If he's working for Varys, then it would be more surprising if he doesn't know how to read. Varys makes sure the kids who work for him know how to read precisely because spies who can read are a great deal more effective.
I think it's great that people are willing to give Coal Boy a chance, in terms of his ability to read/write. That's great. Positive thinking… more I will never oppose.
But it's basically a matter of Occam's razor. It's a simple (and pretty solidly supported) assumption that the Coal Boy cannot write/read, as is true of most of that class. Tragic, yes. But, to assume that he's well-read and educated is a bit more of a stretch.
I'm going to be lame and quote Wikipedia: "Other, more complicated solutions may ultimately prove correct, but—in the absence of certainty—the fewer assumptions that are made, the better."
IF this was a story from the books I'd be sure it was NOT Cersei who sent the assessin. That guy was a Lannister soldier and they are NOT commanded by Cersai, but by her father Tywin who was in town by that time. If Cersai would need to hire a killer she would choose from the gold cloaks (aka city watch), maybe the kingsguard or other royal troops but not from the bannermen of her father whom she rarely would even know since she left casterly rock quite a while ago.
But it's telltale universe and they have huge logic gaps in their story all the time. So meh. Maybe even it's cersai
Ah, you're right. I forgot about that. Well then, it's probably just the merchants then. The fact that Damien was present at the meeting makes them the most likely suspects, indeed.
Gryff Whitehill is en route from Harrenhal; Lord Whitehill said so, and there's no reason not to believe it - he would want a Whitehill in I… moreronrath ASAP, not dawdling around in the south, a few weeks' journey away. The merchant lords probably have the authority to do whatever they feel is necessary to secure the contract, and the monetary incentive to off one little handmaiden no one would miss is probably enough for them.
As for Cersei, she has a habit of taking drastic action out of paranoia and pride, so she might decide to kill Mira just because she's aligned herself with both Margaery, her archrival and queen-to-be, and Tyrion, who she's hated forever and blames for sending her daughter away to be married in a far-off kingdom. She may not care about Mira, but it's so little effort to try and kill her, the chance that it would affect either or both of her enemies makes it well worth it.
i think image means a lot to Margery which could stop her from doing anything to bold, but i don't think she would ever say or hire anyone out right more like imply her life would be easier. i can see her that kind of effect since shes not the type to get her hands dirty.
as for sera men do allot of stupid things for women i wouldn't be surprised.
but these are just alternate theories to the obvious
Ambitious as Sera is, she does not have the influence or money required to get a high-ranking guardsman to assassinate a noblewoman. No way.… more In the meantime, the Whitehills have every reason to kill her, because it doesn't matter whether they say they own the ironwood, if the Lannisters say they're only buying from the Forresters and then find out they can't because the Whitehills are stealing all their trees, the Whitehills will die horrible, gruesome deaths, because no one messes with the Lannisters and lives. Mira dead means no Forrester Ironwood contract, meaning the Whitehills can get away with a lot more.
As for Margaery, if she had a problem with Mira, either politically or personally, she wouldn't go through the trouble of hiring an assassin to kill her - if someone found out, they could use that information against her, either as blackmail or an excuse to arrest her. There's no reason to risk all of that when she could just fire M… [view original content]
I don't fully trust the Coal Boy either but I don't think I buy the "he and his boss hired the guard to try to kill Mira so Coal Boy could s… morewoop in and save her so she'd owe him".
That suggests that killing her was never the intention and that there was always a plan set in place for either Mira to kill that guard or the Coal boy to show up and "save" her. However, I know from failing at that part due to bad controls that the soldier WILL kill her. If it was a set up to make the Coal Boy trustworthy to her, why would they risk actually having her die?
The childishly written letter and the scuff marks are damning, though, and made me think of the Coal Boy immediately. I just can't piece together what they'd gain from actually having someone they're involved with kill Mira. Unless things just didn't go as initially planned.
