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* GodOfTheDead: The Lion of Night is believed by the Faceless Men to be one of the faces of the Many-Faced God, implying he has power over death in the [=YiTish=] pantheon.

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* GodOfTheDead: The Lion of Night is believed by the Faceless Men to be one of the faces of the Many-Faced God, implying he has holds power over death in the [=YiTish=] pantheon.

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* GodOfDarkness: The Lion of Night. Apparently, he does the dirty work in the Yi Tish pantheon and created "demons" to punish the wickedness of men. The ensuing conflict was called The Long Night, which makes him similar to The Great Other.

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* GodOfDarkness: The Lion of Night. Apparently, he does the dirty work in the Yi Tish [=YiTish=] pantheon and created "demons" to punish the wickedness of men. The ensuing conflict was called The Long Night, which makes him similar to The Great Other.Other.
* GodOfTheDead: The Lion of Night is believed by the Faceless Men to be one of the faces of the Many-Faced God, implying he has power over death in the [=YiTish=] pantheon.

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[[folder:Gods of the Great Empire of the Dawn]]
The gods who created and ruled over the Great Empire of the Dawn, predecessor of the Golden Empire of Yi Ti.
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* DivinePunishment: After the Bloodstone Emperor slew his sister, the Amethyst Empress, the Lion of Night came forth to punish the wickedness of humanity.
* GodCouple: The Lion of the Night and the Maiden-Made-of-Light are paired together and birthed the God-on-Earth.
* GodEmperor: The God-on-Earth, first ruler of the Great Empire of the Dawn, was believed to be the son of the Lion of the Night and the Maiden-Made-of-Light.
* HaveYouSeenMyGod: The Maiden-Made-of-Light turned her back on the earth and humanity, after her descendant the Bloodstone Emperor murdered his sister the Amethyst Empress.
* GodOfDarkness: The Lion of Night. Apparently, he does the dirty work in the Yi Tish pantheon and created "demons" to punish the wickedness of men. The ensuing conflict was called The Long Night, which makes him similar to The Great Other.
* ImAHumanitarian: The Bloodstone Emperor is said to have done many terrible things during his reign, including feasting on human flesh.
* LongLived: The God-on-Earth ruled for 10,000 years before ascending into the stars and passing rule to his son, the Pearl Emperor.
* RockThemeNaming: Each of the Emperors descended from the God-on-Earth is named after a gemstone, including the Pearl Emperor, the Jade Emperor, the Tourmaline Emperor, the Onyx Emperor, the Topaz Emperor, and the Opal Emperor.
* RoyalHarem: The God-on-Earth is said to have had a hundred queens who carried his palanquin, which was carved from a single pearl.
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* GodCouple: The Lion of the Night and the Maiden-Made-of-Light are paired together and birthed the God-On-Earth.
* GodEmperor: The God-on-Earth, first ruler of the Great Empire of the Dawn, was believed to be the son of the Lion of the Night and the Maiden-Made-of-Light.
* GodOfDarkness: The Lion of Night. Apparently, he does the dirty work in the Yi Tish pantheon and created "demons" to punish the wickedness of men. The ensuing conflict was called The Long Night, which makes him similar to The Great Other.

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[[folder:The Black Goat]]
A deity worshipped in Qohor.
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* GruesomeGoat: Its religion involves daily blood sacrifice -- of calves, bulls, horses, criminals, and sometimes even highborn children.
* HumanSacrifice: The Black Goat of Qohor demands daily sacrifice. While this usually comes in the form of animals, on holy days it is criminals who get the knife. In times of great danger, the high nobles may even go far enough as to sacrifice their own children.
* InTheHood: The Black Goat's priests are said to wear cowls.
* WouldHurtAChild: Followers of the Black Goat sometimes sacrifice their own children to gain his favor, especially in times of great danger.
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* HumanSacrifice: The Black Goat of Qohor demands daily sacrifice. While this usually comes in the form of animals, on holy days it is criminals who get the knife. In times of great danger, the high nobles may even go far enough as to sacrifice their own children.



* WouldHurtAChild:
** Followers of the Black Goat sometimes sacrifice their own children to gain his favor, especially in times of great danger.
** The people of King's Landing blamed Saagael, worshiped by Larra Rogare, for the disappearances of children.

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* WouldHurtAChild:
** Followers of the Black Goat sometimes sacrifice their own children to gain his favor, especially in times of great danger.
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WouldHurtAChild: The people of King's Landing blamed Saagael, worshiped by Larra Rogare, for the disappearances of children.

