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Upon returning to Winterfell with their armies, Jon and Daenerys learn that the White Walkers have broken through the Wall with Daenerys' undead dragon, Viserion. In response, Sansa, the Northern lords, and their allies rally around Winterfell, although they are suspicious of Daenerys and doubt the promised Lannister reinforcements. At King's Landing, Euron returns from Essos with the Golden Company, then consummates his relationship with Cersei. Qyburn, on Cersei's orders, bribes Bronn to kill Tyrion and Jaime. Theon rescues Yara, who sails to reclaim the Iron Islands. Theon returns to the North to help fight the Army of the Dead. Back at Winterfell, Jon reunites with Bran and Arya, and learns to ride Rhaegal with Daenerys's encouragement. Sam learns that Daenerys executed his father and brother, then tells Jon that he is Aegon Targaryen – the rightful king of the Seven Kingdoms. Tormund and Beric, who survived the destruction of the Wall, encounter Edd and other Night's Watch members at House Umber's castle. The Umbers have been killed by the Army of the Dead, and the Night King left a message – Ned Umber as a wight tied to the wall inside a spiral symbol, which Beric sets afire. The following morning, Jaime arrives at Winterfell and is recognized by Bran..

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Despite being met with mistrust by Daenerys and Sansa, Jaime is allowed to join the Targaryen-Stark forces after Brienne vouches for his honor. Tyrion starts to lose favor with Daenerys due to his miscalculation about Cersei, prompting Jorah to ask her to forgive him. Daenerys tries to win Sansa's favor through their mutual love for Jon but is unable to answer her questions about the North's fate. Theon, Edd, Tormund, and Beric return to Winterfell and report House Umber's fall. Everyone reluctantly agrees to Bran's suggestion that he be used as bait to lure out the Night King, who is bent on destroying the Three-Eyed Raven. Jon, Samwell, and Edd look back on their time in the Night's Watch; Arya has sex with Gendry; Tyrion, Jaime, Davos, Brienne, Podrick, and Tormund drink together, during which Jamie formally knights Brienne; and Jorah fails to convince Lyanna not to fight before receiving Heartsbane from Samwell. As the Army of the Dead approaches Winterfell, Daenerys finds Jon at Lyanna Stark's grave and learns about his heritage. Most of the major characters are now gathered at Winterfell, awaiting a great battle..

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The Living Army meets the Army of the Dead outside Winterfell. The Dothraki are obliterated first, then the Unsullied are overwhelmed. Edd is killed after saving Sam. The survivors retreat into the castle while Melisandre ignites the defensive fire trench surrounding Winterfell to delay the advancing horde. Jon and Daenerys engage the Night King on their dragons. The wights invade Winterfell, overpowering the defenders and killing Lyanna Mormont. Beric dies defending Arya, whom Melisandre helps realize her destiny to deny the God of Death on that day. Jon and Rhaegal knock the Night King off Viserion; Daenerys commands Drogon to burn the Night King, but dragon fire has no effect. The Night King raises slain Winterfell defenders, including the dead entombed in the crypt where the non-combatants are attacked. When swarming wights pull Daenerys from Drogon, Jorah is fatally wounded defending her. The Night King arrives at the Godswood for Bran and kills Theon. Arya ambushes the Night King, stabbing him with her Valyrian steel dagger. The Night King and his White Walkers disintegrate, and Viserion and the wights collapse. Her purpose served, Melisandre leaves Winterfell and falls dead from old age..

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The survivors mourn and burn the dead. Daenerys legitimizes Gendry as a Baratheon, and names him Lord of Storm's End. Arya declines Gendry's marriage proposal. Jaime and Brienne become lovers. To protect her position as queen, Daenerys wants Jon to conceal his true parentage. Bronn arrives to kill Jaime and Tyrion for Cersei, but spares them in exchange for Highgarden. Daenerys wants to immediately attack King's Landing, but her war council disagrees. Jon reveals his Targaryen claim to Sansa and Arya, swearing them to secrecy. Wanting Jon as king, Sansa tells Tyrion, who informs Varys. Arya leaves Winterfell and joins Sandor, heading south. Jon passes Ghost to Tormund, who returns north with the Wildlings. Daenerys and her fleet set sail for King's Landing, while Jon leads the Northern army. At Dragonstone, Euron's navy uses an ambush and their scorpion weapons to easily kill Rhaegal, destroy Daenerys' fleet and capture Missandei at Dragonstone. Daenerys considers seizing King's Landing using dragon fire. Varys and Tyrion debate whether Jon or Daenerys is a better ruler. Jaime heads to King's Landing after Cersei's attack. Cersei refuses Daenerys' demand to surrender and has Missandei beheaded by the Mountain, angering Daenerys..

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Varys wants Jon to take the Iron Throne, but Jon refuses to betray Daenerys. After learning of Varys' plot from Tyrion, Daenerys has Drogon burn Varys. Daenerys plans to incinerate King's Landing, but Tyrion conspires for Jaime to enter the city to secretly take Cersei away from Westeros. As Jaime, Arya, and Sandor infiltrate King's Landing, Daenerys has Drogon destroy the Iron Fleet, the scorpion weapons, the city gates and most of the Golden Company, allowing her army to enter. The Lannister forces are overwhelmed and surrender, but an enraged Daenerys attacks the city on Drogon, indiscriminately burning soldiers and civilians. The allied army follows her lead, slaughtering all in their path, horrifying Tyrion and Jon. After entering the Red Keep, Jaime kills Euron, but is mortally wounded. Sandor convinces Arya to abandon killing Cersei and save herself, then engages the Mountain, who kills Qyburn. Sandor and the Mountain fight fiercely, the brothers dying together after falling into flames. Cersei and Jaime reunite and flee, but both are buried under rubble as the castle collapses. Jon calls for retreat as civilians desert a demolished King's Landing. Amid the city's destruction, Arya barely escapes alive..

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After King's Landing is nearly destroyed, Grey Worm executes all captured soldiers on Daenerys' orders. Tyrion finds Jaime and Cersei dead in the Red Keep ruins. Daenerys rallies the Unsullied and Dothraki, declaring she will liberate the entire world. Denouncing Daenerys' tyranny, Tyrion resigns as Hand, then is imprisoned for treason to await execution. Fearing Daenerys may kill Jon and Sansa, Arya and Tyrion tell Jon that Westeros' fate lies with him. Jon confronts Daenerys and kills her during an embrace. Drogon melts the Iron Throne and carries her body away. Tyrion proposes that future monarchs be chosen by Westerosi aristocrats, rather than through familial succession. Apart from Sansa asserting an independent North, the Westerosi leaders follow Tyrion's proposal, proclaiming Bran Stark as Bran the Broken, Ruler of the Six Kingdoms. Bran appoints Tyrion as his Hand and sentences Jon to the Night's Watch to appease Daenerys' followers. Grey Worm and the Unsullied sail for Naath. Tyrion reorganizes the King's Small Council – Brienne, Bronn, Davos, and Sam – to rebuild King's Landing. Sansa is crowned Queen in the North. Arya sets sail to explore west of Westeros. At Castle Black, Jon rejoins Tormund and Ghost, accompanying the Wildlings going north of the Wall..