The Battle of King’s Landing

First came the horns and then next came his command, "Launch!" He screamed to the men by the trebuchets. Rodrik looked on as the city started being bombarded with burning pitch and explosive barrels, the Lannister garrison responded in kind as their own shot the same at his farces, though only one or two actually landed a hit. All the while he had a stern expression on his face, thinking back to current events.

His lords were shocked after he revealed that he slept with the Queen, they were angry and more so when he told them that he conceived a child by her. Some threatened to leave and he couldn't blame them, why follow a Lord who would commit treason by sleeping with his Kings wife? but despite their anger, they still followed him and he himself ordered that once the city and Red Keep are taken that the Queen would be put into his custody for his unborn child's sake.

Before that, he hesitated on attacking, was in doubt and questioned whether the cause of Stannis is more important than the safety of a child. By midday as he promised he commanded the camp to begin and chose honor and duty to parental care and was sick about it. His father always told him that a man's oaths should be carried with honor and duty to be carried without question but where was that when he rebelled against the Mad King? where was the Arryns honor and duty?

He had Lord Rykker and his 4000 go to the Dragon Gate to siege it, Lord Royce took another 3000 riders to the Gates of the Gods. The rest he kept close and in formation as the Imp mustn't have much, the Gold Cloaks and no doubt a few thousand Lannister men. Either the three gates he is breaking will fall or Mud Gate which is being attacked by Stannis and his forces after taking them from Renly. Though Stannis hasn't arrived yet so he will be doing a portion of the work right now.

An hour passes and the attacks persisted. Now came time for an actual assault, "Ser Morton, lead a force to attack, bleed them." He commanded and Ser Morton led 6000 with a battering ram and ladders. "Archers begin their approach, aim for the defenders above the walls!" He called and Lord Hunter's sons, Gilwood and Eustace lead 500 towards the gate. No need to completely attack.

His patience became thin upon seeing that Tyrion is holding the castle well and the word was sent from Lord Royce that the Gate of the Gods is getting thinner. Was is suspicious was no word came from Lord Ryker so he sent some riders to see what is going on their end of things. It would be an hour and the men he sent never returned and his suspicions grew even more.

He pulled the men back after three hours pass and no word from Lord Rykker. He set a defensive formation to his left in case the Crownlanders have turned their coats once more, but this came at the cost of lifting the siege at the Old Gate beside the trebuchets and in an hours time Lord Royce returned and said that Tyrion alleviated the gate from them and now they were forced to fall back which came as another blow.

Things went to shite when the 4000 Crownlanders came and led by a hundred Lannister men. Traitors! He thought and unsheathed his blade and rode to the front, "Knock!, Draw!, Loose!" He commanded and a whole new battle has begun.

[Inside of King's Landing]

Tyrion watched on the walls of the Old Gate that the Bronn has bested the forces going to the Gate of the Gods, The Arryn boy is cocky, that much is certain He thought and moments later the other half of the royal forces turned their backs on Rodrik as he planned when passing the castles on his way to King's Landing, to wait and together would crush the invading army, though Lord Rykker would need to do this alone as his half of the force needs to be ready for Stannis as last he heard from Varys, he is near and prepared to throw everything he has at Mud Gate.

He put thought towards his sister, bedding high lords isn't surprising but to father a bastard? Their father will be even more furious with this and that's if they survive from being attacked from the north and south and east. Everything seems to be going from bad to worse in mere months of each other. A frown on his face and a sigh from his lips made the dwarf turn from the battle going on, "Get them with the trebuchets and arrows, and barricade the wall to make it more defensible." He commanded, he will need to hurry to the Mud Gate where the bulk of the men his father sent with him is at.

Two thousand red cloaks at Mud Gate with another 1500 conscripts of Flea Bottom and 2000 gold cloaks at Old Gate along with his Mountain Clansmen and now 4000 Crownlanders. He must say that things are going especially well with all things considered. He believes that they might have a chance to win as long as one gate or the other doesn't fall to the enemy, if Lord Arryn or Baratheon breaks through, the battle will have been lost and he would soon meet some grisly end by Stannis along with his nephews, sister, and unborn niece or nephew.

His sudden protectiveness kicked in and commanded for Podrick to go to Varys, "Podrick, do as I say. Go to Varys, get him, the Small Council, my sister, and nephews and go into one of the escape tunnels. Go now!" His squire went on and did as he said, now he needs to get to Mud Gate and prepare, Stannis and his men will be here soon and he needs to fight them back.

