Why did the Waif not like Arya?

The Faceless Men weren't supposed to want anything, but it was clear the Waif craved the death of Arya. She ignored the request of giving Arya a quick death and elected to make her suffer. The personal hatred that the Waif had for Arya went against the ideologies of the Faceless Men.
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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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Was Arya supposed to kill the Waif?

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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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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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. When the Waif asked Jaqen to kill Arya, he seemed pleased. In effect Arya was finally asking him to kill those last parts of herself and truly become No One.
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Arya is NOT the Waif



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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Why did the faceless man let Arya leave?

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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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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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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Is Syrio Forel 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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Why did the Faceless Man help Arya?

Jaqen is helping Arya because she saved his life. In the show the fire was small and Arya was never in danger of burning alive. In the books Jaqen, Rorge and Biter were locked in the cage inside of the barn. The place stood in flames when Arya found Jaqen.
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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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Is Arya actually the Waif?

Ultimately Arya got the upper hand though, killing her nemesis after tapping into her newfound skills of deception. However, in subsequent series many fans feared Arya would be unmasked as the Waif, proving that she had in fact loss the duel and the shape-shifter was simply wearing her face.
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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 Jaqen H Ghar?

According to the documentary Game of Thrones: The Last Watch, which aired on Sunday, they even filmed a decoy scene with Jaqen H'ghar and The Waif just to confuse fans about what happens in the finale. Faye Marsay in costume as The Waif on the set of Game of Thrones Season 8.
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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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Why did Arya see her own face?

Arya was "drugged" and so it was actually just an hallucination. When Arya joined the Faceless Men, even though not one of them yet, she donated her face, though subconsciously. This can also explain why The Waif appears to have Jaqen's face on underneath in the same scene.
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Did Arya disguise herself as a White Walker?

The reason why Arya was able to appear out of nowhere and kill the Night King was that she was able to disguise herself as a wight and lead all the White Walkers into believing that she was part of their army.
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Who grabs Arya when Ned dies?

Yoren is present at the Great Sept of Baelor when Eddard publicly confesses to treason, and he recognizes Eddard's daughter Arya in the crowd. When King Joffrey I Baratheon unexpectedly orders Lord Stark to be beheaded by Ser Ilyn Payne, Yoren grabs Arya and prevents her from seeing her father's execution.
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Is Jaqen dead or alive?

Jaqen gives her a coin and tells her that if she ever needs to see him again, she must show the coin to a Braavosi and say the words "Valar Morghulis." He tells her to repeat the words and then announces that Jaqen H'ghar is dead. He turns his face away from Arya and when he turns back his face has changed.
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Why did Arya become no one?

After 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. Arya decided “Arya” no longer existed, and dove into death extremism.
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Who is the many faced god in got?

The Many-Faced God (alternatively known as the God of Death) is a deity worshiped by the mysterious cult of assassins known as the Faceless Men, who are headquartered in the Free City of Braavos and they believe that through their assassinations they do his work.
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How did Arya change her face?

The disguise is applied using the blood, drawn in tribute, running down Arya's own cut face. George R.R. Martin describes the process of pulling one of the dried-out human masks onto Arya's head: “The leather scraped across her brow, dry and stiff, but as her blood soaked into it, it softened and turned supple.
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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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