Recaps

Redd feared the Cold God and his Wights might cross the ruined Wall, while Daemon and Rhaenys arrived with their dragons and demanded answers about the White Walkers. The Cold God’s forces appeared on the horizon, and Redd left Daemon’s accusation unanswered.

• Tarth arrived at the ruins, drew his sword, and challenged Redd, but his Rangers restrained him and took his weapon.
• Daemon arrived on Cocollacushu, and Rhaenys arrived on Meleys after Lord Commander Roros Borrelly requested their aid.
• Redd was pleased that Daemon and Rhaenys had come, intending to use them and their dragons to buy time against the Cold God.
• The Griffin’s cry announced the Cold God’s arrival, and Redd warned Daemon and Rhaenys that people could die.
• Daemon asked whether Redd was responsible for the White Walkers’ appearance, and Redd replied that they had existed for thousands of years.

Redd refused to explain why he destroyed the Wall as the army of wights approached, forcing the Night's Watch to prepare hurried defenses. The Cold God crossed the Wall on the Griffin King, confirming that its magic had failed, while Redd admitted he planned to flee.

• Daemon accused Redd of a crime punishable by death, but Rhaenys intervened before he could attack.
• Redd dismissed questions about destroying the Wall, and the Night's Watch resented him as the wights drew near.
• Tarth ordered craftsmen to build temporary defenses at the breach and rallied the Night's Watch by promising reinforcements.
• The Griffin King carried the Cold God over the Wall, and Redd realized its magic no longer blocked the White Walkers.
• Daemon called Redd a coward for planning to flee, and Redd openly admitted that was exactly what he intended.

Rhaenys and Daemon joined the battle against the Griffin King and the Cold God, while Redd chose to wait and intervene only if an opportunity arose. Meleys was badly wounded before Caraxes arrived and managed to bite through the Griffin King’s ice armor.

• Rhaenys took to the air on Meleys, and Daemon followed on Caraxes while Redd stayed back, ready to fight or flee depending on how the battle went.
• The Griffin King and the Cold God attacked Meleys; the Cold God covered the beast in ice armor that resisted her Dragonfire.
• The Griffin King overwhelmed Meleys in close combat, tearing her scales and causing dragon blood to burn Rangers and craftsmen below.
• Daemon saw Meleys losing ground and ordered Caraxes to support her.
• Caraxes charged the Griffin King and, after his Dragonfire failed against the ice armor, bit through its defenses by brute force.

The Cold God ordered the Griffin King to bring Redd down with it, then used the Griffin King's explosion to freeze the nearby dragons and people before attacking Redd. King Ghidorah blasted the Cold God out of the air and broke free of the ice, leaving the battle unresolved.

• The Cold God ordered the Griffin King to drag Ehm and Aegon down toward Redd, but Redd escaped the creatures' crashing fall on King Ghidorah.
• The Griffin King charged Redd, and Ehm and Aegon pinned it down while King Ghidorah prepared to strike.
• The Cold God detonated the Griffin King with Ice Magic, freezing nearby dragons and people in place.
• The Cold God leaped at Redd with her Greatsword, but King Ghidorah fired his Gravity Beam and sent her flying onto a distant dragon's back.
• King Ghidorah shook off the ice that had covered him.

Redd ordered King Ghidorah to attack the weakened Cold God, who fought back before Caraxes’s tail sent her crashing to the ground. As she began to disintegrate, Wights arrived, and Griffins and Giant Eagles rushed to shield her from Ghidorah’s next Gravity Beam.

• Redd saw that the Cold God was weakened and ordered King Ghidorah to fire again, despite Daemon and Caraxes being nearby.
• King Ghidorah’s Gravity Beam tore through the Cold God’s chest and arm, broke Caraxes free from the ice, and blasted off Daemon’s left arm.
• The Cold God attacked King Ghidorah with ice, while Daemon vowed to kill Redd and Caraxes pierced the Cold God with his jaws before lashing at her with his tail.
• The Cold God evaded Caraxes’s direct tail strike but was thrown to the ground by its aftershock, where ice fragments began falling from her body.
• Wights arrived as King Ghidorah prepared another Gravity Beam, but Griffins and Giant Eagles swept in to shield the Cold God.

Redd and his allies fought the Cold God’s forces at the Wall, destroying the Cold God and driving back the attackers. As the battle continued, Redd spotted the Night’s King retreating on horseback.

