A Clash of Kings – The Silent Sisters
Then one morning she spied three women in the cowled grey robes of the silent sisters loading a corpse into their wagon. The body was sewn into a cloak of the finest silk, decorated with a battle-axe sigil. When Arya asked who it was, one of the guards told her that Lord Cerwyn had died. The words felt like a kick in the belly. He could never have helped you anyway, she thought as the sisters drove the wagon through the gate. He couldn’t even help himself, you stupid mouse.
A Clash of Kings – Chapter 30 – Arya
We’re back with Arya in Harrenhal. As she adjusts to her new life there, she is beginning to feel a little more hopeful. That is until sees the body of a northern prisoner she knows and had hoped would help her, prepared by the Silent Sisters.
It was interesting trying to design the Silent sisters. I like the costumes they wear in the show, but Mr. Martin describes something a bit more traditionally monastic. I based mine on a picture of capuchin nuns. A bit anachronistic but does the trick.