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!!The Blind God

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!!The !!Boash
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[[folder:The Lady of Spears]]
!!The Lady of Spears
!!!The Bride of Battle, The Mother of Hosts

A goddess worshipped by the Unsullied.
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* GroinAttack: After a boy who is to become an Unsullied is gelded, his manhood is burned at the altar of the Lady of Spears.
* IHaveManyNames: The goddess commonly known as the Lady of Spears has many more names, including the Bride of Battle and the Mother of Hosts. Only the eunuch warriors who worship her know her true name, but they are forbidden to share it with outsiders.
* WarGod: She is a goddess worshiped by slave soldiers.
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* GodOfDarkness: The Lion Of Night. Apparently, he does the dirty work in the Yi Tish pantheon and created "demons" to punish the wickedness of men. The ensuing conflict was called The Long Night, which makes him similar to The Great Other.

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* GodOfDarkness: The Lion Of of Night. Apparently, he does the dirty work in the Yi Tish pantheon and created "demons" to punish the wickedness of men. The ensuing conflict was called The Long Night, which makes him similar to The Great Other.



* IHaveManyNames: The goddess commonly known as the Lady of Spears has many more names, including the Bride of Battle and the Mother of Hosts. Only the eunuch warriors who worship her know her true name and they're not allowed to share it with outsiders.



* WarGod:
** Bakkalon, the Pale Child, isn't explicitly stated to be such, but Arya notes that it's the preferred god of soldiers.
** The Lady of Spears, the goddess of the Unsullied.

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* WarGod:
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WarGod: Bakkalon, the Pale Child, isn't explicitly stated to be such, but Arya notes that it's the preferred god of soldiers.
** The Lady of Spears, the goddess of the Unsullied.
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[[folder:The Lord of Harmony]]
A god worshipped on Naath. He is said to have made the moon, stars, earth and all living creatures. He depicted as a laughing, naked giant with a beard, attended by women with butterfly wings.
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* ActualPacifist: His followers, the Naathi, must vow to never harm another living being, not even in self-defense.
* AnimalMotifs: He is associated with the unique butterflies of Naath.
* GentleGiant: The Lord of Harmony is depicted as a laughing giant, naked and bearded. He forbids his followers from committing any form of violence.
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[[folder:Gods of the Dothraki]]
The gods of the Dothraki religion.
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* CoolHorse: The horse god worshiped by the Dothraki, which is sometimes prayed to for strength.
* CrypticBackgroundReference: Not much information is given about the Dothraki religion, aside from a few cursory mentions of their gods.
* MaleSunFemaleMoon: In the Dothraki religion, the moon is a goddess, wife of the sun.
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* ActualPacifist: The Lord of Harmony. His followers, the Naathi, must vow to never harm another living being, not even in self-defense.



* AnimalMotifs: The Lord of Harmony is associated with the unique butterflies of Naath.



* CoolHorse: The horse god worshiped by the Dothraki.



* GentleGiant: The Lord of Harmony is depicted as a laughing giant, naked and bearded. He forbids his followers from committing any form of violence.



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%%* GodCouple: The Lion of the Night and the Maiden-Made-of-Light.

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%%* * GodCouple: The Lion of the Night and the Maiden-Made-of-Light.Maiden-Made-of-Light are paired together and birthed the God-On-Earth.


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* GodOfDarkness: The Lion Of Night. Apparently, he does the dirty work in the Yi Tish pantheon and created "demons" to punish the wickedness of men. The ensuing conflict was called The Long Night, which makes him similar to The Great Other.
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* UltimateEvil: He's a GodOfEvil that doesn't appear as a character except possibly in [[spoiler:Bran's visions.]]
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* TurtlePower: The Old Man of the River takes the form of a giant turtle.
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* {{Revenge}}: Taking vengeance for wrongs is seen as acceptable and morally right by this faith. For example, in the story of the Rat Cook, the Cook was cursed not for taking revenge on the Andal king who had wronged him, but for violating SacredHospitality.

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* {{Revenge}}: Taking vengeance for wrongs is seen as acceptable and morally right by this faith. For example, in the story of the Rat Cook, the Cook was cursed not for taking revenge on the Andal king who had wronged him, but for violating SacredHospitality.
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* InTheHood: The Hooded Wayfarer, who carries a SimpleStaff and is the preferred god of poor men.

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* InTheHood: The Hooded Wayfarer, who carries a SimpleStaff staff and is the preferred god of poor men.

