Recaps

Aemon gathered the Vale behind him, joined Corlys’s campaign against the Three Daughters Pirates, and destroyed House Waynwood after Old Rede’s wedding massacre. Back in King’s Landing, he faced Viserys’s plans to marry him to Rhaenyra while Laena and Corlys pressed their own claims, as the tournament began.

• Aemon gave Rhaenyra the sword Light of the Kingdom before she left Raven Ridge, then learned Gulltown had seized his cargo and that pirates were attacking merchant ships.
• Aemon awakened Vermithor, confronted Earl Bakin over the seized cargo, and refused Laena’s request to join Corlys’s campaign, though he agreed to support Gulltown if threatened.
• After Rede Waynwood insulted Daemon and refused Aemon’s proposals, Aemon summoned the Vale bannermen and built an army of nearly fifteen thousand soldiers.
• Aemon led the army to Gulltown and Driftmark, where he killed Harrold during a confrontation over Laena, then joined Corlys’s coalition against the Three Daughters Pirates.
• Aemon and his allies defeated the pirates at Pentos, and he ordered their heads displayed before returning to the Vale and destroying House Waynwood after assassins massacred Old Rede’s wedding guests.
• Aemon returned to River Valley Town as Viserys ordered him to attend the royal tourney, and he found three dragon eggs and gathered more Magic Essence from the Bronze Godwood’s bells.
• Daemon returned to King’s Landing and reconciled with Viserys, who told him he wanted Aemon and Rhaenyra to marry, while Aemon refused to choose between Rhaenyra and Laena.
• Corlys proposed that Aemon marry Laena and Laenor marry Rhaenyra, but Viserys objected, and Rhaenyra and Laena traded pointed remarks beside Aemon as Daemon entered the tournament.

Aemon defied Viserys over his marriages, won the tourney as the masked Rune Knight, and established his independence while navigating alliances and rivalries. The arc left him in the Vale, where a wild dragon and tensions among the nobles threatened to disrupt Jeyne’s Name Day feast.

• Aemon rescued Rhaenyra from the fallout of her secret outing with Daemon, but Vermithor’s arrival set the Silk Street brothel ablaze and Viserys later imprisoned Aemon over the scandal.
• Aemon escaped the Red Keep, forged a rune-engraved greatsword, and returned to the tourney disguised as the Rune Knight, defeating Cole and the other challengers before revealing himself.
• Aemon declared his independence with the River Valley Town banner, crowned Alicent Queen of Love and Beauty, and reaffirmed to Viserys that he intended to marry both Rhaenyra and Laena.
• Aemon secured intelligence from Larys about Daemon’s plans in the Stepstones and the Vale’s nobles, while studying bloodline magic and preparing to return to River Valley Town.
• Aemon and his companions traveled to The Eyrie for Jeyne’s Name Day, where he challenged hostile Vale nobles and summoned Vermithor to silence them.
• Aemon discovered evidence that the wild dragon Sheep Thief had entered the Vale and confronted Jenny for withholding the danger from him.
• At Jeyne’s feast, Orion Corbray showed his interest in Jeyne and attacked Joffrey, while Aemon sensed that trouble was brewing.

Aemon seized the Vale, secured recognition from Viserys, and became Prince of the Vale and Regent while preparing to counter the Sea Snake and growing conflicts across the Disputed Lands. The stretch ended with Daemon striking Dornish ships as Aemon and Rhaenyra considered their next move.

• Aemon defeated Ke En in a trial by combat, punished Joffrey for harming Martha, and returned to River Valley Town with Vhagar restored to strength.
• Aemon gathered the Vale’s houses under his banners, crushed their rebellion with Vermithor, and was acclaimed King of the Vale after Jenny declared him ruler and regent.
• Aemon detained Otto after Otto demanded that he disband his forces and renounce his betrothal to Jenny, then explained his actions to Viserys and Rhaenyra.
• Viserys recognized Aemon as Prince of the Vale and Warden of the East, granted the Vale autonomy under the Iron Throne, and formalized Aemon and Rhaenyra’s betrothal.
• Aemon killed a Tyroshi governor and ordered the Three Daughters’ governors seized and mutilated after they challenged Viserys’s authority over Tyrosh.
• Aemon and Rhaenyra exchanged bloodied vows, watched Syrax and Vermithor dance, and named Syrax’s newly hatched dragon Arrax as Viserys appointed Aemon Regent and Warden of the Realm.
• Corlys agreed to invite Viserys and Aemon to Laenor’s engagement feast after Rhaenys urged him to prioritize their family’s safety.
• Aemon and Rhaenyra discussed the war in the Disputed Lands, while Daemon and Caraxes destroyed ten Dornish warships and Daemon set out to weaken the former Tyroshi Archon.

Aemon seized the Stepstones, freed slaves in New Ghis, Astapor, and Myr, and confronted Daemon and Corlys over control of the islands. He returned to King's Landing with their conquests unresolved and began discussing his marriage to Laena and the inheritance of Driftmark.

• Aemon reclaimed the Stepstones, discovered a dragonlord’s Spatial Ring, and used its Binding Spell to strengthen his command over Vermithor.
• Aemon joined the campaign against Tyrosh, transformed Vermithor with a Fire Worm Fruit, and repelled a Dornish attack on the Stepstones before sailing to Astapor for Unsullied.
• Aemon captured New Ghis and Astapor, freed their slaves, and led the Unsullied against their former masters.
• Aemon negotiated with Prince Qoren Martell to avoid war with Dorne, then returned to King's Landing and proposed taking Myr while pursuing a marriage alliance.
• Aemon and Rhaenys captured Myr with a dragon host and local slave revolt, abolished slavery, and declared the city a free trading city-state under the Dragon King.
• Aemon confronted Daemon and Corlys on Bloodstone Island, fought Daemon, then let them withdraw and urged them to return to King's Landing.
• Viserys pardoned Daemon and Corlys but delayed recognizing their conquests, while Aemon reasoned that bringing them under the Iron Throne could unite the family.
• Corlys proposed holding Aemon and Laena’s engagement ceremony on Driftmark, and Rhaenys explained that one of their children would need the Velaryon surname to inherit it.