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The [[Coming_of_the_Andals|Arrival of the Andals]] in earnest shattered the integrity of the Mudd realm. The feud between House Blackwood and House Bracken had flared up every few generations, but a strong united Mudd realm could quench the flames and make a peace. When Armistead Vance shattered the outer reaches of the River King's realm however, the ensuing chaos led to the Blackwoods and Brackens both renouncing Mudd rule and declaring themselves river kings. The realms that lay on the far side of Blackwood Vale and Stone Hedge no longer had any overland connection to Oldstones, and thus looked to themselves for defence as well, whether from Andals to the East, or the Western Mountain Clans.

Armistead Vance came west into the Riverlands after failing to breach the allied defences of King Staun Darklyn and [[Florian_Mooton|Florian Mooton]], along with the aid of the Robber King Baurgard Hogg. Whilst Togarion Bar Emmon remained in the region out of Stubbornness, Armistead sought to try his fortunes elsewhere. He shattered the power of the remnants of House Hook and their bannermen, and gathered to himself seven warlords, with the intend to overrun the fractured Riverlands, igniting the [[Clash of Six Kings]]. This two-year war saw the allied kings of the First Men, Mudd, Blackwood, Mooton, and Darklyn, stand against the growing Andal kingdom of Vance.

Soon after, a civil war broke out in the Rivermark over the question of who would wear the crown after King Artys Vance. King Armistead “The Fool” Vance emerged victorious and went on to win later wars against the [[House Durrandon|Durrandons]] and [[House Gardener|Gardeners]].

Peace in the Riverlands proved short-lived when Marq Gaunt attempted to seize the lands of House Darry, even as the Ironborn sought to take more Mudd territory to gain access to the Trident. Rivermark and the River and the Hills once again joined forces, managing to defeat Marq Gaunt, though they could not drive back the Ironborn. In the spring, however, they would have their revenge. A powerful alliance of House Mudd, House Vance, House Mallister, [[House Risley]], House House Bracken, [[House Bartheld]], and [[House Toyne]] came together, and under the leadership of Cedric Mallister, Seagard was liberated, though not the entirety of the Cape of Eagles.