Kapitel 189: The secret of the gods
The earliest place of origin of the Andals was located on a peninsula called Ax Island in the north of the Essos continent, bordering the Shivering Sea.
For unknown reasons, this nation moved south to establish the Andas, whose southern territory was composed of flat lands and velvet hills. They fought against the natives, such as the shaggy savages, and gained control of the land.
Andas lies to the south of the coast of Braavos, to the east of the Narrow Sea, and to the west of the Norvos Hills. The area has plain terrain in the west and hills to the east, such as the Velvet Hills.
Here, the Andals developed their own culture and religious beliefs, and legend has it that the incarnations of the Seven Gods descended and crowned their first king, Hugo, King of the Hills.
To facilitate the distinction, Qyburn refers to the Andals who are still in the Andas region as the Andals, and the Andals who have migrated to Westeros as the Andals.
"Not only me, but most of the bachelors who study gods and magic believe that this world is godless. Even doctors who are extremely repulsive to magic also agree with this view."
Cobain then added.
But the well-informed Prince Oberyn didn't think so.
"There is a trading city-state called Lys in the southeast of the Stone Steps Islands. Some of their customs can prove the existence of the Lys Weeping Woman."
Everyone was confused and asked what the evidence was.
Prince Oberyn smiled evilly, "One of the specialties of Lys is poison. The world's first poison, Tears of Lys, and the world's second poison, the Strangler, all come from here. As far as I know, the tears of the Weeping Lady of Lys are the Tears of Lys." "
The Weeping Lady is another name for the Weeping Lady of Lys.
Arthur nodded, agreeing with this statement.
The biggest driving point of the plot of Game of Thrones is that Jon Arryn was poisoned by his wife Lady Lysa, and the poison was the Tears of Lys.
This is a very rare and expensive poison. Its taste is as sweet as water. It can be dissolved in wine or water. It cannot be smelled or tasted. It can cause death like intestinal disease by disturbing the intestines and stomach, leaving no trace behind. trace.
The strangler is a crystal the size of a seed. When illuminated by lights, it will shine like jewelry, shining with purple light.
Although this poison is not well-known, it is famous for the people it kills.
In the original plot, Emperor Joffrey died from strangulation at the Purple Wedding.
Prince Oberyn is nicknamed "The Red Viper" because he is good at poisoning. Based on his knowledge of poisons, this statement should be credible.
But Arthur I was still puzzled and asked: "How did the weeping woman deliver the tears she cried to the hands of believers?"
Red Viper took the wine bag handed over by his mistress Ellaria Sand and drank a sip before answering:
"The shrine, the shrine dedicated to the Weeping Lady will shed silver tears from time to time. After being processed by the alchemist of Reese, it can become the Tears of Reese."
At this time, the army has advanced to a relatively gentle hill. Looking around, there are still mountains all around.
Marquis Innis, who was leading the team in front, rode over and asked: "Your Majesty, it is almost evening now, and there are cliffs ahead. Why not camp here? We will arrive at Sarsfield City at about noon tomorrow."
The king nodded and ordered the war minister to go and arrange the garrison.
This army consists of 4,000 Riverside Alliance troops, more than 3,000 Rowan and Oakheart Alliance troops, more than 4,000 Tyrell and Riverbend family soldiers, and 4,000 Frey soldiers. Each army has His own leading nobles and knights are not personally responsible for many details of the king.
As for Silver Mountain City and Deep Cave City, a thousand Rowan-Okheart soldiers were left in each. The people of the West were busy defending on two fronts and could not spare a large army to recapture these two castles.
In less than half an hour, the huge tent for the king had been set up, making Arthur feel that power was great.
After the servants set up simple furniture, the discussion about gods resumed.
More nobles joined this time, including Queen Margaery who came with the army but in a carriage, the lame Rosso from Crowtree City, Clermont Piper, Earl of Pink City, Hugo... More than 20 nobles with sufficient status participated in this expanded meeting, including Vance, Carlyle Vance, Earl of Travel's Rest, Saeus Rowan, the knight of Golden Tree City, and even Harlan Hunter, the hostage in the valley.
Everyone is discussing whether gods exist. Most people tend to believe in gods, but only a few people believe in gods devoutly.
This is not their fault. Bachelors are responsible for the education of many nobles. This group does not believe in God, so the students they teach naturally do not have much respect for gods.
"Adults, let me tell you my point of view." The little devil, who had been half drunk, suddenly stood up and began to express his lofty views.
