When Jon and his friends are to graduate from training, he goes to Maester Aemon to beg him to let Sam graduate, too. Jon recommends Sam...

The Blackfish calls Tyrion's Trial by Combat at the Eyrie a fool's festival. He's exonerated, but Lysa gives him a death sentence anyway...

After a fever dream of tearing down the Tower of Joy to build cairns for eight noble men, Ned wakes in the Tower of the Hand to learn...

In a skycell of the Eyrie, Tyrion worries he'll die before he can stand trial. He bribes the guard, saying he wishes to confess, just to...

Trying out his new saddle in the wolfswood, Bran is taken hostage by a group of wildlings and deserters. Robb, who feels guilty at having...

Arriving in Vaes Dothrak, Dany is ashamed that Viserys hasn't embraced Dothraki culture. He's held in contempt by her people. But when...

36 AGOT Eddard IX: In his irritation with Robert, Ned wonders if he made the wrong choice in rebelling against Rhaegar. He sees another...

After near death on the high road, Catelyn is concerned she seized Tyrion hastily. He may be innocent. When Catelyn reaches the Eyrie to...

When Robert determines to send assassins for Daenerys because she's pregnant, Ned resigns as Hand and prepares to leave King's Landing....

Chasing cats, Arya winds up in the dungeon. Arya overhears Varys and Illyrio.

Tyrion gets his first taste of battle when Catelyn releases him from captivity to help fight the attacking mountain clans.

When Robert despairs of Joffrey, it seems Ned will be able to tell him. But can he find proof in time? Varys tells Ned Cersei is trying...

Delighted at the splendor of the Hand's tourney, Sansa is given a red rose by Loras and meets Littlefinger. Sansa is surprised to not...

Catelyn decides to risk being recognized at an inn for a hot meal and warm bed. But when Tyrion Lannnister recognizes her, she calls her...

After hearing Jory's report, Ned follows Jon Arryn's footsteps to the armory. Ned meets Gendry and immediately knows he's a bastard son of Robert's. The clues come together in this chapter for the reader, though not yet for Ned. He's looking for proof Cersei and Jaime killed Jon Arryn and ill seem to find it in the realization that Jon Arryn suspected Cersei's children were not Robert's but Jaime's. However, the twincest doesn't mean the Lannisters killed Jon Arryn. Littlefi

When Samwell Tarly arrives at the Wall, Jon takes him under his wing and defends him as a brother. Ser Alliser's abuse of Samwell Tarly, the newest recruit, crosses a line for Jon. He takes Sam under his wing, introducing him to the brotherly spirit of the Night's Watch. Jon is suprised to realize Benjen had told him true about the benefits of bonding with his brothers. The chapter also reminds that Jon is friends with Tyrion, now. Jon wonders what Tyrion wuld think of Sam a

Starting with the maester who administered milk of the poppy to end Jon Arrn's suffering, Ned begins to investigate the likely murder of the former Hand. Littlefinger provides leads and warns Ned to use a proxy to continue his questioning. Scenes 1: Talk with Pycelle: Pycelle's testimony about JonArryn's passing: how he sent away maester Colemon for puring Arryn. Ned learns Jon Arryn's last words:"the seed is strong." Pycelle considers poison unlikely, but notes Varys might b

25 AGOT Bran IV: When Tyrion brings Bran his saddle design as a favor to Jon, the direwolves surround him. Yoren shares that Benjen is missing. Old Nan's story about the Others, the Long night and the Last Hero is basiclly history and better information than can be found in most libraries. We learn the Others can't be fought with armies and that they can sweep over the land. They hate iron, fire, subnlight. Bran is being introduced to a disagreement that will inrease between

After she wakes from a dragon dream to find her fears have dissolved, Dany flexes her power enraging Viserys. Dany's bloodriders defend her from Viserys. Embracing the Dothraki as her people, Dany leads Drogo outside to conceive their son under the stars, where all things of importance happen. What Are Dragon Dreams? This is the chapter Caenerys decides to become pregnant. It's why she leads Drogo outside. It seems her dragon dream inspired curiosity about her black dragon eg

When her father finds Needle, Arya is sure he'll take her sword. Instead, he tells her they've come to a dangerous place and explains their house words: winter is coming. The next day, she is called to dancing lessons, but finds her father has employed a Braavosi sword master to teach her, in secret. "She hated the sounds of their voices now, the ay they laughed, the stories they told. They'd been her friends, she'd felt safe around them, but now she knew that was a lie. They