. However it is stated by Lady [[Barbrey Dustin]] that the Slates campaigned in the riverlands & westerlands with Robb Stark.{{ref|ADWD|46}} Therefore it can be assumed that Slates were present at this battle.}}
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*[[House Umber]]{{ref|ACOK|39}}
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[[File:House Tully.svg|30px]] [[Riverlands]], led by [[House Tully]]
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*[[House Frey]]{{ref|ACOK|35}}{{ref|ACOK|39}}
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| commander1 = [[File:House Lannister.svg|20px]] Ser [[Stafford Lannister]]<br>[[File:House Crakehall.svg|20px]] Lord [[Roland Crakehall (lord)|Roland Crakehall]] (POW)<br>[[File:House Jast.svg|20px]] Lord [[Antario Jast]] (POW)
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| commander2  = [[File:House Stark (Robb).svg|20px]] King [[Robb Stark]]<br>[[File:House Tully (Blackfish).svg|20px]] Ser [[Brynden Tully]]
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| strength1  = Many thousands
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| strength2  = Possibly 6,000{{refn|group=N|Robb has six thousand at the earlier battle in the Whispering Wood.{{ref|agot|63}}}}
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| casualties1 = Several thousand killed{{ref|acok|32}}<bR>many captured<br>majority scattered<br>Ser [[Rupert Brax]]<br> Ser [[Lymond Vikary]] (POW)<br> [[Martyn Lannister]] (POW)
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| casualties2 = Low <br> Ser [[Stevron Frey]]†{{ref|ACOK|35}}
 
}}
 
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The '''Battle of Oxcross''' is a battle during the [[War of the Five Kings]]. The army of King [[Robb Stark]] routs and scatters the [[House Lannister|Lannister]] army of Ser [[Stafford Lannister]], who is killed. This was one of the major victory for Stark forces.
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The '''Battle of Oxcross'''{{ref|ASOS|Appendix}} is a battle during the [[War of the Five Kings]]. The [[House Stark|Stark]] army of King [[Robb Stark]] routs and scatters the [[House Lannister|Lannister]] army of Ser [[Stafford Lannister]], who is killed.  
  
 
==Prelude==
 
==Prelude==
After his victories in the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood]] and [[Battle of the Camps]], Robb Stark plans, with the aid of his great-uncle Ser [[Brynden Tully|Brynden "Blackfish" Tully]], to take the war to [[the Westerlands]]. As the main Lannister army is in the [[Riverlands]], the west is lightly defended. It would also force the Lannisters to make a choice of trying to defend their lands and leaving [[King's Landing]] undefended or letting the northern army plunder the west at will.
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After the [[battle in the Whispering Wood]] and the [[Battle of the Camps]], Robb Stark, the new [[King in the North]], sends Ser [[Cleos Frey]] as an envoy to [[King's Landing]] with a peace offer for Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]. In case the offer is rejected, Robb sends [[Theon Greyjoy]] to treat with his father [[Balon Greyjoy|Balon]], [[Lord of the Iron Islands]], for an alliance to assault the [[westerlands]] from both land and sea.  Meanwhile, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] tasks his cousin, Ser [[Stafford Lannister]], with training a new Lannister army at [[Casterly Rock]]. With the main Lannister army in the [[riverlands]], this new army could be used to attack Robb's host from two fronts.{{ref|ACOK|7}}{{ref|ACOK|20}}
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Robb marches to deal with the forming threat as Stafford trains his fresh recruits, believed to be [[sellswords]], [[freeriders]], and boys from the stews of [[Lannisport]].{{ref|ACOK|7}} Also among them are many veterans of Ser [[Forley Prester]]'s 4,000-strong force at the Golden Tooth, survivors of the Camps.<ref>The Tooth and Tyroshi, (December 17, 1999) [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1064 So Spake Martin]</ref> As Robb marches west from [[Riverrun]], he sends his mother, [[Catelyn Stark]], to forge an alliance with King [[Renly Baratheon]].{{ref|ACOK|22}} This is done with the aim that Renly will pose a more immediate threat to Tywin and force him to leave [[Harrenhal]].{{ref|ACOK|7}}
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Robb's host invades the [[westerlands]] by avoiding the [[Golden Tooth]], the strong castle at the border, through a previously-unknown goat track found by his direwolf, [[Grey Wind]].{{ref|ACOK|39}}
  
