In Braavos, Arya sought refuge, and tutelage, within the House of Black and White. Arya decided “Arya” no longer existed, and dove into death extremism. Whether they’re paid to kill a heinous person or a kind and gentle soul, it’s all done to honor their ghoulish god.Īfter Arya arrived at The Twins to see the aftermath of her family’s vile murder, and then at The Eyrie, to learn that her aunt had died, she gave up – and gave in to Jaqen’s offer to train her in the House of Black in White. Assassins who consider their killing a form of service to the Many-Faced God, which is what they call Death. The Faceless Men, simply put, are death-dealers. What would happen if she had to choose between being a servant of death and a Stark avenger? Well, that’s to come…Īrya would seemingly stumble upon the answer to all her murderous prayers in the form of Jaqen H’Gar, a Faceless Man from Braavos, who rewarded her kindness by killing off three people of her choosing, quite effortlessly. The only aspect she allowed to survive the crushing crucible she’d endured. It was the only part of her former self she still clung to. At this moment, her future plans to kill evil-doers synced up with death’s diabolical design. From Cersei on down to the nasty knight who killed Syrio.Īrya had an agenda, and her agenda was death. Everyone she knew had done murderous wrong against her family. The mantra she used to calm her restless soul at night when her head hit the damp rocks of the Riverlands. So far young Arya had been inundated with death and forced to lose all aspects of her former self. Arya was getting more comfortable being someone else while also realizing that ditching her dynasty opened up new destinies.
While posing as Tywin Lannister’s water boy, she got within close killing range of her family’s arch-nemesis. Though traveling companion Gendry would figure out who she was, everyone else hadn’t a clue, thus giving Arya her first true taste of “hiding in plain sight.” It was a trick that gave her unexpected thrills. Helpless, Arya had to remain hidden during her journey back home, and it was here that she began to accept, and enjoy anonymity. At all times, she had to be someone else. The next part of Arya’s treacherous trek involved the complete and utter disavowal of her self. When this happened, an unwitting partnership was formed, and Arya’s dance with death, her initiate intertwining with the great beyond, would push her into an existential existence that’s only rivaled by Bran’s foray into foresight. To either serve or avoid.Īrya’s terrifying transformation began when she found herself surrounded, and beset, on all sides by death. Arya was thrown into the deep end of Death – which many in the realm, including Syrio, viewed as an actual deity. From the traumatic tableau of her father’s execution to the stable boy she accidentally-on-purpose stabbed, to the presumed fate of her instructor Syrio Forel. The first wickedly harsh element Arya had to confront when her “adventure” began was death.
Here’s how Arya managed to shed herself and get lost within a swirl of wrath and revenge, only to be reborn as Winterfell’s smirking shadow. Drawn to swordplay, and displaying an acumen for archery and weaponry that overshadowed her brothers, Arya knew early on that a non-traditional Lady-like life was not for her.īut what she got, like most of her siblings, was a Monkey’s Paw version of her heart’s desire, and the arduous journey she’s endured managed to strip away her sense of identity in order that she could be rebuilt. Jon wanted to have a cause, a purpose, and to feel needed by others. Bran wanted to climb to great heights and see all around him.
Sansa wanted to marry a handsome prince and live in a castle. It can be said that Ned’s kids – and we’re including Jon Snow here – were forced to come face to face with a perverse, funhouse mirror-version of their own fondest wish. While all the Stark children have seen their respective worlds spiral into trauma and violence (or even their own death) following the King Robert’s fateful visit to Winterfell, Arya’s transformation over the years is arguably the most shocking.
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