Game of Thrones: Against the Band of Nine: TIMELINE

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Okay; the following will serve as a timeline of events pertaining SPECIFICALLY to the House of Valmont and our heroes….


-Unknown hundreds/thousands of years before Aegon's Landing (AL): A family of Andal warriors pledge their cause to the Storm Kings of the Stormlands.

-Approximately 1 year before the coronation of Aegon I (i.e. 260 years ago); Argilac Durrandon; the last Storm King; is killed fighting Aegon's forces and his only child and daughter Argella Durrandon is married to Aegon's leading General; Orys Barratheon. One of Argilac's warriors, a man by the name of Vallin of the Mountains, was badly wounded while heroically fighting and trying to save his King from Orys Barratheon. Inspired by the man's bravery and loyalty; Orys had his best healers see to him and when he recovered, he ennobled him.

-11 AL; Orys Baratheon grants a domain of land in the Red Mountains centered on a high, flat-topped area in quite defensible terrain to Vallin and the fief soon becomes known as "Vallin's Mountain" or simply; "Valmont"

-16 AL; Vallin dies but leaves several children, including his heir "Orysian"; who will eventually finish a Castle on the fief and soon, records will list him as "Lord Valmont"

-129-131 AL: During the Dance of the Dragons; the Valmonts followed the lead of their liege and stayed on the side of the Greens. The Lord of the House, Ryaman Valmont was killed at the Battle of the Honeywine and his brother Marq was badly wounded, but survived the last battle of the war, The Battle of the Kingsroad

-151 AL: Disaster struck the lands of House Valmont when a terrible outbreak of the Bloody Flux turned several of the small hamlets on the Fief into virtual ghost-towns. The fief has yet to fully recover the population it had before this terrible calamity

-190s AL: This decade would see the wise administration of Lord Jon Valmont and many improvements to the roads and general infrastructure of the fortifications of the fief were made and the fiefdom prospered

-212 AL: Lord Raymun and Lady Megette Valmont have their first child and only son; Harrold Valmont. Harrold has a younger sister, Megalyn, who was born two years later (214 AL)

-216 AL: Lord Raymun has a bastard son named Eduard

-229 AL: The Lord of the Stormlands, Lyonel Baratehon, briefly rises in rebellion when his daughter's fiancé, Prince Duncan Targaryen marries a common girl named Jenny of Oldstones. The rebellion is quickly ended peacefully when Prince Duncan renounces his claim to the throne; the daughter of the King, Rhaelle Targaryen is sent to Storm's End to serve as a cup-bearer and upon reaching adulthood will marry Lyonel's heir, Steffon; and a Trial by Combat between Lyonel and Kingsguard commander Duncan the Tall is fought and won by Duncan; though Lyonel survives it

-233 AL: The revolt of Lord Peake occurs and House Valmont in one of the Houses that responds to the Crown's call to arms and a bloody siege and fierce campaign is fought at the mountaneous castle of Starpike. 21 year old Ser Harrold Valmont and his 17 year old bastard brother Eduard are among the combatants. Harrold's left arm is smashed during the siege and the young man's time as a Knight is abruptly ended. Eduard proves himself a very capable fighter during the siege. King Maekar I dies in the siege, crushed by a boulder. His son, King Aegon V succeeds him.

-234 AL: Lord Raymun dies from an illness shortly after Harrold becomes engaged to a noblewoman from the Riverlands by the name of Alys Ryger. The new Lord of Valmont and his bride are wed late in the year and are soon expecting. In the same year, Eduard Storm has a whirlwind romance and soon marries a Dornish girl. Darryn Drinkwater is also born this year. (Assuming Darryn to be 25 years old….let me know if this doesn't work for you Rusty!)

-235 AL: Lord and Lady Valmont welcome their first child; a daughter named Megalyn. Eduard and his Dornish wife also have a child this year; a young they name Keyth Storm.

