Recaps

Brienne demonstrated proper longsword technique to Corleone, who trained until exhaustion and earned her respect. She apologized for misjudging him and accepted his offer of friendship, and Jaime arrived ready to lead them to King's Landing.

• Brienne took the sword from Corleone and demonstrated disciplined longsword moves, explaining to Yego why Corleone needed to learn proper technique.
• Corleone studied Brienne's movements and practiced until his arms gave out, while Brienne praised his perseverance and potential.
• Brienne apologized for misjudging Corleone and thanked him for sacrificing his promised gold, title, and lands to secure her release.
• Corleone invited Brienne to call him Vito and said he would never abandon a friend; Brienne gripped his wrist and promised, in the name of the Warrior, that she owed him a favor.
• Jaime arrived on horseback, teased them about Brienne's clothing, and told everyone to pack for their departure to King's Landing.

Jaime charged Walton and his men after they captured Rorge, forcing Corleone and the others to follow despite Corleone’s wish to avoid trouble. The chapter ended with Jaime stopping his horse just short of Walton and mocking him.

• Jaime teased Brienne about sharing a lovers’ bath with a highborn lady, making her furious and embarrassed.
• Walton and several soldiers dragged the bound Rorge across the training yard and threatened to mutilate him.
• Corleone recognized Rorge and decided against confronting Walton, but Jaime charged ahead before he could finish speaking.
• Corleone ran after Jaime, followed by Brienne and Yego, and Brienne grabbed a rake as she hurried toward the group.
• Jaime rode down Walton, reared his horse inches from his head, and asked whether he had frightened him.

Corleone confronted Walton over Rorge, a prisoner he had captured, and demanded a ransom while Jaime threatened to accuse Walton of helping cut off his hand. Walton was left terrified and forced to choose between paying for Rorge or releasing him.

• Walton accused Jaime of stealing his old horse, but the horse urinated near him before Corleone, Brienne, and Yego arrived.
• Corleone told Walton that Rorge was his prisoner and rejected Walton’s claim that Roose Bolton’s orders let him seize him.
• Walton ordered his soldiers to take Rorge, but Corleone and his companions stopped them and Corleone offered Rorge for a thousand Gold Dragons.
• Jaime backed Corleone’s demand and warned Walton that he could tell Tywin Lannister that Walton had wielded the blade that severed Jaime’s hand.
• Walton shouted that Jaime was lying, and Jaime asked whose word Tywin would believe.

Corleone settled the dispute with Walton by paying him thirty Gold Dragons and securing Rorge, then prepared to leave Harrenhal before Roose Bolton could change his mind. Jaime questioned whether the deal was worth the money, but Corleone insisted he had not made a losing deal.

• Walton faltered when Corleone warned that Roose Bolton might blame him for defying Jaime and disgracing House Bolton.
• Corleone offered Walton a respectable way to end the dispute, promising to take Rorge and pay for the horse.
• Corleone gave Walton thirty Gold Dragons, and Walton accepted the money and left with his soldiers to celebrate.
• Corleone told Yego to carry Rorge and ordered his companions to leave before Roose Bolton changed his mind.
• Jaime teased Corleone about paying too much for Rorge, and Corleone claimed he would prove the deal was profitable.

Roose Bolton sent Walton to escort Corleone to King's Landing and collect an unspecified payment, while Corleone and his companions traveled along Gods Eye with Rorge as their prisoner. Their journey was interrupted by an approaching cavalry troop bearing a white sunburst banner.

• Roose Bolton ordered Walton to serve Corleone after Walton took Corleone's money and failed to kill his target.
• Walton told Corleone that Roose had ordered him to protect the party and meet Lord Tywin in King's Landing to collect an unspecified payment.
• Corleone kept Walton's possible betrayal to himself and told Yego to keep the unconscious Rorge alive for a planned deal.
• A horn sounded, and Corleone, Jaime, Brienne, Yego, and Walton formed a defensive formation as cavalry approached.
• Corleone recognized the white sunburst banner at the head of the approaching troop.

Corleone encountered a Karstark patrol near the Gods Eye and tried to hide Jaime from their search for the Kingslayer. Captain Harag Stow examined Corleone’s pass, then admitted he could not read it.

• Walton recognized the approaching banner as House Karstark’s, and Corleone warned his party not to provoke the northerners.
• Corleone gave Jaime a cloak and told him to hide his golden hair.
• Harag Stow arrived with more than twenty armed riders and announced that he was searching for the Kingslayer.
• Corleone claimed his group were refugees with a pass from Roose Bolton and handed the document to Stow.
• Stow looked over the party, eyed the cloaked Jaime, and confessed that he could not read the pass.

