Chapter Summaries

After waking from a nightmare, Lysa Arryn secretly checked whether Petyr was really himself, then let his intimate memories and affection reassure her. She fell asleep believing they would reunite with Robert and live together at the Eyrie.

• Lysa Arryn woke from a nightmare about the slaughter at Riverrun and feared Petyr might be Lynn in disguise.
• While pretending to sleep, Lysa examined Petyr's face and found no sign of a mask.
• Petyr opened his eyes, and Lysa claimed she wanted him rather than admitting she had doubted him.
• Petyr recalled a secret encounter from their past, and Lysa became convinced he was real.
• Lysa and Petyr made love, then agreed to leave at first light to bring Robert home to the Eyrie.
• Lysa fell asleep in Petyr's arms without further nightmares.

Lynn ordered House Frey exterminated after its betrayal, promising the Freys’ lands and wealth to the Riverlands nobles who supported him. He sent Edmure and Brynden to muster House Tully’s forces and destroy the Twins, while Robb’s army was already on its way.

• Lynn rejected Brynden’s hesitation and declared that House Frey would be wiped out for its crimes.
• Lynn promised to divide the Freys’ lands, castles, and wealth among loyal Riverlands nobles and supporters of the North, winning their approval.
• Lynn ordered the White Walkers to execute the captured Freys, and they began killing them as they pleaded for mercy.
• Lynn told Edmure and Brynden to muster House Tully’s forces and bring their banners to the Twins in three days.
• Lynn ordered Edmure and Brynden to find and execute every male Frey bastard, then join Robb’s army to raze the Twins and display the dead along its walls.

After the slaughter of House Frey, Edmure declared his coerced marriage to Roslin void and tried to kill her, but Lynn intervened and claimed her and the other Frey women as spoils. Lynn left Edmure to prepare House Tully’s banner for the Twins within three days.

• Lynn’s offer of House Frey’s wealth and lands won the Riverlands vassals’ support as White Walkers cleared the bodies from the High Hall.
• Edmure confronted Roslin, accused her of complicity in the Red Wedding, declared their marriage void, and raised his sword to kill her.
• Lynn knocked Edmure’s sword aside and argued that Roslin was more valuable alive, then claimed her and all other daughters of House Frey.
• Lynn ordered House Frey’s dead hung on Riverrun’s walls and reminded Edmure to raise House Tully’s Trout Banner over the Twins in three days.

After the slaughter of House Frey, Roslin feared Lynn would kill or exploit her, so she offered herself to him to survive. Lynn explained that he had called her his spoils of war to intimidate the Riverlands lords, made her his paid personal maid, and planned to give the surviving Frey women work in the North.

• Roslin left her room and offered to serve Lynn, believing her life depended on pleasing him.
• Lynn stopped Roslin from undressing and explained that calling her his spoils of war had been a political display, not a sign of desire.
• Lynn told Roslin she would become his personal maid and receive two Gold Dragons a month.
• Lynn said the surviving Frey women would be sent to Dragon's Landing Castle to work and build lives in the North.
• Roslin thanked Lynn, pledged not to seek revenge, and poured him a glass of Arbor wine.

Lynn’s forces gathered to destroy House Frey’s stronghold, while Ned Stark prepared to receive the spared Frey women. At the Twins, Lynn’s giants tore down the drawbridge and shattered the defenders’ resistance, leaving the fortress exposed to the allied army.

• Roslin Frey led the captive women of House Frey and watched as Lynn’s soldiers held them, while Lynn had decided to spare them.
• Ned Stark read Lynn’s letter about House Frey’s destruction and the women’s resettlement, then ordered preparations for their arrival.
• Edmure Tully and Brynden led the Riverlands army to the Twins, where a messenger relayed Lynn’s order to begin the assault.
• Lynn’s armored giants crossed the moat and tore down the Twins’ drawbridge despite the defenders’ arrows and scorpion bolt.
• Lynn’s giant archers fired a devastating volley at the walls, killing and wounding Frey defenders and driving the survivors into the city.

