Recaps

Joffrey strengthened his rule over King's Landing, prepared for Renly's rebellion, and drew Daenerys, Sansa, and the Alchemists' Guild into his plans. The arc ended with Archmaester Marwyn arriving at court, where Joffrey discovered that his acolyte Lareza was a girl.

• Tyrion persuaded the crowd to surrender, and Joffrey assigned the detained people to the army, ministries, engineering, and research while expanding the Kingsguard and preparing to build the Holy City.
• Brienne and Loras joined Joffrey's Kingsguard, while Joffrey planned to use its growing ranks and magical forces to defeat Renly and bind the great houses to the throne.
• Quell watched Renly's knights abuse and terrorize Beachhead Village, then lost his right arm when the captain cut it off.
• As rebel forces threatened Massey's Hook and the lands around King's Landing, Joffrey ordered troops to intercept them and convened his ministers in a new magical Throne Room.
• Joffrey entered Daenerys's Dragon Dream, then explained to Sansa that Daenerys and her eggs could help unite the realm against the army of the dead, and Sansa agreed to become his Visenya.
• Joffrey's Alchemists' Guild used a ritual to create the Fire Spirit Little Gold, which Joffrey saved with a crystal and recruited the Guild into his Research Department.
• Marwyn arrived in King's Landing seeking an agreement with Joffrey, who examined his acolyte Lareza and discovered she was a girl.

Joffrey’s deception drew Renly toward Storm’s End as the Ironborn succession crisis gave Joffrey a chance to seize control of Pyke and its fleet. He then secured the Redwyne Fleet and appointed its leaders, leaving his forces positioned to press the war against his rivals.

• Cortnay Penrose fortified Storm’s End against Joffrey’s fleet and army, while Renly chose to march against Joffrey’s isolated forces.
• Joffrey’s forces secretly monitored Renly’s movements, and Balon Greyjoy announced an Ironborn invasion of The Reach before a Faceless Man killed him and impersonated him.
• Theon captured Rook’s Rest, and Joffrey appointed him Governor of the Iron Islands and Commander of the Sunset Sea Fleet.
• At Pyke’s Kingsmoot, Asha and Euron disputed Balon’s succession until Joffrey revealed himself, forced the Ironborn to submit, and declared Theon governor and Asha Lord Greyjoy.
• Joffrey assigned the Ironborn longships to the Sunset Sea Fleet under Victarion, while Asha stopped crews from fleeing King's Landing Port.
• Joffrey sent Monford Velaryon to confront Paxter Redwyne, and sixty warships fired on a hill to demonstrate the Royal Fleet’s power.
• Joffrey revealed his identity to Paxter, ordered the Redwyne Fleet into the Royal Fleet under Horas and Horas, and appointed Paxter Guardian of the Summer Sea.

Joffrey seized Storm’s End, secured Cortnay Penrose’s support, and brought Highgarden under royal control through a marriage alliance with Margaery. The arc ended with Joffrey and Margaery preparing to sign the Highgarden Treaty.

• Joffrey marched south and used the bronze armor of Joffrey Lydden to transform himself into a Prosthetic Body.
• Renly secured Mace Tyrell’s support with the promise that Margaery would become queen, then sent Randyll Tarly to lead the vanguard.
• Joffrey’s forces captured Nightsong, and Joffrey legitimized Roland Storm as Roland Caron and appointed him governor.
• Joffrey ordered an assault on Storm’s End, where Iron Bull and Gendry led the Royal Guard through the breached defenses and captured Cortnay Penrose and Edric Storm.
• Joffrey confronted Edric over his request to spare Renly, and Cortnay later pledged to accompany Renly while warning him that Storm’s End had fallen through magic.
• Renly arrived at Storm’s End and heard Cortnay offer pardons, while Joffrey reached Highgarden and learned that Garlan and the Tyrell forces remained loyal.
• Joffrey and Margaery annulled her betrothal to Renly, joined hands as king and queen, and rode into Highgarden as the Sorcerers opened its walls.
• Joffrey and Margaery toured Highgarden’s maze, and he shared the Divine Grace Network with her before they headed to sign the Highgarden Treaty.