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The Kingdom of the Rock was forged during the age of [[Loreon I Lannister]], the first true King of the Rock. His successors expanded the Kingdom until a disastrous defeat at the hands of [[Garth Goldenhand]] led to a century of retreat. During this time, the Rock was part of a medley of Kingdoms that dotted the West. These included the many Kingdoms of the Mountain Clansmen, the Crake Kings, the Kings of Fair Isle, the Necromancer Kings of the Banefort, and many others forgotten to time. The expansion of the Rock came to a sudden halt after their war with the Reach, and many of her dominions broke free of Lannister rule in this era. The ages of [[King Loreon III]] and [[King Loreon IV]] saw the Rock retreat into itself, as weak Kings lent little to earlier eras of Lannister expansion.

When the Andals came in force, about a century after the great defeat, the Kingdom of the Rock changed considerably. Firstly it became revealed to the Lannisters that Lann the clever was an Andal, and was acclaimed even the [[First-Among-the-Andals]] by more recent Andal visitors. The subsequent diplomatic and military victories of the Rock were attributed by the Lannisters to the reopening of [[Lann's Sept]]. Though the might of the Ironborn waxed greatly in this era, so did the might of Casterly Rock. As the Ironborn reavers descended upon the West with a fury not seen in centuries, the Westermen of the coasts, unified under House Lannister, suffered greatly despite their best attempts to mount a resistance. ~~This heavy militarization, a consequence of their fear of the seas and those that rule them, was the seed of Casterly's Rock recent rise~~.

=== First Century A.I. ===

King [[Loreon V Lannister]] and the Red Queen [[Elsa Reyne]] oversaw the beginning of the Rock's reversal in fortunes, despite a fractious political situation resulting from Loreon's own desire to be seen as a woman. In the era of King Loreon V, the Crake Kings bent the knee, the Foote Hills were brought under the Rock, the Silver Hills were conquered, and tensions with the Reach itself reached a boiling point. The [[Seven Years' War]] that followed saw the demise of King Loreon V, and the beginning of the reign of King Tyrion I. Victory over the Reach was followed by the conquests of [[Denslane]] and [[Ashmark]], bringing the Kingdom of the Rock to its greatest extent in history.

When the Andals came in force, about a century after the great defeat, the Kingdom of the Rock changed considerably. Firstly it became revealed to the Lannisters that Lann the clever was an Andal, and was acclaimed even the [[First-Among-the-Andals]] by more recent Andal visitors. The subsequent diplomatic and military victories of the Rock were attributed by the Lannisters to the reopening of [[Lann's Sept]]. Though the might of the Ironborn waxed greatly in this era, so did the might of Casterly Rock. As the Ironborn reavers descended upon the West with a fury not seen in centuries, the Westermen of the coasts, unified under House Lannister, suffered greatly despite their best attempts to mount a resistance. This heavy militarization, a consequence of their fear of the seas and those that rule them, was the seed of Casterly Rocks recent rise.

During King Tyrion I's reign, further conflicts arose in Goldengrove, The Risleys refused to bend to the Gardeners and called on Lannister aid, the [[Seven Years' War]] was unpopular among the Rock's bannermen and notions of another costly war in the south led to Houses Reyne, Crakehall and Dale rising up in open rebellion against Tyrion I. The rebellion was put down by house Lanny with aid from the Vances, Baneforts and Plumms, house Crakehall was shown mercy but House Reyne was wiped out. The conflict regarding Goldengrove ended in Tyrion's defeat and the return of Rowan rule, a peace treaty with the Reach followed soon after.

Tyrion I's descendants became passive and overly reliant on their andal advisors, primarily House Risley, represented by the chief advisors and father and son ~~due~~, Robert and Ronald Risley, during their tenure as defacto rulers of the Rock there were multiple failed invasions of Fair Isle as well as rebellions from the Necromancer Mordred Banefort, the bronze clans under the Lannetts and the Lannys of Ashmark, all of them being quelled by the armed interventions of House Risley. The Rock in this time was left united and ~~centralised~~, but the lion's inability to self govern and reliance on capable advisors was made evident to it's vassals, returning to the times of House Reyne and it's continued regency over the Rock.

