Westeros: Rise of a King (Dead)

[Dain II Ironfoot]

Scrap my app, i lost interest after having to wait for so long.

Thought I'd accepted you...

You didn't, you only asked something about one of the characters.

[Krugmar]

Also did you ever settle on the size of your military? I seem to recall you mentioned having two legions which I assume is around twelve thousand soldiers, but any non-legion combatants as well? Presumably the Empire is reasonably well aware of the military capabilities of Mantarys (and vice versa) so it would be nice to know some approximate numbers so my military officials doesn't vastly under- or overestimate Mantarys.

The Legions of Mantarys

Each Legion is made up of 6000 men. Each legion is divided into twelve companies of 500 men. In the average company there are 20 Officers, 250 Spearmen, 130 Swordsmen and 100 Archers/Peltasts. A Veteran company has the same composition, but those within have been part of the legions for many years. Skirmish companies are made up of 20 Officers, 200 Light Cavalry, 100 Light infantry, 180 Archers/Peltasts. Cavalry Companies are made up of 20 Officers, 200 Light Cavalry, 150 Heavy Cavalry, 130 Horse-Archers.

First Legion

Currently located in Mantarys

Companies

1. Veteran Company
2. Veteran Company
3. Average Company
4. Average Company
5. Average Company
6. Average Company
7. Skirmish Company
8. Skirmish Company
9. Skirmish Company
10. Cavalry Company
11. Cavalry Company
12. Veteran Company

Second Legion

Located around Northern Valyria

Companies

1. Veteran Company - Garrisoning Bhorash
2. Veteran Company - Camped in the Painted Mountains
3. Average Company - Camped in the Painted Mountains
4. Average Company - Camped on the Demon Road past Painted Mountains
5. Skirmish Company - Camped in the Painted Mountains
6. Cavalry Company - In Mantarys
7. Skirmish Company - In Mantarys
8. Skirmish Company - Near Tolos
9. Skirmish Company - Near Tolos
10. Skirmish Company - Near Tolos
11. Cavalry Company - Camped on the Demon Road past Painted Mountains
12. Cavalry Company - Camped on the Demon Road west of Bhorash

About non-legion combatants, I'm unsure. There is probably a separate city watch of about 2000-ish. It just depends on how large Mantarys is and how many levy's it can pull up from the nearby lands. The books say nothing about the area and its population. I'm guessing Mantarys is as big as King's Landing, which has a population of 500,000, though it may be smaller. Cities in the east are generally bigger than Westerosi cities if I remember correctly, though I'm not sure about my figures.

Anyway, I'll post soon.

[Lunas Legion]

I'm back. Gonna try and get a Volantis post up for engaging Cithien's fleet, unless stuff in that region's happened already whilst I was distracted by RL.

[Of the Quendi]

Unless there are any objections, I'm making Quendi, Novae, and Granadeseret Co-OPs.

Flattered and honored. Will do my best.

I'd say Aerion has it.

The Lannisters sounds more likely.

The Legions of Mantarys

Each Legion is made up of 6000 men. Each legion is divided into twelve companies of 500 men. In the average company there are 20 Officers, 250 Spearmen, 130 Swordsmen and 100 Archers/Peltasts. A Veteran company has the same composition, but those within have been part of the legions for many years. Skirmish companies are made up of 20 Officers, 200 Light Cavalry, 100 Light infantry, 180 Archers/Peltasts. Cavalry Companies are made up of 20 Officers, 200 Light Cavalry, 150 Heavy Cavalry, 130 Horse-Archers.

