Melisandre - Before Westeros

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🗓️ 11 November 2024

⏱️ 153 minutes

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The Red Woman of Asshai, a shadowbinder and priestess of R’hllor. Her age is uncertain but her focus on prophecy is not. We delve into her past and how it made her who she is - both through natural and supernatural means, where and how she learned her abilities, the mystery of her glowing ruby, how old she might really be, and so much more.

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0:00.0	The The In a story where magic is limited, but gradually increasing,
0:52.3	Melisandra stands out in both categories as a practitioner of rare powers, powers which are growing in scope and potential as the story continues.
1:04.0	At the wall, for example, she thinks about how it empowers her more than any place she's ever been before, how it will enable her to do things
1:13.9	she's never done before. She considers that the wall gives her more than even Ashai, the supernatural
1:20.2	ancient city she's associated with, and the biggest, but not only key to her past, which is our
1:26.5	subject for today. We have no scenes from her past, which is our subject for today.
1:28.0	We have no scenes from her history, though we do have memories and her words.
1:34.2	So it will be her present that we will quote and use to leverage our imaginings of her past.
1:39.4	It is likely a lot of past that we're dealing with here too.
1:44.2	This episode is dedicated to her time before arriving in Westeros, but the moment she arrived in Westeros might be the moment she became the oldest living being in Westros, well, human being in Westeros that single day.
1:57.6	So also arguably she's not human anymore, but that's a topic for another day.
2:03.3	That's a whole different category. Her age, though, or rather agelessness, is but one of many
2:09.7	mysteries surrounding her. She claims to surpass her peers in many areas while also possessing
2:16.0	powers that other red priests do not, such as shadow winding.
2:21.0	So we're pretty much going to have to go through all of her powers and abilities and talents
2:25.4	to help understand how they fit into her background.
2:28.7	Like, who taught her how to do that stuff?
2:31.4	Much of the intrigue around her hidden upbringing lies in possible connections to those
2:36.0	and other related supernatural elements. Like, what does she know about people like Quaith,
2:41.8	who's from Ashai and is a shadowbinder? And if Ashai has such a deep and ancient connection to
2:47.4	dragon lore, well, what does she know about dragons? She was raised and educated in a place that's steeped in dragon lore, yet she has yet to
2:55.5	speak much about dragons at all or even think about it.
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