Podcasts about Robb Stark

In this episode of Geek Freaks, Frank, Thomas, and Jonathan are back from the Mother's Day break with a packed discussion! They break down the new Peacemaker Season 2 trailer, explore the casting shake-up for the upcoming Clayface movie, and share thoughts on whether Star Wars fans are becoming too hard to please. Plus, hear which character deaths hit them hardest growing up, and catch updates on the booming Fallout series, Thunderbolts comic rebrand, and GTA 6's delay. It's a wild ride through geek culture, nostalgia, and fan expectations. Timestamps and Topics: 00:00 Introduction and Disney Moms podcast shoutout 00:49 Which fictional character death hit the hardest 03:12 Instagram listener responses 05:47 Robb Stark's betrayal and emotional impact 06:23 Peacemaker Season 2 trailer breakdown 10:12 Is the DCU off to a weak start? 14:44 Thoughts on the Clayface script rewrite 17:48 Thunderbolts rebranded as New Avengers 21:56 Is Marvel trying too hard to align comics with movies? 26:10 Forecasting Avengers: Doomsday's five-team lineup 28:31 Fallout series future and New Vegas excitement 33:33 GTA 6 delayed until 2026 37:07 Are Star Wars fans too hard to please? 51:00 The toxic side of fandom and how to fix it 57:30 Why Star Wars casts need better protection 01:00:09 Final thoughts on nostalgia, missed chances, and evolution of fan behavior 01:01:30 Geek Freaks Network news 01:03:22 Weekly recommendations from the hosts Key Takeaways: Peacemaker Season 2 might bridge DCU timelines with multiverse twists. The Clayface film is shifting tone with a new writer, sparking concern. The new Thunderbolts comic is rebranded as The New Avengers, but not all fans are buying the change. Fallout is already planned through Season 5, signaling massive investment in the franchise. GTA 6 delay is seen as necessary to maintain Rockstar's near-perfect track record. Star Wars discourse is dominated by vocal negativity, often before fans have seen new content. Healthy fan engagement means watching, evaluating, and building community—not canceling creators. Ahsoka, Andor, Skeleton Crew, and Acolyte show that Star Wars is diversifying for different audiences. Studios need to better protect and prepare actors for the toxic wave of online fandom. Memorable Quotes: "If you're not watching Peacemaker, you're doing yourself a disservice. It's phenomenal TV." – Thomas "Star Wars didn't change. You just didn't know what it was about when you were a kid." – Frank "Shared trauma is what bonds us. Like Mufasa dying in The Lion King—we all lived through that." – Jonathan "It might not be for you. But it might be someone's favorite Star Wars, and that matters." – Frank "The fandom won't grow if we gatekeep. Let new fans fall in love the same way we did." – Thomas Call to Action: If you enjoyed this episode, share it with a fellow geek and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Use the hashtag #GeekFreaksPod to join the conversation online! Links and Resources:

Check out Cam's latest novel / audio drama here! The final Tyrion chapter reads like both a reversal of fortunes and a funeral procession. Cam is tracking five of these eerie coincidences, while Maggie is comparing the inverse mythologies and realities of Robb Stark and Tywin Lannister. LINKS: Patreon, YouTube, Spotify, Instagram Feedback & Theories: secondbreakfastpod@gmail.com

Ci sono alcune teorie che diventano così popolari e così stabilite da far pensare che, forse, non ci sia altro modo per risolvere la questione, e che la teoria non può che rivelarsi vera. Pensandoci, ne possono venire fuori un po', tra cui l'idea delle seconde Nozze Rosse, o le Nozze Rosse 2.0, "nuove e migliorate" (sigh).Con membri di Casa Frey e coloro che sono anche solo affiliati a loro, ai Lannister e chiunque abbia messo mano alla congiura che ha portato alla morte di Robb Stark, ha senso pensare che la creatura che formalmente era Catelyn Stark, con un matrimonio che unisce nuovamente Frey e Lannister alle porte, abbia in mente qualcosa, che può aiutarla nella sua missione di fare fuori coloro che hanno ucciso il figlio. E, forse forse, i piani sono già in fase di completamento, con giusto un infiltrato o due e qualcuno che potrebbe volente o nolente collaborare a questo cupo piano.Ma, c'è da chiedersi. Cosa farà dopo? Lem dice che Lady Stoneheart vuole coloro che hanno ucciso il figlio morti... oppure, il figlio vivo. Forse dovrebbe rivedere quel "oppure"...Art by elenyaartLink utili:1) https://ew.com/article/2014/06/26/george-r-r-martin-winds-winter-tease/2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSSfuSevUVQ&ab_channel=JoeMagicianSupportate il canale in cambio di contenuti esclusivi: https://www.patreon.com/LaCittadellaQui trovate tutti i link del canale e dei suoi host: https://linktr.ee/LaCittadella

In this episode of Football 301, hosts Nate Tice and Matt Harmon dive into the aftermath of Wild Card Weekend, offering every team that took an L in the Wild Card round both a full postmortem and a potential offseason plan. They begin by revisiting the Minnesota Vikings' season, highlighting Sam Darnold's commendable but ultimately unsuccessful stint as quarterback. Matt likens Darnold's Vikings tenure to Game of Thrones' tragic Robb Stark, while Nate dissects the ongoing issues with Minnesota's offensive line and the team's need for drastic improvements.Next, the duo shifts focus to the Los Angeles Chargers, who just didn't have the juice to hang against the Houston Texans. Nate points out how the Chargers' reliance on star power left them vulnerable, and the Texans' dominant defensive line exposed their shortcomings. But it's not all doom and gloom for the Chargers, as the team has solid foundations to build on. The conversation shifts to the Green Bay Packers, where the young roster showed flashes but ultimately couldn't put together consistent performances. Matt and Nate break down the need for a clearer offensive identity. The duo also hit on the Pittsburgh Steelers, who need to take a look in the mirror after yet another early playoff exit.The episode wraps up with a look at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Denver Broncos. Matt questions whether Tampa's offense can sustain its momentum, particularly with impending changes at offensive coordinator. Despite Bowles' underperforming defense, the Buccaneers could still be a threat in a weak NFC South. Meanwhile, the Broncos' season is viewed as a success, given their offensive turnaround. Nate and Matt discuss how Denver's strong defense and improving offense could set them up for a brighter future.(2:20) - Vikings(24:30) - Chargers(36:50) - Packers(48:10) - Steelers(56:45) - Buccaneers(1:07:25) - BroncosSubscribe to Football 301 on your favorite podcast app: 

In this episode of Football 301, hosts Nate Tice and Matt Harmon dive into the aftermath of Wild Card Weekend, offering every team that took an L in the Wild Card round both a full postmortem and a potential offseason plan. They begin by revisiting the Minnesota Vikings' season, highlighting Sam Darnold's commendable but ultimately unsuccessful stint as quarterback. Matt likens Darnold's Vikings tenure to Game of Thrones' tragic Robb Stark, while Nate dissects the ongoing issues with Minnesota's offensive line and the team's need for drastic improvements.Next, the duo shifts focus to the Los Angeles Chargers, who just didn't have the juice to hang against the Houston Texans. Nate points out how the Chargers' reliance on star power left them vulnerable, and the Texans' dominant defensive line exposed their shortcomings. But it's not all doom and gloom for the Chargers, as the team has solid foundations to build on. The conversation shifts to the Green Bay Packers, where the young roster showed flashes but ultimately couldn't put together consistent performances. Matt and Nate break down the need for a clearer offensive identity. The duo also hit on the Pittsburgh Steelers, who need to take a look in the mirror after yet another early playoff exit.The episode wraps up with a look at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Denver Broncos. Matt questions whether Tampa's offense can sustain its momentum, particularly with impending changes at offensive coordinator. Despite Bowles' underperforming defense, the Buccaneers could still be a threat in a weak NFC South. Meanwhile, the Broncos' season is viewed as a success, given their offensive turnaround. Nate and Matt discuss how Denver's strong defense and improving offense could set them up for a brighter future.(2:20) - Vikings(24:30) - Chargers(36:50) - Packers(48:10) - Steelers(56:45) - Buccaneers(1:07:25) - BroncosSubscribe to Football 301 on your favorite podcast app: 

Send us a textJaime won Riverrun but lost the Blackfish. He confirms that Jeyne Westerling is not pregnant with Robb Stark's child and gives Sybell her rewards for her scheming as well as a piece of his mind. He learns that Ryman Frey is dead and that Cersei is in trouble. Neither concern him much, as he ignores Cersei's plea for help. Simon and Mackelly set their quills down.Chapter Review:Jaime Lannister discovers that during the change of hands of Riverrun Brynden Blackfish Tully has gone missing. A well-placed threat to Edmure Tully reveals the truth. The Blackfish swam away in the night. All search parties have come up empty to this point. He meets with Sybell and Jeyne Westerling. Jeyne is still in mourning over the death of her husband King Robb and isn't afraid to let Jaime see it. On the other hand, Sybell speaks of her role in Robb's death and preventing Jeyne from getting pregnant. She wants good marriages for her children in return, as promised by Tywin. Jaime agrees, but also tells her to stay out of his way until she leaves for the west.He crosses the Tumblestone and meets with Edwyn Frey and Walder Rivers. They inform him that Edwyn's father Ryman was hanged on his way back to the Twins. Edwyn thinks his brother Black Walder is responsible. Jaime isn't broken up about it and notices Edwyn's eyes are dry too.One night he dreams of his mother. She says Tywin wanted him to be a great knight and Cersei a queen. Jaime says they both met those goals, but his mother only sheds a tear. Jaime wakes to snow falling on Riverrun. With it, the hope for one more harvest is gone. Maester Vyman arrives with an urgent letter from Cersei. Jaime reads it and asks Peck to burn it, with no response.Characters/Places/Names/Events:Jamie Lannister - Twin and lover to Cersei. Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. Biological father of King Tommen.Sybell Westerling - Wife of Lord Gawen and mother of (once) Queen Jeyne Stark.Genna Lannister - Sister to Tywin, aunt to Jaime.Emmon Frey - Husband to Genna. New lord of Riverrun - if and when it falls.Brynden Blackfish Tully - Uncle to Edmure Tully. De facto Lord of Riverrun.Edmure Tully - Stripped of his lordship of Riverrun, captive of the Freys.Ryman Frey - Heir to the twins. Abuser of Edmure.Edwyn Frey - Son of Ryman. Support the showSupport us: Buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold, or become a sustainer and receive cool perks Donate to our cause Use our exclusive URL for a free 30-day trial of Audible Buy or gift Marriott Bonvoy points through our affiliate link Rate and review us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, podchaser.com, and elsewhere.Find us on social media: Discord Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal Facebook Instagram YouTube All Music credits to Ross Bugden:INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M

In “Game of Thrones” who was the true king of the North? Robb Stark, Sansa Stark or was it John Snow? On tonight's “Homies” we will go on a quest to identify the true king in the NFL North Divisions. We're going full North with special guests June and B. Foster from the FFSN Detroit Lions podcast “Bleachers to Speakers”. You'll get your regular analysis and foolery from the regulars Tate, Big-G, B-Dirt and Pay. Tap-into the “Homies” on another Freaky Friday on the Homies podcast on FFSN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Game of Thrones Season 3 delves deeper into the chaos of the War of the Five Kings, with Robb Stark's campaign facing dire challenges. As tensions rise, the season culminates in the shocking Red Wedding, a brutal betrayal that alters the course of the Stark family forever. Meanwhile, Daenerys Targaryen strengthens her forces in Essos, liberating slaves and amassing a formidable army. In the North, Jon Snow grapples with his loyalties while infiltrating the Wildlings. The season is marked by pivotal alliances, tragic losses, and the relentless pursuit of power.Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get all our shows on any player you love. For Apple users, hit the banner on your app. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.supportingcast.fm. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories.' Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Find the link in the show notes or go to caloroga.supportingcast.fm. Join today and support the show! See the full list of shows and sign up for our newsletter for more great news from Caloroga Shark Media.

Game of Thrones Season 2 continues the power struggles in the wake of King Robert Baratheon's death, as multiple claimants to the Iron Throne emerge. Stannis Baratheon, Renly Baratheon, and Joffrey Baratheon each assert their right to rule, leading to battles and shifting alliances. In the North, Robb Stark wages war against the Lannisters to avenge his father's death, while beyond the Wall, Jon Snow encounters the mysterious and dangerous Wildlings. Daenerys Targaryen, now a khaleesi, seeks to build an army to reclaim her birthright, solidifying her path toward the throne.Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get all our shows on any player you love. For Apple users, hit the banner on your app. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.supportingcast.fm. Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories.' Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Find the link in the show notes or go to caloroga.supportingcast.fm. Join today and support the show! See the full list of shows and sign up for our newsletter for more great news from Caloroga Shark Media.

