Ser Vampyr Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 why are the faceless men more used and discussed in Planetos then the sorrowful men or other groups because the faceless men seem way too expensive when you could just hire an assassin with money or however you hire a sorrowful man? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcotron Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 We don't know that much about the Sorrowful Men. But it's plausible that they only really have a presence in Qarth (and the other dying remnant Qaathi colonies), which would make them pretty irrelevant to people in Westeros and the Free Cities, where most of the story takes place. (Also, the one time we saw them being hired, they failed. So maybe you get what you pay for...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferocious Veldt Roarer Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 'Cause they're the best. Everyone with a hat full of coin can hire themselves some sellswords, but everyone would love to have the Golden Company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcotron Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 One more thing: Assassins don't have to be part of some organization devoted to assassination to be worth hiring. The Faceless Men aren't like Discworld's Guild of Assassins, hunting down freelance assassins to keep all the business for themselves. Daemon Targaryen's assassins were a former Watch serjeant and a ratcatcher. Three members of Aegon III's regency council were assassinated, and most likely there were even more failed attempts, and there was at least one attempt on the boy king, and I'm sure they weren't all Faceless Men. And so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Wraith Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 One more thing: Assassins don't have to be part of some organization devoted to assassination to be worth hiring. The Faceless Men aren't like Discworld's Guild of Assassins, hunting down freelance assassins to keep all the business for themselves. Daemon Targaryen's assassins were a former Watch serjeant and a ratcatcher. Three members of Aegon III's regency council were assassinated, and most likely there were even more failed attempts, and there was at least one attempt on the boy king, and I'm sure they weren't all Faceless Men. And so on. Also the Dornish attempted to assassinate Aegon the Conqueror but they failed and it helped lead to the formation of the Kingsguard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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