Now, I do think that trusting the Coal Boy will be a mistake at some point along the line. They're playing you w… [view original content]
Those situations are wildly different from the Lannisters exercising tyranny for their own gain. The Reyne's brought about their own demise by choosing defiance. They rebelled against the Lannisters and lost. It's not like the Lannisters killed them, kicked their dog, and seized their very profitable lands without justification.
The North was already weakened after the red wedding. If Ramsay Bolton were to do that when the North wasn't so weak, that very well could have sparked a rebellion. Plus, the lesson in this situation is that you should choose to be loyal to the Bolton's else your house gets crippled. Lesser houses would more likely be loyal than defiant unless they felt they had no choice.
Goodwill is lost when you exercise tyranny. Once you lose too much goodwill, or goodwill specific to a powerful house, you are facing a rebellion. You are likely more right in this situation though. Not a whole lot of goodwill would be lost.
You may be right. But on the other hand... what kind of uprising did occur after Ramsey Bolton (acting Warden of the North and liege lord to… more dozens of other Houses) just killed off the Lord of a House, and gave away half of their assets to a rival house like it was nothing? And looking back on history: what kind of uprising occurred after the Lannisters completely decimated House Reyne, executing every man, woman and child and burning their seat to the ground? No uprising. They even made a song about it: The Rains of Castamere.
In a perfect world, every other House would rebel immediately after seeing one of their own being destroyed. But in the world of Westeros, I reckon the other Houses would just count themselves lucky that it wasn't them who got on the Lannisters' bad side.
Theory: What if coal boy got into Mira's room and wrote the note, and only THEN the guard (Damian, I think) got into her room, ready to kill her there, but, finding no one, trashed the room looking for something (I don't know what, exactly, but it seems like he wanted something she might have said to her family. Proof of forgery, details about the ironwood deal? Possibly), but, seeing the note coal boy had left there earlier for Mira, went to the place where coal boy was going to meet her.
Then Mira gets into the room and we know what follows.
Has Varys been featured in the series, and I just missed it?
It'd be odd to find that, while missing from the first 2, he shows up in the 3rd (4th...5th...) like, "Surprise! No development or involvement of my character prior, but I turned out to be the sheep in wolf's clothing, even though I was never shown to be a sheep in the first place."
If he's working for Varys, then it would be more surprising if he doesn't know how to read. Varys makes sure the kids who work for him know how to read precisely because spies who can read are a great deal more effective.
I don't see Cerse simply executing a handmaiden/Lady (who really, as far as we've seen, has little influence beyond asking favors, with varying degrees of failure) when, instead, she can use her as a ploy to execute other plans and make her goals more effective/plausible.
A dead person is a dead, a simple warning, once, with their head on a spike. An alive person, living in fear and being manipulated/threatened, is far more useful...at least for as long as she could manage ahem Sersa.
It looks like Dany is set to make an appearance, so they don't have any problems with late introductions apparently. Varys hasn't yet, but coalboy has 'Varys' written all over him.
Which may be the point, of course, if the writers are trying to throw people off who he truly works for. I guess we'll find out.
Has Varys been featured in the series, and I just missed it?
It'd be odd to find that, while missing from the first 2, he shows up in the… more 3rd (4th...5th...) like, "Surprise! No development or involvement of my character prior, but I turned out to be the sheep in wolf's clothing, even though I was never shown to be a sheep in the first place."
The coal boy may have written the letter & left it in Mira's room, then her room was searched by the either the assassin or someone working for their employer, who read the letter, & planned to meet her there as well.... that would explain why the coal boy was in the garden.... or he could just stalking Mira around all the time?
As it's one of the Lannisters guards & killing Mira would hurt Margery & Tyrion... it wouldn't surprise me if it was Cersei who sent the assassin... She has reason to dislike both of them..and seems to think Mira is a traitor...
Sera is power hungry, nosy & untrustworthy... she's likely working for someone.. probably Cersei
Coal boy is probably working for Varys, (which would make him literate & capable of writing the letter)
but neither Varys or coal boy has any motive to kill Mira & are probably helping now to get a favor later
I think it's a little all the above.