Corleone bribed Harag Stow and then convinced him that the cloaked Jaime had greyscale, making Stow and his soldiers leave. Jaime stayed calm despite Stow's insults and vowed to make him pay, but the Karstark party soon returned in pursuit of Arya Stark.

• Corleone offered Stow a hundred Gold Dragons, but Stow demanded that Jaime remove his cloak.
• Corleone claimed Jaime had contagious greyscale, and a North Cavalry soldier backed up the story with a tale from Essos.
• Stow abandoned his inspection and rode off, hurling insults at House Lannister as Jaime remained still beneath the cloak.
• After the soldiers disappeared, Jaime revealed himself, told Corleone he would settle the score with Stow, and declared that a Lannister always paid his debts.
• Chaotic hoofbeats and shouts came from the road as the Karstark party returned, demanding that Arya Stark be caught.

Corleone and his companions found Arya Stark and the Hound surrounded by Soldiers of the North, but could not safely intervene. When Harag Stow ordered a doctor to save his wounded companion Hogg, Corleone saw a chance to act and declared himself the best doctor in the Riverlands.

• Brienne recognized Arya Stark in danger and rushed toward the fighting, but Corleone and Jaime stopped her and urged her to wait for a plan.
• Corleone saw the Hound fighting the Soldiers of the North while carrying Arya, until Harag Stow struck him with a warhammer and knocked him from his horse.
• The Hound shielded Arya from the fall, but Stow punched her down and declared he would use her to force Robb Stark to repent.
• A Soldier of the North reported that Hogg had suffered a deep thigh wound, and Stow urgently ordered his men to find someone who could save him.
• Corleone devised a plan and called out that he was the best doctor in the Riverlands, addressing someone named Derek.

Corleone persuaded Harag Stow to take him to the wounded Hogg, while Brienne and the others stayed behind with Jaime. Corleone diagnosed Hogg’s arterial bleeding and prepared to operate, leaving his companions near the northern soldiers and The Hound.

• Harag Stow demanded that Corleone treat Hogg and threatened Jaime when Corleone hesitated.
• Brienne, Yego, and Walton objected to Corleone going alone, but Corleone agreed to Stow’s terms and told them to wait behind.
• Corleone exchanged a knowing glance with Jaime, then rode with Stow and his men to Hogg.
• Corleone examined Hogg and diagnosed a deep wound to the thigh’s main artery that was causing severe bleeding.
• Stow promised Corleone twice the Gold Dragons if he saved Hogg, while The Hound was being bound and hoisted toward a tree.
• Corleone took out his surgical tools and confidently assured Stow that Hogg would live.

Corleone stopped Hogg’s severe bleeding with rough surgery, earning Stow’s gratitude and some freedom to move around camp. He then watched the bound Hound face the soldiers’ rage, until someone’s regretful remark interrupted their attempt to hang him.

• Stow feared Hogg would die, but Corleone calmly operated on the wound while the soldiers held Hogg down.
• Corleone stitched the severed artery and stopped the bleeding, warning that Hogg could still develop a fever or infection.
• Stow thanked Corleone and allowed him to move around camp, though he still kept him from leaving and did not return the hundred Gold Dragons.
• Corleone saw the bound Hound being beaten and taunted by Karstark soldiers who wanted revenge for their dead comrades.
• The soldiers moved to hang the Hound, but a voice said, “What a pity...”

Corleone revealed that Sandor Clegane had won forty thousand Gold Dragons, prompting the northern soldiers to beat him for the location of the prize. When Sandor stayed silent, Corleone proposed using Arya Stark to make him talk.

• Corleone explained that Sandor Clegane had won a forty-thousand-Gold-Dragon prize at King Robert's tournament.
• The northern soldiers, led by Rhaegel, searched Sandor and then beat him, demanding to know where he had hidden the gold.
• Sandor silently endured the beating, knowing Beric Dondarrion had robbed him of his winnings and that admitting it would humiliate him.
• Arya Stark tried to speak up as the soldiers continued beating Sandor, but Corleone stopped them.
• Corleone pointed out that Arya was important to Sandor and suggested tormenting her in front of him instead.

Corleone convinced the Northern soldiers that the Hound was pretending to reject Arya in order to protect her, then startled Arya by speaking the phrase “Valar morghulis.” As the soldiers urged him to torture her, an unknown voice interrupted them.

• Arya and the Hound traded insults, leaving the Northern soldiers unsure whether they were allies.
• Corleone silenced the Hound with Rhaegel’s help and persuaded the soldiers that the Hound’s hostility was an act to protect Arya.
• Arya demanded Corleone’s name, and he replied, “Valar morghulis,” shocking her with the phrase she had heard from Jaqen H'ghar.
• The soldiers called for Corleone to torture Arya, and he reached toward her ropes before someone ordered the Southrons to stop.

