you are a andal war chief

[LordScattergood10]

This is just a fun scenario I don't think anyone else has done yet.

You are a andal war lord who has been extremely successful as a mercenary. You are relatively young to do all the things you have done being only 24. You have gathered a very powerful following of warriors 5k strong who after 8 years of battle after battle are the best a commander can ask for. These men after fighting with you have sworn undying loyalty because of their respect. 

Something has happened that you never expected would happen. You have earned a magnificent reputation as a warrior and battle commander after years of war. You became a mercenary and after years of proving your self as a warrior you have now spent the last 5 years as commander of your own following of warriors you have not only made a fortune in gold but along the way you have armed your men with the best steel that can be found. When you came back to the village you and your men have raised there is a westerosi of the first men with a small unit of men waiting for. 

This messenger as it turns out to be is the youngest son of the former king stark of winterfell and he tells you about his current situation; when his father died his middle brother had his oldest brother murdered and his young nephew as well and had himself crowned. The exiled stark prince swears that he can raise almost half the north to fight his brother. He is positive that if you join him with your FAMOUS group of warriors and your reputation as a battle commander and warrior men will join your and his banners and can win. 

You won't fight for free or risk your men for a foreign noble cause. The hopeful king in the north makes you a deal. For your aid in casting down his evil brother and putting him on the throne in winterfell he will make you one of the top 3 most powerful lords in the north on par in land and wealth with the Boltons, Umbers, and Dustins. He will grant you a entirely new lordship and the gold(along with your considerable amount of gold you have already) to completely rebuild and refortify your new castle. This aspiring young king has made you lord of moat cailin, warden of the causeway, and the fancy new title defender of the throne. The land he is granting you is considerable north and south of the moat. This would in normal circumstances be a bit difficult considering that the lands already belong to different lords but considering the wars to come you are confident that reputation and battle will secure these lands comfortably. Last but maybe even more intriguing your new chosen king has offered you the true prize of the north; his 17 year old sister who is famed even in andalos as a rare beauty. When your brother murdered your other brother and his young son; you and your sister escaped south of the neck into the riverlands and are currently residing in raventree hall under the protection of the mudd kings. The mudd king married his daughter to your aspiring stark king adding his support your war.

You land in the riverlands and you learn your dispositions. The sitting "evil" stark king has raised his banners and has a formidable force of 20k men. He has married a Bolton daughter adding one of the most powerful lords to his cause. 

You and your new made king and brother in law have the military backing of a few of the ambitious northern lords. You have the support of the young lord Dustin adding 3k men to your army. He was not the only one; the northern clans have joined you as well and added another 3k men, the umbers declared for you and your king and are marching to add 3,500 men to your cause.

You also have additional support from the riverlords and mudd king. The mudd king is no warrior and he hopes he can call on the new lord of the moat and the north for aid so he is allowing his lords to join you and is giving you 1k of his best men along with gold, arms, and armor. The lord blackwood is giving you 1k men to your cause, the tully lords of riverrun are giving you another 1k men, and the brackens to not be out done by the blackwoods are adding another 1k men to fight in this war for the north. This support has given you 18,500 men to fight against the sitting stark kings 20k. Both armies have their advantages over the other. The sinister enthroned stark king has the advantage in heavy cavalry numbering 6k of his 20k. He also controls more castles in the north along with the legitimacy. A majority of the lords support him out of fear even though they know he murdered his brother and young nephew. They will abandon him if you can hurt him enough to look weak but you have to make him look weak.

You have your advantages as well. You are one of the best and most experienced battle commanders in the world and people fear your reputation as a warrior as well. You might be outmatched in heavy cavalry but your heavy infantfy outclasses your opponent exponentially. Of your 18,500 men 8k men are extremely well armed and armored as well as battle hardened. You also outclass your rival in archers as well. You do lack in heavy cavalry only numbering about 3k. You lack as many castles as your opponent does but the ones you do possess strategically very important. You possess moat cailin, you have the support of barrowtown hall, and also you have the allegiance of last hearth giving you a very strong castle and a chance to have a force close in on your enemies forces from the north.

So what do you guys think? How do you prevail? Can you prevail? What else might you need? Do you need the support of one of the other regional kings? Do you need to fear one of the other regional kings? Let me know what you guys think.