Why does Jaqen Ghar help Arya?

Jaqen H'ghar has seen exceptional talent in Arya Stark. This is why he decided to help and later train her. He even states that "A girl had many talents" (Season 6, Episode 7). You could say that she was a personal favourite.
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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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Why did Jaqen kill people for Arya?

When they were captured, Arya saved H'ghar's life, and they ended up hanging out at Tywin Lannister's new crib, Harrenhal. 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.
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Why did Jaqen gives Arya the coin?

In order to facilitate what Arya needs for her personal evolution, he gives her the coin and phrase that will get her to Braavos. He hints that she might find him there, but he really knows what she will find is what she needs/is looking for in her life.
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What did Arya do for Jaqen?

But Arya gives Jaqen an axe to set them free before she escapes. At Harrenhal, Arya meets Jaqen again when he becomes a member of the Lannister men. There, he tells her that he owes her three deaths in exchange for her saving him, Rorge, and Biter. She uses him to kill two of her enemies; Chiswyck and Weese.
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Why did Jaqen recruit Arya? (Game of Thrones, ASOIAF)



Is Jaqen a faceless man?

"Jaqen H'ghar" is just a persona adopted by one of the Faceless Men of Braavos, but the Faceless Men have no personal names. While as "Jaqen H'ghar" he claimed to be from Lorath, this was just part of his fake identity, and and there is no indication that he has ever even set foot in Lorath.
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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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Is Pate Jaqen H Ghar?

However, when Pate introduces himself to Samwell Tarly in the final chapter of A Feast For Crows, he introduces himself as "Pate, like the pig boy". As Jaqen H'ghar has demonstrated that he can change the appearance of his face at will, he should thus easily be able to copy Pate's physical appearance.
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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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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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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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How did Arya Stark meet Jaqen?

Arya first meets Jaquen as she's trying to flee King's Landing. He's a criminal, and while Arya is being taken out of the city (in trying to get her back to Winterfell) the two of them end up in the same caravan to Harrenhal.
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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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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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Is jaqen H Ghar evil?

Jaqen H'ghar

The Faceless person who wears H'ghar's face is cruel and unrelenting and tortures Arya for two seasons as she practices the ways of the many-faced god.
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Why is jaqen at the Citadel?

Jaqen H'ghar is on a mission for the Faceless Men, suggesting grand designs in Westeros, and a major role to come in the Song of Ice and Fire. Jaqen H'ghar was paid by somebody to spy on the Maesters or assassinate someone. Jaqen H'ghar is at the Citadel of his own volition.
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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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Is the waif 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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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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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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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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