"Meanwhile, Baelish had the Vale, Sansa Stark was married to the Boltons in the North, and he was in a position to ride down from the Bloody Gate. He is still Lord Paramount of the Riverlands and could force them to bend the knee to him, and with the hardened remains of the North. With the three kingdoms that won the Battle of the Trident, he could make a play for the throne while everyone else was busy fighting each other. But it seems that his plan failed horribly..."