More likely, however, is the fact that she reported this on the eve of StannisвЂ™ victory over the youth, having just beat the fucking shit out of him and all his soldiers in one swoop. Perhaps she felt that the man she met was not truly RheagarвЂ™s son, only a white-haired bastard or perhaps even a Blackfyre pretender. Perhaps she was horrified after one kingmaker plot had failed due to her own incompetence, and did not want more loss of life. With her death, and her brotherвЂ™s during a duel against Brynden вЂњBlackfishвЂќ Tully, the vengeance against the Lannisters was complete.ДЄrianne Martell, scion of the house, returned word from the Stormlands, warning Prince Doran that he ought not ally with the supposed son of Rheagar in his bid for the throne. She met the end of half of the population of EuropeвЂ™s nobility in any CK2 game: MANURE EXPLOSIONS. Second was Lady Paramount and Queen Regent Cersei Lannister, the adulteress and murderer. Unfortunately it didnвЂ™t amount to much, seeing as how his fucking insane son still managed to win the war against Stannis and the rebellious northern lords. Roose Bolton met assassinвЂ™s blades, his bannermen finding him flayed on his throne in the Dreadfort. So naturally I did the most reasonable thing and assassinated half the fucking kingdom. Oberyn, Doran and EliaвЂ™s brother, has died trying to do the same, and now the nobility of Dorne is clamoring for a war of vengeance, while Doran is more interested in preserving Dornish life than fighting a war he cannot possibly win. Meanwhile -and more importantly- in Dorne, the infirm Prince Doran Martell plots to get revenge on the Lannisters for the death of his beloved sister Elia at the hands of Gregor Clagane during the War of the Usurper. Fighting a war at home against Aegon and abroad against the Boltons, Stannis Baratheon has few friends and more enemies as the forces of King Tommen вЂњBaratheonвЂќ come barreling down on him. Meanwhile, Lord Paramount and King in the Narrow Sea, Stannis Baratheon has just repelled the army of Mance Rayder, King Beyond the Wall, and is now trying to set up a Stark puppet in Winterfell to secure the North. Daenarys Targaryen has claimed the city state of Meereen and is dealing with the colossal clusterfuck of Ghiscari politics and Aegon of Essos, the supposed son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Elia Martell, has arrived with an army of 10,000 hardened mercenaries to steal the Stormlands. Suffice to say that in a straight war, especially not a defensive one, Dorne is fucked.ДЄt the start of AFFC, 8301, the Targaryen dynasty is largely fucked.

By contrast, the Riverlands, Stormlands, Iron Islands, and Vale can all field 21,000 under the same circumstances. When all your vassals like you and are willing to send as many troops as they can when you ask.

For reference, in CK2, Dorne at game start can field maybe 17,000 soldiers.

Which is why for my next game, I decided to play as Dorne, the weakest of the Seven Kingdoms, canonically better defended by deserts and mountains than its limited population. Having just gotten off a CK2 AGOT game where I, Jon вЂњSnowвЂќ Stark, had just taken the North back from the Boltons through force of arms, saved Stannis from the dungeons of KingвЂ™s Landing (with force of arms), freed the slaves of the Iron Islands (with force of arms), took the Riverlands twice (with force of arms), and forced SansaвЂ™s daughter on the Iron Throne, securing all of Westeros was technically property of the Starks (with force of arms), I realized that I was way too quick to start wars, on virtue of knowing I could win. Just kidding, you probably know all this shit by now. Significant spoilers for A Feast for Crows and a Dance with Dragons follows.

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