Template:2x06 In the books

The episode covers material from the following chapters of A Clash of Kings.
 * Chapter 34, Jon IV - Jon is unable to keep Ghost close to him.
 * Chapter 36, Tyrion VIII - Littlefinger positions himself to negotiate with House Tyrell.
 * Chapter 37, Theon III - the death of a northerner at the insistence of Theon's men.
 * Chapter 38, Arya VIII - Arya orders a second murder from Jaqen.
 * Chapter 39, Catelyn V - Catelyn returns from the Stormlands, context changed dramatically.
 * Chapter 40, Daenerys III - Daenerys is unable to obtain ships through negotiation.
 * Chapter 41, Tyrion IX - The departure of Myrcella and the riot of King's Landing.
 * Chapter 46, Bran VI - Bran awakens to find Theon in Winterfell and surrenders the castle to him.
 * Chapter 50, Theon IV - Theon sends word to Deepwood Motte for help. Theon sleeps with a Winterfell servant. The escape of Bran and Rickon is reported to him but not seen from Bran's point of view.
 * Chapter 51, Jon VI - the capture of Ygritte.
 * Chapter 52, Sansa IV - Sansa recalls being rescued from the riot.
 * Chapter 56, Theon V - a beheading at Winterfell, context changed dramatically.
 * Chapter 66, Theon VI - the death of Ser Rodrik, context changed dramatically.

There are several changes from the source material.
 * Scene 1: Because Luwin is not a point of view character this scene does not feature in the book. The book features a wolf dream where Bran hears the sounds of the attack through Summer in chapter 46, Bran VI. Luwin does report being able to send messenger ravens while talking to Bran later in the same chapter.
 * Scene 2: This scene is adapted from chapter 46, Bran VI. Dagmer is not present for the discussion in the book because he remains at Torrhen's Square during Theon's occupation of Winterfell. The discussion is shorter in the book with Bran not asking Theon if he hated them the whole time and Theon spending less time explaining the mechanics of the attack (this explanation is left to Luwin in the book).
 * Scene 3: This scene is mainly adapted from Chapter 46, Bran VI but also features elements of Chapter 37, Theon III and Chapter 50, Theon IV.
 * The scene takes place in the great hall of Winterfell rather than the courtyard.
 * It is Mikken rather than Farlen who speaks up in the book. Mikken is ultimately killed for his defiance.
 * Theon accepts Osha's fealty in the book although much of the dialogue is the same.
 * The chapter ends with Theon accepting Osha's service.
 * Ser Rodrik Cassel is not captured and doesn't die in the fall of Winterfell to the Ironborn, nor is he killed by Theon Greyjoy. His death occurs in Chapter 66, Theon VI.
 * Theon does execute a Northerner who spits in his face after being taken captive, but it is Benfred Tallhart, captured when Theon first lands in the North at the Stony Shore. Also, Theon executes him by ritualistically drowning him in Ironborn fashion, not by decapitating him. This occurs in Chapter 37, Theon III. It is Theon's uncle Aeron Greyjoy who convinces him of the necessity of the death rather than Dagmer.
 * Theon conducts a similar botched execution (with a different victim) in Chapter 56, Theon V.
 * Scene 4: Jon's inability to control Ghost is loosely drawn from Chapter 34, Jon IV. Jon's discussion with Qhorin is not present in the books.
 * Scene 5: The war council scene is new for the series. Littlefinger does not visit Harrenhal in the books but convinces Tyrion to let him broker an alliance with House Tyrell during a small council meeting in King's Landing in Chapter 36, Tyrion VIII.
 * The risk of Arya being identified is not so prominent because no-one who knows her is at Harrenhal.
 * Littlefinger does not meet with Tywin Lannister personally to discuss a possible alliance with House Tyrell. The discussion represents planning that is conducted via messenger raven. Littlefinger travels straight from King's Landing to the Tyrell army gathering at Bitterbridge, though both of them and the Small Council are exchanging letters via messenger raven.
 * Arya Stark is never cupbearer to Tywin Lannister. In the books, Arya is a cupbearer at Harrenhall, but to Roose Bolton, who had captured Harrenhall from the Lannisters.
 * Scene 6: The raid on the wildling lookout's camp takes place in Chapter 51, Jon VI.
 * Jon and Stonesnake have to climb a cliff face to surprise the wildlings and there are only three of them in the book.
 * Because Qhorin is not present it is Stonesnake who initially questions Ygritte with Jon. Many of his lines have been given verbatim to Qhorin in the show.
 * Jon keeps Ygritte as a captive while waiting for Qhorin and she tells him a story about Bael the Bard which is not present in the episode.
 * Qhorin then determines that they cannot take her with them when he arrives in the book. The same dialogue is used in the show.
 * Jon Snow doesn't get separated from the Night's Watch's scouting party due to recapturing Ygritte in the books. He lets her go when he is unable to execute her.
 * Scene 7: The departure of Myrcella takes place in Chapter 41, Tyrion IX.
 * Myrcella does not weep in the books. She comforts a crying Tommen before she is rowed away.
 * Cersei insists on sending four ships with Myrcella, weakening the fleet at King's Landing. In the show only one ship is seen at anchor.
 * Sansa challenges Joffrey's assertion that princes should not cry with historical examples rather than a reference to Rickon.