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[[index]]
* [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireTheFaithOfTheSeven The Seven]]
* [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireDrownedMen The Drowned God]]
* [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireLordOfLight R'hllor]]
* [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireFacelessMen The Many-Faced God]]
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[[folder:The New Gods]]
!!!See [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireTheFaithOfTheSeven here]].
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[[folder:The Drowned God]]
!!!See [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireDrownedMen here]].
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[[folder:R'hllor]]
!!!See [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireLordOfLight here]].
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[[folder:The Many-Faced God]]
!!!See [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireFacelessMen here]].
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* GodOfDarkness: The Great Other is the god of darkness, cold, and death. He is the enemy of R'hllor with whom he constantly battles for the fate of the world.
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!!The Gods of the Forest, the Old Gods

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!!The Gods of the Forest, the Old Gods Forest

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!!The Gods of the Forest
!!!The Old Gods
-->''"What do the trees remember?"\\

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!!The Gods of the Forest
!!!The
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-->''"What ->''"What do the trees remember?"\\



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* GoodOldWays: Definitely seen as this by Northmen in-universe ("We keep the Old Gods").
* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler: In one of Bran's visions of the past during his training to become a greenseer, he sees a prisoner sacrificed before a weirwood, his throat slit with a ceremonial knife. There's also mention of Northmen disemboweling invading Sistermen and giving their entrails to the weirwood at the Wolf's Den]].

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* GoodOldWays: Definitely seen as this by The Northmen in-universe ("We keep view "keeping the Old Gods").
Gods" as a cherished ancient tradition.
* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler: In [[spoiler:In one of Bran's visions of the past during his training to become a greenseer, he sees a prisoner sacrificed before a weirwood, his throat slit with a ceremonial knife. knife.]] There's also mention of Northmen disemboweling invading Sistermen and giving their entrails to the weirwood at the Wolf's Den]].Den.



* TheOldGods: Obviously.

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* TheOldGods: Obviously.Downplayed. They're called this and are an older religion that has often been displaced by the Seven, but the Seven aren't considered to have overthrown the Old Gods within either religion's actual theology and the Old Gods aren't described as actually being older or stronger entities than the Seven.



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[[folder:The Many Faced Many-Faced God]]



!!The Great Other
-->''"Gods? There is only R'hllor, and the Other."''

An entity which serves as the diametric opposite to R'hllor, as seen in the quote above. The Great Other is a being of ice and darkness, as opposed to the fire and light represented by R'hllor. It's heavily implied that the Great Other is the god worshiped by the Others, and possibly even the leader of the Others itself, and as such is the ultimate enemy of all mankind. The servants of R'hllor are all sworn to combat the darkness and death the Great Other plans to visit on the world. Melisandre in particular has dedicated her life to fighting it directly.
* TheAntiGod: To R'hllor.

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!!The Great Other
-->''"Gods?
->''"Gods? There is only R'hllor, and the Other."''

An entity which serves as the diametric opposite to R'hllor, as seen in the quote above.R'hllor. The Great Other is a being of ice and darkness, as opposed to the fire and light represented by R'hllor. It's heavily implied that the Great Other is the god worshiped by the Others, and possibly even the leader of the Others itself, and as such is the ultimate enemy of all mankind. The servants of R'hllor are all sworn to combat the darkness and death the Great Other plans to visit on the world. Melisandre in particular has dedicated her life to fighting it directly.
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* TheAntiGod: To R'hllor.He's the equal and opposite of R'hllor, dark where the Red God is bright and hateful where the Red God is protective.



* GodOfEvil: Along with TheAntiGod and SatanicArchetype. He's implied to be the god of [[TheFairFolk The]] [[ZombieApocalypse Others]], and in R'hhlorism he is the opposite number of the Lord of Light.

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* GodOfEvil: Along with TheAntiGod and SatanicArchetype. He's implied to be the god of [[TheFairFolk The]] [[ZombieApocalypse Others]], and in R'hhlorism R'hllorism he is the opposite number of the Lord of Light.



* LargeAndInCharge: The name does imply.



* SnowMeansDeath: Usually associated with winter.
* SatanicArchetype: Diametrically opposed to [[{{God}} R'hllor]] in his religion, ruler of TheLegionsOfHell, acts as a tempter and TheCorrupter to [[spoiler:Bran]]. His association with cold and darkness also mirrors some interpretations of Hell, where Hell is actually icy cold and dark because it's the furthest place in existence from Heaven and the light of God.

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* SnowMeansDeath: Usually He's usually associated with winter.
winter, cold, and death.
* SatanicArchetype: Diametrically He's diametrically opposed to [[{{God}} R'hllor]] in his religion, ruler of TheLegionsOfHell, acts as a tempter and TheCorrupter to [[spoiler:Bran]]. His association with cold and darkness also mirrors some interpretations of Hell, where Hell is actually icy cold and dark because it's the furthest place in existence from Heaven and the light of God.



* YouKnowTheOne: Referred to as "the Great Other" or just "the Other" by the followers of R'hllor, who are forbidden from using its true name.

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* YouKnowTheOne: Referred He's referred to as "the Great Other" or just "the Other" by the followers of R'hllor, who are forbidden from using its true name.



