Chapter Summaries

Queen Rhaella tried to arrange for Shayani to raise Rhaenys, but Shayani and Elia rejected her plan and left together. In Lys, Rhaegar remained consumed by despair over the prophecy and the deaths caused by his elopement, until Oberyn Martell entered his study carrying a bloodied poisoned dagger.

• Queen Rhaella asked Elia to let Shayani raise Rhaenys, but Elia refused to give up her daughter.
• Shayani rejected her mother's plan, threw a teacup, and left with Elia after accusing Queen Rhaella of trying to bully Daeren.
• Daeren told Elia that Rhaegar had gone to Lys to treat Lyanna, and he agreed with Shayani to go to Dragonstone.
• Rhaegar read books about Valyria in Lys and said that he never wanted to return to Westeros.
• Lyanna sat in grief over the deaths caused by her elopement with Rhaegar.
• Oberyn Martell entered Rhaegar's study disguised as a mercenary, holding a poisoned dagger that dripped blood.

Oberyn confronted Rhaegar in Lys over his abandonment of Elia, but Rhaegar chose to remain there and renounce his claim to the Iron Throne. The Lys governors considered seeking Daeren’s help in the Stepstones, while Aerys tried to hatch a Dragon Egg and Daeren received a Yi Ti alchemist in King’s Landing before his younger brothers interrupted the audience.

• Oberyn confronted Rhaegar about abandoning Elia and urged him either to bring her to Lys or send her and their daughter back to Dorne.
• Rhaegar told Oberyn he would stay in Lys with Elia and revealed a letter renouncing his claim to the Iron Throne.
• The five governors of Lys discussed their troubles in the Stepstones and considered asking Daeron Targaryen to end the conflict.
• Aerys tried to hatch a Dragon Egg with his blood and Rosart’s fire magic, while Jaeherys and Viserys secretly watched.
• Daeren questioned a Yi Ti alchemist about King's Landing and Pentos, and the alchemist praised the city’s improving sanitation and the tea trade in the Prince’s territory.
• Jaeherys and Viserys ran into the Throne Room and called out to Daeren.

Daeren heard that the Crownlands were thriving and tasked Jaime with monitoring Aerys and Rosart while giving him the Bone Sword. After Tyroshi pirates raided Tarth and Ismon, Daeren considered using the attacks to justify a campaign in the Stepstones, but a messenger from Pentos arrived with urgent news.

• The Yi Ti Alchemist described growing towns, migration, and trade across the Crownlands, and Daeren rewarded him for his report.
• Daeren ordered Jaime to monitor Aerys and Rosart and prevent Rosart from producing or bringing large quantities of Wildfire into the Red Keep.
• Daeren gave Jaime Blackfish’s Bone Sword on the condition that it remain with the Kingsguard and pass to Jaime’s successor.
• Daeren considered war in the Stepstones as a way to unite the nobles, then received a report that Tyroshi pirates had raided Tarth and Ismon, killing people and stealing livestock and valuables.
• Maester Harvey announced that a messenger sent by Prince Reoton of Pentos had arrived with important news.

Daeren agreed to send a fleet to Tarth Island and prepare to intervene in the Stepstones conflict, while Myr’s governors also moved toward an alliance with the Iron Throne. After gaining another Stardrop at his autumn exhibition, Daeren discovered that three Dragon Eggs had revived.

• Daeren read Prince Reoton’s proposal, and the Small Council approved sending a fleet to Tarth Island and having Daeren join the campaign later.
• Daeren ordered Count Lys to lead a squadron to Tarth Island and planned to use the fight against Tyroshi pirates to establish his authority.
• Myr’s three governors agreed to ally with the Iron Throne and help eliminate the pirates who raided Tarth Island.
• Daeren won his autumn exhibition, exchanged for a Stardrop, and increased his maximum energy level.
• Daeren visited the Junimo Hut, found that three Dragon Eggs had regained their colors, and lifted the Black Dragon Egg.