=== Second Century A.I. ===

Tyrion I's descendants became passive and overly reliant on their andal advisors, primarily House Risley which was now landed in Castamere, represented by the chief advisors and father and son duo, Robert and Ronald Risley, during their tenure as defacto rulers of the Rock from 94 A.I to 131 A.I, there were multiple failed invasions of Fair Isle as well as rebellions from the Necromancer Mordred Banefort, the bronze clans under the Lannetts and the Lannys of Ashmark, all of them being quelled by the armed interventions of House Risley. The Rock in this time was left united and centralized, but the lion's inability to self govern and reliance on capable advisors was made evident to it's vassals, returning to the times of House Reyne and it's continued regency over the Rock.

Efforts of Houses Plumm, Risley and Vypren saw the introduction of roads and coinage to the Rock, though the process of integrating them across the Kingdom and it's many first men subjects would prove slow and costly.

During the tenure of Ronald Risley as both regent and chief advisor of the kingdom, King Robert Lannister came of age and became the first king in three generations to rule by his own word. Despite that, Ronald Risley was not allowed to retire as he wished, and was kept on the kings counsel until finally the old Risley lord succumbed to stress and old age at 136 A.I. The following Risley lords, Roymar and Russel, were not as loyal as the previous generations, despite their family member ruling as Queen to Robert Lannister.

A strong military leader, Robert Lannister expanded the armies of the crown and once again began outward expansion. The early years of his reign were marked with bloody border raids against the Reach at Red Lake. The king was hateful of Firstmen faiths and Children of the Forest, creatures that he considered demons. It was the large settlement of the Children at Red Lake that made him target those lands with fervor, slaughtering them whenever he could. After the first few successful raids, a full-scale invasion was launched as well in 151 A.I, the Bower falling under Lannister rule before the war was ended due to threats of an Ironborn invasion.

At the same time, a conclave of the Faith was held at Riverrun, many septons from the West attending. During the conclave, the Westermen septons managed to win the vote for where the Most Devout would be housed - Lannisport.

Not wishing to be attacked by the Ironborn during the next invasion, Robert Lannister had decided to make peace with them. For the first time in history, a King of the Iron Isles, Harras Hoare, was invited to Casterly Rock to treat with the Lion King. Robert promised to defend any Ironborn conquests within the lands of the Reach, in return for allowing Septons to preach without fear of being harmed on the Iron Isles. King Harras accepted the deal, though was secretly plotting to betray the Lannisters.

Once the bannermen of the Rock were informed of this deal the fallout was immediate. None of them accepted making any deals with the Ironborn, many urging the King to backstab them. Though betrayal came from the Ironborn first. As the Westerlands were preparing to march upon the Reach once more, the Ironborn landed on Kayce and began their invasion in 152 A.I. The forces of the West were utterly devastated, the war continuing on even into winter as Robert refused to surrender. In the ensuing years Lannisport was sacked, Lann's Sept destroyed and the Most Devout present there slaughtered. Kayce and Dale both became domains of the Iron Isles in 157.

When the devastating winter finally drew to a close in 158 A.I, Lord Russel Risley launched a rebellion supported by the vast majority of Westermen lords and overthrew Robert Lannister, who was slain in the only battle of the rebellion by Lord Jon Lanny. Robert's children were sent off to septs and forced to join the Faith's holy order. Russel Risley crowned himself King of the Westerlands.

In the following years, Russel gathered the forces of the West, the Riverlands and the Faith and began an invasion to retake Kayce and Dale. The war was brutal, tens of thousands perishing before the Ironborn were pushed back from Dale in 168 A.I. Seeing that the West would not give up Kayce either and that another devastating war was soon to come, the Ironborn abandoned those lands as well in 170, though not before trying to destroy as much as possible.

Russel continued to rule for a few more years after the war before dying of old age. His oldest son Reynard Risley took the throne as the second Risley king in 173. Reynard would only be remembered for encouraging scholars and learned men, as well as funding innovation. He died of a heart attack only five years into his reign.

The third Risley king, Roland Risley, rose to the throne at the young age of 16 in 178 A.I.

