Recaps

Gu Li sought a martial arts teacher and, after Shen Lian refused, persuaded Lu Wenzhao to arrange a meeting with Ding Baiying. Ding Baiying reluctantly demonstrated her Iaijutsu, leaving Gu Li with a chance to learn the technique.

• Gu Li went to the Northern Commandery Office and asked Shen Lian to teach him martial arts, but Shen Lian refused and left with Lu Wenzhao’s help.
• Gu Li told Lu Wenzhao he wanted to learn Ding Baiying’s version of the Qi Family Saber, and Lu agreed to arrange a meeting.
• After receiving a letter directing him to the Clear Breeze Teahouse, Gu Li met Ding Baiying in its rear courtyard.
• Ding Baiying drew her saber when Gu Li revealed her secrets, but she sheathed it after he threatened to expose her if he died.
• Ding Baiying demonstrated her Iaijutsu by cutting a wooden post in two with a single draw.

Gary gave Ding Baiying a tablet showing a vision of her and Lu Wenzhao’s future, then collapsed from altering the dream. When Ding Baiying returned with Lu Wenzhao to repay him, Gary asked them to demonstrate all their Qi Family Martial Arts.

• Gary privately gave Ding Baiying the Mirror of Rebirth and told her it showed her future with Lu Wenzhao.
• Ding Baiying watched only a few minutes, then hurried off with the tablet to find Lu Wenzhao.
• Gary struggled back to the inn, where Arya worried over his weakened condition and agreed to leave the dream with him.
• Ding Baiying and Lu Wenzhao arrived at Gary’s room and offered to repay his kindness.
• Gary asked Ding Baiying and Lu Wenzhao to demonstrate all their Qi Family Martial Arts.

Gary watched Ding Baiying and Lu Wenzhao demonstrate the Qi Family Saber and accepted Ding Baiying’s heirloom saber, Falling Plum. He and Arya then left the dream as it dissolved in the Consciousness Space.

• Ding Baiying carried Gary and Arya across the rooftops to Clear Breeze Teahouse while Lu Wenzhao fetched his saber.
• Ding Baiying demonstrated her close-combat Qi Family Saber routines for Gary.
• Lu Wenzhao demonstrated the orthodox Qi Family Saber’s saber, spear, and short-saber techniques and explained how to combine them.
• Gary declined to learn internal cultivation, then prepared to leave after seeing the demonstrations.
• Ding Baiying offered Gary her family heirloom, Falling Plum, and he accepted it with a promise to keep it for life.
• Gary and Arya left the dream, and the dream dissolved within the Consciousness Space.

Gary woke after the ice egg melted, but soon suffered a catastrophic reaction after the Raven identified his ice magic as the White Walkers’ power. The Raven used Winterfell’s Heart Tree to save him, then died from exhaustion, leaving Gary warned not to use magic until he recovered.

• Arya woke beside Gary, and Robb sent her to reassure Catelyn while asking Sansa to keep Gary’s magic secret from Catelyn, Ned, and Theon.
• Snow explained the events around Arya’s arrival and the ice egg to Gary, then left when the Raven asked to speak with him alone.
• The Raven told Gary that his ice magic was the White Walkers’ power, but Gary began bleeding and vomiting blood before he could respond.
• Gary woke three days later beneath Winterfell’s Heart Tree, where the Raven had used its power to heal him.
• The Raven warned Gary not to use magic until fully recovered and cautioned that immersing himself in the White Walkers’ power could turn him into a White Walker.
• After telling Gary it had spent three days channeling mana to save him, the exhausted Raven closed its eyes and died.

Bingling told Leaf that Luke could use White Walker ice magic but was still human, and proposed giving up her body to watch over him. Leaf agreed to help her fake their deaths and retrieve a mysterious egg that Bingling suspected was a dragon egg.

• Bingling returned to her body after three days of channeling mana, then entered Leaf's dream to explain what she had learned about Luke.
• Leaf worried that Luke's ice magic would make the Greenseer target him, and proposed going south of the Wall to protect him herself.
• Bingling explained that she planned to transfer her consciousness into another creature, sacrificing her body and Skinchanger abilities to stay with Luke.
• Bingling asked Leaf to fake their deaths and help her steal an egg, noting that the Greenseer could no longer see Luke or events in Winterfell.
• Bingling told Leaf she suspected the egg was a dragon egg and hoped to possess the dragon so she could protect Luke throughout his life.
• Leaf embraced Bingling and agreed to support her plan.