First Legion

Currently located in Mantarys

Companies

1. Veteran Company
2. Veteran Company
3. Average Company
4. Average Company
5. Average Company
6. Average Company
7. Skirmish Company
8. Skirmish Company
9. Skirmish Company
10. Cavalry Company
11. Cavalry Company
12. Veteran Company

Second Legion

Located around Northern Valyria

Companies

1. Veteran Company - Garrisoning Bhorash
2. Veteran Company - Camped in the Painted Mountains
3. Average Company - Camped in the Painted Mountains
4. Average Company - Camped on the Demon Road past Painted Mountains
5. Skirmish Company - Camped in the Painted Mountains
6. Cavalry Company - Visiting Bhorash
7. Skirmish Company - Visiting Bhorash
8. Skirmish Company - Near Tolos
9. Skirmish Company - Near Tolos
10. Skirmish Company - Near Tolos
11. Cavalry Company - Camped on the Demon Road past Painted Mountains
12. Cavalry Company - Camped on the Demon Road west of Bhorash

About non-legion combatants, I'm unsure. There is probably a separate city watch of about 2000-ish. It just depends on how large Mantarys is and how many levy's it can pull up from the nearby lands. The books say nothing about the area and its population. I'm guessing Mantarys is as big as King's Landing, which has a population of 500,000, though it may be smaller. Cities in the east are generally bigger than Westerosi cities if I remember correctly, though I'm not sure about my figures.

Anyway, I'll post soon.

Wow that was detailed, now I can feel the pressure to create a proper ORBAT for my military. About Mantarys's population does a half million sound a bit extreme. I know that cities in the east is apparently bigger then the west but King's Landing is a big city in the west and Mantarys is probably fairly average in the east. Its isolated location and sinister reputation doesn't seem to indicate that it is a big city by eastern standards. But I don't really have any sources or informations on it. But my guess would be that King's Landing (and Oldtown) would have been considered big also in the east, after all a half million is something that in RL only the capitals of the largest medieval empires could hope to match.

I'm back. Gonna try and get a Volantis post up for engaging Cithien's fleet, unless stuff in that region's happened already whilst I was distracted by RL.

It has not. Good you are back, I have interests in that region.

[Toronina]

Let's do the Melee very soon

[Diliath]

In my last post has passed two weeks since my last post and I know that isn't correct but I hope its acceptable. My next posts will count from the 'day of the battle of Kosrak'.

[Terminus Alpha]

Question: Are there any more dragons?

If possible, I'd like to apply as a Targaryen bastard, who has a dragon/dragon egg.

[Arana]

Question: Are there any more dragons?

If possible, I'd like to apply as a Targaryen bastard, who has a dragon/dragon egg.

Sorry, but no.

[Terminus Alpha]

Question: Are there any more dragons?

If possible, I'd like to apply as a Targaryen bastard, who has a dragon/dragon egg.

Sorry, but no.

Alright, never mind then.

[New Granadeseret]

Let's do the Melee very soon

Indeed. Things really do need to start moving along.

[Arana]

Okay, my hectic week is over. I should have a post up today or tomorrow.

[The Imperial Republica]

Let's do the Melee very soon

Indeed. Things really do need to start moving along.

You're telling me. I've all but disappeared because my storylines have all reached the point where I need the melee to continue (not counting the castle black one)

[Atletius]

Okay, my hectic week is over. I should have a post up today or tomorrow.

Hurray!! Hurrah!!

[The Imperial Republica]

By the way, if Steffon does happen to tour the free cities, I know a certain lord he could turn to to serve as a castellan. *cough*Maxwell*Cough*

[Atletius]

What line is Steffon descended from? He Stannis' nephew or something?

[Woodstovia]

What line is Steffon descended from? He Stannis' nephew or something?

Shireen's son which is why he's a Baratheon-Swann not Baratheon

[Atletius]

Ah right that makes sense. Danke.

[New Granadeseret]

Great, now I feel terrible.... and slightly amused, since Steffon is the last person who'd actually try to be a playboy. It's hard to give full attention to four noble ladies at once!

Also, Storm's End already has a castellan (as mentioned in my first post). Sorry Republica. And having a minor lord sit in for the Lord Paramount creates an... uncomfortable situation.

[Atletius]

:( Great, now I feel terrible.... and slightly amused, since Steffon is the last person who'd actually try to be a playboy. It's hard to give full attention to four noble ladies at once!