== References ==

[[Category:Regions]]

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 The Kingdom of the Rock was forged during the age of [[Loreon I Lannister]], the first true King of the Rock. His successors expanded the Kingdom until a disastrous defeat at the hands of [[Garth Goldenhand]] led to a century of retreat. During this time, the Rock was part of a medley of Kingdoms that dotted the West. These included the many Kingdoms of the Mountain Clansmen, the Crake Kings, the Kings of Fair Isle, the Necromancer Kings of the Banefort, and many others forgotten to time. The expansion of the Rock came to a sudden halt after their war with the Reach, and many of her dominions broke free of Lannister rule in this era. The ages of [[King Loreon III]] and [[King Loreon IV]] saw the Rock retreat into itself, as weak Kings lent little to earlier eras of Lannister expansion.
-When the Andals came in force, about a century after the great defeat, the Kingdom of the Rock changed considerably. Firstly it became revealed to the Lannisters that Lann the clever was an Andal, and was acclaimed even the [[First-Among-the-Andals]] by more recent Andal visitors. The subsequent diplomatic and military victories of the Rock were attributed by the Lannisters to the reopening of [[Lann's Sept]]. Though the might of the Ironborn waxed greatly in this era, so did the might of Casterly Rock. As the Ironborn reavers descended upon the West with a fury not seen in centuries, the Westermen of the coasts, unified under House Lannister, suffered greatly despite their best attempts to mount a resistance. This heavy militarization, a consequence of their fear of the seas and those that rule them, was the seed of Casterly's Rock recent rise.
+=== First Century A.I. ===
 King [[Loreon V Lannister]] and the Red Queen [[Elsa Reyne]] oversaw the beginning of the Rock's reversal in fortunes, despite a fractious political situation resulting from Loreon's own desire to be seen as a woman. In the era of King Loreon V, the Crake Kings bent the knee, the Foote Hills were brought under the Rock, the Silver Hills were conquered, and tensions with the Reach itself reached a boiling point. The [[Seven Years' War]] that followed saw the demise of King Loreon V, and the beginning of the reign of King Tyrion I. Victory over the Reach was followed by the conquests of [[Denslane]] and [[Ashmark]], bringing the Kingdom of the Rock to its greatest extent in history.
+When the Andals came in force, about a century after the great defeat, the Kingdom of the Rock changed considerably. Firstly it became revealed to the Lannisters that Lann the clever was an Andal, and was acclaimed even the [[First-Among-the-Andals]] by more recent Andal visitors. The subsequent diplomatic and military victories of the Rock were attributed by the Lannisters to the reopening of [[Lann's Sept]]. Though the might of the Ironborn waxed greatly in this era, so did the might of Casterly Rock. As the Ironborn reavers descended upon the West with a fury not seen in centuries, the Westermen of the coasts, unified under House Lannister, suffered greatly despite their best attempts to mount a resistance. This heavy militarization, a consequence of their fear of the seas and those that rule them, was the seed of Casterly Rocks recent rise.
 During King Tyrion I's reign, further conflicts arose in Goldengrove, The Risleys refused to bend to the Gardeners and called on Lannister aid, the [[Seven Years' War]] was unpopular among the Rock's bannermen and notions of another costly war in the south led to Houses Reyne, Crakehall and Dale rising up in open rebellion against Tyrion I. The rebellion was put down by house Lanny with aid from the Vances, Baneforts and Plumms, house Crakehall was shown mercy but House Reyne was wiped out. The conflict regarding Goldengrove ended in Tyrion's defeat and the return of Rowan rule, a peace treaty with the Reach followed soon after.
-Tyrion I's descendants became passive and overly reliant on their andal advisors, primarily House Risley, represented by the chief advisors and father and son due, Robert and Ronald Risley, during their tenure as defacto rulers of the Rock there were multiple failed invasions of Fair Isle as well as rebellions from the Necromancer Mordred Banefort, the bronze clans under the Lannetts and the Lannys of Ashmark, all of them being quelled by the armed interventions of House Risley. The Rock in this time was left united and centralised, but the lion's inability to self govern and reliance on capable advisors was made evident to it's vassals, returning to the times of House Reyne and it's continued regency over the Rock.
+=== Second Century A.I. ===