 * Bronn is present for this scene in the book but not in the episode.
 * Scene 8: The riot immediately follows the departure of Myrcella in Chapter 41, Tyrion IX.
 * The riot in King's Landing begins with the royal entourage stopped by a dazed refugee peasant woman standing in the middle of the road, holding her blue and dead baby, which starved to death because of the war. Joffrey callously throws a coin at her which bounces off the dead baby, and Cersei condescendingly tells Joffrey to leave the "poor woman" alone. The refugee woman then snaps, drops her dead baby like a sack of flour in the street, points at Cersei and starts shouting "Brotherfucker!", as the whole crowd takes up the chant.
 * The thrown excrement incites Joffrey in the same way in the books but after the crowd have been riled up by his treatment of the bereaved woman.
 * The royal party are mounted in the books.
 * The Hound does not stay by Joffrey's side, having been sent to get the man who threw the excrement.
 * Ser Aron Santagar and Ser Preston Greenfield of the Kingsguard are killed.
 * The death of the High Septon is reported by Gyles Rosby rather than being seen directly by Tyrion.
 * Scene 9: Tyrion's confrontation with Joffrey takes place in Chapter 41, Tyrion IX.
 * Cersei is present for the confrontation in the book but not in the show.
 * Tyrion is more violent with Joffrey in the book and the Kingsguard separate them.
 * Scene 10: Sansa recalls being attacked in the riot in Chapter 52, Sansa IV.
 * Sansa is almost pulled from her horse but not chased into a back alley.
 * Scene 11: Tyrion orders the Kingsguard to retrieve Sansa after confronting Joffrey in Chapter 41, Tyrion IX.
 * It is Ser Boros Blount who refuses to follow Tyrion's orders to go back for Sansa rather than Ser Meryn Trant. Cersei insists that they comply in the book while Joffrey takes no part in the discussion.
 * Ser Mandon Moore was specifically responsible for Sansa but abandoned her to guard Joffrey.
 * Scene 12: Sansa recalls being rescued by the Hound in Chapter 52, Sansa IV.
 * She was not almost raped in the book.
 * Another noblewoman Lollys Stokeworth is brutally raped by the mob in the book as reported to Tyrion in Chapter 41, Tyrion IX.
 * Scene 13: More violence in the riots is consistent with the description in Chapter 41, Tyrion IX.
 * Scene 14: Sansa is brought to safety by the Hound in Chapter 41, Tyrion IX.
 * Tyrion is pleased to see her returned but does not congratulate Clegane.
 * Clegane's line about the "Little Bird" being hurt is taken verbatim from the page.
 * Clegane is ordered back out to help fight fires and it is then that he says he will not do it for Tyrion but instead to find the horse he lost in the riot.
 * Scene 15: Daenerys discusses difficulty obtaining ships with Xaro in Chapter 40, Daenerys III but it was the Pureborn that she approached rather than the Spice King (who are not an established faction in the series). The discussion is only referenced in the book.
 * Daenerys does note not being offered any refereshment by the pureborn.
 * Scene 16: An added scene with Arya and Tywin.
 * Tywin's discontent with his father's weakness is established in the books.
 * Jaime is not noted to have had any difficulty with reading.
 * Scene 17: Arya names a second victim to Jaqen in Chapter 38, Arya VIII. It is Weese the cruel understeward rather than Ser Amory that she names in the books.
 * Scene 18: Ser Amory Lorch is not killed by Jaqen H'ghar.
 * Scene 19: Robb is not a point of view character in the books and we do not see any scenes in his camp in the Westerlands. Catelyn returns to safety by travelling to Riverrun and does not meet with Robb. She arrives in Chapter 39, Catelyn V. This is before the capture of Winterfell in the book so she does not receive word of it.
 * Scene 20: As stated earlier Jon allows Ygritte to escape in Chapter 51, Jon VI and does not recapture her. Ygritte's attraction to Jon is established later in the books and is based on his capture of her which is a wildling custom.
 * Scene 21: Robb, Catelyn and Roose are separated by great distances at this stage in the books and no such meeting occurs there.
 * Roose Bolton is commanding a northern army fighting in the east near Harrenhal so does not speak with Robb in person. The general idea that they should send word north for his bastard son Ramsay Snow to try to liberate Winterfell from the Ironborn is, however, essentially present in the books, but it communicated via messenger raven.
 * Scene 22: Theon sleeps with a Winterfell servant in Chapter 50, Theon IV but it is Kyra rather than Osha. Kyra has not been established in the TV series.
 * Osha does not seduce Theon but does ultimately help Bran, Rickon, and Hodor escape Winterfell in a different manner.
 * Scene 23: Sansa discusses the riot in Chapter 52, Sansa IV but it is Sandor Clegane that she speaks to rather than Shae. Shae has not yet been established as a maid at this point in the books.
 * Scene 24 and Scene 25: The escape of Bran and Rickon is discovered by Theon in Chapter 50, Theon IV rather than shown first hand in the books.
 * Drennan is found dead and Theon guesses that he was killed while undressing for a woman.
 * Scene 26 and Scene 27: These scenes have no basis in the books.
 * The dragons are not stolen.
 * Irri is not killed in Qarth.