Ned, having been reinstated as the Hand, sits in for Robert while he’s out hunting, and issues a decree that will most likely have serious consequences throughout the Seven Kingdoms. At the Eyrie, Tyrion demands that Lysa give him a trial by combat. During the celebration of Daenerys’s unborn child, Viserys finally receives his crown from Drogo.

Good on his word to find an honest man for Bellamy to back, Max goes on the hunt for Mike Whelan, a federal prosecutor before The Plutonium Incident, but like with everything else Max has been trying to do lately it doesn’t go so well. Meanwhile, Alana finally finds out some shady stuff on Bellamy and looks to pay for it.

Morgan hides in plain sight as Igraine so she can begin her plan to drive a wedge between Arthur and his men by being obviously not Igraine and telling Leontes that Arthur and Guinevere slept together before he got hitched to her.

Robert orders an assassination that doesn’t sit well with Ned, Catelyn takes Tyrion to the Eyrie, and Arya overhears a conversation that threatens her father’s life and war in Westeros. In short, this is not a good episode to be Eddard Stark in and the action really starts to pick up.

Morgan puts on a feast for Arthur and his Knights over at Castle Pendragon, which quickly turns to bedlam as the castle seemingly comes under “attack”. As Arthur and Morgan’s men join forces to fight, Morgan schemes and plots right out in the open for all to see if they bothered to look.

Arthur and Morgan peddle for the loyalty of the subjects of the realm. One uses a battle of wills while the other uses a slaughter. I bet you can’t guess who did what.

Plutonian and Auroran continue to make their way through various levels of the insane asylum in search of an escape, while Qubit has allied himself with Modeus after learning Survivor’s dark secret. Kaiden is missing and the new Paradigm might have some problems being led by Survivor.

Shortly after arriving at King’s Landing, Ned discovers that the Crown has been seriously wasteful with its resources from his new set of advisors.

With Bran’s fate still in doubt, Ned leaves Winterfell with daughters Sansa and Arya, leaving Catelyn to stay behind to tend to Bran. Jon Snow, having no other choice, heads north with Uncle Benjen to join the brotherhood of the Night’s Watch.

Arthur’s sword is broken during a sparring session with Gawain, so Merlin journeys off to find the legendary sword maker Caliburn for a more suitable sword for the young king. In what used to be Uther’s castle, Morgan is experiencing some side effects to the magical dealings she’s been making lately.