<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ← Previous Season 2 Next → Season 4 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> List of Game of Thrones episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> The third season of the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones premiered in the United States on HBO on March 31, 2013, and concluded on June 9, 2013 . It was broadcast on Sunday at 9: 00 pm in the United States, consisting of 10 episodes, each running approximately 50--60 minutes . The season is based roughly on the first half of A Storm of Swords (the third of the A Song of Ice and Fire novels by George R.R. Martin, of which the series is an adaptation). The series is adapted for television by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss . HBO renewed the series for a third season on April 10, 2012, nine days after the second season's premiere . Production began in July 2012 . The show was filmed primarily in Ireland, Northern Ireland, Croatia, Iceland and Morocco . </P> <P> The story takes place in a fictional world, primarily upon a continent called Westeros, with one storyline occurring on another continent to the east known as Essos . Like the novel, the season follows the climactic battle at Kings Landing . Season three like the previous season mainly centers around the war of the five kings; after the death of Renly Baratheon, all four kings in Westeros believes to have a claim to the Iron Throne, besides Robb Stark, who seeks vengeance for the death of his father, Lord Eddard "Ned" Stark . </P>

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