Chapter Summaries

Petyr Baelish learned that Sansa Stark was to marry Vito Corleone and was startled when she arrived at the Eyrie seeking an audience. Sansa came to win the Vale’s support for reclaiming the North, despite Randyll Tarly’s warnings about Petyr and the danger of entering the Eyrie.

• Nestor Royce told Petyr Baelish and Lysa Tully that Sansa Stark’s wedding to Vito Corleone was set for the next month’s harvest feast.
• Petyr privately resolved not to give up Sansa, but a knight announced that she had arrived at the Bloody Gate and requested an audience.
• Randyll Tarly warned Sansa that House Frey would retaliate over its losses at Riverrun, while Sansa hinted that Edwyn Frey would become Earl of the Twins.
• Sansa explained that she wanted the Vale’s support to help her and her husband reclaim the North, and she pressured Randyll by invoking Dickon Tarly’s safety.
• Petyr hurried to meet Sansa as she approached the Eyrie, while a flame briefly flashed in the eye sockets of the hammer-carrying Black-armored Knight behind Randyll.

Tyrion mocked his comatose father, Tywin, and slapped him, prompting Tywin to murmur Jaime’s name. At the House of Order, Corleone exposed the Iron Bank’s missing collector affair as a staged cover-up and sent the Hound to the Eyrie.

• Tyrion taunted Tywin over House Lannister’s decline, slapped him, and left as Tywin faintly murmured Jaime’s name.
• Gannanos asked Corleone for help finding Naho Dimittis, who had disappeared after being sent to collect the Iron Bank’s debt.
• The Hound reported that Naho’s assistant had killed himself when confronted and that a chest containing at least eight hundred gold dragons had been found in his room.
• Corleone and the Hound presented the assistant as Naho’s murderer, and Gannanos accepted the explanation and apologized for the Iron Bank’s mistake.
• After Gannanos left, the Hound admitted he had not informed Bronn about the supposed pay fine, and Corleone explained that Gannanos had seen through their story.
• Corleone told the Hound to go to the Eyrie, saying he had a more important task for him.

Corleone sent the Hound and Lyn Corbray to protect Sansa in the Vale, then planned to use Daenerys’s dragons against the Iron Bank rather than repay its debt. After reading Corleone’s letter condemning financial power as another form of slavery, Daenerys decided to go to Braavos, declaring that she had dragons.

• Corleone explained that Sansa had gone to the Eyrie and sent the Hound to protect her, giving him Lady Forlorn and assigning Lyn Corbray to accompany him.
• Rorge reported that the Braavosi emissary had escaped, but Corleone dismissed the concern and argued that he would not repay Petyr Baelish’s debt to the Iron Bank.
• Corleone revealed that he intended to use Daenerys’s dragons against the Iron Bank and sent a letter to Queen Daenerys through Ser Barristan Selmy.
• Half a month later in Meereen, Daenerys read Corleone’s letter comparing capitalists to slave masters and warning her that the Iron Bank would oppose her claim to the Iron Throne.
• Daenerys announced that she was going to Braavos and told Jorah Mormont, “I have dragons!”

Petyr Baelish tried to approach Sansa at the Eyrie, while Sansa and Randyll Tarly prepared to use his interest in her for their plans. After Petyr left, convinced she was being held against her will, he vowed to claim her.

• Petyr grew restless after half a month of Sansa keeping to herself at the Eyrie and decided to bring her lemon cake.
• Randyll Tarly learned that Walder Frey and at least fifty of his descendants had been poisoned, and Sansa said House Frey’s forces were nearly dismantled.
• Sansa told Randyll Tarly they could begin their plan when Petyr requested an audience with lemon cake.
• Sansa and Randyll staged an argument, making Petyr believe she was being controlled, while the Black-armored Knights initially barred him from entering her room.
• Petyr spoke privately with Sansa, offered to help her, and heard her claim she would soon return to King’s Landing before Randyll ended the visit.
• Petyr left the room convinced Sansa was being forced to obey Randyll and vowed that she belonged to him.

Petyr manipulated Lysa into inviting Sansa to dinner, hoping to learn whether she was truly caught in the Vale or pursuing her own aims. Meanwhile, the Hound and Lyn failed to secure help at Heart's Home and rode toward Redfort, but their hunt for food brought them face-to-face with twenty armed knights.