Cersi isn't above coordinating a assassination attempt and probably worked with the Whitehills to ge… moret Mira killed. Cersi likes to control or get rid of ANY potential threat to the crown. She can control Sansa, but not Mira, therefore Mira must die. Whitehills see a threat to their pending monpoly to the Ironwood and would be easy allies for Cersi.
My first thought were the two Whitehill guys who showed up in this episode. It could have been Cersei, but I actually doubt it because she seems to be too busy caught up in her own affairs than to cause a big bruhaha over a handmaiden. She did the once, but if you pleased her than there's no clear motivation for her to send the guard to kill Mira. Cersei's got bigger fish to fry and the Whitehills seem more upset than anyone.
Sera sent Damien after Mira in order to search her room, but not to kill her. Damien wanted to kill Mira himself. Mira had important letters and when sera wrote the letter, she was afraid she'd get caught and accidentally broke the vase.
So yea, Sera wrote the letter and sent Damien to distract Mira, so that she could search her room for the letter's. Damien got to stuck in his desires causing him to try and kill Mira.
Maybe coal boy did not send the letter but someone else did who Damien found whilst trying to assassinate Mira in her room/or whilst he was in search of anything that could be used against Mira (to give to Sera as evidence that she has been disloyal to Margaery, Cersei etc.), that would explain why the vase fell over (he knocked them over with the vase on the head) and why Mira's letters were all over the place perhaps?
I mean, why would he put Mira on edge by ramsacking her room and not cleaning it up - if he really intended to search her room and kill her why not wait for her in her room whilst she was off-guard? Wouldn't it have been easier to just leave it the way it was with the letter?
'The imp' is the kind of language that Cersei would use when describing her brother though...?
The coal boy may have written the letter & left it in Mira's room, then her room was searched by the either the assassin or someone work… moreing for their employer, who read the letter, & planned to meet her there as well.... that would explain why the coal boy was in the garden.... or he could just stalking Mira around all the time?
As it's one of the Lannisters guards & killing Mira would hurt Margery & Tyrion... it wouldn't surprise me if it was Cersei who sent the assassin... She has reason to dislike both of them..and seems to think Mira is a traitor...
Sera is power hungry, nosy & untrustworthy... she's likely working for someone.. probably Cersei
Coal boy is probably working for Varys, (which would make him literate & capable of writing the letter)
but neither Varys or coal boy has any motive to kill Mira & are probably helping now to get a favor later
And wtf were those scuff marks from... any ideas?
If you choose not to kill Damien and run for your life, while you're running, the other guard approaches calling out for Damien. I believe it's possible that Damien heard it and let the boy go to avoid the guard questioning his possibly not so Lannister motives. If Damien is indeed Varys' or Littlefinger's man (Whitehill merchants would've been too obvious), he'd prefer keeping a low profile. It explains how the boy survives I suppose.
I a Whitehill is probably the best suspect, but I also have this theory that it has something to do with the coal boy. What was he doing in … morethe gardens at midnight? He just HAPPENED to wander by as you were being murdered? I guess he could have just been following you, but apparently even if you chose not to kill the guard and you run instead, somehow the coal boy still survives. That kid weighs like 90 pounds, no WAY he can survive against a Lannister guard. I know it's far fetched, but isn't it possible the coal boy (or his employer) had SOMETHING to do with it? Attempting to have Mira murdered so the coal boy would rescue her and she'd be in his debt?
Probably the ambassadors. What I don't get is why Mira even went to meet the person. Her room was ransacked and she gets an anonymous note and she doesn't tell anyone about it. Stupid. If this was the actual show, I'd find it hard to believe that anyone would actually do this.
I thought I was the only one who doesn't fully trust this Coal Boy..
