Stannis Baratheon's fleet enters Blackwater Bay and meets Tyrion's trap: a single wildfire ship ignited by a flaming arrow that turns the harbor into an inferno. Stannis survives and personally leads the assault on the Mud Gate, but King's Landing's defense collapses from within — Joffrey abandons the walls at Cersei's order, the Gold Cloaks crumble, and Sandor Clegane, broken by the sight of burning men, publicly walks away from the Kingsguard. Tyrion rallies the remaining defenders and leads a flanking charge through the city's tunnels, only to be cut across the face mid-battle by Ser Mandon Moore — one of Joffrey's own Kingsguard — before his squire Podrick Payne kills the attacker. Tywin Lannister's cavalry, arriving with Loras Tyrell riding in Renly's armor, routes Stannis's forces and saves the city. Cersei, moments from poisoning herself a ...