<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Game of Thrones (season 2) List of Game of Thrones episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> "Valar Morghulis" is the tenth and final episode of the second season of the HBO medieval fantasy television series Game of Thrones . It is the sixth episode of season 2 to be written by series co-creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, and is directed by Alan Taylor, his fourth episode of the season . 64 minutes long, it aired on June 3, 2012 . </P> <P> The episode's title is a code phrase spoken by Jaqen H'ghar to Arya Stark during the episode, but its meaning is not explained until the third - season episode, "Walk of Punishment": "All men must die ." This is consistent with the meaning given in the books upon which the series is based . </P> <P> After the decisive victory over Stannis Baratheon in the Battle of Blackwater, King Joffrey Baratheon gives Lord Tywin Lannister, his grandfather, the title of "Savior of King's Landing" for his help in the Battle of Blackwater Bay, and formally names him Hand of the King . For uniting the Houses of Tyrell and Lannister, the alliance which caused the victory, Lord Petyr Baelish is given the castle of Harrenhal . Ser Loras Tyrell asks for the king to wed Lady Margaery Tyrell, his sister, and though Joffrey insists he is bound by oath to Sansa Stark, Queen Regent Cersei Lannister and Grand Maester Pycelle argue that the gods will allow him to reject the oath on grounds of Eddard Stark's treason . Sansa is elated to be rid of Joffrey, but Baelish warns her that she is still in danger while she is in King's Landing, and offers to scheme to see her home safely . Lord Varys works to undermine Baelish's successes and plots to turn his associate, the prostitute Ros, against him . </P>

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