Recaps

Craghas Drahar met the Dragon's Roost Port fleet at Dragonstone and joined its commanders as a trusted naval expert under Prince Daemon. He sailed for Dragon's Roost Port, ready to help strengthen its fleet and reclaim his glory.

• Craghas Drahar waited anxiously at Dragonstone until Colin Celtigar and Alyn Redwyne arrived with Little Horas Oliver Redwyne to escort him.
• Colin, Alyn, and Horas welcomed Craghas as a colleague, and Craghas declared that their old enmity was behind them.
• Alyn showed Craghas the fleet's improved ships, and Craghas praised their design and advised Horas on a proposed detachable ram.
• Colin told Craghas that the fleet would reach Dragon's Roost Port the next afternoon, where Prince Daemon had prepared a banquet and expected his naval guidance.
• Craghas sailed from Dragonstone with his doubts gone and resolved to help Prince Daemon build a powerful navy.

Craghas Drahar arrived at Dragon's Roost Port and advised Daemon's officers on improving the fleet and preparing for ocean warfare. After seeing the port's growing prosperity, Daemon ordered an expanded navy and a trained marine force, while Craghas committed himself to serving as fleet commander.

• Craghas Drahar advised Little Horas, Colin Celtigar, and Alyn Redwyne on ship designs, patrol tactics, and naval warfare, estimating that the fleet could become ready for ocean campaigns in three months.
• Craghas arrived at Dragon's Roost Port, where Daemon welcomed him as fleet commander and showed him the busy naval base.
• Craghas proposed a force of fifty warships for a campaign to conquer the Summer Isles, and Daemon ordered the port to build them within three months.
• Daemon ordered supplies from the rye harvest reserved for the navy, while Rickard Rowan reported that the crop would feed the port for half a year.
• Daemon directed Lyonel to select two thousand recruits for Craghas to train as marines, and Lyonel agreed to cooperate with him.

Daemon appointed Craghas Drahar to reform Dragon's Roost Port’s navy and laid out a gradual plan to conquer the Summer Isles and Slaver’s Bay. As the fleet’s preparations began, Daemon learned that Otto Hightower’s agents were spying on him and decided to feed them false intelligence.

• Daemon welcomed Craghas Drahar and tasked him with improving the warships, training crews, and preparing the fleet to patrol the Narrow Sea within three months.
• Colin Celtigar reported that King Gorne’s Ironborn had harassed Jhala, and Daemon ordered Craghas to patrol the eastern Narrow Sea and drive off their ships.
• Bethany of House Hightower asked Craghas about Daemon’s Dragon Mark, while Alys Rivers warned Daemon that he had chosen to step into the firelight before leaving with Bethany.
• Daemon told Craghas to take Tall Trees Town and use Racallio’s influence to expand through the Summer Isles before blockading Slaver’s Bay and supporting slave uprisings.
• Ellyn Beesbury and Maester Maron plotted to extract Daemon’s plans from Craghas, but Shadow Guards reported them, and Daemon ordered that they receive false intelligence about the navy’s purpose.
• Craghas began drafting a warship improvement proposal as Dragon’s Roost Port’s craftsmen and recruits prepared the fleet for its planned expedition.

Craghas Drahar oversaw warship repairs and naval landing drills at Dragon's Roost Port, then fed false Summer Isles intelligence to Ellyn Beesbury and Maester Maron, who were secretly being used to mislead Otto Hightower. After Daemon summoned him over unusual Ironborn raiding-fleet movements, Craghas hurried to the council hall as a new confrontation approached.

• Craghas Drahar reviewed the fleet's damage and revised Little Horas's ship-steering plans, ordering the main fast ships repaired within three days.
• Craghas and Lyonel Corbray organized two thousand recruits for boarding-assault training.
• Ellyn Beesbury and Maester Maron offered Craghas gold and trading help in hopes of learning Daemon's plans, while Shadow Guards secretly recorded them.
• Craghas accepted their offer and supplied false intelligence about the Summer Isles, and a Shadow Guard reported that they had taken the bait.
• Craghas ordered the gold dragons used to improve the sailors' meals, then received Daemon's summons to discuss Gorne Greyjoy's unusual raiding-fleet movements.

