There are so many similarities between Aegon’s/Jaqen’s characterization and The Count of Monte Cristo titular character.Â
Both are good-natured young men, highly intelligent and honorable. They both were wronged, their lives were stolen from them. The betrayal and the consequences of it hardened them and pushed them on the path of revenge.
They both return to their homeland after the long absence. They hide their identity, they use different disguises to fool their enemies and exact their vengeance. And they both love girls named Mercy, Mercedes and Mercedene respectively.Â
I love this little nod to Dumas’s novel that is Arya’s alias in The Winds of Winter. I wish we could see it adapted properly in Game of Thrones.