Arya Stark trivia: 96 facts about the beloved Game of Thrones character!

Arya Stark is one of the characters of Game of Thrones that had been most changed. From a young lady, she became a fierce warrior!

So let’s find out some trivia and facts about the character!

1. Arya Stark is a fictional character in American author George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire epic fantasy novel series
2. She is a prominent point of view character in the novels
3. And is the only viewpoint character to appear in every published book of the series
4. Introduced in 1996’s A Game of Thrones
5. Arya is the younger daughter
6. And third child of Lord Eddard Stark
7. And his wife Lady Catelyn Stark
8. She is tomboyish, headstrong, feisty, independent, disdains traditional female pursuits
9. She is often mistaken for a boy
10. She wields a smallsword named Needle
11. A gift from her half-brother, Jon Snow
12. She is trained in the Braavosi style of sword fighting by Syrio Forel
13. Arya Stark is portrayed by English actress Maisie Williams
14. In HBO’s Emmy-winning television adaptation of the novel series, Game of Thrones
15. Her performance has garnered critical acclaim
16. Particularly in the second season for her work opposite veteran actor Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister)
17. When she served as his cupbearer
18. She is among the most popular characters in either version of the story
19. Williams was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for the role in 2016
20. She and the rest of the cast were nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017
21. She is nine years old at the beginning of the series
22. She has four siblings
23. An older brother, Robb
24. Two younger brothers Bran and Rickon
25. And an older sister, Sansa
26. She also grows very close to her bastard half-brother Jon Snow
27. Who resembles her in looks
28. Williams was chosen from among 300 actresses across England
29. Arya accompanies her father Ned and her sister Sansa to King’s Landing
30. Arya flees the Red Keep
31. Accidentally killing a stable boy in her escape
32. Hiding out as a beggar in the streets of King’s Landing
33. Ned is eventually taken to the Great Sept of Baelor to face judgment
34. He spots Arya in the crowd, and alerts the Night’s Watch recruiter Yoren to her presence
35. Yoren prevents Arya from witnessing Ned’s execution
36. And has her pose as a boy as she joins Yoren’s recruits on the march north
37. The recruits are taken to Harrenhal, where Tywin Lannister recognises her as a girl
38. And takes her as his cupbearer
39. Jaqen offers to kill three people for Arya as reward for saving his life
40. Arya picks Harrenhal’s torturer The Tickler and Ser Amory
41. When Arya is unable to have Tywin killed before his departure, she has Jaqen help her
42. Jaqen offers to take Arya to Braavos to join the Faceless Men assassin guild
43. And although she declines he gives her an iron coin that will allow her to obtain passage to Braavos
44. Thoros takes Arya and her friends to the Brotherhood’s hideout
45. She is captured by the Hound, who intends to take her to The Twins to ransom her to her brother Robb
46. However, as they arrive the Freys betray the Starks and slaughter their forces
47. With Arya barely escaping the massacre
48. In the aftermath of their escape, Arya encounters a Frey soldier bragging about his role in desecrating Robb’s corpse
49. Arya stabs the soldier to death
50. Marking the first time she has deliberately killed another person
51. Arya reclaims Needle and uses it to kill Polliver to avenge Lommy
52. Arya kills Rorge after recalling he had threatened to rape her
53. The Hound takes Arya to the Vale to ransom her to her aunt Lysa Arryn
54. Only to be turned away at the Bloody Gate when they are informed that Lysa has apparently committed suicide
55. Returning from the Bloody Gate, they are approached by Brienne of Tarth, who had sworn to Catelyn Stark to take Arya to safety
56. Distrusting Brienne’s allegiances, the Hound attempts to kill her but is severely beaten and is seemingly mortally wounded
57. Arya manages to hide from Brienne in the confusion
58. And after Brienne leaves, Arya takes the Hound’s silver, leaving him to die
59. She then encounters a Braavosi captain, who offers her passage to Braavos after she gives him the iron coin
60. Arya arrives in Braavos and is accepted into the House of Black and White by a man who wears Jaqen H’ghar’s face
61. After impressing Jaqen with her ability to lie undetected, she is given the assignment of assassinating a corrupt insurance salesman
62. However, she is distracted from her mission by the arrival in Braavos of Ser Meryn Trant
63. Assuming the identity of the girl she had poisoned, Arya disguises herself as a prostitute and infiltrates a brothel
64. There she kills Meryn
65. However, when she returns to the House of Black and White she is caught by Jaqen
66. Who chides that Arya has not dissociated from her identity and that as a result wearing another person’s face will poison her
67. Arya is subsequently struck blind
68. Arya is forced to beg on the streets of Braavos
69. Eventually, Jaqen brings Arya back to the House of Black and White and restores her vision
70. She is tasked to assassinate an actress named Lady Crane
71. But Arya has a change of heart at the last minute
72. Instead warning Lady Crane of the attempt on her life
73. The Waif witnesses this disobedience
74. And is given permission by Jaqen to kill Arya
75. Aware that she is now in danger, Arya retrieves her sword Needle from its hiding place and arranges for passage out of Braavos
76. But is stabbed by the Waif and barely escapes
77. Lady Crane nurses her back to health
78. But the Waif reappears, kills Lady Crane and pursues a recovering Arya
79. Arya leads the Waif to her quarters underneath Braavos and extinguishes the only candle in the room
80. Her experience fighting blind ultimately giving her the advantage and allowing her to kill the Waif
81. She removes the Waif’s face and adds it to the Hall of Faces before telling an impressed Jaqen that she is Arya Stark, and returns to Westeros
82. Arya travels to the Twins
83. Assuming the identity of a servant girl
84. She kills Lord Walder Frey’s sons, Black Walder Rivers and Lothar Frey
85. Before cooking them in a pie that she serves to Walder Frey
86. After revealing her subterfuge and her true identity to Walder
87. She cuts his throat, avenging Robb and Catelyn
88. Taking the face of Walder Frey, Arya gathers the men of House Frey for a feast before killing them all with poisoned wine
89. Arya then journeys south
90. Intending to travel to King’s Landing to assassinate Cersei
91. She decides to return to Winterfell, when she heard Jon Snow is King of the North
92. Arriving at Winterfell, Arya finds that Jon has traveled to Dragonstone but is reunited with Sansa and Bran
93. Arya is also reunited with Brienne, who continues to serve the Starks
94. Littlefinger seeks to increase his influence on Sansa by driving a wedge between the Stark sisters
95. Arya cuts his throat with the Valyrian steel dagger and Sansa’s approval
96. The Stark sisters later resolve their differences, and acknowledge that the Starks must stay together to survive winter