• Redd ordered King Ghidorah to free Ehm and Aegon, who broke out of the ice and burned Griffins and Giant Eagles with dragonfire.
• Daemon and Rhaenys freed Meleys, then sent their dragons to fight the attackers in the sky and aid the Night’s Watch.
• The Night’s King led a vast Wight army against the Wall, where the Night’s Watch struggled against the assault and the airborne beasts.
• Redd ordered his dragons to attack the Cold God, whose body shattered and melted under their fire and golden lightning.
• Redd sent his dragons into the battle to kill Wights as Ellard and the Lord Commander arrived with reinforcements.
• Redd noticed the Night’s King retreating on horseback from the Wall.

Redd pursued the Night's King with King Ghidorah, Ehm, and Aegon, but the Night's King escaped into the Wights and later vanished into the Haunted Forest with his army. Redd returned inside the Wall with over sixteen thousand Energy Points, where the survivors viewed him with suspicion over the dragons breaking the Wall and possibly attracting the Wights.

• Redd ordered King Ghidorah, Ehm, and Aegon to pursue the Night's King, leaving the Night's Watch under heavier attack from the Wights.
• The Night's King abandoned his horse and hid among the Wights, escaping King Ghidorah's lightning and the dragons' Dragonfire.
• Redd found fragments of the Night's King's dark ice armor but could not locate him before the Wights withdrew into the Haunted Forest.
• Redd pursued the fleeing Wights until they disappeared into the forest, then returned inside the Wall with over sixteen thousand Energy Points.
• Redd and the three dragons landed inside the Wall, and the survivors watched him with anger and suspicion, wondering whether he had drawn the Wights there.

Redd refused Daemon’s demand for a duel, trading furious insults with him before ordering his three dragons to attack. The battle left Caraxes pinned to the ground and Daemon fleeing, while Rhaenys watched in alarm.

• Daemon challenged Redd to a duel with the Seven as witnesses, but Redd mocked him for having only one arm and refused to take the bait.
• Redd and Daemon exchanged increasingly vicious insults, and Redd stayed prepared for Daemon to retaliate.
• Daemon ordered Caraxes to attack, but Ehm and Aegon countered with dragonfire while King Ghidorah’s lightning forced Daemon to escape the saddle.
• Redd ordered all three dragons to strike at full strength; Aegon seized Caraxes’s neck and Ehm bit his wing, pinning Caraxes to the ground.
• Daemon ran for his life as Caraxes crashed down, and Rhaenys watched the scene in frantic anxiety.

Rhaenys tried to save Daemon by attacking Redd, but King Ghidorah gravely wounded Meleys and a standoff formed around Redd. Ellard persuaded Redd to stop fighting, and Daemon approached to ask what compensation Redd wanted.

• Rhaenys ordered Meleys to attack Redd, but Redd redirected King Ghidorah’s Gravity Beam and badly wounded Meleys.
• Soldiers, Night’s Watchmen, and northern troops surrounded Redd and aimed their weapons at him.
• Ellard urged Redd to stop fighting because the White Walkers remained a threat, and Redd eventually halted King Ghidorah.
• Redd demanded compensation for Daemon’s attack, and Ellard said Daemon would provide it.
• Daemon pushed through the soldiers and asked Redd what he wanted, while both men kept their hands near their sword hilts.

Redd forced Daemon to surrender Dark Sister, threatened him into silence, and went with Ellard to Castle Black. Daemon was left humiliated and questioning his inability to command another dragon, while Rhaenys urged him to avoid provoking Redd and focus on strengthening the kingdom.

• Redd threatened to kill Daemon and Ellard unless Daemon handed over Dark Sister, and Daemon gave him the sword.
• Redd pointed Dark Sister at Daemon's chest, warned him to watch his words, then ordered Ellard to arrange lodging.
• Ellard led Redd and his dragon toward Castle Black, leaving Daemon behind in humiliation and self-doubt.
• Rhaenys criticized Daemon for acting impulsively, and Daemon insisted Redd and his stronger dragon threatened the kingdom.
• Rhaenys told Daemon that dragons could not sustain rule and urged him to build strength instead of provoking Redd.

