In the third season of the hit HBO drama series Video game of Thrones, the Lannisters are hardly keeping power after a savage naval assault from Stannis Baratheon, while stirrings in the North threaten to modify the overall balance of power in Westeros. Robb Stark, King in the North, is dealing with major disaster in his efforts to build on his success over the Lannisters while beyond the Wall, Mance Rayder and his substantial army of wildlings continue their inexorable march south. Throughout the Narrow Sea, Daenerys Targaryen - reunited with her three fast-maturing dragons - efforts to raise an army to cruise with her from Essos, in hopes of ultimately declaring the Iron Throne.