 
==Battle==
 
==Battle==
The Stark-Tully army, made up entirely of cavalry, avoide the strong castles at the border and invade the Westerlands through a previously unknown path. Meanwhile, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] orders his cousin Ser Stafford Lannister to raise a new army. Stafford does as commanded and trains the inexperienced recruits near the village of [[Oxcross]], within three days' ride from [[Lannisport]]. Thinking himself safe in his own lands, Stafford does not bother to set enough scouts. During the night Robb sends his vanguard, led by the Blackfish, to kill the few sentries before Robb attacked with the main army. The battle is more a rout then a real encounter, as the untrained and surprised Lannister army cannot put up much resistance.  
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Stafford trains the inexperienced recruits near the village of [[Oxcross]], within three days ride from [[Lannisport]]. Thinking himself safe in his own lands, Stafford does not bother to set sentries. During the night, Robb sends men to cut the lines that hold Stafford's horses. When Robb sets loose Grey Wind, the horses are maddened by the scent and trample tents and men alike while trying to flee. With confusion sending Lannister men fleeing everywhere, Robb sends his own cavalry. The battle is more a rout then a real encounter, as the untrained and surprised Lannister army fail to put up much resistance.{{ref|ACOK|32}}
  
Stafford is slain by Lord [[Rickard Karstark]] while running after his horse.{{ref|ACOK|32}} Ser [[Stevron Frey]], [[Lord Walder Frey]]'s eldest son and heir, suffers a minor wound during the battle, but dies shortly thereafter.{{ref|ACOK|35}} Among those reported dead, missing and wounded are Ser [[Lymond Vikary]], Lord [[Roland Crakehall]] and Lord [[Antario Jast]] - these men are actually captured by the Stark forces, along with [[Martyn Lannister]], Lord Jast's sons and half a hundred other highborn hostages.{{ref|ACOK|32}}
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Stafford is slain by Lord [[Rickard Karstark]] while running after his horse.{{ref|ACOK|32}} Ser [[Stevron Frey]], Lord [[Walder Frey]]'s eldest son and heir, suffers a minor wound during the battle, but dies shortly thereafter.{{ref|ACOK|35}} Among those reported dead, missing and wounded are Ser [[Lymond Vikary]], Lord [[Roland Crakehall (lord)|Roland Crakehall]], and Lord [[Antario Jast]].{{ref|ACOK|32}} These men are actually captured by the Stark forces, along with [[Martyn Lannister]], Lord Jast's sons, and half a hundred other highborn hostages.{{ref|ACOK|32}}{{ref|ASOS|Appendix}}
  
 
==Aftermath==
 
==Aftermath==
The remnants of the Lannister army fall back to [[Lannisport]], where Stafford's more competent son, Ser [[Daven Lannister]], collects them up and makes a new army. Robb Stark continues attacking the [[Westerlands]], sacking [[Battle of Ashemark|Ashemark]].{{ref|ACOK|35}} [[Galbart Glover]] and [[Rickard Karstark]] raid along the coast. [[Maege Mormont]] captures thousands of livestock and begins driving them back towards the [[Riverlands]]. [[Jon Umber (Greatjon)|Greatjon Umber]] captures the gold mines at [[Nunn's Deep]], [[Castamere]] and in the [[Pendric Hills]].{{ref|ACOK|39}}
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The Lannister army's defeat is so great that, according to rumor, Robb cut out Stafford's heart and fed it to Grey Wind. Remnants fall back to Lannisport, where Stafford's son, Ser [[Daven Lannister]], reforms them.{{ref|ACOK|39}}{{ref|ASOS|19}} Robb continues attacking the westerlands, capturing [[taking of Ashemark|Ashemark]], and marches on to take the [[storming of the Crag|Crag]].{{ref|ACOK|35}} [[Galbart Glover]] and [[Rickard Karstark]] raid along [[Raiding along the westerlands coast|the coast]]. Lady [[Maege Mormont]] captures thousands of livestock and begins driving them back towards the [[riverlands]]. Lord [[Jon Umber|Greatjon Umber]] captures [[Seizure of westerlands gold mines|the gold mines]] at [[Nunn's Deep]], [[Castamere]], and in the [[Pendric Hills]].{{ref|ACOK|39}}
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[[Lancel Lannister]] proclaims in the [[Red Keep]] that Robb used "vile sorcery" to win, after which cannibal Northmen ate enemy flesh.{{ref|ACOK|32}} Lord Tywin, having heard of the defeat at Oxcross, and feeling confident that [[Stannis Baratheon]] laying [[siege of Storm's End (299)|siege to Storm's End]] means a secure southern front,{{ref|ACOK|44}} marches west to face Robb's host.{{ref|ACOK|45}}
  
