The Night Wolf and the Shadow Pack - The Direwolves of Winterfell Ep. 3.5, covering Arya's chapters in A Dance with Dragons and the Mercy sample chapter from The Winds of Winter is my last vid about Nymeria and Arya. Now we move on to Bran and Summer!
These chapters are darker and more grown-up for Arya (sadly, given her actual age). The savagery of the wolf dreams is also alarming, but my main take-away from this episode is that Arya never was going to shed her Starks identity, chiefly because of her warg bond to Nymeria.
It may even be that the faceless have been aware of this from the moment she first had a wolf dream among them, but they went through the motions of teaching her to be "no one" to hide their real purpose. I am more interested in how her bond continues to develop with Nymeria than in how she escapes Braavos or what relationship she may have with the faceless going forward. One thing I can see from this study, Nymeria and Arya are survivors. I am quite excited to see what else is in store for them in The Winds of Winter!
As always, thanks to all the #asoiaf fan artists for the terrific art of Arya and Nymeria's myriad misadventures. It is a fascinating set of works and I couldn't do this without them!
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and more!
