Chapter Summaries

Lynn incinerated Victarion Greyjoy with a fireball from the sky, breaking the Ironborn and turning the battle into a northern rout. Euron Greyjoy then arrived aboard a rune-covered ghost ship with Dragonbinder and ordered it sounded at Lynn.

• Lynn’s fireball struck Victarion Greyjoy and his guards, leaving them as charred remains in a crater.
• The Ironborn lost their will to fight, while Robb Stark and the northern army cheered Lynn and pursued the fleeing enemy.
• A ghostly black warship broke through the ice behind the Ironborn fleet, carrying Euron Greyjoy and two enslaved Qarth warlocks.
• Euron looked over the battlefield, recognized Lynn as the North’s new king, and ordered the warlocks to sound Dragonbinder.

Euron made two tongueless warlocks blow Dragonbinder, killing them both, but no dragon appeared. Lynn revealed that he had not ridden a dragon to Bear Island and prepared to attack Euron directly.

• Euron ordered the warlocks to blow Dragonbinder, and the first warlock burned from within and exploded as the horn sounded.
• Euron commanded the second warlock to continue, and he too died when the horn blared.
• Euron waited for a dragon to answer Dragonbinder, but nothing appeared.
• Lynn mocked Euron from the cliff and revealed that he had come to Bear Island without riding a dragon.
• Euron raged and threatened to kill Lynn, but his ship remained trapped in the ice as his Iron Fleet was slaughtered.
• Lynn raised his hand toward Euron and closed his fingers into a fist.

Lynn stopped Euron Greyjoy’s Shadow Assassins by upgrading his Shadow Magic to legendary and summoning a shadow that devoured them. He turned to confront a shaken Euron and asked how his shadow compared with Euron’s pets.

• Lynn’s power dragged the Silence and the ice around it into a massive funnel as Euron’s captains tried and failed to pull the ship free.
• Euron revealed the black vortex beneath his eyepatch and summoned Shadow Assassins to kill Lynn.
• The Shadow Assassins moved through battlefield shadows and climbed the cliff, while Robb’s arrows and Lynn’s ice and fire failed to stop them.
• Lynn spent 20,000 experience points to upgrade his Shadow Magic to legendary and learned that Euron’s power came from a shadow creature inhabiting his eye.
• Lynn’s shadow seized and absorbed the Shadow Assassins, severing Euron’s control over them.
• Lynn faced the drained Euron and asked how his shadow compared with Euron’s pets.

Lynn easily defeated Euron Greyjoy’s Shadow Magic and refused his demand for a knight’s duel. He formed an ice spear and hurled it at Euron, whose fate remained uncertain.

• Lynn’s Shadow Demon God swallowed Euron’s remaining Shadow Assassins, and Euron spat blood from the backlash.
• Euron challenged Lynn to a duel without magic or armies, hoping his Valyrian Steel Armor would give him the advantage.
• Lynn refused, saying Euron was not in a position to negotiate.
• Lynn gathered moisture from the air and formed an ice-crystal spear.
• Euron screamed as Lynn hurled the spear at his chest.

Lynn defeated Euron despite the Valyrian steel armor nullifying his magical spear, then killed him and took his armor and Dragonbinder. The northern soldiers hailed Lynn as the King in the North as he examined the armor.

• Euron's Valyrian steel armor shattered Lynn's ice spear, but the impact badly injured Euron, and Lynn descended to face him.
• Lynn caught Euron's sword strike, crushed his wrist, knocked him down, and pinned him to the ice.
• Lynn tore the Shadow Creature from Euron's eye socket, and his shadow swallowed it, strengthening his Shadow Magic.
• Lynn stripped Euron of his armor, took Dragonbinder from the Silence, and beheaded the unconscious Euron with his sword.
• The northern soldiers knelt and hailed Lynn as the King in the North while Robb Stark and Maege Mormont watched.
• Lynn examined the warm Valyrian steel armor, noting the magical patterns on its surface.

