History Characters / ASongOfIceAndFireFaithMilitant

[[folder: Ser Dickon Flowers]]
!!Ser Dickon Flowers
!!!The Bastard of Beesbury

A knight from bastard origin of House Beesbury who fought in Maegor's trial of seven.
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* HeroicBastard:
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[[folder:Wat the Hewer]]
!!Wat the Hewer

A leader of the Poor Fellows who participated in the battle at Stonebridge, according to ''The Sons of the Dragon''.

* LargeAndInCharge: Yandel describes him as a "giant", and he led the Poor Fellow.

[[folder: Ser Joffrey Doggett]]
!!Ser Joffrey Doggett
!!!The Red Dog of the Hills

A leader of the Poor Fellows during the reign of King Maegor Targaryen.

* ChurchMilitant: As a leader of the Poor Fellows.
* RebelLeader: Alongside Septon Moon, he led the Poor Fellows in revolt against King Maegor near the end of his reign, which triggered many other rebellions against the tyrant.

[[folder:Ser Morgan Hightower]]
!!Ser Morgan Hightower

Ser Morgan Hightower was a member of House Hightower and Commander of the Warrior's Sons during the Faith Militant uprising.

See the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseHightower House Hightower]] page.

* KarmicDeath: Killed by the very Poor Fellows who he had previously betrayed.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Yes, he did most likely kill the High Septon, but it was either that or Maegor would burn Oldtown to the ground.
* TurnCoat: If the rumors are to be believed. He ''was'' the only Warrior's Son pardoned.

!!!Poor Fellows

[[folder: Septon Moon]]
!!Septon Moon

A septon during the reign of Maegor I.

* ChurchMilitant: He was a leader of the Poor Fellows, one of the two orders of the Faith Militant.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Of John Ball, a priest and prominent leader of the Peasants' Revolt.
* RebelLeader: He was one of the leaders of the Faith Militant Uprising against Maegor I in 48AC

[[folder:Wat the Hewer]]
!!Wat the Hewer

A leader of the Poor Fellows who participated in the battle at Stonebridge, according to ''The Sons of the Dragon''.

The military wing of the Faith of the Seven. Many pilgrims take up weapons to protect themselves and other victims of the war, which results in a massive ChurchMilitant. They answer only to the High Septon, whose role is similar to the medieval Pope.

!!Ser Damon Morrigen

* TheCaptain: His rank in the Faith as the Captain of the Warrior's Sons.

[[folder: Septon Moon]]
!!Septon Moon

A septon during the reign of Maegor I.

* ChurchMilitant: He was a leader of the Poor Fellows, one of the two orders of the Faith Militant.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Of John Ball, a priest and prominent leader of the Peasants' Revolt.
* RebelLeader: He was one of the leaders of the Faith Militant Uprising against Maegor I in 48AC

[[folder: Ser Joffrey Doggett]]
!!Ser Joffrey Doggett
!!!The Red Dog of the Hills

A leader of the Poor Fellows during the reign of King Maegor Targaryen.
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* ChurchMilitant: As a leader of the Poor Fellows.
* RebelLeader: Alongside Septon Moon, he led the Poor Fellows in revolt against King Maegor near the end of his reign, which triggered many other rebellions against the tyrant.
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[[folder:Wat the Hewer]]
!!Wat the Hewer

A leader of the Poor Fellows who participated in the battle at Stonebridge, according to a [[https://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/5a3rer/spoilers_extended_wat_the_hewer_unknown_peasant/ portion]] of ''The World of Ice and Fire'' that was cut from the published text and remains in a semi-canon or dubious canon status.

* CainAndAbel: Allegedly killed his brother the High Septon to get a royal pardon.

The military wing of the Faith of the Seven. Many pilgrims take up weapons to protect themselves and other victims of the war, which results in a massive ChurchMilitant. They answer only to the High Septon, an {{Expy}} of the medieval Pope.

* {{Expy}}: Seemingly based on Wat Tyler, one of the leaders of the Peasant's Revolt.

!the Faith Militant

!!!The True

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The rise of a fundamentalist militant religious movement resulting from the collapse of law and order during a devastating civil war has similarities to the creation of the Taliban.

* BrainlessBeauty[=/=]DumbBlonde: A subtly deconstructed and male example. Played straight enough that when he gets sent on a SnipeHunt for a breastplate stretcher by Robert, he never seems to realize it isn't real -- for all he makes for a ''very'' courtly, decorative squire on the surface. Deconstructed in that he's shown constantly trying to find templates to model himself on (first picking his cousin who he had no chance of coming close to, then picking the idealised version of what [[KnightInShiningArmor a knight should be]], seeing as that is what [[AntiRoleModel Jaime]] isn't... then picking the ideal of what a [[TheAtoner penitent knight]] should be, since he messed KnightInShiningArmor up, too). This all strongly suggests that he feels that he's lacking ''something''; but, he can never manage to pinpoint exactly ''what'' thanks to his own limitations, so he only ever succeeds at digging himself into [[ButtMonkey ever-deeper holes]] as a result. Also, thanks to people writing him off as a [[TheMillstone waste of space]], he never exactly gets any real help in pointing him in any direction that'd be more right for him.

