Book of the Stranger

"Book of the Stranger" is the fourth episode of the sixth season of Game of Thrones. It is the fifty-fourth episode of the series overall. It will premiere on May 15, 2016. It was written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, and directed by Daniel Sackheim.

Plot
Tyrion strikes a deal. Jorah and Daario undertake a difficult task. Jaime and Cersei try to improve their situation.

In the Vale
At Runestone, Robin Arryn trains at his archery in front of Lord Yohn Royce. Petyr Baelish arrives with a retinue of Arryn guards. A confrontation ensues, in which Petyr accuses Yohn of giving away the information regarding the location of Sansa Stark to House Bolton. After a tense few moments Lord Royce swears his loyalty to Robin, and he is let off without punishment. Petyr and Robin decide they have to muster the Vale knights to march north and aid Sansa.

In The North
At Winterfell, Osha is brought before Ramsay Bolton, who says that while her fellow captive Rickon Stark has value to Ramsay, he is unsure of her worth. Osha denounces the Starks, saying that her servitude and loyalty to them were forced. She also attempts to seduce Ramsay, getting into his lap and kissing him, all the while trying to get the knife he had been using to peel apples. Ramsay seemingly falls for it, saying that it took much longer for him to get Theon Greyjoy over to his side but that Theon told him everything, including how Osha had seduced Theon in order to help Rickon and Bran Stark escape Winterfell. He then stabs Osha in the throat. She dies shortly thereafter.

In the Iron Islands
Theon Greyjoy returns home to Pyke, where he learns of the death of Balon Greyjoy. His sister, Yara, is unhappy about his return and betrayal when she made an attempt to rescue Theon from Ramsay in Season 4. Theon explains that Ramsay "broke him into 1,000 pieces" and Yara states that she knows, since Ramsay had sent Balon and Yara one of those pieces. Yara then suspects that Theon has come back to claim himself king of the Iron Islands, but he insists that he does not want the crown and instead wishes Yara to rule the Iron Islands.

In Vaes Dothrak
Ser Jorah Mormont and Daario Naharis approach the outskirts of the city, Daario taunting Jorah about Daenerys's prowess in the bedroom. Jorah doesn't take the bait, however, and preps Daario for entry into the city, convincing him to bury his weapons since they are not allowed. Daario agrees, but is especially reluctant to give up his stiletto. During the exchange, Daario catches sight of Jorah's Greyscale infection; Jorah assures him that he hasn't passed the contagion on to Daario.

Within the city itself, Jorah and Daario run afoul of a pair of riders who see through Jorah's claims to be a wine merchant. Daario takes care of the younger one while the older one tackles Jorah. The knight is nearly undone, but Daario saves him at the last minute, with the stiletto he smuggled in. Daario smashes the bloodrider's skull with a rock so that no one will think he was killed with a weapon.

Meanwhile, the High Priestess of the Dosh Khaleen gives Daenerys a commentary on the other crones. Some of them hate Daenerys, thinking the Dothraki should not interbreed with other races, but the high priestess dismisses them, saying that the dothraki have always interbred and have never been concerned with blood purity. To illustrate her point, the high priestess indicates another of the khaleen, a Lhazareen taken from her village at the age of twelve. Daenerys asks to relieve herself, and the high priestess sends the Lhazareen with her. As they walk, Daenerys learns that the Lhazareen's khal died when she was only sixteen. Noticing the young woman's limp, she observes it was a shame he didn't die when she was younger, to which Lhazareen grins. The pair are interrupted by Jorah and Daario, who take the Lhazareen hostage. Daenerys, unsurprised to see them, nixes their plans of escape – they have minimal chance of leaving Vaes Dothrak, let alone getting back to Meereen – and tells them that she has a plan. She asks the Lhazareen if she is willing to help them, calling her a khaleesi (queen) instead of a khaleen (crone). The girl reluctantly agrees.

