re: Crackpot ASOIAF Theories SPOILERS

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Are you sure? Who was the representative for house targaryen in the deal?

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Willem Darry

The prominent theory is that Varys isn't in league with the Targaryens at all. Varys is theoretically a member of the Blackfyres, a bastard clan of Targaryens who want to take over Westeros and destroy the Targaryen dynasty. The theory goes that Varys had a sister named Serra. Being a eunuch, Varys could no longer have children. Illyrio eventually married Varys sister, and while Illyrio claims she was killed by the flux, she actually died in child birth.

That child became Aegon "Targaryen". Unknown to himself, Jon Connington, and everyone else, he is actually a Blackfyre. The Golden Company hates the Targaryen's and are Blackfyre loyalists. They have never broken their contract, and it seems that a Blackfyre coming to take them home is the only way they would. Illyrio has something personal in it and has a great fondness for Aegon.

Varys and Illyrio all these years have just tried to distract Robert Baratheon with Viserys and Dany, while his true threat lived in peace. Dany didn't become important to their plans until she got dragons, and now Illyrio and Varys want them for Aegon.