Daenerys wakes to learn that Mirri Maz Duur's blood magic saved Drogo's life but destroyed his mind, leaving him in a vegetative state. Her son was stillborn, monstrous and scaled, the death that paid for Drogo's life. Mirri reveals she acted deliberately as revenge for the destruction of her village, telling Daenerys she saved no one. Most of the khalasar abandons Daenerys for a new khal, leaving her with a small band of loyal followers. Jorah urges her to flee east, but Daenerys chooses a different path. In King's Landing, Joffrey forces Sansa to look at her father's head mounted on a spike above the walls. Sansa nearly pushes Joffrey from the rampart, but the Hound stops her and quietly wipes the blood from her lip after Joffrey has a guard strike her. Arya, disguised as a boy, travels north with Yoren and a group of Night's Watch recruits, hiding among orphans and criminals. Yoren has cut her hair and renamed her Arry. Among the recruits is Gendry, Robert Baratheon's unrecognized bastard son, unknowingly fleeing the Lannisters who are hunting Robert's bastards. At the Twins, Robb's bannermen debate their next move. Robb proposes marching south to avenge Ned but cannot serve a Baratheon king. The northern lords reject both Joffrey and the other Baratheon claimants, and Greatjon Umber draws his sword, declaring Robb the King in the North. One by one, the lords kneel and take up the chant. Catelyn, grieving, visits the captive Jaime and strikes him for what the Lannisters have done. On the Wall, Jon's Lord Commander Mormont tells him his duty lies with the Watch, not the war of kings. Mormont announces a great ranging beyond the Wall to find the missing Benjen Stark, confront the wildling king Mance Rayder, and investigate the return of the White Walkers. Jon rides out with the Night's Watch into the haunted forest. Daenerys builds a funeral pyre for Drogo, places her three dragon eggs on it, and ties Mirri Maz Duur to the flames as a final sacrifice. Over Jorah's protests, Daenerys walks into the fire herself. At dawn, Jorah and the remaining Dothraki find Daenerys sitting unburned in the ashes, three living dragons clinging to her body — the first dragons in over a century. Her followers kneel before her.