Chapter 0289: Son of a Warrior: Holy Sword and Holy Shield
The Great Chapel of Baylor is named after the monk king "blessed by the gods" Baylor I Targaryen. It is located at the top of the Visenia Hills and is surrounded by a white marble square. In the center of the square stands a monumental statue of Baylor I. He stood calmly on the pedestal, with a sad expression.
Baelor I Targaryen, also known as the "beloved of God" Baelor, was the king of the Seven Kingdoms and the ninth king of House Targaryen to sit on the Iron Throne. He was both a monk and a king, and for the sake of abstinence, he put his three sisters under house arrest in the virgin dwelling behind the Megar Tower in the Red Keep, and did not contact his sisters, so that he would not be driven by lust and defile their chastity.
The Targaryen family has always been married by close relatives, and unless they cannot marry within their own family, or if they are in exchange for political interests, they will have to intermarry with outside nobles.
During his tenure, Baylor built the Basilica of Baylor in King's Landing, replacing the Starry Chapel in Old Town, and the Basilica became the center of the Seven Kingdoms' belief in the Seven Gods.
The Sanctuary is a magnificent marble-domed building with seven crystal towers towering over it. The sanctuary houses two tall golden statues of the Father and the Virgin, and when the royal wedding takes place, the bride and groom are among them, under the auspices of the archbishop, to make their vows.
There are many doors in the church. The monks enter the sanctuary through the Father's Gate, the nuns through the Virgin's Gate, and the Silent Sisters through the Stranger Gate. The Silent Sisters are people who can converse with the dead, and they are wrapped in black robes, revealing only a pair of their own eyes.
Dick Vishui, led by a monk and dressed in monk's robes, entered the sanctuary through the Father's Gate of the Templar.
The two walked down the long hallway, and Dick noticed a number of stained glass balls hanging from the ceiling of the hallway.
Passing through the two gates, you reach the place where the monks pray, where the tall altar of the Seven Gods is gathered under a dome of glass, gold and crystal, and is so opulent that it far surpasses the royal decorations of the Red Keep in King's Landing.
The Templar Church is also the richest organization in the Seven Kingdoms, and the royal family owes the Templar Church more than one million gold dragon coins.
The floor of the sanctuary is made of marble, and the huge windows on the walls are all seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, and purple, representing the colors of the seven gods.
Under the crystal statue of the Seven Gods, Dick Vishui lifted his hood and met the seven archbishops who had been waiting for him to arrive under the statue of the Seven Gods.
A huge fat man in the center, so fat that his neck couldn't be seen, all layers of fat were dragged down his face and blocked his neck. The palms of the hands are also round white flesh. He wears a seven-star crystal crown and is the archbishop of the Great Church of Baylor.
Dick Vishui knew the archbishop, and the archbishop naturally did not know him.
The Faith of the Seven Gods is the official religion of the kingdom and is closely integrated with the judicial system and culture. In the hands of the archbishop, he holds a thick copy of the Seven Stars Bible.
The Bible contains many moral treaties against gambling, against illegitimacy, against incest, and against genocide. The Seven Stars Bible is the main prayer of the church.
Dick Vishui noticed several other archbishops, some of whom had a small metal hammer around their necks, which was the archbishop who had sworn to the blacksmith god among the seven gods, and some of whom had a small sword around their necks that was as delicate as a key, which was the archbishop who swore an oath to the warrior god of the seven, and each archbishop hung an ornament in the shape of an ornament that represented one of the seven gods he had sworn to believe.
One of them is a female archbishop, and around her neck hangs a graceful crystal statue of a maiden, which is the sworn archbishop of the maiden god of the seven gods, and the crystal maiden statue represents the guardian chastity.
There are only two places on the continent of Westeros where people do not believe in the Seven Gods, one is the Northern Realm where the Old Gods are worshipped, and the other is the Iron Islands where the gods are drowned.
