Season 1
Ned accepts his new role as King's Hand, leaving Winterfell with his daughters, Sansa and Arya, while Catelyn stays behind to tend to Bran. The unconscious Bran is attacked by an assassin, but his mother and his direwolf save him. Catelyn suspects Lannister involvement.
Jon Snow, Ned's illegitimate son, heads north to join the brotherhood of the Night's Watch, protectors of the Wall that keeps the White Walkers and the Wildlings from entering civilized Westeros. Jon had given Arya a thin sword she names "Needle".
The dwarf Tyrion Lannister, Cersei's brother, decides to accompany Jon to the Wall. When Joffrey threatens Arya's friend, Arya's direwolf defends her, provoking a conflict between the Starks and the Lannisters. Cersei demands that Robert have Arya's direwolf killed, but as Arya has sent it away, to save it, Sansa's direwolf is killed instead.
In Winterfell, Brandon awakens from unconsciousness. Meanwhile, Daenerys is befriended by Jorah Mormont, a disgraced knight, while she focuses on learning how to please Drogo.
The Kingsroad
Ned accepts his new role as King's Hand, leaving Winterfell with his daughters, Sansa and Arya, while Catelyn stays behind to tend to Bran. The unconscious Bran is attacked by an assassin, but his mother and his direwolf save him. Catelyn suspects Lannister involvement.
Jon Snow, Ned's illegitimate son, heads north to join the brotherhood of the Night's Watch, protectors of the Wall that keeps the White Walkers and the Wildlings from entering civilized Westeros. Jon had given Arya a thin sword she names "Needle".
The dwarf Tyrion Lannister, Cersei's brother, decides to accompany Jon to the Wall. When Joffrey threatens Arya's friend, Arya's direwolf defends her, provoking a conflict between the Starks and the Lannisters. Cersei demands that Robert have Arya's direwolf killed, but as Arya has sent it away, to save it, Sansa's direwolf is killed instead.
In Winterfell, Brandon awakens from unconsciousness. Meanwhile, Daenerys is befriended by Jorah Mormont, a disgraced knight, while she focuses on learning how to please Drogo.