Who are the Sparrows in Game of Thrones? Why did Cersei Lannister restore the Faith Militants?

Publish date: 2024-05-02

Game of Thrones is an HBO fantasy drama series developed by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. It is based on George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire trilogy, the first of which is A Game of Thrones.

The show was shot in the United Kingdom, Canada, Croatia, Iceland, Malta, Morocco, and Spain. It started on HBO in the United States on April 17, 2011, and concluded on May 19, 2019, with 73 episodes shown across eight seasons.

Who are the Sparrows in ‘Game of Thrones’?

The Sparrows were a religious sect that developed within the Seventh Faith. It was largely made up of the lowest and most humble members of the holy faith and was created in response to the misery inflicted on Westeros’ commoners during the War of the Five Kings.

They were led by a poor traveling “High Sparrow,” a play on the name of Faith’s leader, the High Septon.

During the early years of the War of the Five Kings, the Sparrows grew out of a popular disgust movement among followers of the Faith of the Seven, Westeros’ dominant religion, who were outraged by the suffering inflicted on commoners by the high lords, particularly the wanton attacks on members of the clergy when entire villages and towns were ravaged by the war.

Many people were particularly disturbed by the violation of religious principles during the war, such as the violation of guest rights at the Red Wedding.

Why did Cersei Lannister restore the Faith of Militants?

Cersei, being the vengeful and manipulative tramp that she was, intended to re-empower the religious militant in order to regain control over the small folk, seeking to utilize the popular Seven Gods to reduce King’s Landing’s population and enhance Tommen’s authority.

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