Editing Melisandre (section)

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:Nicholas Gregory Common Cause.png|thumb|Melisandre with [[Jon Snow]] and [[Ghost]] atop the [[Wall]], by Nicholas Gregory © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Melisandre walks atop the [[Wall]] every night with Stannis.{{Ref|ADWD|3}} She is present for a meeting between Stannis and Jon Snow, the new [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]], and walks Jon back to his chambers afterwards. Melisandre tells him that she will ask R'hllor for guidance about what to do with Mance, whom Stannis plans to burn, after Jon insists that Mance could be useful to them. She warns Jon to watch out for enemies, stating that she has seen him surrounded by enemies in her flames, and daggers in the dark.{{Ref|ADWD|3}}

Despite Jon's efforts to change the king's mind, Stannis is determined to sacrifice Mance. Melisandre places a [[glamor]] over him, making him appear to be the wildling [[Rattleshirt]]. Rattleshirt, in turn, is glamored to look like Mance, and killed in his place.{{Ref|ADWD|31}}{{Ref|ADWD|10}} Melisandre also destroys the so-called [[Horn of Joramun]].{{ref|ADWD|10}} She keeps Mance disguised at [[Castle Black]], and offers his service to Jon Snow, who refuses in the impression that Mance is Rattleshirt.{{Ref|ADWD|17}} Stannis and Melisandre allow the wildlings south of the Wall, making them swear to R'hllor.{{Ref|ADWD|10}} The wildlings feign loyalty to R'hllor, however, and in secret keep faith in the [[old gods]].{{Ref|ADWD|21}}

Melisandre remains at Castle Black when Stannis marches for the [[northern mountains]],{{Ref|ADWD|17}} attended to by a dozen greybeards, cripples, and drunkards, including [[Merrel]] and [[Morgan]]. Although Melisandre feels safe without them, she keeps a pair of guards with her for appearances. Judging that Davos has lost enough sons, Melisandre requests Stannis to leave [[Devan Seaworth]], Davos's eldest surviving son, at Castle Black as well, to keep him safe. The youth becomes fascinated with the beautiful woman.{{ref|ADWD|31}}

Melisandre's powers are much stronger at the Wall, and she constantly searches her fires for visions. When she looks into the flames, she sees a “wooden face, corpse white” with a thousand red eyes, accompanied by a boy with a wolf's face. She assumes that they are servants of the [[Great Other]]. She asks to see Azor Ahai, hoping for Stannis, but sees only Jon surrounded by skulls, his face changing between that of a man and that of a wolf.{{Ref|ADWD|31}} She continues to hold her nightfires every evening, but as Stannis has taken most of his men with him, not many people attend.{{ref|ADWD|28}}

Shortly after Jon receives a letter announcing the upcoming [[wedding]] of [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay Bolton]] and [[Arya Stark]], Melisandre informs him that she has seen Arya in her flames, a grey girl, fleeing from her marriage on a dying horse. She tells Jon that she can show him how to use his "[[skinchanger|power]]", but he remains wary of her. She then warns Jon that she has seen that three of the nine [[rangers]] he has sent out will die, and that she has seen their faces with empty sockets, weeping blood.{{Ref|ADWD|28}}

[[File:Alexandre Dainche JonSnowMel.jpg|thumb|300px|Melisandre warns [[Jon Snow]] of [[mutiny at Castle Black|daggers in the dark]], by Alexandre Dainche © Fantasy Flight Games]]

Melisandre tells Mance they can only win Jon's trust by rescuing his sister. Melisandre finds Jon north of the Wall, where the heads of [[Jack Bulwer|Black Jack Bulwer]], [[Hairy Hal]], and [[Garth Greyfeather]] have been impaled by the [[Weeper]], making the first of her predictions come true. Jon asks her to look in her flames for the other six rangers. He informs her that Ser [[Denys Mallister]] at the [[Shadow Tower]] believes the wildlings might try to force their way across the [[Bridge of Skulls]], and Melisandre tells him that she has seen towers by the sea submerged beneath a black and bloody tide. Though she acknowledges to herself that the towers in her vision do not look like those at Eastwatch, Melisandre claims the attack will fall there when asked by Jon.{{ref|ADWD|31}} She takes Jon to her chambers, where she suggests sending "Rattleshirt" south to save Arya. When Jon protests, she reveals Mance's true identity to him.{{Ref|ADWD|31}} Claiming to be a bard named "Abel", Mance travels to Winterfell with six [[spearwives]] to rescue Arya.{{Ref|ADWD|35}}{{Ref|ADWD|37}}

Melisandre's second prediction comes true when [[Alys Karstark]]—not Arya—arrives at Castle Black, fleeing from her cousin [[Cregan Karstark|Cregan]], who wants to force a marriage between them as to lay claim on [[Karhold]].{{ref|ADWD|44}} [[Selyse Florent]], who has arrived from Eastwatch, agrees to marry Alys to [[Sigorn]], the [[Magnar]] of the [[Thenns]], and Melisandre [[Wedding of Sigorn and Alys Karstark|performs the ceremony]].{{Ref|ADWD|49}} The priestess thinks that [[Patchface]], the fool with Selyse, is dangerous.{{ref|ADWD|49}}

When Jon plans to send men to [[Hardhome]] on a rescue mission, Melisandre urges him not to,{{Ref|ADWD|53}} claiming it is a lost cause and that she has seen that none of [[Cotter Pyke]]'s rescue ships will return.{{Ref|ADWD|69}} Despite Melisandre's warnings to Jon, he is betrayed in the [[mutiny at Castle Black]].{{ref|ADWD|69}}