The body's hands are clasped together over the chest, and men's bodies are often laid in state with their hands clasping a sword (pointed down).
The body is displayed atop an altar, changed into formal clothes (and if they died violently, their wounds cleaned up as best as possible). The body of the deceased is usually laid in state for visitors and prayers. Their monastic order is sworn to service of the Stranger, the aspect of the godhead that represents death and the unknown.
In the Seven Kingdoms, the bodies of the dead are tended and prepared by the Silent Sisters, a religious order within the Faith of the Seven devoted to this task.
