Warrior Monk: They are The Order of this, the Poor Fellows, who are essentially begging brothers with axes, more so than the Warrior's Sons.Turned Against Their Masters: Cersei was dead wrong if she thought reinstating the Faith Militant would somehow not backfire.Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: The Poor Fellows accept members from all ranks of society, regardless of birth, sex or station, though they are led in battle by the Warrior's Sons.Pet the Dog: When they find orphaned children, they bring them to the Inn at the Crossroads.During Tommen's reign in A Feast for Crows, the new High Septon is able to convince Cersei, acting as regent, to allow them to re-form the orders if he cancels the debt the crown owes the Faith and if he publicly blesses King Tommen's reign, a traditional rite he had yet to perform. The Faith Militant organized a rebellion which lasted into the reign of Jaehaerys I, who was able to strike a deal with them: the orders would disband and the Targaryens would swear to always be the guardians of the Faith of the Seven. After Aegon took over, his successor was to be his son Aenys, but the Faith opposed this because Aenys was the product of an incestuous marriage (Aegon married his sister, Rhaenys). Order Reborn: They were originally founded before the Targaryens arrived in Westeros.The Order: Actually two Orders: The Noble and Puissant Order of the Warrior's Sons, and the Poor Fellows.Knight Templar: As an organization, they are somewhat inspired by the real The Knights Templar, though their practice of trials and use of torture to provide confessions borrow from the latter-day Spanish Inquisition.In-Series Nickname: The 'Stars and Swords', for their emblems: a seven-pointed star for the Poor Fellows and a sword for the Warrior's Sons.The Fundamentalist: Willing to do anything for the sake of the Faith.The modern incarnation also bears some similarities with Lollards since they rose up due to socio-political consequences of the Hundred Years War. The original Faith Militant uprising against Maegor the Cruel also bears similarities with the Cristero War in Mexico as a conflict between religious rebels against an authoritarian regime that violently persecuted it's faith, but was peacefully settled.

Mitigated somewhat by them being less hostile and more egalitarian than these groups.

Does This Remind You of Anything?: The rise of a militant fundamentalist religious movement resulting from the collapse of law and order during a devastating civil war has similarities to the creation of the Taliban and ISIS.

Dead Guy on Display: In A Feast for Crows, they collect the bones of murdered septons, septas, begging brothers, silent sisters and other devotees of the Faith and pile them at the feet of King Baelor's statue to show the realm how many innocents have been senselessly slaughtered, including holy men and women, because of the War of Five Kings.

Cold-Blooded Torture: They use this to elicit 'confessions'.As of A Feast For Crows this has been revived. The uprising continued until the reign of Jaeherys the Conciliator, who convinced them to disband by granting amnesty to all members of the two orders and vowing that House Targaryen would always defend the Faith of the Seven. They rose against House Targaryen during the rule of Aenys I. The Warrior's Sons were made up of noblemen, and the Poor Fellows were commoners (women were allowed to join this order as well). Church Militant: The Warrior's Sons and the Poor Fellows, referred to collectively as the Swords and Stars.Bright Is Not Good: You'd think that the bright rainbow cloaks the Warrior's Sons wear would be a sure sign of goodness, but not so much.Action Girl: Women were allowed to arm themselves join the Poor Fellows in defiance of traditional Westerosi gender norms.They answer only to the High Septon, whose role is similar to the medieval Pope. Many pilgrims take up weapons to protect themselves and other victims of the war, which results in a massive Church Militant. The military wing of the Faith of the Seven.

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