

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, the "War of the Ninepenny Kings" was the last of five rebellions by House Blackfyre, a cadet branch of House Targaryen, which attempted to take the Iron Throne.


" When I returned from the War of the Ninepenny Kings, people called me "Ser Brynden", but my older brother Hoster called me 'engaged'." ―Ser Brynden Tully In the books Lord Baelish, Petyr Baelish's father, was also noted for his heroism and befriended Hoster Tully, Lord of Riverrun, leading to Petyr being fostered by Lord Hoster at Riverrun. Īfter the war King Aegon V rewarded Ser Barristan by appointing him to the elite Kingsguard. Ser Brynden Tully was another celebrated hero of the war. The war ended when the young Ser Barristan Selmy killed Maelys the Monstrous in single combat. The war occurred in the final years of the reign of King Aegon V Targaryen. The exiled Blackfyres, a cadet branch of House Targaryen, once again gathered up enough strength in the Free Cities in the form of sellsword armies to mount another attempt to seize the Iron Throne. The rebellion occurred almost 25 years before Robert's Rebellion, and many prominent figures in that later conflict first blooded themselves in it. Petyr Baelish's father befriended Lord Hoster Tully while they fought together in the War of Ninepenny Kings.