+Tyrion I's descendants became passive and overly reliant on their andal advisors, primarily House Risley which was now landed in Castamere, represented by the chief advisors and father and son duo, Robert and Ronald Risley, during their tenure as defacto rulers of the Rock from 94 A.I to 131 A.I, there were multiple failed invasions of Fair Isle as well as rebellions from the Necromancer Mordred Banefort, the bronze clans under the Lannetts and the Lannys of Ashmark, all of them being quelled by the armed interventions of House Risley. The Rock in this time was left united and centralized, but the lion's inability to self govern and reliance on capable advisors was made evident to it's vassals, returning to the times of House Reyne and it's continued regency over the Rock.
 Efforts of Houses Plumm, Risley and Vypren saw the introduction of roads and coinage to the Rock, though the process of integrating them across the Kingdom and it's many first men subjects would prove slow and costly.
+During the tenure of Ronald Risley as both regent and chief advisor of the kingdom, King Robert Lannister came of age and became the first king in three generations to rule by his own word. Despite that, Ronald Risley was not allowed to retire as he wished, and was kept on the kings counsel until finally the old Risley lord succumbed to stress and old age at 136 A.I. The following Risley lords, Roymar and Russel, were not as loyal as the previous generations, despite their family member ruling as Queen to Robert Lannister.
+A strong military leader, Robert Lannister expanded the armies of the crown and once again began outward expansion. The early years of his reign were marked with bloody border raids against the Reach at Red Lake. The king was hateful of Firstmen faiths and Children of the Forest, creatures that he considered demons. It was the large settlement of the Children at Red Lake that made him target those lands with fervor, slaughtering them whenever he could. After the first few successful raids, a full-scale invasion was launched as well in 151 A.I, the Bower falling under Lannister rule before the war was ended due to threats of an Ironborn invasion.
+At the same time, a conclave of the Faith was held at Riverrun, many septons from the West attending. During the conclave, the Westermen septons managed to win the vote for where the Most Devout would be housed - Lannisport.
+Not wishing to be attacked by the Ironborn during the next invasion, Robert Lannister had decided to make peace with them. For the first time in history, a King of the Iron Isles, Harras Hoare, was invited to Casterly Rock to treat with the Lion King. Robert promised to defend any Ironborn conquests within the lands of the Reach, in return for allowing Septons to preach without fear of being harmed on the Iron Isles. King Harras accepted the deal, though was secretly plotting to betray the Lannisters.
+Once the bannermen of the Rock were informed of this deal the fallout was immediate. None of them accepted making any deals with the Ironborn, many urging the King to backstab them. Though betrayal came from the Ironborn first. As the Westerlands were preparing to march upon the Reach once more, the Ironborn landed on Kayce and began their invasion in 152 A.I. The forces of the West were utterly devastated, the war continuing on even into winter as Robert refused to surrender. In the ensuing years Lannisport was sacked, Lann's Sept destroyed and the Most Devout present there slaughtered. Kayce and Dale both became domains of the Iron Isles in 157.
+When the devastating winter finally drew to a close in 158 A.I, Lord Russel Risley launched a rebellion supported by the vast majority of Westermen lords and overthrew Robert Lannister, who was slain in the only battle of the rebellion by Lord Jon Lanny. Robert's children were sent off to septs and forced to join the Faith's holy order. Russel Risley crowned himself King of the Westerlands.
+In the following years, Russel gathered the forces of the West, the Riverlands and the Faith and began an invasion to retake Kayce and Dale. The war was brutal, tens of thousands perishing before the Ironborn were pushed back from Dale in 168 A.I. Seeing that the West would not give up Kayce either and that another devastating war was soon to come, the Ironborn abandoned those lands as well in 170, though not before trying to destroy as much as possible.
+Russel continued to rule for a few more years after the war before dying of old age. His oldest son Reynard Risley took the throne as the second Risley king in 173. Reynard would only be remembered for encouraging scholars and learned men, as well as funding innovation. He died of a heart attack only five years into his reign.
+The third Risley king, Roland Risley, rose to the throne at the young age of 16 in 178 A.I.
 == References ==
 [[Category:Regions]]

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