And after Cersei blew up the Great Sept with the High Sparrow inside, it seems likely that septons and septas of the Faith will go back to being lax about standards of morality, that is, unless they’re trying to die by wildfire explosion. But as compared to some other Westerosi religions, the Faith remains firmly rooted in the minds of humans - there have been no supernatural occurrences involving the Seven, or any indication that there’s some prophecy about to come true.

Recall the High Sparrow and his devout Faith Militant in season five, or the way the Lannisters used to keep the High Septon in their pockets.Ĭatelyn Stark was a big believer of the Seven back in the day and made a sort of seven-pointed star effigy to hang above Bran’s bed before he woke up after his near-fatal tower fall.

Like a real religion, it has its own fringe sects and its own corruption scandals. Martin has compared the Faith of the Seven to the Catholic Church in medieval times, when religion and politics were (at least more explicitly) connected than they are now. The faith holds that there’s one god with seven faces: The Mother, the Father, the Stranger, the Crone, the Warrior, the Smith, and the Maiden. This is the most common religion in Westeros and it’s represented by the seven-pointed star symbol you’ve likely seen in places such as the throne room of the Red Keep.

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