• Petyr suggested that Vito Corleone might be using Sansa to gain the Vale's support and warned Lysa that Corleone could expose their crimes.
• Petyr persuaded Lysa to invite Sansa to dinner by claiming they needed to protect themselves and Robin from Corleone's suspicions.
• Lyn told the Hound that Lyonel had refused them entry at Heart's Home, so they decided to seek help and food at Redfort.
• The Hound and Lyn smelled roasting meat and charged toward it, with the Hound boasting that he could take on twenty men.
• The Hound and Lyn halted when they emerged into a clearing surrounded by at least twenty armed knights, and Lyn challenged the Hound to prove his boast.

At the Eyrie, Sansa concealed her purpose while Petyr tried to learn whether Corleone was investigating Jon Arryn’s death. Petyr then persuaded Randyll Tarly to lead a campaign against the Mountain Clans before the Vale would consider sending troops to support the Iron Throne.

• At dinner, Lysa berated Sansa and ordered Corleone’s Black-armored Knights away, but Sansa insisted they stay to protect her.
• Petyr asked Sansa about Corleone’s investigations, and she said he had stopped looking into Jon Arryn’s death; Lysa and Petyr left dinner reassured.
• The next day, Petyr told Randyll Tarly that Mountain Clan raids prevented the Vale from sending troops to the Iron Throne and asked him to deal with the raiders.
• Randyll agreed to take men out on the condition that Petyr guarantee Sansa’s safety until he returned, and Petyr promised she was safe at the Eyrie.

Petyr Baelish lured Sansa Stark into a staged Mountain Clan ambush, intending to fake her death and keep her for himself. Sansa rejected him after he confessed, and as his guards moved to seize her, an armored rider arrived.

• Randyll Tarly rode from the Eyrie with nearly a hundred Black-armored Knights to deal with the Mountain Clans, while Petyr Baelish persuaded Sansa to ride out with him.
• Petyr's guards disrupted Sansa's escort during a Mountain Clan ambush, and a wounded mare carried Sansa away from the battle.
• Petyr arrived with a fresh group of guards and urged Sansa to leave with him, but she refused unless he returned to save her knights.
• Petyr confessed that he planned to fake Sansa's death and take her away so they could live together, and Sansa condemned his deception.
• As Petyr ordered his guards to seize Sansa, an axe killed one of them, and an armored rider approached on a black warhorse.

Gendry fought to protect Sansa from Petyr Baelish’s guards and the Mountain Clansmen, awakening a fiery power when he was overwhelmed. Randyll Tarly’s Black Hand Knights routed the attackers, but Petyr escaped with Sansa toward the Eyrie, and Randyll set out to pursue them.

• Petyr Baelish ordered his guards to kill Gendry, but Gendry smashed through their formation with his warhammer.
• More than a hundred Mountain Clansmen swarmed Gendry, eventually pinning him down as he struggled to protect Sansa.
• Gendry’s heart began pounding, and a golden-red glow spread across his hammer before a scorching shock wave blasted enemies away.
• Randyll Tarly and the Black Hand Knights charged into the valley and slaughtered the remaining Mountain Clansmen.
• Randyll learned that Petyr had fled toward the Eyrie with Sansa and ordered his forces to pursue them.

Petyr Baelish convinced Lysa Tully that the Iron Throne threatened the Vale, then poisoned her with Tears of Lys and framed Sansa for her death. Randyll Tarly reached the Bloody Gate but could not persuade Ser Donnel Waynwood to open it, leaving him unable to reach the Eyrie.

• Petyr returned to the Eyrie with Sansa unconscious and told Lysa that the Mountain Clans had ambushed her party, while blaming Randyll Tarly for marching on the Eyrie.
• Lysa ordered the Bloody Gate sealed and agreed to use Sansa as leverage against Corleone and the Iron Throne.
• Petyr persuaded Lysa to drink Arbor Gold poisoned with Tears of Lys, then sent Robert Arryn away as she died.
• Sansa woke in the banquet hall beside Lysa's corpse, and Petyr accused her of killing Lysa as the Eyrie's household rushed in.
• Randyll Tarly demanded that Ser Donnel Waynwood open the Bloody Gate and surrender Petyr, but Donnel refused under Lysa's orders.

Randyll Tarly’s forces were trapped at the Bloody Gate until Brynden Tully seized it from within and joined the Vale lords. After the Vale heard that Lysa had died and Sansa was accused, Brynden and Yohn Royce urged them to seek the truth at the Eyrie, while Brynden hinted that help was already on its way.

• Randyll Tarly retreated from the Bloody Gate’s arrow volley, only to find Yohn Royce and the Lords Declarant blocking the mountain road.
• Yohn Royce told Randyll that Brynden Tully had summoned the Lords Declarant to confront Petyr Baelish over evidence linking him to Jon Arryn’s murder.
• Brynden Tully opened the Bloody Gate from within after taking Donnel Waynwood captive, and the allied Vale troops entered the fortress.
• Donnel announced that Lysa had been murdered and accused Sansa Stark, prompting the Vale knights to turn against Randyll until Brynden defended Sansa’s honor and Yohn Royce called for an investigation.
• Randyll warned that the remaining castles could delay their advance to the Eyrie, but Brynden said they had time because three people should already have arrived.