The singer [[Rymund|Rymund the Rhymer]] composes a tune commemorating the northern victory, "[[Wolf in the Night]]".
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The singer [[Rymund the Rhymer]] composes a tune commemorating the northern victory, "[[Wolf in the Night]]".{{ref|acok|45}}
  
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Remembering his uncle Stafford's mistake, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] sets sentries himself while at [[Hayford]].{{ref|AFFC|27}} Daven vows not to cut his hair until he avenges his father's death by slaying Lord Karstark.{{ref|AFFC|33}}
  
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==Quotes==
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{{quote|Using some vile sorcery, [[Robb Stark|your brother]] fell upon Ser [[Stafford Lannister]] with an army of [[warg]]s, not three days ride from [[Lannisport]]. Thousands of good men were butchered as they slept, without the chance to lift sword. After the slaughter, the [[northmen]] feasted on the flesh of the slain.{{ref|ACOK|32}}|[[Lancel Lannister]] to [[Sansa Stark]]}}
  
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{{quote|Do not take Oxcross too much to heart, my lady. A battle is not a war, and [[Tywin Lannister|my lord father]] is assuredly not [[Stafford Lannister|my uncle Stafford]].{{ref|ACOK|32}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Sansa Stark]]}}
  
==References and Notes==
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{{quote|'''Martyn''': There's some say that after the battle, [[Robb Stark|the king]] cut out [[Stafford Lannister]]'s heart and fed it to [[Grey Wind|the wolf]].<br>
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'''Catelyn''': I would not believe such tales. My son is no savage.{{ref|ACOK|39}}|[[Martyn Rivers]] and [[Catelyn Stark]]}}
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==Notes==
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==References==
 
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Latest revision as of 12:22, 19 June 2019

Battle of Oxcross
T Jedruszek BattleOfOxcross.jpg
Battle of Oxcross by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games
Conflict War of the Five Kings
Date 299 AC
Place Oxcross, westerlands
Result Stark victory
Combatants
House Baratheon of King's Landing.svg Iron Throne/ House Baratheon of King's Landing:

House Lannister.svg Westerlands, led by House Lannister

House Stark.svg Kingdom of the North and the Trident/ House Stark:

The North

House Tully.svg Riverlands, led by House Tully

Commanders
House Lannister.svg Ser Stafford Lannister
House Crakehall.svg Lord Roland Crakehall (POW)
House Jast.svg Lord Antario Jast (POW)
Robb Stark.svg King Robb Stark
Brynden Tully.svg Ser Brynden Tully
Strength
Many thousands Possibly 6,000[N 4]
Casualties
Several thousand killed[5]
many captured
majority scattered
Ser Rupert Brax
Ser Lymond Vikary (POW)
Martyn Lannister (POW)
Low
Ser Stevron Frey[3]

The Battle of Oxcross[6] is a battle during the War of the Five Kings. The Stark army of King Robb Stark routs and scatters the Lannister army of Ser Stafford Lannister, who is killed.

Prelude

After the battle in the Whispering Wood and the Battle of the Camps, Robb Stark, the new King in the North, sends Ser Cleos Frey as an envoy to King's Landing with a peace offer for Queen Cersei Lannister. In case the offer is rejected, Robb sends Theon Greyjoy to treat with his father Balon, Lord of the Iron Islands, for an alliance to assault the westerlands from both land and sea. Meanwhile, Lord Tywin Lannister tasks his cousin, Ser Stafford Lannister, with training a new Lannister army at Casterly Rock. With the main Lannister army in the riverlands, this new army could be used to attack Robb's host from two fronts.[7][8]

