Editing Red comet (section)

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===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Patrick McEvoy Jhogo red comet.JPG|thumb|350px|[[Jhogo]] was the first of Daenerys Targaryen's ''khalasar'' to spot the red comet © Patrick McEvoy for FFG]]
The morning of the day when a [[raven]] brings the news of [[Eddard Stark]]'s death in [[Winterfell]], Maester [[Luwin]] studies the comet through his [[Myr]]ish lens.{{Ref|aGoT|66}}

As [[Daenerys Targaryen]]'s ''[[khalasar]]'' waits for nightfall before [[Khal]] [[Drogo]]'s funeral pyre, [[Jhogo]] notices the red comet, the first star of the evening. It is said that the more fiercely a man burned in life, the brighter his star. Daenerys uses this as a sign to light the pyre, and [[dragon]]s hatch from her three [[dragon egg]]s.{{Ref|aGoT|72}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
The comet's name in the [[Dothraki language]] is ''shierak qiya'', meaning "Bleeding Star".{{Ref|aCoK|12}} To Daenerys it is a herald of her coming, a sign meant for her to follow, which she does through the [[red waste]].{{ref|ACOK|12}} In one vision within the [[House of the Undying]] at [[Qarth]], the [[Undying Ones]] claim to have sent the comet to guide Daenerys to them.{{Ref|aCoK|48}}

At [[Dragonstone]], the [[red priest]]ess [[Melisandre]] tells [[Selyse Florent]] the comet is [[dragonfire|dragonsbreath]]. Maester [[Cressen]] thinks it an omen of blood and murder.{{ref|ACOK|Prologue}}

In [[King's Landing]] the [[smallfolk]] call it "King Joffrey's Comet" and servants refer to it as the "Dragon's Tail".{{ref|ACOK|2}} Ser [[Arys Oakheart]] thinks it honors the new king, [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], and the crimson of [[House Lannister]]. [[Sansa Stark]] is skeptical, thinking it should be a golden comet for [[House Baratheon]].{{ref|ACOK|2}} [[Varys]] tells [[Tyrion Lannister]] that Kingslanders consider the Red Messenger to be a herald warning of war,{{ref|ACOK|3}} and the [[master of whisperers]] explains that priests, preachers, and prophets foretell of doom and destruction.{{ref|ACOK|8}} Referring to the comet as the "[[Father (the Seven)|Father's]] scourge" and the "Harbinger", [[prophet (begging brother)|a prophet]] warns that corruption will soon be purified.{{ref|ACOK|20}}

[[File:Franz Miklis dragontail.jpg|thumb|350px|Red Comet, by [http://www.franzmiklis.com/ Franz Miklis] © [http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ Fantasy Flight Games]]]
Men of [[Riverrun]] also call the comet the "Red Messenger". [[Jon Umber|Greatjon Umber]] thinks it represents vengeance for Ned Stark, while [[Edmure Tully]] thinks it resembles a fish in his family's colors and represents victory for [[House Tully]]. [[Catelyn Stark]] worries it represents the Lannisters, while [[Brynden Tully]] insists it means blood.{{Ref|aCoK|7}} Lord [[Jason Mallister]] and his son, [[Patrek Mallister|Patrek]], dispute the comet's meaning.{{ref|ACOK|11}}

Traveling with [[Yoren]], [[Arya Stark]] thinks the comet is both splendid and scary. [[Gendry]] names it the "Red Sword", since it looks like a blade still red-hot from the forge. Arya imagines the blood on [[Ice]], [[Eddard Stark]]'s greatsword, after the execution of her father.{{ref|ACOK|1}}

Septon [[Chayle]] of [[Winterfell]] thinks of the comet as the "sword that slays the season", and shortly afterward a [[white raven]] arrives to signal the change of [[Summer (season)|summer]] to [[autumn]].{{ref|ACOK|4}} Luwin thinks the [[direwolves]] [[Shaggydog]] and [[Summer]] howl at the comet because they think it is the [[moon]], while [[Osha]] warns [[Bran Stark]] that it means "blood and fire". Blind [[Old Nan]] says she can smell it, and insists it represents dragons.{{ref|ACOK|4}}

The men of the [[Night's Watch]] call it "Mormont's Torch", referring to their [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch|Lord Commander]], [[Jeor Mormont]].{{ref|ACOK|6}}{{ref|ACOK|23}}

[[Theon Greyjoy]] thinks of it as his comet while sailing to [[Pyke (island)|Pyke]]. His uncle, [[Aeron Greyjoy|Aeron Damphair]], explains it is a message of war from the [[Drowned God]].{{ref|ACOK|11}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Melisandre says "the bleeding star has come and gone", which suggests the comet is no longer visible.{{ref|ASOS|25}} 

Selyse{{ref|ASOS|54}} and Melisandre{{ref|ASOS|78}} state that the red comet is a herald for [[Stannis Baratheon]], who is said to wield [[Lightbringer]] and be [[Azor Ahai]] reborn.

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]] tells [[Samwell Tarly]] that he dreams of seeing "a red star bleeding in the sky". He speaks to Sam about the prophecy of [[the prince that was promised]], who he once believed to be Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], but now believes to be Daenerys. Aemon tells Sam that Rhaegar believed his son Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]] was the promised prince, as a comet was seen above King's Landing on the night he was conceived, and Rhaegar believed the "bleeding star" of the prophecy was a comet.{{ref|AFFC|35}} Later, Archmaester [[Marwyn]] confirms to Sam that the prophecy states the prince is "born [...] beneath a bleeding star".{{ref|AFFC|45}} 

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[Salladhor Saan]], when talking to [[Davos Seaworth]] about leaving the cause of [[Stannis Baratheon]] and receiving payment for his damaged ships, asks if this compensation will happen "when the red comet comes again", which seems to indicate that the comet is no longer visible in the Westerosi sky.{{ref|ADWD|9}}