The content of this play mainly comes from the first half of the third novel in the A Song of Ice and Fire series - A Storm of Ice.

The story follows the previous season, the War of Five Kings - Robb Stark, Balon Greyjoy (played by Patrick Malahide), Renly Baratheon, Joffrey BaratheonThe war between Ern and Stannis Baratheon - plunged the Seven Kingdoms into chaos.Renly is dead, and Stannis is defeated by the new alliance of the Lannisters and Tyrells in his bid to seize King's Landing.

House Martell still supports House Lannister.At the same time, a large group of wildlings marched towards the Great Wall under the command of Mance Rayder (Ciaran Hinds), with only a weak defense of the Night's Watch.In the Far East, Daenerys plans to return to Pentos to form an army capable of reclaiming the Iron Throne.