- Daenerys receives an unexpected visitor. Jon faces resistance. Tyrion plans the conquest of Westeros. Cersei gathers her allies. Arya has a reunion with old friends. Sam risks his career and life.
- Tyrion convinces Daenerys, who gruesomely doubts Varys's motivation, to avoid a bloodbath attacking King's Landing, rather sending Theon and Yara's Iron fleet to ship the Dornish army from Sunspear and lay siege with the Tyrell troops, while Unsullied are shipped to Lannister home Casterly Rock. Jon Snow is haughtily invited to acknowledge 'his queen' Daenerys at Dragonstone, where Grey Worm and Missandei consummate their love. Cersei summons several lords, demanding fealty, while Jaime offers to elevate Randyll Tarly as Warden of the South, undoing loyalty to house Tyrell. Qyburn shows Cersei a prototype ballista to kill dragons. Cook Hot Pie tells Arya the Boltons are smashed by Jon, the new King in the North, who leaves Sansa in charge at Winterfell as he sails against all Northern lords' advice to request Daenerys' help against the Winter forces after harshly warns Littlefinger to keep off Sansa. Samwell performs a forbidden surgery on Jorah's 'greyscale' infection. Euron's fleet crushes Yara's, killing Obara and Nymeria and capturing Ellaria, Tyene and Yara, only Theon, experiencing flashbacks as Reek, jumps overboard.—KGF Vissers
- Daenerys heeds Tyrion's advice not to take King's Landing by force, which would kill thousands. Yara's fleet is sent to Sunspear to transport the Dornish army to lay siege to King's Landing alongside the Tyrell forces; the Unsullied are to take Casterly Rock. Daenerys challenges Varys' loyalty and threatens to burn him alive if he ever betrays her. Melisandre arrives and encourages Daenerys to invite Jon Snow to Dragonstone, saying he is integral to the war. Grey Worm and Missandei consummate their relationship. Cersei summons several lords, demanding their fealty, while Jaime offers to elevate Randyll Tarly as Warden of the South. Qyburn shows Cersei a prototype ballista capable of killing dragons. Arya is reunited with Hot Pie, who tells her the Boltons are dead and Jon is now King in the North. She resets course for Winterfell. Jon sets sails for Dragonstone to request Daenerys' help against the White Walkers, leaving Sansa in charge at Winterfell. He warns Littlefinger to never touch Sansa. Samwell performs a forbidden surgery on Jorah's greyscale infection. Euron's fleet attacks Yara's, killing Obara and Nymeria and capturing Ellaria, Tyene, and Yara. Theon, experiencing flashbacks as Reek, jumps overboard.
- Daenerys confronts Varys over his previously shifting allegiances. Varys declares he is loyal to the people, and Daenerys secures his oath to tell her directly if she fails the people, threatening to execute him if he betrays her.
Daenerys grants an audience to Melisandre, who urges her to meet Jon Snow. Tyrion vouches for Jon and recommends the Starks as allies. Daenerys instructs Tyrion to summon Jon to bend the knee. Yara Greyjoy and Ellaria Sand support an overwhelming offensive on King's Landing. Unwilling to destroy the territory she plans on ruling, Daenerys instead adopts Tyrion's plan to have her Westerosi allies besiege King's Landing, while the Unsullied will take Casterly Rock.
Before departing to lead his army, Grey Worm reveals to Missandei he never feared before loving her. Missandei is moved by his words and they make love.
Archmaester Ebrose tells Sam that Jorah's greyscale is now untreatable, Jorah has about six months of sanity left, and suicide is his only alternative to exile in Valyria. Sam discovers a treatment; Ebrose tells him it is forbidden because it risks transmission, but Sam performs the agonizing procedure in secret.
Jon receives Daenerys' message. Sansa and Davos advocate refusal, but Davos notes that dragonfire can stop the undead. After receiving Sam's information about dragonglass on Dragonstone, Jon decides to go, despite uniform opposition from his loyalists. Jon names Sansa as regent, surprising her, and threatens Littlefinger to stop pursuing Sansa when he tries to ingratiate himself with Jon.
Arya goes to an inn where she encounters Hot Pie. After him telling her that Jon has retaken Winterfell, she decides to head north. She's beset by a wolfpack, the leader of the pack being her direwolf Nymeria, whom she drove off years earlier. Arya invites her north but Nymeria instead leaves her be with Arya stating, "That's not you."
Cersei appeals to all the lords of Westeros, including House Tyrell's former bannermen, for support against Daenerys, who Cersei portrays as a dangerous foreign invader. Jaime offers to make Randyll Tarly Warden of the South if he becomes Jaime's second-in-command. Qyburn demonstrates a scorpion, a projectile weapon able to pierce dragon skulls.
Euron's fleet attacks Yara's navy. Euron kills Obara and Nymeria Sand; his men abduct Ellaria and Tyene Sand, while he takes Yara prisoner. Theon, triggered by the violence, jumps overboard, abandoning Yara.
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