Game Of Thrones Season 6: 10 Big Questions We're Asking After 'The Red Woman'

5. How Can Tyrion And Varys Maintain Control?

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Tyrion has been left in charge of Meereen, and now he's got some help in the form of the Spider, but it's going to take the combined wits of the pair in order to maintain control in the absence of Daenerys. And even then, it probably won't be enough.

Nobody knows who Varys is, while Tyrion is more likely to be feared or disrespected than he is thought of as the leader. Throw in the fact that you've got a city of people who are suffering, a masked insurgency group on the attack, and the Lord of Light gaining influence, and it becomes a highly combustible situation for the pair.

At the moment their best hope is for Varys' little birds to uncover some information, or for Daenerys to return swiftly, but with the former unlikely to help too much, and the latter looking unlikely, what will they turn to next? The trailer showed them talking with a Red Priestess - could they strike some sort of deal?

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