När Nymeria kom till Dorne var det inte exakt ett tomt land.
Första männen var de första som bosatte sig Dorne och efter dem kom de andras invaderare med sina sju gudar.
Nymeria och Rhoynar var de sista som migrerade till Westeros. När hon kom, var de sju trogen redan etablerade i Dorne. De flesta flyktingarna från Rhoynar var kvinnor och unga män som intermarried med Dornish när deras prinsessan gjorde.
It is said that, amongst the Rhoynar who came to Dorne with Nymeria, eight of every ten were women … but a quarter of those were warriors, in the Rhoynish tradition, and even those who did not fight had been hardened during their travels and travails. As well, thousands who had been boys when fleeing the Rhoyne had grown into manhood and taken up the spear during their years of wandering.
By joining with the newcomers, the Martells increased the size of their host by tenfold. When Mors Martell took Nymeria to wife, hundreds of his knights, squires, and lords bannermen also wed Rhoynish women, and many of those who were already wed took them for their paramours.
Thus were the two peoples united by blood. These unions enriched and strengthened House Martell and its Dornish allies.
TWOIAF: Ancient History - 10,000 Ships
Så det var vid giftermål att rhynaren i Dorne omvandlade sig till de sju troen under de kommande åren. Det betyder emellertid inte att alla Rhoynar gav upp sin religion, Ordenarna i Greenblood dyrkar fortfarande Rhoyne.
"It is a long journey," Arianne said, "but it will go easier once we reach the Greenblood. Some of Garin's people will meet us there, the orphans of the river. They live on boats, and pole them up and down the Greenblood and its vassals, fishing and picking fruit and doing whatever work needs doing."
"Aye," Garin called out cheerfully, "and we sing and play and dance on water, and know much and more of healing. My mother is the best midwife in Westeros, and my father can cure warts."
"How can you be orphans if you have mothers and fathers?" the girl asked.
"They are the Rhoynar," Arianne explained, "and their Mother was the river Rhoyne."
Myrcella did not understand. "I thought you were the Rhoynar. You Dornishmen, I mean."
"We are in part, Your Grace. Nymeria's blood is in me, along with that of Mors Martell, the Dornish lord she married. On the day they wed, Nymeria fired her ships, so her people would understand that there could be no going back. Most were glad to see those flames, for their voyagings had been long and terrible before they came to Dorne, and many and more had been lost to storm, disease, and slavery. There were a few who mourned, however. They did not love this dry red land or its seven-faced god, so they clung to their old ways, hammered boats together from the hulks of the burned ships, and became the orphans of the Greenblood. The Mother in their songs is not our Mother, but Mother Rhoyne, whose waters nourished them from the dawn of days."
AFFC: The Queenmaker
George R.R. Martin tilldelar också denna religiösa förändring till intermarriages:
Linda: Do (or did) the Dornishmen follow gods other than those of the First Men or the Andals, because of the Rhoynar? If so, does this have anything at all to do with the ruling Martell of Dorne calling him or herself Prince or Princess?
George_RR_Martin: The Dornishmen may have a few odd gods lying about, but they were pretty much assimiliated by intermarriage, so the Seven dominate down there too. The "prince" was the style of the ruler of their original cities, along the Rhoyne River.
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Till skillnad från Dorne blev norr emellertid aldrig besegrad av Andalsen och de första människornas herravälde fortsatte där tills den dag som konungen Egeon bestämde sig för att förena Westeros. Det fanns ingen större förändring i demografi redan före eller efter det och därför håller de gamla gudarna fortfarande sväng i norr, till skillnad från Dorne, där rhynaren mest absorberades i lokalbefolkningen.