HBO’s Game of Thrones is a medieval fantasy series that follows four families internal strife and political dealings throughout the lands of Westeros. What does this first installment have in store? Let’s find out as we recap Game of Thrones season 1 episode 1 ‘Winter Is Coming’!
The Night’s Watch
A group of three rangers went north of The Wall to investigate a report of wildlings being spotted in the Haunted Forest. The trio quickly found the wildlings had been killed and arranged in a spiral pattern upon the ground. Two of the group were killed by a White Walker, while the third managed to flee back south of The Wall.
Daenerys Targaryen
Dany and her brother Viserys have been living together with Magister Illyrio Mopatis of Pentos for quite some time. Viserys has managed to sell Dany to a local Dothraki Khal known as Khal Drogo. Dany steps into a piping hot bath in order to get ready and is seemingly unbothered by the heat of the water. Later that day, Drogo rode into Pentos to meet his new bride and was satisfied with Dany’s appearance. The next day, Dany and Drogo’s wedding is held and Dany is gifted a selection of books by Ser Jorah Mormont, who also swears his allegiance and sword to Viserys. Second, Dany is gifted three dragon eggs by Illyrio. The wedding wraps up and Dany is now Drogo’s wife for the foreseeable future.
House Lannister & Baratheon
In King’s Landing, the capital of Westeros, a funeral is held for Jon Arryn, the recently deceased Hand of the King. Queen Cersei Lannister tells her brother Jaime that she is worried that Jon found something that he shouldn’t have, but Jaime reassures her that he couldn’t have, as both Cersei and Jaime are still alive. The pair along with their other brother, Tyrion, Cersei’s husband, Robert Baratheon and their children, Joffrey, Myrcella, and Tommen; head north to Winterfell to go and meet with Eddard Stark, to inquire about his willingness to become the new Hand.
House Stark
At Winterfell, essentially the capital of the northern lands, the Night’s Watch brother has been captured and is executed by Eddard, or Ned, Stark for his desertion of his post. While the Stark family returns from the execution they find a stag killed by a direwolf lying in the road. They also notice that six pups are huddled by their dead mother and the family agrees to take and raise the direwolf pups. A letter arrives informing Ned that Jon Arryn has died, the Lannisters are responsible for it and that King Robert is coming north. The next morning, the royal party arrives and Robert immediately takes Ned to the Winterfell crypts. The pair discuss Ned’s deceased sister, Lyanna and how she died after being kidnapped by Rhaegar Targaryen, Dany’s other brother. Robert offers Ned the position as Hand as well as his son, Joffrey’s hand in marriage to Ned’s eldest daughter, Sansa. Ned agrees to become the new Hand. The next morning, Robert and Ned went off hunting. Bran, one of the Stark children decided to start climbing the Broken Tower and stumbled upon Jaime and Cersei Lannister engaging in sexual intercourse. After some consideration, Jaime threw Bran from the window of the tower.
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