The Butcher’s Ball
6/8/20261 hr 29 min
Not only the most unique and horrifyingly clever campaign of terror and slaughter in the Dance of the Dragons, one of the most unusual in all of Westeros history. The dead came to dine, and not everyone in attendance wanted to be there. Featuring Criston Cole, the Winter Wolves, Red Robb Rivers, Black Trombo and more.
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[upbeat music] After the fall of King's Landing to Rhaenyra's forces, Ser Criston Cole and Prince Aemond could not agree on strategy. That's putting it mildly. Aemond wanted to lure the queen's dragons to him, while Cole favored linking up with Lord Ormund Hightower's host in the Reach, already the largest army in the field at the time, which theoretically would've been made quite a lot larger. In the end, the two simply split, enacting their preferred plans on their own. Not a good idea. Ser Criston struck out from Harrenhal with his army, headed south via the western shores of the God's Eye. Cole, a straightforward man, likely informed his host that they would face dangers along