Recaps

Facing the vast army of wights and its Ice Dragon, Viserys and the others received a message ordering Redd to negotiate with the Cold God. When a man urged them to try, Redd killed Duke Terrence in a sudden sword clash.

• Viserys despaired at the overwhelming wight army and the Ice Dragon looming beyond the Wall.
• Ellard and Viserys read a message demanding that Redd go negotiate with the Cold God, and Redd burned it.
• A man in the crowd argued that negotiation was worth trying, and Redd demanded that he identify himself.
• Duke Terrence stepped forward and challenged Redd after Redd threatened to kill him.
• Redd ignored Viserys's attempt to intervene, broke Duke Terrence's sword, and inflicted a fatal wound to his chest.

Redd killed Duke Terrence and burned his body after the duke challenged him, forcing Viserys to abandon any attempt to punish him and assign defenses at the Wall. Beyond the Wall, the Night's King ordered the wights to attack, opening a path toward the terrified Wildlings.

• Redd poured oil on Duke Terrence and burned him after killing him, then challenged the assembled nobles to speak against him.
• Rhaenyra vomited at the sight, while Rhaenys questioned whether Redd was still the man she had known.
• Viserys chose not to hold Redd accountable and assigned the defenders their sections of the Wall, with dragonriders tasked to fight the ice dragons.
• Ellard confronted Redd over Duke Terrence's death, but Redd blamed the dead man and warned Ellard to watch his words.
• The Cold God grew impatient at receiving no response, and the Night's King ordered the wights to attack.
• The wights parted in formation, revealing more than a hundred thousand frightened Wildlings ahead.

The Night's King forced the Wildlings to attack the Wall, where Redd watched the siege and tried to discern his enemy's plan. The Ice Dragon then attacked with its icy breath, freezing Wildlings and soldiers while Redd dodged out of its path.

• The Night's King bound the Wildlings into formations with iron chains and drove them toward the Wall as wights killed stragglers and raised them again as undead.
• The Night's Watch and soldiers fired on the attacking Wildlings as they assaulted the gates and tunnels, and Giants smashed open some of the heavy gates.
• Redd watched the slaughter from above and wondered why the Night's King was attacking instead of waiting for the defenders to run out of food.
• The Ice Dragon swooped toward the Wall and blasted the Wildlings and soldiers with icy breath, freezing many of them in place.
• Redd spotted the Ice Dragon's dive and swiftly dodged sideways to keep clear of it.

The wights broke through the Wall, and Viserys, Daemon, and Rhaenyra rode out to confront the Ice Dragon despite Redd’s warning about a creature that could kill dragons. Redd stayed behind to fight the wights with dragonglass arrows as the three dragons struggled against the Ice Dragon and its aerial allies.

• The wights pulled on frozen chains until a wide section of the Wall collapsed, then surged through as the Ice Dragon extinguished the defenders’ burning oil.
• Redd warned Viserys, Daemon, and Rhaenyra that something among the wights could kill a dragon with one strike, but Daemon ignored him and flew toward the Ice Dragon on Caraxes.
• Viserys and Rhaenyra followed Daemon on their dragons while Redd remained behind to assess the Cold God’s position.
• Redd picked up a fallen soldier’s dragonglass bow and arrows and began shooting wights, bringing down Giant Eagles and Griffins with accurate shots.
• The Ice Dragon fought the three dragons with freezing breath while Giant Eagles and Griffins threatened them with surprise attacks.

Redd tried to protect the dragons battling overhead, but the Cold God and the Night's King struck Syrax with an Ice Spear, sending her crashing toward the ground. When Rhaenys demanded that Redd go help Rhaenyra, he refused, and Rhaenys's guards surrounded him.

• Redd fired an arrow that shattered the first Ice Spear, but the second pierced Syrax's wing.
• The Ice Dragon struck Syrax and sent her plummeting as Viserys and Daemon cried out for Rhaenyra.
• Rhaenys demanded that Redd help Rhaenyra, but he dismissed the danger and refused to go.
• Rhaenys drew her sword and asked what it would take to make Redd go, while her guards surrounded him.

Redd gained the upper hand when his three dragons landed on the Wall, but he agreed to help rescue the people in danger in exchange for Ellard’s rune-marked dragonglass. As King Ghidorah and Aegon flew to the rescue, Syrax was surrounded by wights with the unconscious Rhaenyra still on her back.

