Game of Thrones - Please no spoilers from ASOIAF
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Aspects
Each of the Seven aspects symbolizes a different part of life and are prayed to for different purposes. They are known as the Father, the Mother, the Maiden, the Crone, the Warrior, the Smith, and the Stranger.
The Father
The Father represents divine justice, and judges the souls of the dead.
The Mother
The Mother represents mercy, peace, fertility, and childbirth. She is sometimes referred to as "the strength of women". Apart from human fertility, she also blesses crops with bountiful harvests.
The hymn Gentle Mother, Font of Mercy is dedicated to Her praise.
The Maiden
The Maiden represents purity, innocence, love, and beauty. She protects the chastity of virgins, as well as protecting the innocent in general.
The Crone
The Crone represents wisdom and foresight. She is represented carrying a lantern. Sometimes She is depicted as blindfolded.
The Warrior
The Warrior represents strength and courage in battle.
The Smith
The Smith represents creation and craftsmanship. Grants workers the strength to continue their labors.
The Stranger
The Stranger represents death and the unknown. It is rarely prayed to.
The Stranger is served by an all-female monastic order, the Silent Sisters, who are tasked with preparing the bodies of the dead for funerals.
The Stranger is depicted as neither male nor female, thus the number of male and female aspects within the godhead is equal: three males (Father, Warrior, Smith), three females (Maiden, Mother, Crone), and one who is neither.
Unlike the other aspects which are represented as human figures in artwork, because the Stranger represents the unknown it is often portrayed in a wide variety of forms, often frightening. Sometimes it is represented as a skeletal figure, or a non-human creature possessing various animalistic features.
Because the Stranger represents both death and the unknown, it is also often depicted (in paintings or statues) as facing away from the viewer, so its face cannot be seen. The statue of the Stranger in the Great Sept of Baelor is faced towards the wall behind it, away from the room. This statue depicts the Stranger as a gaunt figure, holding a scythe. The Stranger can also be depicted with its hair hanging down over the front of its head instead of the back, obscuring its face.
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THEORY ALERT:
The last scene of her drinking with tears in her eyes is after she agrees to become the Night Queen.
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