![[Image: Beyond The Wall]](/images/thekingsroadmap/points/the-wall.png)
Winter Is Coming
The Night's Watch encounters White Walkers. Two rangers are killed and one escapes, deserting his post.
![[Image: King's Landing]](/images/thekingsroadmap/points/kingslanding.png)
Winter Is Coming
The body of Jon Arryn, the deceased Hand of the King is prepared for funeral.
![[Image: Winterfell]](/images/thekingsroadmap/points/winterfell.png)
Winter Is Coming
Bran climbs the walls of the castle and catches Queen Cersei and her brother in an incestuous relationship. Jamie shoves him out of the high tower window.
![[Image: Pentos]](/images/thekingsroadmap/points/pentos.png)
Winter Is Coming
Exiled Prince Viserys trades his sister's hand in marriage for the promise of an army that will help him invade Westeros. Daenerys and Khal Drogo are married and receive wedding gifts, including three petrified dragon eggs.
The Kingsroad
A fire breaks out at the castle and an assassin tries to murder Bran, but his direwolf saves his life. Catelyn finds out that the Lannisters were involved in her son's fall and travels to King's Landing to warn her husband, Ned.
Lord Snow
The Wildlings are growing in number, and rumors that the White Walkers have returned are spreading.
Lord Snow
Catelyn arrives to secretly warn her husband about the Lannisters.
![[Image: Vaes Dothrak]](/images/thekingsroadmap/points/vaes-dothrak.png)
Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things
Viserys waits for the army Khal Drogo promised him. He and Daenerys get into a fight, but she stands up to him, threatening to cut his hands off if he hits her again.
Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things
Tyrion gives a crippled Bran blueprints for a saddle that will allow him to ride again after being paralyzed from the waist down after his fall.
![[Image: Crossroads]](/images/thekingsroadmap/points/kingsroad.png)
Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things
Tyrion stops for the night and spots Catelyn Stark in disguise.
The Wolf and the Lion
Lady Catelyn Stark leads her prisoner Tyrion through the Mountains of the Moon to get to the Vale. A barbarian tribe attacks them and Tyrion saves Catelyn's life.
![[Image: The Eyrie]](/images/thekingsroadmap/points/eyrie.png)
The Wolf and the Lion
Tyrion is held captive in the sky cell dungeon
The Wolf and the Lion
Robert orders Daenerys and her unborn child to be assassinated. Ned and his guards are ambushed by Jaime Lannister after inquiring about Jon Arryn's death, and Ned's guards are killed after a brutal fight. Ned and Jaime duel and Ned is speared through the leg by one of Jaime's guards.
The Golden Crown
Eddard learns Joffrey is not Robert's real son.
The Golden Crown
Daenerys drops one of the dragon eggs in a glowing-hot fire and is mysteriously not burned when she picks up the blisteringly hot egg.
The Golden Crown
Viserys gets drunk and draws his sword on his sister, threatening to cut out her child if her husband doesn't give him the army he promised to take back the Seven Kingdoms. Khal Drogo agrees to give him the "Golden Crown" - pouring molten gold over his head. He dies in agony. Daenerys: "He was no dragon. Fire cannot kill a dragon."
You Win or You Die
We learn the Wildlings are fleeing south in order to escape from the White Walkers.
You Win or You Die
Ned confronts Queen Cersei about her relationship with her brother and tells her to flee far away from the capital before he reveals the truth to her husband. Robert is mortally wounded by a boar and Ned rewrites his last will to ambiguously leave the throne to his "rightful heir." Cersei tears up Robert's will at Joffrey's coronation and a bloody altercation ends in Ned's capture.
The Pointy End
Robb marches South with his army and captures a Lannister scout. They let him go with a message to Tywin that the North is coming for him.
The Pointy End
Jon is attacked by an undead ranger. Jon drives his sword through his chest, but the ranger continues to fight. After cutting off his arm, Jon finally hurls his lantern at the ranger and destroys it by fire.
![[Image: The Village of Lhazareen]](/images/thekingsroadmap/points/lhazareen.png)
The Pointy End
Khal Drogo raids a village for supplies to invade the Seven Kingdoms. Daenerys stands up to her husband and orders the women be married to the raiders rather than enslaved.
![[Image: The Twins]](/images/thekingsroadmap/points/the-twins.png)
Baelor
Robb's army captures Jaime Lannister. Jaime offers Robb a one-on-one duel but Robb refuses.
