Editing Lightbringer (section)

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:King in the narrow sea by reneaigner.jpg|350px|right|thumb|[[Stannis Baratheon]] by Rene Aigner ©]]
[[Melisandre]], a [[red priest]]ess, burns wooden statues of the [[Faith of the Seven|Seven]] from the [[sept at Dragonstone]] in a pyre outside of [[Dragonstone]]'s gates; [[Melisandre's ruby|her ruby]] glows during the ceremony. Melisandre proclaims that [[Stannis Baratheon]] is [[Azor Ahai]] come again, and she has Stannis withdraw a longsword which had been thrust into the breast of the [[Mother (the Seven)|Mother's]] statue. The cherry-red steel of the blade, which has a leather grip, is covered with jade-green flames. After Stannis thrusts the sword into the ground, [[Bryen Farring]] and [[Devan Seaworth]] cover the burnt and blackened sword with Stannis's cloak.{{ref|ACOK|10}} [[Salladhor Saan]] tells Ser [[Davos Seaworth]] that the sword is not actually Lightbringer, and the sellsail tells the Onion Knight about the legend of Azor Ahai.{{ref|ACOK|10}}

When Stannis meets with his younger brother, [[Renly Baratheon]], near [[Storm's End]], [[Catelyn Stark]] notices that his sword has a great square-cut [[ruby]] set in the hilt. Stannis draws Lightbringer after being mocked by Renly, and the longsword brightly shimmers red, yellow, and blazing white.{{ref|ACOK|31}} After Renly is assassinated by [[shadow assassin|a shadow]], one of the rumors about his death claims that Stannis killed his brother with a magic sword.{{ref|ACOK|36}}

Stannis declines Ser [[Cortnay Penrose]]'s offer to resolve the [[siege of Storm's End (299)|siege of Storm's End]] through single combat.{{ref|ACOK|42}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:John Matson Stannis.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Stannis Baratheon]] and [[Melisandre]] by John Matson © FFG]]
Because stories have spread about Stannis and his magic sword, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] decides to give his grandson, King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], a [[Valyrian steel]] longsword made from [[Ice]] as a wedding gift.{{ref|ASOS|17}} Joffrey eventually names his blade [[Widow's Wail]].{{ref|ASOS|59}}

Stannis touches Lightbringer to Davos's shoulder when appointing him as [[Hand of the King]]. Davos sees the longsword glowing orange, yellow, and red, and air shimmers around it. Davos does not notice heat, however.{{ref|ASOS|36}}

Melisandre tells Stannis she has had [[vision]]s in her flames of Stannis wielding Lightbringer against the dark.{{ref|ASOS|54}} Stannis draws a glowing Lightbringer in anger after Davos has [[Edric Storm]] smuggled to safety from Dragonstone. Davos reads a letter from the [[Night's Watch]],{{ref|ASOS|63}} however, and Stannis travels north with his remaining followers to save [[Castle Black]] from [[Mance Rayder]].{{ref|ASOS|73}}

Following the [[battle beneath the Wall]], Melisandre tells the officers of the Night's Watch that Stannis wields the red sword of heroes. Stannis draws Lightbringer upon Maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]]'s request, and [[Samwell Tarly]] explains to the blind maester that the sword prettily glows without flame. [[Grenn]] compares the glowing Lightbringer to the [[sun]].{{ref|ASOS|75}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
While sailing from [[Braavos]] to [[Oldtown]], a fevered and dying Aemon tells Sam that the real Lightbringer both shone with light and radiated heat.{{ref|AFFC|35}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Stannis angrily draws Lightbringer when [[Jon Snow]], [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]], refuses to give him more castles along the [[Wall]].{{ref|ADWD|3}}

When Melisandre burns "[[Rattleshirt|Mance Rayder]]" and the [[Horn of Joramun]], Stannis displays a brilliant Lightbringer before the [[free folk]] at Castle Black.

Stannis's possession of the enchanted blade is among the reasons why [[smallfolk]] continue to support him during the [[march on Winterfell]].{{ref|ADWD|42}} [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay Bolton]] sends [[Bastard Letter|a letter]] to Jon in which he claims that he has defeated Stannis in battle and taken the magic sword.{{ref|ADWD|69}}

===''The Winds of Winter''===
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Instead of having [[Theon Greyjoy]] burned at the [[crofters' village]], [[Asha Greyjoy]] advises Stannis to behead her brother with his sorcerous sword before a [[weirwood]] on a nearby islet.<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Theon I (The Winds of Winter)|Theon I]]</ref>