• The three dragons landed on the Wall and protected Redd, forcing Rhaenys to sheathe her sword and withdraw her guards.
• The Commander-in-Chief and Ellard arrived and urged both sides to stand down.
• Ellard offered Redd a rune-marked piece of dragonglass said to be connected to the Night's King, and Redd agreed to help with the rescue.
• Redd sent King Ghidorah and Aegon to support the rescue while Ehm stayed behind to defend the Wall.
• Syrax crashed into the snow among the wights, leaving Rhaenyra unconscious and the injured dragon surrounded.

Syrax and Rhaenyra were being evacuated as Daemon and Viserys tried to hold back the Ice Dragon. After a barrage of Ice Spears wounded King Ghidorah, it unleashed a storm while protecting Aegon, astonishing the Cold God.

• Aegon struggled to lift the wounded Syrax while Daemon sent Caraxes to help, drawing the Ice Dragon after them.
• Viserys ordered Silverwing to join Caraxes and defend Aegon and Syrax from the Ice Dragon.
• King Ghidorah shattered an Ice Spear aimed at Aegon with lightning, then took the brunt of a barrage that drove one spear into its belly and sent it crashing down.
• King Ghidorah pulled out the spear and unleashed hurricanes and lightning against the wights while holding back its rage to protect Aegon.
• The storm and lightning shielded Aegon without disrupting his flight, and the Cold God watched in shock.

The Cold God attacked King Ghidorah with powerful ice magic, but its regeneration and agility kept it alive. After the Cold God's arrow froze a vast area of the Wall, Redd fired back toward the god's estimated position, striking only a White Walker.

• The Cold God shot King Ghidorah with a Profound Ice Arrow, punching a hole through its abdomen, but the dragon quickly regenerated and took flight.
• The Cold God fired another ice arrow, but King Ghidorah dodged it, and the arrow struck the Wall.
• The impact formed an enormous ice flower that froze soldiers and Wights within a thousand-meter radius, while the attack shattered the Cold God's right palm.
• Redd deduced the Cold God's approximate position and launched an iron arrow wrapped in compressed airflow, but it hit a White Walker beside the god instead.

The Night's King killed Caraxes with an Ice Spear and the Ice Dragon's follow-up attack, while Silverwing rescued Daemon before he was frozen and injured by the Ice Dragon. Viserys retreated toward the Wall, where King Ghidorah and Aegon intercepted the Ice Dragon, but it charged into Aegon and cut off his dragonfire.

• The Night's King hurled an Ice Spear through Caraxes's neck, and the Ice Dragon tore open Caraxes's belly, killing it.
• Viserys guided Silverwing to rescue Daemon from Caraxes's fall, but the Ice Dragon's freezing breath and ice crystals left Daemon unconscious and badly injured.
• Viserys retreated toward the Wall with Silverwing, drawing the pursuing Ice Dragon after them.
• Redd ordered King Ghidorah and Aegon to intercept the Ice Dragon before it could reach the Wall.
• King Ghidorah and Aegon attacked the Ice Dragon with lightning and dragonfire, stopping it two hundred meters from the Wall.
• The Ice Dragon charged through the dragonfire and slammed into the lower part of Aegon's neck, stopping his attack.

Aegon and the Ice Dragon fought while Wights overwhelmed the Wall, forcing Redd to send Ehm to help and Viserys to take Ehm’s place. The newly risen Wight Caraxes, ridden by the Night’s King, intercepted Ehm’s dragonfire, leaving Redd fearing for Ehm’s safety.

• Aegon and the Ice Dragon fought fiercely until King Ghidorah severed the Ice Dragon’s wings, but the Ice Dragon dragged Aegon down by his tail and the battle continued on the ground.
• As Wights swarmed toward the dragons, Redd sent Ehm to help Aegon, leaving the Wall exposed to attacks from the air.
• Viserys arranged for the injured Daemon to be treated, then rode Silverwing to defend the Wall from the airborne Wights.
• Caraxes appeared as a Wight, carrying the Night’s King, and intercepted Ehm’s dragonfire with its own ice-blue flames.
• Redd recognized that Caraxes had become their enemy and feared Ehm was in grave danger.

