Rook's rest was a battlefield. There was a war between the Greens and the Blacks.

Lord Staunton had bent the knee to Queen Rhaenyra and the Blacks, but the Greens and their King Aegon would not tolerate that.

Sir Criston Cole led endless men forward to conquer the castle of Rook's Rest.

The battle progressed, many died. But it was not yet the right time for Prince Aemond Targaryen.

Hidden in the forest, he waited on his dragon Vhagar for the right time to attack and join in himself.