Recaps

Suleiman secured his lands, crushed Wildling resistance, and led a growing army against the Ironborn as the Riverlands struggled to organize. He positioned the allied forces against Roderick Greyjoy and chose to attack at dawn before Riverrun’s reinforcements arrived.

• Suleiman refused Lucos Vypren’s demand for the grain, then fortified his lands and prepared for the Ironborn invasion.
• Suleiman’s forces defeated the Wildlings, forced the Tree Men into submission, and formed the Sauron Clan under Kopi’s leadership.
• Roderick Greyjoy seized Lychester Castle through deception, while his raids spread panic across the Riverlands.
• After Lady Roslin’s forces suffered a defeat, Suleiman defended Lady Lorna’s lands and routed Wicken’s Ironborn column.
• Suleiman brought Lady Lorna and her people to safety, gathered more troops, and marched to Deddings Castle, where he took charge of the allied forces.
• Suleiman disciplined the allied army, counseled Lady Roslin to hold the castle, and considered exploiting the invasion to gain power in the Riverlands.
• Suleiman led the allies to a fortified camp that held Roderick’s forces in place, then decided to attack at dawn and assigned the allied lords’ troops to the vanguard and flanks.

Suleiman used the Ironborn invasion to build an alliance, claim House Lychester as his own, and bring the Riverlands’ lesser houses and soldiers under his authority. After crossing the Green Fork to seek Balon Deddings, he led his forces against the Ironborn at Rushmarsh and trapped their survivors in the burning keep.

• Patrick Morrison’s vanguard was routed by Roderick Greyjoy, but Bryn’s crossbowmen halted the Ironborn charge before Suleiman withdrew to Deddings Castle.
• Victarion Greyjoy’s fleet captured Seaguard, and Suleiman joined Norbert Vance’s campaign while avoiding the siege by reclaiming Lychester Castle through Horso Harlaw’s flight.
• After Seaguard fell and the Riverlands’ leaders were missing or dead, Suleiman convinced Lymond Lychester to adopt him as heir and help form an East Riverlands Coalition.
• Suleiman secured authority from Lady Roslin to gather troops and search for Balon Deddings, then declared Monte Pyle a traitor and used landless knights to seize House Pyle’s lands.
• Suleiman and Lymond Lychester gathered House Deddings’ vassals and raised their army to three thousand, then crossed the Green Fork to find Balon and the scattered Riverlords.
• Harren Botley led Ironborn raiders into Vicon Gorge, where Suleiman’s farmers encircled them and killed Harren and his men.
• Suleiman attacked Rushmarsh at night, took its outer castle, and ordered his soldiers to set fire to the inner keep where the remaining Ironborn had barricaded themselves.

Suleiman helped rally the fractured Riverlands forces against the Ironborn while Evelyn faced an approaching raid at Crossroads Town. After defeating Sawane Botley’s force, Suleiman led a cavalry campaign that burned Ironborn longships and set up the next phase of the war.

• Sawane Botley hanged Amek for cowardice after learning Harren had died at Vicon Gorge, then vowed to avenge him.
• Tytos Blackwood and Raymun Darry rallied Oldstones’ defenders against Dagmer, but Suleiman’s arriving army helped them break the siege and form an alliance.
• The allied lords disputed who should command their army, and Suleiman killed Ser Charl after he insulted Lymond Lychester.
• Evelyn arranged for Tox to apologize and make amends after he assaulted a resident’s daughter, then ordered Lushen to prepare to meet Sawane’s Ironborn at Crossroads Town.
• Tox fought Sawane in battle and stabbed him, helping Suleiman’s soldiers drive the Ironborn away from Crossroads Town.
• Suleiman rejected a plan to abandon Blackwood and Mallister troops as bait, secured their support for Lymond, and used a supernatural vision to locate Ironborn forces across the Riverlands.
• Suleiman led 300 cavalry to draw more than 2,500 pursuing Ironborn away from the retreating allied army, then launched raids against their forces and ships.
• Suleiman’s men burned the Ironborn longships while Raymun Darry, Tytos Blackwood, and Rosog led 120 knights against the fleeing defenders, and Trigg reported the destruction to Dagmer.

Suleiman helped the Riverlanders turn House Grell against the Ironborn, then maneuvered his forces into position to strike Victarion’s army. The Riverlanders trapped the Ironborn at the bridge and fought them until the exhausted survivors began surrendering.

• Tristan reported the fleet’s destruction to Dagmer Cleftjaw, who collapsed and died, while Maron Greyjoy led his men toward a village and ran into Suleiman’s cavalry.
• Suleiman captured Maron and joined Tytos Blackwood in freeing House Grell’s castle, where Damon Grell reunited with Lady Elena and Laila.
• Suleiman persuaded Damon to lure Dagmer and the Ironborn leaders into a feast, where House Grell’s soldiers attacked under Guest Right and massacred them.
• Victarion learned of Dagmer’s defeat and ordered his forces to gather at Riverrun, while Suleiman recruited Damon’s knights and promised Maron a path to rule the Iron Islands.
• Suleiman defeated Harras Harlaw in a duel, took Nightfall, and exchanged Harras for Jason Mallister’s remains before Gawen Westerling joined his campaign.
• Suleiman coordinated with Lymond Lychester to stop the Ironborn at a Trident crossing, funded rewards for Ironborn heads, and helped his forces destroy Roderick Greyjoy’s party at the river.
• At the bridge, Lymond’s soldiers held off Gawde Goodbrother’s assault until Suleiman’s cavalry and armed peasants attacked from behind, trapping the Ironborn between the two forces.
• Sawane Botley fled and Rosso Brune killed Goodbrother, while Lymond and Suleiman’s troops pressed the Ironborn until they began surrendering at dusk.