Redd wounded Caraxes with a Scorpion bolt while Ehm and King Ghidorah overwhelmed the dragon and the Night's King. Just as Ghidorah prepared to finish the pinned Night's King, ice spikes struck him and the Ice Dragon transformed into chains that ensnared Aegon, beginning a new battle.

• Redd fired a Scorpion bolt that struck Caraxes's neck, and Ehm seized the opening to bite and throw the dragon off balance.
• King Ghidorah fired a Gravity Beam that sent the Night's King and Caraxes crashing to the ground, where Ehm tore Caraxes's neck and engulfed them in Dragonfire.
• Redd shot the Night's King through the abdomen with a Scorpion bolt, pinning him to the snow without hitting the Dragonglass inside him.
• King Ghidorah approached to deliver a fatal attack, but enormous ice spikes launched him into the air and knocked his lightning bolts off target.
• The Ice Dragon melted into Ice Chains that coiled around the dragons and bound Aegon, starting a fierce battle.

The Cold God trapped Aegon, King Ghidorah, and Ehm in mystic ice chains, forcing Redd to leap into the Wight army and fight his way toward them. After carving a path through the horde, Redd was pursued by the still-moving Wight Caraxes, leaving him in immediate danger.

• Aegon broke free of its chains, but the Cold God was badly hurt by King Ghidorah’s lightning and rushed toward Aegon.
• The Cold God shattered into icy light that formed chains binding Aegon, King Ghidorah, and Ehm, then vanished.
• Redd’s Scorpion bolts failed to damage the chains, so he leaped from the city wall and crossed the flames below.
• Redd charged into the Wights and cut a passage more than three hundred meters long.
• Caraxes, still moving despite being burned down to charred flesh and bone, attacked Redd and pursued him toward the chains.

Redd killed Caraxes and helped King Ghidorah and the other dragons break free from the Ice Chains. After the chains’ icy motes entered his body, he found no immediate change but suspected the Cold God had trapped him and resolved to watch for effects on his soul.

• Redd infused his Valyrian steel sword with lightning and fire, then killed Caraxes with a strike through its head.
• Redd shattered the Ice Chains and freed one of King Ghidorah’s heads while the Night’s King retreated into the wight army.
• Dalang used his Gravity Beam to destroy the remaining restraints, and King Ghidorah freed Aegon and Ehm so they could join the fight.
• The broken Ice Chains reformed as icy-blue motes that entered Redd’s body before he could react.
• Redd checked his system status, found it marked “Good,” and decided to monitor himself for changes, especially to his soul.
• Redd climbed onto King Ghidorah’s back.

After Caraxes was burned to ash, Redd returned to the Wall and helped endure a week of relentless wight attacks as weapons, supplies, and the defenders’ strength ran low. Exhausted, he fell asleep and awoke in a magnificent church, where the seven statues suggested he had entered the domain of a god.

• Redd ordered Ehm and Aegon to burn Caraxes's corpse completely to ash, but the Night's King was nowhere to be found.
• Redd returned to the Wall and discovered that the wights continued attacking despite the Cold God and the Night's King having fled.
• Over the next week, the defenders ran short of dragonglass weapons, arrows, and burning oil, while Redd and the dragons grew exhausted from the unceasing battle.
• Redd descended from the Wall with King Ghidorah and Ehm to rest, leaving Aegon to help defend it, and eventually fell asleep.
• Redd awoke in an unfamiliar church and recognized its seven statues as a sign that he was in a god's domain.

Redd waited in an illusory space while preparing to summon King Ghidorah, then passed the time modifying the statues of the Seven to suit his tastes. The Seven entered the space and found Redd stuffing beads into the skeleton statue’s eye sockets.

• Redd sensed King Ghidorah's consciousness ready to enter the illusory space and felt reassured.
• Redd examined the seven statues and used his sword to alter their features and accessories.
• The Seven watched Redd's irreverent work and decided to meet him for a proper talk.
• The Seven opened the church doors and entered, finding Redd putting beads into the skeleton statue's eye sockets.

Redd finished decorating a skeleton statue with beads as the Seven arrived and offered to teach him how to control his powers. After repeatedly demonstrating how he manifested and controlled his mental will, the Seven led Redd to recognize what the black vapor really was.

