What is the point of the many faced gods?

The purpose of the many-faced god seems to be to deal out deaths where appropriate. In order to do this, they collect human faces that they can use do disguise themselves while doing the work of the god.

Why is Arya with the many faced god?

She’s spent the past couple years in the free city of Braavos studying to be an assassin with the death cult known as the Faceless Men. Her mentor, the assassin formerly known as Jaqen H’ghar, has pushed Arya to prove that she can give up her identity and become “no one” in the service of the Many-Faced God.

Is the many faced god the stranger?

The Many-Faced God, also known as Him of Many Faces, is a deity worshipped by the Faceless Men, a guild of assassins established in the Free City of Braavos. Thus, in Qohor, the Many-Faced God is called the Black Goat; in Yi Ti, the Lion of Night and in the Faith of the Seven, the Stranger.

What happens to Arya Stark in the many faced god?

Arya eventually saves Jaqen, along with two other criminals, from a fiery death, and Jaqen repays her with three offerings to the Many-Faced God. Cue killings, cue Arya’s escape from Harrenhal, cue Jaqen’s revelation that he’s a Faceless Man and his gift of a Braavosi coin to his future pupil.

Can someone explain the many-faced god?

The Many-Faced God is a deity that was discovered by the slave-miners of Valyria and helped them overthrow their oppressors. Some stories actually suggest he was responsible for the so called “Doom of Valyria”. He is worshiped through the act of killing people.

Who is the god of many faces?

The Many-Faced God, also known as Him of Many Faces, is a deity worshipped by the Faceless Men, a guild of assassins established in the Free City of Braavos.

What exactly was ‘the Many Faced God’?

Many-Faced God. The Many-Faced God, also known as Him of Many Faces, is a deity worshipped by the Faceless Men, a guild of assassins established in the Free City of Braavos. The founder of the Faceless Men came to believe that all the diverse slave population of Valyria prayed for deliverance to the same god of death, just in different incarnations.

Who are the Many Faced Gods?

The Many-Faced God (alternatively known as the God of Death) is a deity worshipped by the mysterious cult of assassins known as the Faceless Men, who are headquartered in the Free City of Braavos and they believe that through their assassinations they do his work.

Is the Many Faced God the Great other?

For a R’hllor worshipper, there are only two gods – R’hllor and the Great Other. They don’t acknowledge other gods as legitimate, and they will see the Many Faced God as a corruption of the Great Other.