After Lynn defeated Euron Greyjoy, he examined his spoils and discovered new powers in his shadow. He ordered Robb to conquer the Iron Islands and end the Ironborn’s raiding way of life, leaving Robb to lead the campaign.

• Lynn gave Euron Greyjoy’s head to Robb and ordered him to hang it from the prow as a warning to the Ironborn.
• Lynn inspected Euron’s Valyrian Steel Armor and Dragonbinder, then discovered that Dragonbinder resonated with his Horn of Winter before the connection abruptly faded.
• Lynn’s shadow awakened with an eye like Euron’s and gained the ability to see through shadows into other rooms.
• Robb reported that the Ironborn were eliminated and their flagship and thirty-seven longships captured, while Maege Mormont admitted that no prisoners had been spared.
• Lynn ordered Robb to destroy the Iron Islands’ longships, harbors, castles, and Old Way, and to make the islands North’s fishery and mining ground.
• Robb pledged to lead the northern fleet and return with the Iron Islands replaced by the North’s western sea counties.

Lynn returned to Winterfell with Lyanna and brought a suit of Valyrian steel armor to Tobho Mott to be fitted. There he encountered Theon Greyjoy, who anxiously tried to learn what had happened on the western coast.

• Lynn left Robb Stark and Maege Mormont in charge of the war on the North's western coast and agreed to take Lyanna Mormont to Winterfell.
• Lynn rode back north with Lyanna, surveying roads, brick kilns, and other works being built across the North.
• Lynn went to Winterfell's smithies and gave Tobho Mott a suit of Valyrian steel armor to alter for him, promising him ten thousand Gold Dragons.
• Theon Greyjoy met Lynn outside the workshop and asked whether his journey west had gone smoothly.

Lynn returned to Winterfell and tested Theon by implying that Euron had nearly defeated him, while Theon privately considered betraying him. Ned welcomed Theon as a son, stirring his guilt, but Lynn cut off Ned's comforting words and left the moment unresolved.

• Lynn pretended that Euron had badly wounded him, and Theon considered claiming Lynn was defeated to seize power in the North.
• Lynn asked Theon whether he would betray him, and Theon swore his loyalty to Lynn and House Stark.
• Lynn entered Winterfell's hall, where Catelyn welcomed him warmly and Ned expressed relief at his return.
• Ned confronted Theon about running away, then told him he had always considered him a fourth son, filling Theon with guilt.
• Lynn interrupted Ned's reassurance, saying it was enough sentiment for now.

Lynn pretended that Euron had wounded Winter and exhausted his magic to test Theon Greyjoy’s loyalty. Theon believed Lynn was vulnerable, left the feast plotting to seize Winterfell, and openly vowed to take his place.

• Lynn claimed that Euron’s horn had injured Winter and left him weak, while secretly telling Ned that Euron was dead and the Iron Fleet had been destroyed.
• Ned understood that Lynn was baiting Theon and chose to play along with the story of a costly victory.
• Theon grew elated at the thought of Lynn’s supposed weakness and imagined killing Lynn and Ned to claim the North.
• Theon pretended to be concerned, then excused himself from the feast and hurried back to his room.
• Alone in his room, Theon abandoned his obedient facade and vowed to take Winterfell, the North, and Lynn’s power for himself.

The Blood Warlocks offered Theon power and Winterfell in exchange for helping them kill Lynn and the Starks, but Arya and Sansa’s kindness revived his memories of family. After they left, Theon remained torn between House Stark and House Greyjoy, and his shadow stirred beneath him.

• The Blood Warlocks revealed that they had once backed House Bolton and offered Theon Shadow Assassins and blood magic to seize Winterfell and become King in the North.
• The Blood Warlocks shaped blood into Ned Stark’s face to prove their power, but Arya and Sansa’s knock made them vanish before Theon accepted.
• Arya and Sansa told Theon that Ned did not blame him for leaving and that they considered him family.
• Remembering his childhood with the Starks, Theon broke down in shame and asked Arya and Sansa to leave him alone.
• Theon stood torn between the Starks’ love and the Blood Warlocks’ promise of power, then noticed his shadow stir.

