Chapter Summaries

Robert chose Sansa Stark as the new Master of Coin, shocking the Small Council and revealing that he intended the appointment as both compensation and a warning to Ned and Catelyn. The meeting ended in chaos as Robert declared that Sansa would have to account to him for every Gold Dragon.

• Cersei recommended Kevan Lannister for Master of Coin while secretly trying to win Lynn's support.
• Cersei tried to tempt Lynn under the table, but he signaled that he would remain a spectator and not intervene.
• Varys objected to Kevan's appointment and argued that the new Master of Coin should have a clean record and no ties.
• Robert rejected the council's debate and announced Sansa Stark as the new Master of Coin.
• Robert told Ned that Sansa's appointment was compensation and a warning to him and Catelyn, and said she would report every Gold Dragon to him.

After Robert made Sansa Stark Master of Coin, Lynn left King's Landing with Arya on Winter, his enormous dragon. They reached Winterfell at dawn, where Arya returned as a dragon rider.

• Cersei, Renly, Varys, and Grand Maester Pycelle left the council chamber after Robert's decision, while Lynn led Ned away.
• Margaery visited Lynn to congratulate him and praised their alliance before leaving the Red Keep.
• Lynn woke Arya and told her they were returning to Winterfell, with Ned's approval.
• Lynn introduced Arya to Winter, and they mounted the dragon and flew out of King's Landing.
• Winter carried Lynn and Arya through the night until Winterfell appeared on the horizon at dawn.

Lynn returned to Winterfell with Arya and reunited her with the Stark family, then met with Ygritte and Myrcella. He arranged with Catelyn to stage a small rebellion so she could refuse the king’s summons, and left north with Myrcella and Ygritte to prepare the plan before returning Myrcella to King's Landing.

• Winter and Lynn landed at Winterfell, where Arya reunited with Robb, Catelyn, Bran, and Rickon.
• Lynn found Ygritte struggling with southern etiquette and promised she would soon be able to be herself again.
• Lynn told Myrcella they would return to King's Landing for their wedding, which he said would help stabilize the capital.
• Catelyn agreed to keep the king from summoning her by staging a small rebellion with Lynn’s Wildling allies.
• Lynn departed for the Gift with Myrcella and Ygritte, promising Arya he would return soon.

Lynn flew with Ygritte and Myrcella to the Gift, where Ygritte challenged his plans to marry multiple women and Myrcella accepted her political marriage. After returning to his domain, Lynn assigned Ygritte to lead a staged rebel raid near Winterfell.

• Lynn gave Myrcella his Bearskin Cloak during the cold flight, prompting Ygritte to question why he intended to marry both her and Arya.
• Ygritte argued for the Free Folk custom of stealing a woman one loved, while Lynn explained that his marriages to Myrcella and Arya would forge political alliances.
• Myrcella declared that marrying Lynn was her honor and duty as a princess of House Baratheon, leaving Ygritte unable to answer.
• Lynn, Ygritte, and Myrcella arrived at the Gift, where the wildlings cheered their king and Tormund greeted Lynn.
• Lynn told Tormund to stage a convincing but harmless rebel attack near Winterfell, then appointed Ygritte to lead the band.
• Ygritte kissed Lynn's cheek and announced to the wildlings that she was their boss.

Lynn appointed Ygritte as the public leader of the Wildling rebellion and gave Tormund a secret mission to find materials for securing food during the Long Night. A huge Lannister supply caravan arrived, and the chapter ended with Ygritte sharing Lynn’s bed and asking him to control her body again.

• Tormund objected to Ygritte becoming the rebel leader, but Lynn persuaded him to lead scouts in search of useful trees, sugar beet, fruit, and clay.
• A southern scout reported Lannister wagons, and a vast caravan of food, weapons, armor, and other supplies arrived in the Gift under golden lion banners.
• Lynn worked on a staged rebellion plan and considered using his experience to develop Greensight and Nature Magic.
• Ygritte joined Lynn in bed, grew jealous over his care for Myrcella, and insisted that he should sleep only with her.
• As she drifted off beside Lynn, Ygritte murmured that she wanted him to control her body again.