I dont't mean he sent the attacker, but I don't know. Although, Sera hasn't totally gained my trust. So far, I think Whitehill somehow has to be the one behind the attacker
I a Whitehill is probably the best suspect, but I also have this theory that it has something to do with the coal boy. What was he doing in … morethe gardens at midnight? He just HAPPENED to wander by as you were being murdered? I guess he could have just been following you, but apparently even if you chose not to kill the guard and you run instead, somehow the coal boy still survives. That kid weighs like 90 pounds, no WAY he can survive against a Lannister guard. I know it's far fetched, but isn't it possible the coal boy (or his employer) had SOMETHING to do with it? Attempting to have Mira murdered so the coal boy would rescue her and she'd be in his debt?
I'm sure it wasn't Cersei, she has no reason to want to eliminate Mira yet. Besides, she's not really subtle when it comes to dealing with traitors.
Damien was acting way too secretively, keeping his intention hidden from his own men. If Cersei wanted someone dead it'd be widely known among her guard.
I think Damien was approached privately by one of the Whitehill people. Or perhaps he was the one who approached them, looking for some extra dough. He did overhear everything.
Cersei might not make good decisions all the time, but I still have a hard time beleiving she'd kill Mira. For one, I still believe most (with the exception of Tyrion) don't view the Forrester's as an incredible threat. They're a dying house that, currently, is very clearly being squashed like a bug by other houses.
Even if she happens to think Mira could play a bigger part in things, it would seem out-of-character for Cersei to simply want her dead. You're dead? You're dead. Only useful for a one time message sent to people. But if you're alive, then...well, you can be a puppet, a pawn, something at least tangibly useful to Cersei.
Cersei maybe?
Sera is probably a spy for Cersei and Cersei perhaps feels Mira's influence and loyalty to Margaery must end...?
The guy was a Lannister guard and Cersei's never really been the subtle type.
I'm going to go ultra tin foil hat here and say Tyrion.
Why? He didn't have a reason. In fact, he didn't want Mira killed at all. I belie… moreve he sent Damian not to kill Mira, but to have himself killed.
He expresses concern and paranoia regarding his sister and King Joffrey after the Battle of the Blackwater, always worrying about his life. This causes him to suspect Damian who is constantly under his service and notice, for example at the Ironwood meeting in the Great Hall.. Although under the service of House Lannister and Tyrion, he suspects his true loyalties lie to Queen Cersei and, in turn, Joffrey.
It's also worth noting that dealing with Damian could, in fact, be part of the agreement to secure Ironwood through the Crown. He never specified the task, only that he would give his terms. Remember his words upon completion of the deal: "This will either be very good for the both of us or very bad for you." In this case, the 'good' … [view original content]
I want to say the merchant lords but that seems to obvious. Sera maybe I don't trust her and she is looking to move up. If Mira is out of the way then she will be Margery's new confidant. Maybe she is good at acting and has been playing us.
If Cersai would have Mira killed she wouldn't sent a killer at midnight with all the preparation and the chances that Mira doesn't appear.
She would have had her arrested on some forged charges and have her handed over to Quyburn.
He's not Kingsguard. Kingsguard wear White/Gold armour. City Watch are called "Goldcloaks" because they wear Gold, and Lannister Guards wear Red and Black.
If you are refering to the guard in the hall in episode one, I think, if I remember correctly, that is one of the King`s guard, possibly Mer… moreyn Trant or somebody.
But yes, what was the person looking for? Possibly some evidence that can harm her in some way, a forged letter perhaps, her stolen stuff, etc, could be anything. I still suspect the coal boy though, since the running sound when Mira approuch the door sound light and quick... like a young boy running to hide.
That's rather interesting. I recall in the show Jamie saying to Tyrion "You have more friends than you thought" in reference to Varys who helped him escape in season 4. Meaning that Tyrion was unaware of Varys' support. I think this makes Varys/Tyrion alliance prior to that escape seem less likely. Varys' involvement in this therefore seems unlikely.
I'm going to go ultra tin foil hat here and say Tyrion.
Why? He didn't have a reason. In fact, he didn't want Mira killed at all. I belie… moreve he sent Damian not to kill Mira, but to have himself killed.