Daemon and Rhaenys tended to their badly injured dragons after their clash, while news of the wights’ attack at the Wall reached King Jaehaerys. Vaeserys proposed an alliance with Redd, but Jaehaerys questioned whether Redd would accept, leaving Vaeserys unable to resolve the political obstacles.

• Daemon examined Caraxes’s severe wounds, while Rhaenys saw that Meleys was also too injured to fly and ordered sheep roasted for her.
• Ellard asked Redd why the wights had pursued him, but Redd gave a vague account of his trip to the Lands of Always Winter.
• Ellard and the Commander-in-Chief decided to send a raven to King Jaehaerys about the events at the Wall and the breach that needed repair.
• Ser Otto delivered the report to King Jaehaerys, who summoned Vaeserys to discuss the situation.
• Vaeserys proposed marrying Redd into the royal family, making him a prince, and granting him Castle Black so he could defend the Wall.
• King Jaehaerys asked whether Redd would accept, and Vaeserys fell silent rather than suggest surrendering the North and alienating his supporters.

King Jaehaerys ordered Viserys to arrange Rhaenyra’s marriage to Redd and prepare to face the White Walkers, while Viserys went to the Dragonpit to tame Silverwing. Silverwing accepted Viserys as her Dragonrider, and he felt eager to ride her.

• King Jaehaerys told Viserys that Rhaenyra must marry Redd, and warned him to eliminate Redd only if he was certain he could succeed.
• Viserys said he would send Rhaenyra to support the Wall so she could approach Redd, and King Jaehaerys told him to tame Silverwing and prepare for the White Walkers.
• Viserys left for the Dragonpit, worrying about how to persuade Rhaenyra to accept the political marriage and thinking Aemma might need to help.
• Viserys approached Silverwing and gently touched her snout, while the dragon accepted his affection and formed a bond with him.
• Viserys recognized Silverwing as his newly tamed dragon and felt eager to ride her.

Vaeserys told Aemma that King Jaehaerys wanted Rhaenyra to marry Redd, and Aemma agreed to try to persuade their daughter. As Vaeserys prepared to take Rhaenyra north to fight the White Walkers, the Cold God awoke in a new body and decided to negotiate with Redd, who remained unaware of her plans.

• Vaeserys flew Silverwing, returned her to the Dragonpit, and told Aemma that King Jaehaerys wanted Rhaenyra to marry Redd.
• Vaeserys explained that the marriage could remove Redd as a threat and might give their family access to his way of strengthening dragons, and Aemma agreed to persuade Rhaenyra.
• Vaeserys told Aemma that the Small Council had ordered every lord to send seventy percent of his soldiers north and that he planned to take Rhaenyra ahead of the others.
• The Cold God awakened in a new body at the altar in the Lands of Always Winter and searched for Redd near the Wall.
• Unable to kill Redd under the circumstances, the Cold God decided to negotiate with him while Redd remained unaware in Castle Black.

Redd decided against upgrading Ehm while the White Walkers remained a threat, then faced Viserys and his family when they came to discuss marrying Rhaenyra to him. Their negotiations turned hostile after Redd demanded Dragonstone, and the chapter ended with Viserys insisting that House Targaryen’s dragons gave them the advantage.

• Redd chose not to risk Ehm falling asleep during an upgrade and let his three dragons feast on the food Ellard had supplied.
• Silverwing and Syrax arrived at Castle Black, where Daemon, Rhaenys, the Night’s Watch commander, and the northern nobles went to greet them.
• Viserys approached Redd with Rhaenyra, Daemon, and Rhaenys, but Redd ignored them until Rhaenyra rebuked him for his manners.
• Redd criticized Rhaenyra’s conduct, and Viserys offered him the title of King in the North if he married her.
• Redd rejected the title and demanded Dragonstone instead, prompting Viserys to refuse and Daemon to threaten mutual destruction.
• Redd dismissed Daemon’s threat, and Viserys claimed that House Targaryen’s more than a dozen dragons gave them an overwhelming numerical advantage.

Viserys and his companions left after Redd refused to negotiate, and they agreed to consider giving Dragonstone to Rhaenyra as her dowry. Later, Redd attended a banquet at Black Castle, where Ellard warned him that dragons alone could not rule, but Redd dismissed the need for vassals.

