![]() At seven and forty, the king is no longer young, yet remains the moniker granted to him in those fields in battle. Yet for the past thirty years, it has been neither dragon spawn nor lion spawn that have sat upon the Iron Throne, but wolf spawn: in the person of Robb Stark, the young wolf. Nearly three-hundred years have passed since the dragon king conquered Westeros and united warring kingdoms under the Iron Throne. ![]() ![]() I tried to cover everything I could, but it's gotten long enough. The Stranger can also be depicted with its hair hanging down over the front of its head instead of the back, obscuring its face.This AAR is super long. This statue depicts the Stranger as a gaunt figure, holding a scythe. The statue of the Stranger in the Great Sept of Baelor is faced towards the wall behind it, away from the room. Sometimes it is represented as a skeletal figure, or a non-human creature possessing various animalistic features.īecause the Stranger represents both death and the unknown, it is also often depicted (in paintings or statues) as facing away from the viewer, so its face cannot be seen. Unlike the other aspects which are represented as human figures in artwork, because the Stranger represents the unknown it is often portrayed in a wide variety of forms, often frightening. The Stranger is depicted as neither male nor female, thus the number of male and female aspects within the godhead is equal: three males (Father, Warrior, Smith), three females (Maiden, Mother, Crone), and one who is neither. The Stranger is served by an all-female monastic order, the Silent Sisters, who are tasked with preparing the bodies of the dead for funerals. The Stranger represents death and the unknown. Grants workers the strength to continue their labors. The Smith represents creation and craftsmanship. The Warrior represents strength and courage in battle. Sometimes She is depicted as blindfolded. The Crone represents wisdom and foresight. She protects the chastity of virgins, as well as protecting the innocent in general. The Maiden represents purity, innocence, love, and beauty. The hymn Gentle Mother, Font of Mercy is dedicated to Her praise. Apart from human fertility, she also blesses crops with bountiful harvests. She is sometimes referred to as "the strength of women". The Mother represents mercy, peace, fertility, and childbirth. The Father represents divine justice, and judges the souls of the dead. From left to right: the Crone (holding a lantern), the Warrior (holding swords), the Mother (with open arms of mercy), the Father (holding scales of justice), the Maiden (a nude young woman), the Smith (at lower right facing away from the camera, but visibly holding a blacksmith's hammer), and the Stranger (at lower left, not clearly visible the Stranger represents death and the unknown, so his statue faces away from the room, towards the wall). Statues of the Seven in the Great Sept of Baelor. They are known as the Father, the Mother, the Maiden, the Crone, the Warrior, the Smith, and the Stranger. AspectsĮach of the Seven aspects symbolizes a different part of life and are prayed to for different purposes. Soon after, the Andal Invasion of Westeros began. Īccording to tradition, the Seven manifested themselves to the Andals, the inhabitants of the Hills of Andalos in the continent of Essos, six thousand years before the War of the Five Kings. The Seven are referred to as "the New Gods" or "New God" to distinguish them from the Old Gods of the Forest worshiped by the First Men. This has not stopped the commonly heard exclamation "Gods be good!" from being used pervasively throughout the Seven Kingdoms. In practice, many devotees will refer to the aspects as "Gods" plural, though priests of the Faith will attempt to stress the theological nuance to their followers that there is indeed only one God, the "Seven-in-One" deity. For this reason, the deity is often referred to as the "Seven-faced God". ![]() Though the Faith teaches that there is a single deity, it has seven "aspects" or "faces".
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