Daemon prepared Dragon's Roost Port for a campaign to conquer the Summer Isles while responding to Gorne Greyjoy's suspected slave-trading alliance with Yunkai. The chapter ended with Colin's squadron sailing to intercept Gorne's ships and Daemon planning to launch his larger expedition in three months.

• Craghas joined Daemon, Larys Strong, and Rayford Rosby at a council where they reviewed Otto Hightower's false intelligence and the port's supplies for the expedition.
• Daemon ordered more heavy ballistae and catapults for the warships after Rayford reported the port's food, water, and weapon preparations.
• After Jarman Waters reported Gorne Greyjoy's fleet was moving between the Summer Isles and Slaver's Bay, Craghas recommended an interception, and Daemon sent Colin with five fast ships to capture Gorne's men and gather evidence against him.
• Daemon and Gael inspected the port's farms, training grounds, and naval base, where Craghas directed sailors through boarding drills.
• Colin's five ships sailed from Dragon's Roost Port toward the Stepstones and Summer Sea as Daemon ordered preparations to continue for the expedition in three months.
• Ellyn Beesbury and Maester Maron sent another report to Otto's messenger, while Bethany Hightower studied Valyrian texts and Alys Rivers watched Daemon from the medical station.

Colin Celtigar ambushed an Ironborn slave convoy near the Stepstones and discovered that the Ironborn were abducting people from across Westeros to sell in Slaver's Bay. After capturing the ships and gathering evidence of House Harlaw's dealings with Yunkai, he sailed for Dragon's Roost Port to report to Prince Daemon.

• Colin Celtigar led five fast ships through the reefs to ambush four heavily loaded Ironborn slave ships.
• Colin's fleet disabled the enemy ships and captured them, rescuing around two hundred Westerosi abducted from regions including the Riverlands, the North, and the Westerlands.
• A rescued noble from House Banefort told Colin that the Ironborn had secretly seized people along Westeros's coasts and planned to sell them in Slaver's Bay.
• A Westerlands merchant identified the captured shipowner as a man of House Harlaw with ties to Gorne Greyjoy, and the shipowner revealed a slave deal with Yunkai and a secret resupply point in the Summer Isles.
• Colin recorded the intelligence and ordered his fleet to return to Dragon's Roost Port with the prisoners and rescued slaves so Prince Daemon could receive the evidence.

Colin Celtigar returned to Dragon's Roost Port with rescued Westerosi captives and evidence that the Ironborn were building a slave-trading route through the Summer Isles with Slaver's Bay. Daemon Blackfyre ordered preparations for an earlier expedition to rescue captives and destroy the Ironborn supply point.

• Colin Celtigar's fleet arrived at Dragon's Roost Port with four captured slave ships and more than two hundred rescued captives.
• The captives told Daemon that the Ironborn had abducted people across Westeros and established a supply point in the Summer Isles to ship slaves to Slaver's Bay.
• Daemon ordered the captives treated, offered willing survivors a place in the marine corps, and arranged safe passage home for those who wished to leave.
• Daemon brought forward the Summer Isles expedition and assigned Rayford, Rupert, Berna, Lyonel, and Crahas to accelerate supplies, training, and route planning.
• Gael told Daemon the rescued captives were receiving medical care, while Crahas began marking the Ironborn supply point as the expedition's primary target.

Daemon prepared a fleet of thirty warships for an expedition to the Summer Isles, where he planned to destroy an Ironborn supply station and exploit rivalries among the island tribes. After leaving Gael and Rupert to protect Dragon's Roost Port, he sailed south with the fleet.

• Craghas and Alyn inspected the fleet's equipment while Daemon and Gael discussed the port's defenses and the dangers of his expedition.
• An Ironborn captive named Spike revealed the supply station at Red Flower Vale on Jhala and described the rivalries between the Summer Isles' tribes.
• Daemon decided to ally with forces on Walano and Sweet Lotus Vale against the Xho tribe and the Ironborn station, then ordered Spike to chart the islands and routes.
• Daemon and his council planned a landing at Red Flower Vale, assigned fleet and defense commands, and prepared for possible interference from Otto Hightower.
• Gael saw Daemon off after a tender farewell, and Daemon led the thirty warships out of Dragon's Roost Port toward the Narrow Sea.

