Recaps

Daemon and Tormund wiped out Redd’s elite forces and destroyed his fleet in Lys’s harbor. Redd returned from the palace on King Ghidorah to find his ships and soldiers lost, with Douglas the only survivor.

• Tormund’s men slaughtered Redd’s remaining soldiers as Daemon watched from Bloodworm.
• Daemon ordered Bloodworm to burn Redd’s flagship, and the last of the fleet sank beneath the waves.
• Daemon pulled a crossbow bolt from Bloodworm’s hind leg, then confirmed with Tormund that Redd’s men at sea were dead.
• Redd’s landing troops continued fighting Lys’s defenders in the streets, unaware that their fleet had been destroyed.
• Redd arrived on King Ghidorah, saw the wreckage of his fleet, and learned that Douglas was the only one alive.

Douglas realized he was the sole survivor of the fleet as King Ghidorah arrived over the harbor. A prepared ambush unleashed bolts and barrels of oil and wildfire, setting the district ablaze and splashing wildfire into Ghidorah’s central head’s open mouth.

• Douglas struggled to stand among the palace ruins and realized that he alone had survived the fleet’s destruction.
• King Ghidorah approached the harbor as Daemon and Tormund’s carefully prepared ambush began.
• Hidden ballistae fired volleys of enormous bolts, which Ghidorah intercepted with his Gravity Beams.
• Catapults launched barrels of crude oil, fire oil, and wildfire, igniting the harbor district and coating Ghidorah in flames.
• As Ghidorah prepared to destroy the attackers, a barrel struck his central head’s mouth and spilled wildfire inside.

Redd was struck by incendiary oil and thrown into a burning house when a wildfire explosion destabilized King Ghidorah. The flames destroyed his clothes and hair but left him unharmed, and he stood up amid the burning ruins as the house threatened to collapse.

• Wildfire burned inside King Ghidorah's mouth, interrupting its Gravity Beams and making its flight unstable.
• A barrel of incendiary oil struck Redd and set his clothes and body ablaze.
• A wildfire barrel exploded near King Ghidorah, sending it plunging and flinging Redd toward the harbor's burning residential area.
• Redd crashed through a house and into its stone floor, but the fire and impact left his body unharmed.
• Redd sat up and stood barefoot in the burning house as flames consumed it and the structure began to collapse.

Redd survived the wildfire blast and emerged from the burning city unharmed, while King Ghidorah fought free of the siege and flew toward him. Daemon launched Bloodworm at Redd before he could remount, as King Ghidorah prepared to strike back.

• Daemon, Tormund, Mynander, and the Black-Robed Men’s coordinated ambush left King Ghidorah pinned beneath a relentless barrage while Daemon waited for Redd to appear.
• Redd walked out of the flames unharmed, and nearby Tormund soldiers recognized him as the Dragon King.
• Redd whistled to King Ghidorah, who spotted him, roared, and flew toward him after tearing up nearby ballista emplacements.
• Daemon saw that Redd had survived and ordered Bloodworm to dive at him before he could mount King Ghidorah.
• King Ghidorah steadied himself, spread his wings, and prepared to fight back.

King Ghidorah answered Redd’s call by unleashing its golden energy attacks on Lys’s defenses and Tormund’s fleet. It erased a long stretch of the harbor wall and swept its attack across the warships at sea.

• King Ghidorah sensed Redd’s call and focused its anger into a precise, lethal response.
• King Ghidorah gathered golden energy in all three heads as Lys’s soldiers watched in terror.
• King Ghidorah’s central head fired a lightning-shaped energy column that erased the harbor wall and everyone along several hundred meters of it.
• King Ghidorah’s left head attacked Tormund’s fifteen warships, sweeping a golden column across the fleet and vaporizing a furrow through the sea.

King Ghidorah annihilated Tormund's fleet and stopped Daemon's attempt to kill Redd before he could reunite with King Ghidorah. Daemon and Bloodworm crashed onto a dock, leaving Redd unharmed and the ambush defeated.

• King Ghidorah's left head swept a golden beam across Tormund's warships, annihilating the fleet as Tormund escaped into the sea.
• Daemon rode Bloodworm in a dive toward Redd, aiming to kill him before he could mount King Ghidorah again.
• King Ghidorah's right head fired a beam that created an energy barrier across Bloodworm's flight path, tearing its left wing when it touched the barrier.
• Bloodworm veered past Redd and crashed onto an eastern harbor dock, where Daemon jumped off and broke his dragonglass spear.
• Daemon saw Redd standing unharmed beneath King Ghidorah and realized the ambush was over.

