What was the point of the Waif?

The Waif is the real No One, and her mission is to kill Arya Stark in order to transform her into a Faceless Man.
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What is the purpose of the Waif in Game of Thrones?

The Waif plays the Game of Faces.
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Why does the Waif want to kill Arya?

In season 6 of Game of Thrones, the Waif is ordered to kill Arya after she refuses to follow Jaqen H'gar's orders for the last time. A girl couldn't help but remain Arya Stark.
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Why did the Waif kill Lady Crane?

In her personal vendetta against Arya, the Waif wanted to hurt her badly. It wouldn't have been enough to just go in and take Arya by force, but she had to kill Lady Crane first, getting to Arya on a deeper level. Arya's been without a mother figure in her life for a long, long time.
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Why 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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How Arya Stark



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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Why did Jaqen H Ghar try to kill 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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Did Jaqen know Arya would kill Waif?

As for the waif, he knew of her jealousy of Arya and let her do her worst. She was on her own path to kill Arya and he did not dissuade her. But as a devotee of the many faced god, he counted on Arya defeating the Waif. Which she did.
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Did the Waif kill Arya?

The tensions culminated in a fight to the death, with the Waif stabbing Arya in the stomach while disguised as an elderly woman.
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How did Arya survive the Waif?

Khal Drogo was killed by a mere scratch on his chest. Talisa was killed when she was stabbed in the abdomen while she was pregnant. But the way Arya was stabbed should have been immediately fatal to her but she survived somehow by diving into water.
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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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What was the point of the faceless man?

The Faceless Men are a cult of religious assassins that worship the Many-Faced God, and they believe that death is a merciful end to suffering. For a price, they will grant the "gift" of death to anyone in the world, considering the assassination a sacrament to their god.
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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 Arya Stark go blind?

After she went off-script and assassinated not the man she was assigned to, but someone on her personal revenge-oriented kill list, Jaqen H'ghar blinded Arya, leaving her to fend for herself on the streets of Braavos. Now, A Man is offering to give food, shelter, even her eyes back, if she would just say her own name.
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Did Jaqen care about Arya?

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. She eventually did just that, and began training to be a Faceless Man, aka super assassin, in Season 5.
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Could Jaqen kill the Night King?

Game of Thrones star Tom Wlaschiha: Jaqen H'ghar could kill the Night King.
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What was the point of the many-faced god?

The concept of the Many-Faced God was established to represent all incarnations of death as a deity. The Faceless Men give the gift of death to anyone in the world for a price, viewing the assassination as a sacrifice to the Many-Faced God.
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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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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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How did Jaqen H Ghar get caught?

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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How did Arya Stark saves Jaqen?

He tries to talk to Arya while being escorted to the wall, but she manages to avoid him, until they get attacked by ser Amory Lorch and his company. 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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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 the Faceless Men 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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