[The Fleet]

"We will be there in an hour, your Grace," Andar said to his King who nodded.

The full strength of the Stormlands now heading to victory, though he would rather have the head of a Rose than a Lion.

His brother's betrayal had hit him hard and when his King met Renly, he had tried to talk his brother out of serving a pretender but what his brother had said caused him shame. Robar was the second son of a great lord in the Vale, he would be named to either the Gates of the Moon or given a holdfast in their lands, but that's all he was titled to whilst Waymar was set for the Wall if Lord Arryn hadn't stopped him from doing so. His brother said this was the last opportunity to get away from his shadow, the only way for the second son to gain his own glory.

"Good. Davos will begin and we will come in shortly with the ram and ladders, back to your post, Ser Royce." He bristled and went back to his post and passing more of the flaming heart banners.

It makes him wish that maybe his Lord chose the wrong side with the King choosing a new religion over the Faith of the Seven, and a foreign one at that. There are two factions within the Kings own castle, the Queen's Men who follow the heretic god of fire, even the King believes if it brought him closer to the Iron Throne, then there are the King's Men led by him and others who still keep to the Seven. He scorns the Red Woman and supported her not coming to King's Landing, a cretin such as that doesn't deserve the pleasure of seeing their victory.

He wonders what his father and brother are feeling at this moment, is Waymar still in Riverrun or with Lord Arryn? is his father battling lions with their ancestral sword?, or the worst possible thought that ran through his mind, was Lord Arryn defeated and does his father and brother lay dead on the field of battle?, He shook his head and walked over to the left of the ship and watched the early moon show itself, it was here that he prayed a prayer for his father and brother, prayed for their safety. Seven protect them, protect them as you were late with Robar.

Moments after this the drums began to beat, they are here.

[Back at the Battle]

Rodrik deflected a blow with his shield and dug his sword inside of the Rykker man before beheading another. He led the charge when the battle began and suffered much but the lines of the United Crownlander Houses broke in the first charge, now its simply a ground fight, kill and defend. He shield bashed a man coming at him with a spear and cut off the arm of another coming from behind, his squire and trusted guardsmen had his back as the army thinned out the opposing army.

Suddenly the bells from the harbor began to ring loudly, Stannis is here at last. "With me!" He rallied and charged the broken enemy once more, they all began to flee, fall, or surrender, either way, he has won this fight. "Back to the walls, we need to break through!" He commanded and the Knights of the Vale charged with him.

His men were loosing arrows, climbing the ladders, using the battering ram on the gate. Still, the defenders were strong and repelled many of his own, when a rat is forced into a corner it has nothing to lose and these Lannisters don't have much to lose besides this gate, and he will break it.

He climbed the walls of the gate and kicked the first man he saw from the other side to the ground, an arrow went past him and scraped against his helm and before he could knock another, the man was out of two hands and a cutthroat. The battle got more savage as its defenders became less and less until most were retreating or dying. Moments after the Old Gate fell and his army flooded in, killing the leftovers of the men, but sadly this isn't all of its defenders as the bulk would be at its weakest gate, Mud Gate.

"Eustace, lead half towards Mud Gate!" He commanded and Eustace took his share and left to finish off its defenders, "The rest of you, to the Red Keep!" He ordered once atop a horse.

Something stopped his and everyone's movement, a flashing green light of fire erupted from the Bay. He knew exactly what it was, The Mad King was often using it on would be traitors.

Wildfire He thought before forcing his men to the Keep again. So long as they take the Red Keep is what decides this battle.

[Mud Gate]

Tyrion watched his plan work on the bigger half of Stannis's fleet, and to think that his sister was going to use catapults to throw them at the ships. He had better ideas and had five hundred barrels placed on a single ship and sailed it right towards the enemy fleet. His smile, however, went away once he saw several hundred boats heading towards the gate, it didn't work too well.

"Clegane, lead some men- " He was commanding until a lone horseman appeared from a street going north and had several wounds on him. "What's happened!?" He demanded and the gold cloak uttered a response and it wasn't a good one.

"Old Gate... Its... Fallen.. " Were the last words of the man and it all became so much worse.

"Barricade the street!, get ready!" He called and Joffrey looked at him in terror and anger before bellowing out a question.