Join us in a special Patreon Bonus Episode being released by Stranger tier and above for public. Patrons at patreon.com/girlsgonecanon in the Stranger tier and above get a bonus episode every month - this episode was released in 2021 (WOW), so expect a few "dated" cultural references!  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robb's a pretty big deal in the first three books; his death stunned readers and viewers everywhere while cementing the story's legacy. But beyond shocking twists, there's a lot of emotional depth to Robb's storyline—so much that George R. R. Martin even regrets not giving him viewpoint chapters. We dissect what we think Robb's chapters would focus on and how it relates to the overall story.  Intro by Kevin MacLeod, "Fairytale Waltz"

Wie lange kann ein Menschlicher Kopf noch weiter Sehen, nachdem er vom Körper getrennt wurde? Und gibt es etwas, was schöner und gleichzeitig schlimmer ist, als brennendes Wasser? In dieser Folge einigen sich Alicia und Tim darauf, dass Robb Stark in die Frau aus Volantis „ist“, dass Guillotinen eine gute Erfindung waren und dass Jon Schnee mal wieder wie ein hormongesteuerter Teenager agiert. Außerdem hat Alicia eine interessante Vermutung, wer Daenerys Drachen entführt haben könnte… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wer ist wohl dieser ominöse Herr des Lichts? Und warum hat Craster hinter der Mauer etliche Töchter aber keinen Sohn? Alicia und Tim starten in die zweite Staffel und schon wieder werden viele neue Charaktere und Götter eingeführt. Und während Alicia sich freut, dass Joffrey den Thronsaal umdekoriert, feiert Tim weiterhin Robb Stark und seinen Schattenwolf… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Programa 3x15 de "La Canción Continúa", podcast dedicado a la relectura de Canción de Hielo y Fuego y análisis de House of the Dragon (La Casa del Dragón). Esta semana analizamos el segundo capítulo de Catelyn Tully Stark en Tormenta de Espadas, en el que Robb Stark regresa a Aguasdulces con varias sorpresas bajo el brazo: el perdón a su madre por haber liberado al Matarreyes, un reproche a su tío por afectar a sus estrategias militares y... la noticia de su matrimonio con Jeyne Westerling. Las ilustraciones de las miniaturas de los podcasts de relectura son obra de Andrea Angla, a la que podéis encontrar también en su podcast @senpaiyco ¡Descubre nuestro Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/lacancioncontinua Síguenos en: Instagram https://bit.ly/33DkuVI​​​​​​​​​​​ Twitter https://bit.ly/2Uxre38​​​​​​​​​​​ Facebook https://bit.ly/3bnz9XV​​​​​​​​​​ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@lacancioncontinuapod ¡También estamos en la plataforma morada! https://www.twitch.tv/lacancioncontinua ¡Mira nuestras camisetas en La Tostadora! https://www.latostadora.com/lacancioncontinuapod Puedes escucharnos también en iVoox https://bit.ly/2J7JlYv​​​​​​​​​​​ Spotify https://spoti.fi/3dweXok​​​​​​​​​​​ Apple Podcasts/iTunes https://apple.co/2Jo65mU​​​​​​​​​​​ Conviértete en miembro de este canal para disfrutar de ventajas: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9qd9hxlw3MtLNJDIXlrSgg/join

Davos is part of the king's council when Stannis learns that Robb Stark is dead. Melisandre wants the boy Edric Storm as a sacrifice to R'Hllor, in return Stannis will receive a stone dragon turned to life. Davos questions his worth as Hand of the King, since he can't read. While learning to read, Davos encounters a letter begging for help from the Night's Watch. Simon and MackellyChapter Review:Davos Seaworth participates in a council with King Stannis, Queen Selyse, Axell Florent, and Melisandre to hear the news from Salladhor Saan. King Robb Stark and his mother Catelyn are dead. Stannis plans to offer pardons to any lords who will repent and pledge fealty to him. Melisandre says that's not going to work. New kings will rise to replace the fallen. He needs to show his power to the realm to unite them. She wants the king's nephew Edric Storm as a sacrifice to R'Hllor. With the boy's king's blood, a stone dragon will come to life and aid Stannis in claiming the realm.Stannis is reluctant to give up the boy. He is the king's own blood. Davos points out that two kings are dead, but Melisandre threw three leeches into the fire. King Joffrey still lives. Melisandre says when Joffrey dies it will prove the power of R'Hllor. Stannis grows tired of them all and boots them from the room. Davos stays to plead Edric's case. Stannis says it doesn't matter how good the boy might be. It's him against a realm full of people. He boots Davos from the room as well.Davos, feeling unworthy of his station as Hand of the King, begins taking reading lessons from Maester Pylos. When Davos realizes that his reading assignment for the day is a letter from the Night's Watch begging for support, he wonders what Stannis and Melisandre would think. Both have had visions of trouble coming from the north. Characters/Places/Names/Events:Davos Seaworth - The Onion Knight. Former Smuggler, Hand of the King to Stannis Baratheon.Stannis Baratheon - Lord of DrHistory Nerds UnitedLet's make history fun again! Come listen to interviews with today's best authors.Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the showSupport us: Buy from our store Buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold, or become a sustainer and receive cool perks Donate to our cause Use our exclusive URL for a free 30-day trial of Audible Buy or gift Marriott Bonvoy points through our affiliate link Rate and review us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, podchaser.com, and elsewhere.Find us on social media: Discord Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal Facebook Instagram YouTube All Music credits to Ross Bugden:INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/wa...

Tyrion has an awkward dinner with Sansa then gets lost in Littlefinger's financial books. He then has a family gathering filled with news of Robb Stark's death and his family's involvement, as well as Tywin's plan for Gregor Clegane. Throughout it all, King Joffrey is rotten, but this time he attacks Tywin. That does not go over well. Mackelly and Simon ponder the punishments for our dear king.Chapter Review:Tyrion Lannister dines with his wife Sansa Stark. Awkwardness still reigns between them. Afterward, Sansa goes to the godswood and Tyrion digs into the crown's financial books maintained by Petyr Baelish.He's summoned to the Tower of the Hand. Upon arriving, Tyrion is handed a letter indicating that a Frey married a Tully and did something with wolf pelts. Joffrey blurts out that Robb Stark is dead. Awful Joff wants Robb's head to make Sansa kiss it. Tyrion takes umbrage and calls Joff a monster. When Joff calls him the same, Tyrion says that if he is, Joff should be careful as kings are dying like flies lately. The back and forth ends with Joff telling Tywin that he hid under Casterly Rock during Robert's Rebellion. Joff is sent to bed and Cersei is admonished for poor parenting before also being shown the door.Tywin tells Tyrion the price of the Frey alliance. Some Lannisters will marry some Freys and Roose Bolton is Warden of the North and will marry Arya Stark to his bastard son Ramsay.Tywin says he doesn't plan to give Gregor Clegane to Oberyn Martell. He's going to feed Oberyn the deceased Amory Lorch instead. Tyrion is dubious about the plan. Tywin thinks Tyrion should focus on fathering a son with Sansa.Characters/Places/Names/Events:Tyrion Lannister - Youngest son of Tywin Lannister. Brother to queen Cersei and Jamie Lannister. Former Hand of the King.Cersei Lannister - Queen Regent, mother of Joffrey Baratheon.Joffrey Baratheon - King of the seven kingdoms. Bastard son of Cersei and Jamie Lannister.Tywin Lannister - Lord of Casterly Rock. Hand of the King.Oberyn Martell - The Red Viper. Younger brother of Lord Doran Martell.Elia Martell - Murdered sister of Oberyn. Was married to Rhaegar Targaryen with whom she had two children.Ser Gregor Clegane - The Mountain - Vassal lord of House Lannister. Widely thought to be the murderer of Ellia Martell and her children. Support the showSupport us: Buy from our store Buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold, or become a sustainer and receive cool perks Donate to our cause Use our exclusive URL for a free 30-day trial of Audible Buy or gift Marriott Bonvoy points through our affiliate link Rate and review us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, podchaser.com, and elsewhere.Find us on social media: Discord Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal Facebook Instagram YouTube All Music credits to Ross Bugden:INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/wa...

Cat watches in horror as the Freys spring their trap. King Robb and many loyal northerners are cut down, and after she murders Lord Walder's grandson, Cat is also dispatched. Simon and Mackelly rend their garments.Chapter Review:The music is terrible, the food unappealing, but Edmure Tully seems in love with his new bride Roslin - who maintains her rictus smile throughout. The drinking is heavy, particularly from the GreatJon Umber. Lord Walder Frey calls for the bedding, the borderline sexual assault whereby the newlyweds are stripped and carried to the marital bed, and King Robb agrees.When the lovers leave, Catelyn Stark's hackles raise when Edwyn Frey pushes Darcey Mormont aside, when she only asked to dance. At this point, the band finally finds a tune: The Rains of Castermere - the song whose only message is “Don't cross the Lannisters.” Crossbow bolts rain down and King Robb and Cat are both struck. A melee ensues, but the Stark guards are outmanned and unable to do more than fight a rearguard.Northmen rush in, but they fight for the wrong side. Cat holds a knife to Jinglebell and threatens/bargains with Lord Walder - but he doesn't care what she does and a figure who appears to be Roose Bolton delivers the coup de grace to his King. Cat cuts Jinglebell's throat but she herself has her throat cut, as she thinks of Ned and her children.Characters/Places/Names/Events:Catelyn Stark - Mother of King Robb.Robb Stark - Eldest child of Catelyn Stark. King in the North.Jeyne Westerling - Robb's new bride. Queen of the North.Edmure Tully - Lord of Riverrun, brother to Catelyn Stark.Lord Walder Frey - nonogenarian Lord of the Twins. Father of multitudes. Roslin Frey - Daughter of Lord Walder. Bride to Edmure Tully.Roose Bolton - Trusted lieutenant of Robb Stark. His motives and behavior are a bit questionable. Even more so now.RaThe Crossing Guard TapesThe story of an ancient war waged by our silent protectors... school crossing guards.Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the showSupport the podcast: Buy merch from our store. Buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold, or become a sustainer and receive cool perks. Make a donation to our cause. Use our exclusive URL for a free 30-day trial of Audible. If you like what we're doing, consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, podchaser.com, and anywhere else.Find us on social media: Discord Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal Facebook Instagram @GhostsHarrenhal YouTube All Music credits to Ross Bugden:INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M

Cat and co arrive at the Twins to a frosty reception. Edmure is delighted by Roslin - she takes after her Rosby mother. Roose Bolton confirms some of the news from the north, shares more bad news, and tells a few lies. Simon and Mackelly get measured for our wedding bonnets.Chapter Review:Catelyn, Robb, and Edmure arrive at the Twins. A welcoming party of Freys is all-but attacked by Grey Wind - who's not really doing his part to smooth things over. He's banished to the dog house with Ser Raynald Westerling.Inside Walder Frey lords it over Robb demanding that the young king apologize to a whole bevvy of Frey girls, any one of which might have been his queen. Robb is contrite and says the right things. Walder is disappointed that Queen Jeyne didn't make the trip, he'd wanted to see what would make a king forget his vow, but he concedes that he remembers being young and in love. They break bread together and Catelyn relaxes - now they have guest right, and no harm will befall them.Edmure is pleased with his betrothed Roslin, who cries “with joy” when she meets her future husband. Roose Bolton is there and lies about who was to blame for the debacle at Duskendale, and reports that his march north was interrupted by Gregor Clegane who waited until his forces were split by the Trident before attacking the rearguard. Bolton was forced to leave men behind to prevent the Mountain from crossing the river. Roose is also dishonest (or misinformed) about his bastard Ramsey's part in the destruction of Winterfell. All agree to ransom Theon's execution, not his life, to the next Lord of the Iron Islands. CharaBookTV Thriller AudiobooksFree thriller audiobooks presented by BookTV!Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify History Nerds UnitedLet's make history fun again! Come listen to interviews with today's best authors.Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the showSupport the podcast: Buy merch from our store. Buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold, or become a sustainer and receive cool perks. Make a donation to our cause. Use our exclusive URL for a free 30-day trial of Audible. If you like what we're doing, consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, podchaser.com, and anywhere else.Find us on social media: Discord Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal Facebook Instagram @GhostsHarrenhal YouTube All Music credits to Ross Bugden:INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M

