The common prayer of the followers of the Lord of Light begins, "The night is dark and full of terrors", followed by the response line, "Lord, cast your light upon us." When interacting with each other, Red Priests tend to speak High Valyrian and greet each other with the traditional Valyrian exchange valar morghulis/valar dohaeris, although this probably has more to do with the cultural background of most Red Priests than the religion itself. The more fanatical Red Priests perform human sacrifices. In temples of the Lord of Light, Red Priests conduct bonfires and sing prayers each night, beseeching the Lord of Light to bring back the dawn. The religion is led by the " Red Priests", though both men and women can join the priesthood. The symbol of the Lord of Light is a fiery heart. This can range from simple bonfires, to some extreme cases advocating the sacrifice of nonbelievers by immolation. Most of the worship practices of the Lord of Light involve fire. Stannis adopts the fiery heart of the Lord of Light as his personal sigil. " The Lord of Light wants his enemies burned." ― Tyrion Lannister The followers of the Lord of Light also believe in the coming of a chosen warrior to combat the coming darkness, the Prince That Was Promised, who is prophesied to be reborn "amidst smoke and salt" and wield the sword Lightbringer. While the Faith of the Seven believes in Seven Heavens and Seven Hells, this religion states that the current world that everyone lives in now is considered to be "hell", the only hell, but the Lord of Light will save his faithful adherents from this darkness. Unlike the religions of the Old Gods in the North or the Drowned God of the Iron Islands, the faith of the Lord of Light is stated to possess several holy texts, similar to the Faith of the Seven. Melisandre claims to receive visions about the future from the Lord of Light by staring into fires. The religion is very focused on prophecy, and on ecstatic visions that are received through communion with the flames. Shadows are important too as they are "created by light". The Lord of Light's worship involves the idolization of fire and light. are demons and false idols that must be cast down and burned.Īdherents believe they receive visions from the Lord of Light by staring into flames. ĭue to the dualistic worldview of this religion, its more fanatical followers believe the Lord of Light is the "one true god", and all other gods from other religions - the Old Gods of the Forest, the Seven-Faced God, the Drowned God, etc. The religion of the Lord of Light is centered on belief in the existence of two deities, in the words of Melisandre: "A god of light and love and joy, and a god of darkness, evil, and fear, eternally at war." R'hllor is the god of fire, which provides light, heat, and life, and struggles against darkness, cold, and death, represented by an opposing deity, the Great Other. Please tag any posts that contain spoilers from the books or show in the title or image using the appropriate link flair.Prayer ceremonies dedicated to the Lord of Light center around bonfires. Link posts that are not from Imgur, Steam, Gyazo or Tumblr will be removed. Hateful messages including but not limited to: racism, sexism and homophobia are not tolerated at all Posts about two women having children, old stillborns and two men marrying are known and often posted bugs, posts about those bugs just get removed now. If you have a question, first use the search bar to see if it has been asked recently and if there are already up to date answers you can look at before making your own post If you post a screenshot then in the title point out what you want people to look at or a description in the comments.ĭo not advertise a product, subreddit or group of any kind without permission from the moderators Give constructive criticism to the mod, keep in mind the developers do this in their spare time Keep things relevant to the Crusader Kings 2 Game of Thrones modĭo not make posts of Game Crashes, Bugs or Corruptions.
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