During the khalar vezhven, the khals argue about how to deal with the corpse of the bloodrider; Khal Moro defuses the situation by reminding them that Aggo was his bloodrider, and he does not care about finding the killer. Daenerys is then brought in. Moro insists that she join the dosh khaleen but another khal expresses interest in making her his khaleesi, while another suggests ransoming her to the Wise Masters. Daenerys dismisses all of them; she claims that they are all petty and weak, and reminds them that Khal Drogo was willing to cross the sea in wooden horses for his conquests. Since none of the khals is capable of leading the Dothraki, Daenerys declares that she will lead them herself. After a pause, Moro and the khals burst into laughter. Disgusted with her insolence, Moro declares that she will be raped by each of the khals, then by all of their bloodriders, and then, if she is still alive, by their horses. Daenerys's broad smile deepens at his threats – then she knocks over the braziers at the center of the temple, setting the entire building aflame. The khals desperately attempt to escape, only to find the temple's only door barred. Moro tries to confront Dany a final time, but she upends the last brazier on him, completing the conflagration.

As the flames climb higher, the dosh khaleen and khalasars gather in confusion. Eventually, the doors collapse and Daenerys emerges, unburnt again. many of the assembled bow immediately, with the high priestess and the rest of the dosh khaleen following after a moment. Jorah and Daario move to the front of the crowd and bow last. Daenerys regards them all with a cool look as the flames climb high around her.

First

 * Kesh
 * Khal Rhalko
 * Khal Forzo

Deaths

 * Ahko
 * Osha
 * Khal Rhalko
 * Khal Forzo
 * Khal Moro

Cast
Starring
 * Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister
 * Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Ser Jaime Lannister
 * Lena Headey as Queen Mother Cersei Lannister
 * Emilia Clarke as Queen Daenerys Targaryen
 * Kit Harington as Jon Snow
 * Natalie Dormer as Queen Margaery Tyrell
 * Aidan Gillen as Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish
 * Liam Cunningham as Ser Davos Seaworth
 * Carice van Houten as Lady Melisandre
 * Sophie Turner as Princess Sansa Stark
 * Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei
 * Conleth Hill as Varys
 * Kristofer Hivju as Tormund Giantsbane
 * Jonathan Pryce as the High Sparrow
 * Michiel Huisman as Daario Naharis
 * Dean-Charles Chapman as King Tommen Baratheon
 * Iwan Rheon as Lord Ramsay Bolton
 * Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth
 * Alfie Allen as Theon Greyjoy
 * Iain Glen as Ser Jorah Mormont

Guest Starring
 * Diana Rigg as Lady Olenna Tyrell
 * Ben Crompton as Eddison Tollett
 * Jacob Anderson as Grey Worm
 * Natalia Tena as Osha
 * Gemma Whelan as Princess Yara Greyjoy
 * Finn Jones as Ser Loras Tyrell
 * Julian Glover as Grand Maester Pycelle
 * Ian Gelder as Ser Kevan Lannister
 * Rupert Vansittart as Lord Yohn Royce
 * Daniel Portman as Podrick Payne
 * Hannah Waddingham as Septa Unella
 * Lino Facioli as Lord Robin Arryn
 * Enzo Cilenti as Yezzan zo Qaggaz
 * George Georgiou as Razdal mo Eraz
 * Eddie Jackson
 * Yousef Sweio
 * Michael Heath as Kesh
 * Joe Naufahu as Khal Moro
 * Tamer Hassan as Khal Forzo
 * Souad Faress as a High Priestess of the Dosh khaleen
 * Hannah John-Kamen as a Dothraki widow
 * Chuku Modu as Ahko
 * Staz Nair as Qhono
 * Deon Lee-Williams
 * Elie Haddad
 * Andrei Claude as Khal Rhalko
 * Darius Dar Khan
 * Fola Evans-Akingbola as a Moro's wife
 * Wuese Houston-Jibo as a Dothraki widow
 * Diogo Sales as a Moro's bloodrider
 * Junade Khan as a Moro's bloodrider
 * Michael Hodley
 * Robert Fawsitt as a loyal Night's Watch man
 * Portia Victoria
 * Oliver Stockwell

Cast notes

 * 20 of 27 starring cast members appear in this episode.
 * Starring cast members Indira Varma (Ellaria Sand), Maisie Williams (Arya Stark), Isaac Hempstead-Wright (Bran Stark), John Bradley (Samwell Tarly), Jerome Flynn (Bronn), Hannah Murray (Gilly), and Tom Wlaschiha (Jaqen H'ghar) are not credited and do not appear in this episode.