Daemon led his fleet to Walano, where he formed a trade alliance with Prince Marcus and agreed to destroy the Xho tribe’s Ironborn-backed base. After defeating Cregan Xho and signing a trade agreement, Daemon began the voyage back to Dragon's Roost Port, expecting a stronger Ironborn response.

• Daemon sailed through the Stepstones and Summer Sea, using Spike’s intelligence to avoid the dangerous Singing Islands and reach Lotus Port.
• Prince Marcus agreed to a permanent trade alliance with Daemon if he helped eliminate the Xho tribe, and Karim provided intelligence, guides, and two hundred archers.
• Crahas planned the assault on Red Flower Vale, and Daemon ordered the fleet to attack after three days of preparation.
• Colin Celtigar blockaded the harbor while Lyonel Corbray and the Walano archers attacked overland, defeating Cregan Xho’s forces and destroying the Ironborn supply base.
• Daemon and Karim signed a trade agreement, and Daemon freed Spike and rewarded him for his intelligence.
• After celebrating with Prince Marcus, Daemon ordered a five-day rest before the fleet sailed back toward Dragon's Roost Port with Summer Isles goods and new military support.

Gorne Greyjoy faced mounting pressure from Ironborn kin to retaliate against Daemon Blackfyre, whose forces had killed their people and disrupted their trade. He sent Aeron Harlaw to King's Landing to accuse Daemon and seek the Iron Throne's intervention, while he and Theomore Harlaw prepared for the possibility of war.

• The Mother of Bloodtooth and Coren condemned Gorne for enduring Daemon Blackfyre's attacks and described the losses suffered by their kin and fleets.
• Theomore Harlaw urged Gorne to act, warning that Daemon's destruction of the Ironborn's Summer Isles trade route threatened their wealth and could provoke rebellion.
• Facing demands for retaliation, Gorne decided to send Aeron Harlaw to King's Landing to accuse Daemon and ask the king and ministers to restore their trade routes.
• Theomore agreed to prepare Aeron's mission, and Gorne chose gifts for the king and ministers, including Summer Isles gemstones, Slaver's Bay spices, and dragon-patterned daggers.
• Aeron sailed for King's Landing, while Gorne and Theomore acknowledged that the mission was a delaying tactic and discussed joining Slaver's Bay and the Triarchy if the Iron Throne failed to act.

Aeron Harlaw accused Daemon Blackfyre of attacking the Ironborn without authorization, but Corlys Velaryon and Larys Strong exposed the Ironborn’s slave trading and abductions. Jaehaerys’s authorization and the evidence turned the Small Council against Aeron, who fled after Otto Hightower demanded the Ironborn be destroyed.

• Aeron Harlaw entered the Small Council chamber and accused Daemon Blackfyre of attacking Ironborn ships and raiding a Summer Isles station.
• Corlys Velaryon presented a slave register and testified that Daemon had freed abducted people from Ironborn slave ships.
• Otto Hightower argued that Daemon had acted unlawfully, but Lyonel Strong and Corlys confirmed that Jaehaerys had authorized the expedition.
• Larys Strong presented testimonies, routes, letters, and a noble’s emblem documenting Ironborn slave trading and plans for further abductions.
• Otto denounced Aeron and called for the Ironborn to be exterminated, while Jaehaerys remained silent and signaled his support.
• Aeron left the Red Keep in disgrace after Otto ordered him to tell Gorne Greyjoy to expect Daemon’s dragonfire and the Joint Fleet.

Larys Strong presented survivor testimony and Daemon Blackfyre’s evidence of Ironborn crimes to the royal court, persuading Jaehaerys to authorize a campaign against the Iron Islands and recognize Daemon’s Summer Isles alliance. As Daemon’s fleet sailed toward Westeros, Gorne Greyjoy waited in ignorance of the royal decree ordering the Ironborn’s eradication.

