A carta que Jorah recebeu de Varys continha uma advertência sobre tentativas de assassinato. Varys não enviou o envenenador, o envenenador agiu por conta própria. Mindinho diz a Ned que ele "salvou" Dany ao fazer o conselho concordar em conceder um senhorio a quem matou Dany, em vez de contratar um profissional (como um homem sem rosto).
[Littlefinger to Ned:] "After you stormed out, it was left to me to convince them not to hire the Faceless Men," he continued blithely. "Instead Varys will quietly let it be known that we'll make a lord of whoever does in the Targaryen girl."
Ned was disgusted. "So now we grant titles to assassins."
Littlefinger shrugged. "Titles are cheap. The Faceless Men are expensive. If truth be told, I did the Targaryen girl more good than you with all your talk of honor. Let some sellsword drunk on visions of lordship try to kill her. Likely he'll make a botch of it, and afterward the Dothraki will be on their guard. If we'd sent a Faceless Man after her, she'd be as good as buried."
CL4PTR4P faz um bom ponto nos comentários que Robert retira a ordem de assassinato em seu leito de morte, e que pode ser de onde vem a advertência a Jorah. Varys foi (provavelmente) o único a enviar as mensagens sobre o assassinato, mas eu não acredito que ele tenha muita escolha no assunto: ele deve ser visto tentando, ou isso custaria a vida dele.
Concordo, porém, que o comportamento de Varys e Illyrio em relação a Dany e Viserys tenha sido um pouco estranho. Especialmente ... (Major spoiler ADWD):..considering the way that they have nurtured, pampered and protected Aegon for years. In contrast, they have let Viserys die, sold Daenerys to the dothraki and more or less abandoned her to live or die.
Because it is clear that they intend for Aegon to rule, considering Varys' speech to Kevan Lannister, it is very strange that they allowed Dany and Viserys to believe that they were the royal heirs. It would be very awkward if they presented Aegon to Viserys... "So... ehm... here's the real king of Westeros. Would you kindly step aside?"
I am starting to wonder about Bloodraven's involvement, especially considering that he more or less had the same job as Varys in his days. Its been speculated that Varys is a hidden Targaryen, and he does have a shaved head, much like Egg (Aegon V) in the Dunk & Egg novels.