En route to Oldtown to train as a Maester, Samwell first heads for Horn Hill, his family home, intending to leave Gilly and Little Sam with his family while claiming Little Sam as his biological son. Bran meets the past in a vision, seeing young Ned and Howland Reed, Meera's father, dishonorably defeat a Targaryen Kingsguardsman at the Tower of Joy in Dorne. Varys finds an answer, discovering that the masters of Slaver's Bay are financing the Sons of the Harpy. In King's Landing, the High Sparrow preaches to Tommen, while Jaime, Cersei and her bodyguard, Ser Gregor Clegane, interrupt a Small Council meeting, only to be shunned by Kevan Lannister and the Tyrells.
The Waif rigorously trains Arya to be "no one"; Arya's sight is restored after she accepts the identity. In Winterfell, Ramsay gets a gift when Smalljon Umber, asking his help to protect the North from the Wildlings, presents him with Rickon Stark, Osha, and the head of Rickon's direwolf. Jon executes Thorne, Olly and the other mutineers, then renounces his oath and puts Edd in charge of the Night's Watch.