Twenty Facts About Our No-Faced Wolf

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Hello, everyone. I'm sure you've noticed my recent posts about Daenerys Targaryen and Arya Stark to uphold the title of one of the official characters or be the heir to the current holder.

To be honest, I'm really enjoying the idea of the way this works. :relieved:

Anyways, moving on to the more important things.

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Today's topic is twenty facts about Maisie Williams/Arya Stark!

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1. In the series 'A Song Of Ice And Fire', Arya is only nine. In the TV series, Maisie Williams is aged up to twelve.

2. Even at a young age, Arya knew that she hated the idea of growing up just to get married off to a Lord. (Literally tells her father, "No. That's not me.") She wanted to be independent, and was bored with traditionally feminine activities. This caused some friction with her older sister Sansa, who is desperate to be seen as a lady. Even so, Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner, the actresses who play Arya and Sansa, are close friends in real life.

3. Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner got matching tattoos that say “07.08.09", which is the date they both found out they got the parts on Game of Thrones.

4. In the books, Arya spent a lot of her time playing with stray cats around The Red Keep in between her lessons with sword master, Syrio Forel. She would try to keep up with them and chase them around. This actually contributed to her sword training, making her faster and more agile.

5. Arya's half-brother, Jon Snow, is who Arya has the closest bond with. Early on in the series, Jon has a special sword made for her and Arya names it "Needle".

6. In 2016, Maisie Williams was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance as Arya as a ing actress.

7. Arya, and the rest of the Stark children, get their own direwolf puppies. Arya names her wolf “Nymeria” after a woman who sailed 10,000 ships and became the ruler of Dorne.

8. Out of all of the Stark children, Arya resembles her father Nedd the most. In the books, her face is described as being long and horse-like, even though in the TV series, actress Maisie Williams looks nothing like that. (Though, in my opinion, Maisie does resemble Nedd juuuust a little.)

9. Nedd Stark named Arya after his grandmother on his mother’s side. Her name was Arya Flint, and she lived in the Northern mountain clans.

10. In both the books and TV series, Nedd Stark mentions to Arya that she is a lot like his sister, Lyanna Stark. They look alike, and they both had similar skills. (I feel like this should have been touched on MUCH MORE in the show because I can see the similarities 100%.)

11. Since Arya was so young when her family fell apart, she was forced to grow up in a world where feuds and murder were happening around her on a regular basis. This became the new normal, and desensitized her to violence. It also pushed her further towards violent tendencies.

12. It’s stated in the books that Arya is a Warg just like her brother, Bran, who becomes the Three-Eyed Raven. This means that she can see through the eyes of her direwolf, Nymeria. She does this multiple times in her dreams. However, Bran’s powers are more in-tune, and he can do it on command.

13. When Wargs die, their souls can live on in the bodies of their animals. The downside? The longer someone is an animal, the less and less they who they were as a human. Meaning, Arya's soul would most likely attach itself to Nymeria after she's dead-- unless... Nymeria is dead as well. The only other animal I could see her attaching her soul to would be a cat because Arya does Warg through cat eyes.

14. Throughout the books, Arya goes by an insane number of aliases and nicknames. These include Arya Horseface, Arya Underfoot, Arry, Lumpyhead, Lumpyface, Stickboy, Rabbitkiller, Weasel, Nymeria, Nan, Squab, Wolf Girl, Salty, Cat of the Canals, Blind Beth, the blind girl, the ugly girl, Mercedene, and Mercy.

15. For most of the books and the TV series, Arya’s family assumes that she is dead because after Nedd's beheading, she just disappears. This is what pushes Catelyn Stark to comply with Lannister demands; she believes Sansa is one of her only surviving children.

16. Arya is the only character who has gotten a POV chapter in every single one of the books in 'A Song Of Ice And Fire'.

17. In the scenes where Arya goes blind, Maisie Williams was wearing s that were hand-painted and 16 millimeters thick. During the fight scenes, the s had tiny pin-sized holes so she had just enough vision to act in the scene.

18. Maisie Williams said that the number one thing fans ask of her when they meet her is to recite Arya’s list of names, but they also want her to add their own name to the list so they can record it on their phones to show their friends.

The people on Arya’s kill list on the show currently are (including ones who are dead): The Hound, Meryn Trant, Cersei Lannister, Joffrey Baratheon, Polliver, The Mountain, Rorge, Walder Frey, and Tywin Lannister. Arya has personally killed four of these people, and left The Hound for dead as well.

She’s phased out Melisandre, Beric Dondarrion, Thoros of Myr, and Ilyn Payne from her list.

19. Arya is left handed in the books. Maisie Williams is actually right handed, but learned to sword fight with her left hand in order to make it more authentic to the series. It was originally Maisie’s mother who urged her to play Arya left handed, for fear that fans of the books would feel cheated and dismiss her performance. (It also greatly increased her ability to be ambidextrous.)

20. When Arya first meets Jaqen H’ghar in the books, it’s said that he looks like her old sword master, Syrio Forel. This led fans of the series to theorize that Syrio and Jaqen are one and the same, and that Arya has been training to be a Faceless Man for longer than we even imagined.

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