ASOIAF / Game of Thrones (SPOILERS INSIDE)

[Sirken]

Originally Posted by Dalven [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I have my doubts that Illyrio and Varys' end game focuses around Dany; it would have required some incredible foresight regarding Viserys' death and Dany's rise to power, and even if they were originally planning on using Viserys as a puppet figurehead the appearance of Aegon changes (for us) what appears to be the focus of their end game. Although if Varys is a powerful magic user of some variety (and your points on this have made me think in this direction) maybe he did know. Certainly destabilisation of the realm was their long term goal, from the conversation Arya overhead in GoT, although whether it may be in aid of the Others (speculation) or simply creating the right conditions for their own chance to take over remains to be seen. Also a fan of Tyrion being a Targaryen.

i dont think Illyrio and Varys' end game focuses around Dany so much as it did targaryen.
i think plans switched to her after her brother died, and i think they were sped up when Robert died. as far as the convo arya overheard, i think that was more about creating the conditions they need in order to put their puppet on the throne.

as far as tyrion = tagaryen, i'm back and forth on it. it fits, but also i cant see Tywin ever saying "You are my son" to tyrion if he was not in fact Tywin's son. Hell, Tywin most likely would have drowned tyrion as a baby... a bastard tagaryen dwarf baby that killed his wife in child birth.