He was first introduced as a Lorathi criminal - who was arrested and put in the dungeons of King's Landing , before being recruited by Yoren to join the Night's Watch. He travels with them to the lands south of Harrenhal, where they are captured by Lannister forces. After the Jaqen persona is of no more use to him, the Faceless Man shapeshifts into a new appearance and tells Arya he will train her to be a Faceless Man if she goes with him.
Eventually, Arya travels to Braavos to look for Jaqen and finds him, and he trains her. Her training is complete upon killing the Waif and he fully deems her to be "no one.
Jaqen is surprisingly calm in the face of danger, yet courteous. Hailing from Lorath , he uses speech patterns in which he refers to people using the third person indefinite, e. When looking for fresh recruits for the Night's Watch , Yoren was given permission by Eddard Stark, Hand of the King , to go through the dungeons and take any criminals who would swear to take the black.
Because Yoren is traveling so far with so few men, the worst three are kept in a locked barred cell on the back of a wagon. Jaqen calls over "Arry" who is actually Arya Stark. Rorge , one of the other prisoners, rattles the cage and threatens Arya. Jaqen asks Arya for forgiveness and tells her that he has not chosen his companions. He confirms her identity as Arry and introduces himself, saying that he comes from Lorath. Rorge demands beer and insults Arya. She says that he should have asked nicely, drops all but one of her sticks and uses it to hit his hand.
He recoils and then tries to grab her through the cage. Biter moves up behind Rorge and hisses as Rorge threatens Arya again. Jaqen smiles and tells Arya that she has more courage than sense as she backs away. The group is resting in a barn, when they are roused to arms by Yoren and told they are being attacked. As they rush outside, one man trips and drops his torch, setting a fire near the prisoner wagon. Lorch points out the Gold Cloaks with him and says that they have come for Gendry , a royal bastard.
