Continuation prep
What to remember before Game of Thrones Season 3
Everything through Season 2, nothing from Season 3.
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The story so far
Through S2 E10
The spine so far
Eddard Stark takes a role at court and starts asking questions about the previous holder's death. His method is evidence and disclosure; the court runs on leverage and timing, so he loses.
In parallel, Jon Snow joins the northern watch and finds an institution too small for its job, while Daenerys Targaryen converts a political marriage into her own power base abroad.
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Carry these forward
People
- Eddard Stark — The northern lord whose integrity is treated as a vulnerability in the capital.
- Jon Snow — Raised inside the Stark household but outside its inheritance, he takes a posting on the northern wall.
- Arya Stark — The youngest Stark daughter, whose story becomes a survival story very early.
- Tyrion Lannister — The Lannister son who trades on information and negotiation rather than force or inheritance.
Open threads
- Jon takes a posting on the wall: Establishes the second, non-political threat line.
- A succession dispute becomes a war: The realm splits into competing claimants.
- The capital survives a siege by planning, not strength: Tyrion's reputation rises, then is taken from him.
Who matters going in
core · House Stark
Eddard Stark
The northern lord whose integrity is treated as a vulnerability in the capital.
His decisions set the terms of the entire northern storyline that follows.
Enters S1 E1
core · House Stark
Jon Snow
Raised inside the Stark household but outside its inheritance, he takes a posting on the northern wall.
His arc runs on the northern threat, not the southern throne — remember that when the two stories cross.
Enters S1 E1
core · House Stark
Arya Stark
The youngest Stark daughter, whose story becomes a survival story very early.
Her memory, not her sword, is her defining tool.
Enters S1 E1
major · House Stark
Sansa Stark
The eldest Stark daughter, who learns court politics from the inside because she has no exit.
Her arc is the show's clearest study of learned caution.
Enters S1 E1
core · House Lannister
Tyrion Lannister
The Lannister son who trades on information and negotiation rather than force or inheritance.
When he is given real authority, the capital briefly functions.
Enters S1 E1
core · House Lannister
Cersei Lannister
A queen who treats every alliance as a temporary containment measure.
Read her decisions through her children and most of them make sense.
Enters S1 E1
major · House Lannister
Jaime Lannister
A celebrated swordsman carrying a reputation he refuses to explain.
Enters S1 E1
core · House Targaryen
Daenerys Targaryen
An exiled heir who builds a following abroad before she ever sees the kingdom she claims.
Her plot runs on a separate continent for years — treat it as a parallel series.
Enters S1 E1
What already happened
S1 E1
A northern lord accepts a southern post
Eddard Stark is asked to serve the crown and leaves the north with part of his family.
Why it mattersThe Stark family is split across the map for years.
S1 E3
Jon takes a posting on the wall
Jon Snow joins the order guarding the northern border and finds it undermanned.
Why it mattersEstablishes the second, non-political threat line.
S1 E9
A succession dispute becomes a war
A disputed claim to the throne turns a court argument into an open, multi-party conflict.
Why it mattersThe realm splits into competing claimants.
S2 E9
The capital survives a siege by planning, not strength
A defensive gambit holds the city against a larger force.
Why it mattersTyrion's reputation rises, then is taken from him.
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