Chapter Summaries

After learning that the Purple Wedding had killed Olenna Redwyne, Margaery grieved and blamed herself, so Gary comforted her and Daenerys before taking them into a dream of the future. They arrived at the Purple Wedding in King's Landing, where Margaery saw her grandmother alive and another version of herself.

• Gary gave everyone three days off, then showed Margaery a letter reporting that Joffrey Baratheon, Margaery Tyrell, and Olenna Redwyne had died at the Purple Wedding.
• Margaery broke down over Olenna Redwyne's death and blamed herself, while Gary and Daenerys comforted her.
• Gary told Margaery and Daenerys he could take them into a dream of the future, and they agreed to go.
• Gary enclosed the three of them in an ice cocoon and brought them into a lifelike dream of King's Landing.
• Gary made the trio invisible and led Margaery and Daenerys to watch the Purple Wedding, where Margaery saw Olenna alive and another version of herself.

Gary showed Margaery and Daenerys the events that led to Margaery’s death in this world, then brought Margaery to Highgarden to reunite with Lady Olenna. After revealing that he came from another world and was Margaery’s fiancé, Gary answered Olenna’s doubts by summoning four dragons.

• Gary showed Margaery and Daenerys Joffrey’s poisoning, Tyrion’s trial and escape, Cersei’s rise, and the destruction of the Great Sept that killed Margaery, Loras, and Mace.
• Margaery saw Lady Olenna grieving alone at Highgarden, revealed herself, and embraced her grandmother.
• Margaery told Lady Olenna that she came from another world, where Olenna had died and Margaery and Loras had survived.
• Gary and Daenerys removed their cloaks, and Gary introduced himself to Lady Olenna as Luke Stark, King in the North and Margaery’s fiancé.
• Lady Olenna questioned Gary’s claim and how he had won Margaery’s hand, so Gary summoned four dragons over Highgarden.

Gary created a dream so Margaery could speak with Lady Olenna, who comforted her and warned that the Reach faced a grave Ironborn threat. Lady Olenna also urged Gary to prioritize the Reach and consider the people and forces needed to hold the kingdoms he sought to conquer, leaving him to reconsider his plans.

• Lady Olenna mistook the dragon's appearance for Gary's magic and cautioned him that he lacked a lawful claim to the Iron Throne.
• Gary asked Lady Olenna to ease Margaery's guilt, and she reassured Margaery that she did not regret giving her life to save her grandchildren.
• Margaery described the situation in the Reach, and Lady Olenna warned that the Ironborn could take the Shield Islands and the Arbor while the Redwyne Fleet remained at King's Landing.
• Lady Olenna told Gary that the Reach would become his territory through his marriage to Margaery and urged him to send aid there after the Riverlands conflict.
• Gary argued that he should capture King's Landing and the Westerlands first, but Lady Olenna warned that Cersei might destroy the castles and that Gary lacked enough troops to hold the territories or protect their people.

Lady Olenna advised Gary to strengthen his rule and advance carefully, and Margaery accepted her grandmother’s passing before leaving the dream with him and Daenerys. Back in reality, Margaery thanked Gary in private, and the next morning he sent Sandor and a squad to retrieve Sansa from Riverrun.

• Lady Olenna urged Gary to consolidate his hold on the North, Riverlands, and Reach, seek an alliance with the Vale, and avoid rushing his conquest.
• Margaery decided she was ready to leave Highgarden after spending the night accepting her grandmother’s passing, and Gary ended the dream.
• Back in reality, Margaery stayed with Gary to thank him, and Daenerys left them alone.
• The next morning, Gary told Daenerys and Margaery to rest, then summoned a squad of soldiers to retrieve Sansa from Riverrun.
• Gary appointed Sandor to command the mission and warned the squad to beware of Lannister troops in the Riverlands.

Sandor and his party reached Riverrun seeking Sansa Stark, but Brynden Tully said she had never arrived, leaving her fate uncertain. At a welcoming banquet, Sandor clashed with Lady Sybell Westerling and was stopped from acting against her while the question of her fate was left to King Luke.

• Daven Lannister’s army was distracted when a black dragon flew overhead, allowing northern soldiers to slip through the siege lines and reach Riverrun.
• Brynden Tully opened Riverrun’s gate to Sandor’s small party, but told them Sansa Stark had never arrived.
• Sandor explained the Purple Wedding and the Tyrell agreement to Brynden, who welcomed the deaths of Joffrey and Tywin but feared for Sansa’s safety.
• Edmure Tully hosted a banquet for Sandor’s party, and asked whether King Luke would send troops to aid the Riverlands.
• Lady Sybell Westerling urged Edmure to surrender, prompting Sandor to accuse her of serving the Lannisters and draw his sword against her.
• Brynden Tully stopped Sandor, saying that Lady Jeyne Westerling’s fate should be decided by King Luke.