Lynn’s forces captured the Twins, and his greensight enabled the Riverlands to execute every Frey hiding there. He gave the castle’s vast treasury to his soldiers, winning their devotion, while the Riverlands lords recognized his growing power and Lynn turned his attention to bringing the Vale under his control.

• Edmure Tully and Brynden the Blackfish led the allied forces into the Twins after giants smashed open its gates, and Edmure ordered the Freys seized.
• Lynn used greensight to locate Freys hiding throughout the castle, and Tully soldiers executed every male Frey they found.
• After the Riverlands lords refused their promised share of House Frey’s wealth, Lynn accepted the treasury and distributed it among his northern and Free Folk soldiers.
• Lynn’s soldiers celebrated their riches, while the Riverlands lords reconsidered their allegiance and Roslin wondered whether Lynn viewed her as a tool.
• Lynn looked ahead to Lysa’s arrival at the Eyrie and planned to take control of the Vale before confronting the Boltons and the Iron Islands.

Lynn reassured Roslin that she was his maid and would be treated with respect, while waiting for Lysa and Petyr to reach the Eyrie. Petyr showed Lysa their son Robert and persuaded her to help him rescue the boy that night.

• Lynn asked Roslin why she feared him, then promised she was his maid and that no one would harm her.
• Lysa and Petyr reached the Eyrie and entered through a secret passage they had once used together.
• Petyr showed Lysa Robert through a hidden opening, where she saw him refuse his medicine and cry for her.
• Petyr told Lysa they would deal with Robert's guard at midnight and escape with him, and Lysa agreed.

Petyr helped Lysa rescue Robert Arryn, but Robert’s longing for Jon Arryn shattered Lysa as she confronted the crimes she had committed for Petyr. Before Petyr could take them to Essos, Bronze Yohn Royce and the Vale’s nobles burst into the room and discovered them.

• Petyr returned through the secret passage and brought Lysa into the room, where she embraced the frightened Robert Arryn.
• Robert told Lysa that he missed Jon Arryn, prompting her to reckon with Jon’s murder and the other crimes she had committed for Petyr.
• Petyr urged Lysa to leave Westeros with him and Robert, but Lysa demanded to know whether the gods would bless their love despite her crimes.
• Bronze Yohn Royce and the Vale’s nobles smashed into the room and recognized Lysa Arryn.

Lysa Arryn confessed to her crimes before the Vale nobles and asked Yohn Royce to protect her son, Robert. She chose to leap through the Moon Door, while Lynn used his psychic power to spare her from a painful death.

• Lysa confessed that she had poisoned Jon Arryn and arranged the deaths of Yohn Royce’s son and Hoster Tully, as well as the Red Wedding.
• Petyr urged Lysa to escape with him and Robert, but she rejected the offer and admitted she did not deserve happiness.
• Lysa asked Yohn Royce to raise Robert and help Lynn bring the Vale under his control, and Yohn agreed.
• Lysa realized that the man posing as Petyr was not the real Petyr Baelish, and he silently confirmed her suspicion.
• Lysa leapt through the Moon Door, and Lynn used his psychic power to possess her as she fell, giving her a peaceful final vision before she died.

After Lysa Arryn died at the Eyrie and Petyr’s identity came under suspicion, Lynn gathered the leaders of the Riverlands and the Vale at Riverrun to address the North’s looming winter famine. He offered them methods to increase harvests and preserve grain in exchange for supplies, and the lords pledged to feed the North.

• Lysa Arryn fell through the Moon Door, and Bronze Yohn Royce restrained Robert Arryn while Petyr urged the Vale lords to leave for Riverrun.
• Half a month later, Lynn met with Edmure Tully, Brynden Tully, Yohn Royce, and the assembled lords at Riverrun.
• Yohn Royce asked whether Lynn had planned Lysa’s death, but Lynn declined to discuss the past and turned the meeting to the coming Long Night and the North’s grain shortage.
• Lynn promised to share methods that could raise grain yields by at least thirty percent and preserve harvested grain for years, asking the Riverlands and Vale to supply the North in return.
• Yohn Royce pledged one-third of the Vale’s stored grain, Edmure Tully pledged support for House Tully, and other houses followed with offers of aid.