Lynn entered Ygritte’s dreams and comforted the lost child within her, forming a deep bond between their souls. Ygritte woke and asked Lynn not to leave, and he promised he would stay.

• Lynn realized Ygritte’s sleeping plea revealed her longing for the closeness they had shared when he controlled her body.
• Lynn entered Ygritte’s memories and found her childhood self lost and terrified in a blizzard.
• Lynn’s warmth guided little Ygritte to a dream of reunion with her parents, but their figures vanished.
• Lynn comforted Ygritte, and she recognized him as the presence that had stayed with her and embraced his light.
• Lynn woke beside Ygritte, who opened her eyes, nestled against him, and asked him not to go.
• Lynn promised to stay and reflected that he, too, was a stranger alone in Westeros.

Ygritte secretly explored Lynn while he pretended to sleep, then concealed her actions when morning came. She left the tent feeling conflicted after seeing Myrcella and went to take up her duties as the Rebel Leader.

• Ygritte woke during the night, believed Lynn was asleep, and kissed and caressed him while claiming him as hers.
• Lynn stayed still and pretended to sleep as Ygritte continued her secret exploration until dawn.
• Ygritte hurried back under the furs, then acted as if she had just woken and dressed while avoiding Lynn's gaze.
• Ygritte and Lynn emerged from their tent to find the Wildlings sharing food around the campfires, while Myrcella greeted Lynn with a curtsy.
• Ygritte felt a complicated guilt toward Myrcella, suppressed it, and went to the Wildling warriors to fulfill her duties as the Rebel Leader.

Ygritte staged a fake bandit raid so Robb could use it to keep Catelyn in Winterfell, while Lynn visited Jeor Mormont at Castle Black and told him that Jorah was alive and had regained his honor. As Lynn and Myrcella flew south, he said he needed his followers free of burdens before the Long Night and prepared to begin the show in King's Landing.

• Ygritte led the wildlings in a staged raid on a village, burning an abandoned granary and taking food while sparing the villagers' homes.
• Robb arrived, declared the raid a major rebellion, and ordered that Catelyn be told to stay in Winterfell.
• Lynn and Myrcella arrived at Castle Black on Winter, where Sam said Jon was away gathering Blessed Items and Jeor Mormont had returned to the Wall.
• Lynn told Jeor that Jorah was alive, served as one of his commanders, and still remembered Bear Island's words, bringing the Old Bear to tears.
• Lynn waited for Jon until evening, then departed with Myrcella and said he needed his followers ready for the coming Long Night.
• Myrcella asked why Lynn had helped Jeor, and Lynn said he wanted his followers to stand beside him without anything weighing on their hearts before the show in King's Landing began.

Lynn returned to King's Landing with Myrcella and urged Sansa to use her authority as Master of Coin to punish suspected embezzlers. After reading Tyrion's account of Astapor's growth, Lynn faced Cersei, who warned him that she would destroy everything he cared about if Myrcella suffered.

• Lynn hid Winter in the Dragonpit, then entered the Red Keep with Myrcella despite Jaime's warning that Cersei was in a bad mood.
• Lynn visited Sansa in the Master of Coin's Tower and told her to imprison officials she suspected of embezzlement as an example to others.
• Lynn read Tyrion's letter describing Astapor's prosperity and his work alongside Daenerys, Grey Worm, and Jorah.
• Cersei told Lynn that he and Myrcella would marry in three days, then threatened to burn the North, the Gift, the Wildlings, the Starks, the Unsullied, and his dragon if Myrcella suffered.

Lynn exposed Cersei’s wildfire threat and forced her to submit, leaving Myrcella to discover them through the adjoining door. Myrcella was left shocked by what she saw and unsure who stood with her mother.

• Lynn revealed that he knew where Cersei had hidden wildfire and warned that it could destroy her children and the Red Keep as well as his enemies.
• Cersei abandoned her threats and knelt before Lynn, fearing for Myrcella, Tommen, and Joffrey.
• Lynn demanded that Cersei personally appease his anger, and she submitted to his demand.
• Myrcella heard sounds from Lynn’s room, crept to the connecting door, and recognized Cersei kneeling before a tall man.
• Myrcella watched through the keyhole, froze in shock, and wondered what Cersei and the unidentified man were doing.