Also, Storm's End already has a castellan (as mentioned in my first post). Sorry Republica. And having a minor lord sit in for the Lord Paramount creates an... uncomfortable situation.

Sorry. Talia ain't interest Steffon, she didn't mean to make you seem popular.

[The Imperial Republica]

:( Great, now I feel terrible.... and slightly amused, since Steffon is the last person who'd actually try to be a playboy. It's hard to give full attention to four noble ladies at once!

Also, Storm's End already has a castellan (as mentioned in my first post). Sorry Republica. And having a minor lord sit in for the Lord Paramount creates an... uncomfortable situation.

[sarcasm]My good sir, I may not be a Baratheon, but I am far from minor! I bite my thumb at you sir![/sarcasm]

Well, I suppose I could always ask Aemon for the position when he invades. After all, I do have a couple drops of storm king blood in me.

[Woodstovia]

:( Great, now I feel terrible.... and slightly amused, since Steffon is the last person who'd actually try to be a playboy. It's hard to give full attention to four noble ladies at once!

Also, Storm's End already has a castellan (as mentioned in my first post). Sorry Republica. And having a minor lord sit in for the Lord Paramount creates an... uncomfortable situation.

Now you even took the attention off of her leaving and are making her feel more ignored! Man you're bad at this...

[New Granadeseret]

:( Great, now I feel terrible.... and slightly amused, since Steffon is the last person who'd actually try to be a playboy. It's hard to give full attention to four noble ladies at once!

Also, Storm's End already has a castellan (as mentioned in my first post). Sorry Republica. And having a minor lord sit in for the Lord Paramount creates an... uncomfortable situation.

Now you even took the attention off of her leaving and are making her feel more ignored! Man you're bad at this...

He has minimal experience with the ladies. Like I mentioned earlier, he's spent the years Loras spent gallivanting studying 'magic' and science in a cloistered mountain of all men.

And I was hopping the two ignored ladies could run into each other. Lassa has some statements she'd like said, but woulden't be able to do so in a crowd or group conversation. With one person, she might be able to hold herself. However, I didn't want to force the meet up in the same isolated place without consulting you.

:( Great, now I feel terrible.... and slightly amused, since Steffon is the last person who'd actually try to be a playboy. It's hard to give full attention to four noble ladies at once!

Also, Storm's End already has a castellan (as mentioned in my first post). Sorry Republica. And having a minor lord sit in for the Lord Paramount creates an... uncomfortable situation.

[sarcasm]My good sir, I may not be a Baratheon, but I am far from minor! I bite my thumb at you sir![/sarcasm]

Well, I suppose I could always ask Aemon for the position when he invades. After all, I do have a couple drops of storm king blood in me.

OR... you could try to pull a 2nd Baratheon miracle out of our collective pants and put Steffon on the throne in the event of Aerion's untimely demise.

[Of the Quendi]

A (brief and rather messy) Military History of the Empire of Aemon Targaryen

Northern Valyria is ignored so as to not bind Krugmar too much.

318 AL
The death of Jon and Daenerys Targaryen leads to the collapse of the Targaryen Hegemony. Proclaiming himself overlord over the Hegemony Aemon Targaryen retreats from Westeros eventually landing in Meereen where he is crowned King of Meereen, Yunkai and Astapor. Uprisings resulting from the death of Queen Daenerys in cities of Slaver's Bay, chiefly Yunkai is quickly suppressed.

