She probably assumes Selyse will not be too broken up about sacrificing her daughter, as she is a true believer in the Lord of Light and not a loving mother to her disfigured, skeptical daughter. This is where Melisandre first reveals that she intends to burn Shireen as a sacrifice to the Lord of Light, but she won’t say so in as many words. When we set sail, your daughter must be with us.
You don’t need my help, but I will need yours soon. You are strong enough to look into the Lord’s light and see his truth for yourself. “You don’t need powders and potions, my queen. Over the queen’s objections, Melisandre insists that Shireen must be present at the Wall: Their conversation eventually turns to the princess, whom Selyse wants to leave at home while their party goes to the Wall. During Season 4, Episode 7, Selyse walks in on Melisandre taking a bath. While King Stannis and Ser Davos go to Braavos to borrow money from the Iron Bank, Melisandre stays home on Dragonstone with Queen Selyse and Princess Shireen. She needs him to help her true savior. Eventually, she needs him to die without having taken power.īut first, she needs him to bring her to the Wall, along with his wife and daughter, Ser Davos, and an army.Īt that point in the show, we the audience had no clue as to Melisandre’s intentions, but as we saw more of her in later episodes, the show gave us more information about what the Red Woman was trying to accomplish. She now sees he is not the destined savior of the world, but having brought him this far, she can’t simply tell him she can no longer help him. However, there is one serious lie in her new announcement: she now sees she made a mistake in serving Stannis Baratheon’s cause. She is telling the truth when she says the War of Five Kings means nothing and that the true war is at the Wall. At that moment when she looks at the flames, everything changes for Melisandre. Her fire visions have always been open to interpretation, and she has long insisted to Stannis that the images in the flames do not lie, but she may sometimes misread them. She says Ser Davos has a part to play in the war to come. Melisandre reads the scroll, puts it in her magical fire, peers into the flames, and announces that the War of Five Kings means nothing, the true war lies to the north, death marches on the Wall, and only Stannis can stop it. Stannis is about to have Ser Davos executed when Davos hands over a communication from Maester Aemon: the White Walkers are coming, and the Night’s Watch needs help. When Ser Davos confesses his insubordination to Stannis and Melisandre, she tells him he has doomed thousands of lives to save one innocent boy, and at that moment, she still sincerely believes that putting Stannis Baratheon on the Iron Throne is the way to save the world. In one of their last conversations, Ser Davos confided in Gendry that Melisandre “knows her way around a man’s head.” However, her plans to burn Gendry alive were soon foiled by Ser Davos, another of Stannis’ advisors, who facilitated Gendry’s escape from the castle. She carried out the ritual, albeit in an abbreviated form, and when Stannis received news of Robb Stark’s death, Melisandre appeared vindicated. All seemed lost, but Melisandre still had other tricks up her wide red sleeves she found Gendry, a poor bastard son of King Robert, and brought him to Dragonstone, intending to use his blood in a ritual that would kill Stannis’ enemies. Following their attempt to take the city, many of Stannis’s supporters abandoned his cause and swore fealty to the crown.
Because of the circumstances of Renly’s death, the powerful Tyrell family allied with Stannis’ enemies the Lannisters, providing them with military forces, food, and a new bride for King Joffrey. It was with Melisandre’s guidance that Stannis continued his campaign to take the Throne, culminating in the failed siege of King’s Landing.Īll actions have unforeseen consequences, and war has plenty. It was with the understanding that Stannis was a savior that Melisandre used her magical skills to help him kill his younger brother and rival for the Iron Throne, Renly Baratheon. Melisandre gained his trust, converted his wife Selyse Florent to the faith of the Lord of Light, and became one of his closest advisors. As the next-oldest brother of the recently deceased King Robert Baratheon, Stannis had the best claim to the Iron Throne. When the Red Priestess Melisandre of Asshai first began serving Lord Stannis Baratheon on Dragonstone, she surely believed that he was Azor Ahai, a savior destined to become Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and save the world.
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