A Compendium of Theories v.2
A continuation of the original thread. NB: This thread is not for discussion of theories; it is only here to list them. The list below has now been updated by Mladen for this iteration of the thread. Welcome to the second edition of Compendium of Theories thread. The thread was opened in January 2013, and since then, it became must-read for all those who want to learn about popular and widely-accepted theories on this board. Since last January, the thread was updated several times, and
I think that Varys' little birds are NOT mute, their tongues weren't cut out.
The only source of information, that all of those children are supposedly tongueless, is this - https://towerofthehand.com/blog/2013/05/27-conquest-44-report-grrm/
"Varys' little birds do have their tongues cut out. They are "provided to him" that way."
<- I think that this information is unreliable.
Because of five reasons:
1. It's not a direct quote from GRRM.
2. AGOT, Eddard's chapte