![]() It’s not that it’s hard to find potential suspects – it’s that there are so many candidates who might want her dead.Īt the end of the sixth season, Melisandre found herself exiled from the kingdom of the North. There have even been memorable characters who were introduced and killed off in the same episode.Ī harder challenge than predicting if Melisandre will die in Season Eight or not (she will) is in deciding who will be complicit in her death, like a game of Westerosi Clue. The show is rough on its cast of characters, and being an interesting or compelling character doesn’t provide much plot armor. At this point it’s hard to predict who might live with absolute certainty. Melisandre: Death by fire is the purest death.Īnyone predicting that Melisandre will die in Season Eight isn’t making all that crazy a statement. It was Jon’s northern coalition and the Knight of the Vale, who eventually defeated the Baratheon-routing Boltons.īut if Melisandre has seen in her flames that she’ll be returning to Westeros and never leaving the land alive, we might as well believe her. But it wasn’t Stannis and his Stormlanders doing that. ![]() Melisandre legitimately saw the Bolton banners struck down at Winterfell. ![]() She picked the wrong candidate for Azor Ahai reborn in supporting Stannis Baratheon, which had disastrous consequences including convincing Stannis to sacrifice his daughter in hopes of a magical advantage against the Boltons.īut much of that was due to faulty extrapolation from incomplete data. Straight up, it’s fair to be skeptical of Melisandre when she plays the role of fortune teller. ![]() If you don’t mind my saying, I don’t think you should return to Westeros. Melisandre: I would only be a distraction if I stayed. We know this, because Melisandre has told us so while chatting with Varys in Season Seven. Melisandre will definitely be back in Season Eight. Her expertise all but guarantees that she’ll be important in the coming fight with the White Walkers and the falling of another Long Night on Westeros. She gives us context on legendary figures like Azor Ahai and his flaming sword Lightbringer, as well as details on the prophesied Prince (or Princess) that was Promised. Most of the prophetic and vision-adjacent characters from A Song of Ice and Fire either haven’t made it into the show or have had a limited role, but Melisandre is easily the show’s stand-out prognosticator as well as the show’s primary source of arcane exposition. Melisandre: And that’s just the shopping mall parking lots. Game of Thrones‘ fiery red witch would be the first to tell us about things being dark and full of terrors. With the month’s focus on lighting up the night defiantly in the face of the longest seasonal darkness, December is an appropriate month to check in on Melisandre of Asshai. Maybe lighting candles is one’s thing, maybe tossing a Yule log on the fire … maybe some have glowing, decorated trees indoors or have jazzed up the neighborhood with dazzling illumination on houses. Possibly because of the extra-long darkness, December has multiple traditions that celebrate with light. One last possibility is that, to stop tyrants, the victorious parties form a ruling alliance a la the knights of the round table, and rule in a more democratic capacity.The days are getting shorter and shorter (at least they are here in the northern hemisphere), leading us to the Winter Solstice and the longest night of the year. If Gendry has a moment of heroicism fighting for the Iron Throne, I think he will truly be a darkhorse to rule the seven kingdoms. It would make sense if, just as the proxy of the "Great Other" shattered to ice, the proxy of R'hllor bursts into flame. One candidate I have for the "true" big bad which my theory requires is The Mountain/Qyburn, or an as-yet unrevealed string-puller behind them, perhaps the "lord of light" himself. A compelling reason why the Night King may not be the "big bad" is that the prophecy explicitly states that when the darkness falls, it bursts into flame. It's possible, but it's equally possible that there remains a force of darkness equal or greater to the Knight King that would fit the prophecy even more closely. Now there is the matter of whether or not the Night King was really the force of darkness mentioned in the prophecy. Arya brought the light, so Arya *is* the sword. Everyone commented how poor the visuals were as they were masked in darkness, only to have the episode end at dawn thanks to Arya's actions. Then there's the name of the sword itself, Lightbringer. Well, a sword could be referring to the weapon, *or* it could be referring to his champion/knight, who in this case would be Arya. If you're going by the prophecy, it seems like it's still possible that Gendry is Azor Ahai, provided you go by a metaphorical reading.
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