War for the White Cloaks

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By 49 AC the young king Jaehaerys still had five vacant spots in the Kingsguard to fill. At the wedding of his mother Alyssa Velaryon and Lord Rogar Baratheon, it was decided to fill the remaining five slots by a test of arms since knights from all over the realms had come to attend the wedding. Jaehaerys agreed, but with a twist - the knights must fight on foot, not the joust, for foes seldom strike a king from horseback.[1]

The wild melees and bloody duels that followed were dubbed by maesters as the War for the White Cloaks with hundreds of knights competing for the honor of serving in the Kingsguard. Several of the most colourful competitors became favourites of the small folk such as Ser Willam Stafford, Ser Tom the Strummer and a slender mystery knight known as the Serpent in Scarlet who when unmasked was revealed to be a woman, Jonquil Darke, a bastard daughter of the Lord of Duskendale. Although none of them won the White cloak in the end, the ones who did proved there worth in arms, chivalry and valour.[1]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Fire & Blood, The Year of the Three Brides- 49 AC.