Editing War of the Five Kings (section)

===The Clash of Kings===
In the [[riverlands]], after the [[Battle of the Camps]], Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] is content to wait at [[Harrenhal]], providing for his forces by pillaging the riverlands while Ser [[Stafford Lannister]] raises a new army near [[Lannisport]].{{ref|ACOK|7}} Aware that he lacks the strength to march against Lord Tywin, [[Robb Stark]] sends Ser [[Cleos Frey]] to [[King's Landing]] to offer peace terms.{{Ref|ACOK|7}} [[Lysa Arryn]], Robb's aunt, refuses to respond to requests for aid, and the [[Vale of Arryn]] remains neutral.{{ref|ACOK|22}}{{ref|ASOS|20}} [[Catelyn Stark]], Robb's mother, believes that [[Renly Baratheon]] could be the key,{{Ref|ACOK|7}} and she is sent as an envoy to strike an alliance.{{Ref|ACOK|22}} Robb, knowing that remaining at [[Riverrun]] will make it seem as if he is afraid to take to the field once more,{{Ref|ACOK|22}} personally leads an army of [[northmen]] and some [[rivermen]]{{ref|ACOK|39}}{{ref|ASOS|29}} to invade the [[westerlands]].{{ref|ACOK|11}} Ser [[Edmure Tully]] remains at Riverrun to guard his rear.{{ref|ACOK|39}}
[[File:Stannis' wars1.png|thumb|300px|<font color="#000080">In Blue: Stannis and allies</font>. <font color="#ff0000">In Red: Lannisters and allies</font>. <font color="#5FAF42">In green: Renly and allies</font>. 1.[[Siege of Storm's End (299)|Siege of Storm's End]]. 2.Battle at [[Bitterbridge]]. 3.[[Battle of the Fords]] 4.[[Battle of the Blackwater]]]]

*'''[[Fight at the holdfast]].''' Ser [[Amory Lorch]] has his raiders storm a holdfast at an unnamed [[Gods Eye town]]. [[Yoren]] and most of his recruits for the [[Night's Watch]] are slain, although [[Arya Stark]] escapes with a few companions.{{ref|ACOK|14}}
*'''[[Plot to free Jaime Lannister]].''' Taking advantage of Ser Cleos Frey's status as an envoy, [[Tyrion Lannister]] has a mummer, a poisoner, a thief and a murderer recruited and disguised as part the Lannister escort that is to accompany Ser Cleos back to [[Riverrun]]. All the envoys are welcomed by [[Edmure Tully]] and given freedom of the castle. The murderer kills two guards, the thief opens Jaime's cell, and the mummer imitates Edmure's voice to order the River Gate to be opened. The scheme fails, however, and Jaime is imprisoned in the dungeon.{{ref|ACOK|25}}{{ref|ACOK|39}}
* '''[[Battle of Oxcross]].''' Marching west, Robb bypasses the [[Golden Tooth]] using a secret mountain path discovered by his [[direwolf]], [[Grey Wind]]. He surprises Stafford Lannister's newly-raised host near Lannisport when they neglect to post enough sentries. The easy victory devastates Lannister power in the region and allows Robb to ride at will through the westerlands.{{ref|ACOK|35}}{{ref|Acok|39}} Stafford is killed by vengeful Lord [[Rickard Karstark]], who lost two sons in the [[Whispering Wood]]; [[Rupert Brax]] is also killed and several Lannister bannermen are captured.{{Ref|ACOK|32}} On the Stark side, Ser [[Stevron Frey]] is wounded and dies three days later.{{Ref|ACOK|35}} [[Rymund the Rhymer]] commemorates Robb's victory with the song "[[Wolf in the Night]]".{{ref|ACOK|39}}
*'''[[Riots in King's Landing]].''' As a result of the famine caused by [[Mace Tyrell]] closing the [[roseroad]] to keep foodstuff from reaching the capital,{{ref|ACOK|17}} and King Joffrey's brand of justice, tensions run high in the city.{{ref|ACOK|41}} During the royal procession back to the [[Red Keep]] after the departure of Princess [[Myrcella]] to [[Dorne]], Joffrey gets thrown dung on the face and he commands [[Sandor Clegane]] to get the culprit. The angry crowd shouts curses and the situation inflames into a full riot. The royal party reaches the Red Keep, but the [[High Septon (Fat One)|High Septon]], Ser [[Aron Santagar]] and Ser [[Preston Greenfield]] are killed. [[Lollys Stokeworth]] is raped, [[Tyrek Lannister]] disappears in the chaos, and [[Sansa Stark]] goes temporarily missing. Dozens of [[smallfolk]] are killed by the [[gold cloaks]] and the [[Kingsguard]]. [[Flea Bottom]] is set on fire. A curfew is set in place so anyone found in the streets after dark is to be killed.{{ref|ACOK|41}}
* '''Scouring of the westerlands.''' After Oxcross, Robb's army [[Taking of Ashemark|takes]] the nearby castle of [[Ashemark]], seat of [[House Marbrand]]. Lacking the strength to capture [[Casterly Rock]] or Lannisport without support from [[House Greyjoy]], Robb and his host continue to scour the westerlands: [[Galbart Glover]] and Rickard Karstark [[Raiding along the westerlands coast|raid]] along the coast, [[Maege Mormont]] captures thousands of livestock, and [[Jon Umber]] [[Seizure of westerlands gold mines|captures]] the gold mines at [[Castamere]], [[Nunn's Deep]], and [[Pendric Hills]].{{ref|Acok|39}}{{Ref|ACOK|45}}