Robb marches to deal with the forming threat as Stafford trains his fresh recruits, believed to be sellswords, freeriders, and boys from the stews of Lannisport.[7] Also among them are many veterans of Ser Forley Prester's 4,000-strong force at the Golden Tooth, survivors of the Camps.[9] As Robb marches west from Riverrun, he sends his mother, Catelyn Stark, to forge an alliance with King Renly Baratheon.[10] This is done with the aim that Renly will pose a more immediate threat to Tywin and force him to leave Harrenhal.[7]

Robb's host invades the westerlands by avoiding the Golden Tooth, the strong castle at the border, through a previously-unknown goat track found by his direwolf, Grey Wind.[1]

Battle

Stafford trains the inexperienced recruits near the village of Oxcross, within three days ride from Lannisport. Thinking himself safe in his own lands, Stafford does not bother to set sentries. During the night, Robb sends men to cut the lines that hold Stafford's horses. When Robb sets loose Grey Wind, the horses are maddened by the scent and trample tents and men alike while trying to flee. With confusion sending Lannister men fleeing everywhere, Robb sends his own cavalry. The battle is more a rout then a real encounter, as the untrained and surprised Lannister army fail to put up much resistance.[5]

Stafford is slain by Lord Rickard Karstark while running after his horse.[5] Ser Stevron Frey, Lord Walder Frey's eldest son and heir, suffers a minor wound during the battle, but dies shortly thereafter.[3] Among those reported dead, missing and wounded are Ser Lymond Vikary, Lord Roland Crakehall, and Lord Antario Jast.[5] These men are actually captured by the Stark forces, along with Martyn Lannister, Lord Jast's sons, and half a hundred other highborn hostages.[5][6]

Aftermath

The Lannister army's defeat is so great that, according to rumor, Robb cut out Stafford's heart and fed it to Grey Wind. Remnants fall back to Lannisport, where Stafford's son, Ser Daven Lannister, reforms them.[1][11] Robb continues attacking the westerlands, capturing Ashemark, and marches on to take the Crag.[3] Galbart Glover and Rickard Karstark raid along the coast. Lady Maege Mormont captures thousands of livestock and begins driving them back towards the riverlands. Lord Greatjon Umber captures the gold mines at Nunn's Deep, Castamere, and in the Pendric Hills.[1]

Lancel Lannister proclaims in the Red Keep that Robb used "vile sorcery" to win, after which cannibal Northmen ate enemy flesh.[5] Lord Tywin, having heard of the defeat at Oxcross, and feeling confident that Stannis Baratheon laying siege to Storm's End means a secure southern front,[12] marches west to face Robb's host.[13]

The singer Rymund the Rhymer composes a tune commemorating the northern victory, "Wolf in the Night".[13]

Remembering his uncle Stafford's mistake, Ser Jaime Lannister sets sentries himself while at Hayford.[14] Daven vows not to cut his hair until he avenges his father's death by slaying Lord Karstark.[15]

Quotes

Using some vile sorcery, your brother fell upon Ser Stafford Lannister with an army of wargs, not three days ride from Lannisport. Thousands of good men were butchered as they slept, without the chance to lift sword. After the slaughter, the northmen feasted on the flesh of the slain.[5]

Do not take Oxcross too much to heart, my lady. A battle is not a war, and my lord father is assuredly not my uncle Stafford.[5]

Martyn: There's some say that after the battle, the king cut out Stafford Lannister's heart and fed it to the wolf.
Catelyn: I would not believe such tales. My son is no savage.[1]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Houses Flint of Flint's Finger, Hornwood, Manderly & Mollen are not directly mentioned at this battle. However as they were all a part of Robb's host that took part in the earlier battles at the Whispering Wood and the Camps, and as Robb takes most of his host with him into the westerlands, it can be assumed these houses were present with Robb throughout his westerlands campaign as well.
  2. House Flint of Widow's Watch is not directly mentioned at this battle. However as they were a part of Robb's host that gathered in the North, it can be assumed they were present at subsequent battles in the riverlands and westerlands.
  3. House Slate is not directly mentioned at this battle. However it is stated by Lady Barbrey Dustin that the Slates campaigned in the riverlands & westerlands with Robb Stark.[2] Therefore it can be assumed that Slates were present at this battle.
  4. Robb has six thousand at the earlier battle in the Whispering Wood.[4]

References