Trial of Seven at Ashford
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The Trial of Seven at Ashford was a judicial combat held in 209 AC at the castle of House Ashford, where an accusation against Ser Duncan the Tall grew into a duel of seven champions on each side.
It pitted members of House Targaryen against each other on the same field, and its outcome made that year's tournament at Ashford one of the most remembered episodes in the Reach's recent history.
Origin of the Trial
During the tournament held at Ashford, Ser Duncan the Tall found himself facing an accusation that would have to be settled with steel. What began as a challenge between two men grew until it became a trial of seven champions on each side.
Standing with Duncan were Lyonel Baratheon, Humfrey Beesbury, Humfrey Hardyng and Raymun Fossoway, alongside two Targaryen princes. On the other side, Aerion Targaryen gathered men from Houses Crakehall, Fossoway and Wylde. The royal line itself ended up split between the two sides of the fight.
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Verdict
The combat ended with Duncan the Tall cleared of the accusation against him. But the verdict came at a cost: Prince Baelor, Hand of the King, along with the knights Humfrey Beesbury and Humfrey Hardyng, fell in the fighting on the side that had defended Duncan.
Ashford has been tied to that tournament ever since, remembered not only for the trial itself but for what it cost the royal family.
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Participants
Sides
Duncan the Tall's champions
accusers
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Who was there
- Baelor TargaryenSerAppears in Origin of the Trial, Verdict
- Lyonel BaratheonSer
- Humfrey BeesburySer
No entry in the atlas: Duncan the Tall · Aerion Targaryen · Maekar Targaryen · Humfrey Hardyng † · Raymun Fossoway
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Books and show
The show and the books
| Show | Books | |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 209 AC | 209 AC |
| Place | Ashford Meadow | Ashford Meadow |
| Outcome | Duncan the Tall proved innocent · deaths of Prince Baelor Breakspear, Humfrey Beesbury and Humfrey Hardyng | Duncan el Alto probado inocente · muerte del príncipe Baelor Rompelanzas, de Humfrey Beesbury y de Humfrey Hardyng |
| On screen | A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms · T1E5 | — |
By work
| Work | Format | Where it is told |
|---|---|---|
| A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms | Show | Origin of the Trial, Verdict |
The chronology of events
- Dalton Greyjoy's raids on the Westerlands
- Battle by the Lakeshore
- Ambush at Crossed Elms
- Butcher's Ball
- Battle of the Red Fork
- Battle of Acorn Hall
- Siege of Longtable
- Sack of Bitterbridge
- First Battle of Tumbleton
- Arrest of Addam Velaryon and imprisonment of Corlys Velaryon
- Fall of Dragonstone
- Taking of Maidenpool by Daemon Targaryen
- Aemond Targaryen's reprisals in the Riverlands
- Battle Above the Gods Eye
- Death of Helaena Targaryen
- King's Landing Riots
- Storming of the Dragonpit
- Rhaenyra's flight to Duskendale
- Second Battle of Tumbleton
- Retaking of Rook's Rest
- Death of Rhaenyra Targaryen
- Moon of the Three Kings
- Borros Baratheon's seizure of King's Landing
- Battle of the Kingsroad
- Death of Aegon II
- Wedding of Aegon III and Jaehaera Targaryen
- Coronation of Aegon III
- Hour of the Wolf
- Battle of the Redgrass Field
- Ashford Tourney
- Trial of Seven at Ashford
- Great Spring Sickness
- Coronation of Aerys I
- Tragedy at Summerhall
- Tourney at Harrenhal
- Robert's Rebellion
- Execution of Rickard and Brandon Stark
- Battle of Gulltown (Robert's Rebellion)
- Battle of Summerhall
- Battle of Ashford
- Siege of Storm's End
- Battle of the Bells
- Battle of the Trident
- Battle of the Mander
- Sack of King's Landing
- Coronation of Robert I
- Confrontation at the Tower of Joy
- Assault on Dragonstone
- Sack of Lannisport
- Siege of Pyke
- Battle of Seagard
- Battle of Fair Isle
- War of the Five Kings
- Hand's Tourney
- Battle of the Golden Tooth
- Battle at the Mummer's Ford
- Battle of Riverrun
- Death of Robert I
- Coronation of Joffrey I
- Execution of Eddard Stark
- Wedding of Daenerys Targaryen and Khal Drogo
- and 107 more in the index