* '''[[Siege of Storm's End (299)|Siege of Storm's End]].''' King [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] arrives in the [[stormlands]] with his five thousand men and lays siege to [[Storm's End]], the seat of his younger brother, King [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]].{{ref|ACOK|22}}{{Ref|ACOK|25}} When the news reaches his camp at [[Bitterbridge]], Renly splits his forces and rides with some twenty thousand cavalry to break the siege.{{ref|ACOK|31}} After a failed parlay in which neither brother will yield, the battle is set at dawn.{{ref|ACOK|31}} However, that night Renly is killed by a [[shadow assassin]] summoned by the red priestess [[Melisandre]].{{Ref|ACOK|33}} With Renly dead, the majority of the host that had accompanied him swears allegiance to Stannis.{{ref|ACOK|36}} [[House Florent]] and both branches of [[House Fossoway]] also defect to Stannis, but a fifth of Renly's knights returns to Bitterbridge with Ser [[Loras Tyrell]],{{ref|ACOK|36}} Renly's lover. Additionally, Storm's End's castellan, Ser [[Cortnay Penrose]], refuses to yield the castle to Stannis{{ref|ACOK|36}} because the safety of King [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]]'s bastard [[Edric Storm]] cannot be assured.{{Ref|ACOK|42}} To end the siege quickly, Ser [[Davos Seaworth]] smuggles Melisandre under the castle by boat, where she summons another shadow to assassinate Cortnay.{{ref|ACOK|42}} After Cortnay's death, the castle yields, leaving Stannis free to advance on [[King's Landing]].{{ref|ACOK|44}}{{Ref|ACOK|45}}
* '''[[Fighting at Bitterbridge]].''' After news of Renly's death reaches the remaining sixty thousand men still camped at Bitterbridge,{{Ref|ACOK|42}} fighting eventually breaks out between Stannis supporters and Renly loyalists led by the vengeful Loras Tyrell. [[Parmen Crane]] and [[Erren Florent]]—the two knights sent to retrieve the army for Stannis{{Ref|ACOK|42}}—are taken prisoner,{{Ref|ASOS|Appendix}} while Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] seizes the supplies and puts many men, mostly Florents, to death.{{ref|ACOK|44}} [[Petyr Baelish]], representing King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I]], rides to Bitterbridge{{ref|ACOK|36}} and then [[Highgarden]]{{ref|ASOS|68}} and wins the allegiance of [[House Tyrell]]. Riders are sent from Bitterbridge to warn Lord Tywin of Stannis's threat to the capital.{{ref|ASOS|14}}
* '''[[Battle of the Fords]].''' Intent on defending his lands from King [[Robb Stark]], Lord Tywin marches west from [[Harrenhal]] with his twenty thousand men.{{Ref|ACOK|39}} This fits perfectly with Robb's plan to lure Lord Tywin away from [[King's Landing]] and delay or trap him in the west, while King Stannis attacks the capital from the south. Stannis's victory would mean the end of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I]], Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]], and acting [[Hand of the King|Hand]] [[Tyrion Lannister]], breaking Lannister power.{{Ref|ASOS|14}} Unaware of Robb's plan,{{Ref|ASOS|14}} Ser [[Edmure Tully]] refuses to allow the Lannisters to cross the [[Trident]] without giving battle and places an army of eleven thousand men at the key fords along the [[Red Fork]].{{Ref|ACOK|39}} Having ordered [[Roose Bolton]] to take Harrenhal, Edmure and his river lords plan for Tywin to be trapped between Riverrun and Harrenhal once Robb returns from the west.{{ref|ACOK|39}} After several probing attacks, Lord Tywin attempts to force a crossing of the [[Red Fork]] in a dozen places. The most heated battle is at [[Stone Mill]] where Edmure turns back the [[Mountain's men]]. [[Gregor Clegane]] is wounded by a dozen arrows and [[Leo Lefford]] drowns. The other Lannister attacks are also defeated, during which [[Robert Brax]] is killed and [[Lyle Crakehall]] is captured. Unable to cross the river, Tywin is forced to retreat.{{Ref|ACOK|45}}
* '''The [[House Lannister|Lannister]]-[[House Tyrell|Tyrell]] alliance.''' The Battle of the Fords has great influence on the outcome of the war. Edmure Tully's tactical victory soon proves to be a huge strategic loss. Lord Tywin's advance is delayed just long enough for riders out of Bitterbridge to reach him with word of Stannis's threat to King’s Landing. Tywin immediately turns his host south to join up with Lords [[Mathis Rowan]] and [[Randyll Tarly]] near the headwaters of the [[Blackwater Rush]]. From there a forced march takes them to [[Tumbler's Falls]], where Lord [[Mace Tyrell]] and his sons wait with their huge host and a fleet of barges. Together, the Lannisters and Tyrells float down the river to disembark half a day’s ride from the capital.{{Ref|ASOS|14}}