"What's happened?, Answer me?!" He ignored him and turned to his nephews Kingsguard.

"Get the king to safety, hurry! And Clegane, get your best on the wall, defend us against those that try to climb it."

Gods help them all.

[The Red Keep]

"Where are you taking us?" Cersei asked the eunuch as she and Tommen were being escorted away.

She was taking her son to the throne room to wait for either victory or defeat, was willing to put her little boy to rest to see he didn't burn. That was until Varys and Podrick arrived and told them that they have to come with them for safety, she refused but a messenger from Old Gate informed her that Lord Arryn had broken through and was coming closer to the Red Keep. A decision was quickly made easier.

A shame that Sansa won't be alive for much longer, then again it will force the wolf and the stag to fight one another, good riddance. She is also worried for her Golden Lion, Joffrey is at Mud Gate and defenseless, but Varys assured her that the King was no doubt being safely taken away by order of Lord Tyrion if that monster gets her son killed then she will skin the little beast.

She then put a hateful thought towards Rodrik, his own child grows in her and yet he tries to take the city. She thought that he must be cruel and so she gave him a new moniker, Rodrik Kinslayer, name or no name the child is his and his alone, and he would put it in danger than risk his honor and loyalty to Stannis Baratheon. The craven, hope he dies! She thought venomously.

Elsewhere within the Keep, a frightened Sansa Stark ran through the halls with Shae guiding her. They are getting somewhere safe from Illyn Payne who was ordered to kill them if the Keep is breached and with Vale broken through the Old Gate, that will be happening soon and her new handmaiden vowed to protect her. She is fearful for their lives and worries about what is to come.

The upside to this is Joffrey's fall, the 'King' would be dead by tomorrows new dawn and will have paid for the deaths of all of her friends and her father. It brought a small smile to her lips. She and Shae turned a corner and finally made it to the entrance of the dungeons where Arya would go and see the Dragon Skulls before treachery befell her father and war came to Westeros.

"You and I will hide here until it is time, if Stannis takes the city then you will be safe, if Tyrion beats them then you will be safe," Shae said with certainty, she is much too scared to argue so she hid in the largest of the dragon skulls along with Shae and together sat and she prayed for the Seven to grant this battle a swift end and preferably to the King, Stannis or Lord Arryn.

[Outside the Keep]

Rodrik evaded a crossbow bolt and hid behind a wall, "Gilwood, take them out!"

"Yes my Lord. Hit them, boys!" Arrows were loosed and hit four out of six defenders on the wall. He looked for the weaker parts of the drawbridge and noticed the rope behind it that holds it up. He acquired a bow and arrow and drew it out, gods bless this shot was the thought running through his head when he loosed it and moments latter the bridge fell and the Red Keep was opened. He dropped the weapon and picked up his shield and sword and charged through the breach and took a bolt to the shoulder, he hissed in pain but kept on going.

"Rodrik!" Gyles called out an saved him from a being pierced from the back by a spear. He rallied the men and charged against the defenders, smashing his shield against the first he saw.

"Come with me!" He said but someone calling his name stopped him and he turned to see a bleeding Eustace and he went to catch him before he fell from his horse. "What has happened?" He asked and the dying Eustace tugged on his breastplate to bring him closer.

"The Tyrells... Tywin... They have come, they smashed Stannis's men into retreat with a ghost. Our own fell or surrendered afterward... I'm so- " Was all the man would say before falling dead. He was left in shock and so was his lords who heard him. Gilwood wept for his brother as the second born son died. He stood to his feet and thought of what to do.

If Tywin and the Tyrells have arrived then he is outnumbered five to one with Stannis's men in retreat. He could re-barricade the Keep but it would last, "What are we- " Yohn shook him back to solid ground and held his gaze. "L- Lord Yohn!?" He exclaimed and the Lord of Runestone held a stern look on his face.

"We are outnumbered. We need to retreat." Was words he never wished to hear, he lost two battles in this war then, he has failed to do what his father had done during the rebellion.

That was his thought as he was forced to flee, Tyrell forces dogging his retreat and cost him, 13000 men. The deaths of Eustace Hunter, Lyn Corbray, Lyonel Corbray, Robar Royce, all in vain to fail in taking the capital. It hung and haunted him as he felt overwhelming shame come over him.

He has lost.