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I'm generally not a big fan of tinfoil involving secret identities. I was going to post a whiny rant complaining about too much secret identify tinfoil in this sub, and lack of creativity, and blah blah blah. But then, in defence of the crazy theories, I realized that there have been a LOT of secret identities in the series so far.

Just for fun I tried to see how many I could remember. Here is my list of CONFIRMED, CANON, NON-TINFOIL secret identities in the series. These are all people who at one time or another used an alias to hide their identity, or pretended to be someone else.

It would be cool to get this list as complete as possible, so let me know if you think of any others.

Arstan Whitebeard is secretly Barristan Selmy

Reek II is secretly Ramsay Snow

Reek III is secretly Theon Greyjoy

Esgred the shipwright’s wife is secretly Asha Greyjoy

Rugen the gaoler is secretly Varys

Griff is secretly Jon Connington

The three-eyed raven is secretly Brynden “Bloodraven” Rivers

Egg the squire is secretly Aegon V “The Unlikely” Targaryen

Lady Stoneheart is secretly Un-Catlyn Stark

Frog is secretly Quentyn Martell

Drink is secretly Gerris Drinkwater

Ser Greenguts is secretly Ser Archibald Yronwood

Alayne Stone is secretly Sansa Stark

Arry/Weasel/Cat of the Canals/The Blind Girl/The Ugly Little Girl/Mercy/Salty/Nan is secretly Arya Stark

Yollo/Hugor Hill is secretly Tyrion Lannister

Executed Mance Rayder is secretly Raddleshirt

Abel the bard is secretly Mance Rayder

Raddleshirt II is secretly glamored Mance

Fake Arya Stark is secretly Jeyne Poole

Monster is secretly Mance's son

Mance's son is secretly Monster

John the Fiddler is secretly Daemon II Blackfyre

Renly in the battle of the Blackwater is secretly Garlan Tyrell

Crisped Bran and Rickon are secretly the Miller's boys

The Hound II is secretly Rorge

The Hound III is secretly Lem Lemoncloak

Dead baby Aegon Targaryen was secretly the Pisswater Prince (a nameless Tanner's son)

Little kid Jamie and Cersei are secretly each other parent trap-style

Not officially confirmed canon yet, but pretty much head canon for almost everyone:

Gravedigger is secretly Sandor Clegane(This might be pushing things EDIT: removed the strikethrough since this one is strongly supported)

Robert Strong is secretly Un-Gregor Clegane

Alleras is secretly Sarella Sand

The alchemist is secretly Jaqen H'ghar

Young Griff is secretly Aegon Targaryen (or Blackfyre)

EDIT: Added a few others that are not confirmed but seem to be generally accepted by almost everyone here

Maynard Plumm is secretly BloodRaven

Pate II is secretly Jaqen H'ghar

Lem Lemoncloak is secretly Ser Richard LonMouth

The Knight of the Laughing Tree is secretly Lyanna Stark??? (this one is contested, but KotLT is definitely someone's secret identity)

Black tomcat in the Red Keep is secretly Balerion, Rhaenys Targaryen's kitten (not really a secret identity, but I really like this theory)

The Harpy is secretly ?The Green Grace? (We don't know who it is, but the Harpy counts as a secret identity)

Don't forget the inverse: Rattleshirt was secretly Mance

Also, Jeyne Poole is disguised as Arya Stark

And Mance's child is actually Gilly's, and vice versa

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