Jaqen H'ghar/Arya Stark

Jaqen H'ghar/Arya Stark, also known as Jaqarya, is the het pairing of Jaqen H'ghar and Arya Stark in the A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones fandoms.
==Canon==
In the TV series, Arya and Jaqen meet in season two when they travel together with a party heading to the Wall to join the Night's Watch. When Jaqen is trapped during a fire, Arya helps him escape. Afterwards he tells her that she owes the Gods three lives and she must give him three names. He assassinates two men for her, then helps her escape Harrenhal. He gives Arya a coin and tells her she can give it to any man from Braavos and she will be taken there. In season five she goes to Braavos and meets Jaqen again (or who she thinks is Jaqen) at the House of Black and White. She trains to become a Faceless Man, but eventually decides she wishes to return to Westeros.
In the published books, Arya and Jaqen have not met again after Harrenhal. Arya is trained by the Kindly Man and other characters when she goes to Braavos. As for Jaqen, it has been theorised that he is the Alchemist who steals the identity of Pate the novice in Oldtown.
==Fandom==
===Statistics===
*In 2020, Jaqen H'ghar/Arya Stark was the 4th most popular ship for Arya in the ASOIAF category in a survey of FanFiction.net, accounting for 3% of sampled fics.Phantom Statistician: Arya's's FanFiction Shipping Chart 2013 - Present
===Common Tropes in Fanworks===
*Modern AU: where they meet and begin a relationship
*Age Difference: in the books, Jaqen is apparently in his early twenties. In the TV series, he is older (the actor portraying him, Tom Wlaschiha, was in his late thirties when he first appeared in season two). To combat the large gap in their ages sometimes Arya will be aged up, however many writers keep their canonical ages and make any issues that arise a feature of their fanfiction
*Canon Divergence AU: varies, Arya remains in Braavos or Arya and Jaqen meet again after she leaves
===Challenges===
* Arya x Jaqen Week Tumblr event held in 2014
* Trick or Jaqen? Archive of Our Own and Tumblr Halloween event held in 2019
==Fanworks==
===Fan Art===
* But not too long by lady-voldything
* Valar Morghulis by Cuboidal
* Farewell: Arya Stark and Jaqen H'ghar by SleepingAnto
* the ghost of harrenhal by Milulya
* a girl will return by Milulya
* lovely girl by Aureuscus
* Braavos by Aureuscus
* the pack by Aureuscus
* A man and a girl by sibandit
* Training by sibandit
* waiting for season 8 be like by the-psychodelicate
* "Valar morghulis" or "Avada kedavra" by wyattabernathyus
===Fanfiction===
* Valar Dohaeris by Ghostie: Years after the ending of the War of Five Kings, Arya comes across an assassin from her childhood.
* beneath the gaze of winter by lolololabilly: "She leads him away from the yard, out into a wood with wild trees and soft ground and a carved face that bleeds. A man feels cold beneath the gaze of winter."
* The Sparrow and the Wolf by startwithsparks: If Jaqen had returned to Arya in Braavos during her first trial at the House of Black and White... how might her story have changed? Oneshot collection.
* Smoke and Mirrors by Fififjonka: Arya finally says the words. Valar Morghulis. But what happens afterwards is not quite as she imagined.
* The Assassin's Apprentice by Winterlyn_Dow: Arya Stark has the potential to become great within her order, if only she can let go of the past. First in a three part series; the second (The Grey Daughter) is currently in progress.
* Edernen by wearethewitches: "A man will not leave a woman or a son, not while he breathes air."
* The Truth Belongs to No One by FayeKNaime & gul: A girl completes her training to become a faceless one. A man struggles not to fall in love with a memory. The two will meet again, this time as comrades-in-arms on a deadly mission.
* Songs of the Faceless by PatriaRoux: The holy texts of two great temples in Braavos spoke of a child who was named Chosen, two hundred years after the Doom of Valyria. An order of assassins took the task of finding this child in the land of Westeros. This child is Arya Stark of Winterfell.
* Shades of Rue (and the Too Orthodox Tux of Solemn Black) by PatriaRoux: "I want you to paint me like one of your German girls, Jaqen."
* The Deadly Duo in Time by ewinofthelake: A man and a girl meet in different time periods. A collection of historical and modern AUs featuring vikings, bikers, vampires, and more.
* benediction by Griftings: The story of a man who was no one until he took an apprentice and became Jaqen H'ghar.
* sentimentality, and where it gets you by Griftings: The (Incomplete) Warg's Guide to Surviving the Wight Apocalypse with Your Mildly Sociopathic Ex-Hitman Friend with Benefits.
===Fan Vids===
* Never Forget
* Angels
* Dear Future Husband
* I Still See It
* What Vexes All Men?
* Songs Of Love And Death
* Kaleidoscope Of Memories
(all of the above by Darkeleni)
===Meta===
* Arya’s like 10 so I get that it’s totally not okay to ship her with a freaking grown man at this stage by orphanmakers
* Arya x Jaqen, some things I hadn’t thought about in a while by clarasghosts
* Why do you ship Arya with Jaqen? This is what the books are about: a union of ice and fire by first-of-her-nxme
* How Jaqen loves Arya if he is just a face? by first-of-her-nxme
* It's weird how people assume Arya leaving the Faceless Men will have a violent end by first-of-her-nxme
* Jaqen H'ghar: everything you need to know about the rightful king, Aegon Targaryen collection of metas about Jaqen, Jaqen x Arya, dragons, etc
==Art Gallery==
File:Valar Morghulis by DanaArena.jpg|Valar Morghulis by DanaArena
File:Inktober 2017 Day 21 - Furious by INGGO.jpg|Furious by INGGO
File:Such a fairytale by M4dH4tter.jpg|Such a fairytale by M4dH4tter
File:Now! - Arya Stark by Marzellene.jpg|Now! - Arya Stark by Marzellene
File:Three Lives You Shall Have by rae-shi.jpg|Three Lives You Shall Have by rae-shi
==Resources==
* Jaqen H'ghar/Arya Stark tag at Archive of Our Own
* Arya + Jaqen at FanFiction.net
* DeviantArt paring group: Arya x Jaqen
* Tumblr Tags: Jaqen x Arya, Arya x Jaqen, Jaqarya
==References==
Category:Het Pairings 
Category:ASOIAF/Game of Thrones Relationships