
Robert's Rebellion: Petyr Baelish and Varys.The Sack of King's Landing: House Lannister.The Sack of King's Landing: House Stark.The Sack of King's Landing: House Baratheon.
The Sack of King's Landing: House Targaryen.
The History of the Night's Watch: House Lannister. The History of the Night's Watch: House Stark. The History of the Night's Watch: The Night's Watch. The Children of the Forest, the First Men, and the Andals Just as many would say, that's the point. Many would say you are as much his murderer as if you'd swung the axe yourself. Perhaps not that day, perhaps not that year, but soon and inevitably. From the moment the Faceless Men accept your offer, the man you named is dead, though he does not know it. As for what that may be, those who have paid it rarely speak of it.įor make no mistake. If one wants to engage a Faceless Man, one visits the House of Black and White and pays the price. As far as one can see, silence and solitude form the whole of their worship, as well as collecting the occasional devotee. Unlike the priests of other religions, the servants there preach no sermons and perform no ceremonies. Perhaps now you understand what is worshipped here, and, along with them, other gods whom none alive now recognize, brought there long ago by sailors who never came again. The House of Black and White is merely a temple consecrated to the Many-Faced God and filled with statuary of his many faces: The Old Gods of Westeros, the Lord of Light, the Black Goat, the Lion of Night, the Weeping Lady, the Stranger. We can dismiss such foolishness as we do the fishwives who spread it. Some whisper that those weirwood doors open not on a house but onto the world of the dead, from whence the Faceless Men rise when summoned. We know only that they reside in, or are somehow aligned with, the House of Black and White, that odd and lonely building where few who enter ever leave. Nobody but the Faceless Men know their origin, but the order is rumored to predate the founding of Braavos. And to the Iron Bank, they may be just another asset. To a lord, they may be an incredible expense. Tycho Nestoris: Who are the Faceless Men? It depends on who is asking. Tycho Nestoris reveals the mystery behind the Faceless Men, the shadowy group who operate out of the House of Black and White.