Recaps

Lynn won the Hand’s Tourney, ruined Petyr Baelish financially, and strengthened Ned’s control of the City Watch. As he prepared to leave for Essos, he pressured Cersei into surrendering Myrcella as a hostage and began developing soap as a new business.

• Lynn saved Joffrey from an assassination attempt, used Greensight to trace the plot to Petyr Baelish, and helped turn Robert’s suspicion toward Cersei.
• Lynn agreed to Varys’s bargain to bring back only Viserys’s head, then used Storm and his concealed skill to win the Hand’s Tourney and be knighted by Robert.
• Petyr Baelish went bankrupt on his wager against Lynn, who seized his deeds and ledgers while warning him that he knew of his schemes against House Stark.
• Robert ordered Lynn to sail for Essos, while Ned dismissed Janos Slynt and took command of the City Watch with Lynn’s help.
• Lynn confronted Cersei with what he knew about her children, Jon Arryn, and the Lannisters’ weakened finances, then demanded her submission and Myrcella’s eventual marriage to him.
• Tyrion learned from Lynn that Tywin had opposed his marriage to Tysha and considered leaving King’s Landing for a fresh start.
• When Cersei faced a trial by combat and Robert ordered Lynn to champion her, Lynn demanded Myrcella as a hostage, and Cersei accepted.
• Myrcella moved into Lynn’s residence with Arya and Sansa, while Lynn taught Arya to make soap and sent Robb instructions to produce and sell it.

Lynn built his soap business and left King's Landing for the North, where he secured the Horn of Winter and learned more about Skinchanging. He united the Night’s Watch and the Free Folk against the dead, became their leader, and then flew east toward Essos, leaving Ygritte to care for Myrcella.

• Lynn launched scented soap with Sansa, Arya, Myrcella, and Robb, and learned that Tywin had financed the plot to poison Robert.
• Lynn defeated Donnel in trial by combat, freeing Cersei, then left King's Landing with Myrcella and returned to Winterfell.
• Lynn brought Winter to Castle Black and persuaded the Night’s Watch to pursue peace with the Free Folk, with Jon Snow casting the deciding vote.
• At the Fist of the First Men, the Night’s King gave Lynn the Horn of Winter and passed on ancient ice magic, so Lynn abandoned his plan to find Mance and sought the Three-Eyed Raven.
• Lynn met Brynden and Leaf, learned about Nature Magic, Harmonic Magic, and soul resonance, and used gentle Skinchanging to reach Ygritte.
• Lynn persuaded Mance Rayder and the Wildling chieftains to join him, defeating their challengers and promising the Free Folk land in the Gift.
• Lynn united the Free Folk and Night’s Watch at Castle Black, became the 998th Lord Commander, and was proclaimed king of the Free Folk.
• Lynn arranged settlements and supplies for the Free Folk, entrusted Ygritte with Myrcella, and flew east toward Essos on Winter.

Lynn won Daenerys and an army of Unsullied, freed Astapor, and hatched a dragon using Viserys’s blood. He returned to King’s Landing with proof of the threat from the dead, but Robert’s plans for his marriage and Petyr’s trial by combat left the court in turmoil.

• Lynn traveled to Pentos, offered Viserys support for reclaiming the Iron Throne, and married Daenerys after she recognized him from her prophecy.
• Lynn led Daenerys and Viserys to Astapor, secured Jorah Mormont’s loyalty, and promised the Unsullied freedom in exchange for their allegiance.
• Lynn and the Unsullied overthrew Astapor’s Good Masters, freed the city’s slaves, and began organizing its defenses and trade.
• Lynn killed Viserys and used his blood to hatch Nightshade, then left Daenerys and Grey Worm in charge of Astapor and flew to Westeros.
• Lynn reunited with Ned and Arya in King’s Landing, presented Viserys’s head to Robert, and demonstrated the danger of the White Walkers with a captured wight.
• Lynn persuaded Robert to admit the wildlings, granted Lynn the Gift and release from his Night’s Watch vows, and revealed that he had a dragon and eight thousand Unsullied.
• Robert accepted Lynn’s white-sugar trade proposal and announced that Lynn would marry Myrcella, while Arya overheard the decision.
• Lynn accused Petyr of helping provoke conflict among the great houses, and after Robert tried to kill him, Petyr demanded trial by combat but found no champion.

Lynn maneuvered among the royal factions while Sandor defeated Gregor in trial by combat, leading Robert to kill Petyr Baelish and threaten the North. As Sansa chose to stay in King’s Landing and pursue power, Ned committed his daughters’ future to Lynn’s plans, just as Robert summoned the Small Council.

• Lynn named Sandor Clegane as his champion against Gregor, and Sandor pledged to fight for him.
• Lynn secured a canned-food partnership with Olenna and Margaery, then proposed Sansa as the next Master of Coin.
• Lynn used Joffrey’s infatuation with Liana to end his betrothal to Sansa, and Robert ordered Lynn to marry Myrcella.
• Sandor killed Gregor in the trial by combat with Lynn’s help, and Robert killed Petyr Baelish after rejecting Lysa Arryn’s demand for his release.
• Robert demanded that Ned summon Catelyn to King’s Landing, while Ned asked Lynn to help send Sansa and Arya home and keep Catelyn in the North.
• Sandor pledged himself to Lynn, and Sansa rejected the chance to leave King’s Landing, choosing to become Lynn’s ally and Master of Coin.
• Lynn persuaded Robert to appoint Sansa Master of Coin, presenting her as a controllable hostage who could give the king leverage over Ned.
• Ned let Sansa stay, burned his letter summoning Catelyn, and worried when Jaime delivered Robert’s order for an immediate Small Council meeting.