Game Of Thrones: 10 Things We Learned From "Mockingbird"

9. Arya Adds Another Name To Her Kill List

Arya and The Hound come across a ransacked hut and its inhabitant close to death. They ask him who did this, but he says he stopped asking a long time ago who was responsible for these atrocities. Sandor looks at the man€™s wound and tells him it€™s not going to get better. The man knows that he€™ll soon be dead, but he€™s afraid to take his own life. After chatting with him for several minutes, Sandor stabs the man in the heart to put him out of his misery. After cleaning his blade, Sandor stands up and is promptly bitten on the neck by some random guy (welcome back, Biter). After snapping the attacker's neck, he turns around to see the man€™s partner. The partner reveals that there€™s a price on The Hound€™s head for killing Lannister soldiers, and he€™s here to collect. Arya recognises the man and his deceased partner as two of Yoren€™s prisoners back in season 2, with the living party having told Arya back then that he€™d screw her with a stick (paraphrasing that last part). After learning his name is Rorge, Arya draws Needle and stabs him in the heart. Arya has stepped away from her religious upbringing and developed an nihilistic attitude towards death. As she told the man, nothing is neither good or bad, it€™s simply nothing. Her purpose in this world revolves around two things now: survival and revenge. Regarding the latter, she€™s becoming a more effective killer with each episode, thanks in no small part to The Hound€™s teachings. It was also interesting to see her criterion for killing those who€™ve wronged her. She won€™t take revenge until she knows the person€™s name. Rorge was screwed the minute he approached The Hound, but he would have been better off saying he was nobody (an inside joke for the book readers out there).