After Myrcella overheard Cersei’s humiliation with Lynn, she confronted her mother with a pointed allegory and grew cold toward them both. Robert then announced that Lynn and Myrcella would marry in three days, leaving Ned to endure the insult in silence.

• Myrcella overheard Cersei’s distress next door and spent the night shaken by what she had witnessed and heard.
• Cersei found Myrcella composed the next morning, and Myrcella described a proud lioness tamed and humiliated by a hunter, making clear she knew what had happened.
• A Kingsguard summoned Cersei and Myrcella to the Throne Room to witness Robert’s meeting with Lynn.
• Myrcella met Lynn’s gaze and silently vowed not to end up like Cersei.
• Robert declared that Lynn and Myrcella would marry in three days and said Ned would give Myrcella away.
• Ned endured Robert’s public humiliation without protest, then approached Lynn and could only offer a sigh.

Sansa Stark exposed corruption in the Red Keep’s accounts by bringing evidence to King Robert, who punished the embezzlers and made the court fear her authority. Later, Sansa sought a reward from Lynn, but Myrcella walked in on their intimate moment.

• Sansa chose not to arrest the corrupt officials herself and instead brought King Robert evidence of fraud in the Armory and Banquet Hall accounts.
• Robert ordered the Armory storekeeper and Banquet Hall steward seized, then whipped them to death after discovering their embezzlement.
• Sansa stopped pursuing further cases, leaving officials to understand that she had drawn a line under their past misdeeds.
• Sansa visited Lynn in a nightgown and asked for the reward he had promised his best student.
• Myrcella entered with a basket of peaches and interrupted Sansa as she sat intimately beside Lynn.

Myrcella caught Sansa in an intimate moment with Lynn, then warned him to avoid indiscretions until their wedding in three days. Alone in her room afterward, Myrcella lost her composure and smashed her belongings.

• Myrcella entered Lynn's room and found Sansa sitting close to him, prompting Sansa to flee with an excuse about unfinished accounts.
• Myrcella silently peeled a peach with a silver knife, gave it to Lynn, and told him to keep himself and his students in line until their wedding.
• Myrcella said she cared about her dignity and House Baratheon's reputation, then left Lynn alone with the mangled peach.
• Lynn threw the peach into the brazier and resolved to find a way to soothe Myrcella.
• Myrcella returned to her room, cursed Lynn, and smashed her mirror and belongings before freezing at her maid's concerned call.

After Myrcella learned of Lynn’s involvement with Sansa and another woman, Cersei tried to console her by recounting her own humiliations and insisting that power mattered more than love. Cersei then revealed that Myrcella was Jaime’s daughter, leaving Myrcella’s innocence shattered and her outlook transformed.

• Myrcella wrecked her room and condemned Lynn for betraying her.
• Cersei entered, recalled how Robert called Lyanna Stark’s name on their wedding night, and compared women to possessions men could discard.
• Myrcella confronted Cersei about submitting to Lynn, and Cersei said she had done it to protect Myrcella, Tommen, Joffrey, and House Lannister.
• Cersei revealed that Myrcella, Joffrey, and Tommen were Jaime’s children, not Robert’s, and urged Myrcella to help secure the Iron Throne.
• Myrcella stood in stunned silence, then resolved that she no longer had to obey the world’s morals and rules.

Myrcella learned that Jaime was her father and Cersei explained she had maneuvered to secure Lynn’s protection for her. Myrcella decided to conceal her true intentions and approached Lynn as if to apologize.

• Myrcella realized that she and her brothers were Jaime’s children, not Robert’s, and understood that her life had been built on a secret.
• Cersei told Myrcella she had used her dignity to make Lynn believe he controlled her, hoping he would protect Myrcella from those who might expose her parentage.
• Cersei urged Myrcella to win back Lynn’s affection and bind him to her, warning that the Stark girls could take her place.
• Myrcella rejected the idea of genuinely apologizing, cut her palm on broken jewels, and prepared to make Lynn think she was sorry.
• Myrcella went to Lynn’s room, let him take her injured hand, and softly apologized for losing her temper.

Lynn treated Myrcella’s injured hand and used Greensight to uncover her recent memories, including Cersei’s revelation about her parentage and her instructions to manipulate him. He chose to comfort Myrcella without exposing what he knew, and she left his room still uncertain about his feelings.