As news of the death of Queen Daenerys reaches the Dothraki Sea Khal Zenqo leads his khalasar against Slaver's Bay, stopping to raid Lhazar on the way. Surprising Aemon just months into his reign Zenqo leads fifteen thousand combatants through the Khyzai Pass and start raiding and pillaging. Gathering an army consisting mostly of Westerosi loyalists following him in exile and the unsullied corps stationed in Meereen Aemon pursues the khal up and down the coast for almost a month never able to catch him and only ever finding the wasteland left behind in the wake of the khal. Unable to take the fortified cities Khal Zenqo eventually leads his troops back north towards the Khyzai Pass, Aemon in pursuit. Due to the large number of slaves captured the speed of Zenqo's force is sufficiently slowed down to allow Aemon to catch its rearguard just before the pass. The ensuing battle is a small limited victory for Aemon's forces that leads to the liberation of many of the slaves taking by Khal Zenqo, but though Aemon is quick to declare victory Zenqo's campaign is generally perceived as a disaster for the new ruler and new uprisings break out in both Meereen and Yunkai while the rulers of New Ghis and Northern Valyria withhold tribute.

Three months after the attack of Khal Zenqo another Khal, Scoro, marches through the Khyzai Pass. Aemon, rather than chase the khal up and down the coast leads his forces, twelve thousand heavy infantry and six thousand cavalry and archery, to the Khyzai Pass, while instructing civilians in the Ghiscari countryside to seek refugee with all their property within the relative safety of the walled cities. After nearly two months of pillaging Khal Scoro leads his twenty thousand combat effectives, sixty thousand civilians and a hundred thousand captured slaves north towards the Khyzai Pass, finding it blocked by Aemon and his forces.

The second battle of the Khyzai Pass proves a decisive victory for the nascent Aemonian Empire. With their flanks protected by the mountainsides the twelve thousand heavy infantry of Aemon, a force consisting half of veterans of unsullied of expert training and experienced from a dozen battles and half of freedmen regiments trained in a similar fashion of a high quality, are all but invulnerable to attempts at flanking. Khal Scoro, unwilling to face this fact, none the less sends his screamers charging against the ranks of the unsullied. A dozen charges came to nothing costing the Dothraki massive casualties without doing much damage to the Three Kingdom force. As Khal Zenqo prepared to cut his braid before the iron phalanx of Aemon the king however took action. Flying a screaming, fire breathing Rhaegal against the Dothraki Aemon lead a charge of his own against Khal Zenqo. Faced for the first time with a dragon the horses of the Dothraki were terrorized and started balking in their thousands causing the collapse of the all cavalry force of the Dothraki. With Rhaegal in front and the heavy infantry advancing behind him Aemon decimated the Dothraki force, unhorsing Khal Zenqo by setting his stallion on fire. As the battle came to a close fifteen of twenty thousand Dothraki lay dead as Aemon made a massacre of a victory. At battle's end Aemon ordered the execution of the surrendered Dothraki soldiers and the enslavement of the woman and elderly. In the field he abolished all previous military units of his heavy infantry, as well as the distinction between unsullied and regular soldiers, merging the remaining ten thousand heavy infantrymen into one unit, awarding each of them with a Dothraki braid for their spears. Along the whole length of the Khyzai Pass Aemon impaled some twenty thousand unbraided Dothraki corpses leading those Dothraki children he spared both slavery and death through the pass back to where they came from with a story to tell their people.

Following the victory at the Khyzai Pass support for Aemon's rule grew markedly throughout the empire, with even his enemies marveling at his victory. Ordering the construction of a fortress to guard the Khyzai Pass Aemon declared Slaver's Bay free of the Dothraki menace and quickly suppressed uprisings against his rule. Though the year 318 began poorly for the young king at its end he was in solid control of his kingdoms with even Yunkai hailing his victory.

319 AL
Though news of the Second Battle of the Khyzai Pass spread quickly it did not deter ambitious khals from trying their luck with the Three Kingdoms that they for years had been barred from attacking by the will of Khaleesi Daenerys. Early in the year 319 Khal Zhaggo decided to try his luck with an invasion of the Three Kingdoms. Having absorbed parts of the Khalasar of Zenqo he knew he faced a dangerous foe but his pride and war thirst would not be deterred by fear of dragons or a powerful infantry.

WIP.