"If you are familiar with history, you will find that some gods were created by the founders themselves, such as the Thousand-Faced God. The appearance of this god was so simple that I thought I could also create a religion."
The little devil who loves reading began to explain the origin of the God of Many Faces to everyone.
This god is worshiped by the Faceless Men, an assassin organization founded in the Free Trade City of Braavos. The founders of the Faceless Men realized and believed in the volcanic mines of ancient Valyria that Valyrian slaves from all over the world prayed to different incarnations of the same god, the God of Death.
The God of Many Faces has many names. In Qohor, he is the "Black Goat"; in Yidi, he is the "Night Lion"; in Westeros, he is the "Stranger".
"The first Faceless Men walked the mines, listened to the prayers of many slaves, and then came up with the idea of a god who, to my knowledge, had never performed any miracles."
Tyrion said loudly.
A knight of the Reach, Egilon Oakheart, immediately objected: "No, what Lannister said is wrong."
When everyone asked why it was wrong, the knight replied:
"If we really follow the teachings of the Thousand-Faced God, then every time there is a death, the Thousand-Faced God is performing a miracle. In this way, the Thousand-Faced God is the god who performs the most miracles."
The nobles laughed.
This is indeed a good bad joke.
"Okay, everyone." Arthur stood up and began to summarize the gods.
"We now have three theories. The first is that there is no god. The so-called gods are just wizards, priests, monks, alchemists, moonsingers, red-robed monks, dark warlocks, necromancers, cloud wizards, and fire warlocks. , Blood Witches, Nightcrawlers and other groups' explanations of magical phenomena."
For some unknown reason, there are far fewer magic people in Westeros than in the Eastern Continent where monsters and monsters are common.
The nobles listened quietly to Arthur I's words, and only a few people such as Qyburn nodded in agreement.
The king paused and spoke about the second view, "The second view is represented by the Thousand-Faced God and his followers, and advocates the God of Rules, that is, a certain god who is responsible for certain rules of the world. For example, the God of Death, who plays different roles in different There are different names among different nations and regions, but it is essentially the same god."
This won the approval of Tyrion, Queen Margaery, and several ungodly followers of the Seven.
"The third theory is very scary. All the gods with different names in this world exist, and they all have their own divinity. The responsibilities of many gods overlap with each other, and the two are competing for believers."
Prince Oberon and Bald Aenys recognized the third point.
Most of the remaining people did not express their opinions. They had little interest in the gods and did not want to go against the king's wishes in this discussion.
But Arthur I wanted to figure out the secrets of the gods. If the third situation really happened, then he could make some preparations.
For example, when expanding, intercepting the power of faith, seizing the godhead, and preparing to become a god.
"I don't reject any of these three theories, but I want to understand the secret of the gods. You can go on to list the evidence and try to convince me."
The king gave orders to those who had expressed their opinions.
Cobain, who had the most food in his stomach, spoke first:
"Your Majesty, if we understand some basic facts, we will find that the so-called gods may not really exist. For example, people have souls. Even if the body is damaged and close to death, the soul will not leave. This It's the ghost in the mouth of most civilians."
The old maester really wanted to say that he could really capture souls and create painless, emotionless "people", but on this occasion, he also wanted to maintain his image as a maester.
After all, quite a few lords were repelled by black magic, so they collectively wrote to the city to deprive him of his bachelor's necklace.
The king sat on the chair again, "The bachelor is right, the soul does exist. As far as I know, two people have been resurrected after death, and one of them died several times."
What Arthur mouthed was the Lightning King and Lady Stoneheart.
With the blessing of the red monk Thoros, the Lightning King was resurrected several times, and the last time he used his "fire of life" to resurrect Lady Caitlin, who had been dead for several days.
"But miracles do exist. For example, the Lord of Light can send prophecies to believers in the fire. That beautiful red-robed witch, Melisandre, saw my deeds in the fire. I chose to convince Lady Selyse and came to King's Landing to assist me."
The king said.
Originally, Melisandre was the best person to discuss the gods.
In terms of magic, the twenty-odd people here combined are not as knowledgeable as a shadowbinder and a red-robed witch.
But Melisandre is very self-righteous. She often promotes the prophecies she sees by herself. She is also very capable and does what she says.
Before the situation was completely stabilized, Arthur did not dare to let Melisandre stay by his side, so he sent her to follow the team to the Great Wall to help defend against the wildlings and white ghosts.