Jon Snow, Benjen Stark, and Samwell Tarly returned to Winterfell after the Night's Watch was disbanded, and found the North transformed under Lynn's rule. Lynn discussed a gold-rich continent with Daenerys and began addressing Jon's uncertainty about life beyond the Wall.

• The Night's Watch was disbanded after the Wall began melting and White Walkers crossed it, so Jon, Benjen, and Sam chose to return to Winterfell.
• Jon, Benjen, and Sam arrived at Winterfell and saw new construction, foreign visitors, and children studying, but neither Robb nor Ned was there.
• Lynn discussed a distant continent rich in gold with Daenerys, who wanted to claim its wealth, and said they needed ships.
• Jon, Benjen, and Sam greeted Lynn, now King in the North, and Jon admitted he felt lost after the Wall's fall.
• Lynn told Jon that he had only ever looked toward the frozen wilderness to the north.

Ned revealed that Jon was Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen’s son, not Ned’s bastard, and Lynn explained why Jon inherited Stark features. The revelation left Jon reeling, while Lynn offered to take him back to see the truth for himself.

• Ned told Jon that his mother was Lyanna Stark, who had died after entrusting him to Ned at the Tower of Joy.
• Jon realized that Rhaegar Targaryen was his father and that he might be heir to the throne; Ned assured him he would always be a Stark.
• Daenerys learned that Jon was her nephew, while Jon questioned why he had Stark features instead of Targaryen ones.
• Lynn explained that Jon inherited Lyanna’s dark hair and gray eyes because Stark traits had prevailed over Rhaegar’s.
• Jon asked Lynn whether he had known the truth, and Lynn offered to take him back to see for himself.

Lynn used greensight to take Ned, Jon, Catelyn, Benjen, and Sam back to witness the events at the Tower of Joy. As the vision began, they watched young Ned confront Arthur Dayne and the other Kingsguard.

• Ned agreed to see the past with his own eyes, and Jon nodded that he wanted to go too.
• Ned told Catelyn that Jon was Lyanna's son and described her dying request; Catelyn was overwhelmed with shame for how she had treated Jon.
• Lynn asked everyone to place their hands on the table and used his power to draw their consciousnesses into a vision of the past.
• The group arrived at the Tower of Joy, where Ned recognized the place and saw Arthur Dayne, Oswell Whent, and Gerold Hightower guarding it.
• Young Ned and his companions faced the Kingsguard, and the battle began.

Jon and the others witnessed the truth of Ned Stark’s victory over Arthur Dayne: Howland Reed killed Dayne with a sneak attack, and Ned finished him off. They followed the young Ned into the Tower of Joy, where he found Lyanna dying after childbirth.

• Arthur Dayne overwhelmed Ned Stark and his companions, killing most of them while Jon watched.
• Howland Reed rose after being presumed dead and stabbed Arthur Dayne from behind, stopping his killing blow against Ned.
• Ned killed the wounded Arthur Dayne, and Jon understood that Ned had concealed the dishonorable details to protect his promise to Lyanna.
• A scream from the Stone Tower sent Ned rushing inside, where he found Lyanna lying in a pool of blood and barely alive.

After witnessing Lyanna reveal that Jon was her son Aegon Targaryen, Jon struggled with the loss of his identity and fled Winterfell's study. At the Godswood, Theon challenged him to admit whether he had ever hated the Starks.

• Jon watched Lyanna name the baby Aegon Targaryen and make Ned promise to protect him before she died.
• The vision ended, and Daenerys realized Jon was her nephew while Catelyn regretted how she had treated him.
• Jon left the study and wandered through Winterfell to the Godswood, wishing he could remain Jon Snow rather than become a Targaryen heir.
• Theon joined Jon and described how both of them had been treated as outsiders.
• Theon reminded Jon of Catelyn's exclusion and the nobles' insults, then asked whether Jon had ever hated the Starks.

Jon rejected Theon’s attempt to turn him against the Starks, affirming that Winterfell had made him who he was. Theon recognized his betrayal and regretted his plans, but the blood warlocks confronted him before he could decide what to do.