• Otto Hightower denounced Aeron Harlaw, and Larys Strong brought Arnold, Ila, and Tom before the court to testify about Ironborn raids and enslavement.
• Grand Maester Alar read Daemon Blackfyre’s memorial and indictment, which documented the Ironborn’s crimes and confirmed his alliance with Prince Marcus of Walano.
• Corlys Velaryon, Bartimos Celtigar, Otto Hightower, and Baelon supported military action, and Jaehaerys authorized Daemon to lead the Joint Fleet against the Ironborn and ordered envoys to the Summer Isles.
• Jaehaerys stripped Gorne Greyjoy of his titles, ordered his surrender or death, and assigned Corlys Velaryon, Bartimos Celtigar, Lyonel Strong, and Otto Hightower their respective duties.
• Daemon told Crahas that he would attack the Iron Islands after reaching Dragon's Roost Port, while Gorne Greyjoy and Theomore Harlaw awaited news in Pyke without knowing the royal decision.

Jaehaerys’s Small Council chose Daemon Targaryen to lead the Joint Fleet’s blockade of the Iron Islands after rejecting other proposed commanders. Daemon flew Caraxes toward the Riverlands as the Royal Fleet sailed, while Gorne Greyjoy remained unaware that the campaign was closing in.

• Grand Maester Alar presented Daemon Blackfyre’s request for a campaign against the Ironborn, and Jaehaerys asked the council to choose a commander.
• Otto Hightower proposed Viserys, but Viserys declined, and Lyonel Strong argued that he should remain in King’s Landing.
• Corlys Velaryon proposed that Daemon Targaryen command the Royal Fleet and coordinate a broad blockade, and Daemon volunteered for the mission.
• Jaehaerys named Daemon vanguard commander and assigned the council members to organize the fleet, supplies, orders, and aid for freed captives.
• Daemon flew Caraxes toward the Riverlands while the Royal Fleet departed King’s Landing Harbor, and Baelon and Viserys stayed behind to oversee the realm’s affairs.
• Gorne Greyjoy waited on Pyke without knowing that the Targaryen-led fleet was preparing to encircle the Iron Islands.

Daemon Blackfyre returned to Bloodstone Island, where he reflected with Crahas on the island’s transformation and met Vaemond Velaryon, who was leading the Royal Fleet toward the Riverlands. Daemon sailed for Dragon's Roost Port, aware that new political and military challenges awaited him.

• Daemon surveyed Bloodstone Island’s rebuilding and spoke with Crahas about the island’s bloody past and Crahas’s change of allegiance.
• A Royal Fleet of at least eighty galleys arrived under Vaemond Velaryon, who was sailing to join Prince Daemon Targaryen’s campaign against the Iron Islands.
• Daemon warned Vaemond about the Iron Fleet and urged him to counsel Big Daemon, while Vaemond praised Daemon’s recent victories and strategy.
• After resupplying and handing over Corlys Velaryon’s trade agreement, Daemon and Crahas departed Bloodstone Island for Dragon's Roost Port.
• Several days later, Daemon saw Dragon's Roost Port ahead and anticipated the challenges awaiting him there.

Daemon returned to Dragon's Roost Port after the Summer Isles expedition and inspected the castle rising in his domain with Gael and his followers. As construction plans advanced and Otto Hightower's plotting came to light, Daemon prepared to answer the Iron Throne's summons for the campaign against the Iron Islands.

• Daemon arrived at Dragon's Roost Port, reunited with Gael, and heard Rayford report the harvest, shipbuilding, recruitment, and castle construction progress.
• Daemon thanked his followers for the Summer Isles expedition and ordered them to rest before preparing for the Iron Islands campaign.
• Daemon and Gael toured the castle site, where Daemon revised its plans for dragon space, a secret passage, a medical station, stronger defenses, and a moat.
• Glutton and Grey Ghost came to the castle site, while Jarman Waters told Daemon that Ellyn Beesbury and Maester Maron were spying and Otto Hightower was exchanging more letters with House Hightower.
• Daemon allowed harmless misinformation to reach Otto and said he would show his power when he returned to King's Landing for the campaign against the Ironborn.
• Alys Rivers gave Daemon a restorative draught, Bethany requested copies of the Talking Tree runes, and Daemon received a report confirming Crown Prince Baelon's summons and the approaching campaign.