* '''[[Fall of Harrenhal]].''' [[Roose Bolton]] occupies the [[ruby ford]] and the [[crossroads]].{{ref|ACOK|30}}{{ref|ACOK|39}} With Lord Tywin on the march,{{ref|ACOK|38}} Harrenhal is held by one hundred Lannister men{{ref|ACOK|47}} and the [[Brave Companions]], under the command of Ser [[Amory Lorch]], who remains behind as castellan.{{Ref|ACOK|38}} Ser [[Edmure Tully]] sends word for Ser [[Helman Tallhart]] to join Roose from the [[Twins]].{{ref|ACOK|39}} At the ruby ford, [[Vargo Hoat]] and his [[Brave Companions]] reportedly battle Roose's vanguard and capture [[Robett Glover]], Ser [[Aenys Frey]], and a hundred other prisoners.{{Ref|ACOK|47}} In truth, however, Vargo had gone to Lord Roose Bolton to strike a deal, and the arrest of the northmen had been a ruse, part of a plan to take over Harrenhal. This occurs prematurely when the prisoners are freed by [[Arya Stark]], with the help of the criminals [[Jaqen H'ghar]], [[Rorge]], and [[Biter]], shortly after their arrival. The Brave Companions turn on Lorch's men, and together with the northmen take over the castle, which is surrendered to Roose Bolton, who arrives the next day. Lorch is killed when he is thrown in a bear pit after Bolton’s arrival.{{Ref|ACOK|47}}
* '''[[Storming of the Crag]].''' Back in the westerlands, Robb assaults the half-ruined castle of the [[Crag]]{{Ref|ACOK|45}} and conquers it with ease.{{Ref|ACOK|55}} During the battle, Robb takes a wound in the arm.{{ref|asos|2}} During his recovery, news arrives of [[Theon Greyjoy]]'s supposed murder of his brothers and Robb finds comfort in the arms of [[Jeyne Westerling]], the daughter of Lord [[Gawen Westerling]] of the Crag. Choosing Jeyne's honor over his own, [[Wedding of Robb Stark and Jeyne Westerling|Robb marries the girl the next day]], breaking his betrothal pact with [[House Frey]].{{Ref|ASOS|14}} Ser [[Ryman Frey]] and his son, [[Walder Frey (son of Ryman)|Black Walder]], angrily abandon Robb at the Crag,{{ref|ASOS|14}} while Ser [[Perwyn Frey]] and [[Martyn Rivers]] lead Freys from Riverrun.{{ref|ASOS|2}} The contingent led by Ser [[Aenys Frey]] is outraged as well,{{ref|ACOK|64}} but remains with Lord [[Roose Bolton]] at [[Harrenhal]].{{ref|ASOS|31}}
* '''[[Battle of the Blackwater]].''' In preparation of the defense of King's Landing, [[Cersei Lannister]] arranges for the production of vast amounts of [[wildfire]].{{Ref|ACOK|3}} To prepare themselves against Stannis Baratheon's advance, [[Tyrion Lannister]] commissions a great chain boom across the mouth of the [[Blackwater Rush]].{{Ref|ACOK|15}} The battle opens when Stannis's admiral, Ser [[Imry Florent]], leads his fleet up the river to engage Joffrey's. However, Tyrion has ordered several ships to be filled with wildfire. The resultant firestorm sets the river afire and destroys nearly every ship in both [[royal fleet]]s, which cannot escape because the great chain has been raised behind them. Despite this, many of Stannis's troops are able to cross the river on the remaining ships or across a bridge of burning wreckage caught on the chain. A desperate sortie commanded by Tyrion fails and Stannis is on the verge of taking the city when his forces are taken from behind and smashed by the combined Lannister-Tyrell army led by Tywin Lannister and Mace Tyrell. To sow confusion and terror amongst Stannis's men, Ser [[Garlan Tyrell]] wears Renly Baratheon's distinctive green armor and antlered helm, which leads many to mistake him for [[Renly's ghost]].{{Ref|ACOK|58}}{{Ref|ACOK|59}}{{Ref|ACOK|60}}{{Ref|ACOK|61}}{{Ref|ACOK|62}}{{Ref|ASOS|67}} Although Stannis himself is able to escape to [[Dragonstone]], the majority of his army is destroyed.

In the aftermath of the Battle of the Blackwater, hundreds of new knights are made and several new lords are created to replace those killed in the battle.{{Ref|ACOK|65}} All those who fought for Stannis and do not repent are attainted and their lands are given to men loyal to the Iron Throne. In this way, the Lannisters and Tyrells take control of the stormlands with the exception of Storm's End, which holds out for Stannis.

The Lannister-Tyrell alliance is formalized by the betrothal of King Joffrey to Margaery Tyrell, the widow of King Renly Baratheon. As reward for his part in brokering the alliance, Petyr Baelish is promoted to the lordship of Harrenhal and declared [[Lord Paramount of the Trident]].{{Ref|ACOK|65}}