Cobain couldn't explain this, so he sat down with a smile and said no more words.
"My lords, I suddenly had an idea." Arthur looked around at the nobles, "Everyone knows that the Baratheon family has a strong character. As long as one parent is a pure-blood Baratheon, Both children have black hair, and even dragon blood cannot suppress it, let alone Lannister's blond blood."
These words made all the nobles chuckle.
The strong caste means that the black-haired Robert was turned green because his three nominal legitimate sons and daughters were all blond.
"But black hair is one of the symbols of the ancestors. Although Oris, the ancestor of the Baratheon family, also has black hair, it is said that he is a close relative of Aegon I, and this bloodline cannot suppress dragon blood."
The hair color of our ancestors was generally dark, with brown being the most common, but there were also many black hairs.
Arthur went on to tell his speculation, "The Storm King family also has black hair, so the strong character of the race is probably inherited from the Durandon family."
"Then why does the Durrandon family have such a strong bloodline? Let's go back to the ancient myths. The ancestor of the Storm King, Durran the God-Hated, married the daughter of the God of the Sea and the God of the Wind. It is hard to say whether he had any offspring. But if the Storm King's line has the blood of God, then it makes sense that the dragon blood can't suppress the black hair of the Baratheon family."
This made some nobles nod in agreement. Hair color and bloodline are familiar to them.
Marquis Inis exclaimed: "So Baratheon has the blood of God? My Seven Gods, how noble is this."
Several knowledgeable nobles ignored this stupid remark.
Tyrion said to himself, "I have seen the deeds of the ancient kings communicating with gods. If this is the case, then gods have entities like humans and can communicate with humans normally?"
Coben agreed with this very much, "Lord Lannister is right. Gods are just animals that have mastered magic. In some aspects, humans may be stronger than gods. I believe that as long as we persist in research, things like gods, magic, and death will no longer be secrets."
This is one of his dreams. Conducting live experiments is just a means, not an end.
"To sum up, I am more in favor of the second statement, but the first one can also be explained in it. Some gods are actually magical creatures, but they know stronger magic, which makes people mistakenly think they are gods."
Arthur concluded.
The matter of gods needs to be further studied. It would be great if there was a loyal and powerful wizard or priest to be with him.
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King's Landing, Red Castle, Crow's Nest.
This is the residence of the Grand Maester. The spacious suite is filled with shelves full of herbal ointments and potions, as well as several shelves full of scrolls and books.
This room is located in an inconspicuous corner of the Red Keep. The previous Grand Maester Pycelle had lived here for decades until he was sent to the Wall by the current King Arthur I.
The successor, Grand Maester Gorman, was mediocre in qualifications and was only a few years older than Pycelle. Apart from his background in the Tyrell family, he had no advantages.
It was already night, and after dinner, Gorman returned to the spacious but crowded room, ready to go to bed after washing up.
"This Queen Sansa is really hard to serve." He murmured.
The pregnant queen kept him busy for a long time, preparing a menu for her, deciding what not to eat and what to eat less.
Just after lighting the candle on the candlestick, Grand Maester Gorman suddenly found a figure in front of him.
He was about to scream, but his throat had been stabbed.
The dark red blood spurted out a full foot away, and then the body fell down with a bang.
After a few breaths, the mysterious man confirmed Gorman's death, then blew out the candle and left the crowded room quietly.
A few hours later, the box in the corner was suddenly opened, and a fat man wearing a hood and a black robe rushed out.
Under the cover of darkness, the former intelligence chief, the octopus spider Varys, looked at the cold Geman on the ground and felt puzzled.
Who else wanted to kill the new Grand Maester?
Even as smart as he was, he couldn't figure out the key.
But this was just a small detail. The focus tonight was the Duke of Mace.
His uncle was killed, and Varys was sure that Lord Tyrell must not be able to sleep, so he rushed to check the situation.
After finding a hidden and convenient place to escape, the fat man Varys hid flexibly.
Sure enough, after midnight, an assistant maester discovered the abnormality in the Grand Maester's room and reported it to the upper floor.
In just over ten minutes, the Duke of Mace arrived here with several guards.
The inflatable fish who loved his uncle so much didn't expect that there was anyone else in the room. He rushed in regardless of the guards' obstruction, threw himself directly on the body of his uncle Geman, and began to cry loudly.
Varys no longer hesitated, and fired the crossbow in his hand, shooting an arrow into the new Prime Minister's neck and killing him on the spot.
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