Dopo aver conquistato Harrenhal, Aegon Targaryen, in groppa al drago Balerion, sconfigge le truppe di Loran Lannister nel luogo che poi fu chiamato "I campi di fuoco".
Insieme a lui le sorelle Vysenia e Rhaenys.
The seven rulers at the time were:
- Torrhen Stark, King in the North.
- Ronnel Arryn, King of the Mountain and the Vale, a young boy whose mother, Sharra Arryn, ruled as Regent.
- Harren Hoare, King of the Iron Islands and the Riverlands, known as Harren the Black.
- Loren I Lannister, King of the Rock.
- Mern IX Gardener, King of the Reach.
- Argilac Durrandon, Storm King of the Stormlands, known as Argilac the Arrogant.
- Mariya Martell, Princess of Dorne, a blind, balding woman of 80. Known as the Yellow Toad.
After their separate engagements, the Targaryens and their dragons met at the Stoney Sept in response to the gathering of a great host in the west.
Alarmed at the sweeping success of the invaders, King Loren Lannister of the Rock and King Mern IX of the Reach made an alliance and assembled their armies to face the Targaryens. Their army, dubbed by historians 'The Host of the Two Kings', numbered 55,000; five thousand of them mounted knights, while the Targaryens had only 10,000 men, many of uncertain loyalty and reliability. The battle went badly for the Targaryen army.
With their smaller force severely weakened and in danger of routing, Aegon and his sisters deployed all three dragons at once; the only time this happened during the war. Their combined fires scoured the battlefield, immolating more than four thousand men (including King Mern and his heirs) and giving the battle its name: The Field of Fire.
After he was captured, King Loren bent the knee and was allowed to remain Lord of Casterly Rock and became the first Warden of the West. With Mern dead, Aegon accepted the surrender of Harlen Tyrell, Mern's steward, and appointed him overlord of the Reach. This infuriated House Florent, who had a superior blood-claim to the Gardener line, but Aegon dismissed this.
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