Red temple
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Red temples are religious buildings of red stone used by followers of R'hllor, the Lord of Light. Red priests light nightfires at sunset,[1] welcome the sun in the morning,[2] and preach to crowds.[3] Red temples purchase slaves as children and raise them to be priests, prostitutes, and warriors.[4][1]
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History
Melisandre was bound to a great red temple when she was a child.[5] Thoros of Myr was also given to a red temple when he was young.[4]
Known red temples
- Temple of the Lord of Light, in Braavos[6]
- unspecified temples in Dorne[7]
- a great temple in Lys[8]
- at least one red temple in Myr[4][9]
- a modest wharfside temple in Oldtown[2]
- a great red temple in Pentos[10]
- a temple of red stone in Selhorys[3]
- at least one red temple in Tyrosh[9]
- Temple of the Lord of Light, in Volantis[1]
Quotes
The red priests have a great temple on Lys. Always they are burning this and burning that, crying out to their R'hllor. They bore me with their fires.[8]
The red priests love their fires. The Lord of Light is their god, red R'hllor.[6]
—Yorko to Arya Stark
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 27, Tyrion VII.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Feast for Crows, Prologue.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 22, Tyrion VI.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 43, Arya VIII.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 31, Melisandre I.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 6, Arya I.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 2, The Captain Of Guards.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 10, Davos I.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 1, Tyrion I.