Scenes with Arya Stark 28
[As Arya returns the face she stole from the Hall of Faces, she is confronted by Jaqen and the Waif.]
A girl has taken a life. The wrong life.
WThe Waif
I was right about her.
WThe Waif
You're not ready. Not at all.
That man's life was not yours to take. A girl stole from the Many-Faced God. Now a debt is owed. [holds up a vial of poison from the Pool and removes the cork; horrified, Arya struggles as the Waif forces her closer] Only death can pay for life.
[Jaqen lifts the vial and drinks it himself. The Waif releases Arya, who stares up at Jaqen in horror as he collapses to the ground.]
Arya StarkNo! No! No, you... don't die! Don't die!
WThe Waif
Why are you crying?
Arya Stark
He was my friend.
WThe Waif
No, he wasn't. Didn't you listen to him? [her voice changes to that of Jaqen] He was no one. [Arya spins around in shock to discover Jaqen, who had been using the Waif's face]
Arya Stark
But if you're... who's this?
No one at all. Just as a girl should have been before she took a face from the Hall. The faces are for no one. You are still someone. And to someone, the faces are as good as poison.
[Arya removes several faces from the dead man, eventually discovering her own face. Her vision starts to blur.]
Arya Stark
I can't see. What's happening? What's happening?!
[Jaqen at the House of Black and White follows a trail of blood to see a freshly-carved face of The Waif added to the hall.]
Arya Stark
[referring to The Waif] You told her to kill me.
[turns to see Arya pointing Needle to his chest] Yes. But here you are. And there she is. Finally, a girl is No One.
Arya
A girl is Arya Stark of Winterfell. And I'm going home.
SGServing Girl
No, My Lord.
Didn't think so. Too pretty.
[Lord Walder smacks her bottom. The Serving Girl winces.]
Where are my damn moron sons? Black Walder and Lothar promised to be here by mid-day.
SGServing Girl
They're here, My Lord.
Well, what are they doing? Trimming their cunt hairs? Tell them to come here! Now!
SGServing Girl
They're already here, My Lord.
[Lord Walder looks around the empty hall, confused. The Serving Girl points to the slice of meat pie he's been eating.]
SGServing Girl
Here, My Lord.
[Lord Walder lifts up the crust of the pie. Among the filling of chopped meat is obviously a human finger. He gags in disgust.]
SGServing Girl
They weren't easy to carve. Especially Black Walder.
[Lord Walder turns to the Serving Girl...who takes off her face as if it were a mask, revealing her true identity]
Arya Stark
My name is Arya Stark. I want you to know that. The last thing you're ever going to see is a Stark, smiling down at you, as you die.
[Lord Walder tries to get out of his chair, but Arya grabs him by the hair, pulls him back, and slits his throat.]
You're wondering why I brought you all here. After all, we just had a feast. Since when does old Walder give two feasts in a single fortnight? Well, it's no good being Lord of the Riverlands if you can't celebrate with your family, that's what I say! I've gathered every Frey that means anything so that I can tell you my plans for this Great House, now that winter has come. But first...a toast!
No more of that Dornish horse-piss! This is the finest Arbor Gold. Proper wine for proper heroes!
HFHouse Frey
Stand together!
[They drink, but Walder halts his own cup inches from his lips, watching them. Kitty Frey attempts to take a cup and drink but Walder stops her.]
Not you. I'm not wasting good wine on a damn woman. [To his men] Maybe I'm not the most pleasant man, I'll admit it. But I'm proud of you lot. You're my family. The men who helped me slaughter the Starks at the Red Wedding. [they all start cheering] Yes, yes. Cheer. Brave men, all of you. Butchered a woman, pregnant with her baby. Cut the throat of a mother of five. Slaughtered your guests after inviting them into your home.
[Several of the Freys begin to cough]
But... you didn't slaughter every one of the Starks. No, no- that was your mistake. You should've ripped them all out, root and stem!
[The Freys all begin choking, many of them vomiting blood and collapsing]
Leave one wolf alive, and the sheep are never safe.
[As the last of the Freys collapse dead on the floor, Walder reaches up and removes his face, revealing that "he" is actually Arya Stark, who turns to a terrified Kitty Frey.]
Arya Stark
When people ask you what happened here, tell them the North remembers. Tell them winter came for House Frey.
[Arya and Sansa meet at their father's tomb]
Arya Stark
Do I have to call you "Lady Stark" now?
Yes. You shouldn't have run from the guards.