Sandor agreed to take Lady Sybell and her family north, then learned from Edmure that Catelyn had appeared in Riverrun as a mutilated, seemingly dead figure. Near the Trident, Brienne and Podrick were brought before Lady Stoneheart, whom Brienne recognized as Catelyn.

• Sandor agreed to escort Lady Sybell and her family to Winterfell after Edmure confirmed that Reynald Westerling had died defending Robb Stark at the Red Wedding.
• Edmure told Sandor that Catelyn had appeared in Riverrun with a deep throat wound and gave him her bloodstained necklace to take to Luke.
• Sandor promised to report the apparition to Luke and ask him to send magical help to Riverrun.
• Brienne and Podrick were captured by the Brotherhood Without Banners, who mistook Brienne for a Lannister soldier because of Oathkeeper’s lion pommel.
• Brienne saw Lady Stoneheart and cried out in horror, recognizing her as Catelyn.

Lady Stoneheart forced Brienne to swear she would kill Luke Snow, while Brienne and Podrick narrowly escaped hanging. Days later, Sandor escorted Jeyne and Lady Sybell toward Moat Cailin, where a soldier reported that two suspicious people were following them.

• Lady Stoneheart accused Brienne of betrayal and ordered her to kill Jaime Lannister or be hanged.
• When Brienne refused to kill Jaime, the Brotherhood hanged her and Podrick, but Brienne chose the sword to save Podrick.
• Lady Stoneheart ordered Brienne to kill Luke Snow at Winterfell, and Brienne accepted the command.
• Several days later, Sandor led Jeyne, Lady Sybell, and their party away from the siege of Riverrun and toward Moat Cailin.
• Lady Sybell complained about their meager food, and a soldier reported that two suspicious people were following the party.

Sandor captured Brienne and Podrick near Moat Cailin and took them toward the King in the North after Brienne learned Arya had returned to Winterfell. At Winterfell, Gary finished three sets of dragon chainmail, and a visitor from King's Landing arrived, prompting Margaery to ask whether a dwarf was among them.

• Sandor mistook Brienne and Podrick for Lannister scouts, then recognized Brienne's Oathkeeper and fought her when she demanded Arya Stark.
• Sandor defeated and captured Brienne, took Oathkeeper, and said he would bring her to Arya and Luke Stark; Brienne realized Arya had returned to Winterfell and fainted.
• Sandor's party returned to camp, where Jeyne and her younger siblings shared a supper of roasted rabbits, and the group later waited at Moat Cailin because Brienne was injured.
• At Winterfell, Gary measured Drogon for chainmail and completed three sets while Daenerys and Margaery visited the dragons; Margaery napped beside Gary on the chainmail cart.
• A soldier announced that visitors from King's Landing had arrived, and Margaery asked whether a dwarf was among them; the soldier said no.

Gary fitted Rhaegal, Viserion, and Drogon with chainmail, then met three Essosi merchants who said they had brought Tyrion to the North. He agreed to exchange five Valyrian steel daggers for Tyrion, but the merchants said they would bring him to Winterfell the next day.

• Gary fitted all three Dragons with chainmail and demonstrated that it could protect them from a sword strike.
• Gary told the Dragons to wear their chainmail until they grew accustomed to it, then left Daenerys and Margaery to calm them.
• Three Essosi merchants told Gary that Tyrion had hired them to bring him north and demanded the promised payment of two hundred thousand Gold Dragons.
• Gary offered five Valyrian steel daggers for Tyrion and insisted on seeing him before completing the exchange.
• The merchants said Tyrion was near the White Knife River east of Winterfell and promised to bring him there unharmed the next day.

Margaery asked Gary to help her return to Highgarden and discussed taking a dragon, while Gary prepared to receive Tyrion and the Ironborn delegation at Winterfell. Daenerys escorted Tyrion into the city under the protection of giants and dragons, and the Ironborn received the promised Valyrian steel daggers.

• Margaery told Gary she wanted to visit Highgarden to check on her brothers, and Gary promised to arrange safe passage later and considered lending her a dragon or giants.
• Daenerys reported that Tyrion and more than a dozen armed visitors had returned, and Gary ordered her to bring giants and dragons to the East City Gate.
• Tyrion urged the Ironborn to surrender their weapons, but their captain refused and planned to trade outside the city while keeping Tyrion as leverage.
• Daenerys came out to the East City Gate with four armored giant warriors, and three dragons appeared above the wall, frightening the Ironborn into surrendering Tyrion.
• An Ice Warrior gave the captain a box containing four Valyrian steel daggers, then escorted Tyrion into Winterfell.
• The captain struck the first mate when he suggested the giants' armor might be Valyrian steel, and the first mate grew angry while eyeing the daggers.