King Ghidorah destroyed Lys’s harbor defenses, fleet, and Bloodworm, leaving Redd unharmed and Daemon defeated. Redd approached Daemon, then called to the badly burned Douglas as he arrived with reinforcements.

• King Ghidorah’s golden lightning erased Lys’s walls and fleet, shot down Bloodworm, and left the harbor in ruins.
• Redd praised King Ghidorah and rode it to the eastern docks to confront Daemon.
• Daemon remained beside the wounded Bloodworm and traded a brief, strained joke with Redd, but said nothing more.
• Redd surveyed the destruction and called for Douglas, who limped toward the harbor with help from reinforcement soldiers.

Redd survived the wildfire and harbor ambush, then confronted Daemon and declared that he would make him repay the lives and fleet he had lost. Redd flew off on King Ghidorah to pursue Tormund, who waited in the shallows with a Fishmen bone blade as his fleet and plans lay in ruins.

• Redd waved to his surviving man, then told Daemon that he would kill him later and make him repay the fleet and lives lost.
• Redd mounted King Ghidorah and set off to catch someone still at large.
• Tormund surfaced near the harbor with his Fishmen bone blade as he watched Redd approaching through the sky.
• Tormund recalled how his wildfire plot and harbor ambush had failed, and how King Ghidorah's golden lightning had annihilated his fleet.

Tormund saw Redd retreating unarmed and considered attacking him while King Ghidorah was occupied. Before he could act, Tormund’s Dragon, Raging Tide, burst from the harbor and launched an attack on King Ghidorah.

• Tormund gripped the Fishmen priestess’s bone blade and considered killing the naked, retreating Redd.
• King Ghidorah searched the harbor waters for threats as he reached the sea.
• Raging Tide erupted from underwater, having waited for a chance to protect Tormund.
• Raging Tide fired a high-pressure stream of water at King Ghidorah’s right wing, but his scales were unharmed.
• Raging Tide lunged at King Ghidorah, slashing toward his belly and biting at his right neck.

Raging Tide ambushed King Ghidorah and clamped onto its wing, but King Ghidorah overpowered it and pinned it in a beach crater. As King Ghidorah moved to kill Raging Tide, Bloodworm charged out of the ruins and targeted its tail.

• Raging Tide bit down on the tip of King Ghidorah's right wing, but King Ghidorah seized Raging Tide by the back, neck, and belly.
• King Ghidorah carried Raging Tide into a dive and slammed it into the beach east of the harbor, pinning it in a crater.
• Redd escaped the impact, landed on the beach, and ordered King Ghidorah to kill Raging Tide.
• King Ghidorah bit into the side of Raging Tide's neck as Raging Tide struggled beneath it.
• Bloodworm charged from the harbor ruins and crashed into the crater, aiming for King Ghidorah's tail.

King Ghidorah fought off Raging Tide and Bloodworm in the sand pit while Redd jumped from its back so it could attack without worrying about protecting him. The two injured Dragons closed in again, and King Ghidorah prepared to face them as the middle head watched for another threat.

• Bloodworm dragged King Ghidorah's tail back just enough to interrupt its killing bite on Raging Tide, allowing Raging Tide to escape.
• King Ghidorah threw Bloodworm across the beach and struck Raging Tide with its spiked tail, wounding both Dragons.
• Redd jumped from King Ghidorah's back so it could fight without having to protect him.
• Despite their injuries, Raging Tide and Bloodworm moved in on King Ghidorah again.
• King Ghidorah spread its wings and readied itself to face both Dragons while its middle head watched for another enemy.

Redd watched King Ghidorah battle Raging Tide and Bloodworm, then scavenged clothing from a dead soldier after the wildfire blast left him exposed and unarmed. As a cautious hunter approached through the ruins, Redd moved toward a discarded longsword.

• Redd kept out of the dragons’ reach and watched King Ghidorah fight Raging Tide and Bloodworm on the beach.
• Redd stripped leather armor, trousers, and boots from a dead Lys garrison soldier and put them on.
• Redd regretted losing Dark Sister and his other belongings in the wildfire explosion, and resolved to get fireproof clothes made from King Ghidorah’s shed scales.
• Redd heard the rapid heartbeat of a nervous hunter approaching through the ruins and searched the scattered weapons for a sword.
• Redd walked toward a bloodied longsword half buried in the sand.