Arya Stark
I didn't run. You need better guards. It suits you: Lady Stark. Jon left you in charge?
He did. I hope he comes back soon. I remember how happy he was to see me. When he sees you, his heart will probably stop.
[They gaze at the statue of Ned Stark]
Arya Stark
It doesn't look like him. Should've been carved by someone who knew his face.
Everyone who knew his face is dead.
Arya Stark
We're not. They say you killed Joffrey. Did you?
Arya Stark
Me, too. I was angry when I heard someone else had done it. However long my list got, he was always first.
Arya Stark
Of people I'm going to kill.
[Sansa stares at her for a moment, then they both laugh]
How did you get back to Winterfell?
Arya Stark
It's a long story. I imagine yours is, too.
Yes. And not a very pleasant one.
Arya Stark
Mine, neither. But our stories aren't over yet.
[Sansa finds the faces of some of the Freys Arya killed]
Arya Stark
Not what you're looking for?
I have hundreds of men here at Winterfell, all loyal to me.
Arya Stark
They're not here now.
Arya Stark
My faces.
Arya Stark
In Braavos. While I was training to be a Faceless Man.
Arya Stark
Back in Braavos, before I got my first face, there was a game I used to play. The Game of Faces. It's simple: I ask you a question about yourself, and you try to make lies sound like the truth. If you fool me, you win. If I catch a lie, you lose. Let's play.
Arya Stark
How do you feel about Jon being King? Is there someone else you think should rule the North instead of him?
Those faces, what are they?
Arya Stark
You want to do the asking? Are you sure? The Game of Faces didn't turn out so well for the last person who asked me questions.
Arya Stark
We both wanted to be other people when we were younger. You wanted to be a Queen, to sit next to a handsome Prince on the Iron Throne. I wanted to be a knight: to pick up a sword, like Father, and go off to battle. Neither of us got to be the other person, did we? The world doesn't just let girls decide what they're going to be. But I can, now. With the Faces, I can choose... I can become someone else. Speak in their voice, live in their skin. I could even become you.
[She picks up the Valyrian-steel dagger from the table and walks towards a shocked Sansa]
Arya Stark
I wonder what it would feel like? To wear those pretty dresses. To be the Lady of Winterfell. All I'd need, to find out... is your face.
[She suddenly reverses the dagger and hands it to Sansa, then leaves]
Arya Stark
Are you sure you want to do this?
It's not what I want, it's what honor demands.
Arya Stark
And what does honor demand?
That I defend my family from those who would harm us. That I defend the North from those who would betray us.
Arya Stark
All right, then. Get on with it.
[seeming to speak to Arya] You stand accused of murder, you stand accused of treason. How do you answer these charges...[glancing over at Petyr Baelish] Lord Baelish?
[Jon is visiting the Heart Tree in the Winterfell Godswood]
Arya Stark
You used to be taller. [Jon spins around]
How'd you sneak up on me?
Arya Stark
How did you survive a knife through the heart?
I didn't. [They both grin, run to each other and hug. Jon nods at the sword in her belt] You still have it.
Arya Stark
[draws it] Needle.
Arya Stark
Once or twice. [sheaths it, Jon draws Longclaw and hands it to her] Valyrian steel.
Arya Stark
[smirks] Too heavy for me.
[sheaths Longclaw] Where were you before? I could've used your help with Sansa.
Arya Stark
She doesn't like your Queen, does she?
Sansa thinks she's smarter than everyone-
Arya Stark
She's the smartest person I've ever met.
Oh, you're defending her? [chuckles] You?
Arya Stark
I'm defending our family. So is she.
[Arya embraces him]
Arya Stark
Don't forget that.
[The defenders of Winterfell lay out their battleplans]
They're coming. We have dragonglass, and we have Valyrian steel...but there are too many of them, far too many. Our enemy doesn't tire, doesn't stop, doesn't feel. We can't beat them in a straight fight.
The Night King made them all, they follow his command. If he falls...getting to him may be our best chance.
If that's true, he'll never expose himself.
Yes, he will. He'll come for me. He's tried many times before, with many three-eyed ravens.
An endless night. He wants to erase this world, and I am its memory.
That's what death is, isn't it? Forgetting, being forgotten. If we forget where we've been and what we've done, we're not men anymore, just animals. [to Bran] Your memories don't come from books. Your stories aren't just stories. If I wanted to erase the world of Men, I'd start with you.
