Jade Sand Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Maybe i read it and just forgot. cause it took me a while to read this book because i was going through a massive life change.how and why did jaqen get captured by yoren? He's a faceless man right? So shouldn't he be able to escape capture? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhaenys_Targaryen Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Jaqen was one of the prisoners Yoren was allowed to take from the Black Cells in KL by Ned, when Ned was still Hand of the King. Jaqen indeed is a Faceless Man, and yet he did not attempt to escape before Yoren's death. Either because he couldn't, or because he saw no rush to do so. After Yoren's death, Jaqen saw himself as in debt to Arya, and thus remained close until that debt was paid. Why Jaqen had been in the Black Cells to begin with remain a question, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jade Sand Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 Awesome thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blitzen Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 I actually just popped in to this board to ask the same thing. It makes my brain happiest to think that he had to get caught to complete an "assignment." He still needed Arya's help getting out though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alia of the knife Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Does anyone have any speculation or any theories on who he is, or what significance to Arya as a whole? I've always wondered about his real face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetsunray Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 There's a theory out there where Arya's adventures are seen as analogue to the Odyssee, and Jaqen is comparable to Hermes who helps Odyssee escape one of his prisons. Jaqen certainly has an almost magical appeal and role in Harrenhall. The whole chapter with the weasel soup reads like some nightmarish version of midsummer night's dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Snow88 Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 I had a theory that the reason that Jaqen sticks around for as long as he does is because he's actually Serrio Forrel Aryas dancing master who was teaching her 'needle work'. The last Arya sees of him is when the guards are sent to seize her and he tells her to run and he's faced with the guards (can't remember how many) but you never actually hear if he dies or not theres just the assumption. Due to the fact that he was hired by Ned Stark and anyone associated with the Starks were either imprisoned or beheaded (minus Sansa) and there is nothing ever mentioned.. And he was from Braavos and that is where the Faceless Men are from... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danta_Row Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Who he is..... short answer, no one. I know that sound cheeky, but its the truth. His name is most likely not Jaqen, nor is he from Lorath. It's a face that a faceless man is wearing. The hair, speech patterns, accent, all put on like a mask. I don't see finding much out about "him" because part of the whole House of Black and White training seems to be getting rid of ones backstory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prop joe's fingernails Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I had a theory that the reason that Jaqen sticks around for as long as he does is because he's actually Serrio Forrel Aryas dancing master who was teaching her 'needle work'. The last Arya sees of him is when the guards are sent to seize her and he tells her to run and he's faced with the guards (can't remember how many) but you never actually hear if he dies or not theres just the assumption. Due to the fact that he was hired by Ned Stark and anyone associated with the Starks were either imprisoned or beheaded (minus Sansa) and there is nothing ever mentioned.. And he was from Braavos and that is where the Faceless Men are from... :agree: indeed. lets take it a step further and say he was in KL to set up interaction with arya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AerionBrightflameII Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 I think he was caught on purpose perhaps....but even if he was caught the FM are skilled assassins and users of glamour but i don't think they could break out of the black cells on their own.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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