• Redd ended the negotiation by ordering Viserys and the others to accept his terms or leave, and Viserys led his party away.
• Daemon suggested using the wights in the Haunted Forest, but Viserys and Rhaenys rejected the idea and warned him against it.
• Viserys said he could agree to Redd's demands, and Rhaenys proposed making Dragonstone Rhaenyra's dowry; Rhaenyra quietly resolved to wait for a chance to control her own fate.
• Ellard invited Redd to the banquet at Black Castle, and Redd agreed to attend after hearing he might meet interesting people.
• At the banquet, Ellard urged Redd to build an army and win the support of vassals, but Redd insisted that dragons could secure both and that lords would readily pledge allegiance to him.

Redd rejected the Prince of Dorne’s attempt to recruit him and invite him to Dorne after the war against the White Walkers. The prince left without an alliance, while Redd remained confident in his own plans and valued Ellard’s loyalty.

• Ellard urged Redd to build his domain by making more friends and supporters, but Redd said his dragons meant others would seek his favor.
• The Prince of Dorne approached Redd and invited him to visit Dorne after the war against the White Walkers.
• Redd questioned whether he would be allowed to leave Dorne and refused to visit, asking the prince to state his purpose directly.
• The Prince of Dorne suggested that Redd’s three dragons deserved broader lands, hinting at an alliance, and Ellard warned him to watch his words.
• Redd refused the prince’s offer, and the Prince of Dorne finished his wine and left.
• Redd watched the prince depart and looked at Ellard, appreciating his loyal friend and adviser.

Vaeserys agreed to Redd’s terms in exchange for Redd’s betrothal to Rhaenyra, binding the two through a political marriage alliance. After Vaeserys left them alone, Rhaenyra showed her anger and defiance, while Redd challenged her to say whom she thought she could resist.

• Ellard warned Redd to consider the threat of the White Walkers, but Redd told him to stay out of his business.
• Vaeserys agreed to give Redd Dragonstone on the condition that he become betrothed to Rhaenyra, and Redd accepted.
• Vaeserys and Redd shook hands on their alliance, then Vaeserys urged Redd and Rhaenyra to get to know each other.
• Redd ordered Rhaenyra to pour him wine, and she complied while hiding her displeasure from Vaeserys.
• After Vaeserys left, Rhaenyra dropped the pretense and told Redd she would not resign herself completely; Redd mocked her defiance.

Rhaenyra rejected Redd’s contemptuous demands and left the banquet hall, determined to shape her own future despite the political marriage arranged for her. Viserys sent Rhaenys after her, while Redd rebuffed nobles seeking Dragon Eggs and departed with the banquet’s food for his dragons.

• Rhaenyra refused to obey Redd’s orders, declared she would choose how to live, and left the banquet hall in anger.
• Viserys asked Rhaenys to follow Rhaenyra and talk to her, while Daemon challenged Viserys for allowing the marriage bargain to proceed.
• Viserys and Daemon discussed Redd’s unwillingness to change and hoped Rhaenys could help Rhaenyra accept the situation.
• Nobles approached Redd to probe whether he would sell Dragon Eggs, but he rejected their offers and slapped away those who pushed him.
• Redd left the banquet hall carrying roast meat and lamb for his three dragons, with most of the food stored in his system space.

After Redd’s blunt exit from the banquet, Viserys tried to placate the offended nobles while Redd ignored the political fallout and returned to rest. Redd was pulled into a mysterious underwater dream, where a gigantic octopus seized him.

• Redd left the banquet, and Viserys reassured the displeased nobles and urged them to continue.
• Redd watched his three dragons eat, reflected briefly on the dragons of Valyria, and returned to his room to sleep.
• King Ghidorah sulked in the courtyard because his enormous size kept him from sleeping inside with Redd.
• Redd felt himself pulled into a strange underwater space and recognized it as an illusory dream.
• A gigantic gray octopus emerged from the coral and wrapped its tentacle around Redd.

Redd met the Drowned God, who had captured him with a giant octopus and claimed to rule the seas, darkness, and death. The Drowned God revealed that he wanted the Death Authority inside Redd, while Redd pretended not to know it was there and asked what it could do.

