I highly doubt he is. Doesn't make sense for him to have played Rhaegar and Aerys against each other, and then send Dany and Vicerys to their almost certain deaths. Varys now only has an interest in Dany because of her dragons. Really going to Slaver's Bay instead of Pentos probably saved Dany's life. He's merely using the Targaryen name to seat Aegon.

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Posted by Antonio Moss

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Posted on 4/20/15 at 9:16 am to OMLandshark

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He's merely using the Targaryen name to seat Aegon.

Agree. The books make it seem like he is a Blackfyre loyalist.

I think the entire Blackfyre storyline is getting cut out the show though.

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Posted by Ace Midnight

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Posted on 4/20/15 at 9:39 am to OMLandshark

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Doesn't make sense for him to have played Rhaegar and Aerys against each other

Meh. He was probably part of the conspiracy to move Aerys on to "King Emeritus" status, if that was even possible, in favor of Rhaegar - I mean EVERYONE wanted Rhaegar to be the king - until the Lyanna Stark thing. For inspiration, I think Martin drew upon the Helen of Troy story for this part.

In any event, Varys had a number of opportunities to have Viserys and Dany killed when they were children - I mean Illyrio is his boy. If he wanted them dead, they would have been dead. He was keeping them behind glass until he needed to put them into play, IMHO. He may know about R+L=J - he may not, but knowing (without anyone else knowing) meant he didn't have to do anything until it becomes necessary.

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