![]() ![]() Where do they live? Who feeds them? What sort of hierarchy could they have? Why has no one seen legions of tongueless children anywhere in KL? How can they be trusted to understand what they are hearing? I was leery of a mute children spy network as well, until the end of Dance when some of them showed up to murder Kevan.īut as the OP noted, the logistics are fuzzy. could easily enough also be done by children trained in the same manner as the little birds of KL. The little birds in KL most likely have their tongues removed because they deal with very sensitive information and Varys/Illyrio can't have it that they betray them.īut more mundane spy matters in Lannisport, Oldtown, Gulltown, Myr, Lys, Volantis, etc. Varys originally worked as thief and information broker, suggesting that he also decided to make use of the original little mice system in other cities, both in Westeros and Essos. I'd not be surprised if some of them already utilized children for that purpose rather than adults.Īnd the little birds system in itself could also be in effect in other cities as well. One really wonders what kind of people Tyanna of the Tower, Larys Strong, Mysaria, or Bloodraven used to overhear the conversations of the people living in the Red Keep. What little we know about the secret passages and listening posts Maegor the Cruel built into the Red Keep suggests that children would always have been well-suited to do the actual listening. That certainly is true, but one wonders whether Varys merely rediscovered or independently invented a system other Masters Whisperers already used under previous Targaryen kings. Nobody imagine poor, mute, little children who know how to read/write, hide and infiltrate. No one knows what he's actually talking about when he mention them. The 'Little Birds' are the main Varys innovation. If the message had spread and a raven had reached Stokeworth or Rosby the entire court and not just only Varys would have known about the whole thing, thus it is likely that one of Varys' agents was at the inn and later informed him via raven or carrier pigeon. It is very difficult to imagine how a rider carrying the news should have reached Varys before Yoren reached Ned (who told Ned that he is the first rider to reach KL starting at the inn). For instance, in AGoT Varys is the first in KL to learn about Tyrion's abduction in the Riverlands (he knows it before Yoren arrives at the Red Keep at the very end of the Arya chapter where she overhears Varys and Illyrio under the castle). Most importantly, he must have access to his own ravens to send and receive messages as quickly as he apparently does. We have to assume Varys has a staff of some sort, possibly retired birds/mice, actually collecting/preparing information for him and overseeing the various agents in his employ. The other stuff is just the Crown paying for information, the Crown employing agents and spies to gather information abroad/across the Realm. ![]() ![]() It seems to exist mostly in KL, although it is possible that Varys/Illyrio also use the birds in the other cities. ![]()
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