Daemon Blackfyre delegated the defense and administration of the Crab Claw Peninsula to its lords before setting out for King's Landing and the campaign against the Iron Islands. He departed with his followers as Gael stayed behind, while Otto Hightower prepared for the coming council and fleet sailed toward the capital.

• Daemon assigned Earl Crabb to oversee the peninsula, giving its other lords responsibility for security, supplies, farming, trade, and the docks.
• Daemon warned the lords to resist Otto Hightower’s influence, keep training troops, and prepare ships and provisions for the Iron Islands campaign.
• Daemon’s followers assembled to depart, while Gael and her guards prepared to remain in King's Landing and manage affairs there.
• Daemon took Glutton toward King's Landing as the fleet under Crahas, Alyn, Little Horas, and Colin set sail for the capital.
• King Jaehaerys and Crown Prince Baelon awaited Daemon in the Red Keep, while Otto Hightower watched from the shadows beside Viserys.

Daemon's company traveled toward King's Landing, stopping in Maidenpool and Rosby for warm reunions with their families. As Daemon prepared to face the Iron Islands campaign and Otto's schemes, Jarman decided to visit Lady Ala after the war.

• Jona Mooton and Lady Freyana welcomed Daemon's company near Maidenpool, where Myles reunited with his half brother and promised to serve Daemon well.
• As the company passed Staghorn Castle, Jarman said he had no family there, but his companions teased him about Lady Ala and the eyepatch she had sewn for him.
• At Rosby, Rayford reunited with his father, Gyles, and Isabella, while Isabella encouraged Jarman to visit Lady Ala after the war.
• Daemon accepted the Earl of Rosby's hospitality, ordered the troops to camp outside town, and learned from Gyles that Otto Hightower was still plotting with the Reach.
• Jarman told Myles he intended to visit Lady Ala after the Iron Islands campaign, while Bethany Hightower and Colin Celtigar anticipated seeing their families in King's Landing.
• Daemon resolved to confront Otto and pursue the Iron Islands campaign as his company prepared to leave for King's Landing the next morning.

Daemon Blackfyre rode toward King's Landing as elders praised his ambition, and he wrestled with whether his growing desire for power threatened the family he cherished. He resolved to pursue his goals while protecting his loved ones and arrived over the Red Keep, ready to face the struggles ahead.

• The Earl of Rosby praised Daemon's resolve and ambition as greater than those of legendary Targaryens, and Daemon continued toward King's Landing.
• Daemon mounted Glutton and flew toward King's Landing with Dreamfyre, while Lyonel Corbray led the party to join the fleet at Blackwater Bay.
• Daemon remembered Earl Simon Staunton's earlier welcome, warnings about King's Landing, and prediction that Daemon's future would outshine Jaehaerys's.
• Flying above King's Landing, Daemon considered his ambitions, his knowledge of future disasters, and his desire to protect his family; he decided that ambition and family loyalty could coexist.
• Daemon descended toward the Red Keep on Glutton with Dreamfyre beside him, as the city's people watched and he prepared for the coming political and military challenges.

Daemon returned to King's Landing with Glutton and reunited with his Targaryen family, including Gael, whose health was improving. As preparations continued for war against the Iron Islands, he ended the day resolved to protect his family while pursuing his ambitions.

• Daemon landed at the Red Keep on Glutton and was welcomed by Jaehaerys, Alysanne, Baelon, Viserys, Rhaenys, Jocelyn, and their families.
• Daemon discussed the coming campaign against the Iron Islands and outlined how Craghas Drahar, Lyonel Corbray, Lubert Crabb, Jarman Waters, and Larys Strong would assist him.
• Gael arrived in King's Landing, embraced Daemon, and told him that Alys Rivers expected her health to improve enough for her to safely have a child after another year of treatment.
• Daemon distributed gifts from Dragon's Roost Port and the Summer Isles, then reported on the port's docks, rye harvest, and growing warship fleet during the family feast.
• Daemon accompanied Gael to her room, then went to a Red Keep terrace and resolved to protect his family and lead the campaign against the Iron Islands.

