Fire & Blood Vol. 1 | The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant (Chapter 16)

Aemond took Harrenhal and felt victorious until he heard what happened in King’s Landing. A series of battles took place in the Riverlands while Aemond remained in Harrenhal and Ser Criston Cole set off to wage battle by land on his behalf. To refill the treasury, which had been emptied, Rhaenyra imposed a series of harsh taxes. She had her enemies killed, and people began to think of her as a female Maegon. Aegon II’s youngest son, Maelor, was discovered at an inn and killed along with his sworn knight. Aemond attacked the realm by dragon. Ser Criston met a host of Northmen in the battlefield and tried to surrender to them, but they refused and shot him with arrows. Aemond’s younger brother, Daeron had an army moving across the south.