Game of Thrones questions

1. He didn't want Qyburn to chop off his arm or experiment on him like he did with other sickly people (and thus that's how Qyburn lost his Maester chain).

2. Robb gonna Robb

3. No clue .

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1. In season 3 when Qyburn was fixing Jamie, why did Jamie refuse milk of the poppy?

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Because it dulls his sense, and Qyburn could do god knows what to him (and of anyone in the 7 Kingdoms, he's the one person you don't want to be oblivious around).

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2. Why did Robb wait till season 3 to plan an attack on Casterly Rock? Seems like season 2 would've been the perfect time. His army was at full strength. He was winning battles. He was in the westerland. He should know that Stannis was heading to Kings Landing and that Tywin would move his army there, leaving Casterly Rock vulnerable.

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That was just something that the show made up and makes no sense to me either.

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3. The old wizard that Varys captured in season 3. Where is he? With Varys going back to Essos at the end of season 4, does that mean the Wizard is on the ship as well?

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Something else the show made up, but I like a lot.

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Why did Robb wait till season 3 to plan an attack on Casterly Rock?

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Because he was marching on King's Landing initially to rescue Ned. When Ned was killed it wouldn't have made sense to give up all of their gains and attack Casterly Rock. The only reason they were going to go after Casterly Rock was because half their forces had just left and they needed to put the Lannister's between a rock and a hard place. That was their only power move available after the Karstarks left.

But like OMLandshark said, it was something that made no sense because it was made up by the show writers. IIRC in the books they were going to go back north and drive out the Iron Born before dealing with the Lannisters further.

They really screwed up Robb's storyline and made him less interesting. The whole idea that he would just marry random Essos girl made no sense and was far less interesting than how the book dealt with his marriage. Also the idea of them going North through the Neck made a lot more sense than attacking Casterly Rock. Even if he succeeded (which was a stretch as Casterly Rock would be extremely difficult to conquer) what would they do? They would essentially use up their limited forces to get trapped up against the sea. I suppose they could have used the captured gold to buy sellswords? Robb had no fleet and neither did the Lannisters at CL.

It just made very little sense to me.

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1. I saw it as Jaime atoning for his sins. He knew he deserved to feel every bit of the pain for pushing Bran off that tower.

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That's how I took it as well IIRC.

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I just rewatched that episode and I swear it looked like that creepy bald headed warlock from the House of the Undying

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One of Dany's dragons fried him at the end of s2.

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2. Why did Robb wait till season 3 to plan an attack on Casterly Rock? Seems like season 2 would've been the perfect time. His army was at full strength. He was winning battles. He was in the westerland. He should know that Stannis was heading to Kings Landing and that Tywin would move his army there, leaving Casterly Rock vulnerable.

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Think about it. Twin's army outnumbers the Northerners, and the Northerners are operating in foreign territory. Capturing the Rock means putting your back to the sea and risking being surrounded by the Lannisters, effectively cutting your supply line. And you can't resupply by sea either, because guess what? The whole Greyjoy Iron Fleet lives right there, between the North and the Rock.

2. Taking Casterly Rock does not win the war.

Because he was thinking with emotions and listening to his mom.