Hmmm. I’m kind of struggling to see how Illyrio would be so deeply connected to activities in Westeros. But I’m seriously considering that Illyrio is really Gerion Lannister exiled by Tywin who seeks to take over Casterly Rock and perhaps more. Gerion would be very tuned into the Stark/Lannister animosity and I can see him having good reason to try to stoke that with the ends of weakening Tywin. Killing/sacrificing children for wealth and/or power is a perennial theme among Lannisters an