Chapter Summaries

After winning both championships at the Hand’s Tourney, Davion was declared champion of the melee and received his prize, while Robert failed to recognize Gendry as his son. Davion returned to his tent with Gendry as the spectators dispersed.

• Robert watched Davion’s victory and complained that he had not struck Jaime with the edge of his sword.
• Gendry joined Davion on the field, and Davion told Robert that Gendry was only a temporarily hired attendant who would return to the smithy.
• Robert felt an unexplained fondness for Gendry, praised his build and smithing skills, and encouraged him to become a warrior without recognizing him as his son.
• Robert declared Davion the melee champion and awarded him fifteen thousand Gold Dragons as the crowd cheered.
• Littlefinger delivered Davion’s prize money, dismissed his victory as unimportant, and left after Davion hinted that he was poorly informed.
• Davion returned to his tent with Gendry, and the spectators dispersed after the herald announced the tourney’s conclusion.

Davion accepted Gendry as his squire after hearing why he wanted to leave the smithy, then returned to King's Landing and met with Tyrion. Tyrion confronted him over Jaime's injuries, and the conversation ended with Tyrion insisting he would pursue Casterly Rock by his own means.

• Gendry told Davion about his harsh life as a smith's apprentice and asked to remain his squire.
• Davion agreed to take Gendry to Harrenhal, warned him that conditions there would be difficult, and gave him the money from selling the tent.
• Gendry went to the smithy to say farewell while Davion returned alone to Chataya's brothel.
• Tyrion blamed Davion for badly injuring Jaime and complained that he had been too ruthless.
• Davion teased Tyrion about becoming heir to Casterly Rock if Jaime had died, and Tyrion said he would fight for the inheritance by his own means.

After winning the tournament, Davion asked Tyrion to arrange livestock, guards, and unpaid ransoms for Harrenhal, and Tyrion agreed to help. Davion inspected his replenished game equipment and discovered his Bracers could be worn by others before sensing a mysterious connection calling him “Master.”

• Davion offered to knight Tyrion, then asked him to buy livestock, recruit two hundred guards, and collect the ransoms owed by defeated opponents.
• Tyrion accepted the work despite complaining, then ordered Shataya to send five girls to his room.
• Davion examined his game interface and found that his Healing Salves, Clarity, Tangos, and other equipment had replenished.
• Davion discovered that the Bracers fit other people and restored his strength bonus, and he imagined equipping an elite army with them.
• Davion inspected the Quelling Blade and considered how its bonus damage could help his soldiers defeat their enemies.
• Davion sensed a mental connection and heard a faint voice calling him “Master.”

Davion discovered that his courier had brought him three Dragon Knight cosmetic items, which he could equip instantly, while Jaime remained unconscious in the Red Keep after taking Davion's Dragon Tail. Davion decided to keep his conspicuous gear hidden and avoid drawing attention as he built his strength.

• Davion recognized his courier, summoned it from the strange space, and learned it could communicate with him mentally.
• Davion checked the courier's backpack and found the Ancient Dragon Crown Sword, the Dragon's Blood Dividing Shield, and the Blazing Scale Knight Set.
• Davion equipped the sword, shield, and armor instantly, tested them, and decided their flashy appearance meant he should keep a low profile.
• Jaime lay unconscious in the Kingsguard quarters with both arms splinted after surviving Davion's Dragon Tail.

After Jaime was injured, Cersei hid her anger from Tywin and summoned Davion to her chambers, where she confronted him about the fight and demanded intimacy. The chapter ended with Cersei pressing Davion against her chest and telling him to do what he was supposed to do.

• Tywin reassured Cersei that Jaime would recover, then warned her not to provoke Davion and considered recruiting him.
• Cersei declared she would make Davion pay for hurting Jaime, but once she left the White Sword Tower, she ordered a bath and summoned Davion.
• Davion prepared Little Chick to pass as an ordinary pet lizard and followed a Lannister guard to Cersei's chambers.
• Cersei received Davion in her bath, sent the maids away, and let him hold her as they spoke about Jaime's injuries.
• Davion questioned whether Cersei felt unsafe without Jaime, and Cersei told him to do what he was supposed to do.