Leaf and Bingling tried to revive the white egg, but Bingling died after pouring her mana into it. A month later, Wind Spirit told Gary of her death, and he mistakenly believed she had sacrificed herself to save him, then vowed to grow stronger and kill the Night's King.

• Leaf and Bingling found a faint heartbeat inside the white egg, and Bingling decided to nourish it with her mana.
• Hours later, Leaf brought Bingling's corpse to the Three-Eyed Crow, who sent her to fetch Wind Spirit.
• After a month of recovery, Gary heard Arya's raven speak and followed Wind Spirit outside Winterfell.
• Wind Spirit told Gary that Bingling had died, and he realized she might have lied about returning Beyond the Wall to protect him.
• Gary drove Wind Spirit's consciousness from the raven and vowed to fulfill Bingling's wish by killing the Night's King.

Five years after Bingling's death, Gary returned to Winterfell as a skilled young fighter and reunited with Snow and Robb. Arya visited him, bringing a carved canteen and receiving a dangerous Mana-infused Ice Spear, before asking whether he would always stay with her.

• Gary spent five years training his Archery and saber technique, while Wind Spirit watched over him from a distance.
• Gary returned to Winterfell after suppressing bandits and watched Snow defeat Robb in the Training Yard.
• Gary learned that Arya had mastered six fast spear moves and defeated Theon, who was recovering from her attack.
• Arya gave Gary a carved bone canteen, which he identified as wild ox bone rather than dragonbone.
• Gary gave Arya an Ice Spear infused with Mana that could turn anyone it wounded into ice shards, but warned that it was too dangerous for her to wield yet.
• Arya asked Gary whether he would always stay by her side; when he said he would eventually leave Winterfell but return to see her, she kicked him and ran off.

The Three-Eyed Crow revealed that he believed Luke would become the next King of the White Walkers and ordered Wind Spirit to kill him. As Leaf mourned Bingling and vowed to save Luke, her words broke the Three-Eyed Crow’s hold on the dragon imprisoned in his consciousness.

• Wind Spirit and Green Grass reported that tribes had sacrificed seven human baby boys to the White Walkers.
• The Three-Eyed Crow accused Leaf of neglecting to investigate Bingling’s death and the source of Luke’s magic, then revealed his vision of Luke becoming the King of the White Walkers.
• The Three-Eyed Crow ordered Wind Spirit to kill Luke, and Wind Spirit agreed despite Leaf’s plea to send him away instead.
• The Three-Eyed Crow told the imprisoned Bingling that her sacrifice would help the Children of the Forest, while Bingling struggled against the vines binding her.
• Leaf came to say goodbye to Bingling and declared that she would save Luke from Wind Spirit, causing a crack to split the consciousness space and the vines to disintegrate.

Leaf’s Dragon Egg hatched into Bingling, who flew away to protect Luke and warned Leaf to beware of the Greenseer. At Winterfell, Gary was summoned to Lord Stark’s study after a day of training, while Arya suspected the meeting was connected to a letter from Benjen and her parents’ argument.

• Leaf visited the cabin and told the unhatched Dragon Egg that she had to save Luke from Wind Spirit and the Greenseer’s plans.
• The egg cracked, and the newborn dragon wrote that it needed to be put in the fire to absorb its energy.
• Leaf set the cabin ablaze, and the dragon emerged stronger, promising to protect Luke and warning Leaf that the Greenseer had selfish motives.
• The dragon flew away, and Leaf told six Children of the Forest that it would return one day.
• After training, Gary followed Steward Poole to Lord Stark’s study, and Arya followed them, suspecting the summons was tied to Benjen’s letter and her parents’ argument.

After Eddard ordered Gary to report to Castle Black, Gary decided to flee Winterfell instead. Robb and Snow learned of his situation and helped him prepare to escape, affirming that he was still their friend despite not being a Stark.

