Arya Stark crisscrosses Westeros accompanied by the Hound, but sails alone to Braavos on Essos to end the season. She reluctantly chains up her growing dragons, who have become difficult to control. Daenerys Targaryen captures Meereen and decides to rule as queen of Slaver's Bay until she can permanently defeat the slavers she finds ruling more difficult than conquering. Bran Stark's visions lead him far beyond the Wall to the north, where he meets the Three-Eyed Raven. At the Wall, Jon Snow and the Night's Watch, badly outnumbered, begin a grim battle against 100,000 Wildlings, but Stannis's army sweeps in to demand the Wildlings' surrender. Meanwhile, Sansa Stark escapes King's Landing. King Joffrey is killed by poison at his wedding, and his uncle Tyrion is blamed young Tommen Baratheon is crowned king. After the death of Robb Stark at The Red Wedding, all three remaining kings in Westeros believe they have a claim to the Iron Throne. The story takes place in a fictional world, primarily upon a continent called Westeros, with one storyline occurring on another continent to the east, Essos. The season was filmed primarily in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Croatia. HBO ordered the fourth season on April 2, 2013, which began filming in July 2013.

The series is adapted for television by David Benioff and D. The season is adapted primarily from the second half of A Storm of Swords, along with elements of A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons, all novels from the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.

It was broadcast on Sunday at 9:00 pm in the United States, consisting of 10 episodes, each running approximately 50–60 minutes. The fourth season of the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones premiered in the United States on HBO on April 6, 2014, and concluded on June 15, 2014.

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