The Bitter End

The sensationalized nomenclature that directly refers to the Red Keep Massacre. Perpetrated by the allies of the would-be Usurper, Daeron Waters, the Bitter End involved the decimation of Queen Elaena Targaryen's court and severely weakening the city of King's Landing prior to the Battle of King's Landing. The chief belligerents were the elite units from the Golden Company, led into the massacre by Garron Bracken. Although many members of the royal court were killed in the resulting chaos of the attack, several key players, the queen and her predecessor included, were rescued in time by loyalist forces outside the Red Keep. The ultimate fate of Garron Bracken's troupe was death after the gates to the Red Keep swung open from the inside, inviting the enraged loyalists to render the mercenary threat impotent. Garron Bracken was killed in battle, though several of his close advisers were captured alive and spent the remainder of the war in the dungeon. Shortly after the war, they would be some of the first to hang.