Recaps

Daemon traveled from Highgarden through Oldtown and the Stormlands to King's Landing, exposing slave traders and gathering allies while Grey Ghost joined his dragons. Back at court, Jaehaerys made Daemon Master of Whisperers and authorized his Dark Blade Guard, leaving him to balance his new power with Daemon Targaryen and the royal family.

• Daemon exposed the Tyrell bastards' plot at Highgarden, revealed himself as the mystery knight, and left with Gael and his companions aboard the Redwyne fleet.
• Daemon visited the Arbor, Oldtown, and the Citadel, where he met Vaegon Targaryen and Lyonel Strong and Alys Rivers joined his travels.
• Daemon captured Lysene slavers in the Stepstones, rescued Johanna Swann, and brought her to Stonehelm, where Stormlands lords punished the traffickers.
• Daemon gained the support of Stormlands and Tarth lords, called Jocelyn Mother, and departed Storm's End with gifts and new companions.
• Grey Ghost emerged aboard Daemon's ship, and Daemon calmed the wild dragon before bringing him toward King's Landing.
• Jaehaerys and the royal family welcomed Daemon home, where he embraced Jocelyn and soothed Rhaenyra while Grey Ghost secretly followed him into the city.
• Jaehaerys appointed Daemon Master of Whisperers and empowered him to form the Dark Blade Guard, while Daemon Targaryen challenged Otto Hightower and Jaehaerys worried about the two men's future loyalty to one another.
• Daemon organized his new guard and welcomed Rhaenys, Laena, and Laenor at Blackwater Bay, then returned to the Red Keep carrying Rhaenyra.

Daemon built alliances while investigating threats to the realm, then celebrated the anniversary tournament and crowned Gael Queen of Love and Beauty. As Jaehaerys organized the Seven Kingdoms Joint Fleet, Daemon agreed to marry Gael and resolved to protect his family and prepare for future dangers.

• Daemon accepted the post of Minister of Intelligence and reassured his family that he would protect House Targaryen while gathering reports on Corlys Velaryon and the Triarchy.
• Daemon welcomed lords from across the realm, won Berna Blount’s support, and rode to the Iron Gate to repair the slight to Rhea Royce and the Vale party.
• Corlys warned Daemon that the Triarchy was stockpiling weapons, while King Jaehaerys opened the anniversary tournament amid a gathering of dragons and lords.
• Lyan Redwyne and Clymont Crabb shared the jousting title, Jarman Waters won the archery contest, and Daemon Blackfyre defeated Daemon Targaryen to win the sword contest.
• Daemon’s friends won the melee, and Daemon later defeated Daemon Targaryen in the joust before crowning Gael Queen of Love and Beauty.
• Jaehaerys revealed raids by Dornish forces and the Ironborn, then secured the lords’ agreement to form the Seven Kingdoms Joint Fleet under Baelon’s command.
• Jaehaerys asked Daemon to marry Gael, and Daemon agreed to their wedding the following year and resolved to protect her and confront the dangers ahead.

Daemon Blackfyre helped assemble the Joint Fleet, defeat the Triarchy across the Stepstones, and stop Obara Sand’s attacks on the Stormlands. The fleet then captured Tyrosh, where Selos fled and the city’s nobles offered to surrender him.

• Daemon Blackfyre gathered support from the great houses as their fleets departed for the Joint Fleet, then helped train the allied ships and dragons for battle.
• The Joint Fleet sailed for the Stepstones, defeated the Triarchy’s ironclads, and captured Grey Gallows and Bloodstone Island.
• Daemon Blackfyre captured Craghas Drahar and Racallio Ryndoon, then learned that Obara Sand and Dornish forces threatened the Stormlands and the fleet’s supply lines.
• Daemon Blackfyre and the allied commanders defeated the Triarchy’s renewed attacks, disrupted Obara Sand’s plans, and secured Bloodstone Island against a blockade.
• Daemon Blackfyre joined Borros Baratheon to break Obara Sand’s hold on Grey Gallows, then returned to Bloodstone Island to help defeat the Tyroshi fleet and mercenaries.
• Baelon and the commanders planned an assault on Tyrosh, and Daemon Blackfyre helped locate the wildfire hidden among the harbor reefs before the fleet attacked.
• Daemon Blackfyre and the Joint Fleet broke Tyrosh’s defenses, while Selos fled to the Bleeding Tower and the city’s nobles seized it and offered to hand him over.

After returning from Tyrosh, Daemon married Gael and received the Crab Claw Peninsula to develop into a new domain. He weathered a flood, secured local allies, and challenged Otto Hightower’s efforts to undermine his authority before leaving the Red Keep with Daemon Targaryen and Rhaenyra.

• Baelon secured a Tyroshi peace treaty, and Daemon returned to King's Landing with the Joint Fleet to reunite with Gael and his family.
• The council arranged taxes and governance for the Stepstones, accepted Gorne Greyjoy’s submission, and celebrated Boremund Baratheon’s victory over Obara Sand.
• Daemon and Gael held their betrothal and wedding ceremonies, and Daemon chose the Crab Claw Peninsula as his domain.
• Jaehaerys made Daemon a prince and granted him a charter and resources to develop the peninsula, where Daemon and Gael founded Dragon's Roost Port.
• Daemon gained the Black Hill Tribe’s loyalty, drove out the cannibals, and organized defenses that saved the settlement from flooding.
• Daemon exposed Otto Hightower’s obstruction of supplies and used spies and misleading reports to counter Otto’s political maneuvers.
• Daemon met Viserys, then left the Red Keep with Daemon Targaryen and Rhaenyra after Queen Alysanne invited him to supper.