Battle of the Blackwater

"Those are brave men knocking at our gate. Let's go kill them."

- Tyrion Lannister

The Battle of the Blackwater (also called the Battle of Blackwater Bay) is the largest battle in the War of the Five Kings to date. It is depicted in full in the episode "Blackwater".

The battle was an attempt by Stannis Baratheon to take King's Landing, the capital of the Seven Kingdoms, and to seize the Iron Throne from Joffrey Baratheon. It required a naval assault and an attack on the city gates from the land. Tyrion Lannister, Acting Hand of the King, led the defense of the city. He successfull destroyed a large portion of Stannis's fleet through the use of wildfire, but was unable to prevent Stannis's army from landing and gaining the walls of the city. However, late-arriving reinforcements under Lord Tywin Lannister and Ser Loras Tyrell defeated Stannis's army, resulting in a decisive Lannister-Tyrell victory in King Joffrey's name.