Religion is really an excellent point. Since the The Seven /The Faith was brought to Westeros, is the very concept of Knighthood, including the title "Ser" completely Andal in origin? I saw no evidence of knights or the title existing at all with The First Men. Only runes. and The old gods/ WW trees, all adopted from TCotF.

What about the Targs/ Valyria? Did they worship the Lord of Light? What was their religion prior to The War of Conquest? They seem to have adopted The Faith at some point...before Baelor, I would think...unless his reign established The Seven as the Royal Religion officially...?

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I cannot remember his name, but the kid from the Vale who was Jon Arryan squire was knighted and though he was better than Ned's man, Jorry (SP?), even though Jorry was a better fighter.

Are you talking about the Knight that showed up for The Hand's Tourney in a brand spanking new suit of armour, was rude to Jory and refused to speak to Ned till after the joust...but ended up with a broken lance in his throat?

I don't remember his name, either.

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Posted by shelly

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Posted on 11/22/12 at 1:04 am to 19

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Since the The Seven /The Faith was brought to Westeros, is the very concept of Knighthood, including the title "Ser" completely Andal in origin?

Yup, pretty sure that's the case.

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What about the Targs/ Valyria? Did they worship the Lord of Light? What was their religion prior to The War of Conquest?

They worshiped different gods, but we don't know much about them. I think all we know is that Aegon's dragons were named after 3 gods in Valyria - Belarion, Meraxes, and Vhagar. Also, I'm pretty sure Aegon followed the Seven, but I don't know if he converted once he conquered Westeros or if he always did. Most likely after his conquest if I were to guess.

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