The stage was set for the war when Catelyn seized Tyrion, unjustly accusing him of the attempted murder of her son Bran, based on false claims made by Littlefinger. " That bit of theater will haunt our family for a generation." ― Tyrion Lannister to Cersei Lannister, speaking about the Execution of Eddard Stark by her son Joffrey. History Opening moves Tyrion Lannister's abduction 1.2.1 Robb Stark invades the Westerlands.Ironically, many of the same events Littlefinger put in motion to increase his own power and influence were eventually discovered by the remaining members of House Stark, which were ultimately used as evidence against him for his execution. He then styles himself King of the Iron Islands and launches raids in the North, while most of the Northern armies are distracted south of the Neck fighting the Lannisters in the Riverlands and the Westerlands.īy 303 AC, all of the original five kings were either assassinated or killed in battle, leading to the total and complete end of the War of the Five Kings. With the attention of the North and the Iron Throne diverted, Balon Greyjoy, Lord Reaper of Pyke and ruler of the Iron Islands, seizes the opportunity to declare the Iron Islands independent once more, restoring the Kingdom of the Iron Islands. As the King in the North, Robb declares that the North and the Riverlands, ruled by his maternal grandfather Hoster Tully, are a sovereign Kingdom of the North no longer subject to the rule of the Iron Throne.
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Robb had been in command of a host marching south to free his then-imprisoned father and to relieve a Lannister attack on the Riverlands. Meanwhile, Robb Stark, the Lord of Winterfell, is declared the King in the North by his bannermen in the wake of the execution of his father, on false charges of treason by Joffrey. Renly claims the throne on the basis that he would be a better king, despite being second to Stannis in the lawful line of succession. Stannis sees himself as the rightful heir by right of blood, being Robert's heir with the removal of Joffrey, Myrcella, and Tommen from the line of succession, due to them being bastards born of incest. However, the revelation that he, along with his brother and sister, are bastards born of incest between Queen Consort Cersei and her twin brother Jaime, leads both Stannis and Renly to claim the throne for themselves. Upon Robert's death, his heir apparent Joffrey takes the Iron Throne. Petyr, from the small House Baelish, ignited the war in order to gain more power for himself. The conflict was orchestrated by Petyr Baelish, the Master of Coin, with the help of Lysa Arryn, who poisoned her husband Jon Arryn, Hand of the King to Robert Baratheon, and sent a letter to her sister Catelyn Stark claiming that it was the Lannisters who had poisoned her husband.
The five kings in question were Robert's heir apparent, Joffrey Baratheon, Robert's younger brothers, Stannis and Renly Baratheon, the " King in the North" Robb Stark, and the " King of the Iron Islands" Balon Greyjoy. In essence, the war was a three-way battle for the Iron Throne fought alongside two independence movements. The War of the Five Kings was a major multi-theater civil war in the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros that erupted in the wake of the death of King Robert I. The Starks fight the Lannisters, the Baratheons fight each other." ―Daenerys Targaryen to Ser Jorah Mormont " The Seven Kingdoms are at war with one another.
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