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[[Cersei Lannister]] promises that before she is done with [[Sansa Stark]] she will be ''“singing to the Stanger, begging for his kiss”''. {{Ref|aFfC|17}}
 
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In the [[House of Black and White]] [[Arya]] finds a dead young man at the feet of the Stranger.
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During her confinement [[Cersei]] prays until her knees are raw and bloody, until her tongue feels thick and heavy.  She prays to all the aspects of the godhead, even the Stranger.  ''Any god in a storm'', she thinks.
  
 
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The Stranger - by mustamirri ©

The Stranger is one of the seven aspects of a single deity. Believers of the Faith of the Seven consider that God is one with seven aspects, as the sept is a single building, with seven walls. [1]

About

An exception to the other aspects, the Stranger represents death and the unknown. The Stranger is neither male nor female, yet both, ever the outcast, the wanderer from far places, less and more than human, unknown and unknowable. [1] The Stranger's face has also been described as half-human, concealed beneath a hooded mantle.

Worshipers rarely seek favor from the Stranger, but outcasts sometimes associate themselves with this aspect of God.

Silent Sisters are sometimes referred to as 'Wives of the Stranger'. They clothe themselves in grey and keep their faces cowled except for their eyes.

The House of Black and White contains a public shrine with idols of many death gods, including the Stranger.

Sandor Clegane may have named his horse after the Stranger. [2]

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Catelyn Stark prays in a nameless village’s sept. The sept is modest and has no statues of the Seven, only rough charcoal drawings to represent them. Here the Stranger's face is a black oval, a shadow with stars for eyes. It makes Catelyn uneasy. She thinks to herself that she would get scant comfort there. [1]

A Clash of Kings

Upon entering the sept of Maegor's Holdfast, on the eve of battle Sansa Stark sees that there are even a few candle flames dancing below the Stranger’s half-human face. Sansa visits each of the Seven in turn, lighting a candle at each altar.

A Dance with Dragons

Cersei Lannister promises that before she is done with Sansa Stark she will be “singing to the Stanger, begging for his kiss”. [3]

In the House of Black and White Arya finds a dead young man at the feet of the Stranger.

During her confinement Cersei prays until her knees are raw and bloody, until her tongue feels thick and heavy. She prays to all the aspects of the godhead, even the Stranger. Any god in a storm, she thinks.

Quotes

I thought I was the Warrior and Cersei was the Maid, but all the time she was the Stranger, hiding her true face from my gaze.[4]

Jaime Lannister

References and Notes