Field of Crows

Field of Crows
The battle before the gates of Sathar, by Paolo Puggioni, featured in The World of Ice & Fire
Date	Century of Blood
Place	Sarnor, between Sarnath and Kasath
Result	Decisive Dothraki victory
Combatants Tall Men Dothraki Commanders High King Mazor Alexi Khal Haro Khal Qano Khal Loso Khal Zhako Strength 6,000 scythed chariots 10,000 armored riders 10,000 light horsemen close to 100,000 spearmen and slingers almost 80,000 horsemen Casualties Mazor Alexi† 6 lesser kings† more than 60 lords and heroes† ~100,000 men Haro†

The Field of Crows was the largest battle between the Dothraki and the Tall Men during the Century of Blood. The victory of the horselords allowed them to conquer the rest of the Kingdom of Sarnor.^[1]

Prelude

The Kingdom of Sarnor was a confederation of cities, each with their own king, which was ruled by a High King. Many of the Sarnori, or Tall Men, sought to use the Dothraki nomads for their own benefit, not recognizing the threat the horselords posed to their cities. Although several Sarnori cities were sacked and burned by the Dothraki, it was the fall of Mardosh that led the Sarnori to unite behind High King Mazor Alexi.^[1]

Battle

The Sarnori army contained six thousand scythed chariots, ten thousand heavy horse, ten thousand light horse, and one hundred thousand foot. They met four khalasars, nearly eighty thousand Dothraki, halfway between Sarnath and Kasath. The van of Sarnori chariots cut through the Dothraki, including Khal Haro, causing his khalasar to rout. Mazor Alexi led the Sarnori in pursuit, but quickly fell into a trap. While Haro's survivors fired arrows at the Sarnori, Khal Qano attacked from the north and Khal Zhako from the south. Khal Loso's mobile khalasar attacked from the rear, preventing the Sarnori from retreating. Mazor Alexi and his great host were destroyed by the four khalasars. A hundred thousand men may have died in the battle.^[1]

Aftermath

The Dothraki quickly conquered Sarnath, which lacked defenders, and then gradually conquered the remaining Sarnori cities, with the exception of Saath.^[1]

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