The Seven Gods are different forms of a god, in which God the Father represents judgment, and around the neck of the archbishop who believes in God the Father hangs a long-bearded man holding a scale.
Our Lady of God represents motherly love and nurturing. The warrior god represents strength in battle, and the idol of the god wears a long sword for the warrior. The maiden god represents innocence and purity, and is the god who protects the chastity of the maiden. The blacksmith god represents craftsmanship and labor, and people often pray to the blacksmith for strength when the work needs to be done. The blacksmith holds a hammer. The old woman represents wisdom and holds a lantern. The god of Stranger (Death) represents death and the unknown.
"Who are you?" said the archbishop, who was too fat for Dick to look at, in a soft voice.
"I am the agent of Sir Kevon Lannister, and after the death of Ser Tywin, he was the heir to the throne of Castle Rock in the West. Dick said. In the Sanctuary, he couldn't claim to be Dick Viys. It's the name of an illegitimate child, and the Templar is a sacred place, and the bastard itself is a stain.
This meeting was top secret. It was the Templar Church who reached out to the West.
The archbishop looked at the monk who had accompanied Dick Vishui, who nodded imperceptibly. The monk spoke with Kevon Lannister himself, and it was he who escorted Ser Kevon to the mountains of the West, along with the monks and Dick Viys.
"Alright, my lord, we're not going to beat around the bush. Stannis I abandoned the Seven Gods in favor of the Red Gods, who came from across the Narrow Sea, and the Red Witch Melisandre was favored by Stannis, who sacrificed her lives to the Lord of Light, Rahlo. The Great Sanctuary in the Red Fort began to be demolished by the people arranged by the Red Witch this morning, and she will then uproot the trees in the Divine Tree Forest and build the Divine Tree Forest into the Red God Square, which is unacceptable to us. The archbishop's voice was already very harsh.
It's a pity that he is too fat, and as soon as he is excited, he gasps.
Dick was afraid that he would choke on his breath!
"What is the Archbishop going to do?"
"In the basement of our Basil Chapel, the remains of the kings of the past are stored, and the seven gods are the true gods of the kings. We have decided to pledge allegiance to King Joffrey to the Seven Gods, and we are willing to work with King Joffrey to drive out the Red Witch, forbid the Red God's faith, and overthrow Stannis I. ”
"What else?" Dick Viywater knew very well that there must be other conditions for the church.
"We want King Joffrey to allow us to restore the son of a warrior. Said the archbishop of the god of the warrior faith, who had a small sword around his neck.
The "Warrior's Son" consisted of knights and commoners who believed in the Seven Gods, and was once an armed church that was brutally suppressed and disbanded by Maeg I.
The Warrior's Son contains two weapons, the first being the Holy Sword Armament.
The knights gave up their lands and possessions to fight for the Seven Gods. They were dressed in silver-plated armor, draped in rainbow cloaks, and armed with swords with star-shaped crystals on their round heads. They are extremely devout in their belief in the Seven Gods and have no forgiveness for their enemies. They are the "holy sword" of the Church.
In addition to the Knight's Sacred Sword, which is a light infantry composed of civilians who believe in the Seven Gods, they are called the Holy Aegis.
The Holy Shield has monks and nuns, male and female. They were like a fighting gang of beggars, numerous and highly respected among the common people, armed with any weapons they could find, often short knives and rusty swords and axes or clubs, and wore clothes with a seven-pointed star coat of arms on a white background. They are the "holy shield" of the Church.
Historically, the 'Sons of Warriors' organization has caused great trouble for the nobility and royal family of the Seven Kingdoms, and sometimes overrode the royal power.
But the son of a warrior was later brutally suppressed by the cruel Meg. At that time, Meg offered a reward for the heads of the members of these two organizations, a golden dragon on the scalp of the holy sword, and a silver deer on the holy shield. Eventually, the two organizations were defeated, the sons of warriors were disbanded, and the only weapon of the faithful was 'prayer' and were not allowed to take up arms again.