- Stannis is just days from King's Landing. Tyrion prepares for his arrival. Jon and Qhorin are taken prisoner by the wildlings. Catelyn is arrested for releasing Jaime. Arya, Gendry, and Hot Pie plan to escape from Harrenhal.
- Theon's sister Yara arrives at Winterfell with reinforcements but he still can't seem to earn her respect. She tells him he was stupid to kill the Stark boys as they were valuable prisoners. Theon learns that his father wants him to return home. North of the Wall, Jon had been taken prisoner by wildlings. At Harrenhal, Arya identifies the last of the three lives Jaquen H'ghar promised her for saving him. Robb is dismayed at the deal his mother has made with Jamie Lannister and places her under arrest. Danerys refuses to leave Qarth without her dragons and decides to retrieve them from the House of the Undying. Stannis and his army approach King's Landing from the sea. Tyrion plans for the defense of the city but Cersei wants him to keep her son King Jeoffrey out of the fighting. He realizes that he must take steps to protect Shae.—Abigail Thomas
- Jon Snow is brought to the Lord of Bones that wants to kill him, but Ygritte saves him claiming that he is a Stark. Jon sees that Halfhand that was captured and he wants Jon as a spy of the Wildings. Luwin sees Osha in the crypt and she shows Bran and Rickon alive, and the burned bodies belonged to the farm boys. Stannis and his fleet is arriving to King's Landing and Tyrion is plotting a plan to defend the castle, while Joffrey shows a false courage. Robb arrests Catelyn for releasing Jaime Lannister from his cell to exchange him for her two daughters.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- To Theon's dismay, his sister Yara and a party of troops arrive not with praise for his capture of Winterfell, but scolding it pointless, with orders from father to return to the Iron Islands, but he holds on, confident even Robb can't retake it easily. Stannis and his prospective hand Davos Seaworth ponder their larger fleet and army's chances of seizing the never-taken capital, where Tyrion desperately plots a defense with Varys as Cersei's misplaced stubborn pride and refusal to let Joffrey stand tall with his troops only increase the risk for all Lannisters to be slaughtered. Captured, Jon is taunted but saved by Ygrette from slaughter by band leader Lord of Bones, presented as interesting Stark hostage for actually full-blood Wildling king Mance and reunited with rescue party survivor watchman Halfhand, finding buried relics from the First Men. Dismayed Catelyn freed Jamie behind his back in a bid to save his sisters, Robb has her grounded under guard for treason, ignoring is kid brothers are safe, mistaken for the burned farm-boys. Danerys ignores Jorah's advice to leave Qarth, determined to retrieve the stolen dragons from the House of the Undying. Arya tricks Jaquen H'ghar to help her escape with friends.—KGF Vissers
- Robb learns that Catelyn secretly freed Jaime Lannister, who Brienne is escorting to ransom him in exchange for Sansa and Arya; Robb places his mother under house arrest and sends men to capture Jaime. Robb is attracted to a spirited medic, Talisa Maegyr, a woman from Volantis. Yara arrives at Winterfell and criticizes Theon's seizing it, saying it has no strategic value to the Ironborn. He refuses to return to Pyke with her. When Tywin leaves Harrenhal to attack Robb, Arya coerces H'ghar into helping her, Gendry, and their friend, Hot Pie to escape. In King's Landing, Cersei attempts to blackmail Tyrion by abducting Ros, whom the former believes is his secret lover. Joffrey chastises Varys for not having more knowledge of Stark positions, and prepares to lead the attack against Stannis himself. En route to King's Landing, Stannis promises to make Davos his Hand of the King. Beyond the Wall, the Wildling leader, "Rattleshirt", leads the captured Jon and Halfhand to his king, Mance Rayder. At the Fist of the First Men, the brothers of the Night's Watch find a hidden cache of dragonglass weapons, left there by a previous Night's Watch brother. In Qarth, Jorah agrees to accompany Daenerys to the House of the Undying to retrieve her dragons. Brandon and Rickon are revealed to be alive and hiding in Winterfell.
