Jaqen Backstory

Jaqen H'ghar is born in a city called Bravos. The H'ghar family is a well known noble family that resides in Bravos. Jaqen was a bit spoiled growing up as he seems to get everything he wanted and his parents Catelyn and Robert Baratheon has mostly kept him indoors and protected. However, this made him more bored and bored as he grew up but always kept a happy face to keep his parents happy. He wanted more in life but wasn't sure what he was missing. He's thought a lot about running away but didn't seem to know how as the mansion he grew up in was heavily guarded.

That is until one sunny afternoon, while he was with his parents, a few travelling merchants came by and presented his father a very nice ring. The travelling merchants demonstrated how the ring worked and it was able to copy what his father looked like, then his mother, then a few of the guards. It looks like a ring of disguise of some sort. It was however an illusion as people can still touch the wearer and can determine that it is an illusion. Jaqen's father was so impressed and paid the travelling merchant a lot of gold for it. Seeing this, Jaqen finally found a way to try and run away and have his own type of adventure. Away from the protection, the spoiling and most importantly, the boredom.

Jaqen's father usually keeps his treasures locked away in the basement but Jaqen has explored every inch of their mansion and knows the pattern in which the guards patrol the area. It also helps that he has access to almost everywhere and is known in the mansion. Using his brain to carefully get to the treasure room, he has successfully entered the treasure room and managed to take the ring. He also saw a sword and a shield which he thinks will be useful on his adventure.

He put the ring on and immediately got attuned with it. He transformed to his father to easily get out of the treasure room and back to his room. He then packed everything he needed and went out. Thus beginning Jaqen's long awaited adventure.

Jaqen used the ring to change his appearance and made his way southeast and decided to go to Jedah. He stopped by small village to village just learning the world and was starting to feel good about his adventure. He took a few gold with him for the journey so he was able to survive easily. A few journeys later, he arrived a friendly little village who was very welcoming. They didn't even charge Jaqen for any food or lodging and was just happy to get a visitor. However, that is where Jaqen took an unexpected turn in his life.

On one quiet and calm night, Jaqen was suddenly woken up by scream and chaos. When Jaqen got up and looked outside all he saw was fire everywhere and goblins scattered all over the place. Some goblins were fighting some were running away, in the center of all of this, he sees a witch surrounded by bigger goblins and saw the witch swallow a goblin whole. In panic, Jaqen closed his door and quickly started to pack his things. It was then that he noticed his hands were different, it looked like goblin hands. He touched his face and feels different too. However, due to to the panic and fear instilled to him he just went out the backway and ran as far as he could. He used the ring to look like one of the bigger armored goblins around the which and just ran... and ran.. and ran. Until he was far away from the chaos and reached a forest he could easily hide in.

Once in the forest, he managed to calm down a bit and noticed something different in his disguise. It seemed more real, like it was no longer an illusion. He tried multiple disguises and it was the same thing, it seems that something happened to the ring that the illusion now seems more real. He took of the ring and looked at himself in a reflection with a water source nearby. In his horror, what he sees looking back, is a goblin.

Jaqen now being turned into a goblin didn't know what to do. He knew he couldn't go back home now and can't go back the same way incase the witch was looking for him. He gathered strength and became hopeful that this curse can be reversed. He continued his journey onwards and finally made it to Jedah. However, Jaqen became more paranoid and decided not to stay for too long in a place and kept going.

Until he met a few friends in Davenport, one in which is a person known as a "miracle healer". He decided to join them on their journeys to see further what this healer is capable of and maybe one day he can ask him to heal him of this curse that he has. Jaqen uses his ring to change his appearance and hasn't turned back to his goblin self since then.