![]() Whether he sussed out that she was of noble birth I don't know, but he might have picked that up with her at Harrenhall. She was convincingly playing the role of a boy on the trip north, showed bravery and courage multiple times. Well, if you don't find the theory that Jaqen was in KL to recruit her, then it fits better that he was just impressed with her. But if they know that she is a skinchanger, I bet that would be a good reason! I agree, I just wondered what their motivations for recruting her were. I've always thought that there was something more behind it, you know? No, exactly! That was why I wondered if anyone else had any good answers to their motivations, because i don't think it is enough that she is really brave, does not have a family and has proven herself to be a killer. (Less impressed with her choice of targets, though.) Cersei and other potential customers would've been impressed. Arya hired a Faceless Men for killing 3 people for the price of saving him and 3 others from death. Offering Arya a place among the FM could be considered their way of restoring balance. Something Arya was not concerned with - but a FM would be. ![]() Their deaths freed Jaqen of his service - but the balance was off again. ![]() Four guards died as a result of her blackmail, and the weasel soup. Arya had him kill 2 (and not even from her personal kill list), then blackmailed him into helping him free the Northmen at Harrenhal by threatening to name Jaqen as her third choice. In exchange for their lives, he offered to kill 3 people of Arya's choosing - as 3 deaths were owed for the deaths she stole from his god. Three deaths, to restore balance. Jaqen stayed with Arya because Arya saved his life as well as those of two others - lives which belonged to the god of death. Taking her in (and killing her stepmother) restored the balance. She survived a deadly poison when she should've died. While it is possible that the FM just happened to need a recruit, and realized the Waif was dear to her father, there might be a different reason for asking for her: She had been marked by their God. She was part of the price the FM extracted when her father asked them to kill his wife for the attempted murder. We know how one other person joined the FM: The Waif joined them after she got poisoned by her stepmother. But that offer must be balanced - balanced by something their customer holds dear. We don't really know much about the FM recruitment strategies, do we? They don't advertise them. If she still wanted to - and if she managed to find her way to the Temple (which I consider a test of Arya's abilities). He just offered her the opportunity to learn after she had fulfilled her duty. And, after the above exchange, he knew that she was dutiful, too - and Faceless Men training emphasizes duty. A coin that, still later, told the Faceless Men that she was either stupid or an asset. A coin that later told the Braavosi sailors that she was a Faceless Man, and made them help her reach Braavos. I think that is the main reason Jaqen gave her the coin - her ticket to the Faceless Men. Without giving any thoughts to possible benefits. "Then we must part," he said, "for I have duties too." He lifted her hand and pressed a small coin into her palm.Īrya learned what a Faceless Man can do, and her reaction is that she wants to learn their art. "If you would learn, you must come with me." "No harder than taking a new name, if you know the way." "He grinned, revealing a shiny gold tooth.
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