Ned departs for King's Landing as Hand, accompanied by daughters Sansa and Arya. Catelyn remains at Winterfell to care for comatose Bran. An assassin attempts to kill Bran, but Catelyn fights him off and Bran's direwolf Summer kills the attacker. Jon Snow travels north to join the Night's Watch, accompanied by Tyrion Lannister. On the Kingsroad, Prince Joffrey threatens Arya's commoner friend, then has the boy killed. When Arya's direwolf Nymeria bites Joffrey in defense, Queen Cersei demands the wolf's death. Arya releases Nymeria into the wild, but Cersei orders Sansa's direwolf Lady killed instead. In Essos, disgraced knight Ser Jorah Mormont befriends Daenerys, who focuses on learning to please her new husband Drogo.