Baelor
Khal Drogo is weak from a chest wound and falls off his saddle. Ser Jorah Mormont warns Daenerys that if he dies, the tribe will kill her and her unborn child to make sure he is not the successor. Daenerys encourages Mirri to use blood magic (despite being warned that only death can pay for life) to save Drogo. Mirri slits Drogo's horse's throat and orders everyone to leave while she performs the spell. However, Daenerys goes into premature labor, and Mormont desperately carries her into the tent for help
Baelor
A crowd forms at the Great Sept of Baelor to watch Ned judged before the gods. He offers a false confession but King Joffrey mercilessly beheads him.
![[Image: The Riverlands]](/images/thekingsroadmap/points/westerlands.png)
Fire and Blood
At the Stark army camp, Catelyn interrogates prisoner Jaime Lannister and he confesses to pushing Bran out of the tower window but refuses to explain why.
Fire and Blood
Daenerys finds out her unborn son died in the spell that saved her husband's life. Mirri reveals she intentionally misled Daenerys to avenge the destruction of her village. Daenerys gives Drogo the mercy of death by smothering him with a pillow. She binds Mirri the witch to his pyre and steps into the fire herself with her three dragon eggs. The next morning, she emerges from the ashes with three dragon hatchlings in her hand.
![[Image: The Red Waste]](/images/thekingsroadmap/points/red-waste.png)
The North Remembers
Daenerys, after the deaths of her husband and stillborn baby, travels across the desert with her newborn dragons and what's left of her Dothraki tribe.
The North Remembers
Tyrion arrives as Hand of the King to Joffrey, taking over the duties from his father, Tywin Lannister.
The North Remembers
Robb Stark and his Northern Army continue to lead a winning campaign against the Lannister's, winning many key battles.
![[Image: Dragonstone]](/images/thekingsroadmap/points/dragonstone.png)
The Night Lands
Stannis Baratheon, oldest brother of deceased king Robert Bartheon, impregnates the fire priestess Melisandre. Stannis and his younger brother Renley, are locked in a battle for the Iron Throne after discovering Joffrey is not the true heir.
The Night Lands
Arya Stark, having fled King's Landing after the execution of her father, and disguised as a boy, travels with a caravan toward the Wall.
![[Image: Iron Islands]](/images/thekingsroadmap/points/iron-islands.png)
What Is Dead May Never Die
Theon Greyjoy arrives at Pyke, on the orders of Robb Stark, to convince his father, Lord of the Iron Islands, to join the Stark army.
Garden of Bones
Robb Stark wins another decisive battle against the Lannisters, further demoralizing their forces.
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Garden of Bones
Arya Stark and the caravan reach the cursed city of Harrenhal, where she is saved from torture by none other than Tywin Lannister, the man seeking to defeat her brother's army. Tywin makes Arya his cupbearer after noticing she was a girl.
![[Image: The Stormlands]](/images/thekingsroadmap/points/stormlands.png)
Garden of Bones
Pregnant priestess Melisandre gives birth to Stannis Baratheon' s "child" - a horrific shadow that disappears into thin air.
The Ghost of Harrenhal
PThe Shadow that Melisandre gave birth to murders Renley Baratheon, making it look like his guard, Lady Brienne, killed the would-be king. Brienne then flees with Catelyn Stark.
The Old Gods and the New
After Theon Greyjoy betrayed Robb Stark and joined his father's forces, he sets up an attack to distract the guards at Winterfell, taking it for his own. As the self-proclaimed Lord of Winterfell, Theon executes long-standing Stark ally, Ser Rodrik.
The Old Gods and the New
Jon Snow, after getting separated from the rest of the Night's Watch, gets stranded Beyond the Wall with a Wildling woman, Ygritte.
![[Image: Qarth]](/images/thekingsroadmap/points/qarth.png)
The Old Gods and the New
Daenerys, having taken refuge in the Greatest City that Ever Was or Will Be, finds her entourage slain and her three dragons missing.
A Man Without Honor
Ygritte manages to slip away from Jon Snow, leading to his capture by the Wildlings.
A Man Without Honor
Jaime Lannister escapes from his capture at the Stark camp by murdering his cousin and cell mate, only to be recaptured. But, Catelyn Stark, desperate to trade Jaime for the safe return of her two daughters, lets Jaime go, infuriating Robb.
The Prince of Winterfell
Arya escapes Tywin Lannister with the help of the Faceless Man, Jaqen, in hopes of reuniting with her family, who still believe her to be with her sister in King's Landing.
Blackwater
Stannis's army has arrived at King's Landing to overthrow the Lannisters. At the Battle of Blackwater, Tyrion outsmarts Stannis, but is almost killed in the battle on the orders of his sister, the Queen. Stannis's army is defeated for good once the calvary forces of Tywin Lannister join the battle.
