15 BEST Game Of Thrones Season 8 Theories

7. Jaqen Returns

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Not too many fans would have been particularly upset to see the back of Jaqen H'ghar when Arya left Braavos, but it's still a shame that the Faceless Men were not given a satisfactory ending. What if that was left hanging in order to let them return for the finale? Perhaps that's why Jaqen actor Tom Wlaschiha was spotted in Seville when the final season filmed?

One theory suggests that Jaqen has been using Arya all along as a proxy for the Faceless Men in a war that is itself a proxy for a war between the Old Gods (his "team" being that of the God Of Death). That's fairly compelling, but it suggests that Arya didn't successfully turn her back on the House Of Black And White, which makes little sense.

More fitting would be that Jaqen would return to help Arya after becoming impressed by her and feeling some affection for her. That would fit with the long-running theory that he was in fact Syrio Forel and has been training her for her part in the great war all along.

[Simon]

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