Vol. 2Titus Peake’s Rise

Titus Peake helped bring down the Targaryen regime, defeated House Tyrell’s army, and expanded House Peake’s power. The volume ends with Titus reorganizing his forces into four corps and their commanders pledging loyalty to him.

  • Titus defeated Jon Connington at Stoney Sept, then helped the rebels win at the Trident while Robert killed Rhaegar.
  • The rebel leaders made Eddard Stark supreme commander, and Titus sailed for King’s Landing with nearly eight hundred cavalrymen to arrive before Tywin.
  • Titus and his allies seized King’s Landing, where Jaime killed Aerys and Wenda saved Elia and Rhaenys from Gregor Clegane.
  • Robert was crowned king, and Titus killed Gregor in trial by combat before warning Tywin that House Peake would oppose the Westerlands.
  • Titus led the southern campaign as Davos relieved Storm’s End and the Ironborn raided the Reach, then secretly recruited Alester Florent against Mace Tyrell.
  • Titus routed and captured Mace’s army, then forced House Tyrell to agree to pay one million gold dragons.
  • Robert I named Titus Warden of the Dornish Marches, and Titus expanded House Peake’s holdings and reorganized its forces.
  • After Rhaella died and Viserys fled east, Robert I divided the royal succession between Renly and Stannis while Titus’s commanders pledged loyalty to his four corps.
Chapters 102–201 Read from Ch. 102

Arc 5The Black Earl’s Campaign

Titus Peake helped the rebels defeat the royalists at Stoney Sept and on the Trident, while Robert Baratheon killed Rhaegar. After the rebel leaders chose Eddard Stark to command their forces, Titus sailed ahead with cavalry toward King’s Landing to beat Tywin Lannister there.

  • Titus defeated Jon Connington at Stoney Sept, and Aerys II stripped Jon of his titles and exiled him.
  • Titus recruited Dodge, whose hounds let him shift his consciousness among them, and welcomed Eddard Stark to the rebel alliance.
  • Titus attended Eddard and Catelyn’s wedding, where Tom Sevenstrings performed a song about the Battle of the Bells, then joined the war council and hired Rosso Brune.
  • Rhaegar returned to the royalist army and chose to fight the rebels near the Trident, where Titus’s cavalry broke through enemy lines and captured Lewyn Martell.
  • Titus knighted Rosso Brune, while Robert killed Rhaegar in single combat and Wenda killed Jon Darry when he tried to intervene.
  • The rebel leaders chose Eddard as supreme commander, while Aerys ordered wildfire buried beneath King’s Landing and Tywin prepared to march on the city.
  • Titus sailed south with nearly eight hundred cavalrymen aboard the Dragonbane, keeping the expedition swift and secret as he discussed Aegon Leywell’s family legend with him.
Chapters 102–12625 summaries Read

Arc 6The Fall of King's Landing

Titus helped capture King's Landing, protected Elia and Rhaenys, and secured Robert Baratheon's coronation while the remaining Targaryens fled to Dragonstone. As the new court debated the royal family and the crimes of the Westerlands, Titus executed Gregor Clegane and turned his feud with Tywin into open hostility.

  • Titus learned Wenda's left eye was intact, while Aerys sent Rhaella and Viserys toward Dragonstone and remained in King's Landing as Tywin's army approached.
  • Titus and Davos secured help from Raynald and Renafor, then seized control of the Royal Fleet ships and brought cavalry into the capital as Tywin's army entered.
  • Tywin's soldiers sacked King's Landing, and Jaime killed Aerys to stop him from igniting the wildfire hidden throughout the city.
  • Titus's forces entered the city, defeated the Westerlands soldiers, and captured Jaime, while Wenda rescued Elia and Rhaenys from Gregor's attack.
  • Eddard and the allied leaders arrived, and Robert was crowned king before naming Jon Arryn Hand and ordering the Targaryen remnants on Dragonstone to surrender.
  • Titus negotiated protection for Elia and Rhaenys, prepared to lead an army against the Reach siege of Storm's End, and confronted Varys about their past dealings.
  • At Robert's court, Titus accused Gregor and the Westerlands army of murder and violence, and Tywin denied ordering the crimes.
  • Titus fought Gregor in trial by combat, killed him with Orphan-Maker, and deliberately warned Tywin that House Peake would oppose the Westerlands.
Chapters 127–15125 summaries Read

Arc 7The Fall of Highgarden’s Army

Titus Peake secured Jaime’s release without winning him back for House Lannister, then led the southern campaign while the Ironborn raided the Reach and Davos relieved Storm’s End. With Alester Florent’s secret help, Titus defeated and captured Mace Tyrell’s army, then forced House Tyrell to accept a million-gold-dragon payment.

  • Titus demanded 100,000 gold dragons for Jaime, and after Tywin paid, Jaime refused to return to the Westerlands and joined Robert’s Kingsguard.
  • Tywin planned to contact Rhaella and Viserys on Dragonstone while Titus assembled an army and marched south.
  • Quellon Greyjoy’s Ironborn destroyed the Shield Islands fleet and sailed up the Mander toward Highgarden, while Olenna Tyrell prepared the city’s defenses.
  • Salladhor Saan and Donno Suckliff drew the Redwyne Fleet away from the blockade, allowing Davos Seaworth to smuggle food into Storm’s End.
  • Titus demanded that Mace Tyrell kneel and pay 500,000 gold dragons, but Mace rejected the terms and the Reach lords prepared for battle.
  • Alester Florent accepted Titus’s secret offer to undermine Mace in exchange for House Florent’s favored role in surrendering to the Iron Throne.
  • Titus’s army routed Mace’s forces, captured Baelor Hightower, and encircled Mace’s vanguard as its Reach allies withdrew, and Mace surrendered and Alester handed over the remaining army.
  • Titus demanded one million gold dragons from House Tyrell, and Mace agreed to pay within a month after Titus threatened to destroy his house.
Chapters 152–17625 summaries Read

Arc 8The Warden’s New Order

Titus Peake became Warden of the Dornish Marches, expanded his holdings and reorganized his forces while the realm’s royal succession shifted after the storm on Dragonstone. The arc ended with Titus’s commanders pledging loyalty to his new military corps.

  • Titus knighted Davos Seaworth, secured Paxter Redwyne’s allegiance, and was appointed Warden of the Dornish Marches by Robert I.
  • Titus ordered the march lords to defend their lands instead of pursuing the Dornish, while Wenda Storm’s forces retook Whitegrove and killed the White brothers.
  • Eddard Stark returned south with Dawn after Lyanna and Arthur Dayne died, and Titus wrote Ashara Dayne to comfort her and renew his marriage vow.
  • Titus released Mace Tyrell after the ransoms were paid, returned to Starpike, and took Horn Hill, expanding House Peake’s lands and raising new regiments.
  • Varys and Illyrio Mopatis sent Titus a dragon egg and a Valyrian steel arakh, and Titus welcomed Strong Belwas into his service.
  • Eddard told Titus how Arthur and Lyanna died before returning north, while Robert I married Elia Martell and learned she could not bear children.
  • A storm destroyed much of Dragonstone’s fleet as Rhaella died giving birth to Daenerys, and Viserys escaped east while Raynald Weywater sailed south with survivors.
  • Robert I made Renly heir to Storm’s End and gave Stannis Dragonstone, while Titus arranged a harbor at Starfall and reorganized House Peake’s forces into four corps.
Chapters 177–20125 summaries Read
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