He expresses concern and paranoia regarding his sister and King Joffrey after the Battle of the Blackwater, always worrying about his life. This causes him to suspect Damian who is constantly under his service and notice, for example at the Ironwood meeting in the Great Hall.. Although under the service of House Lannister and Tyrion, he suspects his true loyalties lie to Queen Cersei and, in turn, Joffrey.
It's also worth noting that dealing with Damian could, in fact, be part of the agreement to secure Ironwood through the Crown. He never specified the task, only that he would give his terms. Remember his words upon completion of the deal: "This will either be very good for the both of us or very bad for you." In this case, the 'good' … [view original content]
It seems to me that Coal boy left the note. The guard must have later gone into the room, read the note, and used the time and setting to kill Mira. Whether coal boy was involved in this is unclear, but him leaving the note would explain why he was there to save Mira.
I'm thinking it might be Tyrion as well...on another topic, Coal Boy is still really suspicious to me. The game made a big deal of you being… more able to notice the scuff marks on the floor (which automatically made me think it had to be the Coal Boy), not to mention the handwriting on the note looking like a second grader's.
Most likely Varys, who is pretty much neutral when it comes between the battles/conflicts of the houses, and I don't think would do that. Al… moreso, a Coal Boy vs. an armed Lannister Guard? I don't think that anyone would bet on Coal Boy in that fight haha.
My main suspect is Andros, the Whitehill merchant. After I told him to tell whoever he wants to and it's not my concern, the last thing he said to me was "We'll see about that.", and just storms out of the room with a P.O.'d attitude.Then when Damien said I made enemies with the wrong people, he was the first guy that came to mind about who my enemies could be, especially since he's working with the Whitehills. I may not like Cersei, and I know she doesn't like me for choosing Margaery, but I doubt that her biggest concern at the moment is dealing with one handmaiden.
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If he's working for Varys, then it would be more surprising if he doesn't know how to read. Varys makes sure the kids who work for him know how to read precisely because spies who can read are a great deal more effective.
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IF this was a story from the books I'd be sure it was NOT Cersei who sent the assessin. That guy was a Lannister soldier and they are NOT commanded by Cersai, but by her father Tywin who was in town by that time. If Cersai would need to hire a killer she would choose from the gold cloaks (aka city watch), maybe the kingsguard or other royal troops but not from the bannermen of her father whom she rarely would even know since she left casterly rock quite a while ago.
But it's telltale universe and they have huge logic gaps in their story all the time. So meh. Maybe even it's cersai
Ah, you're right. I forgot about that. Well then, it's probably just the merchants then. The fact that Damien was present at the meeting makes them the most likely suspects, indeed.
i think image means a lot to Margery which could stop her from doing anything to bold, but i don't think she would ever say or hire anyone out right more like imply her life would be easier. i can see her that kind of effect since shes not the type to get her hands dirty.
as for sera men do allot of stupid things for women i wouldn't be surprised.
but these are just alternate theories to the obvious
the one who wrote the note, and the one trashed the room don't necessarily have to be the same
Sera seems unlikely shes to lowly to orchestrate that
Those situations are wildly different from the Lannisters exercising tyranny for their own gain. The Reyne's brought about their own demise by choosing defiance. They rebelled against the Lannisters and lost. It's not like the Lannisters killed them, kicked their dog, and seized their very profitable lands without justification.
The North was already weakened after the red wedding. If Ramsay Bolton were to do that when the North wasn't so weak, that very well could have sparked a rebellion. Plus, the lesson in this situation is that you should choose to be loyal to the Bolton's else your house gets crippled. Lesser houses would more likely be loyal than defiant unless they felt they had no choice.
Goodwill is lost when you exercise tyranny. Once you lose too much goodwill, or goodwill specific to a powerful house, you are facing a rebellion. You are likely more right in this situation though. Not a whole lot of goodwill would be lost.
Yeah. I just realised this.
