Let’s talk about a few basic settings: guest rights and sacred vows, as well as sacred marriage covenants.
Whether it is the original work of Ice and Fire or the Game of Thrones series, these three basic settings are generally followed.
What are the rights of guests? It means that after the guest accepts the bread and salt provided by the host, neither the host nor the guest can harm the other. Failure to abide by this custom is regarded as trampling on the sacred oath. The violator will be cursed by the gods in heaven, and the whole family will not die well.
In the original book, throughout the 8,000-year history of Westeros, there were only three well-known incidents that violated the rights of guests: the Rat Chef incident where guest rights originated, the Blood Wedding, and the mutiny at Craster's Fortress.
There are also rules for denying the rights of guests. The host places his unsheathed sword across his knees to express his denial of the rights of guests. Then it is time to fight and negotiate.
The sign of the end is that the host gives the guest a gift, and the guest returns the gift, and the guest's rights end here. Any subsequent fights between the two parties do not violate this custom.
The other two settings, sacred vows and sacred marriage covenants, are more common.
The so-called sacred oath means swearing to the gods in the sky to do something. If you cannot do something, it will be considered a violation of the oath. All the righteous gods will curse you and the person who took the oath will not die a good death.
At the end of the third century of Aegon's Conquest, the oathbreakers across the continent include: Jaime the Kingslayer, Robb the Young Wolf Lord, Eddard Stark who was beheaded by Emperor Joe (guess which oath he broke), Joffre
Here (blasphemy), part of the Blood Troupe under the name of Wag Huot.
The people of Ice and Fire tend to believe in their oaths. If someone breaks their oath, no matter their origin, they will be abandoned by everyone. The regicide Jaime Lannister is proof of this.
Except for the core forces in the West, basically no one looked up to him. Jaime had been nagged by Robert for fifteen years, and he had given up on himself for fifteen years.
Although Jaime killed the king in order to save hundreds of thousands of lives in King's Landing from being destroyed by wildfire, he himself felt that he had no honor left after forsaking the oath. If it weren't for Cersei, he might have killed the Mad King.
suicide.
He didn't even feel the need to explain the reason for his regicide to anyone. Let's not talk about whether people believed it or not. Even if they believed it, they would not forgive him for his oath-breaking behavior.
In the continent of Westeros, people will never swear easily. Once they make a sacred oath, they will definitely abide by it. Anyone who breaks the oath is like trampling on the rights of guests, and will be recognized by the NPCs in the world of ice and fire, just like Red in the game.
No matter which city you go to, the guards will take the initiative to identify and attack you.
Some people have previously questioned whether the death rate is too high. In the case where the retired soldiers of the family generally swear allegiance to the lord, only after the lord dies in battle, is captured or surrenders can the top soldiers surrender and flee, otherwise they will be considered as oathbreakers.
In the original book, the cavalry of the Karstark family only left Robb's army after they obtained the lord's promise, and the lord was beheaded by a higher-level lord, and the object of the oath was gone.
The Oath Knights are more thorough in their execution. When a lord is captured or killed, those with a tough temper will usually commit suicide, while those without the courage to die will usually choose to join the Night's Watch (which is equivalent to death).
For example, in the original book, Desmond Greer, the leader of Riverrun, chose to put on black clothes and join the Night's Watch after Lord Edmure was captured.
The evil gods such as the Black Goat and the Night Lion do not value this, so Wag Hot, who believes in the Black Goat, will accept the oathbreakers as his subordinates. Other mercenary groups have an attitude of killing the oathbreakers without mercy at all.
Keep.
The sacred marriage contract is similar to the sacred oath. Once the marriage is sworn, the other party cannot divorce and remarry before the death of one party. Besides, except for the followers of the Valyrian god, the remaining god believers can basically only marry one wife at the same time.
The reason why the Church of the Seven Gods launched a rebellion during Maegor's time was precisely because kings who believed in the Seven Gods married more. Aegon I, because he believed in the Valyrian gods when he married his wife, converted to the Seven Gods in the Starry Temple in Old Town.
He didn't marry another person, so it barely counts as a violation of the sacred marriage contract.
Even though Old Walder married eight wives, "Beauty" Brienne's father changed wives every year, and he could only take a new wife after the previous one died in an "accident".
Robb, the Young Wolf Lord, also violated the sacred covenant of marriage. Although he was not married, he was still engaged, so he died so tragically.
In the original book, Joffrey also broke off his engagement to Sansa, which was another act of breaking his oath, and his death was tragic.
At this point, everyone should have an idea of breaking oaths.
Last but not least, Jaime the Kingslayer's death will never be as dignified as in the series. His right hand only returned Bran's leg, and the retribution for killing the Mad King has not yet come.