Cat rides through the rain to Edmure's wedding venue. Along the way, she manages to offend both her brother and her son. Robb contemplates his heir, and his choice to fill the role until he has children isn't one that Cat can get behind. We get confirmation about the fate of Balon Greyjoy. Finally, Robb unveils his plan to unseat the Iron Born from Moat Cailin.Chapter Review:Catelyn Stark rides with her son King Robb's host through non-stop rain from Riverrun to the Twins, on their way to Lord Edmure's wedding. Robb's young queen Jeyne had trouble saying goodbye to her husband, but eventually Robb sent her back to Riverrun, where she'll await his return. Edmure is nervous about his future bride. He can't see any reason Lord Walder Frey would pick a beautiful daughter to marry to him. Edmure's shallow thinking irks Cat and her retort offends him.King Robb tells his mother that he needs to have an heir. With Bran and Rickon dead, and no children conceived between him and Jeyne, he's considering Jon Snow. Cat points out that Jon is a brother of the Night's Watch, so can't hold lands or titles. Robb figures if he sends the Night's Watch 100 men, they'll find a way to let Jon go. After that, Robb will legitimize Jon and he'll act as Robb heir until Robb has children. Cat can't support the plan. Robb says it doesn't matter, he's the king.Cat is present when a ship captain tells Robb and his council that Balon Greyjoy is dead and his brother Euron has assumed the Seastone Chair. Robb then tells of his plan to get past the Iron Born at Moat Cailin. He sends two of his officers to rouse the crannogmen to help his host navigate the bogs of the Neck. He will use their knowledge of the area to attack Moat Cailin from multiple sides. Robb plans to send Cat to Seaguard for safe keeping. Finally, he produces a document that his bannermen must witness that will sure-up his succession plan, should he die without children.Characters/Places/Names/Events:Catelyn Stark - Eldest child of Hoster Tully, widow of Ned Stark, father of King Robb.Robb Stark - Eldest child of Catelyn Stark. King in the North.Edmure Tully - brother to Catelyn, heir to Riverrun.Brynden “Blackfish” Tully - brother of Hoster Tully, uncle to Cat. Renowned soldier.Rickard Karstark - Lord of Karhold. Two of his sons were killed by Jamie Lannister at teh battle of the Whispering Woods.The GreatJon Umber - Lord of the Last Hearth. Robb Stark loyalist.Jeyne Westerling - Robb's new bride. Queen of the North.Support the podcast. Buy a bit of merch from our store. Or if swag is not your bag, buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold.If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.Join the discussion on our Discord server! https://discord.com/invite/FTy7BExyBQWe'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.All Music credits to Ross Bugden:INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M

In this episode, Robb Stark learned that Winterfell had been destroyed by the Ironborn, and that Bran and Rickon are gone. Robb goes to Riverrun to attend the funeral of his grandfather, Hoster Tully. Theon is taken captive and tortured at Winterfell. Brienne and her prisoner Jaime Lannister, continue their trek to King's Landing. Bran, Hodor Osha and Rickon meet Jojen and Meera Reed. Arya, Gendry, and Hot Pie meet the Brotherhood after escaping Harrenhal. In the North, Jon Snow continues to try to gain the trust of Wildling King Mance Rayder, as the Night's Watch marches back to the Wall.TO WATCH AND SUBSCRIBE:Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/blackwithnochaser/Twitter:https://twitter.com/BeBlackNoChaser?t=pVFV06lBFdZRu72ot4uCjA&s=09Twitter:https://twitter.com/WatchDemThrones?t=q0ngrYPlugf0ttzM2jo39A&s=09Apple Music: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watch-dem-thrones-by-black-with-no-chaser/id1641754247Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1qI1bJ1vIlobu502w6zrtN?si=mtsa3gZYRZW_3FmlCrv7UgBWNC RADIO: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bwnc-radio/id6443800363Amazon Musichttps://music.amazon.com/podcasts/45279c3a-c09f-47d1-a3a3-88e6e2507230/watch-dem-thrones-by-black-with-no-chaserIHeartRadiohttps://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-watch-dem-thrones-by-black-101286659/?cmp=android_share&sc=android_social_share&pr=false#watchdemthrones #gameofthrones #demdragons #blackwithnochaser #podcast #podsincolor #humor #jokes #spotify #applemusic #youtube #HouseOfTheDragonHBO

Jaime heads south while Brienne stays a captive of Vargo Hoat. After a night's sleep and a dream, his conscience pricked, he heads back to Harrenhal and saves Brienne from a terrible fate. Simon and Mackelly open their minds a tiny crack toward his redemption?!Chapter Review:Jaime Lannister leaves Harrenhal alongside Lord Roose Bolton. The pair split up and head in opposite directions, both sending regards to Robb Stark and Tywin Lannister, respectively. Jaime reminisces about his trip through these parts after first donning the white cloak of the Kingsguard. He learns that Vargo Hoat was unhappy with Lord Selwyn Tarth's offer of 300 gold dragons for Brienne's safe return.That night he dreams that he's deep in Casterly Rock, where his family abandons him to the darkness. Only Brienne stays by his side. He's visited by the shades of his Kingsguard brothers and Rhaegar Targaryen. They admonish him for killing King Aerys and allowing Rhaegar's wife and children to be killed. He wakes and determines he's going back to Harrenhal.Upon arrival at Harrenhal, he discovers that Brienne has been thrown in the bear pit with nothing but a dress of silk and a tourney sword. He jumps in to save her. He protects her until crossbowmen kill the bear. Later, when Brienne asks why he returned to Harrenhal, he simply says he dreamed of her.Characters/Places/Names/Events:Jaime Lannister - Member of the royal Kingsguard. Twin brother to queen Cersei and older brother to Tyrion. Nicknamed the "Kingslayer" for killing King Aerys Targaryen. Freed by Catelyn Stark.Brienne of Tarth - Warrior woman. Once "Brienne the Blue" in King Renly's Rainbow Guard. Now in the service of Catelyn Stark.Brave Companions - AKA The Bloody Mummers. A band of sellswords from Essos. Switched allegiance from the Lannisters to the Starks.Roose Bolton - Lord of the Dreadfort. Acting lord of Harrenhal. Bannerman to King Robb Stark.Vargo Hoat - Leader of the Brave Companions. Qyburn - Maester-like member of the Brave Companions. Cared for Jaime after his, Jaime's, hand was severed by Hoat.Steelshanks Walton - Soldier in Bolton's forces, tasked with bringing Jaime safely to King's Landing.Support the showSupport the podcast. Buy a bit of merch from our store. Or if swag is not your bag, buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold.If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.Join the discussion on our Discord server! https://discord.com/invite/FTy7BExyBQWe'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.All Music credits to Ross Bugden:INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M

Davos speaks the truth to king Stannis and is rewarded with his freedom and a promotion. Melisandre uses the blood (not all of it, thankfully) of Edric Storm to curse the false kings: Joffrey Baratheon, Balong Greyjoy, and Robb Stark. Mackelly and Simon hope that Robb's string of bad luck is behind him.Chapter Review:Davos Seaworth is brought from the dungeons of Dragonstone by Axel Florent, the brother of his cellmate Alester. Florent shares that he has seen Stannis on the throne in the flames. But a precondition was that he, Axel, become Stannis' Hand of the King. If Davos supports Florent good things will follow, but woe betide Seaworth should he fail to.Stannis asks Davos what he thinks of Floernt's plan to invade Claw Isle as punishment for Lord Celtigar's decision to bend the knee to Joffrey. Davos, Stannis' spirit animal, cannot help himself and dismisses the plan as pointless and unfair. The men of Claw Isle fought and died for Stannis on the Blackwater, while victory would be assured, those people deserve better of their king. Stannis agrees, dismisses Florent and makes Davos his Hand of the King.Enter Melisandre with a plate of swollen leeches. The blood comes from Edric Storm, Robert's bastard son, who is already much beloved within Dragonstone. The three leeches go in the flames each with a curse for Joffrey Baratheon, Balon Greyjoy, and Robb Stark.Characters/Places/Names/Events:Davos Seaworth - The Onion Knight. Former Smuggler, now Hand of The King to Stannis Baratheon.Stannis Baratheon - Lord of Dragonstone, rightful King of the Seven Kingdoms.Melisandre - Red priestess of R'hllor. Confidante of King Stannis.Salladhor Saan - Lysene pirate. Friend of Davos.Alester Florent - Head of House Florent, uncle of Selyse, former Hand of the King to Stannis. Axel Florent - Brother to Alester.Edric Storm - Bastard son of Robert Baratheon.Support the podcast. Buy a bit of merch from our store. Or if swag is not your bag, buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold.If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.Join the discussion on our Discord server! https://discord.com/invite/FTy7BExyBQWe'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.All Music credits to Ross Bugden:INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M Literary Guise Podcast: A Book Club for Modern MenA cocktail-infused book podcast, examining positive and toxic portrayals of masculinity.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show

Hoster Tully is laid to rest. Cat learns of Sansa's marriage and Winterfell's destruction. Lord Edmure Tully is unwillingly betrothed to Roslin Frey, while Lord Walder wants the king to come and apologize for ditching his daughter. Simon and Mackelly worry the Starks hopes continue to fray (pun intended).Chapter Review:Catelyn Stark watches as her father is laid to rest. Lord Edmure cannot hit the funeral boat with a flaming arrow. His blushes are spared, and exacerbated, by his uncle Brynden - who nails it with one shot. The Freys have come to pay their respects and to answer Robb's proposals.Robb and Cat learn of Sansa's marriage to Tyrion, the defeat at Duskendale, and later the sacking of Winterfell. The Freys brought the last news courtesy of the two Walders (the cockroaches of the north) who have written from the Dreadfort, where they were “rescued” by Bolton's bastard.The Freys have chosen Roslin as Edmure's bride, he'd like to meet her first, but he's accused of looking a gift horse in the mouth. Since the Starks didn't hold their last promise, the Freys want the wedding immediately and they want a face-to-face apology from King Robb to Lord Walder. All-in-all its a small price to pay, and the young king agrees. Characters/Places/Names/Events:Catelyn Stark - Eldest child of Hoster Tully, widow of Ned Stark, father of King Robb.King Robb Stark - Eldest child of Ned and Catelyn Stark. King in the North.Edmure Tully - New Lord of Riverrun and Lord Paramount of the Trident. Brother to Catelyn.Hoster Tully - Deceased Lord of Riverrun and Lord Paramount of the Trident. Lysa Arryn - Sister to Catelyn Stark and Edmure Tully. Widow of Jon Arryn. Hiding in the Vale with her son Lord Robert Arryn.Brynden “Blackfish” Tully - Brother of Hoster Tully, uncle to Cat. Renowned soldier.Jeyne Westerling - Robb's new bride. Queen of the North.Support the podcast. Buy a bit of merch from our store. Or if swag is not your bag, buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold.If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.Join the discussion on our Discord server! https://discord.com/invite/FTy7BExyBQWe'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.All Music credits to Ross Bugden:INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25MSupport the show

Wir besprechen heute mal nicht HOUSE OF THE DRAGON, sondern die Serie, die George R. R. Martin berühmt machte: GAME OF THRONES! Genauer gesagt sprechen wir heute über Alpers Lieblingsfolge: SCHWARZWASSER (orig. BLACKWATER).  In der neunten Folge der zweiten Staffel sehen wir den Höhepunkt des Kriegs der fünf Könige: Renly Baratheon ist bereits gefallen und während Robb Stark und Balon Graufreud im Norden beschäftigt sind, kommt es in Königsmund zum Showdown zwischen dem amtierenden König Joffrey Lennister und dem Usurpator Stannis Baratheon von Drachenstein. Mit seiner Hand Davos und ihrer gemeinsamen Streitmacht greift Stannis in der Schwarzwasserbucht an, doch Tyrion Lennister hat ein Ass im Ärmel. Derweil verstecken sich Cersei, Tommen, Sansa und Shae in Maegors Feste und planen für den Notfall, dass Stannis die Macht an sich reißen könnte. Warum liebt Alper die Folge so sehr? Worum geht es im Krieg der fünf Könige? Und ist die Folge noch immer Alpers Lieblingsfolge? Taucht ein in die Welt von Eis und Feuer mit Alper und Jonas hier auf CINEMA STRIKES BACK! TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 - Anmod 00:01:40 - Intro 00:01:47 - Moderation 00:11:41 - Vorgeschichte zur Folge 00:21:18 - Folgenbesprechung 00:21:26 - HBO Funfact 00:24:20 - Schwarzwasser - Schwarze Betha - Davos 00:34:43 - Roter Bergfried - Tyrions Gemach - Tyrion & Shae 00:36:32 - Roter Bergfried - Cerseis Gemach - Cersei & Pycelle 00:42:17 - Roter Bergfried - Gasthaus - Bronn & Sandor 00:55:41 - Roter Bergfried - Tyrions Gemach - Tyrion, Varys & Podrick 01:01:05 - Schwarzwasser - Schwarze Betha - Davos 01:03:53 - Roter Bergfried - Thronsaal - Tyrion, Bronn, Sansa, Shae, Sandor & Joffrey 01:10:16 - Roter Bergfried - Burgmauer - Tyrion, Podrick, Joffrey, Sandor & Lancel 01:12:57 - Schwarzwasser - Schwarze Betha - Davos 01:13:31 - Roter Bergfried - Maegors Feste - Cersei, Sansa, Shae & Ilyn 01:25:06 - Roter Bergfried - Maegors Feste - Cersei & Sansa 01:28:37 - Schwarzwasser - Boote - Stannis 01:38:18 - Königsmund - Küste - Sandor, Stannis, Joffrey & Tyrion 01:41:09 - Roter Bergfried - Maegors Feste - Cersei, Lancel, Tommen & Sansa 01:42:46 - Roter Bergfried - Sansas Gemach - Sansa & Sandor 01:45:05 - Königsmund - Küste - Tyrion 01:49:33 - Roter Bergfried - Thronsaal 01:50:05 - Königsmund - Küste - Tyrion, Loras & Tywin 01:51:24 - Roter Bergfried - Thronsaal - Cersei, Tommen, Loras & Tywin 01:53:03 - Die Nachwirkungen dieser Folge 01:54:48 - Unterschiede zum Buch 01:57:00 - Fazit 02:02:03 - Abmod Moderation & Redaktion: Alper Turfan, Jonas Ressel Kamera & Ton: Laura Lang Schnitt: Patrik Hochnadel #gameofthrones #houseofthedragon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cinemastrikesback/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/csb_de Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/CSB_DE/ Cinema Strikes Back gehört zu #funk. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/funkofficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funk TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@funk Website: https://go.funk.net https://go.funk.net/impressum

