7/31/2023 0 Comments The silent age chapter 4Only after a week had passed were silent sisters finally allowed to prepare the corpse for burning. The small council did not call for the silent sisters after learning of the death of King Viserys I Targaryen, so the king's body swelled and rotted as the greens kept his death a secret. In 84 AC, Princess Saera Targaryen was sent to Oldtown to serve with the silent sisters as a novice, but she fled for Lys the following year. Later in life, Alysanne considered renouncing her marriage to King Jaehaerys I Targaryen and instead joining the silent sisters. When Queen Alysanne Targaryen visited Oldtown in 54 AC, she spent a day in prayer and contemplation with silent sisters at their motherhouse in the city. After five years of imprisonment, Marla's tongue was removed and she was forced to join the silent sisters. Marla Sunderland rebelled against House Arryn during Aegon's Conquest, but she was deposed by her younger brother Steffon with the failure of the Sistermen's Rebellion. Silent sisters escorting the dead, by Dean Bloomfield © Fantasy Flight Games Novices shave their heads, take cold baths, eat meatless meals, and wear roughspun robes. Girls and women are sometimes sent to become silent sisters as a punishment, and it is said that the silent sisters are always glad to welcome widows. Sometimes the sisters remove the bowels and organs and drain a body of blood, stuffing it with salts and fragrant herbs. More frequently flesh is stripped from a deceased's bones with beetles or boiling. One of the silent sisters' main functions is the collection and handling of the bodies of the dead, preparing them for funerals. However, they also administer harsh discipline among their order. They bring solace to the living and peace to the dead. It is said that theirs is a serene life, a life of prayer and contemplation and good works. The belief that their tongues are removed is a myth silent sisters are silent because of piety. People of Westeros are uneasy about and wary of the women since the silent sisters prepare men for the grave, it is considered ill fortune to look on the face of death. Silent sisters are shrouded in grey and keep their faces cowled except for their eyes.
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