Game Of Thrones Season 8: 13 Predictions & Theories For The Battle Of Winterfell

13. Deux Ex Melisandre

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Where is Melisandre? The Red Woman hasn’t been seen - and has barely even been heard of - since she departed Dragonstone for Essos in Season 7. She did, however, appear in the character posters for Season 8, and foretold her return already too, telling Varys that she had to die on Westeros (just like him, worryingly).

Still, two episodes in and her whereabouts are unclear. That said, the Battle of Winterfell would be a fitting place for her to make her arrival. She is in service of the Lord of Light, and committed to defeating the White Walkers. What’s more, she might have a means of helping too. Melisandre was going to Volantis, and the best reason for that is she was going to bring the Fiery Hand to Westeros.

They’re a group of 1,000 soldiers who guard the Red Temple of R’hllor, which just so happens to be under the charge of Kinvara, the Red Priestess we saw in Season 6. She’s loyal to Daenerys, and sending the Fiery Hand to Winterfell would help her cause and the Lord of Light’s. All Game of Thrones battles have a force arriving towards the end: the Battle of Winterfell’s might well be the Fiery Hand, under the watch of Melisandre, and that’s when she dies in this strange country.

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