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Which Gods Would You Actually Pray To?
Everybody inherits a religion. Almost nobody keeps the one they inherited without amendment. Nine questions about silence, ceremony, fear, forgiveness and what you would actually do at three in the morning — and the faith you would end up with rather than the one you were handed.
Walking into the wood…
How it works
Nine questions, four answers each, dealt from a longer bank so no two runs are identical. They avoid doctrine entirely, because almost nobody chooses a religion by comparing doctrines. They ask about the things belief is actually made of: what you do when you are frightened at three in the morning, whether you want a ceremony or a silence, how you feel about being forgiven, and whether you would rather be watched or left alone.
Nothing you answer leaves the page and there is nothing to sign up for. The questions arrived with the file, so it is instant, private, and works with the network off.
The seven answers
- The Old Gods — no priests, no book, no music. A tree, a silence, and the sense of being noticed.
- The Seven — one god with seven faces, a building, a calendar and a whole society built around it.
- The Drowned God — harsh, salt, honest about death, and demanding in a way that is almost restful.
- The Lord of Light — a faith with an answer, an enemy and a certainty. Enormously attractive in a bad year.
- The Many-Faced God — the one that says death is a gift and means it. Not comforting. Not nothing.
- The Great Stallion — the sky, the herd, the horizon, and a religion with no walls in it anywhere.
- None of them — and you would be at the funerals, and you would say the words, and you would still not believe it.
Why nobody answers this honestly at first
Asked directly, most people describe the religion they think they ought to want: dignified, tolerant, aesthetically pleasing. What they actually reach for under pressure is something else entirely, and it is usually either much harsher or much simpler than the version they would defend in conversation. So the questions here are all indirect. None of them mention a god. They ask about weather, silence, guilt, funerals and the specific hour of the night when you are most honest, and the faith at the end is assembled out of those, which is why the result surprises a fair number of people who take it.
Passing it on
Your answer goes into the page address, so the link opens on exactly the same card for whoever you send it to, without an account. A downloadable version of the card is drawn in the page as well, for wherever a picture works better.
This is fan-made, and unofficial
This quiz is about the religions of a fictional world. It is a free, unofficial fan quiz — an unofficial fan tribute, made for fun. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to George R. R. Martin, HBO, or any official Game of Thrones property.
No prayer, scripture or line from any book or television series is reproduced here; every word was written for this page. Iron Realms — the strategy game the rest of this site is about — is an original fantasy world with its own map, its own houses and its own art, and has no connection to Westeros. This corner is kept separate on purpose, and nothing in it should be read as suggesting otherwise.
Where the rest of them are
The sworn orders quiz asks a related question with institutions instead of gods, and gets a different answer from most people. The Westeros — ASOIAF & Game of Thrones section lists every quiz and tool in this wing, and the fan tributes hub has the rest of the corner. If you would rather play something than answer questions, Iron Realms is free and runs in a browser tab.