322-324
The establishment of the Second Ghiscari Empire had been greeted with both excitement and trepidation in the city-state of New Ghis. Claiming itself to be the second Ghis large parts of the city aristocracy viewed the establishment of the empire as a perversion of their culture and history and regarded Aemon as a bastard Valyrian mongrel. The economic and political flourishing that followed Aemon's consolidation of power did however baffle and impress much of the city's merchant class that through their ties to the rest of Ghiscar came to admire the new ruler's efficiency. As Aemon managed to turn great propaganda victories out of his military triumphs against the Dothraki he also began to win some support from the lowborn freemen populace, and the slaves had sung songs of him since his arrival in Meereen.

Initially the aristocracy was able to use their greater political power to pursue a confrontational policy towards Aemon but as his empire grew more powerful and his support base broadened in New Ghis a more amenable policy became the norm. In 323 an aristocratic government of New Ghis pursuing a moderate policy towards the Empire was overthrown in a coup by reactionary and conservative nobles seeking a confrontational policy. While initially successful the coup soon lost impetus as an unlikely coalition between the aristocrats of the former government and the merchant opposition united and suppressed the coup. As a result, rather than bringing a more confrontational government to power the coupe divided the aristocracy leading to the accession of a pro-Ghiscari merchant dominated government. Introducing modest reforms the government was able to ride a wave of popular support from most of the lower classes despite prevailing skepticism towards the Empire from common freemen. The aristocracy however found the government increasingly insufferable and as it agreed to resume payment of outstanding tribute to Ghiscar the aristocracy launched a coup agains the merchant government.

Having waited for just such an opportunity to intervene on favorable terms in the internal policies of New Ghis Aemon, who had spent the past six years building a large fleet, instructed his ambassador to New Ghis to issue an ultimatum to the city, demanding the restoration of the deposed government. As he received his ambassador's head Aemon promptly declared a war of imperial unification against New Ghis, ordering his navy to crush the New Ghis one to pave the way for an amphibious invasion.

But the Emperor had made a disastrous mistake to underestimate New Ghis. Firstly he had not managed to secure adequate naval support from Tolos and especially Elyria to overpower New Ghis leaving his naval superiority rather questionable to begin with, and secondly he overestimated the capability of his sailors and marines. What he expected to be a short naval campaign followed by a hard but winnable land battle on the island of New Ghis itself instead turned into a long drawn out naval confrontation between his fleets and those of New Ghis where New Ghis won more engagements then they lost. With few exceptions, mostly in the form of his Westerosi naval commanders, Aemon's admirals and captains underperformed committing numerous blunders and mistakes while their crews proved subpar compared to those of New Ghis. Too late the emperor realized his mistake and began following his fleets with atop Rhaegal for support, but it proved too little too late.

In the early years of 324 AL a numerically inferior fleet from New Ghis consisting of thirty three ships engaged a joint Ghiscari-Elyrian fleet of forty one ships of Cedar Isles. Despite the death of their commander the battle resulted in a decisive victory for New Ghis which captured or sank twenty two enemy ships without loosing a single one themselves. The battle forced the remains of the Ghiscari navy, ably lead by Ser Aurane Velaryon and his son Ser Corlys Velaryon, to retreat into Slaver's Bay, giving New Ghis complete control over the whole of the Gulf of Grief. Aemon, who rather then protecting his main fleet had been guarding a smaller flotilla of seventeen vessels operating in the gulf, was however cut of from the bay by the forces of New Ghis and lead his fleet to the construction site of Old Ghis where a large port existed to service the building projects all but halted by the war. Realizing his ships was in great danger of being attacked by the navy of New Ghis Aemon intended to send them to either the Basilisk Isles or Qarth but before he could make any decision to that effect the navy of New Ghis arrived at Old Ghis.

