Recaps

As Viserys and his dragons advanced on King's Landing, Tyrion struggled to prepare the city and sought a bargain to spare its people. Viserys exposed Tyrion's wildfire plot and his Targaryen parentage, then Tyrion died by dragonfire as King's Landing descended into panic ahead of the assault.

• Tyrion rode to King's Landing, took charge of its defense, and found the walls, weapons, and garrison in poor condition.
• Viserys destroyed Stannis's fleet, gathered the Crownlands houses and supplies, and marched on King's Landing with his army and dragons.
• Tyrion reorganized the city's defenses, secured Cersei's Lannister guards, and discovered hundreds of jars of wildfire in Hallyne Waters's cellar.
• Viserys's dragons circled King's Landing, and Tyrion arranged a secret meeting with Viserys while leaving the city's conspirators in place as bait.
• Tyrion offered Viserys Tywin's life and asked him to protect the civilians and Sansa Stark, but Viserys exposed Tyrion's wildfire scheme through Varys and Hallyne Waters.
• Viserys revealed that Tyrion was Aerys II's bastard and brought him before the dragons, and Tyrion asked Meraxes to kill him and died in its dragonfire.
• Viserys ordered Tyrion's ashes gathered for burial on Dragonstone and prepared to attack King's Landing, while Varys spread a false rumor that Tyrion had fled with the treasury's gold and Cersei raged at the news.

Viserys captured King’s Landing, took control of its government, and confronted Cersei while arranging punishment for the Lannisters. As Robb’s forces weakened, Robb chose to travel to King’s Landing and negotiate peace with Viserys.

• Varys led Sansa and Jeyne out of the Red Keep as Viserys, Rhaenys, and their dragons attacked King’s Landing, and Cersei was captured after the city fell.
• Viserys met Sansa and Jeyne, promised House Stark’s safety, and said Arya would soon return from Valyria.
• Viserys appointed Varys to continue as Master of Whisperers and learned that Petyr had disappeared, while Renly faced growing isolation at Storm’s End.
• Olenna secretly worked to draw the Reach’s troops away from Renly, while Roose Bolton ordered raids and a plan to disrupt Tywin’s water supply at Harrenhal.
• Viserys ordered Cersei and the other Lannister traitors stripped of their titles and property, imprisoned, and publicly beheaded after the city stabilized, with Cersei to be paraded in prison garb first.
• Viserys told Sansa that Rhaenys would be one of his future wives, then explained to Rhaenys that Sansa’s future depended on her wishes and that she might become his lover.
• Viserys refused Cersei’s pleas to spare Tommen and Myrcella, and ordered Alliser to prepare Cersei’s procession.
• Robb discussed Viserys’s letter with Brynden the Blackfish, decided to bend the knee if Viserys protected the North and his sisters, and sent word that he would come to negotiate a ceasefire.

Robb negotiated the North’s allegiance to Viserys while Arya returned to her family and Cersei and her children were executed. At Storm’s End, Olenna’s betrayal opened the gates to Randyll Tarly’s army, leaving Loras captured and Mace cornered.

• Robb and Catelyn set out for King’s Landing after Robb won the northern lords’ support for negotiating with Viserys, leaving Karstark, Jon, and Brynden to command the army.
• Cersei was paraded through King’s Landing, publicly charged, and sentenced to death as the crowd jeered her.
• Daenerys flew to King’s Landing with Arya, who reunited with Sansa, while Viserys told them Cersei and her children would be executed.
• Ayn Waters beheaded Joffrey, Tommen, Myrcella, and Cersei as Arya, Sansa, Daenerys, and Viserys watched.
• Viserys learned that Bolton forces had attacked Robb’s party, then negotiated the North’s allegiance with Robb, granting it five years without sending troops south and a two-year tax reduction.
• Catelyn reunited with Sansa and Arya, while Robb suspected Roose Bolton had arranged the attack and considered the North’s obligations to the Wall.
• At Storm’s End, Renly prepared for the approaching Reach and Dornish armies, but Olenna’s orders led Alyster Fossoway to open the north gate for Randyll Tarly.
• Loras fought Randyll’s invading forces until he surrendered to see Renly and Mace, while Mace fled and Randyll’s soldiers found him hiding.

Viserys’s forces conquered Storm’s End and Harrenhal, while the North withdrew from the war and the Riverlands submitted. Viserys then began reshaping the Riverlands by empowering House Darry against House Tully and treating House Frey as a pawn.

• Oberyn killed Renly and Brienne at Storm’s End, and Loras killed himself after seeing Renly’s body.
• Qyburn secretly let Mace die from his infected wound, and Viserys sent Margaery back to Highgarden to represent him.
• Robb told the northern lords that the North would withdraw from the war and led them toward the Trident crossing, while Roose Bolton prepared to join him.
• Tywin ordered his weakened army to retreat from Harrenhal, but Viserys arrived with thirteen dragons and destroyed the castle’s defenses, killing Tywin and Kevan.
• Viserys ordered captured Westerlands soldiers sent to the Wall, heard Maester Osric’s accusations against the Citadel, and resolved to confront it after uniting the Seven Kingdoms.
• The Westerlands surrendered and the Riverlands swore fealty, while Balon Greyjoy weighed whether to submit to Viserys or resist.
• Viserys accepted House Tully’s submission while agreeing with Varys to undermine its power and strengthen House Darry and House Frey.
• Viserys granted House Darry lands east of Riverrun and ordered William Darry to establish a crown-funded army loyal to the Iron Throne, while planning to use House Frey as a pawn.