Redd confronted Tormund on the beach, where Tormund’s strange bone blade broke the iron sword Redd had picked up. With King Ghidorah overpowering Bloodworm and Raging Tide nearby, Tormund decided to attack Redd before the dragons could finish their fight.

• Redd struck at Tormund with a rusted longsword, but Tormund’s bone blade snapped it in two.
• Redd asked whether the aqua-blue bone blade could cut Valyrian steel, and Tormund admitted he had never tested it.
• King Ghidorah battered Bloodworm and resisted Raging Tide’s bite as golden light began to flare in his throats.
• Seeing that his dragon could not hold out much longer, Tormund lunged at Redd with his bone blade.

Redd effortlessly defeated Tormund and took possession of his strange, aqua-blue glowing bone blade. He examined the weapon, sensing something alive or dormant within it.

• Redd dodged Tormund’s first strike and blocked his second with a shield, which the bone blade sliced in half.
• Redd caught Tormund’s wrist during a thrust and crushed the bones, making him drop the blade.
• Redd crushed four fingers on Tormund’s left hand as they both grabbed for the weapon.
• Redd kicked Tormund across the beach and left him battered in the tidal flats.
• Redd inspected the bone blade and felt a strange frequency within its aqua-blue glow.

Redd survived Daemon’s surprise attack with an Ice Spear and discovered that Daemon could wield the White Walker weapon without being harmed by it. Daemon remained silent about where he had obtained the spears as the battle between the Dragons continued nearby.

• As Redd approached the wounded Tormund, an Ice Spear flew past and grazed the area behind his right ear.
• Redd turned and saw Daemon holding another Ice Spear among the ruins, and realized he had escaped his guards to launch the attack.
• Redd recognized the weapon as a White Walker Ice Spear and questioned how Daemon had acquired it.
• Redd spotted four more Ice Spears in a burned crate and pressed Daemon about their source, but Daemon did not answer.
• Nearby, King Ghidorah struck Bloodworm with its tail, sending the Dragon through an abandoned lighthouse.

Redd drew an Ice Spear from his system storage after Daemon’s sneak attack, deciding to retaliate despite the danger of drawing the Cold God’s attention. The spear’s icy aura reached across the harbor and made King Ghidorah pause.

• Raging Tide bit King Ghidorah’s shoulder but broke three teeth without piercing its scales.
• Daemon taunted Redd over the bleeding wound behind his ear, and Redd promised to pay him back.
• Redd reflected that Ice Magic and Fire Magic drew the attention of the Cold God and the Red God, whose divine rivalries treated living beings as pieces.
• Redd decided Daemon and Tormund’s successive sneak attacks justified using the dangerous power he had avoided.
• Redd drew an Ice Spear from his system storage, and its hum spread through the harbor as King Ghidorah recognized its icy aura.

Redd impaled Daemon with the Ice Spear and pinned him to the beach, where he subdued him and began to threaten him. Daemon remained defiant as Redd stood over him and asked what he thought would happen next.

• Redd drew the Ice Spear from the void and threw it at Daemon.
• Daemon tried to dodge, but the spear pierced his right shoulder and pinned him to the beach.
• The Ice Spear’s cold began spreading through Daemon’s body as he tried to pull it free.
• Redd approached Daemon and pressed his face into the sand with his boot.
• Redd asked Daemon what he would do with him, while Daemon struggled to speak.

Redd threatened Daemon with prolonged torture after pinning him to the beach, then ordered Douglas to guard him while Redd returned to the battle. King Ghidorah was nearing victory over Raging Tide and Bloodworm, while Tormund remained unconscious on the tidal flats.

• Redd threatened to dismember Daemon and keep him alive in a jar, leaving Daemon terrified and unable to answer through his coughing.
• Redd surveyed the battlefield and saw King Ghidorah overpowering Raging Tide and Bloodworm, while Tormund lay unconscious in the tidal flats.
• Redd noticed that the Ice Spear’s cold was spreading through Daemon but refused to remove it.
• Douglas arrived with several surviving soldiers, badly wounded but still deferential to Redd.
• Redd ordered Douglas to keep Daemon alive and prevent his escape until Redd returned from dealing with the dragon.

Redd killed Daemon’s Dragon, Bloodworm, with a single Ice Spear while King Ghidorah was still fighting him. King Ghidorah protested that Redd had taken his prey, but Redd ignored him and drew another spear.