Sansa was targeted by Marillion in the Sky Cells, but the Hound rescued her and killed him. As Petyr Baelish’s schemes unraveled amid a fire at the Eyrie, Lyn Corbray and Myranda Redfort confronted him on behalf of the Black Hand Mafia.

• Mord let Marillion into Sansa’s cell, where he threatened to assault her on Petyr Baelish’s orders.
• Sansa warned Marillion that she was betrothed to Vito Corleone, but he continued toward her.
• The Hound surprised Marillion, stabbed him through the face, and kicked him off the cliff.
• Petyr celebrated his plan to frame Sansa for Lysa’s murder, then became unnerved by sounds and a fallen wine cup at Lysa’s coffin.
• A servant told Petyr that the Eyrie was on fire, and Petyr rushed to secure Sansa before the allied army arrived.
• Lyn Corbray and Myranda Redfort caught Petyr trying to leave the sept, and Myranda declared that the Black Hand Mafia sent its regards.

Lyn Corbray and Myranda Redfort cornered Petyr Baelish in the Eyrie's sept, but a tremor let him escape before the Hound and Sansa stopped him at the Moon Door. Sansa exposed Petyr's crimes and forced him toward the open door, where the Hound kicked him into the abyss.

• Myranda revealed he had only used the Black Hand Mafia's signature phrase because it sounded cool, while Petyr recognized Lyn and Myranda and tried to bargain for his life.
• Petyr offered to help Lyn become Earl of Heart's Home, but Lyn rejected the offer and declared his Kingsguard vows more important than inheritance or lands.
• Lyn accused Petyr of murdering Lysa Tully and poisoning Jon Arryn with Tears of Lys, then said the Vale lords would question him.
• A violent tremor shook the sept, allowing Petyr to flee as Lyn and Myranda chased him through the Eyrie.
• The Hound stopped Petyr in the hall, and Sansa confronted him with the truth about Lysa's and Jon Arryn's deaths before ordering him to climb toward the Moon Door.
• Petyr pleaded and offered the Hound money, but the Hound kicked him through the Moon Door and into the abyss.

Corleone saw Tywin off as the Old Lion returned to the Westerlands to deal with Euron Greyjoy’s raid on Lannisport, while promising to bring Jaime back to inherit Casterly Rock. Jaime reached Castle Black with two hundred Bolton cavalrymen, but Alliser Thorne called Jon Snow a traitor and ordered the Watch to shoot at them.

• Corleone reviewed the latest reports: Lysa and Petyr were dead, unrest threatened Dorne, the Reach had been pacified, and Euron Greyjoy had plundered Lannisport.
• Tywin left King's Landing for the Westerlands after reminding Corleone to send Jaime home to inherit Casterly Rock.
• Corleone promised Tywin he would bring Jaime back, threatening to march into the North if Jaime refused.
• Jaime reached Castle Black with two hundred Bolton cavalrymen after learning Stannis had sailed for Eastwatch-by-the-Sea.
• Alliser Thorne claimed command of Castle Black, called Jon Snow a traitor, and ordered the Night's Watch to loose arrows at Jaime's party.

Jaime Lannister arrived at Castle Black with Roose Bolton’s men and learned that Jon Snow had been sent to the wildling camp to negotiate and attempt an assassination. After seeing the vast wildling army and hearing Stannis Baratheon’s forces were nearby, Jaime planned to take his reinforcements through a secret passage after dark.

• Alliser Thorne ordered archers to shoot at Jaime’s party, but Janos Slynt recognized Jaime and ordered the gate opened.
• Jaime entered Castle Black and promised to consider writing Tywin Lannister for Slynt’s pardon.
• Slynt revealed that Jon Snow had been sent to the wildling camp to negotiate with Mance Rayder and assassinate him, prompting Jaime to condemn the decision.
• Jaime climbed the Wall and saw the vast wildling army gathered below, while Slynt explained that Stannis Baratheon’s forces had joined the planned ambush.
• Jaime asked Slynt to lead him and his reinforcements through the secret passage after dark, offering to write Tywin in return.

Jaime and the Bolton cavalry watched Stannis’s forces ambush the Wildlings, but mammoths and giants turned the battle against the heavy cavalry. As Hake’s men prepared to abandon Stannis, Jaime drew his sword and ordered them to charge the Wildlings.