Theory: What if coal boy got into Mira's room and wrote the note, and only THEN the guard (Damian, I think) got into her room, ready to kill her there, but, finding no one, trashed the room looking for something (I don't know what, exactly, but it seems like he wanted something she might have said to her family. Proof of forgery, details about the ironwood deal? Possibly), but, seeing the note coal boy had left there earlier for Mira, went to the place where coal boy was going to meet her.
Then Mira gets into the room and we know what follows.
Has Varys been featured in the series, and I just missed it?
It'd be odd to find that, while missing from the first 2, he shows up in the 3rd (4th...5th...) like, "Surprise! No development or involvement of my character prior, but I turned out to be the sheep in wolf's clothing, even though I was never shown to be a sheep in the first place."
I don't see Cerse simply executing a handmaiden/Lady (who really, as far as we've seen, has little influence beyond asking favors, with varying degrees of failure) when, instead, she can use her as a ploy to execute other plans and make her goals more effective/plausible.
A dead person is a dead, a simple warning, once, with their head on a spike. An alive person, living in fear and being manipulated/threatened, is far more useful...at least for as long as she could manage ahem Sersa.
It looks like Dany is set to make an appearance, so they don't have any problems with late introductions apparently. Varys hasn't yet, but coalboy has 'Varys' written all over him.
Which may be the point, of course, if the writers are trying to throw people off who he truly works for. I guess we'll find out.
The coal boy may have written the letter & left it in Mira's room, then her room was searched by the either the assassin or someone working for their employer, who read the letter, & planned to meet her there as well.... that would explain why the coal boy was in the garden.... or he could just stalking Mira around all the time?
As it's one of the Lannisters guards & killing Mira would hurt Margery & Tyrion... it wouldn't surprise me if it was Cersei who sent the assassin... She has reason to dislike both of them..and seems to think Mira is a traitor...
Sera is power hungry, nosy & untrustworthy... she's likely working for someone.. probably Cersei
Coal boy is probably working for Varys, (which would make him literate & capable of writing the letter)
but neither Varys or coal boy has any motive to kill Mira & are probably helping now to get a favor later
And wtf were those scuff marks from... any ideas?
Mira is not a threat to the crown. Though the side affect of getting Tyrion on your side maybe having the Boltons/Whitehill gain cersi favor.
As far as Tyrion wanting sometging later knowing him it's probably sexual in nature. He's a deviant little dwarf.
Might even be an as-of-yet unknown character. Hard to speculate (but we'll do it anyway, won't we?)
My first thought were the two Whitehill guys who showed up in this episode. It could have been Cersei, but I actually doubt it because she seems to be too busy caught up in her own affairs than to cause a big bruhaha over a handmaiden. She did the once, but if you pleased her than there's no clear motivation for her to send the guard to kill Mira. Cersei's got bigger fish to fry and the Whitehills seem more upset than anyone.
Could be Tywin.
Sera sent Damien after Mira in order to search her room, but not to kill her. Damien wanted to kill Mira himself. Mira had important letters and when sera wrote the letter, she was afraid she'd get caught and accidentally broke the vase.
So yea, Sera wrote the letter and sent Damien to distract Mira, so that she could search her room for the letter's. Damien got to stuck in his desires causing him to try and kill Mira.
I actually think it was the calmer Whitehill merchant, not the fat one.
I don't know it seems too obvious... this is Game Of Thrones we are talking about here! Lol XD
Cersei maybe?
Sera is probably a spy for Cersei and Cersei perhaps feels Mira's influence and loyalty to Margaery must end...?
The guy was a Lannister guard and Cersei's never really been the subtle type.
Maybe coal boy did not send the letter but someone else did who Damien found whilst trying to assassinate Mira in her room/or whilst he was in search of anything that could be used against Mira (to give to Sera as evidence that she has been disloyal to Margaery, Cersei etc.), that would explain why the vase fell over (he knocked them over with the vase on the head) and why Mira's letters were all over the place perhaps?
