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The House of Black and White

"The House of Black and White" is the second episode of the fifth season of
Game of Thrones. It is the forty-second episode of the series overall. It The House of Black and
premiered on April 19, 2015. It was written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss and White
directed by Michael Slovis.
Season 5 Episode 2
Contents [show]
Plot
Arya arrives in Braavos. Pod and Brienne run into trouble on the road. Cersei
fears for her daughter's safety in Dorne as Ellaria Sand seeks revenge for
Air date April 19, 2015
Oberyn's death. Stannis tempts Jon. An adviser tempts Dany.
Runtime 56 minutes
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Written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss
Summary Directed by Michael Slovis
Episode Guide
In Braavos
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Ternesio Terys and Arya Stark arrive at Braavos, and Arya is at first scared by
"The Wars To Come" "High Sparrow"
the horn blown by the man inside the Titan of Braavos. The two then arrive at
the House of Black and White on a boat. Arya lingers outside waiting for
admittance, but is rejected by an elder man despite showing the coin Jaqen H'ghar had given
her and mentioning their prior association. Arya begs the man to let her in, saying she has
nowhere else to go. The old man coldly replies "You have everywhere else to go." Arya waits
outside the House for days, endlessly reciting the names of the people she's going to kill, but
eventually tosses away her coin and wanders off into the streets of Braavos. While hunting for
pigeons, she encounters several young thugs who threaten to take her food and Needle. As
she prepares to defend herself, the boys scatter when the man from the House of Black and Arya turned away from the House
White appears again. After following him back to the House, Arya demands he divulge his of Black and White.
identity, and he returns to her the coin she threw in the water before. He peels off his face and
reveals the man Arya knew as Jaqen. Stating that "a man is not Jaqen H'ghar," he responds
to Arya's question as to who he really is with the answer "No one. And that is what a girl must become" as he indicates that Arya
may now enter the House.
In the Flatlands
Further south, Tyrion Lannister and Varys depart Pentos in a large wheelhouse pulled by many horses. Tyrion remains
despondent, and as he promised, he is continuing to drink himself into a stupor. Varys explains that they are travelling to
Meereen by way of Volantis. Varys points out that Tyrion was an effective ruler when he was acting Hand of the King, and that
each of them were outsiders due to their deformities (a eunuch and a dwarf). They enjoyed accumulating power, he says, but
they also wall themselves off from other people, like hiding inside of a large carriage as they are now - but deep down they were
never satisfied being separate from society. Tyrion is unmoved from his depression, and continues to insist that he's tired of
being confined in a box of some sort. Varys again warns him that he must remain hidden and that it is unsafe to be seen publicly:
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Cersei has promised a lordship to any man who brings her his head. Tyrion scoffs and rhetorically asks if Cersei is going to kill
every dwarf in the world in the hope of eventually catching him....
In King's Landing and the Crownlands

In King's Landing, Cersei Lannister is presented with the severed head of yet another dwarf. Her offer of a lordship for Tyrion's
head has indeed motivated people to start killing any dwarf they can find and try to pass it off as Tyrion. Cersei is irate, but won't
punish the men who brought her the head for fear this will deter other such bounty hunters. She wants the head disposed of, but
Qyburn interjects and politely asks if he can keep the head, as it might be of use in some of his "experiments."
Cersei summons Jaime to their late father's office and reveals a "gift" from Dorne: an ornately
carved viper, with Princess Myrcella's unique Lannister pendant suspended from its fangs.
She insists it is a threat against Myrcella, a conclusion Jaime can't refute. Cersei lashes out at
Jaime for not being a father to any of his children, to which he points out that if he had been,
their children would be stoned in the streets. He declares he will fix the situation with Myrcella
and ignores Cersei's mocking of his one-handed status.
That issue dealt with, Cersei convenes the Small Council. Sitting in the Hand's seat, she Cersei shows Jaime the "gift"
from Dorne.
announces that the King has declared Qyburn the new Master of Whisperers and that the
position of Hand of the King will remain vacant until Tommen is old enough to decide on a
candidate for himself. Tommen has apparently also decided to make Mace Tyrell the new Master of Coin in addition to his duties
as Master of Ships, and extends the (just now made up) position of "Master of War" to Kevan Lannister. Although Mace preens
at his new responsibilities, Pycelle is outraged at Qyburn's promotion (as he was thrown out of the order of Maesters for
conducting human experimentation). Kevan is disgusted at Cersei's blatant power play. Refusing the new position, he
denounces Cersei as nothing more than the Queen Mother, berates her for abusing her authority to fill the Small Council with her
sycophants. He then walks out, saying he will await King Tommen's own instructions - at Casterly Rock.
Further north in the Crownlands at Castle Stokeworth, Bronn is spending time with his somewhat vapid betrothed Lollys
Stokeworth. They seem to get on relatively well, but when Lollys reminds Bronn that her older sister will get the castle when their
mother dies, he wryly assures her that mean people like her sister usually get what's coming to them, clearly setting his sights on
the castle. Jaime finds the couple, and reveals to Bronn that Cersei has reneged on her deal and offered Lollys's hand to Ser
Wyllis Bracken instead. Bronn is understandably furious about the change of arrangements until Jaime tells him that if he helps
rescue Myrcella from Dorne, Bronn will receive a much better girl than Lollys, who has rights to a much better castle.
In Dorne
In the Water Gardens of Dorne, Ellaria Sand rudely demands an audience with Doran Martell,
the ruling Prince of Dorne. His bodyguard, Areo Hotah, blocks her path, yet Doran tells him to
let her pass. She wants to take Princess Myrcella, who at that very moment is enjoying
Trystane Martell's company, so that she can send the princess piece by piece to Cersei as
revenge for Oberyn Martell's murder. Doran refuses, reminding her that Oberyn had
participated in a trial by combat, and therefore his death was legal, and not murder. He states
Dorne will not stoop to the level of mutilating children while he rules, even if the Sand Snakes Ellaria and Doran discuss
are siding with Ellaria. Sneering, Ellaria asks how long he expects to rule for and storms out. Oberyn's death.
Hotah and the Prince exchange a look as she departs, the former meaningfully indicating his
axe, but Doran shakes his head and returns his attention to the Water Gardens as he
contemplates his next move.
In the Vale
Brienne and Podrick arrive at an inn and dine. Podrick spots Sansa Stark with Petyr Baelish, and Brienne tells him to ready the
horses and she confronts them.
Brienne mentions her sworn vow to Sansa's mother Catelyn, while Littlefinger points out how
she was accused of murdering Renly Baratheon and how both he and Catelyn are now dead.
Sansa denies Brienne's request and Littlefinger urges that she stay at the inn as the road is
not safe, and seeing this as a trap, Brienne escapes with Podrick on the horses they take.
They are chased through a forest as Brienne fights the men and Podrick is thrown off his
horse. Reuniting, Podrick mentions how both Stark girls denied her request for protection, but Brienne swears to Sansa.
Brienne retorts by doubting Sansa is safe with Littlefinger. Brienne tells Podrick to get his
horse as they attempt to further pursue Sansa and Littlefinger.
In Meereen
Daario and Grey Worm find a house belonging to a Son of the Harpy allegedly responsible for
White Rat's death. Daario explains that he has been using the Second Sons as spies
throughout Meereen, since they are far less conspicuous than Unsullied and can indulge in
the same vices as their informants; Daario indicates his men's effectiveness by stabbing his
dagger through a false wall, seriously injuring the man hiding behind it.
Back at the Great Pyramid, Daenerys and her council debate executing this Harpy's Son, but
Barristan Selmy tells Daenerys
the debate devolves into a shouting match between Mossador and Hizdahr zo Loraq. After
the truth about her father, the
the rest leave, Ser Barristan tells her about her father, and confirms that, contrary to what
Mad King.
Viserys told her, the Mad King was indeed quite mad, citing how his crimes against House
Stark ultimately led to the rebellion that all but destroyed the Targaryen dynasty. Mollified by
the revelation, particularly that her crazed father always thought his atrocities were serving justice to his enemies, Daenerys
promises Ser Barristan that there will be a trial for the accused. Before the trial begins, Mossador kills the Harpy's Son.
Daenerys, hoping to preserve the integrity of law, has Mossador publicly executed, causing the freed slaves to hiss at her and
throw rocks at her as she leaves, along with a riot between the former slaves and masters breaking out.
Later that night, Daenerys dismisses her council and goes outside. To her relief, Drogon, now the size of a small house, has
alighted just above her balcony. Drogon sniffs her outstretched hand, and though he doesn't attack, he flies away again, leaving
his mother alone.
At the Wall
Shireen Baratheon teaches Gilly how to read in Castle Black's library, apparently to Sam's chagrin. Gilly asks about Shireen's
Greyscale scars, revealing that the wildlings don't really have a word for it and that two of her sisters contracted and were driven
mad by the disease, before Craster put them out of their misery. Queen Selyse interrupts the proceedings and dismisses Sam
and Gilly. She lectures Shireen on the dangers of spending time with any wildlings, since they could conceivably use Gilly to
harm Stannis through Shireen. Shireen, however, doubts that that's how things will go.
Stannis himself, meanwhile, discusses Jon Snow's recent defiance. Stannis shows Jon a
message he received from Lady Lyanna Mormont in response to the demand that House
Mormont pledge itself to Stannis's cause. The note refuses, saying that the Mormonts know
only one king, the King in the North, and will only follow a Stark. Jon tells Stannis that, like the
Wildlings, the Northerners will only follow one of their own. Realizing this is true, Stannis
makes Jon an enticing offer: if he leaves the Night's Watch, Stannis will use his authority as
king to officially legitimize him as Jon Stark, Lord of Winterfell, so he can rally the North to "Bear Island knows no king but
Stannis's side and resume the fight against the Boltons, Freys, and Lannisters. Jon is visibly the King in the North, whose
moved at the prospect of having his lifelong dream finally come true, but he later admits to name is Stark." - Lyanna
Sam that he plans to turn Stannis down: he is a man of the Night's Watch. Mormont, ten year old Lady of
Bear Island.
The Choosing for the new Lord Commander of the Night's Watch commences, overseen by
Maester Aemon. Janos Slynt nominates Alliser Thorne. Another brother names Denys
Mallister, Commander of the Shadow Tower. The vote almost begins before Sam interrupts to put forward a third nomination:
Jon Snow. When the votes are cast, a tie is called: Snow and Thorne have garnered an equal number of votes. With a wry smile,
Maester Aemon casts his own vote for Jon Snow. The black brothers hail Jon as the 998th Lord Commander of the Night's
Watch.
Appearances
Main: The House of Black and White/Appearances
First
Captain Areo Hotah
Ser Denys Mallister
Prince Doran Martell
Prince Trystane Martell
Lollys Stokeworth
Deaths
Dwarf
Son of the Harpy
Mossador
Three Knights of the Vale
Many unnamed Slave masters
Many unnamed Meereenese residents
Production
Cast
Starring Guest Starring
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister Peter Vaughan as Maester Aemon