Catelyn watches in dismay as Robb is forced to execute Rickhard Karstark for murdering two minor Lannister captives. She also chats with her new daughter-in-law Jeyne. Simon and Mackelly watch the northern alliance crumble.Chapter Review:Catelyn Stark and the other nobles convene in the hall of Riverrun. The scene is grim. Two teen boys bodies are laid out. A storm provides an appropriate vibe. The corpses are Willam Lannister and Tion Frey. They'd been held captive since the Whispering Wood. But Rickard Karstark has finally got a measure of revenge on the Lannisters for the death of his two sons.Karstark is unrepentant and blames Catelyn. King Robb Stark has the accomplices hung and executes the lord himself, just as his father would have. The Karstark knights have left Riverrun, determined to find Jamie. The heir to Karhold is with Roose Bolton in Harrenhal. Robb assumes he's made an enemy for life. Robb and Brynden Tully try to figure a way to salvage things. Their routes to the North are all stymied. Lord Hoster Tully is even closer to death's door, and Robb's new wife Jeyne Westerling visits Cat while she stays by her father's bedside. Cat advises Jeyne to accept Robb's dark moods, and to get pregnant. Jeyne says that her mom is helping with a herbal supplement.Characters/Places/Names/Events:Catelyn Stark - Eldest child of Hoster Tully, widow of Ned Stark, father of King Robb.Robb Stark - Eldest child of Catelyn Stark. King in the North.Hoster Tully - Lord of Riverrun and Lord Paramount of the Trident. Dying of old age. Lysa Arryn - Sister to Catelyn Stark, widow of Jon Arryn. Hiding in the Vale with her son Lord Robert Arryn.Edmure Tully - Brother to Catelyn, heir to Riverrun.Brynden “Blackfish” Tully - Brother of Hoster Tully, uncle to Cat. Renowned soldier.Rickard Karstark - Lord of Karhold. Two of his sons were killed by Jamie Lannister at the battle of the Whispering Woods.The GreatJon Umber - Lord of Last Hearth. Robb Stark loyalist.Jeyne Westerling - Robb's new bride. Queen of the North.Support the podcast. Buy a bit of merch from our store. Or if swag is not your bag, buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold.If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.Join the discussion on our Discord server! https://discord.com/invite/FTy7BExyBQWe'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. All Music credits to Ross Bugden:INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M City of DanaWelcome the post-scientific City of Dana. A scripted comedy series.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySpotify is now providing the option to rate podcasts. So we ask that you please take a second and give us a five-star rating. Thanks in advance!Support the show

:35 Spring 2023 filming for S2 — likely won't release until 2024 1:20 Painted Table was sick 2:30 Rip Lucerys / Book description of the events 5:00 Season ends of a good note 6:00 S2 start in Winterfell? They destroyed the Winterfell set though 8:20 Sizes of the dragons 8:50 Where Driftmark is located 9:04 End of ad 10:33 Jon Snow series 13:55 only complaint for the episode — no mention of the dragonpit damage 14:15 Daemon choking Rhaenyra / Difference from the book with Daemon 16:14 Robb Stark catching strays 150 years in the past 18:50 Fan Question: Was the season rushed? 20:15 Overall complaints with S1, Ser Criston getting away with murder 2X without fallout, didnt care for a ton of the deaths because we didn't get a lot of time with the actors 24:35 Will Laenor come back next season? 26:17 Daemon's neck? Burnt? Greyscale? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Arya, Hot Pie, and Gendry make their way north from Harrenhal, in hopes of reaching the safety of Riverrun. The trip won't be an easy one, as they avoid the roads in favor of the cover the rugged terrain provides. Arya's worried about being hunted by Roose Bolton's men, but gets some help from an old friend. Simon and Mackelly saddle up for the ride.Chapter Review:Arya Stark and her friends Hot Pie and Gendry successfully escaped Harrenhal. However, they now find themselves traveling through dense woods and high hills, and across rivers, with nothing more than a vague map and Arya's comprehension of geographical orientation to keep them going in the right direction.Arya's plan is to go north to the Red Fork of the Trident, then follow the river west to Riverrun. She's sure Lord Roose Bolton will send a hunting party after her, as she stole and murdered a guard, to make their escape. Along their travels, they hear wolves howl and have a run-in with a trio of them. But they've seen no sign of any men tracking her and the boys.When they can go no further without falling asleep in their saddles, they make camp for the night. Arya dreams she's a huge wolf. Her pack attacks four members of the Brave Companions. The pack kills three, and she kills the fourth herself.Characters/Places/Names/Events:Arya Stark - Younger daughter of Ned and Catelyn Stark. Gendry - Friend of Arya. Former armorer's apprentice. Bastard son of King Robert Baratheon. Worked in the Harrenhal smiths.Hot Pie - Friend of Arya. Worked in the Harrenhal kitchens.Roose Bolton - Lord of the Dreadfort. Heading up the eastern contingent of Robb Stark's army. Currently the lord of Harrenhal.Vargo Hoat - Leader of the Brave Companions, aka the Bloody Mummers. Flamboyant, lisping swellsword.Jaqen H'ghar - Mysterious Lorathi assassin whom Arya saved from death during the battle between the Night's Watch recruits and Armory Lorch's men.Nymeria - Arya's direwolf that she was forced to abandon in the Riverlands, while traveling to King's Landing, in order to save her from execution for attacking Prince Joffrey.Support the podcast. Buy a bit of merch from our store. Or if swag is not your bag, buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold.If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.Join the discussion on our Discord server! https://discord.com/invite/FTy7BExyBQWe'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.All Music credits to Ross Bugden:INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M Support the show

Jamie takes a river cruise down the Red Fork with family and friends. Well, not  exactly. He's been freed by Cat but still in shackles, having vowed to send Sansa and Arya home in return. Things go smoothly, until they don't. Only Brienne's smarts and strength save the trio from recapture. Simon and Mackelly pull the oars.Chapter Review:Jamie Lannister has been freed from his Riverrun dungeon by Catelyn Stark. He vowed, under dubious conditions, to convince his brother Tyrion Lannister to send Sansa and Arya Stark home in return.Jamie is still fettered and under the protection of Brienne of Tarth. His cousin Ser Cleos Frey rounds out the trio. They sail down the Red Fork of the Trident on a small skiff. Jamie antagonizes Brienne and she does her best to ignore the barbs.They survey the destruction of the Riverlands from their boat, until Brienne sees a tree with dead women hanging in it. The sight is too much for her. She lands with the intent to cut the women down and bury them. While in the branches of the tree, Brienne sees a sail in the distance and they hurry for the boat.Try as they might, their little boat cannot outrun the larger galley. Ser Robin Ryger and his crew make up the distance. The ship and boat play cat and mouse, until Brienne climbs a high bluff and pushes a boulder onto the ship, sinking it.Jamie thinks he's free of the big warrior woman. But she leaps from the bluff into the water. Rather than using his oar as a weapon, putting an end to Brienne, he uses it to reel her back to the boat.Characters/Places/Names/Events:Jamie Lannister - Member of the royal Kingsguard. Twin brother to queen Cersei and older brother to Tyrion. Nicknamed the "Kingslayer" for killing King Aerys Targaryen. Captive of Robb Stark, freed by Catelyn Stark.Brienne of Tarth - Warrior woman. Once "Brienne the Blue" in King Renly's Rainbow Guard. Now in the service of Cat Stark.Ser Cleos Frey - Cousin to Jamie Lannister. Captive of the Starks. Playing messenger between the Starks and Lannisters in their negotiations.Tyrion Lannister - Youngest son of Tywin Lannister. Brother to queen Cersei and Jamie Lannister. Former acting Hand of the King.Catelyn Stark - Lady of Winterfell. Wife of Lord Eddard Stark and daughter of Hoster Tully, the Lord Paramount of the Riverlands.Ser Robin Ryger - Older knight. Captain of the Guard for Hoster Tully at Riverrun.Riverrun - Capital of the Riverlands, seat of House Tully.Red Fork - Southern most fork of the Trident river that flows through the Riverlands. Flows past Riverrun.Support the podcast. Buy a bit of merch from our store. Or if swag is not your bag, buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold.If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.Join the discussion on our Discord server! https://discord.com/invite/FTy7BExyBQWe'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.All Music credits to Ross Bugden:INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25MSupport the show

Theon is surrounded. Ser Rodrik Cassel has amassed Northern forces to surround and retake Winterfell. At the 11th hour, Theon is saved by Reek, who has brought hundreds of Bolton men. But Reek wants more than just Theon's good wishes. Simon and Mackelly weigh the treacheries.Chapter Review:Maester Luwin advises Theon Greyjoy to yield Winterfell. Ser Rodrik Cassel has brought perhaps 2,000 loyal northmen who have Winterfell surrounded. Theon doubts Luwin's loyalty, but the maester reminds him that he serves the Lord of Winterfell, who is Theon (kinda).Theon gives the ironborn a rousing speech, but only 17 rally to his cause. The rest flee back to his sister Asha. Ser Rodrik wants to parlay and Theon rides out to meet him. Cassel is twitching to kill the turncloak, but Theon has a trump card. At a signal, Rodrik's daughter Beth is paraded on the walls with a noose around her neck. Theon tells Rodrik that she dies at sunset and another citizen will join her every morning and night until the besiegers withdraw. Cassel offers himself in Beth's place, but Theon's not buying.Luwin suggest that Theon take the Black. Theon considers how high someone with his training might rise in the Night's Watch. But before he can answer, sounds of fighting are heard. Reek has returned, with hundreds of mounted Bolton men. They decimate the other northmen and kill Cassel and others. Reek reveals himself to be Ramsay Snow, Roose Bolton's bastard. Theon is grateful, but Ramsay's men are not done. They knock Theon unconscious, run Luwin through, and are ordered to burn the entire castle, save the Frey boys.Characters/Places/Names/Events:Theon Greyjoy - Heir to the Iron Islands. Betrayed his former friend Robb Stark and invaded the North in the name of the Iron Islands.Asha Greyjoy - Elder sister to Theon. Oldest surviving child of Balon Greyjoy.Balon Greyjoy - Lord of the Iron Islands. Father to Asha and Theon.Victarion Greyjoy - Younger brother of Balon Greyjoy. Maester Luwin - Maester of Winterfell.Palla - Farlen's daughter. Works in the Winterfell kennel.Black Lorren - Cruel Iron Islander. Lieutenant to Theon Greyjoy.Ramsay Snow - Bastard son of Roose Bolton. Believed killed by Ser Rodrik Cassel.Ser Rodrik Cassel - Master-at-arms of Winterfell.Beth Cassel - Daughter of Ser Rodrik.Wex Pyke - Theon's squire.Lord Cley Cerwyn - Friend of Bran and Rickon Stark, killed by Ramsay Snow's men.Leobald Tallhart - Younger brother of Lord Helman Tallhart, killed by Ramsay Snow's men. Support the podcast. Buy a bit of merch from our store. Or if swag is not your bag, buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold.If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.Join the discussion on our Discord server! https://discord.com/invite/FTy7BExyBQWe'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.All Music credits to Ross Bugden:INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M Support the show

