Where everbody is

[eytank49752]

I'm a bit unclear where everyone is located at the moment.

I'm marching for Casterly Rock with a force of 20,000.

[Lilith Royce]

I'm in Casterly Rock babysitting a bunch of Valyrians that came with me to the wedding (including some knights and men at arms). I finally convinced Crake to let an unspecified number of them fight on the side of the Lannisters. I also asked Baldwin to let me set up a field hospital in the ballroom. Given my expertise in both potions and sewing, I make a damn fine medical officer.

[Lilith Royce]

Oh, and if we come through this alive, I bet that Daena will be very impressed by your martial prowess, B ;D

[eytank49752]

Sounds like fun. Is Daena is danger?

[Lilith Royce]

Baldwin's put the whole of Casterly Rock under siege status, no servants, everybody has to help with the defense. I figure it will be a mixture of Sansa and the ladies in the attack of KL and the women cowering in the basement of the 2nd LoTR (what drips those creatures were!), so I don't expect particular danger (though I will be getting a shipment of black daggers to all the ladies, so no rapes, please!) but it will be mighty uncomfortable. I think Daena will show herself to be quite plucky

[Lord Rhodri Arryn]

Ser Rhodri is escorting the surrendered Tyrells back to King's Landing to swear fealty to Aegon. I'm not sure on Selwyn -- in RP chatter he offered to help protect the ladies get back to the Vale, but it looks like Breyn went to the Vale without the ladies. So I'm not sure if he stayed at the Rock, or went with Breyn. So he'd either be a Rock defender or in Breyn's army -- one way or another, he's getting in on the action.

[Lord Rhodri Arryn]

Update: Rhodri is rerouting the bulk of his force to charge up the Gold Road and join the big battle.

[eytank49752]

Will the Tyrells stay loyal though, as now King Rodrick is dead and his heir is married to a Tyrell. Where are Tyrell's forces now that they have surrendered?

[Lord Rhodri Arryn]

Lord Tyrell and Ser Gathor are hostages, and Highgarden is defended by our men.

[Lord Rhodri Arryn]

Most of their army was with Rodrick already, under Rindwynd, and Tallaher is up in the North.

[eytank49752]

So even though Ser Gathor has surrendered, the Tyrells are still on the Baratheon side. I was just worried that the Tyrells had joined forces with you, creating a potential fifth column.

So what are the sizes of each force. I'm bringing 20,000. Baratheon has over 15000, plus however many Hightower brought. With the combined forces of Targaryen, Royce, and Lannister, they should theoretically stand no chance against us.

[Lilith Royce]

I've been thinking about battle medicine and the importance of getting to people before they bleed to death. If Baldwin does actually let me set up the ballroom of the hospital, I think I'm going to start cursing that the bloody bodies before me are just about dead before I get to them. When the battle does start, can somebody send a messenger to me and I'll come down and set up a field hospital right by where the action is.

I figure Elane will be really good at organizing the big hospital in the ballroom and Sara can keep all the women and children calm while all hell is breaking loose on the battlefield.

I wish this would start already!

[Lord Rhodri Arryn]

We're bringing around 3k horse and 5k foot. At this point I don't trust the Tyrells enough to have them arm and bring an army -- too easy a chance at betrayal, turn on us in the battlefield. Better their soldiers simply be nowhere near the battlefield at all.

[Lord Rhodri Arryn]

I've just sent ravens from the Highgarden rookery declaring that Lord Tyrell and his heir, Ser Gathor, have declared for King Aegon.

[Deleted]

I'll help with the hospital, and I sent out men to empty the surrounding granaries so that if there's a siege, the Baratheons will starve.

Breyn, I thought you were with us in the Rock. When did you leave, to come back with troops?