Valar Morghulis
Tywin replaces his son Tyrion as the Hand of the King. Renley Baratheon's widow, Lady Margaery Tyrell, wants desperately to be queen, and takes the opportunity to ask King Joffrey to marry her. Joffrey ends his betrothel to Sansa and agrees to marry Margaery.
Valar Morghulis
Robb Stark disregards his arranged marriage with Lord Frey's daughter and marries Lady Talisa, a nurse he met on the battlefield.
Valar Morghulis
Daenerys is drawn to the House of the Undying to find her stolen dragons. She outsmarts the warlock Pyat Pree and has her dragons burn him to death. Now, free and reunited with her dragons, Daenerys pillages Qarth of its riches to buy a ship to take her back to claim the throne in Westeros.
Valar Morghulis
Jon Snow joins the Wildlings, after proving his allegiance by "murdering" another member of the Night's Watch. An entire army of White Walkers marches from far Beyond the Wall toward the camp of the unsuspecting Night's Watch, and beyond that, Westeros.
Valar Dohaeries
Jon Snow's direwolf saves the life of Sam Tarly, who rejoins the Night's Watch members as they head back to the Wall to warn every one of the White Walkers marching army.
Valar Dohaeries
Tyrion Lannister, recovered from his injury at the Battle of Blackwater, has lost his position as Hand of the King to his father, and is vehemently denied his request to take the house seat at Casterly Rock.
Valar Dohaeries
The rich fiance of King Joffrey, Margaery Tyrell, is embraced by the people, and reminds Cersei whose money is paying for the recent influx of supplies to the city.
Valar Dohaeries
Jon Snow meets Mance Rayder, the infamous King Beyond the Wall.
![[Image: Astapor]](/images/thekingsroadmap/points/astapor.png)
Valar Dohaeries
Daenerys Targaryen arrives in Astapor, a slaver city, and encounters another assassination attempt on her life, only to be saved by Barristan "The Bold" Selmy.
Dark Wings, Dark Words
Bran continues to have dreams of a three-eyed raven. He meets Jojen Reed, who can see the future. Jojen tells Bran he is a warg – someone that can communicate with animals.
Dark Wings, Dark Words
Jon Snow meets an actual warg, like his half-brother Bran, and continues to get in good with Mance Rayder, the King North of the Wall.
Dark Wings, Dark Words
Catelyn Stark gets word that her father, Lord Tully of Riverrun, has died. Robb's army will now march north for the funeral. Catelyn also expresses her guilt over the dark cloud on the Stark family, feeing responsible since she prayed for Jon Snow to die when he was just an infant.
Dark Wings, Dark Words
Arya Stark, still on the road after escaping Harrenhal, encounter Thoros of Myr and the Brotherhood without Banners. The Brotherhood take them to their hideout where Arya finds one of their other prisoners – the Hound. The Hound is the first one in a long time to recognize Arya for who she really is.
Dark Wings, Dark Words
Sansa meets the grandmother behind the cunning Margaery Tyrell - the Queen of Thornes, Olenna Tyrell. At their meeting, Sansa gives the Tyrell women what they want - information about Joffrey. "He's a monster," Sansa tells them.
Dark Wings, Dark Words
Jaime Lannister finally gets his hands on one of Brienne of Tarth's swords, and even in shackles he puts up a valiant fight. Before the swordfight ends, they are captured by House Bolden, bannermen loyal to Robb Stark.
![[Image: At the Dreadfort]](/images/thekingsroadmap/points/dreadfort.png)
Dark Wings, Dark Words
Theon Greyjoy, after unsuccessfully reinforcing his tenure as Lord of Winterfell, is tortured – including getting his fingernails ripped out.
Walk of Punishment
After previously handing Tyrion a verbal smackdown when asking for the seat at Casterly Rock, Tywin Lannister shocks the realm by appointing Tyrion Master of the Coin.
![[Image: Riverrun]](/images/thekingsroadmap/points/riverrun.png)
Walk of Punishment
Robb Stark, despite his numerous battle victories, meets with strategists to plan their next attack – but Robb knows that no number of victories will help him as long as Tywin Lannister is still alive.
Walk of Punishment
What members of the Night's Watch remain double back to the Wall, stopping once again at Craster's Keep. There, they find Craster has become even more unstable - and also find one of Craster's many wives in labor.
Walk of Punishment
Danerys, desperate for an army, makes the leader of the slave army an offer she hopes he can't refuse - one of her dragons.
Walk of Punishment
While captives of the Brave Companion, Brienne is attacked with the presumption that she will be raped by her and Jaime Lannister's captors. After hearing her desperate screams, Jaime tells the leader of the Brave Companion of Brienne's wealthy lineage. He stops the attack once he knows he might have more at his hands than he thought.
