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'''Master of Whisperers''' is an important position on the King's [[small council]] in the [[Seven Kingdoms]], the effective government of the realm. He advises the King on matters of espionage and state intelligence. In the first season this position is held by Lord [[Varys]] under King [[Robert Baratheon]]. Varys remains in the role under Robert's successors King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]] and King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]]. The current status of the position is unclear, as Varys decided to leave [[Westeros]] with [[Tyrion Lannister]].<ref>"[[The Children]]"</ref> |
'''Master of Whisperers''' is an important position on the King's [[small council]] in the [[Seven Kingdoms]], the effective government of the realm. He advises the King on matters of espionage and state intelligence. In the first season this position is held by Lord [[Varys]] under King [[Robert Baratheon]]. Varys remains in the role under Robert's successors King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]] and King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]]. The current status of the position is unclear, as Varys decided to leave [[Westeros]] with [[Tyrion Lannister]].<ref>"[[The Children]]"</ref> |
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Revision as of 23:53, 3 July 2014
- "The Master of Whisperers must be sly and obsequious and without scruple."
- ―Varys
Varys, Master of Whisperers
Master of Whisperers is an important position on the King's small council in the Seven Kingdoms, the effective government of the realm. He advises the King on matters of espionage and state intelligence. In the first season this position is held by Lord Varys under King Robert Baratheon. Varys remains in the role under Robert's successors King Joffrey and King Tommen. The current status of the position is unclear, as Varys decided to leave Westeros with Tyrion Lannister.[1]
In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Varys was Master of Whisperers under King Aerys II Targaryen at the time of Robert's Rebellion. He cautioned the king not to let Tywin Lannister's army within the gates, but Grand Maester Pycelle (secretly Tywin's agent) convinced the Mad King that Tywin had come to turn the tide of the war back in his favor, and to let his army inside the gates. As soon as the army entered the Lannisters turned on the Targaryens, in the destructive Sack of King's Landing. After Robert Baratheon was crowned king, he pardoned Varys and kept him in his position as Master of Whisperers, which he would maintain through the rest of Robert's rule. Thus, by the beginning of the narrative, Varys has been the head of the realm's spy network for over twenty years. It is unknown specifically why Robert pardoned Varys, much less kept him in such a sensitive position, though it may simply be because he was very good at his job (though this is revealed to be detrimental to Robert, as Varys secretly remains a Targaryen loyalist, in contact with Illyrio Mopatis in orchestrating the affairs of Prince Viserys Targaryen, and the marriage of his sister Princess Daenerys Targaryen to Khal Drogo).
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