• Lynn brought Myrcella inside, cleaned and bandaged her bleeding hand, and listened as she apologized and pleaded for him not to cast her aside.
• Lynn used Greensight to see that Myrcella had witnessed him with Sansa the previous night and that Cersei had revealed the truth about her parentage while urging her to bind herself to him.
• Lynn recognized Myrcella’s tears as part of a calculated act but apologized for letting her see him with Sansa and held her as she cried about her mother and bloodline.
• While comforting Myrcella, Lynn used Greensight to learn that she liked puppies, lemon cake, and the song “The Last Kiss.”
• Myrcella accepted Lynn’s apology and his promise to treat her better, then fled in embarrassment after he kissed her bandaged hand.

Lynn used Myrcella’s private memories and favorite things to break through her emotional defenses on the eve of their wedding. By morning, King’s Landing had awakened to witness the historic ceremony.

• Lynn ordered a curly-haired white dog, a heavily sugared lemon cake, and a fine lute, then practiced “The Last Kiss.”
• On the day before the wedding, Lynn brought Myrcella the cake and fed her a piece.
• A white curly-haired puppy reminded Myrcella of the beloved dog she had lost at Casterly Rock, and Lynn told her he had learned what she liked by listening to her.
• Lynn played “The Last Kiss,” the secret song Myrcella practiced alone, and she became convinced that he truly cared for her and belonged to her.
• On the wedding day, King’s Landing filled with excitement as the city gathered to witness the ceremony.

At the Great Sept of Baelor, Myrcella and Lynn married while Sansa watched in heartbreak. Myrcella’s bold kiss stunned the crowd, and she privately declared Lynn hers as she savored Sansa’s jealousy.

• Sansa left the Master of Coin's Tower and took her place at the wedding, regretting that she had never confessed her feelings to Lynn.
• Ned escorted Myrcella down the aisle and placed her hand in Lynn's, and Lynn vowed to shelter her beneath his cloak.
• As the High Septon declared Lynn and Myrcella husband and wife, Myrcella interrupted the vows and fiercely kissed Lynn.
• Robert applauded, Cersei smiled with satisfaction, and Lynn embraced Myrcella and deepened the kiss while Sansa watched in anguish.
• Myrcella noticed Sansa's heartbreak, savored her triumph, and whispered that Lynn belonged to her and that she would imprison him if he ever left.

At his wedding feast, Myrcella taunted Sansa about her marriage to Lynn, while Sansa tried to defend her importance to him. Ned later spoke with Lynn about Sansa, and Varys reported that Lysa Arryn had declared Lynn a traitor and was gathering the Vale’s forces; Jaime Lannister then entered the study with a conflicted look.

• Sansa left the wedding feast and met Myrcella on the terrace, where Myrcella flaunted her closeness to Lynn and warned that she had his heart and body.
• Sansa countered that she managed Lynn’s finances, but Myrcella left her shaken by hinting at their private intimacy and wedding night.
• Lynn spoke with Ned, who said he had come to trust Lynn and asked him to take care of Sansa.
• Varys reported that Lysa Arryn had blamed Lynn for Petyr’s death and was calling on House Arryn’s bannermen to march on the North.
• Lynn concluded that Lysa wanted to seize his Gift, and Jaime Lannister entered the study looking conflicted.

After Robert ordered Lynn to march north with only three thousand men and kill Lysa Arryn within a month, Lynn accepted the mission while deciding Robert had to die. On the Red Keep walls, Jaime offered to join Lynn’s campaign, and Lynn welcomed him as an ally.

• Jaime warned that Lysa Arryn was dangerous, but Robert arrived and called an emergency Small Council meeting.
• Cersei protested Robert’s order to send Lynn against Lysa, but Robert gave Lynn three thousand men and demanded Lysa’s head within a month.
• Ned was devastated by Robert’s decision, while Lynn accepted the order and concluded that Robert had to die.
• Lynn went to the Red Keep walls and resolved to meet Robert’s demand with war.
• Jaime told Lynn he would march north to protect Myrcella from becoming a widow, and Lynn accepted his offer of an alliance.