After Eddard Stark's death, his eldest son Robb Stark was crowned King of the North.The northern army led by Robb and the Lannister forces are confronting each other. Renly Baratheon's southern army is constantly moving towards King's Landing. There are also Stannis Baratheon whose movements are unknown, and the Black Sea in the northwest.The people of the Iron Islands.The night watchmen guarding the northern border compete with the barbarians outside the country for life and death.

Daenerys Targaryen, the mother of dragons, led the khalasar composed of old and weak soldiers, following the trajectory of the comet, across the vast wilderness, towards the distant and elusive cause of restoring the country.Winter is approaching and the cold wind is starting to pick up.As Season 2 moves into a dark nightmare, Arya Stark remains in Lannister captivity;

Tyrion does his best to rid King's Landing of evildoers; Renly and Stannis are on the brink of war, despite Catelyn Stark's pleas for the two to join forces against a common enemy; Sansa Stark remainsTrapped at the hands of the cruel and increasingly insane Joffrey Baratheon (Jack Gleeson) and his power-hungry mother;

The men of House Stark are scattered across the vast land from the Riverlands to the Great Wall.Meanwhile, Daenerys and her ragged Dothraki see a glimmer of hope in the city of Qarth.