Edited the main page to reflect changes in the backstory and the new events. [hider=Events] (where important milestones in the game will be recorded) (A year has now passed in-game) - The marriage of Prince Aemon Targaryen to Tyrion Lannister's daughter, Joanna, where the Stepstoner rebels tried to assassinate the royal family with the aid of dark magic. All survived and thus began the newest war to suppress the islands. - The Iron Throne sends an army to the Red Mountains to crush the Vultures. After many hard battles, the Iron Throne prevailed and the Vultures were rooted out of Hellgate Hall, the rebellion utterly crushed. Many heroes were awarded for their service. - The Scorpion King is killed in battle, his rebel fleets crushed and his allies including the exile Kraken out to flight. As with the Red Mountains, many young champions are given high honors for their contributions. - The Mountain Clans of the Vale finally submit, due to the expert diplomacy of Tyrion Lannister and Mychel Arryn. The Clans now vow fealty to Lord Robin, allowing the Valemen to expand their mining, timber, and farming trade. Tensions between the two peoples are high, and the Vale itself is divided by the so-called peace, with many lords and smallfolk resenting the treatment of wildlings as neighbors. - Tommen Lannister is knighted and married to Alerie Tyrell in a glorious ceremony uniting two great families and angering many lords and commonfolk in both the Westerlands and the Reach. The insurgent campaigns of the Reynes and the Gardeners continues. - William Bolton is named Lord of the Dreadfort, an appointment that has caused unrest in the North. Many others, such as Mirren Sand, Ser Aerion Goldfyre, Taria Greyjoy, Seran of Lys, Ser Ellion Tyrell, and the dragon princes themselves are also rewarded in various manners for their victory over the rebel Stepstoners. - Agents of the crown secretly uncover that a number of clergymen in the Grand Sept have been making free with septas and congregants, which the High Septon sought to keep quiet. The High Septon avoids any real consequences but the offending priests are forced to reveal any associations with Sparrow rebels. Those who comply are exiled to the Watch, those who do not are executed as traitors. The scandal itself is kept under wraps so as not to bring shame to the Faith. The rebel sparrows continue troubling the realm, using the deaths as supposed proof of the unholiness of the Targaryen dynasty. - Along with his siblings and father, Ser Mantarys is honored for his contribution to the Iron Throne. He is given the hand of Jonquil Celtigar, a former septa and one of the Grant Sept victims, and is made the legal father of her child. Though many claim that boy is actually Aemon's and it is said that the Prince intended to take her on as a second wife, a move that would have caused no end of trouble. The marriage has further inflamed the famous rivalry between the two dragon riders. - With the aid of Qarth and the Tigers of Volantis, the New Masters have begun raising a host to reinstate slavery in Dragon's Bay. Meanwhile, Mantarys, Elyria, and Tolos have bent the knee to Archon Valarr who has declared a New Valyrian Empire and begun resettling ruined cities abandoned in the wake of the Doom. The Three Daughters now war with Braavos and Pentos as the Dothraki loyal to Daenerys war with the great khalasar that has formed to return the Dothraki to their raiding ways. - Several dragons are born at the same time in a dramatic hatching ceremony, and Prince Aemon's son Aegon has bonded with one while his lady wife is already pregnant and awaiting another child soon. Various tensions run high in the Kingdom as wars in the east loom and minor rebellions continue while rivalries fester. [/hider] Here is a brief summary of events in the interim period, but of course more has gone on besides. Chime in with your thoughts please.