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=== The Stranger ===  
=== The Stranger ===  


The face of outcasts and wanderers, the lost. The Stranger is neither female nor male, neither entirely more or less than human. They are the face of death, and the one who guides the dead from this world to the next. The Stranger is rarely prayed to, save by those who feel themselves a pariah to society.
The face of outcasts and wanderers, the lost. The Stranger is neither female nor male, neither entirely more or less than human. They are the face of death, and the one who guides the dead from this world to the next. The Stranger is rarely prayed to, save by those who feel themselves a pariah to society. Faithful differ on whether they are associated with the rainbow's indigo or violet hues.
 


== Variations of Worship ==
== Variations of Worship ==


The southern Andals who occupied the lands now seized by the Valyrian Freehold differ markedly from their northern counterparts, especially as a result of having lived amongst Rhoyish and Valyrian folk for many centuries. They have different names for certain figures in Andalosi history - and are less dogged in their belief in the sole legitimacy in the Seven over all other forms of worship.
The southern Andals who occupied the lands now seized by the Valyrian Freehold differ markedly from their northern counterparts, especially as a result of having lived amongst Rhoyish and Valyrian folk for many centuries. They have different names for certain figures in Andalosi history - and are less dogged in their belief in the sole legitimacy in the Seven over all other forms of worship.