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Ser Jaime Lannister Ian McElhinney as Barristan Selmy
Lena Headey as Queen Cersei Lannister Julian Glover as Grand Maester Pycelle
Emilia Clarke as Queen Daenerys Targaryen Anton Lesser as Qyburn
Kit Harington as Jon Snow Tara Fitzgerald as Selyse Baratheon
Aidan Gillen as Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish Owen Teale as Ser Alliser Thorne
Stephen Dillane as King Stannis Baratheon Alexander Siddig as Doran Martell
Liam Cunningham as Ser Davos Seaworth Jacob Anderson as Grey Worm
Indira Varma as Ellaria Sand Ben Crompton as Eddison Tollett

Maisie Williams as Arya Stark Dominic Carter as Janos Slynt
Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark Daniel Portman as Podrick Payne
Conleth Hill as Lord Varys Roger Ashton-Griffiths as Lord Mace Tyrell
Jerome Flynn as Ser Bronn Joel Fry as Hizdahr zo Loraq
John Bradley as Samwell Tarly DeObia Oparei as Areo Hotah
Hannah Murray as Gilly Ian Gelder as Ser Kevan Lannister
Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth Ian Beattie as Ser Meryn Trant
Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei Reece Noi as Mossador
Michiel Huisman as Daario Naharis Kerry Ingram as Shireen Baratheon
Tom Wlaschiha as Jaqen H'ghar Brenock O'Connor as Olly
Nell Tiger Free as Myrcella Baratheon
Toby Sebastian as Trystane Martell
Elizabeth Cadwallader as Lollys Stokeworth
Cedric Henderson as a Faceless man
Brian Fortune as Othell Yarwyck
Gary Oliver as Ternesio Terys
J.J. Murphy as Denys Mallister
Michael Condron as Bowen Marsh
Tom Fava as Street tough
Derek Lord as Mallister supporter
Paul Kennedy as Eyrie Guard
Winston Davis as Street tough 2
Irene Kelleher as Inn waitress
Curtis-Lee Ashqar as Son of the Harpy
Jonathan Gunning as Dwarf hunter 1
Alan McKee as Dwarf hunter 2
Uncredited
Michael Stuart as a Night's Watch Officer
Cast notes
19 of 27 cast members for the fifth season appear in this episode.
Starring cast members Natalie Dormer (Margaery Tyrell), Carice van Houten (Melisandre), Alfie Allen (Theon Greyjoy),
Kristofer Hivju (Tormund Giantsbane), Dean-Charles Chapman (Tommen Baratheon), Michael McElhatton (Roose Bolton),
Iwan Rheon (Ramsay Bolton) and Iain Glen (Jorah Mormont) are not credited and do not appear in this episode.
Indira Varma and Tom Wlaschiha are both added to the main cast with their names appearing in the opening credits,
starting with this episode. They both previously appeared in recurring roles, Varma in the fourth, and Wlaschiha in the
second season.
Boian Anev, Richard Bradshaw, Christopher Cox, Jacob Cox, Matt Crook, Clint Elvy, Richard Hansen, Rowley Irlam, Erol
Ismail, Danko Jordanov, Leona McCarron, Camilla Naprous, Jan Petrina, Rashid Phoenix, Paul Shapcott, Pablo Verdejo
and Lewis Young were stunt performers in this episode.
Notes
The episode title is a reference to the House of Black and White, the headquarters of the Faceless Men in the Free City of
Braavos.
Sansa refers to the episode "Dark Wings, Dark Words" when talking to Petyr Baelish about the Raven message.
Almost every major faction in the TV series appears in this episode, except for House Bolton, as well as House Frey (who
have not appeared on-screen since Season 3), House Tully (Brynden and Edmure, more of an extension of the Starks, but
not seen since Season 3 either), and House Greyjoy (whose subplots from the fourth novel were pushed back to Season
6). The producers already confirmed that Bran Stark and his associated storyline will not reappear until Season 6. Mace
Tyrell does appear, representing House Tyrell, though Margaery, Loras, and Olenna do not appear.
This episode marks the return of Cersei and Jaime's second child and only daughter, Myrcella Baratheon. She was last
physically seen back in Season 2 episode 6, "The Old Gods and the New," when she sent off on a boat to Dorne. Myrcella
was originally played by Aimee Richardson in Seasons 1 and 2, but after a two season absence, the producers decided to
recast the role now that Myrcella prominently features in Season 5, and the role is now played by Nell Tiger Free.
This episode marks the first time that Dorne has been seen in the TV series, and the introduction of much of the rest of
House Martell, after the first view of them given when Oberyn Martell and Ellaria Sand visited King's Landing in Season 4.
This episode marks the introduction of Doran Martell, Oberyn's older brother and ruling Prince of Dorne - played by
Alexander Siddig, known for his role as Dr. Julian Bashir on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Dorne in the novels was loosely inspired by Moorish Spain, and by the time that the narrative was going to show it in
Season 5, the unprecedented success of the TV series convinced HBO to invest the extra budget to actually film
Dorne scenes in Spain, in the very medieval Islamic palaces which inspired the fantasy counterpart.
Jaime euphemistically says that Dorne is "as far south as south goes." Way back in Season 1, Osha said that her
goal after getting past the Wall was to go as far south as south goes, and whether or not she knew of Dorne, it is
indeed the farthest south one can go in Westeros.
It took fifteen attempts for the Dornish "gift" box sent to Cersei to open properly (all the sides falling away at the same time
to reveal the dead viper inside).[1]
In the novels, Cersei does not receive any token of threat from Dorne, nor any report that Myrcella is in danger. She sends
Ser Balon Swann to bring Myrcella (who was sent to Dorne against Cersei's will) back because she feels the Dornishmen
cannot be trusted; in her eyes, all Dornishmen are snakes, and the Martells are the worst of them. The fact that a
Dornishman served as her hateful brother's champion increased the loathing she felt toward Dorne.
Unbeknown to Cersei, at the time she sends Ser Balon to Dorne, Myrcella is in danger, though the Sand Snakes and
Ellaria do not mean to harm her: Doran Martell is aware that many of his subjects want to get even with the
Lannisters for his brother's death, and may seek to kill Myrcella as a payback or in order to push Dorne into war (or
for both reasons). Therefore he warns Ser Arys Oakheart of the danger, and takes steps to prevent his nieces from
stirring troubles.
The act of sending the pendant to Cersei makes no sense: if someone seeks to harm Myrcella, there is no reason
to forewarn Cersei; on the other hand, if someone fears that Myrcella is in danger and wishes to protect her - the
reasonable act is to send an explicit message. In fact, this is how Doran acts in the novels: after warning Ser Arys
that Myrcella is in danger, he writes to Cersei that he arrested his unruly nieces, yet Sunspear still seethes, and he
cannot hope to calm the waters until he receives the justice that was promised him. Cersei, believing that Doran is
loyal to the Crown, sends Ser Balon Swann to deliver the Mountain's skull to the Martells, in order to appease the
Dornish.
Jon Snow has been elected as the new Lord Commander of the Night's Watch.
The voting scene is significantly condensed from how this played out in the novels. Indeed, Jon's storyline is actually
relatively behind several others. Unlike how Bran Stark's storyline caught up with his material at the end of the fifth
and most recent novel, the Night's Watch election occurs at the end of the third novel, right after the Battle of Castle
Black. This got pushed into the beginning of Season 5, because the battle was used as the climax of the season in
episode 9, so there wasn't enough time left over - though the producers have frequently said that they feel they are
adapting the story as a whole, and have been willing to let parts from one book spill over into earlier or later seasons,
instead of forcing the pacing by trying to make them neatly match up.
In the novels, every member of the Night's Watch gets to vote - and there are about 600 men left alive in the Night's
Watch at this point. Not all of them can come to Castle Black, but their commanders report how each garrison votes.
The tally mechanism in front of Aemon visibly doesn't have nearly that many tokens in it. Moreover, it is impossible
for there to be a tie in the novels, as such, because the office is won by a two-thirds majority. If no one candidate gets
a two-thirds majority, voting just continues until a clear front-runner gathers enough votes, and other minor
candidates drop out. Samwell shouting out Jon's name is fully within the rules: any black brother can put forward
himself or another as a candidate (officers just stand a more realistic chance of winning than a stable boy). The
production team apparently just wanted to make it visually clear how the voting went (long tallies of numbers would
be more difficult to process). It is the equivalent as if Jon was one vote short of that two thirds majority, and Aemon
added his vote to put him over the top.
The animated Histories & Lore video in Season 5's Blu-ray set titled "The Lord Commanders" describes how
the elections work in the TV continuity, confirming that it has been changed from the books to be a simple
majority, instead of a two-thirds majority. The video also confirmed that, as in the novels, votes from the other
castles along the Wall were reported in by messengers (the TV episode just didn't make it very explicit).
Stannis offered that he would make Jon the new Lord of Winterfell and release him from his oath to the Night's Watch, but
Jon tells Samwell that despite how much he wants to he will not, because his vows to the Watch were taken for life. Neither
Jon nor Stannis were being unreasonable in this matter: Martin has said that there have been several times throughout
history when men were legally released from their vows to the Night's Watch, often when they are in positions like Jon,
when no other male heir is left to continue their family. On the other hand, while this has happened, the vows are taken
very seriously, meant to be taken for life, and the handful of times that a few men were released from their vows over the
centuries have always been very controversial. It was therefore not unlawful for Stannis to offer it, but at the same time,
Jon was not being unreasonably stubborn by declining to be released from his vow. As Jon himself says in the episode, if
he reneged on his vow of life-long service to the Night's Watch, many people would not take any future oath seriously that
he made as Lord of Winterfell.
Earlier in the novels, Robb Stark planned to legitimize Jon and make him his heir should he die without issue,
believing that Bran, Rickon, and Arya were dead and having learned that Sansa had been married to Tyrion
Lannister, essentially handing the North to the Lannisters. He reasoned that the Night's Watch could be convinced to
release Jon from his vows if he offered them 100 men in his place. However, the Red Wedding took place soon after
and no more was said of it. It is unknown what has become with the royal decree by which Robb made Jon his heir.
In the books, in order to accept Stannis's offer, Melisandre told Jon he had to destroy the weirwood at Winterfell and
become a believer of R'hllor. As much as Jon was tempted by the opportunity to be legitimized and become Lord
Stark, he could not accept that term. That made Jon's refusal even more reasonable than in the show: it is unlikely
the people of the North would have accepted the new Lord Stark, who was not only an oathbreaker, but also a defiler
of the old gods.
Ser Denys Mallister was played by actor J.J. Murphy, who died only four days after filming his first scenes, at the age of 86.
Co-creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have announced the character will not be recast as Murphy "was a lovely man,
and the best Denys Mallister we could have hoped for. And now his watch is ended."[2] It is unknown if he finished every
scene they intended to film with him, but apparently all or at least most of Murphy's primary scenes were already finished
(it is possible that a few scenes were rewritten to work around his absence, i.e., in the preceding episode Samwell
describes Mallister even though he is not present). Ultimately Murphy gave no speaking lines in the finished episode. In
any event, in the novels Denys returns to the Shadow Tower after the election.
Denys Mallister's supporter says that he joined the Night's Watch as a boy, and has served through ten winters: this
cannot literally be true, and is either a dialogue error or his supporter should be understood as just speaking loosely
(as if he said "a dozen" but was rounding). In Season 1, Tyrion stated that he has lived through nine winters, the
longest of which was the three year winter his was born during - placing that ninth winter about 36 years ago (less in
the novels, as Tyrion is a little older in the TV series). Mallister's supporter could not have meant that he "commanded
the Shadow Tower through ten winters", because in the previous episode Samwell said that Mallister has
commanded it for twenty years - which would contradict Tyrion's statement that there have only been nine winters in
nearly forty years. Mallister is stated to have joined the Watch as a boy, and rounding that to 16, he was serving at
the Wall for about 70 years: given the rough rate at which the multi-year seasons occur in Westeros, there had to
have been more than one other winter between when Mallister joined the Watch seventy years ago, and when Tyrion
was born nearly forty years ago. The summer that ended when King Robert died lasted ten years, and was stated to
be the longest in living memory: seasons don't normally last that long, and given that Tyrion said in Season 1 that
there were 9 winters in the 33 years he'd been alive, there had to have been other winters in that time period.
Stannis Baratheon shows Jon Snow a letter he received from Bear Island when he asked for the allegiance of House
Mormont. He says he received a defiant reply from Lyanna Mormont, the ten year old Lady of Bear Island, saying "Bear
Island knows no king but the King in the North, whose name is Stark." In the novels, Lyanna was similarly identified as the
Lady of Bear Island to Stannis, though inwardly Jon thinks to himself that she actually isn't because she has older sisters,
and wonders why she would be identified as such in the letter. As Jon says, Lyanna Mormont is the niece of Lord
