They can still try, but the stakes are much higher.īut that's not all. Unlike the original spies, outriders don't usually infiltrate enemy settlements inducing unrest and opening gates. As Tywin himself learned when he got tricked by Robb, outriders are vital to uncovering enemy hosts lying in ambush and following enemy moves behind the fog of war. Like the original spies, outriders can go anywhere and are hidden to enemy factions.
Some folks back at suggested that the spy's role could be changed to something like the outriders, which were used extensively around the Riverlands. The closest is the little birds of Varys, but they don't go out scouting armies or opening gates. The idea is Westeros didn't actually have something like a spy.