Corleone exploited divisions among the Karstark soldiers to stop them from tormenting Arya Stark, offering to use potions on the Hound instead. When Stow questioned his motives, Corleone admitted he wanted a larger payment if he found the forty thousand Gold Dragons.

• Halsen confronted Rhaegel and Stow for threatening Arya, insisting that Karstark honor forbade mistreating her.
• Stow and Halsen drew swords as their men took sides, but Corleone intervened before the soldiers fought.
• Corleone proposed returning to his camp for potions that could loosen the Hound’s lips without harming Arya.
• Halsen withdrew with his men after warning Stow not to touch Arya again, and Stow ordered Rhaegel to escort Corleone to fetch the potions.
• Stow asked what Corleone wanted, and Corleone said his services would cost extra if he found the forty thousand Gold Dragons.

Corleone and his companions lured Rhaegel and the four Soldiers of the North into their camp by promising medicine and tempting Rhaegel with a noble title. They killed all five in a coordinated ambush, leaving Rhaegel dying beside Corleone.

• Jaime hid his blond hair as Rhaegel arrived with five Soldiers of the North demanding medicine for the Hound.
• Corleone stalled Rhaegel with talk of the potion and forty thousand Gold Dragons, then welcomed him and his men to the fire.
• Walton served meat and broth while Corleone secretly took a scalpel and drew Rhaegel into conversation.
• Corleone tempted Rhaegel with the prospect of a title, a castle, and a life in Duskendale.
• Corleone stabbed Rhaegel beneath the ear as his companions simultaneously killed the other four Soldiers of the North.
• Corleone told the dying Rhaegel, “Take a deep breath. Feeling dizzy is normal.”

Arya provoked a North soldier into approaching her, then cried out for help and accused him of trying to rape her. Halsen killed the soldier in a rage, and Stow arrived to find the body and confront him.

• Arya recalled Corleone’s instructions and pretended she needed to pee to lure a leering soldier closer.
• Arya headbutted the soldier, bit his hand, and screamed for help as he struck her.
• Halsen seized the soldier and listened as Arya accused him of trying to rape and beat her.
• Arya mentioned Cersei, Joffrey, and her dead father, intensifying Halsen’s anger.
• Halsen drew his sword and killed the soldier.
• Stow arrived with the remaining men, saw the dead subordinate, and demanded to know what Halsen was doing.

Halsen challenged Stow’s authority after killing a subordinate who had bullied Arya, then insisted on taking Arya north despite Stow’s orders. An attack plunged the camp into chaos, leaving Arya alone until a burned man appeared and praised her cunning.

• Halsen defended killing Stow’s subordinate, and Stow ordered Halsen and his men to take over night watch as punishment.
• Arya begged Halsen not to leave her, and he declared that he would take her to Winterfell by ship.
• Halsen ordered a soldier to untie Arya, and Stow called him a traitor as attackers cried, “For Lady Stark!”
• Stow and Halsen fought while their men clashed across the camp, leaving Arya alone beside three corpses.
• Arya laughed at the bloody scene until a burned man appeared beside her and called her a cunning little she-wolf.

Halsen defeated Stow but spared him and ran to find Arya, while Stow returned to the fighting and encountered Jaime Lannister. Jaime challenged Stow but was nearly killed before Corleone intervened, killed Stow, and rescued him.

• Halsen overpowered Stow, spared him despite Stow's curses, and ran toward where Arya had been.
• Stow recovered and headed toward the battle, but a cloaked Jaime Lannister confronted him.
• Jaime revealed himself and attacked Stow with his left hand, but Stow knocked him down and prepared to kill him.
• Corleone stabbed Stow through the back, killing him before he could strike Jaime.
• Corleone took Stow's pouch of a hundred Gold Dragons and rebuked Jaime for risking his life.

The Hound and Arya escaped along the Gods Eye, but Halsen caught up and attacked after Arya falsely claimed the Hound had kidnapped her. The Hound killed Halsen, and the chapter ended as the Doctor arrived.

• The Hound told Arya that he had escaped his captors with a hidden dagger and argued that honor could not keep anyone alive.
• Halsen caught up with them and ordered the Hound to release Arya, but Arya claimed the Hound had kidnapped her and was seeking a ransom.
• Halsen charged the Hound, who knocked him from his horse and killed him with a sword.
• Arya blamed the Hound for Halsen's death, and the Hound accused her lie of causing it.
• The Doctor rode up and praised the Hound's ability to fight while badly wounded.

Corleone stopped the Hound from taking Arya away until they agreed to owe him a favor. As Corleone forced them to take the bargain seriously, he intercepted a sword thrust from the shadows and recognized Captain Walton.