• Redd hammered beads into the eye sockets of a skeleton statue and admired his finished work while the Seven watched.
• The Seven confronted Redd, who criticized him for leaving him waiting, and changed forms as they spoke.
• The Seven offered to teach Redd to control the powers within him, but Redd asked for books and was told the skill could only be grasped through practice.
• The Seven demonstrated drawing black vapor from his skeletal palm and pulling it back inside, then repeated the movement while Redd watched.
• After more than a dozen demonstrations, Redd realized the black vapor was the Seven's mental will made visible.

Redd learned to release black aura, then discovered that the Cold God's and Red God's laws also dwelled within him. The Seven explained that Redd could use these powers to reach the demigod realm, while warning that gods and demigods would covet him; Redd resolved to master all three powers.

• Redd released black aura around his body, and the Seven explained that it would return naturally or he could force it back inside.
• Redd chose to wait, and the black aura gradually seeped back into his body as the Seven watched from a distance.
• When Redd released the aura again, blue and red energies surged through him alongside the black, and the Seven's hand was frosted and burned when he touched them.
• The Seven told Redd that the Cold God's and Red God's laws could help him become a demigod, but would make him a target without their protection.
• Redd said he had already faced the Drowned God and would not yield, then asked why the Seven was helping him.
• The Seven said he wanted talented people like Redd to restore the world's balance, and Redd resolved to master the three powers and become a demigod.

Redd awakened to his newly activated law powers and discovered that the Cold God was cultivating an icy bloodline inside him, which his system could not heal. He returned to the Wall, switched dragons in the battle, and noticed magic from dying wights drifting toward him.

• The Seven explained the difference between magic and law authority, then disappeared after urging Redd to become a demigod before their next meeting.
• Redd sensed that a cold, dark bloodline from the Cold God was growing inside him and suppressing his Targaryen dragon bloodline.
• Redd tried using the system's healing ability to stop the icy bloodline, but it had no effect, so he left the problem alone for the time being.
• Redd ordered Aegon to withdraw and rest, sent King Ghidorah to take his place, and considered having King Ghidorah lead his dragons in the future.
• Redd returned to the Wall and saw that the wights' numbers had dwindled as the Cold God used them to wear down the human army.
• Redd sensed that magic spilled from each dying wight and drifted toward him.

After the Wights disappeared from the Haunted Forest, Redd explored his control over ice and fire while the survivors cleared and burned the dead. Rhaenyra summoned him to a Small Council meeting, but he teased and frightened her until she ran off.

• Redd discovered that magic released by dying Wights nourished his Bloodline of Ice, and he practiced controlling ice and fire within a limited range.
• The Commander-in-Chief sent Rangers into the Haunted Forest, and Tarth returned with the report that they had found no Wights.
• After hearing the report, Viserys, the Commander-in-Chief, Ellard, and the other nobles began clearing and burning the human and Wight bodies.
• Redd considered turning the corpses into Wights but rejected the idea to avoid revealing his ability and drawing suspicion.
• Rhaenyra told Redd to attend the Small Council meeting, and Redd pinched her cheek and threatened to spank her until she fled in fright.

Redd attended a meeting of Westeros’s great nobles, where they discussed the Night’s King and a possible expedition to the Lands of Always Winter. He refused to reveal anything about his journey there, leaving Ellard frustrated and the nobles focused on defending against the Night’s King.

• The nobles settled compensation for the soldiers killed, while Redd stayed silent.
• The meeting turned to the Night’s King, and Redd kept quiet about the Cold God and the larger conflict between the gods.
• Ellard opposed an expedition to the Lands of Always Winter, and Rhaenys asked Redd whether its conditions matched Ellard’s description.
• Redd questioned how Rhaenys knew he had been there, then redirected the discussion toward defending against the Night’s King and his army of Wights.
• Ellard urged Redd to share a way to survive in the Lands of Always Winter, but Redd denied having visited or knowing such a method.

Ellard learned from Redd that only Dragons and people with the gift of the Unburnt could survive the Lands of Always Winter, but Viserys refused to risk House Targaryen’s Dragonriders. After claiming his dragonglass payment, Redd was ambushed in Castle Black’s courtyard and called his Dragons for help.

