The House of Black and White's public sanctum is also open to any who are in pain and seek death: they are given a drink of water from a poisoned cistern, which grants them a gentle and painless death. Their only "clergy" are the Faceless Men themselves, above lower ranking acolytes and novices serving in the temple. The Faceless Men have no known prayers or worship services - only their actions, by committing assassinations. Faceless Men are also known to use the High Valyrian phrases " valar morghulis" ("all men must die ") and " valar dohaeris" ("all men must serve"), both of which have deep significance in Braavosi society. The Faceless Men practice extreme self-abnegation, each devotee believing that they are "no one," with no personal desires, and living only to serve the Many-Faced God. In their at times inscrutable beliefs, they feel that they are only helping to carry out Death's will, and cannot choose their own targets (for personal reasons, such as revenge): they can only target those whom death has selected - the targets of assassination contracts they have accepted. As a result, these assassins view themselves as Death's servants, strictly bound to His service. The Faceless Men see death as a gift from the Many-Faced God to end human suffering: either to euthanize the sick or bereaved who can no longer stand the suffering of living, or as a "gift" to end the lives of those who are causing suffering to others. Īnother statue of the Stranger from the Faith of the Seven - believed by the Faceless Men to be yet another incarnation of the Many-Faced God. Icons from lesser religions and cults are also honored in the House of Black and White, including the Hooded Wayfarer, Bakkalon the Pale Child, the Moon-Pale Maiden, the Merling King, and many others. A humanoid form made of driftwood for the Drowned God.A carved Weirwood Heart tree face for the Old Gods of the Forest.The Stranger from the Faith of the Seven.The temple of the Faceless Men in Braavos, known as the House of Black and White (due to the color of its doors), contains a large public sanctuary with statues of death gods from all other religions displayed equally: There is no one symbol of the Many-Faced God, simply the icons used to represent death gods in other religions. Statues of death gods from other religions in the House of Black and White, the Lion of Night and Black Goat - believed to simply be other "faces" of the one true god. The Faceless Men believe that all of these gods are simply different aspects, or "faces", through which Death has revealed Himself to humanity - hence they formally refer to their deity as "the Many-Faced God". Every religion either has a god of death (in polytheistic faiths), or has a god with dominion over death (in monotheistic faiths). The cult is actually a syncretic religion its followers believe that Death is unknowingly worshiped by devotees of all the religions in the world, simply under different names. The Faceless Men worship Death, whom they believe is the only god.