In the south of Westeros, hundreds of leagues from Conqueror's Holdfast.
The Reach, once hailed as the "granary of the Seven Kingdoms" and a "paradise of flowers," was now scorched earth, ravaged wherever one looked.
Highgarden, the castle that symbolized House Tyrell's glory and wealth, held nothing but bloodshed and deathly silence.
In what had once been the most elegant castle hall in the Seven Kingdoms, the flowers that bloomed year-round were long gone, replaced by great splashes of dried blood.
Ser Addam Marbrand and Damion Lannister stood in the center of the hall. Their magnificent armor was likewise covered in dark red bloodstains, their faces full of satisfaction at having exacted revenge.
The moment Gendry led the army of the Reach into the Westerlands, Tywin had made his arrangements, ordering him and Lord Damion Lannister to lead a cavalry force on a swift raid against Highgarden.
The surprise attack had yielded remarkable results. The Lannisters had paid their debts.
The main branch of House Tyrell, Lord Mace's line, along with their collateral branches, confidants, and servants, had been slaughtered almost to the last, regardless of age or sex.
Willas Tyrell, the heir to House Tyrell, had been pierced by Lannister spears and pinned dead to the carpet bearing the Rose sigil in his family's hall.
Gendry, the "Hundred-Day King" who had occupied the throne for fewer than a hundred days, had fled back to Highgarden grievously wounded after his crushing defeat at Lannisport. In the end, he had not escaped this calamity and had died beneath their blades.
Lord Randyll Tarly of Horn Hill, Lord Rowan of Goldengrove-
All the nobles of the Reach who had remained in Highgarden and dared resist, along with their families, had suffered the same fate.
Not only that, they had also sent troops