Commander Jeor Mormont, through his sister Maege Mormont - who was last seen in Season 1 (without speaking lines),
and who was the ruler of House Mormont and Bear Island at the time. In the novels, Maege is still alive, and was not
present for the Red Wedding because Robb sent her on ahead to the Crannogmen of House Reed in the Neck, to prepare
them for a push to retake Moat Cailin from the ironborn. Her whereabouts after the Red Wedding are unknown. Lyanna is
actually the youngest of Maege's five daughters, and her eldest daughter Dacey was a member of Robb's personal
bodyguard who was killed in the Red Wedding. The exact situation in the TV series is unclear, but this doesn't necessarily
mean that Maege died off-screen in the TV version: simply that Lyanna is the acting Lady of Bear Island because she was
physically left in charge there, just as Bran Stark was the acting "Lord of Winterfell" during Season 2 due to Robb's
absence.
In the books, Lyanna apparently has changed her mind about supporting Stannis, for a Mormont force led by Alysane
(Maege's second daughter) assists him to liberate Deepwood Motte. Stannis writes Jon about that: "we had other
help, unexpected but most welcome, from a daughter of Bear Island. Alysane Mormont, whose men name her the
She-Bear, hid fighters inside a gaggle of fishing sloops and took the ironmen unawares where they lay off the strand."
That Mormont force joins Stannis in his campaign against the Boltons.
Alysane comments that her sisters Lyra and Jorelle are with their mother. Hence, by default, Lyanna is acting "Lady
of Bear Island", while her mother and older sisters are away, similar to how Bran Stark was the acting "Lord of
Winterfell" in Season 2 when his older brother Robb was not physically present to rule.
Even though Shireen Baratheon was first introduced in Season 3, this is actually the first time that any explanation has
been given on-screen for why half of her face is heavily scarred: she had the dreaded disease known as Greyscale when
she was an infant. Against all odds she was able to be cured and survived, though it left half of her face disfigured. This is
also the first time that "Greyscale" has been mentioned by name in the TV series. It is a leprosy-like disease found across
both Westeros and Essos.
In the novels, Mance Rayder's sister-in-law Val (omitted from the TV series) later sees Shireen and warns that the girl
is "unclean": Gilly loosely takes Val's place in this regard, though her reaction is much more sympathetic. The
wildlings actually call it the "grey death": Gilly probably doesn't know this because she doesn't know much in general
about the culture of other wildlings outside of Craster's Keep. The TV series also invented the detail that two of Gilly's
sisters once caught greyscale and died, though this could have happened. Gilly says that Craster quarantined the
girls in a hut, but when they were completely covered in greyscale and no longer coherent, he dragged them out into
the woods by ropes to kill and possibly burn them. This is also not particularly more harsh than how those with
greyscale are treated in centers of civilization like King's Landing or Pentos: those with greyscale are often mercy-
killed, or burned to halt the spread, or exiled to essentially leper-colonies in the ruins of Valyria (Chroyane in the
books.)
This is actually the first episode in which Shireen has ever interacted with her mother, Queen Selyse Baratheon.
Kerry Ingram (Shireen) only had scenes with three people in Seasons 3 and 4: Stannis, Davos, and Melisandre, and
only in her chambers set. In fact, Ingram said that she never even met Tara Fitzgerald (Selyse), until they both
appeared in the Castle Black set for the funeral pyre scene in the Season 4 finale.
Shireen mentions that she was taught to read by old Maester Cressen - who was introduced as the maester at
Dragonstone in the Season 2 premiere, "The North Remembers", and died in the same episode.
Although unmentioned when all three of them are in a scene together, Shireen, Samwell Tarly, and Selyse are all
related. Selyse was born into House Florent, and Samwell's mother - born Melessa Florent - was Selyse's first
cousin, making Samwell and Shireen second cousins.
This episode also marks the first full-scale introduction of the Free City of Braavos. It was previously seen for the first time
in Season 4's "The Laws of Gods and Men", but other than a wide-shot of the Titan of Braavos and the city, that episode
focused on just the interiors of the Iron Bank. For Season 5, the production team built expansive, fully realized sets of the
streets and buildings of Braavos.
Captain Ternesio Terys tells Arya that in the old days of Braavos, according to legend, the Titan statue would walk out
into the ocean to rain down fire on attackers. The statue can't actually do this, but there are some elements of truth
behind it: the Titan is not merely a decoration, but is a stylized fortification that commands the only major passage
into the harbor, and the statue is filled with murder holes from which the defensive garrison can rain down fire and
burning oil on enemy ships that try to pass.
It isn't clear why no one in Braavos speaks Braavosi Low Valyrian, but even a gang of street toughs apparently speak
in the Common Tongue of Westeros. Representatives of the Iron Bank such as Tycho Nestoris know how to speak
the Common Tongue because they are used to dealing with foreigners, as are sailors such as Ternesio Terys (who
brought Arya to Braavos), and also the Faceless men assassins. The Common Tongue is a major world language,
and Braavos is extensively involved in international trade, so it is not implausible that perhaps the street toughs
recognized that Arya was Westerosi by her clothing and appearance, and thus knew to speak to her in the Common
Tongue. In the novels, Arya has to spend some time learning Braavosi Low Valyrian.
Arya was last seen hunting pigeons in Season 1's "Baelor", when she was hiding out in the slums of Flea Bottom in
King's Landing.
Arya's kill list doesn't mention Ilyn Payne though due to the actor's pancreatic cancer it is unclear if he will return to
the show in the future, even though it is stated that Ilyn Payne is still alive. In the novels, Arya didn't include people
she didn't know about, and by the time she left Westeros information was still unclear on the role that House Bolton
played in betraying her family, so she didn't include them. It is commonly known that House Frey betrayed her family
because the Red Wedding happened in their own castle. In the books, Arya doesn't include Walder Frey, however, or
any Freys - though she gives the explanation that the only reason she doesn't include them is because it would take
too long to recite the names of the over 100 living members of House Frey, all of whom she wants to kill. She also
didn't include Theon Greyjoy because she wasn't aware of his capture of Winterfell at first, and by the time she left
Winterfell reports were that the Boltons had retaken the castle and captured Theon, so Arya thought Theon had been
dealt with. Arya briefly added Melisandre and the Brotherhood Without Banners to her list in Season 3 because she
was angered that they sent Gendry away - a change from the novels, where she never meets Melisandre and Gendry
remains with the Brotherhood - but apparently she simply removed them after a while (it wasn't nearly on the scale of
what Cersei did to her, and though she didn't know it, Gendry came to no lasting harm).
In the novels, the member of the Faceless Men that Arya meets at the House of Black and White can't be the real Jaqen
H'ghar, because he's still pursuing his original assignment in Westeros. Arya nicknames this other man as "the Kindly
Man". In the TV series, a longer amount of time has passed, and Jaqen's other subplot seems to have probably been
omitted. Therefore it isn't clear if in the TV continuity, it has been changed so that he actually is the original man that Arya
physically encountered at Harrenhal, or, if he is just another shapeshifter who can take on the same appearance. Indeed,
there never was a "Jaqen H'ghar", it was just a fake persona that the Faceless Man that Arya encountered happened to be
using. Another factor is that the Faceless Men practice extreme self-abnegation, describing themselves as "no one", and
basically consider each other to be interchangeable (if you aid one Faceless Man, you aid all of them, if you harm one, you
harm all of them).
In an interview with Vulture.com, when asked about the return of actor Tom Wlaschiha (Jaqen), and whether this was
the Kindly Man taking on the face of Jaqen, or if the TV show changed it so that this really is the same Faceless Man
that Arya encountered in Westeros, writer Bryan Cogman sidestepped the issue by chuckling and responding: "He is
no one. There is no Kindly Man. There is no Jaqen H'ghar."[3]
Jaqen gave Arya Stark his special coin back in the Season 2 finale, identifying her as a friend of the Faceless Men, in
gratitude for saving his life. She carried it around for two years before finally using it in the Season 4 finale to obtain
passage to Braavos.
Freeze-framing when the Faceless Man shapeshifts, as the camera swings behind
Arya's head, reveals that he didn't simply wave his hand in front of his face and
instantly turn into Jaqen's face once his hand had moved. Rather, he visibly pulls
off the Old Man's face like a mask, as if it were a wet cloth sticking to his face.
The actor who plays the old black man that Arya first meets at the House of Black
and White is officially credited simply as "The Old Man".
Free-frame reveals "Jaqen" pulls
The Old Man raises another point: Braavos was founded by escaped slaves off his previous face like a mask.
fleeing from the Valyrian Freehold, who killed the masters commanding a fleet of
slave ships they were being transported in and sailed as far away from Valyria as
they could. The original slaves were from across the world, from Andals (like the people who live in southern
Westeros) and Rhoynar (like the Dornishmen, to Ghiscari (from Slaver's Bay), and also from the Summer Islands and
Naath (like Grey Worm and Missandei), and even peoples from further east. As a result, there is no set "Braavosi
ethnicity" whatsoever. Braavosi can be Northern European in appearance like the Lannisters or Baratheons (such as
Tycho Nestoris), or they can be Mediterranean-Greek in appearance (like Syrio Forel), or they can be sub-Saharan
African-black in appearance. The Braavosi are a cosmopolitan culture, not an ethnicity, and Braavosi people can be
any ethnicity in the world.
Cersei says that she recognizes the Lannister lion pendant sent from Dorne stuffed in a dead viper's mouth to be her
daughter Myrcella's, because there are only two pendants like it in the world: the one Cersei herself wears, and the one
Myrcella has. Other two Lannister lion pendants have actually appeared in the TV show, in addition to the aforementioned
two: Joffrey gave one to Sansa in "A Golden Crown", and Tyrion gave one to Ros (Theon noticed she was wearing it in
"The Wolf and the Lion"); in "The Prince of Winterfell", Ros's pendant led Cersei to mistakenly imprison her, thinking she
was Tyrion's long-term lover.
What Cersei apparently means in this episode is that the pendants she and Myrcella have are exact copies, i.e. she
recognizes the maker's mark, and on a finer detail than the camera can see. Surely, the Lannisters have been putting
lion sigils on their jewelry for generations: the idea itself is not unique, and there would be a wide variation on this
design, but Cersei recognizes this as the specific Lannister lion pendant that belonged to her daughter.
In the novels, Jaime Lannister did not personally go to Dorne, this is a condensation of the plotlines involving Myrcella.
Instead, Jaime went to the Riverlands to take command of the ongoing siege of Riverrun, whose garrison (commanded by
Brynden Tully) had been completely surrounded by the Freys but defiantly continued to hold out for months after the Red
Wedding. Bronn did not accompany him, but remained at Castle Stokeworth.
Although it is difficult to tell from the prop, the severed dwarf's head that is presented to
Cersei appears to be the dwarf who played Joffrey in the mock joust during the Purple
Wedding - who was credited simply as "Dwarf 1". In the novels, hunters actually did
behead one of the dwarf actors from the wedding, though the scene of Cersei being
presented with a head involved a different dwarf that Brienne had met (Cersei does
mention that she has been brought numerous dwarf heads by hunters who want the
Cersei is presented with what
reward). Note that, as in the novels, the hunters crudely made a large slash along the
seems to be the head of the
dwarf's face to make it look more like him - though it isn't very convincing, because dwarf actor who "played" Joffrey
Tyrion's wound was scarred and this wound is obviously fresh. in the mock-joust at his wedding.
If you look closely during the scene in Qyburn's lab, off to the side a large body is
completely covered by a white sheet - apparently Gregor Clegane, whom Qyburn
is still attempting to heal after he was poisoned with manticore venom (the very next episode after this confirms that
Gregor is under the sheet).
Lollys Stokeworth was first mentioned in Season 4's "Mockingbird", when Bronn explained that Cersei bribed him with a
marriage into the nobility - albeit to a younger daughter - if he would not be Tyrion's champion in the trial by combat against
Gregor Clegane. Bronn accepted, because even if he wasn't bribed, he doubted he could defeat such a monstrously large
and strong opponent as Gregor. Tyrion described her at the time as "dim-witted", though in the novels it isn't clear if she is
meant to actually be a "lackwit" (i.e. has some sort of diagnosable mental handicap), or if she is just quite simple-minded
and not very intelligent.
Lollys's gown features embroidery in the center with the heraldry of House Stokeworth: a white lamb holding a golden
cup, on a green background.
There was some concern back when "Mockingbird" aired: within the same episode, Oberyn Martell said that his
father took him on a trip to Casterly Rock when he was young, where he encountered the newborn Tyrion, and also,
Tyrion explained that Lollys's older sister Falyse would inherit Castle Stokeworth when her father died - when in the
