" Dark Wings, Dark Words ," the second episode of Season 3, originally aired on April 7, 2013. The episode is best known for introducing several iconic characters—specifically the "Queen of Thorns" Lady Olenna Tyrell and the mysterious siblings Jojen and Meera Reed . Key Plot Developments
Shows her political cunning by expertly manipulating Joffrey, bonding with him over his sadistic fascination with a new crossbow.
Arya Stark, Gendry, and Hot Pie are intercepted by the Brotherhood Without Banners , led by Thoros of Myr. Just as they seem safe, the Brotherhood brings in a captive Sandor "The Hound" Clegane , who immediately recognizes Arya and exposes her true identity.
Bran meets Jojen and Meera Reed in the North. Jojen reveals that he shares Bran’s "Greensight" (prophetic dreams) and explains that Bran is a Warg , capable of entering the minds of animals.
After his betrayal at Winterfell, he is seen being brutally tortured in a dungeon by a mysterious captor (later revealed to be Ramsay Snow).
Brienne of Tarth and Jaime Lannister engage in a fierce sword duel on a bridge. Despite his bound hands and malnutrition, Jaime fights aggressively but is eventually beaten into submission by Brienne. Their fight is interrupted when they are captured by Locke , a bannerman for Roose Bolton. Character Highlights
Robb Stark receives word that his grandfather, Hoster Tully , has died. More devastatingly, he learns that Winterfell has been razed and his younger brothers, Bran and Rickon, are missing and presumed dead.