The Annals of History

The History of the Seven Kingdoms has always been the history of the royal family and their struggles. Here, the story of the past hundred years of Westerosi history is outlined for the ages, and for curious eyes.

300 - 310AC

 * 301AC -- the Second War of Conquest -- Aegon and Daenerys Targaryen combine their forces to take the Iron Throne and reclaim the Seven Kingdoms in the name of House Targaryen.
 * 308AC -- The Dancer's Revolt -- In the first of many conflicts of its kind, a man named Euric the Dancer claims descent from Euron Crow's Eye and the throne of the Iron Islands. Subsequent revolts and similar claims are encompassed in the Sons of the Kraken.

311 - 320AC

 * 315AC -- the Year of False Banners -- A series of conflicts across the Seven Kingdoms, as remnants of past armies and ambitious rebels attempt to use the newness of the Targaryen reign to their own advantage.

321 - 330AC

 * 321AC -- the Second War of the Kraken -- Urras the Bane, the second of the Sons of the Kraken, decides sets out to reave in the southern coasts of Westeros. His war with the Reach would leave thousands dead, until his ultimate defeat at the mouth of the Mander.
 * 323AC -- The Construction of the Winter Palace begins.
 * 325AC -- Aegon VI Targaryen dies, and Dany abdicates the throne to her son, Rhaegar. Aenar Targaryen is born.
 * 326-329AC -- The Winter of Wolves -- The second winter after the Long Night proves to be a hard one, and the hardship above the Neck leads to a pack of roving bandits that cause trouble across the North, and into the Riverlands.
 * 327AC -- the Third War of the Kraken -- Hrothgar Ironshod, seeing the weakness of the North and hardship of his own people, sets out to raid along the Northern coasts. He sets himself up in Sea Dragon Point, declaring himself King of the Northern Seas.
 * 330AC -- Daenerys Targaryen leaves Westeros.

331 - 340AC

 * 331AC -- the War in the Narrows -- Prince Baelon, and his wife, stir trouble on the eastern coast and the Narrow Sea. Using his dragon, Baelon helps Lys expand her borders to the chagrin of her rivals. Eventually, Prince Baelon's ambition brings him into conflict with the Seven Kingdoms.


 * 332AC -- the Red Reaving -- Dagon the Skinner, purported grandson of King Euron Crow's Eye, attempts to seize the Seastone Chair by force. He is defeated, but escapes; terrorizing the Western coast until his eventual defeat in the Westerlands.
 * 335AC -- the Red God Revival -- Recent threats to Volantis and ongoing strife across Essos saw many Red God faithfuls flee to safer lands, most especially the cities in Westeros -- and though Lys has weakened with the death of Prince Baelon, the High Priest in Volantis sees the opportunity to expand the faith by sending missionaries.


 * 338AC -- the Fourth War of the Kraken -- Regnar Twice-Crowned, one of the last and greatest of the Sons of the Kraken, managed to secure for himself a massive following, made up in part by the survivors from the Red Reaving six years earlier. His depredations in the Riverlands would take an army and several dragons to stop.
 * 339AC -- the Summer Sickness -- Rumour has it that this dread plague had its roots in the Summer Isles, thus earning its name. Whatever the origin, in 339 the Summer Sickness made landfall in Oldtown, quickly spreading through all the southern kingdoms, and to the capital itself.

341 - 350AC

 * 342AC -- the Crisis of Brandon the Black --
 * 344AC -- King Rhaegar Targaryen dies due to the Summer Sickness
 * 346AC -- the Southern Schism -- Coming largely as a reaction to the excesses of the Targaryen line and of the High Septon, as well as a response to the depredations of the Summer Sickness, a schism occured between the Starry Sept and the Great Sept of Baelor.
 * 348AC -- the last known case of the Summer Sickness.

351 - 360AC

 * 351 - 356AC -- the Mead Summer -- A particularly good summer, and the beginning of the height of King Aenar’s reign. After the issues with the plague, this summer seemed a blessing from the gods: harvests are bountiful, weather is pleasant, and it lasts for much longer than usual. It is still fondly remembered by those who lived through it, as perhaps some of the best years in Westerosi history.
 * 352AC -- the Blackwater Tourney -- Considered the greatest tournament of the age, the Blackwater Tournament was a huge event, full of story and song, and culminated in the joust and a display of prowess among the dragonriders of the realm.
 * 360AC -- the Royal Tour -- The Crown Prince, Aenys Targaryen, as well as several other royals and members of the court, travel Westeros from holdfast to holdfast.

361 - 370AC

 * 365AC -- Maegor Waters is born.
 * 366AC -- the Half-Blood Incursion -- Sired, they claimed, by the late King Regnar Twice-Crowned upon a mermaid in the halls of the Grey King, Mara and Maron Pyke emerged from the East boasting riches and mercenaries both. Declaring themselves joint heirs to Euron's legacy, their war would bring blood to the Iron Islands, Westerlands, and the Riverlands.
 * 368AC -- Aenys Targaryen commits suicide

371 - 380AC

 * 379AC -- the Kingswood Tourney -- A massive tournament, though not quite as famed as the one of twenty years prior. An enormous event on the shore of Blackwater Bay, wrought with scandal and intrigue and more than one tragic death.

381 - 390AC

 * 388AC -- the Hammer Uprising -- Caused in part, some say, by the expense of the Kingswood tournament and residual feelings of malcontent due to the Schism, the Hammer Uprising was in truth a series of uprisings, as peasant revolts sparked across the Seven Kingdoms.

391 - 400AC

 * 392 - 394AC -- the Great Famine -- Due partially to the loss of labour during the harvest of previous years, as well as an unusual cold snap in the Reach and Riverlands as well as extraordinarily wet conditions in the Vale, crops failed across Westeros, leading to mass shortages. Many starved, or turned to banditry.
 * 396 - 402AC -- the War of the Three Thieves -- With the return of Targaryen dragons in the east, many sought to gain access to such beasts for themselves. Three pirate kings in the Stepstones made common cause to get hold of a dragon egg. Their success would bring war to the Seven Kingdoms.

401 - 410AC

 * 402 - 407AC -- the Scarlet Winter -- No sooner had war ended that winter struck Westeros; a harder winter than any most had known.
 * 405AC -- Aemon Targaryen, Prince of Dragonstone, dies.