Lynn secured the Riverlands and Vale’s defenses under Brynden Tully while preparing to return north and punish House Bolton. A taunting message from Roose Bolton hastened his departure for Winterfell with Roslin Frey.

• Lynn reassured the Riverlands and Vale lords that Tywin Lannister was unlikely to attack their alliance directly and warned them to watch the south.
• Lynn appointed Brynden Tully deputy lord commander of the combined armies and gave him responsibility for defending the Riverlands and Vale; Edmure Tully and Bronze Yohn Royce accepted the decision.
• Lynn ordered the lords to strengthen defenses, produce weapons and armor, root out internal threats, and send grain to White Harbor within a month.
• Lynn announced that he would return north to destroy Roose Bolton and the Dreadfort, while leaving his elite giant legion and White Walker guard under Robb’s unified command.
• A maester brought Lynn a Bolton-sealed parcel containing a piece of human skin marked with a bloody smiling face, and Lynn told Roslin Frey to accompany him to Winterfell.

Lynn returned to Winterfell with Roslin Frey, reported that the Riverlands and Vale had submitted, and received Ned Stark’s transfer of power. He visited Ramsay Snow in the dungeon, unsettled him with a chilling remark, and left to visit Miranda.

• Lynn and Roslin arrived at Winterfell on Winter, where Ned welcomed Lynn and heard that House Frey was eliminated and the Riverlands and Vale had sworn fealty.
• Ned told Lynn he was leaving the North in his hands, then discussed Lysa’s death and Ramsay Snow.
• Lynn visited Ramsay’s cell and examined his precise drawing of a flayed body while Ramsay described his gruesome hobby.
• Lynn told Ramsay that a genuine smile could be made by stitching someone’s eyelids to their brow bones, provoking Ramsay’s delighted laughter and offer to join him.
• Lynn ordered Ned to keep Ramsay watched because he still had uses, then told Ramsay that Roose was disappointed in him and planned to have another son.
• Lynn left the dungeon to visit Miranda, who was loyal to Ramsay.

Lynn drove Ramsay into a rage by telling him Roose Bolton planned to replace him, then visited Miranda and claimed Ramsay had offered her body in exchange for his life. Miranda refused to believe him, so Lynn said he would let her see the truth for herself.

• Lynn told Ramsay that Roose was disappointed in him and planned to father another son, and Ramsay smashed his artwork and vowed to kill his father.
• Lynn explained to Ned Stark that Ramsay's hatred of Roose would make him lower his defenses, then asked where Miranda was being held.
• Lynn went to Miranda's storeroom with Roslin and told her Ramsay had offered her body in exchange for a chance to survive.
• Miranda rejected Lynn's claim and insisted Ramsay would never sacrifice her, even as Lynn challenged her beliefs about their relationship.
• Lynn agreed to let Miranda see the truth for herself and end her hopes.

Lynn arranged for Miranda to see Ramsay in the dungeon, where Roslin impersonated him and exposed his betrayal. Miranda accepted Lynn’s offer and left the cell, while Lynn praised Roslin for her performance.

• Roslin freed Miranda and brought her food, telling her that Lynn would let her see Ramsay.
• Ned Stark brought Miranda to Ramsay’s cell, where Ramsay blamed her for killing a guard and tried to strangle her.
• Ramsay told Miranda he would trade her to Lynn in exchange for his freedom and the Dreadfort.
• Miranda realized Lynn had told the truth, agreed to serve Lynn, and walked out of the dungeon.
• After Miranda left, Roslin removed her mask, revealing that she had impersonated Ramsay while Lynn watched in disguise as Ned Stark.
• Lynn praised Roslin for her acting.

After Ramsay discarded her as a gift for Lynn, Miranda resolved to survive by pleasing her new master. Roslin taught her how to appear alluring and vulnerable, and Miranda quickly mastered the act and asked to learn more.

