Recaps

Gary returned to Winterfell, defeated the Bolton forces with ice magic and Drogon, and established his rule over the northern lords. As he punished Roose Bolton and proclaimed the Supreme God, Tywin maneuvered to secure a royal marriage through Lynesse while Margaery traveled north.

• Joffrey demanded Luke Stark’s death, but Tywin and Tyrion restrained the response as Tyrion told Sansa that Luke had returned with a dragon.
• Margaery chose to join Luke in the North, and Garlan supported her while returning to King's Landing to manage Tywin’s scrutiny.
• Gary destroyed the Ironborn at Moat Cailin, recovered Eddard Stark’s remains, and reached Winterfell with Daenerys and Jon Umber.
• Gary and Daenerys prepared Winterfell with ice defenses and Valyrian steel armor, then Gary killed Theon and Ramsay as the Bolton army attacked.
• Gary unleashed a vast ice spell that killed thousands of Bolton allies, then defeated the remaining forces with ice magic and Drogon while Roose escaped.
• House Manderly brought food and captured Roose, and Gary summoned the northern lords to Winterfell for a feast and a public reckoning.
• Gary forced the lords to cut Roose before killing him, then declared that the Royal House followed the Supreme God and challenged the lords to test his divine claims.
• Olenna arranged for Lynesse to replace Margaery in Tywin’s marriage plans, while Arya learned that Luke had reclaimed Winterfell and set out north with Sandor.

Gary secured Winterfell, prepared to aid the Night’s Watch, and defeated the Wildling assault with Drogon before Stannis captured Mance Rayder. After returning to Castle Black, Gary found the gate opened to Stannis’s men and fought his way through the Kings Tower to rescue Jon and Grenn.

• Gary rejected Barbrey Ryswell’s suggestion to resurrect Roose Bolton, demonstrated resurrection by restoring Lajos Furlong to life, and blessed Orrick Locke before learning that a woman claimed to be the Queen in the North.
• Margaery Tyrell arrived at Winterfell with Eddara Tallhart, offered Gary the Reach’s resources in exchange for marriage, and challenged Daenerys over who was the real queen.
• Gary ordered the northern lords to muster, arranged help for Eddara, and prepared to march against the Ironborn as Margaery narrowly escaped Drogon in the Godswood.
• Gary held funerals for Eddard and Robb, forged Valyrian steel weapons and armor, and learned from Jon Snow’s letter and Samwell Tarly that Mance Rayder was attacking Castle Black.
• Gary sent Daenerys and Margaery to Castle Black with troops, while Arya returned to Winterfell, took up Gary’s Valyrian steel spear Soulhunter, and escaped with Sandor Clegane.
• Gary arrived at Castle Black on Drogon, routed the Wildlings with dragonfire, and joined Jon in fighting off the attackers before offering to revive Ygritte if Jon left the Night’s Watch.
• Gary gave Jon the Valyrian steel sword Winter and declared him Jon Stark, then resurrected Ygritte and Pyp and urged Jon to leave the Night’s Watch and protect the Free Folk.
• Gary drove the giants away from the Wall and encountered Bran, Meera, and Jojen in the Frostfangs, where he severed Jojen’s link to the Three-Eyed Crow, healed Bran, and urged him to trust the Supreme God.
• Gary and Drogon helped rout the Wildlings, while Stannis’s cavalry defeated Harma’s force and captured Mance Rayder, and Gary then ordered Stannis to surrender and barred his men from Castle Black.
• Gary killed Alliser Thorne after he argued for admitting Eastwatch’s men, then learned Janos Slynt had opened the gate to Stannis’s soldiers and fought the intruders in the Kings Tower.

Gary seized control of Stannis’s forces, secured Jon’s election as Lord Commander, and gathered allies among the giants and Children of the Forest. After the White Walkers attacked, Gary learned the Other God was heading toward the Heart Tree and returned to Castle Black with Jon, the queens, and the Wildlings.

• Gary killed Stannis and Janos Slynt, freed Jon, and forced Davos and the surviving Baratheon forces to choose whether to serve him.
• Gary tested Melisandre in a simulated world, and she eventually pledged herself to him and renounced R'hllor.
• Gary brought Selyse and Shireen into his alliance, healed Shireen’s greyscale scars, and recruited Mag the Mighty and forty-six giants.
• Samwell secured Jon Stark’s election as Lord Commander, while Leaf arrived and Gary asked the Children of the Forest to help defend the Wall.
• Gary persuaded Little Deer to accept the Supreme God, but Wind Spirit, Green Grass, and Leaf chose to remain near the Three-Eyed Crow.
• Tens of thousands of wights attacked Gary’s party near the Milkwater, and the Night’s King struck Drogon with an Ice Spear before Gary healed him.
• The Other God appeared and vowed to return after devouring a tree, prompting Gary to suspect the White Walkers were targeting the Heart Tree.
• Jon, Margaery, Daenerys, and the Wildlings rescued Gary, who returned to Castle Black with them and warned that wights feared fire.

Gary gathered allies and retook Deepwood Motte before returning to Winterfell, while plans to rescue Sansa and weaken the Lannisters unfolded in King’s Landing. Sansa reached Highgarden and agreed to marry Willas, Tyrion killed Tywin and fled north, and Drogon destroyed the Ironborn fleet attacking the Reach.

• Gary secured the Wildlings’ alliance, sent Davos to search for Rickon, and led the Children of the Forest, young Starks, and giants south while Arya went to recruit the Mountain Clans.
• Arya won the Flint clan’s support, and Gary’s army captured Deepwood Motte with dragonfire and giant arrows, though Dragonbinder sent Drogon into a frenzy and left Daenerys badly injured.
• Gary accepted Asha Greyjoy’s oath and named her Earl of the Iron Islands, then had Dragonbinder melted down after Daenerys deciphered its warning that its blower would die.
• Gary returned to Winterfell, where Rhaegal and Viserion arrived, and sent Barristan with troops to join Davos while he plotted with Lady Olenna to poison Joffrey and frame Tyrion.
• Joffrey died at his wedding, Tyrion was arrested, Sansa escaped, and assassins killed Olenna as Garlan took Sansa to Highgarden, where she agreed to marry Willas.
• Tyrion demanded trial by combat, but Gregor Clegane killed Oberyn, and Jaime freed Tyrion, who learned the truth about Tysha, strangled Shae, killed Tywin, and chose to sail north.
• Drogon woke at Highgarden and burned the Ironborn fleet attacking on the Mander River, then flew north as Willas reaffirmed his alliance with the North.