[Spoilers MAIN] Let me get something straight about Cregan Stark-
- Is asked to join the war by Jace
- Aura farms for a bit then doesn't send any armies south
- Jace dies
- All of the last serious dragons die at Tumbleton
- Rhaenyra dies
- What's left of the Green forces is comprehensively defeated on the Kingsroad
- Now, after sitting around doing absolutely nothing the entire war, Cregan and his host FINALLY march south
- Reaches Kings Landing and immediately starts aura farming and threatening to destroy the peace Corlys created
- Acts like he was the difference between victory and defeat in the war
- Boasts about how he came through for his bro Jace and his Queen (may I once again remind you he did absolutely nothing all war)
- Acts like some sort of "justice at all costs" type by arresting a bunch of randoms who may have been involved in Aegon's murder
- Immediately goes back on that and lets them all take the black
- Makes one ballsy arrest (Corlys) then immediately frees him in exchange for some Riverlands sex
- Leaves
- Is forever remembered as some sort of 'Ned Stark meets Stannis' style badass
You can't deny the Stark surname did a LOT of heavy lifting for Cregan's reputation.