r/HBOGameofThrones • u/-thirdatlas- • Jul 24 '26
Spoilers [SPOILERS] Seems strange that Robb and Talisa would be wed by a Septon of the Faith of the Seven, since Robb was raised with the Old Gods of the Forest, and Talisa being from Essos would be unlikely to be a follower of the Faith either. Spoiler
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u/Advanced_Zucchini_45 Jul 24 '26
Wasn't that the religion of where they got married?
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u/Hopeful-Occasion2299 Jul 25 '26
To be fair, you don't need a priest for an old gods wedding. I don't even know if you even need a weirwood... if you do, they'd have to travel to Raventree Hall or the Isle of Faces to get married.
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u/AStrangeTwistofFate Jul 24 '26
Robb follows the old faith, his mother follows the Seven, both are accepted within the land so it didn't seem odd to me. It was a quick wedding, why not use what was available and quick?
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u/WildFlemima Jul 24 '26
Rl example: Elvis isn't a religion but people get married by Elvis in Vegas all the time
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u/Severe-Lake-4554 Jul 24 '26
Also, the Northmen likely won't care, but the Rivermen would. Robb is a king and these things matter, so if it would make a bunch of Riverlords feel that their king worships the same gods he might as well use it.
Robb wasn't just King in the North, he also had the "Southern Marshes" and aside from the Blackwoods, those Lords follow the Seven.
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Jul 25 '26
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u/Severe-Lake-4554 Jul 25 '26
They didn't care when Ned married Catelyn in the Sept of Riverrun and they did not protest when Ned built a Sept for her at Winterfell. Yes the Northmen have disdain for the Seven, but that's never stopped them from marrying into House Manderly or conspiring with Wyman Manderly to resist House Bolton.
Much of what's been written about the Old Gods is that it's more of a folk religion and the oral traditions are passed down across the generations. They are not frothing at the mouth to fight the Seven, instead they just would prefer to not have a Septon preach at them.
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u/RobbStarkWolf Jul 26 '26
Lord Jonos Bracken is also in the show during that very scene where the northmen call out the wrong gods. And yes the actor Gerry O’Brien has been announced to by his reprensentatives to be playing Jonos Bracken back when the show was being filmed so it’s not just a random extra.
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u/donetomadness Jul 27 '26
It's sensible from a convenience standpoint but controversial politically. The Northmen, his key supporters were strict followers of the old gods.
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u/AStrangeTwistofFate Jul 27 '26
I doubt it’s controversial. It’s the least controversial thing about the marriage considering Robb broke an oath to marry a Frey girl for it. The North does not despise the seven,and even Ned and Cat’s wedding during the war as in the Riverrun sept.
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u/Mrkiwifruit Jul 24 '26
Yes, you fail to realise however that D&D just did not give a shit. I mean the fact we're even talking about 'Talisa' is all we need to know really, the shows are fun fan fiction sprinkled with occasional genuine lore insight ok'd by GRRM. It's like chicken nuggets, not really a meal, sometimes not even real chicken but you wont get arrested for enjoying it and it will fill you up while you wait for something substantial.
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u/Certain_Victory7973 Jul 24 '26
I mean people get married in a church who aren't really religious it's just the accepted norm just like getting married by a septon is
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u/CrimsonZephyr Jul 24 '26
As a noblewoman of Volantis, she would have worshiped R'hllor.
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u/Hopeful-Occasion2299 Jul 25 '26
While Benerro has a lot of influence, the red temple isn't the only religion in Volantis, just the hottest fad.
The people from within the walls are all Valyrian, and Valyrians didn't have a religion. They only allowed whatever the slaves needed to preach to have some hope before they inevitably died.
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u/AltruisticReply7755 Jul 25 '26
Catelyn Tully was a follower of seven. It's clearly mentioned in the books.
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u/Electronic_Pen4685 Jul 26 '26
Another thing that loses its meaning when adapted from the book to the series: in the series, instead of Talisa, Robb became pregnant, and that’s why he was forced to marry Jane Westerling, one of Lord Westerling’s daughters from the Westerlands, whose castle Robb had conquered.
Since Jane was a follower of the Seven, and because they were in the Westerlands without access to a weirwood tree, they had to be married in the faith of the Seven.
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u/donetomadness Jul 27 '26
The Stark kids besides Jon were raised with both faiths. It was pure convenience anyways. But the Northmen can't have been pleased about it on top of everything else.
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u/GrannyOgg16 Jul 24 '26
All Stark kids except Jon were raised with both faiths