She eventually did just that, and began training to be a Faceless Man, aka super assassin, in Season 5.
A lifetime of trauma and training culminated in a surprising moment that yanks the narrative. From the first moment the two met while he was pretending to be a criminal and Arya was pretending to be a boy, they had a connection. H'ghar made it clear that he was going to help Arya, and he did, killing a few people for her, helping her escape, and giving her a coin which would help her get to Braavos, should she so desire. Seven years led up to the moment in the latest Game of Thrones where Lady Arya Stark, daughter of Lord Eddard Stark and his wife Lady Catelyn Stark (of House Tully), defended the ancient House Seat of Winterfell against the Night King’s undead army. When they were captured, Arya saved H'ghar's life, and they ended up hanging out at Tywin Lannister's new crib, Harrenhal. To recap, Arya met Jaqen H'ghar as they were both being transported to Castle Black, though he was in a cage with two other criminals.
Except that Jaqen H'ghar was helping Arya the whole time, and we should have known that it was happening. Hopefully, we'll get more answers, but now that Arya's heading back to Westeros, nothing is certain. Arya finally became "no one" after actually deciding she was someone? And why does the Many-Faced God make people nameless just to murder people for money? And why is Jaqen H'ghar so oddly beautiful? Being that noticeable can't be good for an assassin. It's no secret that the Faceless Man seemed to have taken a liking to Arya and was adamant in helping her become one of them, and therefore Waif wasn't happy and saw competition.To be totally honest, Game of Throne's whole Faceless Man story arc seemed a bit underdeveloped. But since Waif has been dying - no pun intended - to get rid of Arya since pretty much day one, she likely stabbed her because she was jealous with the amount of time and attention she was getting from Jaqen. So, why did Waif stab Arya? Could she have killed (or tried to kill) her another, less painful way? Of course. Unfortunately, when Waif stabs Arya multiple times, it is not without suffering that she does it, and right after Arya resolved to leave for Westeros, no less. Once Waif lets Jaqen know that Arya has failed, he tells Waif, "Don't let her suffer," and the smug girl leaves, ready to plot just how she'll do away with Arya Stark. Although only Jaqen and Arya's kills are shown on Game of Thrones, the novels have Faceless playing a bigger role.
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Which also kind of goes against their code though, since you aren't supposed to kill for personal revenge and definitely not supposed to refer to yourself as "I" or "me," but we'll chalk this up to show errors and move on. Obviously Waif saw this from the beginning though, so as soon as she was able to catch Arya being Arya instead of "no one," she had to run and tell Jaqen, who she also reminds she was promised this chance to kill Arya. She did not escape King's Landing and become such a badass to live out her days in Braavos. And we really can't blame her, since we all know Arya doesn't belong in some organization of trained assassins when she's Arya freaking Stark, one of the most important characters on Game of Thrones and in Westeros in general. No one can really imagine homegirl dead at this point, and Waif's motives seem to be about more than following Jaqen's orders.įrom the beginning, the other student under Jaqen has seemed to have it in for Arya, constantly weary of her and always insisting that she was not meant to be in the House of Black and White. So if you're wondering, " Why did Waif stab Arya?", you're probably not alone. As we know from Episode 6, Jaqen H'ghar said that a girl must die, meaning Arya, and Waif was more than happy to set out and get it done. Just when we thought Arya was about to do away with the whole Faceless Man story line on Game of Thrones, even going so far as to get back Needle, she had to go and get herself attacked by Waif.
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