Stannis suddenly arrives and defeats Mance's army, and takes him prisoner. Later, the Night's Watch burn the bodies of their dead while Jon burns Ygritte beyond the wall. Elsewhere beyond the wall, Bran, Jojen, Meera and Hodor come upon the large Heart Tree from Bran and Jojen's visions, before they are attacked by reanimated skeletons. Though Jojen is killed, Bran, Hodor and Meera are saved by a child of the forest who takes them to the three-eyed raven. In Meereen, Daenerys reluctantly grants a former slave's wish of being sold into slavery again. The next citizen brings her the charred remains of his daughter who was burned by one of her dragons. As a precaution, Daenerys chains and locks her other dragons below the Great Pyramid. In the Vale, Brienne and Podrick come upon Arya and the Hound. The Hound is mortally wounded by Brienne, while Arya escapes. With the coin Jaqen H'ghar gave her, she buys passage on a ship bound for Braavos. Meanwhile in King's Landing, Cersei orders Qyburn to do anything to save the Mountain. While talking with her father, she refuses to marry Loras and even goes as far as to reveal her's and Jaime's incestuous affairs. At night, Jaime helps Tyrion escape. However, Tyrion goes to his father's chambers and finds Shae there, before he kills her and his father and escapes the city with Varys.
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