• Gary read a letter claiming he was not Brandon Stark’s bastard and confessed to Eddard that he had been raised by the Children of the Forest.
• Eddard dismissed Gary’s account of Leaf and the Greenseer, ordered him to leave for Castle Black the next morning, and noticed that Gary’s gold coins were more than a century old.
• Gary regretted giving Eddard his money and decided he would have to slip out of Winterfell that night.
• Robb and Snow brought Gary money and said they would help him escape Winterfell so he could travel south.
• Snow told Gary that he and Robb did not blame him for his origins and still considered him their best friend.

Gary left Winterfell after Eddard gave him a horse, but Eddard realized Arya’s mare was missing and rode after him.

• Gary told Snow he planned to visit the Citadel and then King's Landing before the two prepared to leave Winterfell.
• At the south gate, Robb arrived without a horse, and Eddard appeared with one and told the children to return to the Main Castle.
• Eddard offered Gary a Winterfell warhorse, and Gary accepted it and gave Eddard ice flowers for Arya and Sansa.
• Gary confirmed he had been raised by the Children of the Forest and rode away, promising he would return.
• Steward Poole told Eddard that Arya's mare was missing, prompting Eddard to order the horses saddled so he could pursue Luke.

Gary left Winterfell and traveled south, buying supplies before Arya caught up with him and insisted on joining his journey. After Arya revealed she had taken Catelyn’s jewelry and borrowed Ice for him, Gary realized returning to Winterfell could land him in trouble.

• Gary found twenty-seven newly minted Gold Dragons from Eddard in his saddlebag and continued south from Winterfell.
• Gary passed Moat Cailin, then bought blankets, provisions, a hunting bow, and arrows in a small Riverlands village.
• Arya caught up with Gary after pursuing him for a day and night, and refused to return to Winterfell because she wanted to travel with him.
• Arya revealed she had brought Catelyn’s jewelry box and borrowed Ice for Gary, along with her own weapons.
• Gary hunted rabbits and cooked them for Arya, who warned that Catelyn might blame him for taking Ice and that Eddard could imprison him if he returned.

Gary and Arya were attacked by a Shadowcat possessed by Wind Spirit, who accused Gary of serving the White Walkers and tried to kill him. When Wind Spirit refused to hear Gary's explanation, he formed an ice blade and prepared to strike.

• Gary told Arya they were heading to King's Landing, but a Shadowcat appeared at their camp and spoke with Wind Spirit's voice, ordering him to leave Westeros.
• Wind Spirit attacked Gary, and Arya stayed behind with her wooden spear instead of escaping on her horse.
• The Shadowcat broke Arya's spear and roared, frightening her mare; when Arya lifted Gary's Ice Spear, Wind Spirit mistook her for a White Walker.
• Wind Spirit accused Gary of betraying humanity and tried to kill him with Dark Sister, believing Bingling's death was tied to a sacrifice.
• Gary learned that Wind Spirit could survive the death of its host, then gathered water and formed an ice blade as the Shadowcat lunged at him.

Gary defeated the Shadowcat’s attack, but a venomous snake nearly struck him before Bingling, reborn as a white dragon, saved him. Bingling revealed herself to Wind Spirit and reunited with Gary, while Wind Spirit agreed to buy him time against the Night’s King.

• Gary wounded the Shadowcat and knocked Dark Sister from its jaws, then warned Wind Spirit to leave him alone.
• A venomous snake lunged at Gary, but Bingling caught and swallowed it before he could be bitten.
• Gary mistook Bingling for an attacker until he recognized her as a newly hatched white dragon, and she drove back the Shadowcat with dragonfire.
• Bingling identified herself to Wind Spirit and explained that she had transferred her consciousness into the dragon to protect Luke, whom she believed carried a god’s power.
• Wind Spirit agreed to buy Gary time to grow stronger as the Night’s King’s army expanded.
• Gary recognized Bingling, embraced her, and rejoiced that she was still alive.

Gary and Arya left the clearing after the Shadowcat died, with Gary taking Arya onward to King's Landing. Eddard found Gary's message and returned to Winterfell, planning to send a trusted subordinate after Arya.

• After Wind Spirit left the Shadowcat, Bingling attacked it with dragonfire, and its wounds left it unable to move.
• Gary returned to Arya, comforted her over her dead horse, and persuaded her to continue with him to King's Landing.
• Gary carved a message for Eddard into a tree, then rode away with Arya on his warhorse as Bingling circled above them unseen.
• Hours later, Eddard found Arya's dead mare and Gary's message, then returned to Winterfell to avoid provoking a dispute by entering the Riverlands.