Gary welcomed Tyrion to the North and listened as he recounted his search for Tysha, Tyrion’s former wife. Gary then asked Tyrion to help him, and Tyrion was left shocked by the offer.

• Gary and Margaery welcomed Tyrion, who thanked Gary for paying his ransom and offered Margaery condolences for Olenna’s death.
• Margaery accused Tyrion of knowing who killed Olenna, and Tyrion concluded that Tywin had ordered the assassination.
• Margaery took Daenerys to see the Dragons while Gary and Tyrion talked in the study.
• Tyrion told Gary about his marriage to Tysha and said he wanted to find her; Gary admitted that finding her would be difficult.
• Gary offered to arrange a meeting with a subordinate named Tysha in Pentos, and Tyrion learned that Gary controlled the city.
• Gary asked Tyrion to help him, and Tyrion questioned whether Gary was serious about employing a disgraced man like him.

Gary appointed Tyrion Hand of the King and entrusted him with planning the North’s development. As refugees streamed toward Winterfell, Tyrion discovered Gary could forge new Valyrian steel, but learned production was too limited to bring vast wealth.

• Gary persuaded Tyrion to swear fealty and appointed him Hand of the King, then sent him to study the North’s confidential records.
• Gary told Tyrion that his lands would worship the Supreme God, and Tyrion began reviewing the North’s situation.
• At Moat Cailin, Sandor’s party encountered returning refugees whose crops had rotted, and Jeyne urged them to seek food in Winterfell.
• Tyrion drafted preliminary development plans and learned that Gary was at the forge, so he explored Winterfell while waiting to meet him.
• At dinner, Gary gave Tyrion a badge made of Valyrian steel and revealed that he could forge new Valyrian steel himself.
• Tyrion exclaimed that Valyrian steel could bring immense wealth, but Gary explained that the magical, laborious process limited how much he could produce.

Tyrion assessed the North’s forces and warned Gary that reclaiming the Riverlands was feasible, but conquering the Crownlands and Westerlands would require allies. He urged Gary to seek outside support through the Iron Bank, leaving the question of Valyrian steel and the bank’s possible help unresolved.

• Tyrion estimated that the North could send ten thousand soldiers south, and that troops raised in the Riverlands would bring Gary’s forces to about twenty thousand against more than one hundred thousand enemy troops.
• Gary considered allying with the Vale, but said he would not entrust his army’s flank to Petyr Baelish and wanted the Vale issue resolved before attacking the south.
• Margaery and Daenerys took Gary’s hands as Tyrion said he needed outside support to improve his chances of victory.
• Tyrion brought the discussion back to Valyrian steel and asked Gary about the Iron Bank of Braavos.
• Gary recalled that the Iron Throne owed the bank millions of gold dragons, and Tyrion explained that any new king on the Iron Throne would inherit its debts.

Gary and Tyrion planned to borrow from the Iron Bank to hire mercenaries, and they discussed sending Davos Seaworth to negotiate in Braavos. They also formed a Small Council, but Tyrion was shocked when Gary named Daenerys commander of his personal guard.

• Gary rejected taking on the Iron Throne's debts, but agreed to borrow from the Iron Bank using Valyrian steel and future dragon eggs as collateral.
• Tyrion proposed hiring large mercenary companies, while Margaery said Highgarden's support could draw the Vale to their side.
• Gary named Davos Seaworth as the candidate to negotiate the loan in Braavos once he returned to Winterfell.
• Tyrion urged Gary to establish a Small Council, and they assigned Davos as Master of Coin and Wyman Manderly as Master of Ships while leaving other posts vacant.
• Gary named Daenerys commander of his personal guard, and Tyrion reacted with surprise at the name.

Gary learned that Varys had asked Tyrion to support an unknown claimant in Myr, prompting the group to consider whether a surviving Blackfyre was involved. After deciding he needed his own intelligence network, Gary identified Bran Stark as a candidate for Master of Whisperers.

• Tyrion told Gary that Varys had asked him to help someone in Myr claim the Iron Throne, but Daenerys said she had never been there.
• Gary and Tyrion established that Daenerys was the only known surviving member of the direct Targaryen line, and Daenerys suggested a possible connection to House Blackfyre.
• Tyrion explained that House Blackfyre had been defeated and driven to Essos, while Margaery said the house had died out with Maelys Blackfyre.
• Gary concluded that Varys was now an enemy and that he needed to build his own intelligence network, but lacked a suitable candidate to run it.
• Gary ranked Littlefinger and Varys among the realm’s best intelligence operatives and named the Three-Eyed Crow, Brynden Rivers, as the strongest.
• After Tyrion described Brynden Rivers’s history as Master of Whisperers, Gary said he had found a candidate and named his younger brother, Bran Stark.