Daeren agreed to take Tyrion Lannister with him to Tarth Island, where Tyroshi pirates were raiding, and set out with a fleet and Corax. When the pirates attacked Tarth, Daeren and his allies launched a counterattack, with Corax setting their ships ablaze.

• Daeren learned that Tywin wanted Tyrion to join the expedition to Tarth Island, and he agreed to give the boy a safe logistics role while Tygett led supporting troops.
• Cersei searched for Tyrion, while Shayani took the Gray-White Dragon Egg and Daeren restored it using a bundle reward.
• Daeren sailed from Blackwater Bay, and Count Selwyn gathered Tarth's people and ordered the island's defenses strengthened after pirates raided nearby villages.
• A fleet of nearly fifty Tyroshi ships approached Tarth Island, where the pirates began attacking the docks and preparing to land.
• Daeren ordered Corax to unleash Dragonfire on the Tyroshi fleet as allied warships emerged and charged the pirates.

Daeren and Corax helped the Royal Fleet annihilate a Tyroshi pirate fleet, then Daeren reassured the Stormlands lords and received news that Myr and Pentos sought an alliance. Seven days later, Daeren arrived in Myr, where three governors eagerly welcomed him.

• Daeren and Corax burned the Tyroshi ships while Toothless joined the battle, and the Royal Fleet destroyed the fleeing pirates.
• Tyrion and Tygett witnessed the fleet’s destruction, while Melisandre identified Daeren as the prince of prophecy.
• Daeren promised Count Selwyn that he would protect the Stormlands, ordered the lords to remain alert, and received a letter about Pentos and Myr’s proposed alliance.
• Myr’s governors decided to approach Daeren and seek an alliance, while Lys’s governors discussed contacting the Silver Prince and offering him a Valyrian woman.
• Seven days later, Daeren rode Corax to Myr, where three governors came forward to greet him.

Daeren met with the governors of Myr and a Pentoshi representative to negotiate an alliance against Tyrosh, using rare tea to enhance the Iron Throne’s standing. He agreed to intervene in the Stepstones war after Myr promised a force of one hundred warships and eight thousand men.

• Daeren arrived in Myr with Count Lys and met the city’s three governors and a Pentoshi envoy sent by Prince Reoton.
• Daeren’s delegation served rare Westerosi tea, impressing the Pentoshi representative and Myr’s governors with its flavor and association with the Dragonking Family.
• The governors proposed an alliance to seize Grey Gallows Island and drive pirates and smugglers from the Narrow Sea, offering the Iron Throne a share of the island’s gem output and all spoils of war.
• Melisandre repeated her prophecy that a volcano stood on Stepstones Island, and Daeren asked Myr how many troops it could commit.
• Myr promised one hundred warships carrying eight thousand men, and Daeren agreed to intervene in the Stepstones war.

Daeren secretly abandoned the planned assault on the Stepstones and led Lys and Tarth forces, backed by Corax and Toothless, in a surprise attack on Tyrosh itself. The city’s defenses began to collapse as the allied army broke through its gate and advanced toward the Inner Wall and Lord’s Mansion.

• The three Myr governors discussed Daeren’s agreement to attack Tyrosh, while the sea merchant privately resolved to strengthen ties with Prince Reoton.
• Myr’s fleet attacked Grey Gallows Island without Daeren’s promised support, and the Tyrosh commander prepared to hold out while seeking reinforcements.
• Daeren arrived at Tyrosh with Corax, while Lys and Count Selwyn brought warships and Tarth warriors to attack the city’s Port.
• Corax and Toothless burned defenders along Tyrosh’s walls as Lys’s troops seized the Port and reached the heavy City Gate.
• Daeren ordered Corax to melt the City Gate with dragonfire, and the allied soldiers charged through the breach.
• Daeren flew over the wall with both dragons and headed for the Lord’s Mansion as Lys’s troops pushed toward the Dragonstone Inner Wall.

