26 Chapter 25 - Renly's War Council

~ Renly's Tent, Rebel Camp, Near the Grassy Vale ~

Around the table in the rebel king's war tent, there was quite a crowd gathered around a table. A table that had a map of the reach and the crownlands placed on it. These people were the lords of the reach that had agreed to help in getting Renly the crown, and in exchange they had been granted positions of power in his small council.

These people were Lord Paramount Mace Tyrell, Ser Loras Tyrell, Ser Baelor Hightower, Lord Paxter Redwyne, and Lord Mathis Rowan.

Mace Tyrell, the fat buffoon of Highgarden, had been guaranteed the position of the Hand of the King, a position he had desired ever since he had been a part of Aerys Targaryen's court. But unfortunately, the Targaryen's lost the war and House Tyrell faced the consequences of their choices. Though, through a twist of fate, they had been granted a second chance in the form of Renly Baratheon.

Renly Baratheon, a man who had been constantly wronged by his nephew, sought revenge. When his son, Loras Tyrell brought forth an idea to dethrone Orys Baratheon and make Renly the king, he was going to slap the shit out of him. But when he saw his mother, Olenna Tyrell, the true mind behind the actions of the Reach, agree with him if he gave them what they desired, and he was.

Loras Tyrell, the lover of the traitor had been granted the position of Master of Laws, even though the position he desired was the post of the Lord Commander of the King's Guard. Though, since he was the heir to Highgarden, such a request could not be accepted.

Baelor Hightower was the cousin of Alerie Hightower, the Lady of Highgarden and the mother of Mace's children. While he wasn't convinced with the idea of the rebellion, he was going to support his family and new king as the Master of Coin.

Paxter Redwyne was a well-known lord of the seven kingdoms, due to the fact he could boast the largest naval fleet in all of Westeros. And hence, he was the Master of Ships for Renly as well.

Mathis Rowan had been handed the command of the army for the upcoming battle, since Randyll Tarly had chosen his side.

"My Lords, I believe the must have received the letter by now, so it is only right we begin our operation. Even though I am going to dethrone by nephew, I respect his intelligence and the most intelligent move right now would be for him to wait us out in King's Landing and wait for aid from the rest of the Kingdoms. Hence, we need to seize King's Landing before that.

Once we have accomplished that, we would have to subdue the Lannisters and the Stromlands since those two regions are the most likely ones to cause us trouble. What do you think?" Renly questioned as he looked around and waited for an answer from his council.

Mace Tyrell wasted no time in bootlicking and said, "An excellent choice of action, Your Grace. I, myself was thinking of the same. We should be able to take the capital with ease since we boast an army 5 times their size."

"That's the right course of action, my king. We need to be swift, since the Lannisters and Stannis Baratheon would definitely bring reinforcements. We need to take King's Landing before that," Mathis Rowan said as the rest agreed.

They discussed a few more point before Renly decided to end the meeting. They were all about to leave for their respective tents when one of their men came in running at high speeds.

"Your Grace! Our scouts have reported that Orys Baratheon's army, consisting of at least 20,000 men has been spotted an hour away from our position," he shouted with shock all over his face.

"What!"

TO BE CONTINUED

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