Melisandre: Proactive Prophecy | Character Analysis | ASOIAF

[@PeaceDragon9]

Its not for sure she was born in Asshai. Some say Hardhome hundreds of years before the time of the story.

[@ExploringFiction]

True... kinda just played if up for narrative purposes since her birth is so shrouded in mystery

[@moiz85]

No where does it say she was born in Asshai, child can't survive there. Also maesters aren't a religious order.

[@ExploringFiction]

Yeah, addressing that second part, I suppose the way I worded things makes it seem like I confused maesters and septons, so that's my bad. Thankfully, I think the idea still stands that Cressen was the main proponent of the Seven on Dragonstone though

[@gentlesavage2068]

melisandre feels like nimue and the wyrd sisters from macbeth and lady macbeth put together

[@johnreydelatorre3450]

Wait, babies can be born in Asshai, but cannot survive in Asshai, correct?

[@ExploringFiction]

As far as I'm aware, that is correct!

[@plasmiusphantom]

That is only what maester’s who’ve never been to Asshai say! GRRM doesn’t think the Citadel would truly know.

[@pavelslama5543]

I considered it likely that she´s both trying to make Stannis the king, and smuggle herself to the position of his new wife. Everything about her makes that conclusion logical.

[@dblackesquire]

Where did you get the idea Melisandre birthed whatever killed Renly? She never said that's what happened. Stannis never said that's what happened. And the readers never see this event occur.

[@ExploringFiction]

To be honest, out off all the things to theorize about, I feel like that event is pretty universally agreed upon. But who do you think did it?

[@wilsonmorris1567]

It's pretty universally agreed. We see renly die from the shadow monster then we see from davos pov her give birth to an identical looking shadow of stannis

[@persephone342]

@@wilsonmorris1567Davos is an honest man. I’d believe everything he says. Could it be some type of glamour? Absolutely.

[@gentlesavage2068]

stannis feels a lot like macbeth

[@timothytzovolos153]

His besige of deeepwood motte is a very blunt reference!!