Please please please tone down/turn off the "demands a trial by combat" event.
Sure Tyrion had one but that was because he was imprisioned as a result of an aleged crime. A trial by combat makes absolutely no sense for someone captured in battle..
Yes !!! I'm just forced to execute eveyone I get my hands on because I was losing too may good men.
BTW .. loving this mod.
Eddard Stark spent several years improving markets and infrastructure in the early years of the Baratheon war of usurpation, claiming discretion the better part of valor.
But the war was not going well for his friend Robert Baratheon. Wave upon wave of Stormlords, Arryn knights and Riverland bannermen washed against the walls of Targaryen cities as each new siege drew significant relief forces to their aid. The rebels would rush in like the tide, a force seemingly unstoppable, only to break and rush back out in the face of overwhelming counterattacks.
When Eddard Stark finally called upon his bannermen to march south, they ultimately met with a similar fate. Having marched enmasse, they suffered from significant attrition enroute. Then, fighting a number of small skirmishes before laying siege to Kings Landing and about to storm the keep, they were set upon by a host Targaryen bannermen almost three times their number. Of the 20,000 Northmen who marched south, a mere 300 scampered back north.
Amidst a harsh winter, the Northern clans then rose in rebellion, enjoying 3 months of success before the young Stark heir (Robb) , now come of age, led forces north and crushed their impertinence .. seizing titles, executing the ring leader and sending others to the wall.
For another 6 months, Eddard Stark awaited the end of winter and regained his military strength. Come summer, he again called his bannermen together .. and this time things would be different.
The Northern Lords had supported a change to law over the winter and would now permit a full realm levy to be raised for the coming campaign. Over 40,000 men answered their Lord's call to arms. The host was divided into four divisions and marched in such a way that they may support each other but not denude the countryside by combining in any given spot.
In this manner they marched upon the Mad King, coming together to face major threats, dividing to seize the land piecemeal. For a year they fought thus, suffering horrendous casualties but long enough to provide respite to their allies. When finally exhausted and reduced to a little over 1/10th of their number, they withdrew north as allies flooded over the boarder. With the Mad King and his brothers dead, Robert Baratheon was crowned King of Westeros 2 months later...
... though it appears this summer will be short … winter is coming …