I mean, why would he put Mira on edge by ramsacking her room and not cleaning it up - if he really intended to search her room and kill her why not wait for her in her room whilst she was off-guard? Wouldn't it have been easier to just leave it the way it was with the letter?
'The imp' is the kind of language that Cersei would use when describing her brother though...?
If you choose not to kill Damien and run for your life, while you're running, the other guard approaches calling out for Damien. I believe it's possible that Damien heard it and let the boy go to avoid the guard questioning his possibly not so Lannister motives. If Damien is indeed Varys' or Littlefinger's man (Whitehill merchants would've been too obvious), he'd prefer keeping a low profile. It explains how the boy survives I suppose.
Probably the ambassadors. What I don't get is why Mira even went to meet the person. Her room was ransacked and she gets an anonymous note and she doesn't tell anyone about it. Stupid. If this was the actual show, I'd find it hard to believe that anyone would actually do this.
I thought I was the only one who doesn't fully trust this Coal Boy..
I dont't mean he sent the attacker, but I don't know. Although, Sera hasn't totally gained my trust. So far, I think Whitehill somehow has to be the one behind the attacker
Fucking Whitehill!
I'm sure it wasn't Cersei, she has no reason to want to eliminate Mira yet. Besides, she's not really subtle when it comes to dealing with traitors.
Damien was acting way too secretively, keeping his intention hidden from his own men. If Cersei wanted someone dead it'd be widely known among her guard.
I think Damien was approached privately by one of the Whitehill people. Or perhaps he was the one who approached them, looking for some extra dough. He did overhear everything.
Cersei might not make good decisions all the time, but I still have a hard time beleiving she'd kill Mira. For one, I still believe most (with the exception of Tyrion) don't view the Forrester's as an incredible threat. They're a dying house that, currently, is very clearly being squashed like a bug by other houses.
Even if she happens to think Mira could play a bigger part in things, it would seem out-of-character for Cersei to simply want her dead. You're dead? You're dead. Only useful for a one time message sent to people. But if you're alive, then...well, you can be a puppet, a pawn, something at least tangibly useful to Cersei.
Whether or not it will happen, I think it's very well thought out, and a completely reasonable scenario. You deserve a cookie.
I think Cersei did. Discovered her favourite wine is missing and blamed Mira.
I want to say the merchant lords but that seems to obvious. Sera maybe I don't trust her and she is looking to move up. If Mira is out of the way then she will be Margery's new confidant. Maybe she is good at acting and has been playing us.
HAHAH, I hope not, the world has enough to contend with, with just one!
Yes I agree, however at this point in the story Qyburn hasn't arrived at Kings Landing, he arrives with Jamie Lannister after Joffrey's wedding.
He's not Kingsguard. Kingsguard wear White/Gold armour. City Watch are called "Goldcloaks" because they wear Gold, and Lannister Guards wear Red and Black.
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That's rather interesting. I recall in the show Jamie saying to Tyrion "You have more friends than you thought" in reference to Varys who helped him escape in season 4. Meaning that Tyrion was unaware of Varys' support. I think this makes Varys/Tyrion alliance prior to that escape seem less likely. Varys' involvement in this therefore seems unlikely.
The guard claimed to have left the note.
It seems to me that Coal boy left the note. The guard must have later gone into the room, read the note, and used the time and setting to kill Mira. Whether coal boy was involved in this is unclear, but him leaving the note would explain why he was there to save Mira.
Coal boy certainly seems like one of Varys' birds, but what Varys would want with Mira is unclear to me.
Why? He'd have no reason to.
My main suspect is Andros, the Whitehill merchant. After I told him to tell whoever he wants to and it's not my concern, the last thing he said to me was "We'll see about that.", and just storms out of the room with a P.O.'d attitude.Then when Damien said I made enemies with the wrong people, he was the first guy that came to mind about who my enemies could be, especially since he's working with the Whitehills. I may not like Cersei, and I know she doesn't like me for choosing Margaery, but I doubt that her biggest concern at the moment is dealing with one handmaiden.
You fuck Whitehill?