Arya sits in as the Freys express concern about King Robb's chances of success, now that House Tyrell has joined with House Lannister. She unknowingly learns her impending wedding is off. And she escapes Harrenhal for Riverrun with Gendry and Hot Pie. Simon and Mackelly saddle up for the ride.Chapter Review:Arya Stark blends into the background of Lord Roose Bolton's chambers, while a large group of Frey men suggest that King Robb has lost the war and must kneel to the Lannister. Roose points out that King Robb has won every battle he's entered into against the Lannisters. The Freys remind him that Tywin Lannister's army has expanded greatly since their alliance with House Tyrell. She then receives the devastating news that Winterfell has been taken and Bran and Rickon killed.When the Freys leave, Roose dictates a letter to Helman Tallhart, who has taken Castle Darry. He wants Tallhart to put Darry to the torch and then march on Duskendale, alongside Robett Glover. Arya's tasked with cleaning Roose's chambers, while he leaves for a wolf hunt. During her chores, she finds a map showing Riverrun's location compared to Harrenhal. It's not too far away.After a trip to the godswood, Arya returns to serve Roose his dinner and wine. He tells her that she will stay in Harrenhal when he leaves and serve Vargo Hoat. Arya then makes her way back to the godswood. However, on her way she comes across Elmar Frey. He's upset that due to a dishonor to his house he won't be marrying the princess he's been betrothed to. Neither of them realize that Arya is that princess.In the godswood, she prays to the heart tree for direction. A wolf howls in the distance. She takes that as a sign it's time to rejoin her family. She talks Gendry into coming with her, and sends him to fetch Hot Pie. Arya kills the guard at a postern gate, and the trio ride for Riverrun.Characters/Places/Names/Events:Arya Stark - Younger daughter of Ned and Catelyn Stark. Gendry - Friend of Arya. Former armorer's apprentice. Bastard son of King Robert Baratheon. Working in the Harrenhal smiths.Hot Pie - Friend of Arya. Working in the Harrenhal kitchens.Roose Bolton - Lord of the Dreadfort. Heading up the eastern contingent of Robb Stark's army. Vargo Hoat - Leader of the Brave Companions, aka the Bloody Mummers. Flamboyant, lisping swellsword.Jaqen H'ghar - Mysterious Lorathi assassin whom Arya saved from death during the battle between the Night's Watch recruits and Armory Lorch's men.Elmar Frey - Youngest Frey son. Betrothed to Arya Stark.Support the podcast. Buy a bit of merch from our store. Or if swag is not your bag, buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold.If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.Join the discussion on our Discord server! https://discord.com/invite/FTy7BExyBQWe'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.All music credits to Ross Bugden: INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25MSupport the show

Theon's nightly nightmares often revolve around his lies, deceits, and the atrocities he's committed. His sister Asha shoots him straight about his dire situation in Winterfell. He refuses to heed her advice and puts his last bit of hope on the shoulders of Reek. Simon and Mackelly raise their eyebrows in skepticism. Chapter Review:Theon Greyjoy wakes from another bad dream to learn that his sister Asha has finally arrived in Winterfell. On his way to the Winterfell Great Hall to see her, he's surrounded by bodyguards. Ironborn have been dropping like flies around the castle, since they returned from the mill with the bodies of Bran and Rickon. Theon knows it's Reek who has committed the murders, to keep the secret of what happened at the mill from getting out. However, Theon uses the kennel master Farlen as a scapegoat for the crimes, and beheads him.Asha has brought Theon reinforcements to help hold Winterfell. Unfortunately, she's brought him a mere 10 men. Theon says it's not enough, Ser Rodrik Cassel is riding toward the castle with an army. Asha points out that's something he should've thought about before taking Winterfell. She asks him to give up on the castle and come with her back to Deepwood Motte. He refuses, so she leaves. Theon gives Reek silver to buy men to help hold the castle. He then second-guesses why he didn't do the smart thing and leave with his sister. As dawn breaks over Winterfell, he looks at the heads of the boys on the spikes and thinks of the Miller's sons. They were the perfect stand-ins for the still-missing Stark boys.Characters/Places/Names/Events:Theon Greyjoy - Heir to the Iron Islands. Betrayed his former friend Robb Stark and invaded the North in the name of the Iron Islands.Asha Greyjoy - Elder sister to Theon. Oldest surviving child of Balon Greyjoy.Balon Greyjoy - Lord of the Iron Islands.Victarion Greyjoy - Younger brother of Balon Greyjoy.Maester Luwin - Maester of Winterfell.Bran Stark - Paraplegic middle son of Ned and Catelyn Stark.Rickon Stark - Youngest child of Ned and Catelyn Stark.Farlen - Kennel-master of Winterfell.Palla - Farlen's daughter.Black Lorren - Cruel Iron Islander. Lieutenant to Theon Greyjoy.Reek - Malodorous servant to the now dead bastard of the dreadfort Ramsay Snow. Prisoner at Winterfell, freed by Theon Greyjoy.Ser Rodrik Cassel - Master-at-arms and castellan of Winterfell. Aging knight who rode to Torrhen's Square and left Winterfell exposed to Theon and the Ironborn.Support the podcast. Buy a bit of merch from our store. Or if swag is not your bag, buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold.If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.Join the discussion on our Discord server! https://discord.com/invite/FTy7BExyBQWe'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.All Music credits to Ross Bugden: INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M Support the show

Theon loses Bran, Rickon, and the direwolves. They escape with the help of Jojen, Meera, Osha, and Hodor. He gives chase, but they're outsmarted by the wolves and the wildling. Reek suggests a way for Theon to save face. Simon and Mackelly put Reek's plan to the sniff test.Chapter Review:Theon Greyjoy awakes abruptly in Ned and Catelyn Stark's bed in Winterfell, but all is quiet. Too quiet! The direwolves' infernal howling has stopped. Theon dresses and sends men to find out what is up. As the castle is roused it becomes apparent that Bran and Rickon have escaped.The young princes are accompanied by their direwolves, Hodor, Osha, and the Reeds. No horses are missing so Theon decides to wait for morning before beginning the pursuit. With the morn he rides out with his men, the Winterfell hounds, Reek, and Maester Luwin. The latter beseeches Theon to not harm the boys. Both know that they're worth more alive than dead, so it is a deal Theon agrees to.The hounds are defeated by some trickery by Osha - who has sent the direwolves in a different direction. Eventually, they're forced to admit defeat. But Reek has a plan to save face. He's brought spare cloaks and a wolf's head brooch, and has a hunch where the boys are. Characters/Places/Names/Events:Theon Greyjoy - Heir to the Iron Islands. Betrayed his former friend Robb Stark and invaded the North in the name of the Iron Islands.Asha Greyjoy - Elder sister to Theon. Oldest surviving child of Balon Greyjoy.Balon Greyjoy - Lord of the Iron Islands.Victarion Greyjoy - Younger brother of Balon Greyjoy. Maester Luwin - Maester of Winterfell.Bran Stark - Paraplegic middle son of Ned and Catelyn Stark.Rickon Stark - Youngest child of Ned and Catelyn Stark.Summer - Direwolf of Bran StarkShaggy Dog - Direwolf of Rickon StarkOsha - Wildling captured by the Starks, swore fealty to Theon Greyjoy at the first opportunity.Hodor - Giant, but simple-minded citizen of Winterfell. Carries Bran where he needs to go.Farlen - Kennel-master of Winterfell.Palla - Farlen's daughter.Black Lorren - Cruel Iron Islander. Lieutenant to Theon Greyjoy.Meera Reed - Daughter of Howland Reed of Greywater Watch.Jojen  Reed - Younger brother of Meera. Has prophetic green dreams.Reek - Malodorous servant to the now dead bastard of the dreadfort Ramsay Snow. Prisoner at Winterfell, freed by Theon Greyjoy.Support the podcast. Buy a bit of merch from our store. Or if swag is not your bag, buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold.If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.Join the discussion on our Discord server! https://discord.com/invite/FTy7BExyBQWe'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.All Music credits to Ross Bugden: INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M Support the show

Arya burns her third wish in helping the north take Harrenhal from Amory Lorch. She's abetted by Jaqen H'ghar and surprisingly Vargo Hoat - who has switched sides and is working for Roose Bolton. Mackelly and Simon weigh up what this means for Arya and the war. Chapter Review:Arya Stark's life has improved since Weese died. She roams Harrenhal after dark. She visits Hot Pie who is making bread for the morning. Their conversation is disturbed by the arrival of Vargo Hoat's Bloody Mummers, with a hundred or more northern prisoners. He brags to Amory Lorch of a big victory over Roose Bolton's men. Lorch has the captives taken to a cell. Arya begins to think of a plan.She visits Gendry to enlist his help in freeing the prisoners. He's not interested. She offers him the amazing reward of the gratitude of her mother and maybe even a job at Winterfell? Be still his beating heart. He points out that he's doing the same job here, why should he care where or for whom. She goes instead to the Godswood to practice her water dancing, where she meets Jaqen H'ghar.She wants him to help her free the prisoners, but he only owes her one death. She says his name, and he threatens to do it. But Arya agrees to unname him if he'll help. With Rorge and Biter, they overcome the guards with kettles of soup and free the prisoners, who were expecting help. Turns out that Hoat had turned and the prisoners were an advance force of Roose Bolton's army.When Bolton arrives, he makes Arya his cup-bearer as a token of his appreciation for her aid in freeing Harrenhal.  Characters/Places/Names/EventsArya Stark - Younger daughter of Eddard "Ned" and Catelyn Stark. Gendry - Friend of Arya. Former armorer's apprentice. Bastard son of King Robert Baratheon. Working in the Harrenhal smiths.Hot Pie - Friend of Arya. Working in the Harrenhal kitchens.Amory Lorch - Cruel Lannister knight. Implicated in the murder of Rhaegar Targaryen's two children. Acting castellan of Harrenhal.Vargo Hoat - Leader of the Brave Companions, aka the Bloody Mummers. Flamboyant, lisping swellsword.Roose Bolton - Lord of the Dreadfort. Heading up the eastern contingent of Robb Stark's army. Jaqen H'ghar - Mysterious Lorathi whom Arya saved from death during the battle between the Night's Watch recruits and Armory Lorch's men. Now a soldier in Lorch's group.Rorge - One of three recruits to the Night's Watch who were held in chains. Saved by Arya. Now in service to Armory Lorch. Biter - One of three recruits to the Night's Watch who were held in chains. Saved by Arya. Now in service to Armory Lorch. Support the podcast. Buy a bit of merch from our store. Or if swag is not your bag, buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold.If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.Join the discussion on our Discord server! https://discord.com/invite/FTy7BExyBQWe'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.All Music credits to Ross Bugden: INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M Support the show

Cat and crew arrive back at Riverrun to good news. Brienne has sworn to protect her. Robb's winning the war. Hoster is hanging on. Jamie is still captive and Ned's remains have been returned. Not withstanding some odd decisions by her brother Edmure, things are looking rosy. Mackelly and Simon get worried. Chapter Review: Catelyn Stark arrives back in the Riverrlands with her entourage, including Brienne of Tarth. Brienne pledges her future to Cat, with the proviso that when the time comes, Cat will release her to get revenge on Stannis for the murder of Renly. They're met by Martyn Rivers who fills her in on what they've missed. Robb winning victories. The West getting some of their own medicine. Twyin leaving Harrenhal to engage. At Riverrun, she learns that Tyrion's plan to free Jamie almost worked, and the Lannister's involved hang from the walls. The place is overrun with smallfolk seeking the security of the castle. Edmure has pulled the forces from the Twins to bolster Roose Bolton's number - this combined force will take the relatively unguarded Harrenhal. Edmure meanwhile will attack Tywin's army as it passes close to Riverrun. Cat visits her dying father, he mistakes her for her sister Lysa  and recalls forcing her to marry Jon Arryn not that “wretched boy." Cat is curious who he means. Ned's bones have been returned. Cat spends some time with them, but cannot see the man that was once there. She sends them on to Winterfell. Characters/Places/Names/Events: Catelyn Stark - Lady of Winterfell. Widow of Lord Eddard Stark and daughter of Hoster Tully, the Lord Paramount of the Riverlands. Stannis Baratheon - Elder brother of Renly Baratheon, rightful heir to the Iron Throne.Brienne of Tarth - Tall and homely daughter of Lord Selwyn Tarth the Evenstar. She is an expert with a sword. Known as Brienne the Blue for her blue cloak in King Renly's Rainbow Guard. Hoster Tully - Lord of Riverrun and Lord Paramount of the Riverlands. Father of Catelyn. Edmure Tully - Teir to Riverrun, brother to Catelyn. Brynden “Blackfish” Tully - Brother to Hoster, uncle to Catelyn and Edmure. Marty Rivers - Baseborn son of Walder Frey. Commanding the outriders while the Blackfish is in the west. Robb Stark - King in the North, son of Catelyn. Jamie Lannister - Eldest son of Tywin Lannister, twin of Cersei, Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, captive in Riverrun. Support us by making a purchase at our merchandise store:  https://ghostsofharrenhal.threadless.com/If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.We'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.Join the discussion on our Discord server! https://discord.com/invite/FTy7BExyBQAll Music credits to Ross Bugden: INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25MSupport the show