• Miranda left the dungeon heartbroken after Ramsay called her a dog and offered her to Lynn.
• Miranda decided she could not resist Lynn and would repay her debt to Ramsay by pleasing him before living for herself.
• Miranda asked Roslin what Lynn liked and demanded advice on how to satisfy him.
• Roslin taught Miranda to use her gaze, posture, voice, and gestures to appear vulnerable and desirable.
• Miranda imitated Roslin, mastered the new manner, and asked her to teach her more.

Miranda followed Roslin’s advice and pretended to serve Lynn, while Ramsay was confined in a comfortable room beside them. Hearing the staged encounter through the wall, Ramsay broke down further and ended the night laughing in hatred.

• Roslin told Miranda how to use scent, sounds, and mannerisms to appeal to men, and Miranda thanked her.
• Soldiers moved Ramsay from the dungeon to a guest room and ordered him to behave.
• Ramsay overheard Miranda tell Lynn that Ramsay was no longer her master and that she would serve Lynn instead.
• Lynn called Ramsay a caged dog and threatened him while Miranda performed a staged scene next door.
• Ramsay battered the wall, then slid to the floor and laughed as he listened to Miranda’s cries.

Ramsay Snow escaped his room and attacked Miranda after she rejected him, but Lynn’s guards stopped him. Lynn ordered Ramsay castrated and sent to the Dreadfort as a gift for Roose Bolton.

• Ramsay Snow found Miranda in Lynn’s room and accused her of betraying him, while Miranda told him she had chosen to serve Lynn.
• Ramsay struck Miranda and tried to assault her, but Northern guards burst in and restrained him.
• The guards brought Ramsay before Lynn, who revealed he knew about Ramsay’s thoughts toward Myrcella, Arya, and Sansa.
• Lynn ordered the guards to castrate Ramsay and deliver him to the Dreadfort for Roose Bolton.

Lynn visited Ramsay in the kennels and made him his personal servant, renaming him Reek and ordering him to serve Miranda as well. Reek obeyed outwardly while secretly holding on to his hatred and plans for revenge.

• Lynn and Miranda entered the kennel and found Ramsay living as a broken prisoner called Reek.
• Miranda taunted Ramsay about his mutilation and degradation, provoking him into a brief outburst before Lynn's gaze subdued him.
• Lynn told Ramsay he would no longer clean the kennels and instead would serve Lynn and Miranda as their personal servant.
• Lynn renamed Ramsay Reek and ordered him to obey Miranda, even if she told him to eat dog food.
• Reek agreed to the humiliating role while vowing internally to survive and someday take revenge on Lynn and Miranda.

Lynn forced Roose Bolton to choose between coming to Winterfell and risking the Dreadfort being destroyed by Winter, Lynn’s dragon. Roose agreed to come, and Lynn ordered Reek to prepare a dungeon cell for his father.

• Lynn explained to Ned that Roose would be compelled to come to Winterfell to protect the Dreadfort and its civilians.
• Roose weighed the danger of attending against the destruction of his lands and ordered his men to prepare for the journey, bringing his blood guards.
• Three days later, Lynn received Roose’s message that he would arrive in three days and burned the parchment.
• Lynn ordered Reek to clean a dungeon cell, revealing that he intended it for Reek’s arriving father.

Lynn cornered Roose Bolton in Winterfell, first by exposing his son Ramsay as Reek and then by forcing Roose to eat meat presented as Ramsay’s flesh. Roose realized Lynn had planned to have him seized regardless, but hinted that his Blood Guard remained a hidden trump card.

• Roose Bolton arrived at Winterfell, where Lynn presented the kneeling Ramsay, now called Reek, and Roose disowned him as no son of House Bolton.
• Lynn told Roose that Ramsay had been castrated and was now his loyal servant, while Roose refused to acknowledge him and followed Miranda into the castle.
• At dinner, Lynn served Roose a piece of meat that he claimed was cut from Ramsay, and Roose ate it to avoid provoking Lynn.
• Lynn accused Roose of eating his son’s flesh and ordered the soldiers to seize him, citing his betrayal during the North Alliance’s ambush in the Vale.
• Surrounded by soldiers, Roose accepted that Lynn had outmaneuvered him but declared that his Blood Guard remained his final trump card.