Daeren and the Iron Throne’s forces conquered and looted Tyrosh while the Golden Company refused to join the city’s war against Myr. Back on Tarth, Daeren delayed Myr’s request for aid, suspected his poor fortune was tied to Daenerys’s birth, and agreed to meet Melisandre.

• Daeren used Corax to cow Grand Lord Kinley, then looted the Lord's Mansion’s gemstones, crops, and vault before Corax killed Kinley.
• Count Lusris and Stannis led the Royal Fleet through Tyrosh, where soldiers seized wealthy merchants’ property and Daeren and his dragons set the city ablaze during their withdrawal.
• Mith Toyne rejected the Tyroshi Representative’s offer to hire the Golden Company, choosing instead to focus on a target in the Stepstones.
• The Royal Fleet returned to Tarth with immense spoils, and Tyrion and Stannis began inventorying them.
• Daeren reviewed his gems, postponed Myr’s request to deploy, and suspected his bad fortune was connected to Daenerys’s birth.
• When Lys announced that Melisandre had requested an audience, Daeren told her to enter.

Daeren sought a prophecy about danger in the Stepstones, while the governors of Lys reacted to Tyrosh’s destruction by preparing defenses and trying to win Rhaegar’s favor. The chapter ended with Oberyn reporting that two mercenary companies had agreed to help Rhaegar pursue a claim to the Stepstones.

• Daeren asked Melisandre whether a storm was coming, but she found no guidance from the Lord of Light and sensed danger in the flames.
• The governors of Lys agreed to withdraw their forces from Grey Gallows Island and build Scorpion Crossbows and towers to defend against dragons.
• Tryg Omorron arranged for Flake Rojar and his sister Marana to approach Rhaegar, hoping to secure his favor through the Rojar family.
• Rhaegar reflected on the Rojar family’s former glory and recognized the governors’ designs on him.
• Oberyn told Rhaegar that the Second Sons and the Windblown had agreed to fight for his claim to the Stepstones.

Daeren arrived at Grey Gallows Island with Corax and Toothless, turning the battle between Myr and Tyrosh in Myr’s favor. After the Tyrosh garrison was defeated and nearby pirates were pursued, Count Lys’s soldiers entered the caves and found stores of treasure.

• Rhaegar told Oberyn he planned to gather Dornish vassals and secure supplies for a campaign in the Stepstones, while Lyanna remained in Lys.
• Daeren sent several boatloads of plunder from Tarth Island toward King’s Landing and assembled the Royal Fleet to sail for the Stepstones.
• The Tyrosh garrison launched a counterattack that drove Myr’s forces back toward the shore as sea winds hampered them.
• Daeren arrived on Corax with Toothless and used dragonfire to break the Tyrosh advance, while Lys led two thousand soldiers ashore to aid Myr.
• Daeren ordered Stannis to pursue the fleeing pirate ships as he continued attacking the Tyrosh garrison.
• Count Lys led his soldiers into the caves and found chests of gold, silver, and porcelain.

After defeating Tyrosh on Grey Gallows Island, Daeren collected its wealth, secured Myr’s interest in an alliance, and praised Stannis for his successful mission. While clearing pirates from the Stepstones and searching for Melisandre’s prophesied volcano, Daeren discovered an island that appeared to be Ginger Island.

• Lys reported that the victory had yielded more than one million Gold Dragons and six crates of Special Gems, and Daeren ordered the spoils collected.
• Daeren kept skilled Tyroshi slaves, including Purple Dye workers, while a Myr merchant offered ships for sale and knelt to seek an alliance with the Iron Throne.
• Stannis returned from his mission against pirates, and Daeren praised him, gave him supplies and a Life Elixir, and promised to put him to great use.
• Daeren considered using the Special Gems to strengthen a loyal Extraordinary Knights order, then set out to find Melisandre and learn more about her volcano prophecy.
• Daeren trained Corax and Toothless by attacking pirates in the Stepstones before landing on a volcanic island identified by Melisandre.
• Daeren gathered seven ginger plants from the island and realized that it was Ginger Island.

