Game Of Thrones: 14 Things You Learn Rewatching Season 3

9. Tywin's Letters

Game of Thrones Tywin
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At the end of the season, it's revealed that the Boltons and Freys had conspired with the Lannisters to kill Robb Stark at his own wedding, a truly shocking moment that no one could have seen coming, and yet there are clues to in the build-up.

Across the season, and right from the first episode, Tywin is writing letters. In a number of his appearances in Season 3 we find him quill in hand, quite wisely as part of a dialogue scene with someone else. It does just enough to plant the idea in your subconscious, without drawing full attention to it. Rewatching it though, it becomes more obvious that he's writing letters to Walder Frey and Roose Bolton, plotting the intricacies of their deception and siding with the Lannisters.

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