novels, Oberyn's mother was the previous ruler of Dorne, who led him on a journey to Casterly Rock, and Lollys's
mother is the current head of House Stokeworth. This led to some fears that female inheritance in Westeros, and the
fact that sometimes Houses end up being headed by women, had been cut from the TV series. Apparently, however,
the TV producers simply used condensed dialogue at the time because they felt it would take too long to explain the
intricacies of Westeros's inheritance system. Later, in the Histories & Lore animated featurettes included in the
Season 4 Blu-ray set, Oberyn made it clear that his mother was actually the previous ruler of House Martell. In this
episode, Lollys also confirms that her mother (whose name is Tanda Stokeworth) is indeed the current head of House
Stokeworth, not her father. In-universe, Tyrion may simply have been mistaken and assumed her father was still alive
when he explained this in Season 4.
House Stokeworth is the first major House to be introduced in the TV series from the Crownlands. This wasn't directly
explained in TV episodes, but there are actually nine administrative regions within the "Seven Kingdoms". The bulk of
Westeros, south of the Wall, used to be divided between seven large and independent kingdoms. The Riverlands were the
borderlands in the middle of the continent, constantly fought over by the others. After the Targaryen Conquest, the new
Targaryen kings elevated the Riverlands to be a new administrative subdivision, functionally the "eighth kingdom". Also, the
Targaryens founded a great new capital city on the east coast of the continent, King's Landing. To directly supply armies to
the Iron Throne and to support the new capital, the Targaryens also carved out territory and lordships from the surrounding
kingdoms to make "the Crownlands" - functionally a ninth "kingdom", not subject to one of the other Great Houses but
sworn directly to the Iron Throne. After the Targaryens were overthrown the Crownlands continued to be directly ruled from
King's Landing by Robert Baratheon. The TV series has not extensively shown before that there are more locations within
the Crownlands besides King's Landing itself - on the mainland, that is; Dragonstone is technically also part of the
Crownlands but has a special status as a large island in Blackwater Bay. Dontos Hollard was also from the Crownlands but
he had no extensive lands.
The Small Council was gutted after the loss of Tywin Lannister, Tyrion, Littlefinger, and Varys. Of the original Small Council
when Joffrey seized power, only Pycelle still remains. In the novels, Cersei's takeover of the Small Council and stacking it
with sycophants was a major running plotline affecting politics in the capital city. The TV version significantly condenses
this, though keeping the general thematic points the same:
In the novels, Cersei appointed Harys Swyft (Kevan's own father-in-law) as the new Hand of the King, Orton
Merryweather as Master of Laws, Gyles Rosby as Master of Coin, and Aurane Waters as Master of Ships. She
appointed Qyburn as the new Master of Whisperers (spymaster) in both the books and TV series. Mace Tyrell was
the Master of Ships under Tywin (because after the Royal Fleet got destroyed at the Battle of the Blackwater they
need the Tyrell's large fleet), but Cersei grew so distrustful of the Tyrells that she removed him from the office and
sent him to besiege Stannis's remaining garrison at Storm's End.
Given that these characters were not introduced in the TV series before and the audience wouldn't be familiar with
them, Cersei's reshuffling of the Small Council in the TV version is condensed: Cersei isn't bothering to name a new
Hand of the King at all, shockingly leaving the office vacant while functioning ruling over the council. In the novels,
Cersei is technically still Tommen's Regent - but in the TV version, Tommen has apparently passed the age of legal
majority in Westeros by this point, and she is no longer his regent: Kevan specifically says that she is only the Queen
Mother, and makes no mention of being a regent. A Queen Mother has no right to sit on the council if not a regent
(though a king can in theory invite any advisors he wants onto his council - but Tommen isn't even present). Mace
Tyrell is retained, and simply made both Master of Ships and Master of Coin. Qyburn is the new Master of
Whisperers, and Pycelle remains Grand Maester. As Kevan was apparently going to point out, as Lord Commander
of the Kingsguard, her brother Jaime is also supposed to be a member of the Small Council, but he has left the
capital (though as it turns out, he volunteered to leave, to deal with events outside the city).
In the novels, Tywin made his brother Kevan Lannister the new Master of Laws (which was Renly Baratheon's
position back in book/season 1). In this episode, Kevan makes it clear that he was not made Master of Laws "off-
screen" in the TV version, but was commanding armies in the field and only just returned to the capital city for Tywin's
funeral - meaning that in the TV version, the office has apparently been simply left vacant since King Robert died,
and it remains vacant.
There is no such thing as a "Master of War". The crown's armies are commanded by the "Protector of the Realm"
(usually the king, unless he is underaged), who in turn commands the four Wardens. This reflects a more complex
development in the novels, in which Cersei basically starts making up titles on the Small Council, at her whim (which
she technically doesn't have the right to do either). In an act of petty resentment, she comes to loathe the idea of
anyone else calling himself "master" in his title on the Small Council, feeling this means a loss of control. Therefore,
she picks new names based on a few titles from the Free Cities: the Master of Coin is renamed the "Lord Treasurer",
the Master of Ships is renamed the "Grand Admiral", and the Master of Laws is renamed the "Justiciar". She did try to
make Kevan the new Hand of the King, but he bluntly refused her, openly told her that she completely failed as a
mother to raise Joffrey, and demanded that she yield over custody of Tommen. She refused, and he returned to
Casterly Rock. Essentially the same plot development happens here, though significantly condensing these
characters and plotlines.
In the books, Robb Stark also creates a new title - Warden of the Southern Marches, for his great-uncle
Brynden Tully. Unlike Cersei, Robb has the right to create a new title since he is a king, and he does not do it as
a whim: in case Robb runs into troubles, the new title will give Blackfish the authority to act as a supreme
military commander without hesitation or power struggles with other lords over command of the army.
Cersei made the mistake of assuming that her uncle Kevan was her father's loyal lackey. Kevan makes it more
explicitly clear in the novels that he really wasn't Tywin's puppet - he just happened to agree with his brother almost
all the time, because Tywin was a political and military genius.
Pycelle accurately points out that a Grand Maester has been selected to also serve as Hand of the King on multiple
occasions throughout history. Combined with the fact that he is the longest serving member of the council - indeed
the only remaining one from King Aerys's, Robert's, or Joffrey's reigns - his request to be made Hand is entirely
reasonable. Pycelle's disgust with Qyburn was previously explained in Season 4: he conducted human
experimentation and vivisected living men in the pursuit of medical knowledge, for which he was expelled in disgrace
from the Order of Maesters (headquartered in the Citadel). Cersei emphasizes that she is making Qyburn the new
Master of Whisperers based on loyalty, saying that Varys was disloyal - though in such a way that it seems almost a
jab at Pycelle's loyalty. This is bizarre, and Pycelle takes it as such, given that he has been nothing but loyal to
Cersei. In Season 2, Tyrion discovered that Pycelle was actually her spy on the Small Council, aided her against both
Jon Arryn (to his death) and Eddard Stark, and even spied on Tyrion for her, for which he was briefly thrown into the
dungeons.
Pycelle recounted in Season 1's "Baelor" that Daenerys's father King Aerys II Targaryen, known as "the Mad King", was
actually a normal and even charming man in his youth - and also lamented how his insanity was a late-onset and
progressive condition, and how horrifying it was to watch as his friend gradually melted away before his eyes until after
many years nothing was left of him but a raving lunatic.
The Targaryen madness, the noted strain of insanity that ran in their bloodline, was the result of multiple generations
of heavy compound inbreeding, incestuously marrying brother to sister to "keep the bloodline pure". Based on the
example of her father and others, there is actually no guarantee that Daenerys (who is nearly 20 years old in the TV
series) will not also suddenly and without warning turn violently insane twenty or thirty years in the future.
Speaking privately with Jorah Mormont in Season 3 "Kissed by Fire", Ser Barristan openly described King Aerys as
"a lunatic". His comments about how Aerys had men burned alive with wildfire and laughed, and had sons killed in
front of their fathers, also refer specifically to how the Mad King killed Eddard Stark's father Rickard and his older
brother Brandon. In the throne room itself, he had Rickard held aloft by chains while burning him with wildfire, and
had Brandon dragged in front of him, attached to a torture device consisting of a noose around his neck, arranged in
such a way that the harder he pulled on it the tighter it constricted. Brandon strangled himself to death trying to break
free and save his father, while Rickard was cooked by flames so hot that the gold from his stirrups melted onto the
floor. No one has mentioned which of them died first, though certainly, Aerys brought Brandon in to let both of them
know that he intended to kill each of them.
Jaime Lannister also remarked to Eddard Stark himself on encountering him in the Red Keep's throne room, back in
Season 1 episode 3 "Lord Snow", how odd it must be to stand in the very room where the Mad King had his father
burned to death. Eddard points out that Jaime did nothing to save them, to which Jaime said that a room full of five
hundred other men were too scared to do anything - and that when he ultimately drove his sword into Aerys at the
end of the rebellion, his thoughts were of how the Mad King had laughed hysterically while Eddard's father burned
alive.
Daenerys's decision to execute Mossador is similar to Robb Stark's decision in Season 3's "Kissed by Fire" to execute
Rickard Karstark. In both cases it was punishment for killing a hostage, and the sentence could have been considered as
just punishment, but it was unwise politically: Rickard's death sentence cost Robb the Karstark troops, while his position
had already deteriorated as a result of the ironborn's invasion and the departure of the Freys; Daenerys's rule is unstable
since she has many enemies among the former slave-masters in the region, and Mossador's public execution angered
many of the ex-slaves who once fervently supported her.
The incongruous graffiti "Kill the Masters" last seen on a wall in Season 4's
"Oathkeeper" is seen again in this episode, when the Son of the Harpy's corpse is left
next to it. Again, even linguist David J. Peterson was confused why slaves in Meereen
would write graffiti in the Common Tongue of Westeros, not in the Ghiscari Low Valyrian
spoken in Meereen, and suspected that it was simply because the executive producers
wanted the audience to be able to read it without resorting to subtitles.
"Kill the Masters" graffiti last seen
Sansa Stark's storyline has been drastically changed from the novels and all of the
in Season 4's "Oathkeeper".
scenes of both Sansa and Brienne of Tarth in this episode have no real equivalent in the
novels. Very loosely, they seem to be heavily condensed from Sansa's future storyline in
the unpublished sixth novel - but just as Brienne never actually met Arya Stark in the novels, Brienne never found Sansa
Stark either. Instead, she continued to wander through the war-torn Riverlands desperately hunting for the girls, and
witnessing first-hand the utter devastation caused by the war - entire swaths of the region reduced to burned out ruins, and
even with the war technically over, it would take a full generation to recover. Brienne's comment at the end that she saw
Sansa traveling with Littlefinger on the Eastern Road indicates that they are still in the Vale in this scene.
Gwendoline Christie (Brienne) explained in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that a very important non-
verbal instruction was in the script: Sansa is not in a position to accept Brienne's offer because she realizes she is
still Littlefinger's glorified captive, so the script instructed Sophie Turner (Sansa) to shoot Brienne a look telling
Brienne to "get the fuck out of Dodge".[4] That is an American euphemism: basically the script specifically said that
even as Sansa is verbally rejecting Brienne's offer, non-verbally she is trying to shoot Brienne an imploring look with
her eyes to convey "I want to accept your offer, but get the hell out of here before Littlefinger has his guards kill you."
Fundamentally, this is the same reason that she rejected Sandor Clegane's offer to flee King's Landing with him
during the Battle of the Blackwater - she didn't think she could successfully escape with him, so she chose to bide her
time.
Notice that Brienne's sword cuts one of the guard's swords completely in half. Brienne's Oathkeeper is made of
Valyrian steel which, as explained in Season 4, is incredibly strong and incredibly sharp.
Brienne tells Sansa that she swore to her mother to find Sansa and protect her. That was not her oath: in "Dark
Wings, Dark Words" she said that her mission was to exchange Jaim for the Stark girls and return them to Catelyn,
and that's what she told Arya in "The Children". Of course, now that Catelyn is dead, Brienne cannot fulfil her oath;
she does, however, see herself bound to keep her oath by protecting Catelyn's daughters.
In the books
See: Differences between books and TV series - Season 5#The_House_of_Black_and_White
The episode is adapted from the following chapters of A Storm of Swords:

