Summarise A Long Fantasy Series Before You Start The Next Book

The series has fourteen point of view characters, three warring houses, and you last read the previous book two years ago. This summarises the active plotlines and unresolved conflicts, skips the minor characters you never cared about, and flags any death or betrayal that changed the political landscape, so you can start the next book without a wiki tab open.

You are picking up book {BOOK_NUMBER} of {SERIES_NAME} after a long gap and cannot remember who is allied with whom or what the current stakes are. Summarise the plot so far, focused on active plotlines and unresolved conflicts rather than every minor character, in under 300 words. Flag any major character death or betrayal that changes the political landscape, since those are the details most likely to matter going forward.