* TheMillstone: Is treated as a joke, is put in positions that could easily damage him without impacting what other people consider more important... and, [[DeconstructedTrope may not actually be quite as horrendously stupid as he is judged to be]], if others would just give him a chance to actually do something he is better suited for, instead of plunking him in plots and positions he is eminently unsuited to make work. He might have made a happier up-scale entertainer and social butterfly the family could have used as a social ice-breaker with the right training, rather than a knight or lord with responsibilities he couldn't deal with, for example. Fat chance of ''that'' happening in House Lannister.

!!This is a listing of members of the Faith Militant that appear in the {{Fantasy}} series ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. Visit [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFire here]] for the main character index.

A pious knight who becomes commander of the Warrior's Sons after the Faith Militant is revived.

* ChurchMilitant: He is among the very first knights who join the Warrior's Sons after they are reformed and becomes its new leader.

-->''"This debt shall be forgiven, and King Tommen will have his blessing. The Warrior's Sons shall escort me to him, shining in the glory of their Faith, whilst my sparrows go forth to defend the meek and humble of the land, reborn as Poor Fellows as of old."''

* OrderReborn: They were originally founded before the Targaryens arrived in Westeros. After Aegon took over, his successor was to be his son Aenys, but the Faith opposed this because Aenys was the product of an incestuous marriage (Aegon married his sister, Rhaenys). The Faith Militant organized a rebellion which lasted into the reign of Jaehaerys I, who was able to strike a deal with them: the orders would disband and the Targaryens would swear to always be the guardians of the Faith of the Seven. During Tommen's reign in ''A Feast for Crows'', the new High Septon is able to convince Cersei, acting as regent, to allow them to re-form the orders if he cancels the debt the crown owes the Faith and if he publicly blesses King Tommen's reign, a traditional rite he had yet to perform.

* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Cersei was dead wrong if she thought reinstating the Faith Militant would somehow not backfire.

* TheLeader: Of the Warrior's Sons, placing him in charge of defending the Faith. Among the tasks this entails is leading honor guards for members of the Most Devout when they meet with the Royal Court and leading Cersei's escort when she undergoes the penance walk through King's Landing.

* BrainlessBeauty[=/=]DumbBlonde: A subtly deconstructed and male example. Played straight enough that when he gets sent on a SnipeHunt for a breastplate stretcher by Robert, he never seems to realize it isn't real -- for all he makes for a ''very'' courtly, decorative squire on the surface. Deconstructed in that he's shown constantly trying to find templates to model himself on (first picking [[{{Badass}} his cousin]] who he had no chance of coming close to, then picking the idealised version of what [[KnightInShiningArmor a knight should be]], seeing as that is what [[AntiRoleModel Jaime]] isn't... then picking the ideal of what a [[TheAtoner penitent knight]] should be, since he messed KnightInShiningArmor up, too). This all strongly suggests that he feels that he's lacking ''something''; but, he can never manage to pinpoint exactly ''what'' thanks to his own limitations, so he only ever succeeds at digging himself into [[ButtMonkey ever-deeper holes]] as a result. Also, thanks to people writing him off as a [[TheMillstone waste of space]], he never exactly gets any real help in pointing him in any direction that'd be more right for him.

* {{Expy}}: Of John Ball, a priest and prominent leader of the Peasants' Revolt.

[[folder: Ser Lancel Lannister]]

* TheCaptain: His rank in the Faith as the commander of the Warrior's Sons.

* ChurchMilitant: He was a leader of the Poor Fellows, one of the two orders of the Faith Militant

* TurnCoat: If the rumors are to be believed.

* WarriorMonk: They are TheOrder of this.

* BrightIsNotGood: You'd think that the bright rainbow cloaks they wear would be a sure sign of goodness, but not so much.
* ChurchMilitant: The Warrior's Sons and the Poor Fellows, referred to collectively as the Swords and Stars. The Warrior's Sons was made up of noblemen, and the Poor Fellows were commoners (women were allowed to join this order as well). They rose against House Targaryen during the rule of Aenys I. The uprising continued until the reign of Jaeherys the Conciliator, who convinced them to disband by granting amnesty to all members of the two orders and vowing that House Targaryen would always defend the Faith of the Seven. [[spoiler: As of ''A Feast For Crows'' this has been revived]].

* OrderReborn: They were originally founded before the Targaryens arrived in Westeros. After Aegon took over, his successor was to be his son Aenys, but the Faith opposed this because Aenys was the product of an incestuous marriage (Aegon married his sister, Rhaenys). The Faith Militant organized a rebellion which lasted into the reign of Jaehaerys I, who was able to strike a deal with them: the order would disband and the Targaryens would swear to always be the guardians of the Faith of the Seven. During Tommen's reign in ''A Feast for Crows'', the new High Septon is able to convince Cersei, acting as regent, to allow them to re-form the order if he cancels the debt the crown owes the Faith and if he publicly blesses King Tommen's reign, a traditional rite he had yet to perform.