• Jaime warned the Bolton cavalry to stay quiet as the Wildlings began attacking the Wall.
• Night’s Watch rangers drew Wildling cavalry into the woods, where Stannis’s heavy cavalry charged the Wildling flank from three directions.
• The Wildling main force arrived with mammoths ridden by giants, whose charge shattered Stannis’s cavalry formation.
• Hake and the Bolton riders decided to wait for Stannis’s defeat and return to report to Lord Bolton.
• Jaime drew his sword, ordered his men to mount, and commanded them to charge the Wildling army.

Jaime urged Hake’s Bolton horsemen to aid Stannis’s beleaguered forces against the Wildlings, then charged into the enemy alone when Hake refused. After Jaime’s horse was killed, Hake and two hundred Bolton riders finally swept down from the hills to join him.

• Jaime challenged Hake and the Bolton horsemen for standing by while Stannis’s men fought, then rode alone into the Wildling army.
• Jaime cut down Wildlings and forced his way through the encirclement, but the press of enemies gradually trapped him and wounded his horse.
• Jaime escaped on his dying horse, dismounted when it collapsed, and prepared to face the Wildlings on foot.
• Hake led two hundred Bolton riders into the charge, and he pulled Jaime onto his horse as the Flayed Man banner advanced.
• Hake and Jaime charged toward the battlefield together as Jaime noticed that only two of Stannis’s Stag Banners remained.

Jaime Lannister helped Stannis Baratheon and the Bolton Cavalry turn the battle against the Wildlings, then killed a giant and a mammoth while rescuing Wol. With more mammoths turning back toward them, Jaime rallied the Boltons and charged toward Mance Rayder’s camp.

• Hake and Jaime led the Bolton Cavalry through the Wildlings’ flank, while Stannis recognized their banner and ordered his knights to attack alongside them.
• The Bolton Cavalry and Stannis’s knights crushed the Wildlings between them, but mammoths charged into the fight and killed two Bolton riders.
• Hake charged a mammoth, and the Bolton Cavalry surrounded several beasts; Jaime killed one mammoth and dragged its giant rider down, then stabbed the giant to death.
• Jaime survived the mammoth’s fall and raised his sword as Stannis regrouped his remaining troops for another attack.
• Hake named Jaime the Giants Slayer, and Jaime rallied the Bolton Cavalry to charge toward Mance Rayder’s lightly guarded camp.

Jaime led a desperate charge through the Wildlings to kill Mance Rayder, with Bolton riders, Stannis’s cavalry, and Night’s Watch rangers fighting alongside him. After Jaime raised Mance’s head, the Wildling army panicked and fled, leaving Jaime to think of the unconscious Corleone.

• Jaime and the Bolton riders charged the Wildlings’ rear camp, where Tormund’s spearmen intercepted them and killed most of the riders as they fought to clear a path for Jaime.
• Stannis sent Davos and twenty House of the Stag knights to help Jaime, while Black Jack Bulwer led the Night’s Watch rangers into the fight.
• Davos and Black Jack joined forces, broke through the Wildling line, and helped Jaime and the remaining Bolton riders reach the high ground.
• Jaime forced his way past Mance Rayder’s guards and cut Mance’s throat with his sword.
• Jaime cut off Mance’s head and raised it before the armies, causing the Wildlings to panic and flee.
• Jaime watched the retreating Wildlings and thought of Corleone, reflecting that he had finally become the person he wanted to be.

After the Wildlings fled, Jaime Lannister confronted Stannis Baratheon, who declared Jaime and the Bolton riders traitors despite their help in the battle. Jaime accused Stannis of treason and challenged him, leaving the two forces on the verge of fighting while the Night's Watch declined to intervene.

• Jaime watched the Wildlings retreat after killing Mance Rayder, then counted only forty-seven surviving Bolton riders and learned Stannis's forces had also suffered heavy losses.
• Stannis approached Jaime and thanked him for helping defeat the Wildlings, then claimed his right as heir to judge Jaime and the Boltons for treason.
• Wol angrily rebuked Stannis for threatening the men who had just fought beside him, while Davos watched the confrontation.
• Jaime accused Stannis of ordering the Great Sept of Baelor's destruction, Cersei Lannister's murder, and an attempt to kill Vito Corleone, then called Stannis the traitor.
• Jaime drew his sword and asked the Bolton riders if they still had strength to fight; they answered with shouts against the Baratheons as Stannis's knights formed a defensive line.
• Black Jack Bulwer told a young ranger that the Night's Watch would not interfere in the quarrel between Jaime and Stannis.