Daemon and the royal council finalized a three-pronged campaign to crush Gorne Greyjoy and the Ironborn, coordinating armies and fleets from the east, north, and south. The plan was threatened when Medgar Tully marched his vanguard toward Seagard ahead of schedule, and the council ordered him stopped before he could disrupt the allied assault.

• Daemon, Baelon, and Corlys reviewed the naval plan to leave an escape route and trap any Ironborn who fled west toward the Reach.
• Jaehaerys convened the lords’ representatives, and Daemon outlined the eastern, northern, and southern allied armies’ deployments against the Iron Islands.
• The Vale, North, Stormlands, Westerlands, Reach, and Riverlands representatives reported their troops and ships, while Elmo Tully warned that Grover Tully was too ill to lead.
• A messenger reported that Medgar Tully had taken three thousand Riverlands troops toward Seagard early, prompting Daemon to urge that Earl Lymond Mallister stop him.
• Jaehaerys ordered Baelon to send a dragonrider to the Riverlands, assigned Viserys and Corlys their logistical and fleet duties, and directed Daemon to deal with Medgar once the allies assembled.

Daemon finalized preparations for the campaign against the Iron Islands, coordinated the allied forces, and entrusted Gael’s safety to his followers before departing. He rode with Budimir to the intelligence room, where plans tied to the war and the Summer Isles were about to unfold.

• Daemon warned Tyland Lannister not to advance independently and arranged for Lyonel Corbray to watch over Garlan Redwyne.
• Daemon received Jaehaerys’s counsel and Alysanne’s antidotes, then told Gael he would leave for war in three days.
• Daemon rallied his followers and oversaw three days of preparations for the campaign against the Ironborn.
• Before departing, Daemon ordered Mysaria, Johanna, Brienne, and Lia to guard Gael and carefully screen anyone approaching her.
• Daemon left Gael’s chambers with Budimir and rode to the intelligence room in the Red Keep.

Daemon gathered his followers to reveal a secret plan to lure Gorne Greyjoy’s Ironborn remnants west to the Summer Isles, then conquer the islands under the pretext of eliminating a maritime threat. The allied armies were set to march in three days, while the Three Sisters’ fleet would secretly track Gorne’s escape.

• Daemon entered his intelligence office, where his followers had gathered around a map of the Iron Islands and the Summer Isles.
• Larys Strong explained that the allied armies would attack from the east, north, and south while leaving the western waters open to force Gorne Greyjoy to flee.
• The Marquess Sunderland and Bartimos Celtigar described the Summer Isles’ resources, divided tribes, and vulnerability to the Ironborn remnants.
• Daemon revealed that he planned to lead an expedition against Gorne and use the campaign to conquer the Summer Isles and establish a strategic overseas base.
• The Three Sisters agreed to track Gorne’s fleet, and Daemon ordered the allied armies to march in three days and keep the plan secret.

Daemon led the eastern allied army out of King's Landing toward the Riverlands to put down the Iron Islands rebellion, while dragons and the royal family saw them off. The army continued along the Kingsroad as its fleets advanced toward the designated waters, and Gael remained behind waiting for Daemon's return.

• King Jaehaerys ordered Daemon to lead the allied army to Pyke, and Queen Alysanne gave him a newly prepared antidote pouch.
• Viserys and Leonno Strong arranged the army's provisions and supply points, while Larys joined their carriage to assist with logistics.
• Daemon commanded the army to march, and Glutton and Grey Ghost flew ahead as the troops departed through the Gate of the Gods.
• Jarman Waters reported that the fleets had joined Lord Corlys and were expected to reach their designated waters in three days, while Lyonel Corbray asked about Medgar Tully's vanguard.
• Daemon continued toward the Riverlands as Gael watched him leave and promised to wait for his return.