Recaps

Redd led his fleet into Lys under fire, while King Ghidorah destroyed the city’s defenses and the Black-Robed Men’s weapons. A wildfire trap devastated the palace, and Redd flew to the harbor as Daemon and Tormund attacked his remaining ships.

• Nissa used her ancestral conch to order the surviving fishfolk and sea beasts into the depths, then left with her daughter after deciding her debt to Tormund was paid.
• Redd ordered the poisoned, blood-soaked planks removed and kept as a gift for Lys, then led the damaged fleet toward the city despite Douglas’s warnings about its narrow channels.
• Lys’s ballistae wrecked several ships, but Redd ordered the fleet to continue, and King Ghidorah destroyed the incoming bolts and drove the defenders from the walls.
• Douglas landed troops in Lys and surrounded the Magistrate’s palace while the Black-Robed Men assembled cannons and fired at King Ghidorah, wounding its wing.
• Redd ordered King Ghidorah to disable the Black-Robed Men’s weapons and capture their leader, then questioned the nameless maester before the palace erupted in wildfire.
• King Ghidorah sheltered Redd and Douglas beneath its wing as the palace burned and collapsed, leaving Douglas badly burned and most of the others dead.
• Redd flew toward the harbor, where Daemon attacked with Bloodworm and Tormund’s fifteen warships struck Redd’s fleet with catapults and dragonfire.
• Tormund’s veterans boarded the remaining ships as Lys’s defenders fired from the walls, while Bloodworm circled overhead and Redd’s outnumbered men, including Wang and Kid, were killed.

Redd’s ambush at Lys failed when King Ghidorah destroyed Tormund’s fleet and defeated both enemy dragons. Redd captured Daemon and subjected him to brutal mutilation, leaving him alive and unable to speak.

• Daemon and Tormund’s forces ambushed Redd’s fleet, but King Ghidorah’s golden lightning devastated Lys’s harbor and destroyed Tormund’s warships.
• Redd survived the wildfire attack and returned to King Ghidorah, while Daemon’s wounded Bloodworm crashed at the eastern docks.
• Tormund’s Raging Tide attacked King Ghidorah, and Bloodworm joined the fight, but King Ghidorah wounded both dragons on the beach.
• Redd fought Tormund, crushed his hand, and later pinned Daemon to the beach with an Ice Spear after Daemon attacked him.
• Redd ordered Douglas to guard Daemon, then used an Ice Spear to kill Bloodworm as King Ghidorah tore Raging Tide apart.
• Tormund told Redd the Fishmen would eventually seek revenge, and King Ghidorah killed him with golden lightning.
• Redd pulled the Ice Spear from Daemon’s shoulder and cut off both his arms.
• Redd mutilated Daemon’s mouth, leaving him able to make only gurgling sounds.

Redd destroyed Lys and brought the Free Cities under his control, while Viserys tried to secure his restraint by offering him the title King of the Narrow Sea. As Viserys weakened and drew Rhaenyra away, she began building support among the lords, while Alicent and Otto maneuvered to protect their position.

• Redd’s single-use bone knife drained Daemon and crumbled, and news of Lys’s destruction spread across the Free Cities.
• Redd returned to Dragonstone and appointed Jasent, Theora, Marcus, and Douglas to oversee the nine Free Cities as Tyrosh and Myr submitted to him.
• Viserys saw Daemon’s mummified corpse and collapsed, while King Ghidorah devoured the dead dragons Bloodworm and Raging Tide.
• Viserys confessed to Rhaenyra that he had used Daemon to distract Redd and asked her to convey his offer of the title King of the Narrow Sea.
• Rhaenyra told Redd that Viserys would recognize his rule over the waters around Dragonstone, and secured his promise not to bring his forces into Blackwater Bay or beyond Driftmark.
• Rhaenyra returned to King's Landing and reported Redd’s promise to Viserys, who showed relief but offered her no thanks or acknowledgment.
• Alicent wrote to Otto about Rhaenyra’s visit, and Otto advised Alicent to act friendly toward Rhaenyra while waiting for Viserys to seek his counsel again.
• Rhaenyra began assessing the lords’ support and asked Rhaenys to fly Driftmark’s banner alongside House Targaryen’s, but learned that Viserys planned to attend the Small Council again.

After Viserys recovered and considered summoning Otto Hightower, Redd returned to King's Landing and confronted the growing struggle over Rhaenyra's succession. He left the capital with the political conflict unresolved and a Dragon Dreamer's vision raising new questions about Valyria.

• Viserys recovered, learned that others had known of Dorne's submission before him, and considered summoning Otto Hightower to counter Rhaenyra.
• Redd learned that Viserys had sent for Otto, flew King Ghidorah to King's Landing, and reunited with Rhaenyra before joining the royal family for dinner.
• Redd warned Rhaenyra to remove anyone who threatened her and Jaehaerys's future, even telling her to eliminate Viserys if he tried to replace her as heir.
• Redd met Alicent in the Godswood, revealed that he knew of her and Otto's schemes, and urged her to abandon the plan to put Aegon on the throne.
• Redd reunited with Mysaria and heard that Dragonstone and the Stepstones were stable, but six exploration teams sent to the Valyrian Peninsula had disappeared.
• Redd read Rhaenyra's letters to influential nobles and found no firm promises of support for her succession.
• Helaena came to Redd's study and described a vision of dragons flying toward a place of rocks, fire, and black smoke, with Redd leading them.
• Redd linked Helaena's vision to Valyria but suspected it might be meant to manipulate or delay him, so he resolved not to follow it automatically.