• Ellard persuaded Redd to reveal that Dragons and people with the gift of the Unburnt might survive the Lands of Always Winter.
• Viserys evaded Ellard’s attempts to persuade him to send Dragonriders north, leaving the meeting tense.
• Ellard gave Redd the special piece of dragonglass, and Redd left without letting Ellard ask him for help.
• A crossbow bolt fired from the Godswood struck Redd’s shoulder as he encountered the Prince of Dorne in the courtyard.
• The Prince of Dorne joined armored knights in surrounding Redd, who commanded his nearby Dragons to come to his aid.

Redd and his dragons destroyed the forces that attacked him and laid waste to Castle Black. The chapter ended with Redd and the three dragons emerging from the ruins as Viserys watched without intervening.

• Redd drew the Ice Sword and fought the Prince of Dorne and the mounted knights, cutting through their ranks.
• King Ghidorah, Ehm, and Aegon flew toward Castle Black’s courtyard and destroyed its defenders with dragonfire and Gravity Beams, leaving Redd unharmed.
• Redd found the Prince of Dorne dead and ordered Ehm and Aegon through their Mental Connection to burn the soldiers on the walls.
• The dragons rampaged through Castle Black, destroying buildings and killing some of the nobles staying there while others escaped.
• Viserys watched the destruction and chose not to intervene, believing the truth would emerge after the disaster ended.
• Redd and his three dragons emerged from Castle Black’s ruins, with Redd riding on one dragon’s back.

After Redd accused the Prince of Dorne and the Night's Watch of ambushing him, he demanded revenge despite Viserys and Ellard trying to halt the conflict. Chief Tarth fired a Dragon-shooting Crossbow at Redd, triggering the Dragons’ assault and leaving Redd intent on slaughtering the attackers.

• Viserys rode Silverwing to the battlefield and demanded an explanation from Redd, who accused the Prince of Dorne of sending men to ambush and kill him.
• Ellard offered to give Redd an answer the next day, but Redd demanded immediate retribution against the Dornish and the Night's Watch.
• Roros Borrelly admitted his involvement and offered his own death, but Redd demanded the deaths of everyone involved and their families.
• Chief Tarth seized a Dragon-shooting Crossbow and fired at Redd, but King Ghidorah blocked the bolt with its head.
• Redd's three Dragons attacked the soldiers with flames and lightning, and Redd ordered them into the air to slaughter the attackers.

Redd rode King Ghidorah as the Dragon unleashed a storm and slaughtered the army near Castle Black, while Aegon mortally wounded Silverwing and Ehm fought off her rescuers. By dawn, nearly all the soldiers were dead, and Redd surveyed the devastation, including Silverwing’s corpse.

• Viserys ordered Silverwing to stop Redd, but Redd ignored him and led King Ghidorah into the air to attack the soldiers with lightning.
• Aegon tackled Silverwing from the sky, pinned her to the ground, and tore open her neck and stomach.
• Ehm blocked Meleys and Syrax from reaching Silverwing and fought both Dragons in the air.
• Redd rode King Ghidorah as he unleashed a tornado and lightning that devastated the army, while the soldiers’ weapons failed to harm him.
• By dawn, nearly all of the hundred-odd thousand soldiers had been killed or scattered, and Redd looked over the destruction near Castle Black.
• Redd saw Silverwing’s torn corpse among the bodies and blood-soaked snow.

After Silverwing died and the lords abandoned Viserys, he ordered Ellard to command the Night's Watch and confined Redd to Dragonstone. Ellard began rebuilding the Watch and uncovered evidence that Roros Borrelly had met mysterious red-robed figures.

• Redd found Silverwing dead and let his wounded dragons rest while he awaited an explanation from Ellard.
• Viserys saw that most of the noble lords had fled, while the survivors demanded that House Targaryen take a stand against Redd.
• Ellard accused Jack Dawg and the Night's Watch of conspiring with the Dornish to assassinate Redd, sparking a furious argument.
• Viserys silenced the meeting, appointed Ellard to command the Night's Watch, and ordered Redd to remain on Dragonstone.
• The noble lords took their troops home, and Ellard began reorganizing the Night's Watch and investigating Roros Borrelly.
• Ellard discovered that Roros Borrelly had met repeatedly with three mysterious red-robed figures five days earlier.