Melisandre (A Song of Ice and Fire)

==Summary==
Melisandre is a red priestess of R'hllor and a shadowbinder, hailing from the city of Asshai in the Further East of Essos. She has joined the court of Stannis Baratheon, Lord of Dragonstone, believing him to be Azor Ahai reborn, a hero destined to defeat the Great Other. She has become an influential advisor to him and his family. She becomes a POV character in A Dance with Dragons.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , with Shadow assassin
Name: Melisandre, Melisandre of Asshai, The Red Woman
Origin: A Song of Ice and Fire
Gender: Female
Age: Unknown
Classification: Human, Asshai'i, red priestess, shadowbinder
Powers and Abilities: 
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Attack Potency: Human level, Street level with Shadow assassins (Killed Renly Baratheon with a single strike, cutting through his steel gorget in the process. Loras told Jaime that Renly had the best armor, made of the finest steel, and that even the Mountain would have needed a heavy axe to accomplish this featA Storm of Swords, Jaime VIII. Renly's armor was forged by Tobho Mott, a Qohorik master armorer whose shop is at the top of the Street of Steel in King's LandingA Game of Thrones, Eddard VI, and the smiths of Qohor are said to make items superior even to the best castle-forged steel of the Seven KingdomsThe World of Ice & Fire, The Free Cities: Qohor), higher at the Wall (According to Melisandre, the Wall is a powerful magical place and that the shadows she could create here would be terrible, and that no creature of the dark will stand before them)
Speed: Human level
Lifting Strength: Average Human
Striking Strength: Human level, Street level with Shadow Assassins
Durability: Human level
Stamina: Average
Range: Standard Melee Range
Standard Equipment: None
*Optional Equipment: Shadow assassin
Intelligence: She is genuinely skilled with magic. Melisandre speaks the speech of Asshai, High Valyrian, as well as the Common Tongue of Westeros.
Weaknesses: Normal human weaknesses. Requires outside help in the form of a sexual partner to create shadow assassins. Melisandre has the ability to see visions in the flames but she acknowledges that visions can be misinterpreted, she has faith in her ability to correctly interpret visions, even if the vision does not entirely agree with the proposed interpretation
==Gallery==
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==Notable Matchups==
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== References ==
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