Jaqen H’ghar is probably the most confusing Game of Thrones character. Who is Jaqen? What’s his relationship with Arya? Is Jaqen Syrio Forel? Who’s the “alchemist” at Oldtown, and what does he want? What do the Faceless Men have to do with Valyria? Were the Faceless Men involved in the death of Balon Greyjoy? Could they be working with Euron Greyjoy to orchestrate a huge terrible blood sacrifice?
This video contains spoilers for Season 6 of Game of Thrones, and Books 1-5 of ASOIAF, and a TWOW sample chapter read by GRRM.
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0:00 Jaqen
2:01 Faceless Men
4:44 Syrio
7:00 Alchemist
8:47 Valyria
11:22 Euron
13:33 Forsaken
15:33 Conclusion
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So the Doom was the night of the long knives aye?
if only george watches this channel , he would have ended the books with source material from the maybee's only
So basically, he’s no one
Syrio went to the house of black to die. he was in pain . already dieing or sick or something like that years before the start of game of thrones . he drank from the pool of poison. later a call was sent out from kings landing for a sword fighter to train another.. the house of black and white seeing the opportunity used the face of syrio. they might had already had some one that was a master water dancer. its a martial art. upon arriving at kings landing and finding out that Aria was going to be a student thats when Syrio/ h'gar made the choice to train not only her in water dancing but to indoctrinate aria to the many face god. not nesisarly make her no one but something more . to sow the seeds or the many face god to westrose. but she surprised them. and bing bang boom aria the baddie !!
He's nobody, HELLO!?
Syrio is similar to Jaquen because like any good Fantasy Series, Book 1 of ASOIAF has mini arcs That foreshadow the later longer arcs
There's no death without life, as there should not be life without death. To be no one is to accept we're all the same in the eyes of death. When we die we see nothing, we are nothing: we become no one
No one
He is Nobody…how come no one has figured this out after years 😂
That's crazy, during Emilia Clarke's first scene in the show I was Jaqen
He is no one
If they are acolytes of the red god (god of light) in a way, then they may know something of what role Arya has in the future battle with the dead. Not sure how that explains how they interact with her, but it certainly could be a reason for them to show interest in her from a young age.
Jaqen H'ghar will be back in Avengers Doomsday.
hearing about all this really shows george’s impact on elden ring very reminiscent of destined death, the black knife assassins, volcano manor, and more
He is no one
Every single one of these videos makes me despise GRM more anf more. He's tortured us book readers for decades! 🙁 🙁 🙁
9:03 I wonder if the faceless men got a contract to kill the dragons. Therefore they are infiltrating the citadel to learn how to
ill save you all 17 minutes. a man is no one.
God the faceless part of the show was extremely dull, I just skipped it all
What i really thought was weird was when the faceless man drank the poison and died? I mean no wonder they have a recruitment problem since their assassin's offs themselfes I mean what was that? 😂
You mean “matreshka” (матрёшка, nesting doll) at around 8:20, not “babushka” (grandma)
the birth of the dragons immediately signals an arms race.. of course this is entirely up to what Martin says but I would expect the faceless Men to have a story if not a part in the Doom off valeria. it sounds like they have their own history which is very consistent with secret clubs
"Why did he choose Arya to be an assassin? Well because this is a story written by a guy as a work of fiction and she needs to have something to do" is what I heard
It's a fantasy story. The answer to anything that doesn't make sense is "magic"
A man has eternal hatred for Benioff and DB weiss. A man cannot forgive them for ruining this great show.
This video should have been 2 seconds long ‘Jaqen is no one’
Who up Jaqen their H'ghar rn?
the truth is J.R.R. Martin is a shitty writer who was trying to write a 1000 books at once, leaves thousands of loose ends, comes to no conclusion and loves disappointing the reader.
6:27 I think it makes more sense if it really is the army recruiter thing. Syrio forel could also be part of the cult and tryingg to plant a seed (, but dying before it sprouts)
And jaquen just so happens to be another faceless man also trying to recruit a potential "soldier"
Like a secret organisation
Hello he is no one?? Doh
This is the dark brotherhood bro.
He's no one. Just saved you 17+ minutes of yapping
He's a feceless man jaquin haqar isn't real
Arya is useless
I asasin cult simpoul like mafia hh
Its not hard to understand why its taking GRRM so long to come out with the next book. The level of detail in all the different plots is insane.
Stupid question "Who is Jagen?". We all know he is no one.
Why did Jaquen Hagar jump the red light, because he was no one.
I can’t be the first to suggest this, but does anyone else ever wonder if these ppl who pose “theory” ever consider that every question they asks results in the writer having to decide “uhhh.. yeah, that’s good, let’s say they did it because of revenge, and also that spy is a friend of the other guy… yeah… yeah that works… “ you’re devoting your time and problem solving efforts to something that someone has to literally make up as they go you absolute walnut brain.
This reminds me of the time I paid a tiny old asian lady to come over and smash my balls with a 5 pound mini sledge hammer. Good times 😔
The faceless men broken into my civic decked out in north face
A man knows not Jaqen H'ghar. Only Jaqen Me'hoff.
"Babushka Assassin"? You probably meant "matryoshka" – the Russian nested doll(s). Babushka means grandma in Russian.
Helped me forget about irl stuff, great immersive video
whoever had problem with understanding him and is confused why he was here and there and why. you missed the point.
this super guy of an assassin is a very intelligent assassin. and even step he did was brilliantly executed.
i was never confused. but what is was confused by is how they can get a different size body like Arya did. but again it is a fantasy show and could be a trick by deception and magic. just don’t put too much weight and thoughts into it and it flows like water. This character was brilliant. The second character I loved is the hound. He is the real hero in this show. He was the reason the stocks was still alive then Brianna was force of nature. she took down the hound man. hahahah she was great. and the hound was super character.
I also thought that maybe Braavos teaches some of the same things that the faceless men also teach, so Forrel is just similar by proxy.
No it Does make full sence, You confuse yourself so badly it all sounds like crap. You are also forgteting about God of Fire, the Stark connection with the Ice god etc etc etc