Davion left King's Landing with Gendry after collecting a thousand Gold Dragons from Cersei and saying goodbye to Shataya and the women at her brothel. On the road, Davion led Gendry into the woods, where he grew angry at the boy's complaints before helping him up after Gendry apologized.

• Davion collected a thousand Gold Dragons from Cersei and imagined briefly that he could live comfortably in King's Landing, but dismissed the idea because of the kingdom's coming turmoil.
• Davion and Gendry said goodbye to Shataya, Janna, and the other women at the brothel, then left King's Landing through the Old Gate.
• After half a day on the road, Gendry complained that walking was too tiring, while Davion teased him about wanting to become a knight.
• Davion took Gendry into the woods after sunset and told him to stop, despite Gendry's concerns about camping there.
• When Gendry continued to question his orders, Davion knocked him down and scolded him; Gendry knelt to apologize, and Davion helped him up.

Davion used a Town Portal Scroll to teleport himself, Gendry, and their horse from a grove near King's Landing to the outskirts of Harrenhal. They reached the castle gates, where guards challenged them and Gendry announced Davion's return.

• Davion told Gendry not to kneel without his orders and warned him to keep the scroll's secret.
• Davion tore a Town Portal Scroll, and its magic transported him, Gendry, and their horse to a road near Harrenhal.
• Davion explained that the scroll could teleport people standing inside its magic circle, though it could only be used once every seven days.
• Davion and Gendry rode toward Harrenhal and found its drawbridge raised and guards patrolling the walls.
• When the guards ordered them to halt, Gendry called out that Lord Davion had returned.

Davion returned to Harrenhal with Gendry and reunited with his household, where he introduced everyone to Eunex, the small red creature he had brought with him. When Vereword drew his sword in alarm, Eunex unleashed a stream of liquid-like flame that caught Davion in the blast.

• Davion arrived at Harrenhal and introduced Gendry to Vereword as his new squire.
• Pia welcomed Davion back and arranged hot water, food, and a room for Gendry.
• Davion joined Vereword, Pia, Maester Tosmew, and Gendry in the Hall of a Hundred Hearths and revealed Eunex.
• Vereword drew his sword at Eunex, who responded by spewing flame through Davion's fingers and onto his body.

Davion’s pet Eunex accidentally burned him while demonstrating that he could breathe fire, but Davion healed himself and calmed his companions’ fears. After everyone took turns petting the little dragon, Davion asked how Harrenhal had fared during his absence.

• Eunex accidentally breathed fire on Davion, burning his clothes and skin, and Vereword raised his sword to kill him.
• Davion healed his burns with a Tango leaf and told his companions that Eunex was his pet, whom he called Chick.
• Davion explained that Eunex differed from the Targaryens’ dragons, and Vereword sheathed his sword after Davion reassured him.
• Pia touched Eunex, then Gendry, Vereword, and Maester Tosmew gathered around to examine and pet him.
• Eunex grew impatient and leaped back into Davion’s arms, and Davion asked how Harrenhal had been while he was away.

Davion learned that House Leygood had sent him the severed heads of five tenant farmers, including two children, and decided to demand justice. As Vereword began to report a separate incident involving an old groom, the matter remained unexplained.

• Vereword told Davion that House Leygood had sent five severed heads belonging to a family of former Harrenhal tenant farmers.
• Davion concluded that House Leygood had killed the family in retaliation for his killing one of their knights and resolved to confront them.
• After Maester Tosmew warned that House Leygood had forty or fifty elite cavalry, Davion ordered Vereword to summon Karyl Vance and Grey Stone Keep's cavalry before marching against them.
• Vereword began to tell Davion that an old groom had gone mad and attacked his soldiers without cause.

Davion heard that Harrenhal’s servants were plagued by shared nightmares and whispers after Uncle Torrhen died in a horrifying incident, and he ordered Maester Tosmiu to help them sleep while he investigated the cause. After a restless night, Davion finally fell asleep as an aged voice whispered to him.