* TheLeader: Of the Warrior's Sons, placing him in charge of defending the Faith. Among the tasks this entails is leading honor guards for members of the Most Devout when they meet with the Royal Court and leading [[spoiler:Cersei's escort when she undergoes the penance walk through King's Landing]].

* ButtMonkey: Robert mocks and dislikes him. Cersei manipulates him. Tyrion blackmails him. He's nearly killed [[spoiler:during the battle for King's Landing]]. Then he's forced into an ArrangedMarriage so that the Lannisters can get their paws on a castle whose male heirs got killed off during the war. Finally, he just gives up and [[spoiler:becomes a member of the Faith Militant]], making his father practically disown him.
* DiseaseBleach: His wounds during the Battle of the Blackwater did a real number on his health.
* [[DeadpanSnarker Deadpan Snark-- ]]: [[AvertedTrope No]]. A ''very'' rare Lannister beastie, this boy: hence worth noting. Insipid, servile and emotional ''whiner'', more like. When he eventually does try attacking with words, it... decidedly lacks by most standards (heck, it's hard to make out if it's merely a complaint, a winge, a dig ''or'' even remotely funny: forget simply aiming for ''dry''). Compare and contrast with the high bar the rest of the family has.

* TheDogBitesBack: Given Robert's abusive treatment of him, it probably didn't take much for [[spoiler:Cersei to convince him to help kill Robert. It's inverted however; Lancel totally regrets his action and feels very guilty about it]].

* IJustWantToBeYou: Greatly admires his cousin Jaime and wants to emulate him (ironically he appears unaware that Jaime is sleeping with Cersei too). [[spoiler:He later realizes his own kingslaying is nothing to be proud of. "The brave man kills with a sword, the coward a wineskin."]]

* ShoutOut: Lancel sounds like Lancelot. In ''Literature/TheMistsOfAvalon'', Lancelot is Arthur and Morgaine's cousin. Arthur and Morgaine are siblings who end up engaging in [[spoiler: incestuous intercourse]] just like Jaime and Cersei.
* SmugSnake: Gets a little too big for his britches after [[spoiler:doing his part in Robert's death, not to mention replacing Jaime in Cersei's bed]]. Tyrion rapidly shows him otherwise and battle cures him even further.
* TheSquire: One of two Lannisters who serve Robert as squires, putting him in an ideal position to [[spoiler:give Robert extra-strength alcohol while hunting in order to cause an "accident"]]. He is knighted for this service.

* [[DeadpanSnarker Deadpan Snark-- ]]: [[AvertedTrope No]]. A ''very'' rare Lannister beastie, this boy: hence worth noting. Insipid, servile and emotional ''whiner'', more like. When he eventually does try attacking? with words, it... decidedly lacks by most standards (heck, it's hard to make out if it's merely a complaint, a winge, a dig ''or'' even remotely funny: forget simply aiming for ''dry''). Compare and contrast with the high bar the rest of the family has.

* TheDogBitesBack: Given Robert's abusive treatment of him, it probably didn't take much for [[spoiler:Cersei to convince him to help kill Robert. It's inverted however, Lancel totally regrets his action and feels very guilty about it]].

* TheFundamentalist: As a mix of the Knights Templar and the Inquisition would be.

* TheFundamentalist: Not in it for the money.

[[folder: Septon Moon]]
!!Septon Moon

A septon during the reign of Maegor I.

* ChurchMilitant: He was a leader of the Poor Fellows, one of the two orders of the Faith Militant
* {{Expy}}: Of John Ball, a priest and prominent leader of the Peasants' Revolt.
* RebelLeader: He was one of the leaders of the Faith Militant Uprising against Maegor I in 48AC

[[folder: Ser Joffrey Doggett]]
!!Ser Joffrey Doggett
!!!The Red Dog of the Hills

A leader of the Poor Fellows during the reign of King Maegor Targaryen.

* ChurchMilitant: As a leader of the Poor Fellows.
* RebelLeader: Alongside Septon Moon, he led the Poor Fellows in revolt against King Maegor near the end of his reign, which triggered many other rebellions against the tyrant.

[[folder:Ser Damon Morrigen]]
!!Ser Damon Morrigen
!!!Damon the Devout

Leader of the Warrior's Sons at the start of King Maegor Targaryen's reign, he fought Maegor in a Trial by Seven.

* AllThereInTheManual: His only mention so far is in ''Literature/TheWorldOfIceAndFire''.
* TheCaptain: His rank in the Faith as the commander of the Warrior's Sons.
* TheChampion: Served as the Faith of the Seven's champion as leader of the Warrior's Sons.
* RealMenLoveJesus: He was known as Damon the Devout, so great was his faith in the Seven.
* ShroudedInMyth: Accounts of the Trial by Seven between him and Maegor differ wildly. The only thing that is known for sure is that King Maegor was the last man standing at the end of it.
* TrialByCombat: He challenged King Maegor to a Trial by Seven soon after he took power, challenging the legitimacy of his reign.

-->"This debt shall be forgiven, and King Tommen will have his blessing. The Warrior's Sons shall escort me to him, shining in the glory of their Faith, whilst my sparrows go forth to defend the meek and humble of the land, reborn as Poor Fellows as of old."
-->--'''High Sparrow'''

!! Historical Members