Recaps

Joffrey used his foreknowledge and growing rune magic to gather allies, secure Dragon Eggs, and arrange Stannis’s assassination. The arc ended with Joffrey gaining Rune Energy from the killing and strengthening his control over the Giant Lion.

• Joffrey told Tyrion about the future and Tysha, then recruited him into the Illuminati and tasked him with secretly acquiring Illyrio Mopatis’s Dragon Eggs.
• Joffrey used the tourney to win Randyll Tarly’s agreement to send Samwell to King’s Landing, and Sandor Clegane won the joust for him.
• Joffrey discovered the magical patterns in Valyrian Steel, learned to restore them with White Light, and developed the Recovery and Mirror Image Runes.
• Jon Arryn died after being poisoned, while Joffrey warned Tywin about the danger to the Lannisters and secured his support.
• Elin’s ship was wrecked by a storm, but Illyrio later handed the Dragon Eggs to the royal envoy in exchange for Littlefinger forgiving a debt.
• Joffrey discovered the Fire Rune in a Valyrian Steel sword, granted fire magic to Sandor, and claimed the captured Mountain Giant Lion as his mount.
• Tyrion presented Joffrey with his intelligence plan, and Joffrey gave the Son of the Prostitute rune powers to attack Stannis.
• The Son of the Prostitute killed Stannis with a flaming knife, and Joffrey gained Rune Energy before strengthening a Fire Rune Mirror Image on the Giant Lion.

Joffrey used his power and growing influence to reshape events from Winterfell to the Wall, while Elin helped bring about the fall of Pentos. At Nightfort, Joffrey tested a core implanted in Osha and discovered that human souls could generate Source Energy beyond his own limits.

• Robert learned that Stannis had been murdered, and Joffrey rode into Harrenhal on Rainwater before deciding to kill the king with his song, “King’s Landing.”
• Joffrey arrived at Winterfell, courted Sansa, defeated Theon, and used a Great Council to weaken Robb before Jon pledged himself to Joffrey.
• Joffrey explored Winterfell’s crypts, found the Black Stone Throne, and learned that sacrifices had given the Starks their Warg gift through a Bloodline Rune.
• Joffrey prevented a secret letter from provoking conflict between the Starks and Lannisters, then stayed behind as the royal party traveled south and gave Sansa a crown of Winter Roses.
• Elin won Viserion’s trust, recruited Jorah to help capture the Targaryen siblings, and helped spark a Dothraki assault that left Pentos burning.
• Joffrey fought Varamyr’s Free Folk near the Wall, executed prisoners to gain Source Energy, and then discovered that the Wall’s magic drew energy from his Runes and could devastate the Others and Wights.
• Joffrey identified the Black Gate as a possible secret passage and implanted an experimental core in Osha, whose contract revealed that human souls could generate surplus Source Energy.

Joffrey returned from beyond the Wall, seized control of King’s Landing, and became king after Robert’s death. He organized Dragonstone’s forces, exposed Bloodraven’s threat, and began building a magically empowered army as the Long Night approached.

• Joffrey led his companions through the black gate beyond the Wall, defeated the Wildlings’ attack, and gained Leaf and several Children of the Forest as followers.
• Joffrey warned the Night’s Watch and Winterfell about Bloodraven, while Hannah prepared to seize control of King’s Landing and arrest Varys and Petyr Baelish.
• The Hound helped Hannah crush the City Watch rebellion, and Robert was killed by a Lizard-Lion controlled by Joffrey before Eddard could receive the warning.
• Joffrey became King Joffrey I, appointed Eddard, Cersei, and Tywin as regents, and ordered the realm to unite against Bloodraven.
• Joffrey let Renly flee King’s Landing, then traveled to Dragonstone, secured its lords’ oaths, assigned its fleets, and brought Shireen back to court after treating her Greyscale.
• Joffrey questioned Varys and Petyr about Robert’s murder, stripped them of their offices and rights, and melted the Iron Throne while ordering overdue taxes collected.
• Joffrey gave Divine Grace to a hundred young nobles and recruits by implanting Dragon Glass Magic Web cores, binding them to his mission against the coming frost calamity.

Joffrey crowned himself king, declared the Long Night was coming, and reorganized the realm around Divine Grace while preparing for war with Renly. As Eddard and Leaf took on new roles, Joffrey’s sweeping investigation of King’s Landing escalated into a violent confrontation in Flea Bottom.

• Renly dismissed Monford Velaryon’s fleet, learned Storm’s End owed 1.6 million Golden Dragons in taxes, and declared Joffrey’s claim illegitimate while proclaiming himself the rightful king.
• At Joffrey’s coronation, he took the crown himself, appeared as a giant of light, and proclaimed the coming Long Night, leading Melisandre to recognize him as Azor Ahai reborn.
• Joffrey appointed new officials and assigned military, financial, intelligence, and research duties as Tywin arrived and Renly’s challenge became known.
• Joffrey recruited Melisandre into his plans, then announced that Renly had declared war and rejected any return to King’s Landing without surrender.
• Joffrey prepared for war while Leaf awakened as a Greenseer, Eddard agreed to return north, and Joffrey established new ministries and ordered a mass registration and inspection of King’s Landing.
• Joffrey reorganized the Faith as the Ministry of the Gospel and announced a purge after accusing Renly’s agents of killing religious leaders.
• Gendry, Tyrion, Theon, and other teams sealed and inspected city grids, questioned residents, seized property, and arrested people who violated Joffrey’s decrees.
• Jon Snow’s Royal Guard reinforced Theon’s team as Flea Bottom residents confronted the soldiers, and Theon ordered his men to fire arrows into the advancing crowd.