His mark is on me. [Bran shows the claw marks the Night King left on his arm] He always knows where I am.
We'll put you in the crypt where it's safest.
No. We need to lure him into the open before his army destroys us all. I'll wait for him in the godswood.
You want us to use you as bait?!
Arya Stark
We're not leaving you alone out there!
He won't be. I'll stay with him, with the Ironborn. [to Bran] I took this castle from you once. Let me defend you now.
We'll hold off the rest of them, for as long as we can.
When the time comes, Ser Davos and I will be on the walls to give you the signal to light the trench.
Ser Davos is perfectly capable of waving a torch on his own. You'll be in the crypt.
Your Grace, I have fought before, I can do it again, alongside the men and women risking their lives-!
There are thousands of them and only one of you. You can't fight as well as them, but you can think better than any of them. You're here because of your mind; if we survive, I'll need it.
The dragons should give us an edge in the field-
If they're in the field, they're not protecting Bran. We need to be near him; not too near or the Night King won't come, but close enough to pursue him when he does.
Arya Stark
Dragon fire will stop him?
I don't know. No one's ever tried.
Arya Stark
Is that for me?
[Gendry nods and hands her the spear. She looks it over, spinning it around experimentally.]
Arya Stark
This'll work.
Last time you saw me, you wanted me to go to Winterfell. [grins shyly] Took a long road, but-
Arya Stark
What did the Red Woman want with you?
She wanted my blood. For some kind of spell.
Arya Stark
Why your blood?
I'm Robert Baratheon's bastard. [Arya stops, surprised] I didn't know until she told me. Then she tied me up, stripped me down, and put leeches all over me.
Arya Stark
Was that your first time?
[sarcastically] Yes, that was the first time I had leeches put all over my-
Arya Stark
I mean, your first time with a woman.
Arya Stark
[taking off her gloves] Were you with other girls, before that, at King's Landing? Or after? [Gendry sputters] You don't remember?
Arya Stark
One? Two? Twenty?
Arya Stark
[smirks] Yes you did.
[Arya draws near to Gendry.]
Arya Stark
We're probably going to die soon. I want to know what it's like before that happens.
[They stare at each other.]
[Arya cuts him off by kissing him, which he returns. She pushes him down on the bed and starts to undress. Gendry looks startled by the scars on her hip.]
Arya Stark
[noticing his gaze] I'm not the Red Woman. Take your own bloody pants off.
[They make love.]
Arya Stark
Get down to the crypt.
Arya Stark
[hands her a dragonglass dagger] Take this and go.
I don't know how to use it.
Arya Stark
Stick 'em with the pointy end.
[As Beric Dondarrion lays dying next to Arya]
The Lord brought him back for a purpose. Now that purpose has been served.
Arya Stark
I know you.
Arya Stark
You said we'd meet again.
And here we are, at the end of the world.
Arya Stark
You said I'd shut many eyes forever. You were right about that too.
Brown eyes, green eyes, [Arya nods] and blue eyes. [Arya looks up at her in realization]
[The noise of the swarm of wights outside intensifies]
What do we say to the God of Death?
Arya Stark
...Not today. [Exchanges a look with Melisandre, then leaves]
[As the Hound is leaving Winterfell, he notices Arya riding up to join him]
Arya Stark
On your own?
Not anymore. I don't like crowds.
Arya Stark
Me, neither.
Why not? They all love you now, you're the big hero.
Arya Stark
I don't like heroes.
Must've felt good, sticking your knife in that horned fucker.
Arya Stark
[shrugs] Felt better than dying. [pause] You heading to King's Landing?
I have some unfinished business.
Arya Stark
Me, too. [they glance at each other]
I don't plan on coming back.
Arya Stark
Neither do I.
Gonna leave me to die again, if I get hurt?
Arya Stark
Probably. [Sandor chuckles]
[Arya and the Hound advance through the collapsing Red Keep]
[watching Drogon fly overhead] Go home, girl. The fire will get her, or one of the Dothraki. Or maybe that dragon will eat her. It doesn't matter; she's dead. And you'll be dead too, if you don't get out of here.
Arya Stark
I'm going to kill her. [she tries to pass, but the Hound grabs her arm]
You think you've wanted revenge for a long time? I've been after it all my life. [Arya wrenches her arm free] It's all I care about, and look at me. LOOK AT ME! [pause] You wanna be like me? [tousles her hair] You come with me, you die here. [he walks past]
Arya Stark
Sandor. [he turns back] Thank you.
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