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Lord Varys, also known as "the Spider", is a major character of the television series Game of Thrones, an adaptation of the A Song of Ice & Fire novels by George R.R. Martin.
Born a Lysene commoner, he is the enigmatic member of the small council and Master of Whisperers, the spymaster for the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms. He controls the largest spy network in the world, and most of his spies he brought with him from Essos. He served for four kings before disappearing: Aerys II Targaryen, Robert, Joffrey Baratheon and Tommen, the latter for a short time.
Varys in the TV series is shown to be much more benevolent and heroic than in the original novels, where he serves as an antagonist. In the show, Varys' claim to care for the realm and its people is much more obvious and believable than in the novels, where he is portrayed as an agent of chaos.
He was portrayed by Conleth Hill.
Trivia[]
- In the TV series, Varys has more heroic traits than his book counterpart. For example, in the series, even saying it was not right to disobey the Kingslayer, Varys behaved much more willingly to follow Jaime's order to rescue Tyrion, while in the novels he was unwilling to do so. Additionally, no mention is made in the series of his child servants having their tongues cut out.
- Varys death in the TV series is quite similair to Ned Stark's death, an event that Varys tried to prevent, but failed. Both of them were believing that they had seen an alternative to the heir of the Iron Throne. Ned Stark believed that Stannis Baratheon would make a better king than Joffery, also discovered that Joffery was a bastard born from incest and therefore Stannis had a far better claim. Varys who was fighting to put the Targaryens back on the Throne, first believed that Viserys Targaryen would make a better king than Robert Baratheon, whom he had fought for against the Mad King, unaware that Viserys was a Mad Targaryen. Later, he made himself believe that Daenerys would make a great queen for Westeros and in the beginning he was right. Unfortunately after the deaths of Jorah Mormont, Missandei and two of Daenerys dragons, she had ultimately become a Mad Targaryen, just like her father and brother. Varys sealed his own fate when he tried to put Jon Snow/Aegon Targaryen on the Iron Throne, which ultimately failed. In the end Varys mission on putting the Targaryens back on the Iron Throne was all for nothing when Daenerys died and Jon Snow was sent back to the Wall. The same thing did go for Ned Stark, as Stannis died trying to take back Winterfell from House Bolton.
- His death had been prophesied by Melisandre in Season 7, that both he and she had to die in Westeros.
- However, even if his mission of placing the Targaryens back on the Iron Throne was a failure, his mission of aiding Tyrion Lannister into restoring peace and prosperity to Westeros was a success. Even if Tyrion betrayed Varys in order to save Daenerys, Tyrion Lannister's role as Hand of the King/Queen might ultimately have been Varys greatest accomplishment.
External Links[]
- Varys on the Villains Wiki.
- Varys on the Wiki of Westeros.
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