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Field of Fire

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My representation of an historical scenario in the A Song of Ice and Fire universe:
The Field of Fire was a major battle during Aegon's War of Conquest. According to semi-canon sources it is located in the northern part of the Reach.
Alarmed at the sweeping success of the invaders, King Loren Lannister of the Rock and King Mern IX of the Reach made an alliance and assembled their armies to face the Targaryens. Their army, dubbed by historians 'The Host of the Two Kings', numbered 55,000; five thousand of them mounted knights, while the Targaryens had only 10,000 men, many of uncertain loyalty and reliability. The battle went badly for the Targaryen army. With their smaller force severely weakened and in danger of routing, Aegon and his sisters deployed all three dragons at once; the only time this happened during the war. Their combined fires scoured the battlefield, immolating more than four thousand men (including King Mern and his heirs) and giving the battle its name: The Field of Fire.

The making of this drawing is heavily influenced by this song: [link]
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