Editing Silent sisters (section)

==History==
[[File:Dean Bloomfield Silent Sisters.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Silent sisters escorting the dead, by Dean Bloomfield © Fantasy Flight Games]]
[[Marla Sunderland]] rebelled against [[House Arryn]] during [[Aegon's Conquest]],{{ref|FAB|Aegon's Conquest}} but she was deposed by her younger brother [[Steffon Sunderland|Steffon]] with the failure of the [[Sistermen's Rebellion]]. After five years of imprisonment, Marla's tongue was removed and she was forced to join the silent sisters.{{ref|FAB|Reign of the Dragon - The Wars of King Aegon I}} 

When Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]] visited [[Oldtown]] in {{date|54}}, she spent a day in prayer and contemplation with silent sisters at their [[motherhouse]] in the city.{{Ref|FAB|Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I}} Later in life, Alysanne considered renouncing her marriage to King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] and instead joining the silent sisters.{{ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}} In {{date|84}}, Princess [[Saera Targaryen]] was sent to Oldtown to serve with the silent sisters as a novice, but she fled for [[Lys]] the following year.{{ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

The [[small council]] did not call for the silent sisters after learning of the death of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]], so the king's body swelled and rotted as the [[greens]] kept his death a secret. Only after a week had passed were silent sisters finally allowed to prepare the corpse for burning.{{ref|FAB|the Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}} During the ensuing [[Dance of the Dragons]], silent sisters and [[septa]]s were raped and violated by greens after the [[First Battle of Tumbleton]].{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}} After his execution by Lord [[Cregan Stark]] during the [[Hour of the Wolf]], the remains of Lord [[Larys Strong]] were given to the silent sisters.{{ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}

[[Maris Baratheon]] became a silent sister during the [[regency of Aegon III]].{{ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}} Lady [[Samantha Tarly]] ignored the command of the [[High Septon (Regency of Aegon III)|High Septon]] that she leave Lord [[Lyonel Hightower]] and join the silent sisters.{{ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}

During the reign of [[Aegon IV Targaryen]], the king promised Ser [[Quentyn Ball]] a place in the [[Kingsguard]], so Quentyn made his wife join the silent sisters in order to facilitate this.{{ref|TMK}}<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1298 Private Meeting (Santa Fe, NM)], May 04, 2004</ref>

[[Alysanne Osgrey]] was sent to the order because her father, Ser [[Eustace Osgrey|Eustace]], rebelled during the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]].{{ref|TSS}} During the [[Great Spring Sickness]], nearly all of the silent sisters in [[King's Landing]] died of the plague.{{Ref|TSS}}

According to a semi-canon source,<ref name=sample>''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'': The Westerlands (unabridged). [http://www.georgerrmartin.com/world-of-ice-and-fire-sample/ georgerrmartin.com]</ref> Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] forced [[Rohanne Tarbeck|Rohanne]] and [[Cyrelle Tarbeck]] to join the silent sisters after the [[Reyne-Tarbeck rebellion]].

A daughter of Ser [[Elys Waynwood]] was seduced by a [[sellsword]], lost her bastard child by him, and joined the silent sisters.{{Ref|AFFC|41}}