Faith of the Seven

The religion the Andals brought to Westeros.

The Faith of the Seven is the religion the Andals carried to Westeros. Religion plays a large part in the characters' lives, and several faiths are practised side by side across the Seven Kingdoms.

Quick Facts

Brought by: The Andals
Former religious seat: Oldtown
Rival faiths: The Old Gods, the Drowned God

Lore & Background

Before the Andals, the First Men had taken up the nature religion of the Children of the Forest, whose gods became known as the Old Gods. The Andals, Iron Age settlers from Essos, invaded and brought the Faith of the Seven with them; the First Men kingdoms south of the Neck fell one by one, and only the North held out.

Reader's Guide

In the television series the High Sparrow, played by Jonathan Pryce, is given power as a religious leader in King's Landing; his Faith Militant and its clash with Cersei Lannister are covered on the Faith Militant page.

Oldtown, the oldest city of Westeros and home of the maesters' Citadel, was once the religious seat of the Faith. House Arryn of the Vale is among the oldest lines of Andal nobility. The ironborn follow a different god altogether, the Drowned God.