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Battle of the Golden Tooth | |||||||||||||||||
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Conflict | War of the Five Kings | ||||||||||||||||
Date | 298 AC | ||||||||||||||||
Place | beneath the Golden Tooth, the Westerlands | ||||||||||||||||
Result | Lannister victory | ||||||||||||||||
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The Battle of the Golden Tooth is the opening battle of the War of the Five Kings and the Lannister campaign in the Riverlands.
Prelude
Ser Edmure Tully finds out that the Lannisters are raising a host at Casterly Rock. He sends riders to the Rock, demanding that Lord Tywin Lannister proclaim his intent. Meanwhile, he starts raising a host at Riverrun and sends Lord Vance and Lord Piper to guard the pass below the Golden Tooth, to prevent any House Lannister army from entering the Riverlands. Tywin dispatches Ser Gregor Clegane to raid the villages along the Red Fork. Gregor somehow circumvents the Tully forces below the Golden Tooth. In response Edmure further divides his forces, sending men to every village and holdfast with a day's ride of the border. Lord Eddard Stark fears this will weaken the defence of the riverlands.[1]
Battle
Not much is known much about the battle, but the attack seems to have been devastating. Ser Jaime Lannister, commanding the Lannister forces, descends on the rivermen army and breaks them. Lord Vance is slain during the fight and Lord Piper retreats back to Riverrun with the remnants of his forces, with Jaime following on his heels. During the battle, Tywin is able to bring another Lannister army up from the south.[2]
Aftermath
The rout of the rivermen force beneath the Golden Tooth allows Jaime to march on Riverrun, where he fights the Battle of Riverrun.
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References and Notes
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 43, Eddard XI.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 55, Catelyn VIII.