• The Hound shielded Arya from Corleone, but Arya explained that Corleone had helped her provoke Halsen into standing up to Stow.
• Corleone demanded that the Hound and Arya each owe him a favor, and the Hound reluctantly agreed so they could leave.
• Corleone insisted the Hound take the promise seriously and remember it for the rest of his life.
• Corleone intercepted a sword thrust from the shadows and greeted Captain Walton, asking whether Steelshanks had gone rusty.

Walton confronted Corleone and tried to take Arya Stark, but Corleone fought him despite his apparent inexperience. As Walton launched a desperate attack, a gold coin rose into the moonlight, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Corleone deduced that Roose Bolton had sent Walton to claim Arya Stark as a potential bride for Bolton’s bastard son.
• Walton knocked the Hound down when he tried to attack, then demanded that Corleone move aside so he could take Arya.
• Corleone parried Walton’s strikes and adapted to his fighting rhythm, surprising Walton with his improving swordsmanship.
• Walton realized Corleone was unarmored while he was armored, and committed to a powerful attack aimed at Corleone’s waist and abdomen.
• A gold coin rose into the air as Walton’s strike seemed certain to land.

Corleone used a supernatural bet to make Walton’s sword break when he struck, then executed him for betraying the Corleone family. He returned Needle to Arya and introduced himself to her and the Hound as Vito Corleone.

• Corleone made a bet with Walton that Walton’s blade could not cut off his head, and Walton agreed to strike him.
• Walton’s sword snapped against Corleone’s neck, destroying Walton’s confidence and leaving him unable to resist.
• Corleone condemned Walton for betrayal and killed him with a precise sword thrust.
• The Hound questioned Corleone about Dondarrion’s group, but Corleone denied having anything to do with them.
• Corleone returned Needle to Arya and told her and the Hound that his name was Vito Corleone.

Jaime, Brienne, and Corleone reached King's Landing, where the city and Jaime's disheveled state undercut his hopes of returning with dignity. Corleone parted ways with Jaime and Brienne at the gate, urging Jaime to reunite with his family while he went on alone.

• Brienne recoiled from King's Landing's stench, while Jaime insisted on entering through the Lion Gate as befitted a Lannister.
• A richly dressed rider called Jaime a bumpkin, nearly unseated him, and splattered him with dung; Corleone stopped Jaime from retaliating and pointed out how shabby he looked.
• Brienne pushed past Jaime and entered the city first, still burdened by having abandoned the search for Arya and the Hound at the Gods Eye.
• Jaime anxiously asked Corleone to come with him to the Red Keep and reminded him of the promised bathtub of Gold Dragons.
• Corleone declined and told Jaime to spend time with his family as he and Brienne headed into King's Landing.

Jaime was moved by Corleone’s apparent kindness, while Corleone visited Flea Bottom’s Blood Pit and judged its operation crude. He had Rorge announce a thousand-Gold-Dragon bet on the next fight.

• Jaime admired Corleone’s generosity and heard him promise to visit Lord Tywin for his reward.
• Corleone surveyed the Blood Pit and watched a starving man be killed by wild dogs.
• Corleone told Rorge that solid work mattered more than flattery.
• Rorge pushed past the betting line and declared that he was wagering a thousand Gold Dragons on the next fight.

Rorge challenged the Blood Pit to accept a wager of a thousand Gold Dragons and confronted its owner, Ralf, who refused to take the bet without payment. Rorge then hinted that he could offer Ralf something he wanted, leaving their negotiation unresolved.

• Rorge offered a thousand Gold Dragons on a wager, startling the Blood Pit clerk Ma Ji, who recognized him and panicked.
• Rorge taunted the guards and accused Ralf of being afraid to accept his wager, prompting Ralf to emerge and claim he would take it.
• Rorge mocked Ralf's wealth and reminded him that he had once bought him out of a bowl o' brown shop.
• Ralf demanded the thousand Gold Dragons before recording the wager, and Rorge glanced toward Corleone, who remained detached.
• Rorge admitted he had no money and whispered to Ralf that he could give him the thing he wanted.

Rorge wagered a thousand Gold Dragons on an unknown newcomer defeating Bode the Butcher, while Corleone rebuked him for drawing attention to his identity. After making Rorge call him Lord Corleone, he asked what Rorge had promised Ralf to secure the bet.

• Rorge offered Ralf a thousand Gold Dragons and bet it all on the unknown newcomer in the match against Bode the Butcher.
• Rorge ordered steaks and Arbor wine for Corleone, prompting Ralf to investigate the pair and alert Captain Sven Rosby that the wanted criminal Rorge had returned to King's Landing.
• Corleone accused Rorge of using the order to draw attention to him, and Rorge knelt and offered him a dagger as punishment.
• Corleone warned Rorge that he had hurt and disappointed him, then ordered him to address him as Lord Corleone.
• Corleone asked Rorge what he had promised Ralf to make a single sentence worth a thousand Gold Dragons.