Editing Lightbringer (section)

===''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}}