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Originally Posted by Matata
The stormlands took some losses and would be diminished, but were there only three Baratheons and no one else in the family? the north is still able to muster a sizable Army after Robbs failed campaign, a civil war and fighting the dead. There should be thousands of stormland soldiers left in.
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Some losses?
There was 20,000 at the Battle of Blackwater that saw nearly all of them killed but a couple thousands. Stannis actually says he has under 4000 left before he makes his journey north and fights the Wildlings. Stannis also wasn't one to simply let people say "nah, I'm good, go on to the battle without me" so it's safe to assume that any knight loyal to the (last of the) Baratheons made it up North.
That couple thousands was around doubled in size by sellsword companies joining due to the Iron Bank.
The travel south (from the Wall to Winterfell) in middle took it's toll. People were dying, and the "20 few good men" of Bolton increases the issue. He reluctantly burns his child because of these issues. Then all the sellswords leave, and he's down to maybe 3000 for the actual battle.
The battle has the entire army surrounded and fleeing. The aftermath is shown (somewhat silly as Stannis at the front of the army is somehow alive for Brienne to kill) and the army is completed destroyed.
The few that were able to hide would have been killed by exposure in the northern winter.
There is no Stormland army and it was fairly represented on the show.
Most of the "northern" army in Winterfell was actually Wildlings and the Vale. Jon had next to nothing during the Battle of Bastard in terms of actual Northerners, a couple hundreds (mostly Mormont bannerman).
The Bolton's had a large army because, obviously, they were spared in the Red Wedding. Most of them die but Jon gets a couple them to swap back to the Starks by saving the small Umber boy and small Karstark girl.