--- title: Game of Thrones: How Gendry Finally Came Back description: Gendry hadn't been seen in since he rowed away from Dragonstone in Game of Thrones' third season. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 14, 2017 2:33 AM UTC  Liam Cunningham, Kristofer Hivju, Iain Glen, Kit Harington and Joe Dempsie in Game of Thrones Liam Cunningham, Kristofer Hivju, Iain Glen, Kit Harington and Joe Dempsie in Game of ThronesHelen Sloan/HBO  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 14, 2017 2:33 AM UTC **Warning:** This post contains spoilers for season seven of [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/game-of-thrones-2017/). [Gendry](http://time.com/4856609/game-of-thrones-gendry-season-7/) hadn’t been seen since he rowed away from [Dragonstone](http://time.com/4894034/game-of-thrones-season-7-episode-5-jon-snow-daenerys-targaryen/) in the season three finale of _Game of Thrones_, but he finally made his triumphant return in Sunday’s episode. To refresh your memory, Gendry was first introduced in season one as master armorer Tobho Mott’s apprentice. However, it soon came to light that — unbeknownst to him — he was one of the nearly 20 illegitimate children of [Robert Baratheon](http://time.com/4882437/game-of-thrones-daenerys-targaryen-dothraki/). Following Robert’s death, Gendry set off to join the Night’s Watch with a group that included none other than Arya Stark. He was saved from Joffrey’s purge of Robert’s bastards when Arya convinced the Gold Cloaks that he had already been killed. The two went on to become very close during their imprisonment at Harrenhal and stint with the Brotherhood Without Banners, but were separated when the Brotherhood sold Gendry to Melisandre. **MORE:** **To stay up to date on everything** **_Game of Thrones_** **, follow our all-encompassing** [**Facebook**](https://www.facebook.com/WiCnet/?utm%5Fsource=time&utm%5Fmedium=article&utm%5Fcampaign=wicfacebook)[ **page**](https://www.facebook.com/WiCnet/?utm%5Fsource=time&utm%5Fmedium=article&utm%5Fcampaign=wicfacebook) **and sign up for our** [**exclusive** ](https://pages.email.ew.com/game-of-thrones?utm%5Fsource=time.com&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=gameofthronesnewsletter)[**newsletter**](https://pages.email.ew.com/game-of-thrones?utm%5Fsource=time.com&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=gameofthronesnewsletter)**.** It was Melisandre who finally revealed his heritage to him by identifying the Red Keep as his father’s home. However, she then seduced him in order to leech his blood for a sacrifice to the Lord of Light before locking him in a cell under Dragonstone. He eventually escaped her clutches with the help of Davos — who sent him back to King’s Landing in a rowboat — and hadn’t been heard from since. But that all changed in “Eastwatch” when Davos made a pitstop in Flea Bottom to recruit Gendry to Jon Snow’s cause after smuggling Tyrion into King’s Landing to talk to Jaime. Gendry had been biding his time reluctantly forging weapons for the Lannisters and was all too happy to grab his war hammer — a callback to his father’s signature weapon of choice — and head north. “Gendry played an important part in the lives of more than one main character in the show,” explained showrunner Dan Weiss in the post-episode rundown. “It wasn’t so much a question of whether to bring him back as it was how to bring him back. Given the relationship he had to Davos in season three and we ended up with a situation where Davos was the only way Tyrion was going to get to King’s Landing to do what he needed to do. We realized that Davos could either be sitting, waiting by the boat, twiddling his thumbs or he could go and look for the guy who ended up being almost like a surrogate son to him. His role just kind of took shape from there…He’s not going to lie to Jon about who he is and especially when telling him the truth could help him be a part of things which is something he’s probably wanted very much for the past three or four years.” The sixth episode of _Game of Thrones_‘ seventh season airs Aug. 20 at 9 p.m. on HBO. 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