This will doubtless upset a lot of people if it's true, particularly those who favor direvolves over dragons. That's why I'm using this sentence to pad the preview, so people who don't want spoilers can't see the thesis for this article I've written in the next paragraph. Arya Stark died in Braavos. The real identity of the person who took her place is The Waif, her otherwise nameless rival from training with the Faceless Men. The fight with the Waif The Waif was clearly better than Arya - more cunning, more ruthless, better at face-changing, and with greater weapon proficiency. Evidently, she's strong as hell, too - pause the frame on Lady Crane's corpse and try to wrap your head around what the hell happened to her. Remember, Arya had been stabbed several times by the Waif. The entire time she was running, she was losing blood. With her fight-or-flight senses activated, her body was coursing with norepinephrine and adrenaline, s...
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