Walk of Punishment
Jaime continues to bargain with the Brave Companion's leader, offering him wealth and power. In the end, the Kingslayer's words, unlike his brother Tyrion's, get him nowhere. Instead, his words cost him his hand.
And Now His Watch is Ended
Knowing that Jaime Lannister is worth far more alive than dead doesn't stop his captors from beating him while the Kingslayer wears his severed arm around his neck. When Jaime whines and wants to give up, Brienne reminds him that the silver spoon has fallen from his mouth, and this is the real world – a world where you have to fight for the things that are important to you.
And Now His Watch is Ended
Theon Greyjoy is on the move after escaping and being rescued by an unknown friend, who says his sister is waiting for him with open arms. Instead he is once more delivered into the hands of vicious torturers.
And Now His Watch is Ended
Varys, with the help of Ros, deduces that Littlefinger plans to take Sansa Stark with him to the Eyrie as a power play to secure an army in case Sansa's brother Robb falls. In an attempt to undermine him, Varys and Olenna, Queen of Thornes, step in knowing which move to play – have Sansa marry Loras Tyrell.
And Now His Watch is Ended
The Night's Watch is still holed up at Craster's waiting for their wounded to heal. Tired of Craster's condescension and their own starvation, a Crow kills Craster, starting a fight that ends in the death of many – including the Lord Commander. It gives Sam the opportunity to run away with Gilly and her newborn son.
And Now His Watch is Ended
Daenerys, having bought herself an army in exchange for one of her dragons, inspects her 8,000 soldiers. Speaking Valyrian, Dany instructs her newly acquired army to slay their former masters and free all the salves in the city. Her dragon burns the city, and the soldiers agree in unison to fight for her as free men as they march from Astapor.
Kissed by Fire
Turns out the Brotherhood Without Banners serve the Lord of Light, just like Melisandre. The Hound and Arya see firsthand what the Lord of Light is capable of – bringing back Beric Dondarrion to life after The Hound seemingly kills him in a trail by combat.
Kissed by Fire
Jon Snow continues to try and shed his Crow reputation. Ygritte assists him – by taking him to a cave and helping him break his Night's Watch vow of celibacy.
Kissed by Fire
Stannis visits his disturbed wife, who keeps their three fetal sons preserved in large jars. His guilt is erased when she tells him she knows about his affair with Melisandre, and couldn't be happier that the fire priestess gave him a son, since she never could.
Kissed by Fire
Jaime Lannister has his arm tended to, and joins Brienne in the large bathing bath. Initially mortified, Brienne stands up to Jaime, which prompts him to apologize, ask for a truce and tell her the story of how he became he Kingslayer.
Kissed by Fire
Jaime explains that as a member of the King's Guard, he was asked by the merciless Mad King to murder his own father after Tywin Lannister abandoned the Targaryen's and joined Robert Baratheon's forces. He chose to save the life of his father and prevent the Mad King from burning the city's people alive, only to be seen by Ned Stark – which initiated Ned's dislike for Jaime.
Kissed by Fire
Tywin Lannister believes the two young Stark sons are dead, and that Sansa is the heir to Winterfell. In an effort to prevent the Tyrells from landing Sansa as a member of their family, Tywin orders Tryion to wed her before she can be married off to Loras Tyrell. However, that doesn't mean that Loras Tyrell won't have a new wife soon. Tywin then tells the smug Queen Regent, Cersei, that she will wed him instead.
Kissed by Fire
Robb Stark beheads Lord Karstark after he and his mean murdered two Lannister boys in cold blood. When Karstark lost his head, Robb Stark lost half his forces. He tells his wife Talisa he now knows the only person that can help him is Walden Frey – the father of the woman he had promised to marry.
The Climb
Bran Stark and co. are slowly but surely making progress North. A squabble between Osha and Meere Reed erupts but is squashed when Jojen Reed experiences a vision- an experience that results in a seizure.
The Climb
Jon Snow, Ygritte and a group of Wildlings prepare to climb the 700 feet of solid ice that makes up the Wall. She acknowledges to him privately that she knows he isn't ready to betray the Night's Watch. She doesn't mind - as long as he never betrays her.
The Climb
Theon's mysterious torturer continues to play games with Lord Greyjoy. He tells Theon a mix of lies and truths, the only one of which Theon can believe is that, "If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention."
The Climb
Melisandre has gotten word that Thoros has brought Beric back to life six times under the power of the Lord of Light. She meets up with the Brotherhood without Banners empty handed, but leaves with Gendry (Robert Baratheon's illegitimate son).
