The Smallfolk Rise Against the Dragons

Fire & Blood

This thread follows the growth of popular unrest in King’s Landing from anger at royal rule to the destruction of the Dragonpit.

increasing

Bearing strength in each event

decreasing

Taxes Turn the City Taxes Turn the City from "Fire & Blood". A Queen Loses the City New Exactions Rhaenyra’s government imposes harsh taxes to refill an emptied treasury.

Taxes Turn the City from "Fire & Blood". A Queen Loses the City New Exactions Rhaenyra’s government imposes harsh taxes to refill an emptied treasury.

A Queen Loses the City New Exactions Rhaenyra’s government imposes harsh taxes to refill an emptied treasury. Merchants, innkeepers, and poor residents feel the burden. Reputation Reverses Many who welcomed her return begin to call her cruel. Financial policy weakens the popular support she needs to govern.

The Shepherd Preaches The Shepherd Preaches from "Fire & Blood". Fear Finds a Voice Dragons as Demons The Shepherd calls dragons unnatural and urges the crowd to purge the capital of them.

The Shepherd Preaches from "Fire & Blood". Fear Finds a Voice Dragons as Demons The Shepherd calls dragons unnatural and urges the crowd to purge the capital of them.

Fear Finds a Voice Dragons as Demons The Shepherd calls dragons unnatural and urges the crowd to purge the capital of them. An Audience Grows Terror of an approaching dragon attack draws thousands to hear him. His message turns social grievance into religious and political rebellion.

A Riot Breaks Out A Riot Breaks Out from "Fire & Blood". Order Collapses Streets Become Battlegrounds Rioters attack shops, officials, and guards. The City Watch struggles to restore order amid fear and anger.

A Riot Breaks Out from "Fire & Blood". Order Collapses Streets Become Battlegrounds Rioters attack shops, officials, and guards. The City Watch struggles to restore order amid fear and anger.

Order Collapses Streets Become Battlegrounds Rioters attack shops, officials, and guards. The City Watch struggles to restore order amid fear and anger. A Failed Suppression The crowd overwhelms Luthor Largent’s force at Cobbler’s Square. The queen’s authority no longer guarantees safety in her own city.

The Storming of the Dragonpit

The Mob Reaches the Dragons An Assault on Rhaenys’s Hill The Shepherd’s followers break into the Dragonpit, killing its guards and attacking the chained dragons. A City Pays in Blood Shrykos, Morghul, Tyraxes, Dreamfyre, and Syrax die amid fire and destruction. The uprising destroys the very symbols of the ruling house.

Rhaenyra Flees the Capital Rhaenyra Flees the Capital from "Fire & Blood". The Queen Abandons the City Aegon’s Heir Is Lost Joffrey dies trying to reach the Dragonpit and defend the remaining dragons.

Rhaenyra Flees the Capital from "Fire & Blood". The Queen Abandons the City Aegon’s Heir Is Lost Joffrey dies trying to reach the Dragonpit and defend the remaining dragons.

The Queen Abandons the City Aegon’s Heir Is Lost Joffrey dies trying to reach the Dragonpit and defend the remaining dragons. Rhaenyra loses her last son by Laenor. The Capital Is Lost With the city in rebellion and her dragon dead, Rhaenyra escapes. The popular revolt ends her rule in King’s Landing.

130 AC, after Rhaenyra retakes King’s Landing

130 AC, after Tumbleton’s destruction

130 AC, on the first night of the uprising

130 AC, the second night of the riot

130 AC, after the Dragonpit falls