- Robb learns that Catelyn has secretly freed Jaime, now escorted by Brienne, in order to ransom Sansa and Arya; Robb locks her in her tent (he believes that Jaime has played her for a fool and that the sisters will never be returning home) and sends men to find them. He also enters into a romantic relationship with Talisa. Robb says that he is fighting this war for justice and that the Starks will never be safe till the Lannisters are defeated. Catelyn reminds Robb that he is promised to the Frey girl in exchange for the bridge crossing. Despite everything Talisa and Robb have sex. Robb then decides to send a splinter-force (Ramsay the bastard son of Roose Bolton) towards Winterfell to free his brothers from Theon.
Yara arrives at Winterfell to bring Theon back to Pyke, criticizing him for his actions of killing Bran and Rickon (as the Stark boys were more valuable alive than dead). Theon stands his ground and refuses to leave Winterfell. Yara hasn't brought the 500 men with her that Theon needs to defend Winterfell. Yara knows that Robb will send his army when he finds that Theon killed his brothers, but Theon says that he killed all the ravens and has custody of all the horses. No way for Robb to find out. Yara leaves, telling Theon that she loves him and that he should not die alone, so far away from his home.
Tywin gets word that Stannis is on his way to King's landing and the city will fall within an hour of their arrival. Stannis will execute Joffrey and Cersei. Tywin decides to leaves Harrenhal to attack Robb, which leads Arya, Gendry, and their friend Hot Pie (Ben Hawkey) to attempt an escape with the help of H'Ghar, who agrees in order for Arya to refrain from naming H'Ghar himself as the third man to kill. Arya wanted Jaqen to kill Tywin, but by the time she found him, he had already left Harrenhall. So, she decides to escape.
Tyrion is busy planning the defense of Blackwater bay. He and Varys determine that the weakest gate closest to the water is the Mud Gate. This is where Stannis will land. They intend to welcome him with Wildfire. In King's Landing, Cersei attempts to blackmail Tyrion (for he sent Mrycella away and now plans to having Joffrey fight the Stannis army on the beaches) by abducting Ros (Esmé Bianco), whom the former believes to be his secret lover. Cersei says that Ros will die if anything happens to Joffrey on the battlefield. Tyrion is glad that Cersei doesn't know that his true love is Shae. Varys tells Tyrion that Daenerys lives and has 3 dragons with her.
On the way to King's Landing, Stannis promises Davos (Renly's man who saw the shadow being born) he'll make him his Hand of the King. Stannis says that when Robert and Ned rebelled against the mad king, Robert ordered Stannis to defend a castle with just 500 men. The castle was surrounded by the Mad King's forces. The food ran out. The men ate horses, then dogs and then rats. Still Stannis did not surrender. Davos sailed through in his boat, breaking the siege, and brought onions for the starving troops. Stannis laments that when Robert won, he gave the castle to Renly, who never fought a day in his life. But now, Robert is dead, and Stannis is the rightful heir to the throne.
Beyond the Wall, the Wildling leader "Rattleshirt" leads the captured Jon and Halfhand to his king, Rayder. Rattleshirt wants to kill Jon, but Ygritte argues that Jon is Ned's son and a man of the Night's watch and that Mance would want to meet him. Halfhand has been captured as well, but the other men of their party have been killed. Rattleshirt tells Jon that Mance intends to march on the wall. At the Fist of the First Men, the brothers of the Night's Watch find a hidden cache of dragon-glass wrapped in cloth of the Night's watch. It is also called Obsidian.
In Qarth, Jorah agrees to accompany Daenerys into the House of the Undying (House of Prat Pree) to retrieve her dragons. The House of Undying is the house of magic. If Daenerys enters, she may never leave again. Brandon and Rickon are revealed to be alive and hiding in Winterfell. The farmer had sacrificed the orphans to save the Stark boys.
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