Theon is winning easy victories on the Stony Shore of the north against barely defended fishing villages. He and Dagmer make a plan to do something a bit bolder. Theon hopes to impress his father Balon. Simon and Mackelly reckon that they know better. Chapter Review: Theon's Iron Born raiders have taken a fishing village and decimated the Wild Hares with a trap. Only Benfred Tallhart survived and he is in custody. The northerner spits bile and hatred at Theon for his treachery. Aeron Damphair decrees that the prisoner must die for his words. Theon, despite knowing Benfred fairly well, consigns him to Damphair as a sacrifice to the Drowned God. Theon feels little pride and glory in the victory. Innocent villagers and reckless youths do not make for great stories. In his mind, he compares what he's up to with the noble battle of the Whispering Woods. Clearly his loyalties are partly divided. In trying to teach a couple of his men a lesson about squabbling over booty, Theon accidentally kills one of them. The others don't care, this just increases their share. Theon retreats to Foamdrinker and talks with his old teacher Dagmer Cleftjaw, master-of-arms for House Greyjoy. Theon reveals a plan to give them both a better story to tell of this war. Dagmer will besiege Torrhen's Square. The older man doesn't like this plan, but Theon reveals that this is just a ruse to lure Ser Rodrik Cassel and his men out of Winterfell, leaving the seat of House Stark undefended. Characters/Places/Names/Events: Theon Greyjoy - Heir to the Iron Islands. Sent to Pyke to bring the Greyjoy fleet into the war to help Robb Stark. Stony Shore - Western coast of the North. Scantily populated and ill-defended. Benfred Tallhart - Eldest son of Helman Tallhart. Captured and interrogated by Theon Greyjoy. Drowned by Aeron Greyjoy. Asha Greyjoy - Elder sister to Theon. Oldest surviving child of Balon Greyjoy. Balon Greyjoy - Lord of the Iron Islands. Father to Asha and Theon.  Victarion Greyjoy - Younger brother of Balon Greyjoy. Aeron Greyjoy - Youngest brother to Lord Balon. Priest of the Drowned God. Dour and devout. Known as Damphair. Dagmer Cleftjaw - Master-of-arms for House Greyjoy. Captain of the Foamdrinker. Part of Theon's raiding party. The Sea Bitch - Theon's warship. Support the podcast. Buy some merch from our store. Or if swag is not your bag, buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold.If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.Join the discussion on our Discord server!We'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.All Music credits to Ross Bugden:  INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M Support the show

Programa 1x72 de "La Canción Continúa", el podcast dedicado a la relectura de Canción de Hielo y Fuego, saga de George R.R. Martin. Esta semana analizamos el sensacional undécimo y último capítulo de Catelyn Stark en Juego de Tronos, en el que tras llegar a Aguasdulces los lores victoriosos deciden nombrar como Rey en el Norte al Joven Lobo, Robb Stark. Para un podcast tan señalado, contamos con un invitado de excepción: nuestro amigo Javi Sak, administrador de la Wikia de Hielo y Fuego. ¡Descubre nuestro Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/lacancioncontinua Síguenos en: Instagram https://bit.ly/33DkuVI Twitter https://bit.ly/2Uxre38 Facebook https://bit.ly/3bnz9XV iVoox https://bit.ly/2J7JlYv Spotify https://spoti.fi/3dweXok Apple Podcasts/iTunes https://apple.co/2Jo65mU Lektu https://lektu.com/e/la-cancion-contin... Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9qd9hxlw3MtLNJDIXlrSgg Podcasters: @BeatrizPB0 ; @VVelaryon ; @javimgol ; @santiOZ Todos los derechos sobre los nombres de lugares y personajes relacionados con la obra "Canción de Hielo y Fuego" pertenecen a George RR Martin, ©1996-2015, y a Editoriales Gigamesh S.L. por la traducción, ©2002-2020. Agradecemos el permiso de la editorial para el uso del glosario y por todo el apoyo que han dado a este podcast.

Spinning out of the moment when his nervous troops overhear Robb Stark being declared the King in the North, Gretchen and Sean discuss the role of peasants, soldiers, slaves, and the underclasses generally in Game of Thrones. (from Game of Thrones 1x10, "Fire and Blood," w: David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, d: Alan Taylor) Gretchen's Patreon Gretchen's Twitter Sean's Patreon Sean's Twitter

Tyrion's busy in the Red Keep. He gives his sister Cersei good news on the Baratheon front, then slips her a little poison. He announces the Lannister demands for peace with Robb. He gives Ser Alliser the men he needs, if in a mocking manner. Finally he confronts Pycelle about his spying. Simon and Mackelly review his day planner. Chapter Review: Tyrion Lannister has a busy day. He visits Cersei and announces that Stannis has attacked Storm's End. They have a rare moment of sibling happiness. Tyrion poisons Cersei with something to keep her in the privy the next day. Giving him a clear run at ruling the kingdom. From atop the Iron Throne he issues the Lannister's counter-demands to Cleos Frey. His cousin observes that they're unlikely to be received warmly in the North, but Tyrion isn't very concerned. He just wants to keep the dialogue going while the Baratheons destroy each other. Next up is Ser Alliser Thorne, visiting from the Wall with the still animated hand of Jaffer Flowers. Unfortunately said hand has rotted, and was thrown away. Tyrion is disturbed by Thorne's news, but is always concerned about appearing foolish. He dismisses Thorne with a few barbs, but agrees to advertise the Night's Watch to the hungry citizens.  His last stop of the day is at the chambers of Maester Pycelle. Tyrion has proven to himself beyond any doubt that Pycelle is Cersei's man and he wants him out of the picture. The clan chiefs scare Pycelle to the point of bed-wetting, roughly trim his beard with their axes, and march him to the dungeons. All the time the old man complains that everything he did, he did for the Lannisters. Characters/Places/Names/Events: Queen Cersei Lannister - Widow of King Robert Baratheon, twin sister of Ser Jamie Lannister. Mother of King Joffrey Baratheon. King Joffrey Baratheon - Bastard son of Jaime Lannister and his twin sister Queen Cersei Lannister. Currently King Joffrey Baratheon First of His Name. Tyrion Lannister - Youngest son of Tywin Lannister. Brother to queen Cersei and Jamie Lannister. Acting Hand of the King. Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish - Master of Coin, member of the Small Council, and childhood friend to Catelyn Tully. Grand Maester Pycelle - Elderly grand maester of the Seven Kingdoms. Fellow member of the king's Small Council. Jacelyn Bywater - New Commander of the City Watch (AKA Gold Cloaks). Bronn - A sellsword who fought and won Tyrion's trial by combat. Now Tyrion's friend and bodyguard. Ser Cleos Frey - Cousin to the Lannisters. Captive of Robb Stark. Sent to King's Landing with the Stark's demands. Shagga - Clan chief from the Mountains of the Moon. Timmet - Clan chief of the Mountains of the Moon. Check out our merchandise store:  https://ghostsofharrenhal.threadless.com/If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.We'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.Join the discussion on our Discord server! https://discord.com/invite/FTy7BExyBQAll Music credits to Ross Bugden: INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M Support the show

Theon views his new ship. Makes a new lady-friend. Admits his inner secrets to her. Discovers he's been tricked. And gets one further slap in the face from his father's war plans. Mackelly and Simon offer Theon some alternatives. Chapter Review: Theon Greyjoy admires his new ship in Lordsport. She has room for 50 oars and a deck that could take 100 men. He's approached by Esgred, wife of the ship-builder Sigrin. They flirt and Theon is very interested. He reckons she is too good for Sigrin, Esgred reckons the new ship is too good for Theon. He invites her to a feast and she agrees. They ride together on Theon's new horse Smiler who he obtained from Sawane Botley, who couldn't cope with the size and fierceness of the beast. Theon is far more comfortable on horseback than his countrymen. He gropes Esgred, but she removes his hand. They discuss Theon's claim to be heir of the Iron Islands and the relative claims of his elder sister Asha (she's a woman, Theon will marry her off) and his uncles Euron (missing two years possibly dead), Victarion (solid but unimaginative), and Aeron (given himself over to religion). Upon arrival at Pyke, Theon is amazed to discover that Esgred is in fact Asha. He sulks all the way to the feast where she, not he, is seated beside their father. After the meal, Balon summarizes their war plans: Theon will harry the Stormy Shore, Asha will take Deepwood Motte, and Victarion will conquer Moat Cailin. Balon cares only for war with the Starks, and trusts Theon with only the most menial of tasks. Characters/Places/Names/Events:Theon Greyjoy - Heir to the Iron Islands. Sent to Pyke to bring the Greyjoy fleet into the war to help Robb Stark. Asha Greyjoy - Elder sister to Theon. Oldest surviving child of Balon Greyjoy. Balon Greyjoy - Lord of the Iron Islands. Father to Asha and Theon. Euron Greyjoy - Brother of Balon Greyjoy. Been absent from the Iron Islands for more than two years. Possibly dead. Victarion Greyjoy - Younger brother of Balon Greyjoy. Aeron Greyjoy - Youngest brother to Lord Balon. Priest of the Drowned God. Dour and devout. Known as Damphair. The Sea Bitch - Theon's warship. Check out our merchandise store:  https://ghostsofharrenhal.threadless.com/If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.We'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.Join the discussion on our Discord server! https://discord.com/invite/FTy7BExyBQAll Music credits to Ross Bugden: INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25MSupport the show

Cat arrives in the Reach to discuss an alliance with King Renly Baratheon. She finds him amidst a tremendous host, playing at being king with feasting and tournaments. His nonchalance is punctured by news that his brother Stannis has besieged, not King's Landing, but the Baratheon seat of Storm's End. Mackelly and Simon consider the internecine implications. Chapter Review: Catelyn Stark awakes from sweet dreams of her family reunited, to the reality that she's headed further away from them. She and her honor/body-guard have skirted the troubles in the Riverlands and arrived safely in the Reach. Today will see them reach the upper Mander River and the Roseroad. She eschews a lavish breakfast to speed things along. They're spied and escorted into Renly's camp. The army is larger than she'd imagined, with banners from all over the Reach and the Stormlands. At the center, is the town of Bitterbridge and noise of a great tournament. Cat watches as an unknown knight defeats Ser Loras Tyrell to win the grand melee. The knight is revealed to be Brienne, the tall and homely daughter of Lord Selwyn Tarth. Brienne joins Renly's Rainbow Guard. Cat jousts (figuratively, and) politely with Renly who doesn't mind if Robb claims the title of king, as long as he ultimately bends the knee to Renly as the King of the Seven Kingdoms. He takes her to the tower so they can look upon his mighty host. She is not unimpressed. But his apparent primacy is challenged when news arrives that his brother Stannis has landed on the mainland with the focus of his attack, not King's Landing, but Storm's End. Characters/Places/Names/Events: Catelyn Stark - Lady of Winterfell. Widow of Lord Eddard Stark and daughter of Hoster Tully, the Lord Paramount of the Riverlands. Renly Baratheon - Robert and Stannis' youngest brother. Lord of Storm's End. Husband to Margaery Tyrell. Claimant to the Iron Throne. Margaery Tyrell - Daughter of Mace Tyrell, Lord of the Reach. Sister to Ser Loras Tyrell. Wife to King Renly Baratheon. She is reputed to resemble Lyanna Stark. Ser Loras Tyrell - Knight of Flowers. Dashing and renowned swordsman. Brienne of Tarth - Tall and homely daughter of Lord Selwyn Tarth the Evenstar. She is an expert fighter. Member of King Renly's Rainbow Guard. Randyll Tarly - Lord of Horn Hill. Father of Samwell Tarly. Ser Barristan Selmy - Ousted Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. Location unknown. Bitterbridge - Town in the Reach, where the Roseroad crosses the upper Mander River. Roseroad - Road linking King's Landing to Highgarden. Check out our merchandise store:  https://ghostsofharrenhal.threadless.com/If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.We'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.Join the discussion on our Discord server! https://discord.com/invite/FTy7BExyBQ All Music credits to Ross Bugden: INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M Support the show

Tyrion tours the wildfire production lines in the Guildhall of the Alchemists. He welcomes Cleos Frey to King's Landing and reads Robb Stark's demands. He meets with Cersei who is furious that Tyrion plans to sell off Myrcella to Dorne in return for their cooperation in the war. Simon and Mackelly weigh the strategies. Chapter Review: Tyrion Lannister meets with the pyromancer Hallyne in the Guildhall of the Alchemists. They have 7,000 pots of wildfire ready to be used in the defense of King's Landing. Tyrion is very uneasy - this substance burns on water and does unspeakable damage to all that it touches. He asks for some empty pots to be used in training the defenders. Bronn informs Tyrion of two urgent summons. The Hand decides to visit Jacelyn Bywater first. Tyrion's cousin Cleos Frey has arrived from his captivity in Riverrun. Robb Stark's demands are unacceptable, but Tyrion is pleased that he can stretch out the negotiations. He forbids anyone from Cleos' crew from entering King's Landing. He doesn't want word of the starvation to reach the King in the North. En route to his second urgent visit (with Cersei) he hears a preacher decrying the royals and the church. He's a bit offended by being referred to as a “demon monkey.”His sister Cersei is furious to have been kept waiting and incandescent that Tyrion should try to ship Myrcella to Dorne without consulting her. He tries to placate and feels like he's made progress. Compelling amongst his arguments is that the princess may well be considerably safer in Sunspear than she is in the capital. Characters/Places/Names/Events: Queen Cersei Lannister - Widow of King Robert Baratheon, twin sister of Ser Jamie Lannister. Mother of King Joffrey Baratheon. King Joffrey Baratheon - Bastard son of Jaime Lannister and his twin sister Queen Cersei Lannister. Currently King Joffrey Baratheon First of His Name. Tyrion Lannister - Youngest son of Tywin Lannister. Brother to queen Cersei and Jamie Lannister. Acting Hand of the King.  Grand Maester Pycelle - Elderly grand maester of the Seven Kingdoms. Fellow member of the king's Small Council. Jacelyn Bywater - New Commander of the City Watch (AKA Gold Cloaks).Bronn - A sellsword who fought and won Tyrion's trial by combat. Now Tyrion's friend and bodyguard. Cleos Frey - Cousin of the Tyrion, Cersei, and Jamie Lannister. Current captive of Robb Stark and go-between for him and Tyrion and Cersei.Hallyne - Pyromancer of the Alchemists' Guild in King's Landing.Check out our merchandise store:  https://ghostsofharrenhal.threadless.com/If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.We'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.Join the discussion on our Discord server! https://discord.com/invite/FTy7BExyBQ  All Music credits to Ross Bugden: INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M Support the show

