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Featured article R'hllor is a god worshiped prominently in Essos. He is called by a variety of names, including the Lord of Light, the Heart of Fire, the God of Flame and Shadow. In Westeros, where his followers are few, he is more commonly known as the red god. The red priests of R'hllor serve at red temples found in numerous locations, including Braavos, Lys, Myr, Pentos, Qohor, Tyrosh, Volantis, Selhorys, Dorne, and Oldtown. The largest of the temples is located in Volantis, where the High Priest resides. His temple guard, known as the Fiery Hand, always numbers one thousand men. The priests of R'hllor associate fire with life, and associate darkness with the enemy. They pray every evening before a nightfire (pictured), and again light a fire each morning at first light, welcoming the sun. The priests train to see visions in the flames of their fires. According to the priestess Melisandre, the visions are never wrong, although the interpretation of it can err. R'hllor is locked in an eternal struggle with the Great Other, the Lord of Darkness, over the fate of the world, or so the red priests say. Ancient prophecies from Asshai claim that the struggle will end when Azor Ahai returns wielding Lightbringer and raises dragons from stone. During the reign of the Westerosi King Robert I Baratheon, the red priestess Melisandre travels to Dragonstone in search of the prophesied prince. Feeling that Dragonstone meets the requirements stated in the prophecy, Melisandre comes to believe that Lord Stannis Baratheon is Azor Ahai reborn. She rises to power on the island by first becoming a close confidant to Stannis's wife and later Stannis himself, playing a prominent part in the War of the Five Kings. Read more...   More featured articles... Featured quotes “Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night’s Watch, for this night and all the nights to come.” —Oath of the Night’s Watch “My wants do not matter. It may be that the Many-Faced God has led you here to be his instrument, but when I look at you I see a child... and worse a girl child. Many have served Him of Many Faces through the centuries, but only a few of His servants have been women. Women bring life into the world. We bring the gift of death. No one can do both.” —The Kindly Man of the House of Black and White, to Arya Stark “This is no winter. Up in the hills we say that autumn kisses you, but winter fucks you hard. This is only autumn's kiss.” —Hugo Wull to Corliss Penny   More quotes... Did you know... ... that the Iron Throne is made from the swords of those defeated during Aegon I Targaryen's Conquest and was melted by his dragon, Balerion the Black Dread? All Lords of the Seven Kingdoms have used it since. ... that in the forest of Qohor, lemurs can be found which are said to have silver-white fur and purple eyes? They are sometimes called Little Valyrians. ... that Ser Aubrey Crakehall, a knight from the westerlands, briefly became King of the Iron Islands?   More interesting things.. References

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