Somehow, he obtained a set of the Unsullied armor, including a helm that conceals his face. Wearing that, he walked through the camp without challenge, and slipped into her tent.
I sorta wonder if he might be one of those face-shifting assassin guys we saw earlier this season…he somehow managed to kill two seasoned warriors apparently at the same time without getting a mark on him. I kinda doubt that happened in a fair fight the way he claims it did…
The mention of Loras’s threatened dispossession brings a question to mind.
For all this talk about vows and oaths, few of the power players seem to take them seriously. Orell the eagle guy nailed it “People do what suits them”.
Honor, duty, piety, etc. are a cloak to legitimize your own interests or a club to beat your enemies with. When higher principals get in the way, you ignore them and steamroll the idiots who obey the rules. See Ned Stark’s fate.
Since the will to resort to violence is all that really underpins the society, what would happen if Tywin said “Screw it” and left the family fortune and lands to Jamie? Would the Lannister bannermen refuse to obey the wishes of their Lord and his chosen successor? Consider that Jaime was already in command of a large force who clearly had no beef with his infamous kingslaying.
Yeah, that scene was a bit disappointing. All that buildup, and then… nothing.
They breed leeches to be used in medical stuff still (it helps with certain kinds of back pain, I believe). I think it would be very silly to CGI leeches when the real ones are harmless, but who knows. Also, pulling them off ain’t that easy.
I suspect something like that as well.
The Baratheons are related to the Targaryens, couple of generations back.
Your friend is wrong. Gendry’s mother was a tavern wench. He tells that to Melisandre when they’re on the boat.
That’s what Gendry believes, anyway. I like the theory that he could be trueborn. Maybe Cersei gave him away and told everyone he died.
I’m not an efficiency expert, but I think this might be a problem she needs to address somehow, if only with a “No concealed face Unsullied allowed near Dragon Mommy’s tent” signs.
It’s what Gendry believes because he grew up in an area where people knew his mom. Also, his mother died when Gendry was little, not when he was a baby, which leaves plenty of wiggle room for how much he personally remembers of her.
Then there’s the completely idiotic notion that Cersei would “give away” her firstborn, the king’s trueborn son. Why give him away? Why not kill him? Why send him to the Flea Bottom in King’s Landing and not somewhere much farther away? The whole theory is ridiculous and filled with holes.
First, I’m guessing if people of the realm in general call you king, then you have the magical-king-blood.
Second, after the Targaryens were wiped out, I believe Robert was next in line to the throne. Remember way back in the 1st or 2nd episode when Robert told Ned, “It should have been you, I was never meant to be king,” and Ned responded, “You had the better claim.”
Robert became king through both conquest and birth, by wiping out everyone ahead of him in the line of succession. (well, except for Viserys and Daenarys, I suppose)
“You’re a little hard for an Unsullied.”
Maybe because Cersei really does love her children in her own twisted way? So she loved Robert’s child enough to spare it’s life, but not enough to raise it as the heir to the throne? She’d rather save that honor for her true love’s son. It’s just an interesting theory, no need to pull out fighting words like “idiotic”.
Just make them wear crotchless pants in their uniforms.
I’d go with possibly, but not likely.
I’m still a fan of the “Jon Snow is Robert’s son” theory.
It isn’t my theory, and as I said, I don’t really buy into it. But I don’t watch with as keen of an eye as some of you, so I thought I would ask the group and see if anyone else had seen something that would either serve as evidence in favor of the idea, or against it. I thought it might be a fun topic of discussion. Sorry you think it’s “idiotic”.
And I’d forgotten Robert was related to the Targaryens. That actually makes me feel better about the magic blood thing; I don’t mind magic, but I want it to make sense. 
Anyway, interesting (or idiotic) stuff.
Might want to put that link in a box. Naughty language, you know.
Well he looks like a Dario, that’s for sure. Also like a man ripped right out of the cover of a bodice ripper 
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Yup. That’s in the Evil Overlord playbook, too : never, under any circumstances, should you opt for full or otherwise face-concealing helmets.
Ooh, and speaking of Dario, I had a bit of a problem with him, of the “my immersion :eek:” kind :
So the three captains have a Disagreement over switching sides, Dario does the Queen of Hearts thing… and the 2000 horsemen are supposed to just go with it ? The three of them might have been the head honchos of the mercenary band, but three men can’t lead 2000 all by themselves, they presumably have at the very least a dozen captains. Are those supposed to just roll with the big power grab of Mr. I-got-trucker-mudflap-themed-daggers ; who’s signing them up on what’s ostensibly the losing side of the coming battle ? Taking a big dump on their company’s rep in the process, as rightly pointed out by whatever the name of the one non-perv captain was ? I don’t really buy it. Especially considering the… well, mercenary disposition of your average mercenary.
(Then there’s the matter of there being an all-cavalry force signed up by *either *side of a siege, but I’ll allow for failings in poliorcetics by the writers :D)
I am, however, interested in the new information on the dragonstone knives. I have a feeling that will be pivotal in the future.
I’ve been trying to figure that out, too. I am by no means an expert in military strategy, but when the second sons showed up I was puzzled. What good is cavalry inside a wall?
House Baratheon was founded by Aegon the Conqueror’s closest advisor (and probable half brother) and Robert’s grandmother was a Targaryen. Moreover, the other Houses like the Starks and the Lannister were former Kingsmof their own realm who hand surrendered the the Dragon. Giving the throne to them would lead to fissures and wars.
And before you jump on me for book spoilers, this all was stated in the extras to Ssason 1.
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The knife is like obsidian, which we know comes from volcanic activity. In GoT, it either is caused or is believed to be caused by dragon’s breath I’ll guess, similar to the destruction of Harrenhal.
Sorties. Sneak out a back gate or something, attack from behind or the flanks, and flee just as quickly instead of duking it out. But yeah, whoever made a big deal about the Unsullied not being mounted was a bit over the top (bluffing?). But there must be some Westeros version of Agincourt or [del]Swiss[/del] Highgarden pikemen to make that point moot.