Gary and Arya stopped at a tavern near the Kingsroad to rest, where Gary’s display of strength made the mercenaries suspect he was House Stark’s White Wolf. After arranging their luggage and sharing a room with Bingling, Gary learned that the dragon egg had been kept by the Children of the Forest and that Bingling expected to be able to carry him within a year or two.

• Gary paid for a room and meat, then dented the tavern counter to deter the mercenaries watching him.
• After Gary and Arya went upstairs, the mercenaries speculated that Gary was House Stark’s White Wolf.
• Gary settled Arya into bed, reorganized their luggage, and decided to travel more slowly and enjoy the scenery.
• Bingling flew in through the open window and ate all the roast meat, despite Gary asking it to save some for Arya.
• Bingling told Gary that the Children of the Forest had stored the dragon egg and that it expected to grow enough to carry him in a year or two.
• Gary ate some bread and went to sleep beside Arya, while Bingling curled up near his pillow.

Gary and Arya reached King's Landing and struggled past the city’s poor, stench, and corrupt gate guards. Gary rescued Tyrion Lannister from an armed attacker, and Tyrion recognized him as House Stark’s White Wolf.

• Gary and Arya admired King's Landing from a hill and rode to its northern Old Gate.
• A guard demanded entry papers, but Gary paid him a Silver Stag and invoked House Stark to gain entry.
• Gary and Arya entered the filthy city and searched its streets for an inn.
• Gary heard a fight at an inn, recognized the naked dwarf as Tyrion Lannister, and stopped a sword-wielding man from attacking him.
• Tyrion thanked Gary and recognized his white hair and mismatched eyes as belonging to House Stark’s White Wolf, while Gary denied being Geralt.

Gary asked Tyrion to arrange an audience with King Robert so he could get Arya safely back to the North. Tyrion offered them a place to stay and promised to approach the king, while he and Gary began to form a friendship.

• Gary declined Tyrion's offer of gold and asked him to arrange a meeting with King Robert.
• Tyrion proposed using Jaime's help to secure an unofficial audience, and Gary explained that he wanted the king to send Arya back to the North.
• Arya rode up and bluntly asked whether Tyrion was a dwarf, then apologized after Gary corrected her.
• Tyrion invited Gary and Arya to stay at his house and said he would speak to the king soon.
• Gary paid Tyrion for their room and board, and the two joked together as Tyrion found himself enjoying Gary's company.

Gary took Arya shopping in King's Landing and learned that his reputation as the White Wolf had spread far beyond Winterfell. Tyrion told him King Robert wanted him to enter a tourney and win Princess Myrcella's birthday crown of flowers, but Gary only agreed to attend.

• Gary and Arya spent the day shopping in King's Landing, buying gifts for their friends and family at Winterfell.
• Tyrion told Gary that King Robert knew of his reputation and wanted him to take part in a tourney.
• Arya and Tyrion described the soldiers' admiration for Gary and recounted rumors of his victories against bandits and a wild bull.
• Gary denied that he was Benjen Stark's son and said he did not want to become Duke of Winterfell.
• Tyrion explained that Robert hoped Gary would win the tourney's crown of flowers for Princess Myrcella, and Gary agreed to attend without promising to compete.

Gu Li comforted Arya before her departure, then reconsidered using his dream-shaping ability to gain useful knowledge. Seven days later, he arrived at the Kingswood tourney with Arya and Tyrion, where he learned that he had been entered into the jousting finals and was sent to put on armor.

• Gu Li told Arya she would have to wait until she was sixteen to travel with him, then told her a story until she fell asleep.
• Gu Li carried Arya to bed and decided he could use dream-shaping again now that Bingling was alive, though he could only bring knowledge from dreams into reality.
• Seven days later, Tyrion brought Gu Li and Arya to the Kingswood tourney, where nobles presented birthday gifts to Princess Myrcella before the events began.
• Tyrion explained that King Robert had entered Gu Li in the jousting finals because of his reputation as the White Wolf and the king's recommendation.
• Gu Li said jousting bored him and declined to wear armor he had brought, but Tyrion revealed that he had prepared plate armor for him.