!!The Moonsingers



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!!Boash
!!!The Blind God

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!!Boash
!!!The
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* CorruptChurch: As the worship of Boash fell away, the remaining priests grew fat, rich and decadent off the taxes extracted from the citizens.
* CrystalDragonJesus: Of Buddhism.

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* CorruptChurch: As the worship of Boash fell away, the remaining priests grew fat, rich and decadent off of the taxes extracted from the citizens.
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!!Rhoynar Gods



* ArchEnemy: The Old Man of the River and the Crab King.

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ArchEnemy: The Old Man of the River and the Crab King.



* GiantEnemyCrab: The Crab King, presumably.

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* CastingAShadow: The Lion of the Night.

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* %%* CastingAShadow: The Lion of the Night.



* GodCouple: The Lion of the Night and the Maiden-Made-of-Light.

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* %%* GodCouple: The Lion of the Night and the Maiden-Made-of-Light.
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* EverythingsBetterWithCows: The people of Faros worship a Stone Cow.

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* LightEmUp: The Maiden-Made-of-Light.
* ALoadOfBull: Aquan the Red Bull, whose priests sacrifice calves.

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* ALoadOfBull: Aquan the Red Bull, whose priests sacrifice calves.
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* TheOldGods: Obviously.
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* EldritchAbomination: Some of the stolen statues in Vaes Dothrak, most likely from the Shadow Lands beyond Asshai, are in the shapes of gods so misshapen and terrible that Daenerys can hardly bear to look at them.

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[[folder:The Many-Faced God]]
!!The Many-Faced God
!!!Him of Many Faces
-->''"Valar morghulis."\\
"Valar dohaeris."''

A deity worshiped in Braavos, particularly by the Faceless Men, he is a god of death that is believed to be the one true god, with all other deities (especially those connected with death) being aspects/avatars of him.
!!!For tropes associates with the followers of this religion, see the Faceless Men section in [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireEssosFacelessMen the Faceless Men character page]].
* AmbiguousGender: Gets called a "god" and many chronicles default to using male pronouns when referring to "him", but a lot of "his" faces are actually hers, and at least a few are known its. This leaves the question of gender (or lack thereof) wide open.
* CrossoverCosmology: The whole idea that all deities, specifically those dealing with the varying concepts of death, are his various "faces". However, the text suggests (and Martin has supported) that he's specifically a different take on the Stranger of The Seven -- note how the Stranger's salient traits (e.g. cloak wearing and with something odd about his/her/its face) are reflected in the priests of the Many-Faced God.
* DontFearTheReaper: After all, all men must eventually die. And, as many of his/her/its followers would point out, there are times when a quick, relatively easy death trumps a prolonged life of agonising pain. One aspect of worship is to grant the means of both euthanasia and suicide, depending on the means and circumstances of those who request it.
* EldritchAbomination: Think about it for a minute: any shape of death-god, some of which seem to cross time, place and maybe even the Fourth Wall...
* ShoutOut: One of his avatars is Bakkalon the Pale Child, a deity who appears in George RR Martin's earlier sci-fi stories.

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[[folder:The Many-Faced Many Faced God]]
!!The Many-Faced God
!!!Him of Many Faces
-->''"Valar morghulis."\\
"Valar dohaeris."''

A deity worshiped in Braavos, particularly by the Faceless Men, he is a god of death that is believed to be the one true god, with all other deities (especially those connected with death) being aspects/avatars of him.
!!!For tropes associates with the followers of this religion, see the Faceless Men section in [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireEssosFacelessMen the Faceless Men character page]].
* AmbiguousGender: Gets called a "god" and many chronicles default to using male pronouns when referring to "him", but a lot of "his" faces are actually hers, and at least a few are known its. This leaves the question of gender (or lack thereof) wide open.
* CrossoverCosmology: The whole idea that all deities, specifically those dealing with the varying concepts of death, are his various "faces". However, the text suggests (and Martin has supported) that he's specifically a different take on the Stranger of The Seven -- note how the Stranger's salient traits (e.g. cloak wearing and with something odd about his/her/its face) are reflected in the priests of the Many-Faced God.
* DontFearTheReaper: After all, all men must eventually die. And, as many of his/her/its followers would point out, there are times when a quick, relatively easy death trumps a prolonged life of agonising pain. One aspect of worship is to grant the means of both euthanasia and suicide, depending on the means and circumstances of those who request it.
* EldritchAbomination: Think about it for a minute: any shape of death-god, some of which seem to cross time, place and maybe even the Fourth Wall...
* ShoutOut: One of his avatars is Bakkalon the Pale Child, a deity who appears in George RR Martin's earlier sci-fi stories.
!!!See [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireFacelessMen here]].

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