Riot of King's Landing (Dance of the Dragons)

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Riots of King's Landing
Conflict Dance of the Dragons
Place King's Landing
Combatants
Smallfolk of King's Landing
  • Ser Perkin's gutter knigths
    • "Mudfoot" garrison of the City Watch
The blacks
Commanders
Several
  • Ser Perkin the Flea
  • Lord Commander Lorent Marbrand
    Ser Torrhen Manderly
    Ser Medrick Manderly
    Ser Luthor Largent
    Ser Balon Byrch
    Ser Garth the Harelip
    Casualties
    Lorent Marbrand
    Luthor Largent
    Davos Deddings

    The Riot of King's Landing took place during the Dance of the Dragons as Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen was loosing her grip on the Iron Throne and the citizenry of King’s Landing were living in paranoia and terror of the coming of the greens' dragons. The suicide of the beloved Princess Helaena was the final event that caused the riots. Rumor spread that she was murdered under the orders of the queen.

    The riots began in Flea bottom as men and women poured from the win skins and pot shops and rat pits by the hundreds then the thousands, drunk, angry and afraid. Calling for justice for the murders of Helaena and her child before her the young Prince Jaehaerys. Wagon were overturned, shops and warehouses were looted. No one was spared, whether of high birth or low. Lords and knights were murdered. Lady Darla Deddings saw her brother Davos stabbed through the eye when he tried to defend her from drunken rapists.

    Sailors unable to return to their ships attacked the River Gate by morning the bodies of the captain of the rivergate and three of his serjeants hanged from the Gate. In Flee Bottom five hundred Gold Cloaks attempted to hold back a mob of ten thousand which resulted in the death of Luthor Largent. Ser Lorent led a hundred knights and men at arms into Flea Bottom but only sixteen returned. Among them was Glendon Goode who brought back the body of Ser Lorent who was killed in the riots.

    A hedge knight called Perkin the Flea crowned his squire Trystane claiming him to be a son of Viserys I, Ser Perkin started knight every sellsword, thief and murderer who joined him till he led a ragged army known as "Gutter Knights" who managed to swarm all over Fishmonger's Square and River row.

    The captains of the Old Gate and Dragon Gate managed to sally out and restore some semblance of order to the streets north and east of Rhaeny's Hill. Ser Medrick Manderly did the same for the area northeast of Aegon's Hill to the Iron Gate.

    The riots culminated in the Storming of the Dragonpit and the deaths of five dragons.

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