High Septon (Baelor)


 * This article is about the character during the first High Septon during the reign of Baelor Targaryen. For the title see High Septon (title).

"To steward his monument to vanity, Baelor summoned the High Septon of the Faith from his ancient seat in Oldtown and gifted him with ornate robes and a crown of crystal and gold, and like a fool the High Septon put on his lord's motley and danced at his lord's table, and with each passing year the High Septons fell ever lower."

- High Sparrow

The High Septon is an unseen character in Game of Thrones. He is not expected to appear in the series, being long dead when it begins.

Biography
The High Septon left the Starry Sept in Oldtown on the orders of King Baelor Targaryen to steward the Great Sept of Baelor. Baelor dressed him in ornate robes and a crown of crystal and gold, and the High Septon danced at the king's table. Following his death, Baelor chose increasingly unqualified successors, including a simple-minded stonemason and an eight-year-old boy.

In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, his story is the same.