Game of Thrones

The War of the Five Kings has largely burned out, but unfinished business remains everywhere.

Tyrion killed Tywin and fled King's Landing with Varys.

Jon Snow is Lord Commander of the Night's Watch after Castle Black.

Season 4 closed with power centers reeling. Tyrion's trial by combat cost Oberyn his life; Jaime freed Tyrion; Tywin died on the privy. Tommen sits the throne without Tywin's competence.

At the Wall, Stannis shattered Mance's host and Jon won command. The White Walker threat remains dismissed by most of the realm.

Across the Narrow Sea, Daenerys's anti-slavery rule faces unrest. Jorah is exiled. Two dragons are chained; Drogon is free.

Season 1 is the fall of honorable order: Ned's investigation of Jon Arryn's death exposes that Joffrey, Myrcella, and Tommen are Jaime and Cersei's children, not Robert's.

War begins in earnest: Robb wins early field victories; Jaime is captured by the North; Tywin maneuvers from Harrenhal direction.

Dany's arc transforms from abused exile to khaleesi with living weapons. Jorah Mormont advises her; Viserys is killed earlier for his abuse.

At the Wall, Lord Commander Mormont leads a great ranging plan; Ghost and Jon's bastard identity shape his bonds (Sam, Grenn, Pyp).

Season 1 establishes the lie of Joffrey's claim, Robert's death, and the realm's fracture.

Magic returns visibly via dragons and the dead. The Watch is undermanned and ignored.

Renly dies via shadow; Tyrells swing to Lannisters through Margaery-Joffrey marriage path.

Robb wins battles but loses political ground (Karstark later seeds; Frey marriage promise broken).

Sansa endures Joffrey; Tyrion as Hand tries to govern a starving, panicking capital.

Jon among wildlings begins; Qhorin Halfhand's sacrifice path shapes his cover.

Season 2 is multi-front war and political marriage games. Stannis strikes the capital and fails.

Northern tragedy deepens with Winterfell's fall and Stark children scattering further.

Walder Frey's revenge for the broken marriage pact + Roose Bolton's treachery = Red Wedding.

Tywin consolidates: Lannister-Tyrell hold, northern rebellion crushed on paper.

Brotherhood without Banners and Melisandre paths take Gendry; Arya loses companions and gains list names.

Bran travels north with Jojen and Meera Reed; greenseer training path.

Season 3 breaks the Starks' military hope and elevates Lannister-Frey-Bolton geometry.

Magic and dragons continue rising while court plays marriage and debt.

Purple Wedding conspiracy (Olenna/Littlefinger) removes Joffrey; Tyrion is the scapegoat.

Night's Watch nearly falls; Stannis's arrival rewrites northern politics.

Dany rules Meereen imperfectly; chains two dragons after a child dies; Drogon free.

Brienne seeks Stark girls with Oathkeeper; fights the Hound; Arya leaves Sandor dying.

Season 4 ends with a power vacuum in the capital and a new Lord Commander at the Wall.

Daenerys rules Meereen imperfectly; two dragons are chained after civilian deaths.

Season bridge: everything above is end of Season 4. S05E01 ("The Wars to Come") has not started.

Cutoff discipline: every fact above ends at S04E10. Do not import anything from S05E01 ("The Wars to Come") or later.