-236 AL: The 4th Blackfyre Rebellion breaks out when Daemon III Blackfyre, Bittersteel and the Golden Company landed on Massey's Hook in the Crownlands and began to march on King's Landing. Few Westerosi rally to the Blackfyre cause and King Aegon V calls his banners and marches on the rebels. Eduard Storm is one of those that assembles for the King's army; and the rebellion is crushed at the Battle of Wendwater Bridge. Kingsguard Commander Ser Duncan the tall personally kills Daemon III Blackfyre and the royal army suffers less than a hundred casualties. Eduard Storm fights so well at this battle that he is Knighted

-237 AL: Lord and Lady Valmont welcome their second child and first son and heir; Gannis Valmont into the world this year

-238 AL: Lord and Lady Valmont welcome their third child and second son; Raynald to the world. Though healthy, Raynald suffers chronic ear infections which over time lead to an severe imbalance when trying to ride a horse, which ensures that he will never become a knight

-239 AL: 4 year old Darryn Drinkwater loses both his parents to an illness this year and he finds himself being raised by a woodsman Uncle

-240 AL: Lord and Lady Valmont welcome their third son and fourth and final child; Asher into the world

-245 AL: Ser Eduard's Dornish wife dies of illness this year

-246 AL: Keyth Storm is sent to the Citadel at Oldtown to begin his training to become a maester at age 11

-248 AL: Gannis is sent to foster at Lord Tom Tudbury's castle of Turtleton

-251 AL: The mysterious trio known only as the Rat, the Hawk and the Pig launch a short-lived rebellion that is utterly crushed by a royal army led by King Aegon V's youngest son, Prince Daeron. Though the rebellion is utterly stamped out; the Prince is killed in the fighting. 13 year old Raynald Valmont, who at this point is being mocked by many of his peers due to his inability to ride a horse like a proper Squire should; borrows a horse from the stables in the middle of the night and on his own, manages to ride several hundred miles to the battle-site of the rebellion and even manages to scare off some troops fighting for the Rat, the Hawk and the Pig by charging at them with a Lance, while on horseback and saving some hard-pressed royal troops. Young Raynald falls off the horse shortly after the rebels flee; and he is violently ill though determined to prove his mettle in combat. Eventually, he is accompanied back home by some royal troops and no-one ever doubts his courage again

-252 AL: Due to a mysterious 'incident'; 17 year old Keyth Storm leaves the Citadel and his maester's training and eventually travels across the Narrow Sea to the Free Cities. He spends some time in Myr, but eventually makes a home for himself in Tyrosh; even befriending the Archon after a time. This year also sees an 18 year old Darryn Drinkwater hunting game, uninvited, on lands belonging to a minor noble of the Reach (Lord Foller). Darryn is soon chased off the lands and he flees to his homeland of the Stormlands

-253 AL: Lord Valmont hosts a small tournament in the middle of a (relatively) mild winter and Darryn Drinkwater joins in a hunting competition and wins it by tracking down and killing an albino deer and presenting it to Lord Valmont. Impressed, Lord Valmont offers Darryn a position in the House as a Huntsman and Darryn gratefully accepts

-254 AL: Gannis Valmont becomes an anointed Knight this year with the sponsorship of Lord Tudbury. He soon becomes widely known in the Stormlands as being a good Tournament Knight and a very upstanding young man

-255 AL: House Valmont's Master of the Hunt dies this year and Darryn Drinkwater ascends to his position. Later in the year, he escorts Lord Armond Connington on a Boar Hunt when the latter stopped at the Valmont estate for a few days

-256 AL: Asher Valmont decides to make a name for himself as a swordsman by hopping a ship for Essos and becoming a sellsword in the Free Cities. His dedication to learning the art of the blade serves him well and he rapidly becomes a capable warrior

-258 AL: Asher Valmont's sellsword company engages in a fight with a small group of Dothraki warriors east of Quarth in Essos and while most Valmont's company defeats the Dothraki band, Asher engages in one-on-one combat with the leader of the Dothraki band. Asher kills the Dothraki warrior, but is grievously wounded on the neck and jaw by the warrior's Arakh. Another Dothraki warrior who witnesses the battle, Voqarro, barely survives and would not have had it not been for Asher's actions to save him. After recovering, Voqarro pledges his services to Asher for life to repay him. Also this year; a group of sellsword captains, Pirates and others come together in the Disputed Lands, under the tree of crowns and pledge to work together to gain a Kingdom for each. They call themselves the Band of Nine; and one of their members is a very wealthy Tyroshi merchant named Aleqeo Adarys. Soon the Band has gained control of much of the Disputed Lands; and due to a brilliant military campaign and internal dissent masterminded by Alequo; Tyrosh falls to them late in the year and the Archon is killed. Keyth Storm flees the city and quite by accident, falls in with his cousin Asher and Dothraki companion, Voqarro.

-259 AL: The Band of Nine's plans become known to all in the region; and upon hearing about it, Prince Duncan Targaryen was said to have made a joke about 'selling crown 9 to a penny'. Afterwards, most of Westeros takes to calling the Band of Nine; the '9 penny Kings'. Meanwhile, the Band of Nine land on several of the Stepstone islands and take them by force