Theon returns home to Pike after 10 years a captive. His welcome is not all he had dreamed it would be. His father, Balon, doesn't want to pay the gold price for his crown, he'd rather pay the iron price. Mackelly and Simon weigh the options and worry for Winterfell. Chapter Review: Theon Greyjoy arrives back in Pyke after 10 years away. His heart swells when he sees the kraken sigil flying above the ramparts. He has one last visit with the captain's daughter, telling her of the old ways of the Iron Islands and how she might be his salt wife - basically a sex slave - she's not entirely opposed. But Theon is more concerned with returning his family to past glories. When the ship docks, he's a bit puzzled by the lack of fanfare. A priest of the Drowned God offers a ride up to Pike. The priest is Theon's uncle Aeron, youngest brother of Lord Balon. Aeron was a fun-loving youth, but is now devout and joyless. He and Theon do not get on very well.  When Theon finally gets an audience with his father, he's treated as an outsider, an emissary of a hostile foreign force, and certainly not as the prodigal son returned. Theon lays out the strategy, the Ironmen's fleet to attack the Westerlands and in return Balon will be given independence and his crown back. But Balon sees other uses for his fleet that don't involve gifts from the hated Starks.  Characters/Places/Names/Events:  Theon Greyjoy - Heir to the Iron Islands and former ward of Ned Stark. Sent to Pike to bring the Greyjoy fleet into the war to help Robb Stark.  Asha Greyjoy - Elder sister to Theon. Oldest surviving child of Balon Greyjoy.  Balon Greyjoy - Lord of the Iron Islands. Father to Asha and Theon.  Aeron Greyjoy - Younger brother to Lord Balon. Priest of the Drowned God. Dour and devout. Known as Damphair.  Check out our merchandise store:  https://ghostsofharrenhal.threadless.com/If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.  We'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.  Join the discussion on our Discord server! https://discord.com/invite/FTy7BExyBQ All Music credits to Ross Bugden: INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M Support the show

The North sends its demands to King's Landing, knowing full well they won't be accepted. News arrives of various setbacks. Cat determines to solicit help from King Renly Baratheon. Mackelly and Simon consider what Robb's next move should be. Chapter Review: Robb reads his demands of Cersei to her cousin Cleos Frey. He's to take them to her and return with her reply. They include the return of all prisoners, delivery of 10 highborn Lannisters as hostages, concession that the North and the Riverlands are now their own kingdom. In return, all the prisoners taken by the north will be freed, with one golden exception: Jamie. Bereaved Rickard Karstark doesn't even stick around to listen.  Cat tells Robb that he did well, but things aren't going great. The Riverlands lords are dispersing to defend their homes against Tywin's raiding parties. The main army is camped at Riverrun with no clear idea of a next step. Clamor is rising for an attack on Harrenhal, but that will cost lives and won't be easy. Robb wants Cat to go home to Bran and Rickon. She says she wants to stay with her father.  Later with her uncle Brynden, Cat learns that the Lannisters are building a new army in the West, which threatens to trap Robb in a pincer. They decide that the best way forward is to lure Tywin out of Harrenhal, but he's no Edmure. The only way to make that happen would be to create a new threat that he couldn't ignore. Cat determines to travel south and beseech King Renly to come into the theatre and draw Tywin into action. Characters/Places/Names/Events: Robb Stark - Eldest son of Eddard (Ned) and Catelyn (Cat) Stark. Crowned King in the North after his victory at Riverrun. Grey Wind - The direwolf of Robb Stark. Theon Greyjoy - Ward and hostage of Eddard Stark. Only surviving son of Balon Greyjoy, and heir to the Iron Islands. Lord Rickard Karstark - Lord of Karhold. Of his three sons, one was taken captive by Tywin Lannister, the other two were killed in battle by Jamie Lannister. Catelyn Stark - Lady of Winterfell. Widow of Lord Eddard Stark and daughter of Hoster Tully, the Lord Paramount of the Riverlands. Jamie Lannister - Member of the royal Kingsguard. Twin brother to queen Cersei and older brother to Tyrion. Brynden “Blackfish” Tully - Brother of Hoster Tully, uncle to Catelyn Stark. Formerly Knight of the Gate in the Vale. Edmure Tully - Heir to Riverrun. De facto Lord, with his father Hoster Tully aged and bedridden. Hoster Tully - Lord of Riverrun. Father to Catelyn Stark, Edmure Tully, and Lysa Arryn. Old and in poor health. Cleos Frey - Son of Emmon Frey and Genna Lannister, nephew to Tywin. Fought for the Lannisters and was captured in the Whispering Wood. Balon Greyjoy - Lord of the Iron Islands. Father of Theon. Rebelled against Robert Baratheon's rule and claimed kingship. Renly Baratheon - Youngest Baratheon brother. Lord of Storm's End. Claimant to the Iron Throne. Tywin Lannister - Lord of Casterly Rock. Father of Jamie, Cersei, and Tyrion Lannister.  Check out our merchandise store:  https://ghostsofharrenhal.threadless.com/If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review. We'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.Join the discussion on our Discord server!Support the show

Arya and the Night's Watch recruits are badgered by Gold Cloaks intent on returning one of their number to King's Landing. Despite Arya's concerns, it is Gendry who they're after. He's saved by the bravery of Yoren and his fellow recruits. Simon and Mackelly consider the implications.  Chapter Review:  Arya's journey north with Yoren and the latest members of the Night's Watch is punctuated by signs of war. Roadside graves, refugees fleeing south, and opportunistic profiteers. A stop at an inn provides an opportunity for all who have nothing to hide to get a bath. Conversation is of Robb Stark's success and the dangers of the road to come.  Arya goes outside and begins to befriend one of the three chained prisoners. He's from Essos and introduces himself as Jaqen H'ghar. He apologizes for the manners of his friends Biter and Rorge. Arya gets feisty, Jaqen is impressed, and Gendry reminds her not to fraternize with the prisoners.  A contingent of Gold Cloaks arrives, looking for one of the recruits. Arya hides with Gendry explaining that she is who they seek. Yoren faces them down, with help from the other recruits, who rally to protect their comrade. Turns out that they were after Gendry. He's puzzled as to why, and also why Arya thought it would be her. Yoren makes contingency plans for when the Gold Cloaks return in greater numbers - horses for Arya and Gendry, and orders to ride north as fast as possible if trouble comes.  Characters/Places/Names/Events:  Arya Stark - Younger daughter of Ned and Catelyn Stark.  Yoren - Man of the Night's Watch in King's Landing seeking recruits and supplies.  Gendry - Recruit to the Night's Watch. Former armorer's apprentice. Bastard son of King Robert Baratheon.  Hot Pie - Recruit of the Night's Watch.  Lommy - Recruit of the Night's Watch.  Jaqen H'ghar - unwilling recruit of the Night's Watch, from the dungeons of King's Landing.  Biter and Rorge - Jaqen H'ghar's cellmates on the journey north from the King's Landing dungeons.  Check out our merchandise store:  https://ghostsofharrenhal.threadless.com/If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.Join the discussion on our Discord server! https://discord.com/invite/FTy7BExyBQWe'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.All Music credits to Ross Bugden: INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M Support the show

Tyrion disrupts the small council by announcing that he'll be the new Hand of the King. Cersei is not best pleased. Varys proves his ability to sniff out a secret by befriending Shae before Tyrion has had a chance to hide her. Mackelly and Simon join in the posturing about what real power is. PS: Stick around after the end music to hear Simon serenade Mac.Chapter Review: Tyrion gains entry to the small council by staring down Ser Mandon Moore (with a bit of help from Bronn and Timmet). He shows the council the letter from his father naming him Hand of the King. The various members of the council congratulate Tyrion, but the queen is far from pleased. A mood not improved when she learns he's brought only a token force, not the full army of the West that she was hoping for. Tyrion requests a moment alone with his sister. The flatterers and fools exeunt. They discuss Jaime's absence, Littlefinger's awful decision to elevate the incompetent Janos Slynt, Joffrey's awful decision to behead Ned Stark, Varys' awful decision to fire Ser Barristan Selmy, and Sansa's awful (for the Stark's) decision to betray her family. Tyrion gets the idea that the small council are useless and it's a good job he's here. He rides through the city, seeing causes for concern (more bodyguards than produce), and learns that Cersei is doing nothing to help the citizens. Arriving back at his lodgings he finds Shae entertaining Lord Varys. He's dismayed, as he hoped to keep her presence a secret. He and Varys joust over what constitutes true power. Characters/Places/Names/Events: Queen Cersei Lannister - Widow of King Robert Baratheon, twin sister of Ser Jamie Lannister. Mother of King Joffrey Baratheon. King Joffrey Baratheon - Bastard son of Jaime Lannister and his twin sister Queen Cersei Lannister. Currently King Joffrey Baratheon First of His Name. Tyrion Lannister - Youngest son of Tywin Lannister. Brother to queen Cersei and Jamie Lannister. Acting Hand of the King. Tywin Lannister - Lord of Casterly Rock. Father of Jamie, Cersei, and Tyrion Lannister. Jamie Lannister - Member of the royal Kingsguard. Twin brother to Queen Cersei and older brother to Tyrion. Nicknamed the "Kingslayer" for killing King Aerys Targaryen. Captive of Robb Stark. Shae - Prostitute, consort of Tyrion Lannister. Lord Varys - The Spider. Eunuch and Master of Whispers. Member of the small council. Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish - Master of Coin. Member of the small council, and childhood friend to Catelyn Stark. Grand Maester Pycelle - Elderly grand maester of the Seven Kingdoms. Fellow member of the king's small council.  Check out our merchandise store:  https://ghostsofharrenhal.threadless.com/If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.Join the discussion on our Discord server! https://discord.com/invite/FTy7BExyBQWe'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. All Music credits to Ross Bugden: INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M Support the show

On Dragonstone, King Stannis Baratheon's entourage debate how to actualize his claim. Stannis' unforgiving nature makes allies hard to come by. There's some infighting, culminating in an attempted poisoning that backfires. Simon and Mackelly take a careful sip. Chapter Review: Maester Cresson ruminates on various omens and portents: a white raven signifying the end of summer, the red comet, the growing influence on Dragonstone of Melisandre the Red Priestess of R'hllor, his aching old bones, and so on. He has a friendly chat with Stannis' daughter princess Shireen and her creepy fool Patchface. He meets with Stannis but every idea for bolstering their numbers or courting allies is rebuffed by the king. The only concession seems to be the idea of marrying Shireen to Lord Robert Arryn of the Vale. Stannis' grievances now include his own younger brother Renly claiming the throne, Robb Stark styling himself as King in the North, his dead brother Robert for favoring Ned Stark over him, and so on. Stannis' open mindedness is not helped by Melisandre, who claims to have seen his ascension to the throne in the flames. Stannis feels his future is set, he need not compromise. Cresson decides to do away with Melisandre. As a peace offering, he offers her a goblet of poisoned wine. She is suspicious but drinks most of it down, Cresson swallows the rest. As he chokes and dies, she informs him that her Lord of Light really does have power, as she is unaffected by the toxin. Characters/Places/Names/Events: Stannis Baratheon - (Arguably) The rightful King of the 7 kingdoms. Elder brother of Renly Baratheon. Husband to Selyse. Father of Shireen. Melisandre - The Red Woman of Ashaii. Priestess of R'Hellor, the Lord of Light. Advisor to King Stannis. Selyse (Florent) Baratheon - Wife of Stannis Baratheon, (arguably) rightful Queen of the 7 Kingdoms. Mother of Shireen. Shireen Baratheon - 9 y/o daughter of Stannis and Selyse Baratheon. Suffers from greyscale on the face and neck. Ser Davos Seaworth - The Onion Knight. Advisor to King Stannis Baratheon. Maester Pylos - Young maester, sent to Dargonstone to replace the frail maester Cresson. Maester Cresson - 80-year-old maester of Dragonstone. Long-time servant of the Baratheon family. Patchface - Fool and friend to Shireen Baratheon. Reputed to have skills as an entertainer, but lost his wits in a near-drowning. Renly Baratheon - Robert and Stannis' youngest brother. Lord of Storm's End. Claimant to the Iron Throne. Ardrian Celtigar - Head of house Celtigar. Vassal of Stannis Baratheon. Monford Velaryon - Head of house Velaryon. Vassal of Stannis Baratheon. Axell Florent - Uncle to Selyse Baratheon. Castellan of Dragonstone. Check out our merchandise store:  https://ghostsofharrenhal.threadless.com/If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.Join the discussion on our Discord server! https://discord.com/invite/FTy7BExyBQWe'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.All Music credits to Ross Bugden:INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25MSupport the show

