A Dance With Dragons

Roose Bolton tells Ramsay that Ramsay is to go to Barrowtown in Winterfell and marry the girl they claim is Arya. The wedding is a trap. Those loyal to the Starks won’t be able to resist coming to the wedding to rescue Eddard Stark’s daughter. Meanwhile, Manderly and the Freys are making their way through Winterfell, but several Freys disappear from the slow-moving party, likely because Manderly’s men killed them. Roose Bolton warns Ramsay that his sadistic violence is becoming a problem. Roose believes “a peaceful land, a quiet people”(430) are what a good ruler should aim for. Violence is useful only for securing power, and it should be used strategically even then. After Stannis captures Deepwood, the Boltons shift the wedding to the castle at Winterfell. The Boltons arrive at Castle Winterfell, where they present Reek as Theon Greyjoy, the rightful lord in Winterfell. They hide his missing fingers with gloves and stuffing.

Jorah, Tyrion, Penny, and her animals are with the Windblown (including a disguised Quentyn Martell and his companions) on board a ship bound for Qarth. Moqorro, a red priest, is on board as well. The sailors avoid him. Their path takes them close to Valyria, a smoking, ominous place since the Doom destroyed it.