• A giant octopus lifted Redd before a short old man standing on its head.
• The old man introduced himself as the Drowned God and claimed authority over the seas, darkness, and death.
• Redd challenged the Drowned God's claim over darkness and death by asking whether the Cold God knew about it.
• The Drowned God dropped his grand manner, admitted he had lost something, and asked Redd to return it.
• The Drowned God said the missing item was a bit of Death Authority that he sensed inside Redd.
• Redd feigned ignorance and asked the Drowned God what the Death Authority was good for.

Redd refused to trade his divine authority to the Drowned God, then fought back with golden lightning and King Ghidorah’s help. As King Ghidorah battled the giant gray octopus, Redd dodged a surprise harpoon and spotted a shadow approaching from the depths.

• The Drowned God offered Redd something useful in exchange for his divine authority, but Redd rejected the offer and demanded to be released.
• The Drowned God tightened his tentacles around Redd, who broke free with golden lightning.
• Redd summoned King Ghidorah, whose Gravity Beams wounded the Drowned God’s giant gray octopus form.
• The Drowned God attacked Redd with a harpoon from the blood-red water, but Redd dodged it.
• Redd searched the sea for the Drowned God and noticed a shadow rushing toward him from the depths.

Redd fought the Drowned God in the sea, eventually defeating him with his Ice Sword and Ice Spear. When the Drowned God revived and stabbed Redd, Redd blasted him into nothing with golden lightning.

• The Drowned God ambushed Redd, but Redd blocked his attacks and cut off half his ear with an Ice Spear.
• The Drowned God vanished and stirred the seabed into a violent whirlpool, battering Redd and attacking him from hiding.
• Redd used his electric current to form a gravitational field and calm the seawater enough to spot the Drowned God.
• Redd pressed his attack until the Ice Spear pierced the Drowned God's chest and he collapsed.
• Redd realized the fight had not ended, but the revived Drowned God stabbed his abdomen with a harpoon.
• Redd restrained the Drowned God and fired golden lightning from his mouth, blasting him into nothing.

After defeating the Drowned God in an illusory space, Redd woke in bed with injuries that quickly healed, while the Drowned God revived in his palace and began preparing to retaliate. Redd considered his unexplained Death Authority and whether to endure the pain of practicing King Ghidorah’s Gravity Beam.

• Redd awoke in bed with a bleeding abdominal wound and a burned throat, but his regenerative ability healed both injuries within minutes.
• Redd calmed a panicked King Ghidorah through their mental link and realized he would have trouble sleeping.
• The Drowned God reformed in his palace, threw the mermaids outside, and vowed to defeat Redd before he could wield the power of authority.
• The Drowned God sensed a powerful force approaching and prepared to confront his old adversary.
• Redd recalled that the Greenseer had suggested the Drowned God was not truly dead and questioned whether he possessed Death Authority from the Red God.
• Redd considered practicing King Ghidorah’s powerful Gravity Beam more often despite the severe pain it caused his throat.

Redd decided to avoid abilities that inflicted severe pain and began seeking combat skills he could master safely. He commissioned specially made arrows and iron balls from a smith at Castle Black, leaving with the finished items before dawn.

• Redd abandoned the idea of using King Ghidorah's self-harming abilities and chose ice magic, Storm Control, and Electricity Manipulation to study.
• Redd inspected Castle Black's large supply of dragonglass weapons and recognized how they could help the soldiers fight White Walkers.
• Redd asked the smith Dawg to forge spiral-grooved arrows with flat, pointed heads and perfectly round iron balls, then paid him in gold.
• Dawg finished the requested items before dawn, and Redd paid him again before leaving with the arrows and iron balls.

Redd experimented with several ranged attacks, finding that only his Wind Arrow showed promise because his abilities lacked the power to reproduce the others’ techniques. When a massive ice dragon appeared with the regrouped wight army, Redd headed to the Wall with his three dragons, where Viserys and Ellard were preparing for battle.

• Dawg happily counted the gold coins Redd had paid him for the arrows.
• Redd used storm control to launch an arrow through a courtyard wall and began practicing a focused Wind Arrow, but struggled to keep it under control.
• Redd tried launching an iron ball with electricity and shooting an ice arrow, but both attacks proved weak because his abilities were insufficient.
• The wight army regrouped beyond the Wall as an enormous ice dragon circled overhead, filling those on the Wall with dread.
• Redd decided to go to the Wall for a chance to gain energy points and flew there with his three dragons.
• Redd arrived to find Viserys, Ellard, and the others prepared for the coming battle.