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Many centuries later, the surviving Faceless Men relocated to Braavos, which was founded by ex-slaves who had escaped from Valyria (though whether this was after or slightly before the Doom is unclear). They started out by giving the 'gift' of death to slaves who were suffering particularly horribly in the mines, to ease their pain, and in time they learned to surreptitiously give the 'gift' to some of their Valyrian masters as well, becoming skilled assassins. The organization actually predates Braavos itself. In time this turned into a syncretic belief system worshiping the Many-Faced God of Death, holding that Death has appeared to humans under many different faces as many different gods, but they are all fundamentally one god. They were either polytheistic religions that had a god devoted to death, or monotheistic religions with a deity that had dominion over death. The thousands of slaves from a hundred different lands faced death on a daily basis, and over time, the belief developed among some of them that while they came from many different lands and followed many different religions, all of these religions were fundamentally the same, because they all worshiped death in some fashion. Their founders were slaves who worked in the mines under the Fourteen Fires, the great volcanic mountain chain whose eruption destroyed the Valyrian Freehold four centuries ago. The Faceless Men are a fairly old organization, predating even the Doom of Valyria. While they are indeed a guild of assassins, they have philosophical and religious motivations that will lead them to rejecting commissions that clash with those motivations. In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, the Faceless Men are based at the House of Black and White, a temple in Braavos dedicated to the ' Many-Faced God' that everyone will face, a reference to death.

Order of Assassins, is a Nizari Islamic secret society that was active in the Middle East during the 11th to 13th centuries. He replied 'I don't know, that's largely a fantasy trope there's not much evidence for that in history, the one evidence you did actually have a group called the assassins who were in the Middle East and there was a guy called the Old Man in the Mountain who would send forth his assassins to kill people in the Middle East where they'd been killing people for many centuries but they were not like fantasy guilds of assassins.' Martin was asked about his inspiration for the Faceless Men. She still uses other faces as a technique to kill her enemies. Completed her training after killing the Waif, but quickly abandoned the guild afterwards, as Jaqen ordered the Waif to kill her and she was unwilling to surrender her identity.

Arya Stark, (formerly) an acolyte in early training.

, a Faceless Man that appears as a young woman.

' Jaqen H'ghar', a Faceless Man that took the identity of a Lorathi criminal.

' I've seen a man who could change his face, the way that other men change their clothes.' ― Doreah Their headquarters are located in the House of Black and White, a temple dedicated to the Many-Faced God. The Faceless Men possess the ability to physically change their faces, shapeshifting so that they appear as an entirely new person. They also believe that, as servants of death, they must serve above all else and that they must deliver upon certain people the 'gift' of death. Faceless Men are trained to relinquish their former identities and become 'no one', which allows them to become entirely different people, all in service to the Many-Faced God. The weirwood Face for the Old Gods of the Forest and the Stranger of the Faith of the Seven are two such deities. They consider themselves servants of the Many-Faced God, a god of death who is unknowingly worshiped by all religions in the world, in the form of one god or another. They command exorbitant fees, but have a reputation for success that is unparalleled by any comparable organization.

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The Faceless Men are a guild of assassins based in the Free City of Braavos, though their members range far and wide across both Essos and Westeros. Faceless Men most of all.' ―' Jaqen H'ghar'