![]() ![]() For instance, when Ned rips into him for standing idly by and watching his men get murdered, Varys calmly informs him he would do it again in a heartbeat, since it would accomplish nothing but ending his own life prematurely. Brutal Honesty: While a lot of what he says is suspect, he has been known to say things that are undeniably true and rather blunt at the same time.He essentially gave Eddard the inverted version by letting him know that his lofty ideals of "honor" are a luxury only the high lords could care about. In a rare moment of honesty, Varys tells Eddard Stark that he serves the realm and despises the nobility for being spoiled fools with too much power and too little consideration for the commoners (99% of Westeros' population) who are always massacred during their power struggles.Breaking Speech: He is fond of giving these to any protagonist who has to deal with him.Given that such a large portion of the world's population can't read, the ones who can tend to leave important documents out in the open without fear of the information falling into the wrong hands, something Varys and his little birds take advantage of. Boring, but Practical: Varys' secret for becoming one of the most successful thieves in Essos? He can read, and more importantly, he can teach others how to read.Blatant Lies: Tells Tyrion that killing Tywin would be a terrible idea, and under no circumstances should he climb all the way to the 280th step and take the third exit on the left to his father's room.A quick glance at the rest of this sheet will tell you why. Apparently Powerless Puppetmaster: A foreign eunuch in an (at first) unfamiliar Court with only his wits and the people he can be useful to aid him? You can't get more apparently powerless.Apologetic Attacker: A little bit in his dialogues with Eddard Stark, but most definitely in the epilogue of ADWD, towards Kevan Lannister.Like spiders, he's noted for not making noise while walking. Animal Stereotypes: He's called "The Spider", for his vast intelligence network and how he manages to learn most, if not all, of other players' secrets he knows all of the Red Keep's secret passages and uses them to spy on others.If so it's caused the deaths of a vast number of people already was preceded by possibly pushing Aerys into paranoia which would make him indirectly responsible for most of the tragedies in the backstory and it's not even clear if Aegon is at all the prince Varys claims he wants the boy to be. We do have some clues from the most recent book, though what he seems to want is a king who actually puts his people first - and he appears to have fashioned one, in the form of Prince Aegon VI. What he wants and why is still a mystery. Ambiguously Evil: Claims to have the realm's best interests at heart, but is no stranger to morally questionable acts.as "Varys" - his alter-ego is a different story. Whatever the hell Varys is doing, he is accomplishing it by being delicate, effeminate, fabulously well-tailored and generally carefully turned-out. Agent Peacock: A non-combative variety.He conducts himself almost in a child-like behavior, but the one asset he possesses - information on everyone - is so important that he is often more powerful than the King. Unlike others who manipulate people for their own gain, Varys has much, much greater goals that are still unknown, though he claims he acts " for the Realm." While Littlefinger is sneaky and clever, Varys is deceptive and downright scary. He is the grand puppeteer of Westeros, and openly admits it. Although he is one of the King's advisors, he is the most mysterious member of the Westerosi government - and in some cases, he is the government. "The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling."Īn eunuch and Master of Whisperers of (supposedly) Lysene origin, no one really knows who Varys is.
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