After learning that Theon staged Bran and Rickon's deaths, his "rescuer" betrays him, returning him to the dungeon for further torture. Following a failed escape attempt, Jaime believes himself lost without his sword hand; Brienne urges him to remain hopeful. Varys tells Tyrion how he became a eunuch and shows him the sorcerer who castrated him, now his captive, advising Tyrion to be patient in his quest for vengeance against Cersei. At Craster's Keep, the starving Night's Watch survivors take stock and come into conflict with their host; Craster and Mormont are slain in the struggle, and Sam flees with Gilly and her newborn son.
Arya and Gendry are taken to the Brotherhood's secret cave and brought before its commander, Beric Dondarrion, who demands that the Hound undergo a trial by combat for his crimes. Margaery proposes that Sansa marry Loras, which Sansa finds agreeable, unaware that he is gay. Daenerys exchanges a chain for a whip: meeting the slaver Kraznys to trade one dragon for the Unsullied army, she commands the Unsullied, once the deal is struck, to kill all the slave masters, has her dragon burn Kraznys, and frees the Unsullied, who willingly follow her.