Recaps

Daemon Blackfyre awoke a century before his death, claimed Glutton, and was welcomed back into House Targaryen as Aemon’s surviving son. After winning a tourney and refusing a plot against his family, he joined the royal dragons in punishing the Stone Crows, while Alysanne secured Jeyne Arryn’s inheritance and Gael sought him out.

• Daemon Blackfyre died on the Red Grassland, then awoke in a boy’s body in a Dragonstone dungeon and escaped after discovering a black three-headed dragon brand on his shoulder.
• Rhaenys rescued Daemon from the sea and claimed him as her brother, while Baelon and Corlys questioned his identity and confined him to the Night Watch Tower.
• Daemon Targaryen befriended Daemon Blackfyre and gave him keys to escape, leading him to Glutton, whom he bonded with and rode into the sky.
• Baelon recognized Daemon as Aemon’s surviving child, and Daemon Blackfyre and Daemon Targaryen helped destroy the Triarchy fleet before traveling with the royal family to King’s Landing.
• Daemon Blackfyre advised Jaehaerys on the Stepstones, rejected a proposed Dornish betrothal, and was publicly recognized as Aemon’s returned son after Rhaenyra’s birth.
• Daemon Blackfyre defeated Daemon Targaryen in the tourney final, received the sword Blackfyre and a place in House Targaryen, and refused Taimond Lannister’s offer to help him rise against his family.
• The Arryn family was killed by the Stone Crows despite Daemon Blackfyre’s warning, and he concealed his foreknowledge by describing the massacre as a dream before joining the royal dragon attack.
• Jaehaerys, Baelon, Daemon Targaryen, and Daemon Blackfyre burned the Stone Crows’ camp, while Alysanne later affirmed Jeyne Arryn’s claim and Gael told Daemon she was worried about him.

Daemon Blackfyre left King’s Landing on a progress through the Seven Kingdoms, gathering followers and intervening in conflicts along the way. In the Vale, he led the lords in defeating the Mountain Clans at Moon Gate Keep and prepared to continue the campaign.

• Daemon Targaryen’s marriage to Rhea Royce began badly, and after he returned to King’s Landing he was punished for taking Daemon Blackfyre to a pleasure hall and drugging him.
• Gael flew away with Mysaria to catch Daemon Blackfyre, who departed on Glutton and began gathering young followers during his progress through the realm.
• Daemon Blackfyre helped House Crabb repel the Wildlings and retake Whispering Castle, but Count Bren died of his wounds, and Daemon accepted the fealty of Berna Blount and Rupert Crabb.
• At High Tide, Daemon met Corlys and Rhaenys, then rejected Bartimos Celtigar’s attempt to draw him into an alliance against Baelon’s family.
• Daemon visited Gulltown, where Edwin Arryn and the head of House Shett offered their support before he continued toward Runestone.
• Daemon learned that the Mountain Clans had besieged Moon Gate Keep and offered to help rescue Yorbert Royce and Jeyne Arryn.
• At Heart's Home, Daemon took command of the Vale’s allied army, assigned the lords their roles, and led them toward Moon Gate Keep.
• Daemon coordinated the attack that broke the clans’ resistance, then ordered a seven-day pursuit into the Mountains of the Moon.

Daemon toured the Vale and Riverlands, confronted visions of a possible future, and used his dragons to intervene in local conflicts and raids. The party left Seagard and continued north through the Riverlands, where Daemon checked House Haigh’s abuses at Sevenstreams.

• Daemon left the Vale with Gael and his followers, visited Quiet Isle, and continued to Harrenhal, where Alys Rivers showed him visions of past and possible future deaths.
• Leaf explained that Daemon’s rebirth had stirred a White Walker that might rise early if dragons became extinct, and Daemon returned from the Isle of Faces determined to change the future.
• Daemon halted a Bracken-Blackwood battle and sent its leaders to Pinkmaiden, where Lord Piper settled a dispute over his daughters’ marriages, and Daemon Targaryen left heartbroken after learning he would be expected to marry Rhea.
• Daemon and his party stayed at Riverrun, where Daemon Targaryen grew close to Lysa Tully, then attended both the Bracken and Blackwood wedding celebrations to avoid favoring either house.
• At Oldstones, Daemon’s party stopped Walder Frey’s attack on the villagers, killed the prisoners, and compensated the harmed villagers before continuing north.
• Daemon and his companions helped Earl Lymond Mallister defeat Ironborn raiders at Seagard, then Daemon executed the captured raiders after learning they served Uragon Greyjoy.
• At Sevenstreams, Daemon used Glutton’s fire to stop House Haigh’s guards from harassing a merchant, and Larys assured Gael that House Frey would not find Walder’s body as the party entered Witch’s Mire.

Daemon traveled from the Riverlands through the North and Westerlands, gathering allies and aiding the Night’s Watch and Lannisport. At Highgarden, he encountered cool Reach nobles and signs of tensions surrounding Mathos Tyrell while Dorne’s movements remained unaddressed.

• Daemon and his party uncovered attacks by Frey vassals, confronted Lord Frey at the Twins, and continued north after his study burned and he was presumed dead.
• Daemon crossed the Neck and visited Winterfell, where he discussed northern succession and grain supplies before setting out for the Wall with Brandon Stark.
• At Castle Black, Daemon offered shelter in the Gift to the starving Thenn clan, then promised support and settlement opportunities for the Night’s Watch and Free Folk.
• Daemon visited White Harbor and secured the Three Sisters’ allegiance on the condition that their lords end raids and help protect the Bay of Crabs.
• Daemon and Gael defended Lannisport from Dagon Greyjoy’s Ironborn, and Daemon rebuked Loreon Lannister for the city’s poor defenses before Taimond banished him.
• Daemon gained Tybolt Crakehall’s allegiance and heard at Old Oak that the Dornish were close to the Triarchy and trading with Lysene pirates.
• At Highgarden, Mathos Tyrell welcomed Daemon but misjudged Alys Rivers and faced aloof Reach nobles, while Gael and Mysaria resented the gathering’s silence about Dorne.
• Daemon reassured Gael and Mysaria in the gardens and planned to visit the Godswood and Rose Field before confronting Highgarden’s tensions.