Wedding tourney at Whitewalls

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The Whitewalls tourney was a tourney held by Lord Ambrose Butterwell to celebrate his second marriage to Lady Frey in 212 AC. It was held at Whitewalls and was the grounds for the Second Blackfyre Rebellion.[1]

The Joust

The format was a standard knock-out tournament; only few outcomes are known to us, and the tourney was aborted prematurely when an army led by Lord Bloodraven attacked Whitewalls. Two knights entered the lists under false names: Ser Duncan the Tall as the mystery “Gallows Knight,” Daemon II Blackfyre as “John the Fiddler.” The prize for the winner was supposed to have been Lord Butterwell's dragon egg, but it was stolen before it could be awarded.[1]

The tourney was then interrupted by claims that a thief had stolen the dragon egg. The next tilt would have been:

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