Chapter 62, Jaime VII: Someone accuses Brienne of Renly's murder. Brienne denies the accusation and tells about
the shadow, but her explanation is rejected as nonsense.
Chapter 71, Daenerys VI: Ser Barristan Selmy tells Queen Daenerys the truth about her father —that the stories his
enemies told are not false and he was in fact mad.
Chapter 76, Jon XI: Though Jon insists on his vows to the Night's Watch, Stannis offers to legitimize him as "Jon
Stark" and make him Lord of Winterfell if he bends the knee, lays his sword at the King's feet, and pledges himself to
his service.
Chapter 78, Samwell V: With Aemon's aid, Sam argues for Jon to be chosen as Lord Commander.
Chapter 79, Jon XII: Jon wins the election and becomes the Lord Commander.
The episode is adapted from the following chapters of A Feast for Crows:
Chapter 2, The Captain of the Guards: At the Water Gardens, a Sand, enraged by the murder of her loved one,
Oberyn Martell, arrives to call on Prince Doran. Areo Hotah, the Prince's bodyguard, blocks her passage, yet Doran
tells him to let her in. She tells him everyone in Dorne is asking what the Prince intends to do to the Lannisters in
retaliation for his murdered brother, yet Doran says Oberyn was lawfully slain during a trial by combat. Angered by
Doran's inaction, she storms out.
Chapter 5, Samwell II: At the library of Castle Black, Sam learns that the youngest Lord Commander of the Night's
Watch, Osric Stark, was chosen at the age of ten.
Chapter 6, Arya I: Arya arrives in Braavos, awestruck by the Titan. Its blast announcing their arrival startles her, but
she convinces herself she is not afraid. Captain Ternesio Terys has her rowed through the city to the House of Black
and White, where he told her Jaqen H'ghar might be found. Arya finds the temple's door locked, and begs to be let in,
as she has had to cross the Narrow Sea. When a robed old man receives her, she shows him Jaqen's coin and asks
for him, but the old man claims not to know Jaqen. She swears to have no place to go, yet he tells her that this is no
place for Arya. However, when she proves she is not afraid, the Faceless Man accepts her as an apprentice.
Chapter 7, Cersei II: Kevan Lannister spurns Cersei's offer of a position in King Tommen's small council. Kevan is
unmoved by her attempts to convince him by appealing to Tommen’s need of him, and rejects Cersei's claims that
her actions are helping the king.
Chapter 13, The Soiled Knight: Princess Myrcella and Prince Trystane are getting along nicely. Someone is warned
that Myrcella is in danger.
Chapter 16, Jaime II: Kevan returns to Casterly Rock in anger. Bronn now resides in Castle Stokeworth.
Chapter 17, Cersei IV: Cersei is presented with a dwarf's head that is not Tyrion's, yet decides not to punish the
hunters, as it would dissuade others. She walks with Qyburn to meet her new small council. She makes up new titles
at her whim. Qyburn's appointment as Master of Whisperers infuriates Grand Maester Pycelle. Cersei sends a
Kingsguard to Dorne in order to bring Myrcella back.
Chapter 21, The Queenmaker: A Dornish suggests to kill Myrcella. A Martell refuses to harm her.
Chapter 22, Arya II: The Faceless Man tells Arya she must become "no one."
Chapter 24, Cersei V: Cersei plots to undermine Bronn and his position at Castle Stokeworth.
Chapter 26, Samwell III: Arya encounters two Bravos and chases them away.
Chapter 27, Jaime III: Cersei sends Jaime on a mission away from King's Landing. He recruits his sword partner to
accompany him.
The episode is adapted from the following chapters of A Dance with Dragons:
Chapter 1, Tyrion I: When Tyrion learns that Cersei has offered a lordship to the man who brings her his head, he
points out she should offer her sex as well; "the best part of me for the best part of her."
Chapter 3, Jon I: Having demanded the loyalty of the northern lords, Stannis shows Jon the laconic reply of the ten
years old Lady of Bear Island, Lyanna Mormont: "Bear Island knows no king but the King in the North, whose name is
STARK."
Chapter 5, Tyrion II: Tyrion is smuggled out of Pentos inside the litter of Illyrio Mopatis, and he and his companion
head to Volantis, in order to sail from there to Meereen.
Memorable Quotes
Samwell Tarly: "Whilst Lord Janos was hiding with the women and children, Jon Snow was leading. Ser Alliser fought bravely, it
is true, but when he was wounded, it was Jon who saved us. He took charge of the Wall's defense, he killed the Magnar of the
Thenns, he went north to deal with Mance Rayder, knowing that it certainly meant his own death. Before that, he led the mission
to avenge Lord Commander Mormont. Mormont himself chose Jon to be his steward. He saw something in Jon and now we've
all seen it too. He may be young, but he's the commander we turned to when the night was darkest."
Arya Stark: "Well, who are you then?"