Cat and company arrive in Riverrun to find Lord Hoster Tully on his deathbed. With both Baratheon brothers vying to take the throne from their nephew, the Northern lords don't know who to support. The Greatjohn Umber has a creative solution, and declares Robb the King in the North to general approval. The boys dip their lances and consider bending the knee. Chapter Review: Catelyn re-enters Riverrun, where she grew up, for the first time in years. She's escorted to her father's rooms by her brother Edmure, recently freed from captivity in Jamie Lannister's host. Lord Hoster is near death but is glad to receive Cat. He's less thrilled to hear that his brother has come home. The old guy still has smouldering animosity for Brynden, and a fondness for his first grandson Robb. Cat finds Robb praying with the northern lords in the Godswood, where she played as a child. He's too busy to see his grandpa, as news has arrived that Renly Baratheon has wed Margery Tyrell and claimed the Iron Throne. With Tywin Lannister retreating to Harrenhal, the path forward for the northern army is not clear. Stannis has the better claim, but Renly has more (i.e., some) charisma. When it feels like the discussion is going, nowhere the GreatJohn Umber rises and dismisses all these southern kings, they mean nothing to him. The only king he'd follow is Robb Stark: the King in the North. All agree. Characters/Places/Names/Events: Robb Stark - Eldest son of Eddard (Ned) and Catelyn (Cat) Stark. Catelyn Stark - Lady of Winterfell. Wife of Lord Eddard Stark and daughter of Hoster Tully, the Lord Paramount of the Riverlands. Hoster Tully - Lord of Riverrun. Father to Catelyn Stark, Edmure Tully, and Lysa Arryn. Old and in poor health. Edmure Tully - Heir to Riverrun. Brother to Catelyn Stark. Brynden “Blackfish” Tully - Brother of Hoster Tully, uncle to Catelyn Stark. Formerly Knight of the Gate in the Vale. Theon Greyjoy - Ward and hostage of Eddard Stark. Only surviving son of Balon Greyjoy, and heir to the Iron Islands. Lord John “The Greatjohn” Umber - Lord of Last Hearth - huge. Lost two fingers to Grey Wind, now fiercely loyal to Robb Stark. Jamie Lannister - Member of the royal Kingsguard. Twin brother to queen Cersei and older brother to Tyrion. Nicknamed the "Kingslayer" for killing King Aerys Targaryen. Stannis Baratheon - Eldest brother of dead King Robert Baratheon. At Dragonstone. Renly Baratheon - Youngest brother of dead King Robert Baratheon. Recently married to Margery Tyrell and claimant to the Iron Throne. Riverrun - Capital of the Riverlands, seat of House Tully. Support the podcast. Buy a bit of merch from our store. Or if swag is not your bag, buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold.If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.Join the discussion on our Discord server! https://discord.com/invite/FTy7BExyBQWe'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.All Music credits to Ross Bugden: INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M Support the show

Jon decides his future lies south of the wall. He rides out to join Robb in his fight. He's prevented from his oath-breaking by his friends, who ride after him and drag him back. Jeor Mormont announces that the Night's Watch will march north of the Wall to figure out what's going on, and Jon better jolly-well come along. The boys prepare for winter. Chapter Review: Jon Snow saddles up and, ignoring Sam's pleas, heads south to join his brother Robb Stark. He does have a few doubts about the reception his brother will give him. As Lord of Winterfell, Robb might feel the need to behead Jon for oath-breaking. Grenn, Pyp, Toad, Halder, and Matthar catch up with him and, by being unarmed and unarmored, they shame Jon into returning with them. As he serves Mormont breakfast, he's plotting his next escape. But Mormont reveals that he knows his men, and had set a watch on Jon. He's going nowhere. Mormont uses the dastardly trick of logical argument to convince Jon to stay. Is Jon such a great warrior that he would tip the war in Robb's favor? Has Jon paid any attention to the portents at the Wall, you know, like the dead rising? The realm's real fight is right here, and right here Jon might actually make a difference. The Night's Watch will sortie north of the wall to find Benjen Stark, to gain intel on Mance Rayder (the King Beyond the Wall), and to learn the truth about the Others. Characters/Places/Names/Events: Eddard "Ned" Stark - Former Lord of Winterfell. Executed by King Joffrey Baratheon for treason. Jon Snow - Bastard son of Ned Stark. Recently sworn brother of the Night's Watch. Samwell Tarly - Brother of the Night's Watch. Heavy-set and cowardly. Attendant to Maester Aemon. Friend to Jon Snow. Jeor Mormont - Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. Maester Aemon - 100-year-old maester of the Night's Watch. Now revealed to be Aemon Targaryen. Benjen Stark - First Ranger of the Night's Watch. Missing north of the wall. Younger brother of Eddard Stark. Ser Jaremy Rykker - Acting First Ranger, in Benjen Stark's absence. Mance Rayder - leader of the Wildlings, self-styled King-Beyond-The-Wall. Ghost - Jon Snow's direwolf. Castle Black - Headquarters of the Night's Watch at the Wall. Support the podcast. Buy a bit of merch from our store. Or if swag is not your bag, buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold.If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.Join the discussion on our Discord server! https://discord.com/invite/FTy7BExyBQWe'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.All Music credits to Ross Bugden:  INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M Support the show

News of Jamie's capture reaches Tywin. The siege of Riverrun is lifted and Edmure Tully freed. Renly Baratheon has married Margery Tyrell and claimed the throne. Suddenly the Lannister procession is in danger of becoming a rout. Tywin orders Tyrion to King's Landing to bring the new king to heel. The boys are right there with him. Chapter Review: Tywin's bannermen are gathered at the Inn at the Crossroads, again. A messenger from Jamie's army has arrived with only bad news: Jamie is captured. The siege of Riverrun ended. The sell-swords have flipped allegiance. Edmure Tully has been rescued. Maybe 2000 men survived to flee back to the Golden Tooth, but the rest are lost. The bannermen, who aren't a particularly impressive group, are dismayed. They agree that everything should be done to ransom Jamie, but Tyrion points out that Joffrey's decision to behead Ned has shattered any possibility of that happening. Eventually, Tywin turfs them all out apart from Tyrion and Kevan. He announces that they'll retreat south to Harrenhal which his host is large enough to defend. With enemies on all sides, there's not much more he can do. In the meantime, his brutes will continue to burn and pillage the Riverlands. Lastly, Tyrion will be dispatched to King's Landing to rule. He's charged with bringing the new King into line, and Cersei too, and to figure out if anyone on the Small Council is worth their salt. Characters/Places/Names/Events: Tyrion Lannister - Youngest son of Tywin Lannister. Brother to queen Cersei and Jamie Lannister. Tywin Lannister - Lord of Casterly Rock. Father of Jamie, Cersei, and Tyrion Lannister. Kevan Lannister - Younger brother of Tywin Lannister. Uncle to Tyrion. Jamie Lannister - Eldest son of Tywin Lannister. Member of the King's Guard. Currently in the custody of Robb Stark. Shae - a prostitute, consort of Tyrion Lannister. Ser Gregor Clegane - The Mountain that Rides. Sandor Clegane's older brother. Bannerman to Tywin Lannister. Lord Roose Bolton - Lord of the Dreadfort. Silent, watchful, and unnerving. Robb Stark - Eldest son of Eddard (Ned) and Catelyn (Cat) Stark. Current Stark in Winterfell. Support the podcast. Buy a bit of merch from our store. Or if swag is not your bag, buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold.If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.Join the discussion on our Discord server! https://discord.com/invite/FTy7BExyBQWe'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.All Music credits to Ross Bugden: INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M Support the show

Robb Stark's host lures a large Lannister force away from their siege of Riverrun. Battle ensues in the Whispering Woods. Cat watches and mostly listens, and is rewarded with the capture of none-other-than Jamie Lannister and several of his kin. The boys discuss the shift in the balance of power. Chapter Review: Brydnen Tully reports that Jamie Lannister's forces are split into three, in order to surround Riverrun. His outriders have prevented any news (of the split of Robb's forces) from reaching Jamie, and a series of raids and retreats have shown that Jamie is a bit bored and inclined to chase down the raiders. A plan is hatched. Cat watches through the fog, as northern forces array around a valley in the Whispering Woods. The latest and largest raiding party enters the valley, with Jamie and a large contingent of his besiegers in hot pursuit. Horns sound and the trap is spring. Cat cannot really see much, but she hears muffled fighting.  When it is all over, Theon Greyjoy and GreatJon Umber drag Jamie Lannister before her. He came awfully close to getting to Robb Stark, but he now represents a prized bargaining chip. Other Lannister cousins and loyalists are also captured, and the whole direction of the conflict has tipped. Characters/Places/Names/Events:Robb Stark - Eldest son of Eddard (Ned) and Catelyn (Cat) Stark. Current Stark in Winterfell. Catelyn Stark - Lady of Winterfell. Wife of Lord Eddard Stark and daughter of Hoster Tully, the Lord Paramount of the Riverlands. Hoster Tully - Lord of Riverrun. Father to Catelyn Stark, Edmure Tully, and Lysa Arryn. Old and in poor health. Brynden “Blackfish” Tully - Brother of Hoster Tully, uncle to Catelyn Stark. Formerly Knight of the Gate in the Vale. Theon Greyjoy - Ward and hostage of Eddard Stark. Only surviving son of Balon Greyjoy, and heir to the Iron Islands. Lord John “The GreatJohn” Umber - Lord of Last Hearth - huge. Lost two fingers to Grey Wind, now fiercely loyal to Robb Stark. Jamie Lannister - Member of the royal Kingsguard. Twin brother to queen Cersei and older brother to Tyrion. Nicknamed the "Kingslayer" for killing King Aerys Targaryen. Riverrun - Capital of the Riverlands, seat of House Tully. Support the podcast. Buy a bit of merch from our store. Or if swag is not your bag, buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold.If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.Join the discussion on our Discord server! https://discord.com/invite/FTy7BExyBQWe'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.All Music credits to Ross Bugden INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M Support the show

Tyrion is invited to join the vanguard of the forthcoming battle with the northern army.  He meets a young lady who might just be his match, and he somehow contrives to survive the battle.  The day belongs to the Lannisters, but key elements of the northern host are absent.  The boys weigh up the strategic advantage and moon over the charming Shae. Chapter Review: Tyrion and crew have traveled a couple of hundred miles up the Kingsroad to face Robb Stark's army. The two forces are set to meet the next day. Tyrion tries dining with his father, but Tywin's willingness to see his youngest son go into battle in the vanguard without so much as command robs him of his appetite. He gets back to his own tent to discover he's missed dinner there too. Bronn has acquired the services of a prostitute for Tyrion's last evening on earth. Shae is a sassy young thing, and Tyrion is instantly charmed. He promises her gold, but demands exclusivity. Their night together ends abruptly when the alarm sounds that the northern army has marched through the night. Tyrion's new squire, Podrick Payne, is asleep on the job and Tyrion almost misses the action. Tyrion and his mountain clans acquit themselves well and the Lannister forces are victorious. However, although the victory has delivered multiple high-value assets to Tywin and company, it turns out that a trick has been pulled and Robb Stark has crossed the Green Fork at the Twins and is presumably headed to Riverrun to harry Jaime.  Characters/Places/Names/Events: Tyrion Lannister - Youngest son of Tywin Lannister. Brother to queen Cersei and Jamie Lannister. Tywin Lannister - Lord of Casterly Rock. Father of Jamie, Cersei, and Tyrion Lannister.Bronn - A sellsword who fought and won Tyrion's trial by combat. Now Tyrion's friend and bodyguard. Shae - A prostitute, consort of Tyrion Lannister. Podrick Payne - Squire to Tyrion Lannister. Shagga - Member of the Stone Crows mountain clan in the Mountains of the Moon.  Confederate/captor of Tyrion Lannister. Ser Gregor Clegane - The Mountain that Rides. Sandor Clegane's older brother. Bannerman to Tywin Lannister. Lord Roose Bolton - Lord of the Dreadfort. Silent, watchful, and unnerving. Robb Stark - Eldest son of Eddard (Ned) and Catelyn (Cat) Stark. Current Stark in Winterfell. Support the podcast. Buy a bit of merch from our store. Or if swag is not your bag, buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold.If you like what we're doing, please consider rating and reviewing us at Apple Podcasts, podchaser.com, and anywhere else you can leave a rate and review.Join the discussion on our Discord server! https://discord.com/invite/FTy7BExyBQWe'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at ghosts.harrenhal@gmail.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @GhostsHarrenhal, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. All Music credits to Ross Bugden: INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25MSupport the show