Despite consistently winning battles, King Robb Stark loses political support and is murdered at the Red Wedding, ending Stark involvement in the war.
House Stark rebels after their lord, Eddard, is executed. Despite being surrounded by enemies, the Lannisters never lose control of the capital or the throne. House Lannister controls the capital of King’s Landing and supports King Joffrey of the Houses Lannister and Baratheon. Stannis takes the remnants of his forces north to The Wall, and the Greyjoys are being pushed out of the North by the Boltons. King Joffrey is assassinated by his Tyrell allies, and his younger brother, Tommen (also a Lannister bastard) takes the throne and is the apparent winner of the War of the Five Kings. Robb Stark is unable to defeat both Lannisters and Greyjoys, and while attempting to rebuild alliances in order to strengthen his armies, is betrayed and murdered by his supposed allies in House Frey and Bolton at the Red Wedding, leaving the Lannisters the apparent victors. 
Stannis takes many of Renly’s forces and attacks the capital, but an alliance between Lannisters and Tyrells sees Stannis defeated at The Battle of the Blackwater. Renly allies with the powerful House Tyrell, and seems set to take the throne until Stannis magically assassinates him. The Starks start defeating the Lannisters, until the Greyjoys rebel and take much of the North from them….
Balon Greyjoy, the would-be King of the Iron Isles. Robb Stark, the would-be King in the North. Renly Baratheon, the ambitious youngest Baratheon brother. Stannis Baratheon, the middle Baratheon brother, and the rightful heir–if Joffrey’s true parentage is known. Joffrey Baratheon(-Lannister), Robert’s acknowledged heir who sits on the Iron Throne, though in actuality the bastard son of Queen Cersei and Jaime Lannister. The war can be understood as starting with Robert’s death, and ending with the Red Wedding-although actions both before and after directly relate (see detailed chronology, below). 
The fragile peace enforced by King Robert Baratheon comes to an end, and several contenders emerge for his crown, or attempt to declare independence. The War of the Five Kings is the in-world name given to the civil war that dominates the story of Game of Thrones in its first few seasons. Winter Is Coming wants to be the central location for Game of Thrones fans–including explanations and analyses of the show’s story and the world of Westeros.
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