Jaqen H'ghar: "No one, and that is what a girl must become."
Arya Stark: "Nothing's worth anything to a dead man."
Varys: "Cersei has offered a lordship to the man who brings her your head."
Tyrion Lannister: "She ought to offer her cunt. Best part of her for the best part of me. Well, I suppose a box is as good a place
for me as anywhere."
Varys: "Are we really going to spend the entire road to Volantis talking about the futility of everything?"
Tyrion: "You're right, no point..."
Tyrion Lannister: "We've already got a ruler. Everywhere's already got a ruler. Every pile of shit on the side of every road has
someone's banner hanging from it."
Cersei Lannister: "They blame us for the death of Oberyn, and his sister, and every other tragedy that's befallen their cursed
country! I will burn their cities to the ground if they touch her!"
Jaime Lannister: "Softer!"
Cersei: "What?!"
Jaime: "Not so loud."

Cersei: "Our daughter's in danger, and you're worried I'm speaking too loudly?!"
Jaime: "The world can't know she's our daughter."
Cersei: "Then don't call her your daughter! You've never been a father to her!"
Jaime: "If I was a father to any of my children, they'd be stoned in the streets!"
Cersei: "And what has your caution brought? Our eldest child murdered at his own wedding, our only daughter shipped off to
Dorne, our baby boy set to marry that smirking whore from Highgarden!"
Jaime: "I'm gonna make things better."
Cersei: "You've never made anything better."