• Vereword told Davion that Uncle Torrhen had bitten off his tongue and died after rushing into a wall, while Pia insisted Torrhen had seemed well and had looked terrified.
• Pia explained that Harrenhal’s servants were increasingly dreaming of the castle burning and hearing unexplained whispers, which she believed were signs of Harrenhal’s curse.
• Davion considered whether magic or the castle itself was behind the strange events and told Maester Tosmiu to help the servants sleep without using Milk of the Poppy.
• Davion returned to Kingspyre Tower, stayed awake thinking about House Leygood and the eerie incidents, and eventually fell asleep to a distant voice saying, “Sleep, child, sleep!”

Davion shattered a dream of a dragon attacking Kingspyre Tower and discovered the Three-Eyed Crow had been spying on and invading his mind. He confronted the heart tree in Harrenhal’s Godswood, but paused when it spoke to him.

• Davion saw a vision of a dragon destroying Kingspyre Tower and awakened his inner Dragon, shattering the dream.
• The Three-Eyed Crow’s spiritual force fled Davion and retreated toward Harrenhal’s Godswood.
• Davion realized the Three-Eyed Crow had been intruding on minds in the castle and rushed to the Godswood.
• Davion prepared to press a Tango against the heart tree, intending to destroy the Three-Eyed Crow’s means of surveillance.
• The heart tree spoke to Davion and claimed it meant him no harm.

Davion confronted the Three-Eyed Crow over the curse and the nightmares in Harrenhal, then used the Tango to destroy the heart tree and absorb its energy. The Three-Eyed Crow recognized the weapon as magical and vowed revenge, while Davion turned his attention to the weirwoods on the Gods Eye.

• Davion accused the Three-Eyed Crow of causing Harrenhal’s strange events and demanded to know why his supposed protection had not saved Torrhen.
• The Three-Eyed Crow blamed Harrenhal’s curse on the murdered craftsmen, dragonfire, and the ghosts of Harren the Black and his sons, while hiding his plan to empty the castle.
• Davion revealed that he knew where the Three-Eyed Crow came from and warned him to remain beyond the Wall.
• Davion pressed the Tango against the heart tree, and its power dissolved the tree into an enormous emerald leaf in his palm.
• The Three-Eyed Crow recognized the Tango as a magical item and vowed revenge from beyond the Wall.
• Davion looked toward the weirwood grove on the Gods Eye, while Jojen Reed fell asleep and began an unusual dream.

Jojen Reed dreamed of bats destroying a dragon and flying north, while the Three-Eyed Crow planned to use the vision to influence Eddard Stark. At Harrenhal, Davion prepared to lead a campaign against House Leygood, ordering Vereword to command and Karyl Vance to assist.

• Jojen Reed dreamed that countless bats devoured an enormous dragon and flew north, then woke believing the vision could not change his fate.
• The Three-Eyed Crow planned to make Jojen believe the bats foretold a calamity and eventually tell Eddard Stark about the dream.
• Davion decided House Leygood was his next target and dismissed the Three-Eyed Crow as no immediate threat.
• Karyl Vance reported that ten cavalrymen and twenty infantrymen were ready, then knelt before Davion at Harrenhal.
• Davion assigned Vereword command of the campaign, ordered Karyl to assist, and instructed them to lure the Leygoods from their castle and strike.
• Davion told his men to leave at once and seek justice for the people of Harrenhal by making House Leygood afraid.

Davion led his force toward Willow Wood, but scouts discovered House Leygood horsemen patrolling inside Harrenhal's lands and pursuing Harrenhal's scouts. Davion ordered his cavalry to charge, and the two forces collided in battle.

• Davion marched toward the border village with Karyl Vance's hastily assembled peasants and Harrenhal's professional guards.
• A scout reported armed horsemen at Wheatfield Village, and Vereword identified their white surcoats bearing a green tree as House Leygood's.
• Davion accepted responsibility for the weak patrols on his lands and ordered the horsemen to advance while Karyl stayed with the infantry.
• Two more scouts fled back as House Leygood horsemen pursued them, and Davion ordered his cavalry to charge.
• Davion's horsemen and House Leygood's cavalry lowered their lances and collided.

