Brevet som Jorah fick från Varys innehöll en varning om mordförsök. Varys skickade inte giften, förgiften handlade själv. Littlefinger berättar för Ned att han "räddade" Dany genom att göra rådet överens om att skänka en herre över den som dödade Dany istället för att hyra en professionell (som en ansiktslös man).
[Littlefinger to Ned:] "After you stormed out, it was left to me to convince them not to hire the Faceless Men," he continued blithely. "Instead Varys will quietly let it be known that we'll make a lord of whoever does in the Targaryen girl."
Ned was disgusted. "So now we grant titles to assassins."
Littlefinger shrugged. "Titles are cheap. The Faceless Men are expensive. If truth be told, I did the Targaryen girl more good than you with all your talk of honor. Let some sellsword drunk on visions of lordship try to kill her. Likely he'll make a botch of it, and afterward the Dothraki will be on their guard. If we'd sent a Faceless Man after her, she'd be as good as buried."
CL4PTR4P ger en bra poäng i kommentarerna att Robert återkallar mordordern på sin dödsbädd, och att kan vara varningen till Jorah kommer ifrån. Varys var (förmodligen) den som skickade meddelanden om mordet, men jag tror inte att han hade mycket val i frågan: Han måste ses som försök, eller det skulle kosta sitt liv.
Jag håller med om att Varys och Illyriras beteende mot Dany och Viserys varit lite konstiga. Speciellt ... (Major spoiler ADWD):
..considering the way that they have nurtured, pampered and protected Aegon for years. In contrast, they have let Viserys die, sold Daenerys to the dothraki and more or less abandoned her to live or die.
Because it is clear that they intend for Aegon to rule, considering Varys' speech to Kevan Lannister, it is very strange that they allowed Dany and Viserys to believe that they were the royal heirs. It would be very awkward if they presented Aegon to Viserys... "So... ehm... here's the real king of Westeros. Would you kindly step aside?"
I am starting to wonder about Bloodraven's involvement, especially considering that he more or less had the same job as Varys in his days. Its been speculated that Varys is a hidden Targaryen, and he does have a shaved head, much like Egg (Aegon V) in the Dunk & Egg novels.