• Douglas followed Redd’s command and bound Daemon’s left wrist to his left ankle as Daemon cursed.
• Redd approached King Ghidorah, who had pinned Tormund’s Dragon, Raging Tide, to the beach.
• Redd threw an Ice Spear through Bloodworm’s right eye, killing Daemon’s Dragon instantly.
• King Ghidorah’s three heads complained after Redd stole the kill, but Redd ignored him and produced another Ice Spear.

King Ghidorah killed Raging Tide before Redd could use his Ice Spear, then basked in Redd’s praise. As Lys City’s residents watched the aftermath, Redd turned to the badly injured Tormund, who had been left hollow by his Dragon’s death.

• King Ghidorah tore Raging Tide apart and killed it on the beach.
• Redd put away his Ice Spear and praised King Ghidorah, which rubbed its heads against his hand.
• Lys City’s residents watched silently as the two Dragons lay dead and Redd stood on the bloodied beach.
• Redd looked toward Tormund, who lay broken on the tidal flat, unable to process that Raging Tide was dead.

After Raging Tide’s death left Tormund mentally shut down, Redd tried to rouse him and demanded to know how he had contacted the Fishmen. Tormund regained focus, recognized that he would die, and considered how he wanted to meet death.

• Tormund’s mind shut down after he saw that Raging Tide was dead.
• Redd approached Tormund, used mud and sand to provoke a reaction, and saw his eyes begin to focus.
• Redd held Tormund’s bone knife to his throat and demanded to know how he had contacted the Fishmen.
• Tormund recognized Redd and understood that his fleet, men, dragon, and chance of survival were gone.
• Tormund considered the manner in which he would cross over to death.

Redd learned that the Fishmen were summoned by the scent of fresh blood, then ordered King Ghidorah to kill the defeated Tormund quickly. As Tormund died, an unknown watcher with amber eyes observed King Ghidorah from beneath the sea.

• Tormund told Redd that the Fishmen came when they smelled a fresh corpse in the sea and warned that they would eventually seek revenge.
• Redd said he would give Tormund a quick end because he valued the bone blade, then walked away.
• King Ghidorah spotted a pair of amber eyes watching from the depths before they vanished into darkness.
• Redd ordered King Ghidorah to finish Tormund quickly.
• King Ghidorah struck Tormund with a precise bolt of golden lightning.

Redd and King Ghidorah destroyed Tormund, leaving only a charred impression in the beach. Redd then watched Daemon continue struggling against the Ice Spear pinning him down.

• King Ghidorah vaporized Tormund with a column of golden light, leaving a burned depression in the tidal flat.
• Redd turned away from the remains and walked across the beach with King Ghidorah, whose heads surveyed the ruins and harbor.
• Daemon kept trying to pull out the Ice Spear despite his frozen hand, pierced shoulder, and worsening injuries.
• Redd watched Daemon’s desperate struggle while Douglas and several soldiers stood nearby and maintained their guard.
• Douglas felt weary and conflicted as he watched Daemon fight on despite having no hope of escape.

Redd approached the captured Daemon and pulled the Ice Spear from his shoulder, causing Daemon to pass out. Redd prepared to continue tormenting him as he lay unconscious.

• Daemon repeatedly tried to pull the Ice Spear from his shoulder until he cried out in pain.
• Redd approached Daemon with King Ghidorah following and pinned Daemon to the beach with his foot.
• Redd pulled the Ice Spear from Daemon's shoulder, and Daemon fainted from the pain.
• Redd scraped the flesh from the spear, returned it to system space, and said that Daemon's passing out would not do.
• Redd drew his bone knife and aimed it at Daemon's wounded right shoulder.

Redd mutilated Daemon on the beach, amputating both arms and cutting apart his mouth while Daemon screamed and struggled. Daemon was left unable to speak clearly, and the bone knife seemed to grow brighter after tasting his blood.

• Redd abandoned a further cut to Daemon's damaged side and precisely removed his intact left arm at the shoulder.
• Daemon woke from the shock of losing his arm and screamed when he saw the bloody stump.
• Redd removed Daemon's frost-damaged right arm, and Daemon writhed and shouted incoherently on the bloodied sand.
• Redd wiped the bone knife on Daemon's clothes and said that Daemon's mouth needed fixing.
• Redd cut apart Daemon's mouth, removing teeth and part of his tongue and leaving him able to make only gurgling sounds.