Illyrio Mopatis. Set up Dany's marriage with Khal Drogo and gifted her the 3 dragon eggs. He and Varys were instrumental in starting Dany's campaign to get the Iron Throne. And it was his house where Tyrion fled after killing Tywin. Yet, he was abandoned, never to be mentioned again.

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image showing Illyrio Mopatis. Set up Dany's marriage with Khal Drogo and gifted her the 3 dragon eggs. He and Varys were instrumental in starting Dany's campaign to get the Iron Throne. And it was his house where Tyrion fled after killing Tywin. Yet, he was abandoned, never to be mentioned again.

rptourage on August 11st, 2019 at 12:43 UTC »

Think he'll have a really important role to play in the remaining books if they ever come out (just like Littlefinger, Varys, etc. unlike the show).

JamboJman on August 11st, 2019 at 13:44 UTC »

In the books Illyrio and Varys were scheming to get young Griff on the throne, not Dany/Viserys. They were just using Viserys and the Dothraki to destabilize the realm so Griff could pick up the pieces.

Writing out Griff meant making show Varys an incoherent character. On one hand he is “for the good of the realm”. OTOH, he wanted to replace Bobby B with a petty and weak sadist.

SerKurtWagner on August 11st, 2019 at 14:37 UTC »

Unfortunately, his character was rendered pointless when they cut Young Griff. Same with Varys, but they were obligated to still force him into Dany’s story.

They COULD have found a clever way to rewrite that arc, but they clearly weren’t interested in fulfilling anything but their self-assigned end date.