Daeron explored Ginger Island, learned that the parrots wanted twenty Golden Walnuts to repair the island cabin, and entered the Volcano Dungeon with Corax. After clearing its first floor, he found Lizard Monster Claws that granted immunity to negative effects.

• Daeron found Ginger Island Farm and learned from a parrot that twenty Golden Walnuts would repair the cabin and give him the farm.
• Over three days, Stannis and Tyrion recorded the island’s abundant Special Crops and dangerous wildlife while Daeron explored the volcano.
• Daeron chose the Defender profession, rode Corax into the Volcano Dungeon, and cleared its first level despite being unable to reach the second.
• Daeron unlocked Combat Mastery and chose it in hopes of gaining a new equipment slot.
• Corax killed the dungeon’s monsters, and Daeron collected their drops, including Lizard Monster Claws that granted immunity to negative effects.

Daeron prepared Ginger Island and sensed a disaster approaching the Narrow Sea, while Melisandre warned that a storm would strike within seven days. He convinced the Merchant to lure the Stepstones pirates toward Pentos, where the Royal Fleet and dragons were supposed to ambush them, but the Myr fleet came under attack before Daeron appeared.

• Daeron hunted Tiger Slimes on Ginger Island, gained a Golden Spur, and discovered Corax's critical dragonfire could grant him a speed boost while he rode.
• Daeron and Melisandre sensed danger approaching, and Melisandre warned that a disaster would hit the Narrow Sea within seven days.
• Daeron gave Golden Walnuts to the parrot to repair Ginger Island's tropical cottage, then returned to Grey Gallows Island and proposed a plan to the Merchant.
• The Merchant withdrew Myr's forces from Grey Gallows Island and repeatedly raided pirate bases, drawing more than two hundred pirate ships into pursuit.
• The Merchant led the Myr fleet toward Pentos, where Daeron had planned an ambush with the Royal Fleet and dragons, but pirates caught up and damaged a Myr warship with a trebuchet.

Daeren used Corax and a summoned storm to destroy the pirate fleet threatening Myr and Pentos. After the storm passed, he left for King's Landing to secure his authority and prepare for a Dragon Egg to hatch.

• Daeren reassured Prince Reoton as the Myr fleet lured the pirates toward Pentos, then sent Corax to attack the encircling ships with dragonfire.
• Daeren ordered the Myr fleet to shelter in Pentos as a massive storm struck, forcing the pirates to flee across the Narrow Sea.
• Daeren pursued the pirates until the storm weakened Corax's speed and dragonfire, then retreated to Pentos while the tempest sank the pirate fleet.
• After the two-day storm, Daeren told Governor Tristan he would welcome talks of an alliance and flew toward King's Landing.
• Daeren planned to return to a safe place to let a Dragon Egg in his inventory hatch, while Prince Reoton and Governor Tristan reflected on his victory.

Shayani handled a dispute between the Bracken and Blackwood families by ordering an investigation, while Daeren returned to King's Landing and welcomed the hatching of a black dragon. The newborn Young Dragon bonded with Daeren and announced its birth before the gathered royal family.

• Shayani heard Count Hendry Bracken's complaint and sent Lord Owen to investigate the Bracken and Blackwood families, with a royal escort.
• Scholar Aemon praised Shayani's judgment, while Tywin considered whether Cersei should still marry into House Targaryen.
• Daeren returned to King's Landing with Toothless and learned that Rhaella had given birth to Daenerys Targaryen.
• Daeren gathered Shayani, his Brothers, Scholar Aemon, and others at the Dragonpit to hatch Drogon's Black Dragon Egg with fire and special materials.
• The egg cracked and a black Young Dragon emerged, recognized Daeren, spread its wings, and cried out.

Daeren named his newly hatched black dragon Drogon and refused to let Aerys raise it, while Drogon bit and scratched the King when he tried to command it. At the Small Council, Daeren pushed to expand the Constabulary Knightly Order and prepare for conflict with Essos, recognizing that the nobles’ resistance threatened his effort to consolidate royal power.

