Recaps

Suleiman subdued the Mountain Brotherhood, won Bryn’s loyalty, and established laws and defenses to strengthen the Mountains of the Moon. The arc ended with Suleiman recovering from a dragon vision as Bryn showed him a powerful new crossbow.

• Lushen infiltrated Hek’s camp, discovered that the bandits were preparing to surrender, and helped expose Mad Dog as the leader resisting them.
• Suleiman’s forces defeated Mad Dog’s band and captured more than thirty men, while Suleiman rewarded Hek and appointed him Lushen’s deputy.
• Suleiman used the captured envoy and a series of ruses to attack the bandit strongholds, then pressured the defenders at Offshore Cliff to surrender.
• Roslyn brought the bandits’ families to Offshore Cliff, prompting many to seek surrender, and Suleiman’s soldiers stormed the camp.
• Bryn refused to kneel to Suleiman but returned with his brothers, accepted the Lion Sword, and pledged loyalty after Suleiman offered to help him take revenge.
• Bryn told Suleiman about the Mountains of the Moon, while Will’s story of a stone dragon prompted Suleiman to consider searching for it and Thoros saw a vision of black wolves and destruction.
• Suleiman organized beacon defenses and issued laws providing land for younger sons, support for soldiers’ families, public notice boards, and sanitation rules.
• Suleiman dreamed that he fought and ate a brown dragon, then appointed Vir to supervise new maids as Bryn presented a powerful steel-armed crossbow.

Suleiman raised an army, captured Willow Town, and began tightening his hold over House Legg’s lands and the Kingsroad. As Bryn defeated Jarell Legg’s force at Foulkeep, the discovery of the Valyrian steel sword Lament revealed a buried account of Fallow Foulkeep’s rebellion.

• Suleiman chose to confront House Legg after receiving no answer from Riverrun or House Deddings, while Bana carried weapons and armor toward the Lion's Den.
• Lena persuaded Sir Guy to pursue Bana’s wagons, but Bronn joined Bana’s side and helped defeat Sir Guy’s men after a veteran recalled Suleiman’s past generosity.
• Suleiman sent House Legg a five-day ultimatum, while Hoster Tully and Lady Roslin chose not to intervene and Roger Legg dismissed the threat.
• Suleiman summoned nearly eight hundred conscripts, organized them into disciplined units, and marched them toward Willow Town, sending Lawrence to reclaim Vicon Gorge.
• Suleiman’s army approached Willow Town by raft and stormed the river gate despite heavy losses, then took the outer town while Roger Legg withdrew to the inner keep.
• Suleiman secured supplies and prisoners, equipped his soldiers with captured weapons, and began a siege, and Lady Wilher refused to urge Jarell to surrender Foulkeep.
• Suleiman pressured Gyles Legg to betray Roger, sent Bryn with three hundred men to take Foulkeep, and ordered Hek to disrupt the Legg domain and guide fleeing smallfolk to safety.
• At Foulkeep, Jarell Legg uncovered the Valyrian steel sword Lament and Fallow Foulkeep’s diary, which recounted his disillusionment with nobles and his role in the uprising against the crown.
• Jarell kept Lament and ordered the discovery concealed, but Bryn’s ambush killed him and routed House Legg’s troops, with Bryn ordering that the surviving infantry be killed.

Suleiman took Willow Town, settled terms with House Legg, and won Trials by Combat while heading into the Vale. The victories drew refugees and new challenges, and the arc ended with his leaders warning that his lands lacked food, shelter, and order for the newcomers.

• Bryn gave Suleiman a Valyrian steel sword and an old book whose prophecy mentioned a stone dragon and true dragon’s blood, while Roger Legg waited for reinforcements inside Willow Town.
• Suleiman gathered House Legg’s refugees, offered them land and supplies, and ordered his soldiers to protect them while he seized the surrounding castles and distributed their spoils.
• Brynden Tully confronted Suleiman over the war, but Suleiman presented evidence of House Legg’s attack on Foulkeep and agreed to accept Riverrun’s judgment.
• After Roger Legg refused to negotiate, Suleiman accepted Roger’s Trial by Combat challenge and killed him, then negotiated a settlement with Gyles Legg and withdrew from Willow Town.
• Suleiman traveled toward the Vale with Brynden and intervened when a House Moore knight killed a refugee, defeating Ser Qyburn in a Trial by Combat and freeing the refugees.
• Suleiman challenged Horne Moore to settle a land dispute by Trial by Combat, while Tyrion heard stories of Suleiman’s victories and saw a blaze rising from Lannisport’s harbor.
• Walder Frey released Bana and offered a daughter or granddaughter in marriage to Suleiman, asking Bana to carry the proposal back.
• Olivier, Lushen, and Roslyn warned Suleiman that thousands of refugees lacked land and food, shelters risked disease, and theft and violence were threatening order.

Suleiman resettled the refugees, expanded his territory’s farms and trade, and introduced new irrigation and military projects. As he welcomed Rosso Brune into his service, Bronn joined an Ironborn plan against Seaguard, and Suleiman rode to confront House Vypren men threatening Olivier’s caravan.

• Suleiman punished camp bullies, compensated residents whose homes and crops had been taken, and resettled refugees into towns and production settlements.
• Suleiman appointed Hubbard to oversee monopolies and approved his plans for charcoal production and a network of shops across the territory.
• Suleiman made Roslyn mayor of Crossroads Town and Bana mayor of Riverbend Town, where Bana began planning a shipyard and merchant fleet.
• Suleiman and his people built a waterwheel and aqueduct, then Bryn helped the Second Sons create irrigated terraces at Offshore Cliff.
• Suleiman planned a fortified fifth Military Town at Offshore Cliff, prepared his soldiers for armor, and accepted Rosso Brune as a sworn knight after Rosso proved himself in combat.
• Damon Lannister revealed that Bronn had killed Lord Gerion Lannister, but an Ironborn ambush killed Damon before he could take Bronn alive.
• Bronn joined Roderick Greyjoy’s Ironborn and devised raids and staged troop movements to make their forces seem larger as they advanced down the Blue Fork.
• Suleiman considered Hubbard’s proposals for charcoal and carpentry, then rode with Rosso and Bryn to confront House Vypren men pursuing Olivier’s caravan at the Green Fork ferry bridge.