Jaime: "I'm going to Dorne, and I'm bringing our daughter home."
Ellaria Sand: "Your brother was murdered, and you sit here in the Water Gardens, staring at the sky and doing nothing."
Doran Martell: "Oberyn was slain during a trial by combat. By law, that is no murder."
Ellaria Sand: "Your brother!"
Doran Martell: "You don't have to remind me! He was my brother long before he was anything to you."
Ellaria Sand: "What will you do about his death?"
Doran Martell: "I will bury him, I will mourn for him."
Ellaria Sand: "And then?"
Doran Martell: "You would have me go to war?"
Ellaria Sand: "The whole country would have you go to war."
Doran Martell: "Then we are lucky the whole country does not decide."
Ellaria Sand: "The Sand Snakes are with me. They have the love of their people. They will avenge their father while you sit here
in your chair, doing nothing. Oberyn is dead and this Lannister girl skips about the Water Gardens, eating our food, breathing our
air! How many of your brothers and sisters do they have to kill? Let me have her. Let me send her to Cersei, one finger at a
time."
Doran Martell: "I loved my brother, and you made him very happy. For that, you will always have a place in my heart. But we do
not mutilate little girls for vengeance. Not here. Not while I rule."
Ellaria Sand: "And how long will that be?"
Barristan Selmy: "Your Grace? A word, please, I beg you."

