The end of the Baratheon rivalry drives Catelyn to flee, Tyrion is alerted to Joffrey's flawed defence plan, Arya receives a promise, and the Night's Watch arrives at an ancient fortress.
The Silent Sisters perform rites over Ser Hugh of the Vale's corpse and stitch up the throat wound that killed the young knight. Lord Ned Stark and Ser Barristan Selmy look on, discussing how Ser Hugh recently was raised to knighthood and received enough money to buy some fine new armour. Ned is also suspicious of how the knight came to be matched up against Ser Gregor Clegane, known as The Mountain, in the tourney.
At his family's war camp, Lord Tywin Lannister butchers a stag and discusses their house's situation with his son Jaime Lannister, who reads Lord Ned Stark's order for Tywin to appear at court. The patriarch reprimands his son for attacking Ned in the streets and explains how important it is to free Tyrion from the Eyrie: `Every day that he remains a prisoner, the less our name commands respect'.
Tyrion plots to gain alliances through the promise of marriage; Catelyn arrives in the Stormlands; Luwin tries to decipher Bran's dreams.
Joffrey punishes Sansa, Catelyn tries to get Stannis and Renly to unite against the Lannisters, Dany arrives at the gates of Qarth, Arya and Gendry are taken to Harrenhal, and Davos must smuggle Melisandre into a secret cove.