Davion led the Vance cavalry to annihilate House Leygood’s ten riders without losing a soldier, then inspected the ruined Wheatfield Village. He ordered his army to camp outside and leave the villagers undisturbed, while wondering whether his cooperative model could improve their lives.

• Davion ordered the unarmored Vance cavalry to flank House Leygood’s force while he and Vereword faced its armored riders head-on.
• Davion used Dragon Tail to break the armored knights’ charge, killed their leader, and helped defeat all ten enemy riders without casualties.
• Davion promised the soldiers rewards and let them choose their share of the spoils by kill count.
• Karyl Vance arrived with infantry, whom Davion assigned to clear the battlefield as he and Vereword went to Wheatfield Village.
• Davion saw the villagers’ desperate conditions and ordered the army to camp outside, threatening immediate punishment for anyone who disturbed them.

Davion led his company to Willow Wood to negotiate with House Leygood over leasing land, but Colin Leygood rejected their offer and threatened them. After House Leygood surrounded the company and insulted Davion, Davion ordered his men to attack.

• Davion gave most of the company's provisions to the villagers of Wheatfield Village and marched toward Willow Wood.
• Karyl Vance announced that Davion Whent's party had come to negotiate with Lord Emond, while Davion concealed himself among the infantry.
• After a half-hour wait, Colin Leygood led more than thirty cavalrymen out of the castle and surrounded the visitors.
• Colin mocked Karyl and refused to negotiate, demanding that Davion come in person and bring his tournament prize money as compensation.
• Karyl and Vereword turned to Davion for orders, and Davion told his men to attack.

Davion and House Vance’s forces fought House Leygood’s light cavalry outside Willow Wood, killing all thirty riders while capturing Colin Leygood. The battle ended before reinforcements could leave the castle, with Davion reaching 160/450 experience.

• Vereword tackled Colin Leygood from his horse and beat him unconscious while Davion killed two guards and captured Colin.
• Davion charged at the Leygood riders as they tried to prepare a counterattack, while Vereword led House Vance’s cavalry against them.
• Davion ordered the Vance riders to draw the enemy out and attacked the Leygood cavalry from behind, killing several riders.
• The Vance riders turned to attack from both sides as Davion hurled his spear to block the fleeing Leygood riders.
• House Vance wiped out all thirty Leygood light cavalrymen; Davion claimed nineteen kills, Vereword killed four, and the rest fell to the Vance cavalry.

Davion charged the heavy cavalry threatening his men and used his extraordinary strength to devastate their formation. As the remaining riders fled, he hunted them with thrown weapons and began collecting experience on the battlefield.

• Davion ordered his troops to form up behind him when eleven heavy cavalrymen emerged from Willow Wood's gates.
• Kalen Vance restrained Colin Leygood as a hostage, but Davion charged the heavy cavalry alone.
• Davion hurled two lances, killing one knight and gravely wounding another, which disrupted the cavalry formation.
• Davion leapt into the formation, smashed riders with a shield and mace, and killed several heavy cavalrymen.
• The four surviving riders fled, and Davion threw a mace and other weapons at them to bring them down.

Davion captured Emond Leygood and his heir, Colin, then negotiated a ransom with House Leygood. After taking fifteen thousand Gold Dragons and supplies, he killed both hostages and ordered their heads displayed at the border.

• Davion carried the wounded Emond Leygood back to his formation and placed him beside Colin Leygood.
• Karyl Vance urged Davion to spare the Leygood captives and negotiate for ransom, compensation, and the return of Whent lands and subjects.
• Davion sent Karyl Vance and Vereword to demand compensation and set the ransom at ten thousand Gold Dragons, with other claims valued at double the usual amount.
• House Leygood paid fifteen thousand Gold Dragons and prepared four wagons, abandoning the heavy cavalry equipment left on the battlefield.
• After the payment and supplies were counted and loaded, Davion killed Emond Leygood and Colin Leygood, then ordered their heads cut off for a border display.