At the tourney grounds, Gary met Jaime Lannister, tried on the plate armor Jaime had arranged, and injured a knight who insulted and grabbed him. Jaime explained the tourney’s rules and urged Gary to compete for the North’s honor, but Gary planned to place second or third and avoid trouble before the contests began.

• Tyrion introduced Gary to his elder brother, Jaime Lannister, and left with Arya for the stands.
• Jaime showed Gary the silver-gray plate armor he had prepared for him.
• When a burly knight mocked Gary and grabbed his shoulder, Gary seized his hand, broke it, and threatened to kill him; Jaime warned him to settle matters in the tourney instead.
• Jaime explained that the Kingsguard were competing to defend Princess Myrcella’s honor and advised Gary to win and choose a noblewoman as Queen of Love and Beauty.
• Gary finished putting on the armor and said he would aim for second or third place; Jaime told him which warhorse was his and left to prepare.

Gary prepared for the joust as Tyrion warned him that Cersei had summoned Gregor Clegane to kill him. The horn sounded, and Gary joined the knights entering the lists.

• Jaime told Tyrion he planned to kill Gary in the joust and thwart the king’s hopes of drawing House Stark into the Red Keep.
• Ser Kesso reunited with Gary, explained that jousting losers forfeited their armor, swords, and horses, and urged him to carry Ice and win for the North.
• Tyrion warned Gary that his Valyrian steel sword had attracted enemies and that Gregor Clegane, the Mountain, would be a dangerous opponent.
• Gary asked Tyrion about Sandor, and Tyrion explained that the Hound had left House Clegane to serve House Lannister.
• The horn sounded, and Gary put on his helmet and joined the knights preparing to joust.

Gary watched the joust begin and learned that its champion would receive no prize money, while Jaime named three formidable opponents. The first matches got underway, and Jaime entered the lists for his bout.

• Gary received a bye in the first round and watched the royal family and the tournament grounds as the joust prepared to begin.
• Jaime spoke with Gary, who distrusted him because Cersei wanted to harm him, and explained that the morning's archery and swordsmanship champions each received five thousand Gold Dragons.
• Gary learned that the jousting champion would receive no prize money, but a more valuable reward, and decided to compete regardless.
• King Robert declared the joust underway, and the first match ended when one knight fell from his horse.
• Jaime told Gary that Loras Tyrell, Barristan Selmy, and Jaime himself were the opponents worth watching, then rode into the lists for his match.

Gary rested between jousts while Tyrion defended his decision to stop Ser Gregor from entering the tournament improperly. Gary won his next bout by sweeping his opponent from the saddle with his lance, earning King Robert's approval and the crowd's cheers.

• Jaime defeated his opponent in two passes, and Gary left the crowded grounds to rest beneath a tree.
• Tyrion's attendant offered Gary a wooden shield, but Gary refused it and sent the servant away.
• Cersei confronted Tyrion about informing Robert that Ser Gregor had tried to enter the joust without signing up, and Tyrion explained that he was trying to avoid provoking the king and the Baratheons.
• More than two hours later, Gary told Robert that he was not a Stark before riding to face his next opponent.
• Gary knocked his opponent's lance aside and swept him from his horse, then argued that he had broken no rules.
• Robert laughed and declared Gary the winner, prompting the crowd to cheer as the defeated knight stormed away.

Gary advanced through the jousting tournament and defeated Loras Tyrell in the quarterfinals with a surprising turning strike. The crowd condemned his tactic, but Gary remained unruffled as the tournament continued.

• Gary used his strength and familiar tactics to eliminate several knights as the tournament narrowed toward its final rounds.
• Jaime told Gary that Barristan the Bold had defeated him and revealed that Tyrion had apparently bribed the draw to keep Gary and Jaime apart.
• Gary learned that his quarterfinal opponent was Loras Tyrell, the Knight of Flowers, and returned to the lists.
• Loras evaded Gary's sweeping lance attack on their first pass and planned to outlast him.
• Gary broke Loras's shield with a direct thrust, blocked Loras's lance with his vambrace, then turned his horse and knocked Loras from his saddle with a strike to the back.
• The spectators accused Gary of dishonorable tactics, but he dismissed their complaints as ignorance of strategy.