The subsequent naval battle of Old Ghis proved a messy and chaotic affair. Being thrice outnumbered Aemon instructed his ships to try to break free and escape flying out on Rhaegal to delay the enemy. A number of mistakes was made on the part of the commander of New Ghis, who rather than focusing on the ships tried fighting Rhaegal with scorpio's, resulting in the escape of fourteen of the seventeen vessels, while New Ghis lost five ships, four to dragon fire. The commander of New Ghis did however accomplish his goal of downing Rhaegal as the great dragon was injured by a Scorpio bolt. Though not critically it rendered the dragon unable to continue flying and it landed in Old Ghis as the Ghiscari flotilla escaped.

Believing Rhaegal more critically injured then it was the commander of the forces of New Ghis decided to invade Old Ghis to slay the dragon and capture the emperor, thus ending the war in a decisive victory for New Ghis. The land battle for Old Ghis however proved harder for New Ghis than the sea one. While no large garrison existed those that where present where battle hardened veterans and proved superior to the single legion of New Ghis partaking in the assault. Only the arrival of reinforcements for New Ghis allowed the city to claim a narrow victory, but it could not prevent Aemon, his forces and Rhaegal from making an orderly retreat. While a blow to the prestige of his empire the fall of New Ghis assured Aemon that his faith in the superiority of his ground troops was warranted. So assured he departed New Ghis for Meereen, preparing to raise new naval forces to turn the tide of the war.

It was then that New Ghis made a disastrous mistake that would reverse all the gains they had made in the first year of the war. Emboldened by their capture of Old Ghis the increasingly delusional aristocrats of New Ghis decided to take Astapor by an amphibious assault to force a favorable peace upon the Emperor. Sailing a large navy carrying three legions of New Ghis to the city New Ghis laid siege to Astapor, a city still not recovered from its destruction twenty four years past.

Defended by a legion and several auxiliary regiments, assisted by militia the city however repelled all attacks with relative ease for weeks. While more experienced military commanders of New Ghis had grown concerned about an imperial counterattack the main commander insisted on keeping up the siege attempting several costly and failed storms on the city. On the eleventh day of the siege, in the early morning the besieging soldiers of New Ghis was attacked by a superior imperial force. The surprise attack was a great success and soundly defeated the ground forces of New Ghis, inflicting a thousand casualties and capturing five thousand men, with only negligible casualties to the Imperial forces. The siege broken Aemon flew out on a near fully recovered Rhaegal against the the ships of New Ghis just as Ser Aurane Velaryon lead seventy three allied Imperial and Elyrian ships against it. Though caught of guard and stunned by the defeat of its ground forces the fleet of New Ghis was numerically superior at one hundred and one ships. It did not have a supreme commander of Ser Aurane Velaryon's capacity but in most other respects its officers and crews where superior to those of the Empire and to a lesser extent Elyria while its ships was not quite of the quality of the Imperial ones. The battle could very well have ended in a victory for New Ghis if not for the personal valor of the Emperor and the rage of Rhaegal. Though injured twice Rhaegal's flames tipped the scales in favor of the Empire and at the end of the day twenty three ships of New Ghis was sunk or captured with only twelve Imperial and Elyrian ones lost.

Eager to capitalize on his victory Aemon lead a ground force on Old Ghis easily crushing the New Ghis garrison there stationed. Dispatching messengers to Qarth and the Basilisk Isles he was able to gather nine ships from the flotilla that he had sent away during the first battle of Old Ghis. As these regrouped with forty nine Imperial ships under Ser Aurane Velaryon, thirty three Elyrian ships and twelve Tolosi Aemon prepared for a final naval battle against New Ghis. Dispatching his one hundred and three ships against Ghaen Aemon met ninety nine ships of New Ghis in a great battle midway between New and Old Ghis. Again it was only the flames of Rhaegal that secured a victory for Aemon's forces that drove the fleet of New Ghis back to its port, finally winning for Aemon the naval superiority he needed to launch, a year delayed, an amphibious assault on New Ghis.

(Coming next: Battle of New Ghis)

[Arana]

Working on a post now.

[Arana]

Thought I'd accepted you...

You didn't, you only asked something about one of the characters.

If you still want to be in it, you're accepted.