• Jon told Theon that Ned, Robb, Sansa, and Arya had given him a home, and that he remained a direwolf despite his Targaryen blood.
• Jon reminded Theon of the Stark family’s kindness and urged him not to become the kind of Ironborn who burned, killed, and plundered.
• Theon remembered his bond with the Starks and the blood warlocks’ plan to enslave Sansa, then retched in shame as Jon offered him a handkerchief.
• Jon returned to Winterfell, while Theon stayed behind, torn between his loyalty to the Starks and his duty to House Greyjoy.
• Three blood warlocks emerged from Theon’s shadow and demanded that he choose.

Theon rejected the Blood Warlocks’ offer and fought to defend Winterfell, but they marked him with magic and began to take control of him. Lynn’s Shadow emerged, consumed their magic, killed the lead warlock, and captured the other two alive as sacrifices for Sounding Dragonbinder.

• Theon refused the Blood Warlocks’ offer of power and told them to leave Winterfell.
• Theon drew his sword against the Blood Warlocks, but their rune bound the blade and marked his body with painful magic.
• As a Blood Warlock moved to erase Theon’s consciousness, Lynn’s Shadow rose from the ground with a dark eye like the one Euron had lost.
• Lynn’s Shadow swallowed the blood-red runes, killed the lead Blood Warlock, and captured the other two alive for Sounding Dragonbinder.

After Theon confessed his betrayal and repented, Lynn revealed that Euron had hired the Faceless Men to murder Balon Greyjoy and sent Theon to Braavos to investigate them. Theon accepted the mission as his chance to atone, while Lynn returned to the Main Keep and turned his attention to Stannis's assembled army.

• Lynn confronted Theon in the Godswood, and Theon confessed that he had planned to kill Lynn and the Starks to seize Winterfell.
• Lynn told Theon that Euron had hired a Braavosi assassin from the Faceless Men to kill Balon Greyjoy.
• Lynn gave Theon a coin bearing a Three-Headed Great Dragon and ordered him to find the House of Black and White and learn the Faceless Men's position and strength.
• Theon swore to fulfill Lynn's mission and left with a renewed resolve to avenge his father and atone for his betrayal.
• Lynn returned to the Main Keep, told Daenerys that Jon needed time to process events, and asked whether Stannis's army had finished assembling.

After Stannis declared himself king and called for war against Joffrey, Lynn dismissed his claim and dictated a counter-proclamation to the lords of Westeros. He left the North preparing to wage a war of words, warning Stannis’s supporters that his dragons could reduce their castles to ruins.

• Ned Stark told Lynn and the others that Stannis would declare war after learning Joffrey was not Robert’s son.
• Maester Luwin brought Stannis Baratheon’s proclamation, in which Stannis claimed the throne and branded Joffrey a false king.
• Lynn burned Stannis’s proclamation and told Ned that strength, not inheritance, decided who ruled.
• Lynn dictated a message accusing Stannis of heresy, kinslaying, and madness, while urging the lords to remain neutral.
• Lynn warned that the North would show no mercy to Stannis’s supporters and ordered Maester Luwin to send the proclamation to every castle.

Stannis Baratheon ordered his army to march toward the Trident despite Davos Seaworth's warning that Lynn's proclamation had united the North and left Stannis without allies. After Stannis condemned Davos to death, Salladhor Saan offered to help him escape, and Davos chose to travel north and meet Lynn.

• Stannis Baratheon rallied his followers with the Red Priestess's promises and ordered his army to march toward the Trident.
• Davos Seaworth warned Stannis that the North's climate, winter, and Lynn's proclamation made the campaign unwinnable, but Stannis dismissed his counsel and ordered him beheaded.
• Stannis had Davos thrown into the Black Cells, where Davos concluded that the king he had served had become a zealot.
• Salladhor Saan visited Davos and offered to help him escape from the Black Cells.
• Davos accepted Salladhor Saan's help and asked him to take him north so he could meet Lynn.