• Daeren named the black Young Dragon Drogon and declared that he would raise it himself.
• Queen Rhaella nursed the newborn Daenerys and declined to invite Daeren to visit her.
• Aerys demanded Drogon for himself, but Drogon attacked his face when he tried to command it in High Valyrian.
• Daeren told the Small Council that the Battle of the Narrow Sea had weakened the Stepstones pirates and proposed reorganizing King's Landing and expanding the Constabulary Knightly Order.
• Tywin warned that the victory could bring a new war, while Daeren argued that the Iron Throne must prepare for Essos rather than fear retaliation.
• Daeren ordered Davos to recruit Constabulary knights first from the Riverlands and Stormlands, and recognized that noble resistance challenged House Targaryen's royal power.

Daeren learned that Tywin had formed the elite Lionheart Knights and resolved to build his own extraordinary force, while Cersei flirted with him and Sandor Clegane thanked him. In the Red Keep, Lady Olenna recruited Tywin to pressure Daeren into bargaining with the nobles, but Tywin refused, and Olenna prepared to pursue her plan without him.

• Daeren encountered Cersei, who told him Tywin had created fifty Lionheart Knights commanded by Kevon and promised ten as her dowry.
• Sandor Clegane reported that Tyrion had been found, and Cersei left to confront him while Sandor thanked Daeren for Gregor Clegane's death.
• Daeren decided to return to his territory and form an Extraordinary Knights force of eight.
• Lady Olenna told Tywin she believed Daeren was sidelining House Tyrell and proposed uniting the nobles to make him bargain over his plans for the Crownlands and Rhaegar's title.
• Tywin refused to join Lady Olenna's effort, warning himself that Daeren would resist pressure and might ride a dragon into mutual destruction.
• Lady Olenna said she would continue alone and might leave King's Landing for Highgarden if she failed to secure benefits for House Tyrell.

Daeren established the Dragon Tongue Knights at Bountiful Hall and appointed Stannis as their acting deputy commander. He sent the newly formed order across Westeros to summon the lords to Harrenhal and strip Rhaegar Targaryen of his status as heir to the Iron Throne and Prince of Dragonstone.

• Daeren visited Bountiful Hall and reviewed the Dragon Guard and Constabulary Knightly Order candidates selected for the new royal knights.
• Daeren chose Stannis as acting deputy commander of the Dragon Tongue Knights and ordered Jacaerys to replenish the Dragon Guard.
• The three hundred knights received Black Steel Armor, Silver Plated Sabers, Identification Tokens, and sealed envelopes bearing the Royal Family's sigil.
• Daeren declared the knights House Targaryen's loyal blades and tested their obedience by directing them to charge and return.
• Daeren ordered the Dragon Tongue Knights to deliver invitations to the lords of Westeros, excluding The North and Dorne, summoning them to the Great Council at Harrenhal to remove Rhaegar Targaryen as heir and Prince of Dragonstone.
• Led by Stannis, the Dragon Tongue Knights rode out from Bountiful Hall toward the castles of Westeros.

Daeren inspected his territory, found Petyr Baelish working as a prisoner, and reassured Jaeherys that he and Viserys were his brothers and future allies, though they were too young to control dragons. The chapter ended with Melisandre arriving at the Red Keep and telling Daeren of a vision of an oasis guarded by an iron gate and three sacrificial pillars.

• Daeren toured his territory with Davos, who reported its population, farming improvements, and growing trade.
• Daeren recognized Petyr Baelish among the prisoners reclaiming wasteland, but refused to release him and asked Davos to bring him for a later meeting.
• Daeren ordered Davos to free the Tyroshi artisan slaves and arrange for orphans to learn their crafts.
• Daeren let Viserys and Jaeherys hold the Dragon Eggs, then told Jaeherys that the brothers would protect and support one another but were too young to take responsibility for dragons.
• Melisandre came to the Red Keep and told Daeren she had seen a desert oasis with three sacrificial pillars and an iron gate.