>>2347105
I think this guy Pan was the leader of the White Walkers beyond The Wall.
(possibly Nephilims?)
They attacked the Wildlings and forced them to move south and ally with the Knights Watch, in Westeros.
They worshiped the Old Gods, but one sect of early Christian's were the Faith of the Seven, The Faith's central doctrine that there is one God who has seven aspects is partly based on the Catholic belief that there is one God who has three aspects: Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
The Faith Militant, the Faith's military order, is loosely based on crusading orders, e.g. Knights Templar and Knights Hospitaller.
There was a pre-Jesuit order based at the Citadel. The governance of the Citadel is held by the Seneschal, chosen from among the archmaesters.
The maesters are an order of scholars, healers, messengers, and scientists. They educate new students at their "seat", the Citadel, which is located in Oldtown, a city in the Reach. House Hightower was integral in the Citadel's foundation, and continues to patronize the order. As advisers to the Westerosi nobility, the maesters have largely supplanted the Alchemists' Guild.[1] They are sometimes called "the knights of the mind.