The dragons began to set the dry field aflame on all sides, especially upwind of the Gardener and Lannister armies. The allies' charge began to break the Targaryen spear lines, but Aegon and his sisters took to the air on their dragons, Balerion, Meraxes, and Vhagar. While the Two Kings hoped to flank Aegon and then smash Aegon's center with knights, the Targaryens established themselves in a defensive crescent. The two armies met in the plains south of the Blackwater, near the present Goldroad. Lord Manfred Hightower, the Lord of the Hightower, heeded the advice of the High Septon and did not join his liege lord, King Mern, on the march and instead kept his forces back at Oldtown. Loren led the right wing while Lord Oakheart had the left. Having brought half as many more men to the battle than Loren, Mern commanded the center and his son Edmund led the vanguard. Marching beside King Mern were the Oakhearts, the Florents, the Rowans, the Peakes, and the Redwynes. Between the two kings they had roughly 55,000 men, roughly five times as many as the Targaryens, including 5,000 mounted knights. Loren I Lannister, King of the Rock, joined forces with Mern IX Gardener, King of the Reach, at Goldengrove in an attempt to throw the Targaryen invaders back. Lord Jon Mooton of Maidenpool, one of the first lords to come over to the Targaryens, was given command of the Targaryen army. Most of House Targaryen's soldiers were conscripts from the recently-liberated riverlands. After the submissions of Harrenhal, Crackclaw Point, and Storm's End, Aegon and his sisters, Visenya and Rhaenys, gathered at Stoney Sept with their dragons.
Īegon Targaryen, Lord of Dragonstone, landed at what would become King's Landing and began subjugating the Seven Kingdoms. According to semi-canon sources the field is located in the northern part of the Reach. The Field of Fire was a major battle during Aegon I Targaryen's war of conquest. Northern Reach, south of the Blackwater Rush and near the Goldroad
Men burned alive by the dragons, supplemental art from Game of Thrones
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