How you characterize Duskendale’s political status for most of Westeros’ pre-Conquest history? Although they were conquered by the Stormlands a few times, I always got the impression that they were independent for large swathes of time (or only lightly ruled by their overlords). Would it be fair to describe the Crownlands, while not a kingdom in its own right, as a region characterized by its own political history of fragmented rule centered on Duskendale?

Well, Duskendale spent time under both the River Kings and the Storm Kings and the Iron Kings, but they also were independent at other times, and when they were conquered they tended to be on the periphery and thus more difficult to control. 

But yes, I would call the Crownlands characterized by fragmentary rule, a buffer zone and battlefield between kingdoms. 

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