How did Arya save Jaqen?

They kill Yoren and set the barn where Jaqen and his companions in on fire. But Arya gives Jaqen an axe to set them free before she escapes.
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Did Arya kill Jaqen H Ghar?

Arya then confronts Jaqen, who admits sending the Waif to kill her, but seems genuinely satisfied with the fact that Arya had bested her. Although he concedes that Arya's murder of the Waif has finally made her "No One", she instead decides to return to Westeros as "Arya Stark of Winterfell".
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How did they capture Jaqen H Ghar?

Jaqen is taken captive by Yoren. Jaqen is a criminal from the Free Cities, arrested by the City Watch and thrown into the dungeons of the Red Keep in King's Landing.
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Why did Jaqen H Ghar help Arya?

She's spent the past couple years in the free city of Braavos studying to be an assassin with the death cult known as the Faceless Men. Her mentor, the assassin formerly known as Jaqen H'ghar, has pushed Arya to prove that she can give up her identity and become "no one" in the service of the Many-Faced God.
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How did Arya Stark meet Jaqen?

Arya Stark first met Jaqen H'ghar all the way back in Season 1 when he was a strange prisoner of the Lannisters. After Arya saved his life, Jaqen gifted Arya with three kills, and then revealed the truth that he is actually one of the Faceless Men of Braavos, with the ability to change his identity on a whim.
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Why did Jaqen smile when Arya left?

In way, that also explains the smile—he's pleasantly surprised to see that Arya took to the training so well she killed the Waif. “That's why in the end, when he realized she'd managed to escape the Waif and kill her, he was also pleased because his student had excelled,” Wlaschiha said.
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Is Jaqen H Ghar a Targaryen?

Rhaegar Targaryen is still alive; he's actually Jaqen H'ghar, of the Faceless Men.
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Was the Waif jealous of Arya?

It's possible that the Waif is at least a little jealous of Arya. During The Game of Faces, the Waif says she was the daughter of a widowed lord in Westeros who remarried and produced another daughter. Supposedly the Waif's stepmother tried to poison her and that's why the Waif left.
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Was Jaqen the Waif?

Two, the Jaqen that we've met throughout Season 5 was most likely different people in every scene, and none were the Jaqen she met in Season 2. Three, this applies to the Waif too. The Waif was a character created by the Faceless Men to train Arya. The Waif does not exist.
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Is syrio the faceless man?

Syrio may have only appeared in three episodes of season one but his exit has long been debated among viewers, especially as his death is never shown on-screen. One theory to emerge after Game of Thrones came to an end following season eight is that Syrio was, in fact, Faceless Man Jaqen H'ghar (Tom Wlaschiha).
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Is Jaqen Ned Stark?

In one, Jaqen himself takes Ned's place, and the man who we know as Jaqen (at least by appearance) is just a dead prisoner whom the Faceless Man sacrificed in Stark's place.
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Why did the faceless man let Arya go?

It meant that she had accepted that she was a no one and as a no one she could be whoever she wanted. And the first character she chose to be was 'Arya Stark of Winterfell' to carry out her contract in which are those people who she had promised to the Many-Faced God. And that is why Jaquen Hagar let her leave.
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What happens to Jaqen H Ghar?

Jaqen gives her a coin and tells her that if she decides to go to Braavos she must show the coin to a Braavosi and say the words "Valar Morghulis". He tells her to say the words and then announces that Jaqen H'ghar is dead.
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Why did Jaqen kill himself?

Jaqen kills himself in front of Arya, to prove the point that no Faceless Man has an identity. This is part of Arya's training. Jaqen teaches Arya in the ways of the Faceless Men.
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Why is the Waif after Arya?

We're talking gnarly stabs, here — it appeared that the Waif was motivated by her jealousy and dislike for Arya when fulfilling Jaqen's orders. All in all, this is not the kind of injury a person readily recovers from.
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Did the Waif become Arya?

Game of Thrones' Arya Stark unmasked as shape-shifter the Waif in twisted deleted scenes. ARYA Stark nearly met a bitter end at the hands of the Waif during her gruelling training in the art of stealth.
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What is the Braavos coin?

It is not a coin for buying things, but rather denotes association with the organization of the Faceless Men. Worshippers of the Many-Faced God, the Faceless Men are a guild of from the Free City of Braavos who see themselves as servants of death who will bestow the gift of death as an end to suffering.
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Did Arya become faceless man?

By the end when Arya kills and scalps Waif, Jaqen tests her again by saying "So a girl truly has become no one?" Arya passes the test by saying "A girl is Arya Stark from Winterfell." It was at that moment Jaqen smiled quite knowingly and thus Arya had earned her name from the Many-Faced God and became a Faceless Man.
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Who is the girl with Jaqen H Ghar?

The character, played by Faye Marsay, was a member of the guild of religious assassins and worked alongside Jaqen H'ghar (Tom Wlaschiha) at the House of Black and White in Braavos. She intersected with Arya's arc during Game of Thrones' seasons 5 and 6, but her motives went on to unearth an array of questions.
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Why is Jaqen H Ghar in Westeros?

After reading the "Forsaken" chapter from George R.R. Martin's "The Winds of Winter," he finally understood why Jaqen was in Westeros when Arya first met him. He was there because he was sent to kill Balon Greyjoy.
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Why did Jaqen train Arya?

A coin that, still later, told the Faceless Men that she was either stupid or an asset. Jaqen already knew what Arya could do. And, after the above exchange, he knew that she was dutiful, too - and Faceless Men training emphasizes duty. Arya wanted to learn but had to go home.
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How long did Arya train with Jaqen?

Joining the House of Black and White, Arya would spend at least two years learning the ways of the Faceless Men. Trained by “Jaqen H'ghar” and the enigmatic Waif, Arya Stark underwent many trials. She learned the art of patience while waiting outside the House of Black and White for the Faceless Men to accept her.
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What 3 names did Arya say?

Jaqen comes to her at night and offers her three deaths for the three lives—Rorge, Biter, and himself—she saved from burning at the Gods Eye. After several days Arya names Chiswyck, after she overhears him boast at how he participated in a gang rape, and he dies three days later. Next she names Weese, for striking her.
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How does Jaqen change his face?

His face is originally a decaying, yellowed skull with a worm coming out of an eye socket. Arya kisses him and bites the worm, which causes him to change his face into that of a nice old man. The original Jaqen. HBO In the show, Jaqen, pre-face change, replaces the "kindly man" character.
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How many years were Sansa and Arya apart?

In the latest episode of Game of Thrones, we get another Stark family reunion. Arya Stark makes it back to Winterfell to see Sansa and Bran Stark after six seasons of separation. They have changed a lot since then, and chances are good that you probably forgot the last time you saw the two Stark daughters together.
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