Random Game of Thrones Season 2 Recap (10 items)

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  (#1) The North Remembers

  • Apr 01 2012

  In his home of Dragonstone, Stannis Baratheon publicly denounces Joffrey's right to the throne and announces he has teamed up with the Red Priestess Melisandre to take the throne for himself.

  Meanwhile, Robb Stark has had success against the Lannisters on the battlefield, defeating them in three battles and capturing Jaime Lannister. He knows he needs more men in order to truly defeat the Lannisters, so he sends Theon Greyjoy to speak with his father in the Iron Islands and get his army on their side.

  In King's Landing, Tyrion has been made Hand of the King, much to the disgust of his sister Cersei.
  
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  (#2) The Night Lands

  • Apr 08 2012

  Jon Snow and the Night's Watch have taken shelter with the wildling Craster and his daughter-wives. Craster keeps himself safe from harm by sacrificing all of his male children to the white walkers, keeping the daughters for himself.

  In King's Landing, Tyrion makes his first moves as Hand of the King, promoting Bronn to "commander of the watch."

  Theon Greyjoy reunites with his family after nine years as the Stark's ward. He finds that his father hates him for his Northern ways, and has plans to take the Iron Throne by force.
  
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  (#3) What is Dead May Never Die

  • Apr 15 2012

  Catelyn Stark travels to meet with Renly Baratheon in order to propose a truce with him. While she is visiting, a powerful female warrior named Brienne of Tarth earns the right to be in Renly's guard. Despite the fact that he is gay (not openly, though everyone suspects), Renly has taken Margaery Tyrell of the powerful Tyrell family as his wife.

  On the Iron Islands, Theon Greyjoy swears allegiance to his father, and denounces the Starks who raised him.

  In the caravan bound for the Wall, Arya and her friends are attacked by men who wish to kill Gendry, her companion and the bastard of Robert Baratheon. During the battle, Arya frees a mysterious man named Jaqen H'ghar.
  
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  (#4) Garden of Bones

  • Apr 22 2012

  Robb Stark begins to fall in love with a female nurse on the battlefield, despite the fact that he has strategically promised to marry one of Walder Frey's daughters.

  Arya, Gendry, and her friend Hot Pie are taken to Harrenhall where they are put to work by Tywin Lannister and Arya is made his personal cupbearer.

  After almost starving in the desert of the Red Waste, Daenerys and her remaining Dothraki entourage arrive at the city of Qarth. The Qartheen people are at first reluctant to believe that she is the Mother of Dragons, but she is eventually let into the city by a friendly member of their council.

  Littlefinger meets with Catelyn Stark and proposes she trade Jaime Lannister for her daughters.

  Meanwhile, Melisandre gives birth to Stannis's son, a shadowy smoke creature.
  
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  (#5) The Ghost of Harrenhal

  • Apr 29 2012

  In his camp while discussing plans with Catelyn Stark and Brienne of Tarth, Renly Baratheon is murdered by the smoke monster birthed by Melisandre. Catelyn and Brienne escape, fearing that they will be blamed for his death.

  In King's Landing, Tyrion finds out that Joffrey has been secretly stockpiling hundreds of pots of an extremely flammable liquid called Wildfire.

  In Harrenhal, Arya once again meets with Jaqen H'ghar, the man she freed from captivity. He promises to kill three men for her, one for each of the lives she saved. He demonstrates this by killing the first man on her list, a torturer called "The Tickler."
  
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  (#6) The Old Gods and the New

  • May 06 2012

  Theon Greyjoy and his newly obtained army take over Winterfell and capture Bran and Rickon Stark. Theon declares himself Lord of Winterfell and to prove his power he beheads Ser Rodrick, botching it horribly. During the night, the wildling Osha seduces Theon and sneaks Bran, Rickon, and Hodor out of Winterfell.

  The Night's Watch comes across a group of wildlings, killing all of them except for a woman named Ygritte, who escapes. Jon Snow separates himself from the group to recapture her.

  In King's Landing, Joffrey is hit in the face with manure while walking through the city, sparking a riot. Sansa is attacked and nearly raped, but is saved by The Hound.

  Across the Narrow Sea, Daenerys finds that her men have been murdered and her dragons have been stolen by a mysterious figure.
  
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  (#7) A Man Without Honor

  • May 13 2012

  In King's Landing, Sansa finds that she has had her first period, meaning she must now have sex with Joffrey to bear his children.

  In Robb's camp, Jaime Lannister murders his own cousin and the jailer who comes to investigate as part of a plan to escape. He is recaptured, and the jailer's father, Rickard Karstark, demands he be killed.

  In Qarth, Dany investigates what has happened to her dragons, and finds that they were stolen by a warlock named Pyat Pree.

  In Winterfell, Theon finds that Bran, Rickon, Osha, and Hodor have escaped. He orders his men to investigate, and after a long search, reveals to the citizens of Winterfell what he claims to be the charred remains of the two Stark boys, saying he killed them, rather than admit they escaped.
  
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  (#8) The Prince of Winterfell

  • May 20 2012

  Tyrion prepares King's Landing for Stannis Baratheon's attack, while Joffrey continues to act foolish. Stannis prepares his fleet for the attack and names his companion Davos Seaworth the next Hand of the King once he takes the throne. Beyond the Wall, Jon Snow has been captured by wildlings and decides to act as a spy for the Night's Watch by pretending to betray them to earn the wildlings' trust.

  Theon's decision to kill the Stark boys causes his father and sister to abandon him in Winterfell. Meanwhile, it is revealed that Bran and Rickon are actually alive. Theon had murdered and burned two farmer's children when he couldn't find the Starks.
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  (#9) Blackwater

  • May 27 2012

  As Stannis's fleet heads toward King's Landing, Cersei and her children are hidden away with the rest of the Lannisters and other noble women, including Sansa stark. If the city is taken, Cersei plans to take a deadly poison.

  Meanwhile, Tyrion sends a single unmanned ship toward Stannis's fleet. At the last second, Davos realizes it's a trap but it is too late. Bronn lights the ship on fire, igniting the wildfire inside and destroying half of Stannis's army. Despite this, Stannis continues to attempt to take the city. His men are attacked by Tyrion's army on the beach. Tyrion is wounded by his own men, but is saved by his squire Podrick. At the last minute, Tywin Lannister and the Tyrells ride in and save the day as Stannis escapes, defeated.
  
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  (#10) Valar Morghulis

  • Jun 03 2012

  Robb Stark marries the nurse Talisa, even though he has promised himself to the daughter of Walder Frey, much to the disdain of his mother. In Qarth, Daenerys travels to the House of the Undying to recover her dragons from Pyat Pree. There, she murders him, retrieves her dragons and seals up those who betrayed her in a vault. In Winterfell, Theon is betrayed by his own men and the castle is burned to the ground.

  Jaqen and Arya successfully escaped Harrenhal. Before changing his face and leaving, Jaqen gives Arya a rare coin, teaching her the phrase "valar morghulis," which means, "all men must die." Beyond the wall, the Night's Watch is attacked by white walkers.

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