The sept at Dragonstone,[1][2] also known as Dragonstone's sept[3] and the sept on Dragonstone,[4] is a sept found in the castle of Dragonstone on the isle of the same name.
Layout
The sept has altars, statues, and stained glass.[3] The statues of the Seven were carved from the masts of the ships which brought House Targaryen from Valyria to Dragonstone.[3] The statues have been repainted and decorated over the centuries.[3]
History
Prior to beginning their invasion of Westeros, Lord Aegon Targaryen and his sister-wives, Visenya and Rhaenys, prayed in the castle sept to the Seven.[5]
The castle septon refused to officiate the wedding of Prince Maegor Targaryen and his second wife, Alys Harroway in 39 AC, so the ceremony was instead performed by the Dowager Queen Visenya.[6]
Septon Oswyck of Dragonstone officiated the marriage of King Jaehaerys I Targaryen and his sister-wife, Queen Alysanne Targaryen, in the castle's great yard in 49 AC.[4]
Lord Rodrik Arryn wed Princess Daella Targaryen in a small ceremony in the sept at Dragonstone in 80 AC.[7]
Lord Alyn Velaryon married Lady Baela Targaryen in the sept on Dragonstone in 132 AC.[8]
Recent Events
A Clash of Kings
Stannis Baratheon, Lord of Dragonstone, announces his claim for the Iron Throne amid the War of the Five Kings. Melisandre, a red priestess from Asshai, convinces him to have the statues of the Seven in the sept burned as sacrifices to R'hllor, the Lord of Light.[3]
Septon Barre curses the queen's men when they ruin the sept and pull down the statues. Ser Hubard Rambton and his three sons try to defend the sept by force, slaying four of the queen's men before being overwhelmed. Barre and the two surviving Rambton sons are subsequently imprisoned in Dragonstone's dungeons.[3] When pious Lord Guncer Sunglass withdraws his support for Stannis's cause in response, the Lord of Sweetport Sound is imprisoned as well.[3]
Melisandre publicly burns the statues of the Seven outside of the castle gates. Stannis draws Lightbringer from the ruins of the Mother.[3]
A Storm of Swords
While Stannis is away fighting the Battle of the Blackwater, Melisandre and Queen Selyse Florent have Lord Sunglass and the two Rambtons burned at Dragonstone for treason.[9] Stannis takes responsibility for Guncer's death.[10]
Quotes
Dragonstone's sept had been where Aegon the Conqueror knelt to pray the night before he sailed. That had not saved it from the queen's men.[3]
—thoughts of Davos Seaworth
The burning gods cast a pretty light, wreathed in their robes of shifting flame, red and orange and yellow. Septon Barre had once told Davos how they'd been carved from the masts of the ships that had carried the first Targaryens from Valyria. Over the centuries, they had been painted and repainted, gilded, silvered, jeweled.[3]
—thoughts of Davos Seaworth
Behold! A sign was promised, and now a sign is seen! Behold Lightbringer! Azor Ahai has come again! All hail the Warrior of Light! All hail the Son of Fire![3]
—Melisandre to the queen's men
References
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 5, Davos I.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 19, Davos III.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 10, Davos I.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Fire & Blood, The Year of the Three Brides - 49 AC.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, Aegon's Conquest.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Sons of the Dragon.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 10, Davos II.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 36, Davos IV.