Why did Daenerys killed Varys?

Even more importantly, she sees Varys’s willingness to spread the news about Jon — who, technically, has a better claim to the throne if he wants it — as a betrayal to her and her cause. Unwilling to let that slide, she attempts to stop the dissemination of the secret in its tracks by killing Varys.

Was Lord Varys trying to poison Daenerys?

ICYMI, Varys totally tried to poison Dany at the beginning of the episode. Varys’s attempt to poison Daenerys makes his execution pretty justifiable—she had promised in Season Seven to burn him to death if he attempted to betray her, after all.

Why did Daenerys burn the city?

Originally Answered: [SPOILERS] Why did Daenerys destroy the city she wanted to rule (King’s Landing) after they surrendered? She destroyed it to feed her vengeance. I’m of the opinion that Daenerys never expected Cersei to surrender. She never expected the Lannister soldiers to stand down.

What happened to Lord Varys on ‘Game of Thrones’?

The Master of Whispers wasn’t exactly quiet about his loyalties. The latest episode of Game of Thrones started with a bang—the fiery death of Lord Varys, Master of Whispers, executed by Daenerys for supporting Jon’s claim to the Iron Throne.

Why did Daenerys Targaryen write a letter to Varys?

That’s likely also why he was writing that letter at the beginning of the episode — informing the rest of Westeros that Aegon Targaryen (read: our good ol’ Warden of the North, Jon Snow) is the true heir. Naturally, Dany became upset. As she warned Varys, she’d “burn him alive” if he ever betrayed her, and she was true to her word.

What happens to Varys now that he’s dead?

Unwilling to let that slide, she attempts to stop the dissemination of the secret in its tracks by killing Varys. It’s unclear what happens now that Varys is dead. He burns some of his writings before Dany’s soldiers arrive to arrest and execute him, but it seems like he managed to get the word out before his death.

Why did Varys send whispers to the birds about Jon Snow?

And since Varys became convinced that the former bastard had a more legitimate claim to the Iron Throne, he began sending whispers to his little birds about Jon. The only problem, however, is that he still worked for Dany.