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Cregan Stark, however - saw in the internal feuding of the Red Kingdom a rare opportunity. Mayhaps intending to win back his crown, he crossed the White Knife and attempted to seize back former territories of the Kings of Winter whilst Belthasar raged across the north like a tempest. The attack was a misstep however, and Bolton drove his rival back over the White Knife after a brutal ambush in the Wytchwoods. | Cregan Stark, however - saw in the internal feuding of the Red Kingdom a rare opportunity. Mayhaps intending to win back his crown, he crossed the White Knife and attempted to seize back former territories of the Kings of Winter whilst Belthasar raged across the north like a tempest. The attack was a misstep however, and Bolton drove his rival back over the White Knife after a brutal ambush in the Wytchwoods. | ||
The surviving clansmen who wished to avoid the new tyranny sweeping across their mountain ranges, took refuge in the shadowy depths of the Wolfwood, where Belthasar's terrible gaze did not yet reach. The Kingdom of the Rills remained the strongest opposition to the Red Kings in these years, with the Glovers having bent the knee, and Barrowton having been turned into a mighty fastness of House Ryder. King Boras - known in his youth as the 'Shield of Red Barrow' for having defended his keep heroically against a rival, was a well-respected and capable ruler - but the whispers had it that his health was failing, bringing questions of uncertainty regarding the future of the kingdom. | |||
* [[The Warg King's Awakening]] | * [[The Warg King's Awakening]] | ||