The Climb
The unlikely friendship between Brienne of Tarth and Jaime Lannister might be coming to an end, as Sir Roose Bolton tells Jaime he is allowed to return to King's Landing -without Brienne. Instead, she will be kept and tried for treason.
The Climb
Tywin Lannister meets with Olenna Tyrell to come to terms on his marriage demands (to take Sansa away from Loras's marriage bed and put Cersei there, and match Sansa with Tyrion). Olenna agrees to the matches - but only after Tywin threatens to assign Loras to the King's Guard, where he will have no children and no way to carry on the Tyrell name.
The Climb
Littlefinger reveals to Varys that he knows Ros was feeding him information - the punishment for Littlefinger's former prostitute and right hand? Death by three arrows strategically shot at her courtesy of King Joffrey and his crossbow.
The Climb
Jon Snow and Ygritte are nearly sacrificed scaling the Wall after a downfall of ice disrupts their climbing party. They manage to survive the setback and make it to the top of the Wall with what is left of their Wildling party.
The Bear and the Maiden Fair
Robb Stark and his men are making their way toward Walden Frey and the Twins for the arranged wedding between Frey's daughter and Robb's uncle, Edmure Tully. During a rain delay, Talisa tells her husband Robb that while he carries the Northern army, she carries his child.
The Bear and the Maiden Fair
After giving up Gendry to Melisandre for some gold, the Brotherhood Without Banners plan to travel to Riverrun, where they intend to hand Arya over to her family for ransom. Arya takes her fate into her own hands and escapes - even after accidentally running into the Hound.
The Bear and the Maiden Fair
Gendry and Melisandre travel back to Storm's End, a stone's throw from the one place Gendry was trying to escape - King's Landing. It's here that Gendry learns that his father was none other than King Robert Baratheon.
The Bear and the Maiden Fair
Daenerys arrives at the Yellow City. She meets with Razdal mo Eraz to negotiate peace – which to her means Eraz setting free his 200,000 slaves. He warns Dany that many armies have tried to take his fortified city. "Good, my Unsullied need practice," she asserts.
The Bear and the Maiden Fair
Roose Bolton orders his men to take Jaime back to King's Landing (as long as he releases the Stark girls when he gets there), but unexpectedly races back to Harrnehal when he hears that Brienne is in dire, maybe deathly, trouble.
The Bear and the Maiden Fair
Jaime arrives to find Brienne armed with only a wooden sword facing off against a bear for the enjoyment of the Brave Companions. Jaime, armed with nothing and with only one hand, jumps into the arena and helps hoist Brienne out. Jaime convinces his escort to let him and Brienne both go to King's Landing, otherwise face the wrath of disobeying Lord Bolton's orders.
Second Sons
Arya attempts to smash the Hound's head with a rock while he sleeps. He tells her she can try, but if she fails, he will break her hands. With that behind them, the duo make their way to the Twins, where the Hound intends to sell Arya back to her family – so long as she stops trying to immaturely kill him along the way.
Second Sons
Daenerys meets with the three leaders of the Second Sons, an army of 2,000 soldiers. She gives their vugar leader, Mero, two days to decide whether to join forces with her, or go to battle with her army of 8,000 Unsullied.
Second Sons
Cersei's tolerance for Margeary is running low – especially when Margaery calls Cersei her sister. The Queen assures her that if she ever calls her that again, she will have her strangled in her sleep. For the first time, Margaery seems rattled.
Second Sons
Melisandre lures Gendry into bed where she then ties him up and puts leeches on his chest. She reminds him that he has the blood of Kings running through him – and she wants the blood.
Second Sons
Sansa and Tyrion grudgingly wed. Joffrey walks Sansa down the aisle, and reinforces her fear of him by telling her he may just pay her a late night visit and have his way with her – even if it means holding her down while it happens.
Second Sons
Mero decides the best way to deal with Dany is to kill her, and Daario Naharis, one of the three leaders, is chosen to do it. He shows up at Dany's camp while she is bathing, and just when it looks like he is about to kill her, he dumps Mero's head on the ground. They join forces, making Dany's army 10,000 strong.
Second Sons
At the wedding reception, Tyrion drinks his weight in wine and threatens Joffrey after the Boy King insists on having a bedding ceremony for the reluctant newlyweds. Tyrion can't consummate his marriage to Sansa – and won't until she is ready.
Second Sons
Samwell, Ginny and her baby stop for the night on their way to the Wall. While they discuss possible baby names, crows begin to crowd their campsite to the point of distraction. Samwell investigates only to find a White Walker on the hunt for Ginny's baby. Sam kills the White Walker with the arrowhead he carries with him – and the crows disappear.
