Game Of Thrones: The Sept Of Baelor And Cersei’s Wildfire Plot, Explained

When Cersei Lannister decided to align the crown’s interests with the Faith, little did she know her underhanded plan would come back to bite her. In Game of Thrones season 5, episode 3 “High Sparrow,” Cersei visits the titular leader of the Sparrows – a religious movement within the Faith. This sect emphasizes a puritanical, and fundamentalist interpretation of the Seven, and the distinguishing feature of the Sparrows is the harshness of their sentences. The sect becomes the object of revulsion for the head of the Faith of the Seven – the High Septon, and he forewarns Cersei and the small council of the dangers that this growing movement of zealots can cause. He fears if the High Sparrow goes unpunished, the situation will take a turn for the worse.