One overarching theory holds that the Faceless Men seek to rid the world of dragons and magic. In that novel’s prologue, a man who resembles Jaqen’s last known book appearance kills a young acolyte named Pate after acquiring a mysterious key in that novel’s final pages, as Sam arrives at the Citadel, he is greeted by a cheery fellow who introduces himself as Pate. More intrigue rises in A Feast for Crows, as the Faceless Men seem to undertake a mission to infiltrate the archmaesters’ chambers at the Citadel because, many fans believe, they want to learn more about dragons from closely guarded scrolls therein. The book series’s Faceless Men might have a dragon egg, for instance, courtesy of Euron, who it’s implied hired the House of Black and White to kill his brother, Balon, and assume the Salt Throne rather than perform the regicide himself, as he does on the show. It was all part of a bigger plan-that’s my theory.” How Season 8 Could Address Itīook-centric Faceless Men theories abound, in large part centered on tantalizing details that haven’t made their way to the show. It was never explained why he ended up in the black cells in King’s Landing and then went on that journey. We still don’t know who Jaqen is and why he showed up in the story in the first place. When Tom Wlaschiha returned to the show when Arya traveled to Braavos, he told The Hollywood Reporter, “It’s all part of a bigger plan. What is their glass of water?Įven Jaqen’s actor expects to find out, or at least he wants to. Their surface-level desire is to serve as high-priced assassins-but knowing that base, utilitarian function isn’t as satisfying as learning the underlying motivations. Kurt Vonnegut famously said of writing fiction, “Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.” So while the Faceless Men serve as an effective stepping stone for Arya’s development, at least as presented thus far, they don’t contain their own complete story arc. To what duties did he attend in the interim? And is that “initial” face his true face, or is the entire Jaqen persona a fabricated character? Does his personal, pre-No One background matter for his ultimate end goal? But we don’t see Jaqen again until Arya sails to Braavos, when he’s back at Faceless Men headquarters and wearing the initial face Arya saw him wearing. Here’s another: When he and Arya part ways outside Harrenhal, he says, “A man has duties as well” and changes his face. That’s just the first riddle surrounding Jaqen’s character. (Valar morghulis, valar dohaeris- you know how it goes.)īut why was Jaqen in the dungeons in the first place? Surely a man of his disguise and combat talents wouldn’t have been apprehended by the City Watch unless he wanted to be. Cue killings, cue Arya’s escape from Harrenhal, cue Jaqen’s revelation that he’s a Faceless Man and his gift of a Braavosi coin to his future pupil. Arya eventually saves Jaqen, along with two other criminals, from a fiery death, and Jaqen repays her with three offerings to the Many-Faced God. Jaqen entered Arya’s life back in Season 1, when Night’s Watch recruiter Yoren took him from the King’s Landing dungeons while gathering new men for the Wall. But shouldn’t there be more-both to the so-far-unsatisfying puzzles about Jaqen’s background, and to the organization he serves? What do the Faceless Men want? Why This Loose End Matters In the form of Jaqen H’ghar, they also have existed in this story primarily to serve Arya Stark’s journey.
The Faceless Men are a death cult, a collection of seemingly unstoppable assassins, a zealous group of mercenaries for hire. In the run-up to the final season’s April 14 premiere, we’ll be digging through these loose ends, looking at why they matter and how they could affect the endgame as we count down to Thrones ’ long-awaited conclusion. These are Thrones’ loose ends : the characters, places, events, prophecies, and more that the story has made audiences wonder about over the past seven seasons but the show has yet to wrap up. Separate from those series-shaping questions are countless smaller but still crucial details that the show may or may not explore in the final season. Martin first introduced 23 years ago-and in that precious time they’ll have to answer half a hundred pressing questions: Who will live? Who will die? Who will tell Jon he’s doing it with his aunt?
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In less time than it seemingly took Littlefinger to zip around to every corner of Westeros, showrunners David Benioff and D.B. And 35 days after that, Thrones will end. In 45 days, Game of Thrones will finally return.