List of Game of Thrones characters. Varys, sometimes called The Spider, is a major character in the second, third, fourth and fifth seasons. He initially appeared as a recurring character in the first season and debuted in . He is played by Conleth Hill. Varys is bald and tends towards fat, due to his castration. Varys is a eunuch and the Master of Whisperers on the king's small council. He is the Master of Whisperers, the King's foremost spymaster and intelligence agent. The characters from the American medieval fantasy television series Game of Thrones are based on their respective counterparts from author George R. Game of Thrones Season 6 has arrived on DVD and Blu-ray. Among the myriad of special features are the always anticipated deleted scenes. Entertainment Weekly recently. Drogo swears to cross the Narrow Sea and take the Iron Throne. In Vaes Dothrak, the sacred city of the Dothraki, Drogo is pleased when the Dosh khaleen prophesy that. He holds no inherited title, castle or lands in Westeros, but is called . He is a skilled manipulator and commands a network of informants across two continents. He often puts on the public persona of being nothing more than a pudgy man well suited to the pleasantries of court life; humble, obsequious, fawning, and a little effeminate. This is simply a facade that Varys has developed, which often leads those who do not know him well to underestimate him as a cheerful and vapid flatterer. ![]() In reality he is a cunning and ruthless manipulator of court politics, on- par with Master of Coin Petyr . Unlike Baelish, Varys insists that his goals are to achieve what he honestly feels is best for the realm, though of course, what he and the current king feel is best might be two separate things. He was born a slave, and as a child he traveled with a troupe of actors all around the different Free Cities until a sorcerer in the city of Myr made an offer Varys' master couldn't refuse. Varys was sold to the sorcerer, who gave him a potion that made him unable to move or speak but didn't dull his perceptions or sense of pain, and emasculated him (cutting off his testes and penis both) to use his sexual organs in a magical ritual, burning them in a brazier. ![]() Afterward the sorcerer had no use for Varys and threw him in the streets to die. Instead Varys resolved to live no matter what: begging, stealing, and selling the sexual use of what parts remained to him, doing anything to survive. He also became an excellent thief, but soon learned that stolen information was often a far more valuable commodity than any physical goods, and he worked his way up from the slums of Myr. He became a master spy and information trafficker, and his influence and reputation grew so great that he eventually found himself as a member of the small council in the Seven Kingdoms. His experience at the hands of the sorcerer had also left him with a bitter hatred for magic and its practitioners. Varys's true loyalties remain a mystery, though he claims to serve . ![]() ![]() After Littlefinger's confidante Ros is severely beaten by Joffrey's guards and he fails to intervene, Varys takes her into his service as a spy. Littlefinger finds out and has her killed, taunting Varys that he couldn't protect her. Varys affirms his course as a means to prevent chaos befalling the realm, claiming that Littlefinger . Though he claims he will not lie for him, he implores Tyrion to send Shae away for her own safety. Varys later testifies against Tyrion at his trial for murdering Joffrey, but when Tyrion is convicted, Jaime enlists Varys's help in smuggling Tyrion out of King's Landing to Essos. As Varys prepares to go back, he hears the tolling bells, making him realise that Tyrion's escape has been discovered (along with his murder of Tywin), so he stays on the boat with Tyrion. In Season 5, he and Tyrion arrive in Pentos, where he convinces Tyrion to travel with him to Meereen and aid Daenerys Targaryen in retaking the Iron Throne. Travelling to Volantis, Varys and Tyrion discuss the former's brief tenure as Hand of the King. Tyrion laments not leaving King's Landing with Shae when he had the chance, but tells Varys that he enjoyed serving as Hand. Varys eventually surfaces in Meereen, where he confers with Tyrion about the future of the city and the Seven Kingdoms. In season 6, after helping Tyrion broker an alliance with the slave masters, he departs Meereen to find new friends in Westeros, and secures help from Olenna Tyrell and Ellaria Sand to aid Daenerys. Weiss. A common lament of fans of the A Song of Ice and Fire novels is that Game of Thrones cannot possibly convey the full weight of history, myth, and generational regret that Martin so expertly weaves throughout his prose. But once the show was liberated from Martin’s books, it has embraced its own tapestry of history and myth, evoking events that stretch back to the earliest episodes from the first season. The ability to draw upon years of past episodes is the profoundly satisfying reward of great longform television, and there has been no better example of it — no episode more rich with the political intrigue, surprising emotional resonance, and deliciously ruthless moral choices that we’ve come to love with this show — than “The Winds of Winter.”At the risk of harping even further on Ramsay, compare his flat villainy to Cersei’s knotted descent this season, culminating in the most brutal power grab yet on the show. Her actions cleared the decks for her rise to the Iron Throne and irrevocably severed her from her last remaining child — and whatever scrap of humanity that still powered her ice- cold heart. I will miss Margaery’s clever scheming, and even the High Sparrow’s self- serving (and often sympathetic) sermonizing, but what a way to go! The Stark children, meanwhile, have come so far since their father’s death scattered them across the Seven Kingdoms and beyond. Arya going full Titus Andronicus on Walder Frey was terrifically chilling; will Jon and Sansa even recognize what has become of her whenever they (inevitably) reunite? HBO's official website contains schedule information, original video content, episode guides, polls, bulletin boards, and more! This means it’s time for what has. That is, if Jon and Sansa are even united by then. Jon continues to underestimate her to his peril, adopting the same impulsive, paternalistic earnestness that ended up dooming his father in Season 1. Sorry, I mean, Jon’s uncle! Although R+L=J has become so ingrained within Go. T fandom that its confirmation was practically foreordained, it was still moving to finally witness what was going on inside the Tower of Joy. Although, I’m also relieved we can move on to obsessing over what Bran (and, it would seem, Littlefinger) does with that knowledge, and how it will affect the show moving forward — especially whenever Jon and Dany realize they are not only allies, but also probably the last known living Targaryens. Well, for now. Setting aside fan speculation about their possible familial connection, there has rarely been a Go. T scene more moving than the one between Tyrion and Dany. No armies, no dragons, no Lord of Light or wildfire — just two underestimated exiles who have surmounted staggering odds recognizing the profound bond they share, and committing themselves to changing the world.
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