Black, Sam sends Gilly to shelter in Mole's Town. The wildlings raid a village and Styr forces a young boy, Olly, to run to Castle Black and tell the Night's Watch what they have done. Edd Tollett and Grenn return to Castle Black and inform them that Karl's group is living at Craster's Keep. Jon remembers his lie to Mance Rayder about having 1,000 men at the fort and says they must kill Karl's group before Rayder finds out the truth. At Dragonstone Davos learns that Joffrey is dead and is chastised by Stannis for proposing the use of mercenaries. Davos has Shireen write a message to the Iron Bank of Braavos in Stannis' name. In the Riverlands Sandor and Arya continue their journey to the Vale. A farmer invites them to spend the night with him; when Arya wakes, she finds Sandor has robbed the farmer. Outside Meereen Daenerys' army arrives at Meereen and Daario agrees to fight their champion. After he kills the knight, Daenerys addresses Meereen's slaves, declaring that she intends to bring them freedom, and uses catapults to shoot barrels of broken slave collars as proof. Production "Breaker of Chains" was written by executive producers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, based upon the source material, Martin's A Storm of Swords. The controversial Jaime-Cersei scene was adapted from chapter 62 of A Storm of Swords (Jaime VII). Other content came from chapters Sansa V, Tyrion IX and Daenerys V. Linguist David Peterson, who created the languages High Valyrian and Dothraki for the show, hid an easter egg in the episode's translations. When the Champion of Meereen is shouting insults at Daenerys in Low Valyrian, the exact words are translated as the same insults the French character was saying in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The easter egg was Weiss's idea. Reception Ratings "Breaker of Chains" was watched by an estimated 6.6 million people during the first hour. Another 1.6 million watched it on rerun. In the United Kingdom, the episode was viewed by 1.665 million viewers, making it the highest-rated broadcast that week. It also received 0.099 million timeshift viewers. Critical reception The episode was well received by critics. On review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, the episode holds a score of 95% based on 37 reviews, with an average rating of 8.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "While 'Breaker of Chains' is a letdown after