Gary appointed Bran Master of Whisperers and gave Arya a ceremonial general’s title, while both children began intensive training. Nearly two hundred thousand refugees arrived at Winterfell, forcing Gary and Tyrion to plan how to feed and resettle them.

• Gary told Tyrion that Bran was a skinchanger and appointed Bran Master of Whisperers to gather intelligence on House Lannister, though Bran could not possess animals far from his own body.
• Arya demanded a position, and Gary appointed her the North's Great General of the Southern Expedition with no real authority.
• Gary returned to the forge while Bran practiced skinchanging and Arya intensified her spear training.
• Tyrion learned that nearly two hundred thousand refugees were approaching Winterfell and found that the city's grain stores could not support them for long.
• Gary opened the granaries and ordered Tyrion to settle the refugees by asking northern lords to take them in, as he suspected the Ironborn had driven them from the western coast.

As two hundred thousand refugees reached Winterfell, Tyrion, Margaery, and Daenerys used Dragons and Giants to control the crowd while Tyrion offered food and a plan to resettle them. The refugees resisted leaving Winterfell, and Tyrion warned that they would starve if they stayed, calmly enduring their insults as the crowd remained volatile.

• Margaery and Daenerys joined Tyrion at Winterfell, and Daenerys patrolled above the refugees with Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserion while Tyrion and Margaery led Giants and Ice Warriors outside.
• Sandor's party reached Winterfell with Jeyne and Brienne, who were alarmed to see three Dragons flying overhead.
• Mag the Mighty and the Giants formed a defensive line at the South City Gate, stopping the refugees from approaching Winterfell.
• Tyrion rode out with Ice Warriors and wagons of grain, then told the refugees they would be settled between the Wolfswood and the White Knife River and receive a bowl of wheat each day.
• When the refugees refused to leave, the Dragons breathed fire into the sky and the Giants advanced, intimidating the crowd.
• Tyrion warned that Winterfell could not feed them and calmly accepted being called the Little Demon Monkey and the Deformed Little Demon Monkey.

Tyrion reunited with Podrick in Winterfell and put him to work helping manage the refugees. Sandor brought Jeyne Westerling and her family to Gary, then reported that Catelyn Tully had returned from the dead, leaving Gary to summon Arya and Bran to identify her necklace.

• Margaery and Daenerys took over distributing food and calming the refugees after Tyrion left.
• Tyrion recognized Podrick, ordered Sandor to release him, and told him to help with the work in Winterfell.
• Sandor introduced Jeyne Westerling and her family to Gary, who noticed that Jeyne was not pregnant and sent them to rest.
• Sandor gave Gary a necklace from Edmure and reported that Edmure believed Catelyn Tully had come back from the dead.
• Gary compared Edmure's description of Catelyn to a wight and asked Sandor to fetch Arya and Bran to identify the necklace.

Gary discovered that Arya had become a worshipper of the Supreme God and that its blessing had given her immense strength. After learning that Lady Catelyn’s necklace came from a corpse that Bran identified as a Wight, Gary sent Bran and Sandor to the Crownlands and decided to send magic specialists to investigate Riverrun.

• Gary connected Arya’s Faith Thread to the Primal Stone, and Arya gained strength powerful enough to smash his desk.
• Gary ordered Bran and Sandor to travel to the Crownlands to watch the royal family and search for Sansa; Arya asked to join, and Gary agreed on the condition that she beat Sandor.
• Gary showed Arya and Bran Lady Catelyn’s necklace, and Bran recognized it as the one she wore when she left Winterfell.
• Gary told Arya and Bran that Edmure had seen their mother’s corpse with a fatal neck wound, and Bran declared that it was a Wight controlled by magic.
• Gary refused to let Bran investigate Riverrun because his grief could make him vulnerable, and he decided to send people skilled in magic instead.

Melisandre received a new assignment from the God's Messenger and prepared to travel south with Little Deer. At Winterfell, Gary freed Brienne, but she challenged him to trial by combat on behalf of the corpse-like Catelyn, and they headed to the Training Yard.

• Melisandre questioned Jon about the explosive bombs and complained that she lacked wights for experiments, then told Little Deer to pack for a journey south.
• Gary questioned Brienne about coming north, returned Oathkeeper, and freed her to choose whether to serve Arya, search for Sansa, or go home.
• Brienne challenged Gary to trial by combat, saying she acted as Catelyn Tully's champion over his alleged usurpation of Bran Stark's throne.
• Gary warned Brienne that the figure giving orders was a puppet and not truly Catelyn, but Brienne insisted on obeying her oath.
• Gary led Brienne to the Training Yard, where Arya was sparring with Sandor, and asked them to clear the space for the duel.