<P> Stannis' advisor Davos Seaworth blames Melisandre for Stannis' defeat and plans to assassinate her before Melisandre sees the plot in her flames and has him arrested . She attempts to persuade Stannis to sacrifice his bastard nephew Edric Storm to awaken stone dragons beneath Dragonstone . Stannis refuses, but allows her to leech him and burns the leeches to curse Stannis' rivals: Balon Greyjoy, Robb Stark, and Joffrey Baratheon . All three die in various circumstances soon after, but Davos smuggles Edric to Lys, fearing he will be sacrificed . Melisandre then accompanies Stannis and Davos to the Wall to defeat Mance Rayder's wildling host . </P> <P> Jon Snow swaps Mance Rayder's baby son with Gilly's baby, and sends the baby with Gilly, Samwell Tarly and Maester Aemon to Oldtown, to prevent Melisandre from burning the baby to perform fire magic . When Stannis orders Mance Rayder to be burned alive for deserting the Night's Watch, she uses her magic to secretly switch Mance's identity with Rattleshirt's, another wildling raider, resulting in Rattleshirt being burned instead . She later reveals this to Jon Snow, and sends Mance to Winterfell with six spearwives to rescue "Arya Stark" (actually Sansa Stark's handmaiden Jeyne Poole) from Ramsay Bolton . Melisandre remains at the Wall while Stannis marches on Winterfell . Noting that her powers are stronger at the Wall, she asks R'hllor for a vision of Azor Ahai, but only sees "Snow". She also warns Jon of having seen "daggers in the dark". Jon ignores her warnings, and is later stabbed by mutineers led by Bowen Marsh . </P> <P> Melisandre is played by Dutch actress Carice van Houten in the television adaption of the book series . </P> <P> In a ceremony on Dragonstone, Melisandre burns the statues of the Faith of the Seven, drawing the ire of Stannis' maester Cressen . Cressen attempts to poison her in a murder - suicide attempt; despite drinking the poison, Melisandre is unharmed . She convinces Stannis to impregnate her, giving birth to a shadow demon that kills Stannis' brother Renly, a rival claimant to the throne . However, Stannis' advisor Davos Seaworth counsels Stannis to leave Melisandre on Dragonstone when he attacks King's Landing; when the attack fails, Melisandre claims that Stannis' defeat was a result of not bringing her to the battle . Stannis attempts to strangle Melisandre in a fit of rage, before she makes him understand his role in Renly's death, and assures him that his betrayals will be worth it in the end . </P>

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