Recaps

Edd Flint used his newly awakened powers to defeat the Bloodheart Clan, the demon B'lack, and Alys Rivers while expanding House Flint’s domain. He began studying and creating magic, then awakened Bran and Ralf to new abilities as Maester Albert chose to record and teach what they learned.

• Edd Flint asserted his authority over House Flint, announced plans to develop the domain, and showed Maester Albert a Glass Candle tied to his past and near-fatal poisoning.
• The Glass Candle transformed Edd in the Dream World, giving him a Golden Eye and strange powers that he used to control the heart tree and confront a threat to the castle.
• The Bloodheart Clan occupied House Flint’s mine, while Ralf "Eel" learned that Bel’s strength came from a mysterious ritual promising treasure.
• Edd used his powers to foil the Ironborn pirates’ attack, then led House Flint’s forces against the Bloodheart Clan and its rising Wights.
• At the Blackstone Ruins, Edd fought and swallowed the demon B'lack, sealed the evil spirit Alys Rivers in dragonglass, and absorbed a surge of power.
• Edd created White Holy Tree as a thinking assistant and began transforming B'lack into a Demonspawn to produce creatures for magic and labor.
• Edd organized House Flint’s recovery and development, assigned his allies new duties, and asked Bran, Ralf, and Maester Albert what magic meant to them.
• Edd awakened Bran with a Child of the Forest’s soul and Ralf with a Demon Child’s soul, while Maester Albert declined awakening and chose to study and teach magic.

Eddard transformed Crystal’s Scar with demons, dragonglass, machinery, trade, and a school for magic, while forming alliances and confronting threats from the Ironborn and Clan Warriors. The arc leaves the settlement under attack as Eddard sends the Faceless One to disrupt the enemy camp.

• Eddard created and tested Dragonglass Lesser Demons, developed a steam engine, and put the demons to work opening House Flint’s mine.
• Eddard defeated Mord Farwynd and Emmy Blacktyde’s pirate raid, then explored the Blackstone Ruins, absorbed their demonic array, and transformed Alys Rivers into the Dragonglass Spider Mother.
• Rogers Ryswell swore allegiance to Eddard, and Eddard struck trade deals with Masse T, including a sale of a steam engine and an agreement to supply goods and slaves.
• The Lord of Light manifested through Sinvara, gave Eddard part of its body, and Sinvara pledged herself and her followers to his cause.
• Eddard established a magic academy, where students learned to enter the Dream World and the Dragonglass Magic Array awakened runic powers in more than fifty people.
• Eddard negotiated trade and a water system with envoys from the Iron Islands, while Alan Farwynd agreed to protect Eddard’s merchant ships in exchange for House Flint’s support.
• Eddard subdued an ancient organism and sealed it in dragonglass as the Drowned God, while Clan Warriors attacked Hot Spring Village and summoned demons through blood sacrifice.
• Eddard sent the Faceless One to infiltrate the Clan Warriors’ camp, where it possessed transformed warriors and turned them against one another.