Daenerys Targaryen: "About what?"
Barristan Selmy: "About your father. About the Mad King."

Daenerys Targaryen: "The Mad King? You're here to remind me of my enemies' lies? Consider me reminded."
Barristan Selmy: "Your Grace, I served in his Kingsguard. I was at his side from the first. Your enemies did not lie."
Daenerys Targaryen: "Go on."
Barristan Selmy: "When the people rose in revolt against him, your father set their towns and castles aflame. He murdered
sons in front of their fathers. He burned men alive with wildfire, and laughed as they screamed. And his efforts to stamp out
dissent led to a rebellion that killed every Targaryen. Except two."
Daenerys Targaryen: "I'm not my father."
Barristan Selmy: "No, your Grace. Thank the Gods. But the Mad King gave his enemies the justice he thought they deserved,
and each time, it made him feel powerful and right. Until the very end."
Gallery
Image Gallery
HBO Promo of "Dany and

Drogon".
Beautiful Deaths poster
Video Gallery
See also
The House of Black and White on Wikipedia
The House of Black and White on IMDb
The House of Black and White on A Wiki of Ice and Fire
References
1. ↑ Season 5 Blu-ray commentary
2. ↑ WotW.com , Actor J. J. Murphy dies after beginning filming for Game of Thrones season 5
3. ↑ [1]
4. ↑ [2]
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The House of Black and White

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In King's Landing and the Crownlands

Main: The House of Black and White/Appearances

Starring Guest Starring

Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister Peter Vaughan as Maester Aemon

Indira Varma as Ellaria Sand Ben Crompton as Eddison Tollett

Michael Stuart as a Night's Watch Officer

See: Differences between books and TV series - Season 5#The_House_of_Black_and_White

The episode is adapted from the following chapters of A Storm of Swords:

Arya Stark: "Well, who are you then?"

Arya Stark: "Nothing's worth anything to a dead man."

Jaime: "Not so loud."

Cersei: "You've never made anything better."

Ellaria Sand: "And how long will that be?"

Barristan Selmy: "Your Grace? A word, please, I beg you."

Barristan Selmy: "About your father. About the Mad King."

HBO Promo of "Dany and

Beautiful Deaths poster

The House of Black and White on IMDb

The House of Black and White on A Wiki of Ice and Fire

Retrieved from "https://gameofthrones.fandom.com/wiki/The_House_of_Black_and_White?oldid=432373"

Categories: Episodes Season 5 Season 5 Episodes

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