By the end when Arya kills and scalps Waif, Jaqen tests her again by saying “So a girl truly has become no one?” Arya passes the test by saying “A girl is Arya Stark from Winterfell.” It was at that moment Jaqen smiled quite knowingly and thus Arya had earned her name from the Many-Faced God and became a Faceless Man.
Similarly, does Arya become a faceless man in the books?
A similar storyline takes place in George R.R. Martin’s book “A Dance with Dragons,” though instead of being blinded as punishment for killing Kingsguard member (and child rapist) Ser Meryn Trant like in the show, Arya is blinded merely as a part of her training to become one of the Faceless Men, the assassins who live …
One may also ask, how did Arya see her own face?
Arya was “drugged” and so it was actually just an hallucination. When Arya joined the Faceless Men, even though not one of them yet, she donated her face, though subconsciously. This can also explain why The Waif appears to have Jaqen’s face on underneath in the same scene.
Is Jaqen the faceless God?
Jaqen H’ghar is not the many-faced god. He is what he seems to be – an assassin-priest of that faith. The Faceless Men are a death cult. They worship death.
What does the faceless man teach Arya?
Another priestess, who Arya calls the waif, works in the House of Black and White handling poisons. … Arya is told she must rid herself of her possessions. After she does so, she is made a novice, and is taught some of the guild’s history, as well as receiving lessons in High Valyrian, the Braavosi tongue, and poisons.
What is Jaqen H Ghar real face?
That’s the last time the “Jaqen” we know appears in the books. While Arya reaches Braavos and the House of Black and White in the books, she meets a “kindly man” there, a priest who serves the Many-Faced God. His face is originally a decaying, yellowed skull with a worm coming out of an eye socket.
What was the point of the faceless man?
The Faceless Men are a cult of religious assassins that worship the Many-Faced God, and they believe that death is a merciful end to suffering. For a price, they will grant the “gift” of death to anyone in the world, considering the assassination a sacrament to their god.
Who taught Arya to be faceless?
Why did Arya go blind?
Arya goes blind after drinking a special potion given to her by the Kindly Man (her mentor at the House of Black and White, and the book equivalent of Jaqen).
Why did Arya Stark become no one?
Redditor Sao-Gage found a post on the Wiki of Ice and Fire that suggests that the reason why Jaqen said this was because Arya symbolically killed her old, vengeful self when she defeated the Waif, becoming No One. … She has become No-One, thus she can become whomever she wants to be.”
Why did faceless man let Arya go?
To him, it’s not about the Waif being jealous of Arya. It’s that the Waif was ideologically pure, and only wanted people of like mind in the House of Black and White. She didn’t want anyone in the House of Black and White who wouldn’t be ready or wouldn’t be fit to be a Faceless Man. …
Why does Jaqen Ghar help Arya?
Jaqen H’ghar was being transported in a cage along with two other prisoners, when a fire broke out near it during a fight. Since Arya saved him and the other two prisoners, Jaqen offered to her that he would help her three times where he would kill three people of her choice instead.
Why does jaqen smile when Arya?
One face was to be added to the Hall of faces. It was meant to be Arya’s but Arya added the waif’s face and paid her debt. Jaqen really admired her decision so he smiled and her go.
Why does the faceless girl hate Arya?
The Faceless Men weren’t supposed to want anything, but it was clear the Waif craved the death of Arya. She ignored the request of giving Arya a quick death and elected to make her suffer. The personal hatred that the Waif had for Arya went against the ideologies of the Faceless Men.