Name:
Melisandre Tyrell
What/Who They Are ?:
Melisandre is a priestess of R'hllor and a witch, hailing from the Mediterranean Kingdom She is known by many names The Red Priestess, The Red Woman, The Red Witch and Lady Red. All her names having to do with color red.
Age:
Her age is unknown to all but she appears to be in her late thirties.
Appearance:
Melisandre is a great beauty, with long hair the color of crimson red and pale, unblemished skin. She is slender and graceful, and rather tall for a woman. She has full breasts, a narrow waist, and a heart-shaped face. Her voice is sonorous, with an exotic accent. As is the custom of the Red priests of her faith, she wears red or crimson clothing, usually long gowns of silk. She is never without the red gold choker that fits snugly around her neck. When she works magic, the ruby setting glows with power. It can burn her if the magic worked is particularly demanding.
Where they live ?:
She has recently arrived in the capital of the South Atlantic Kingdom in hopes of helping Queen Amelia reach her full potential.
Melisandre Tyrell
What/Who They Are ?:
Melisandre is a priestess of R'hllor and a witch, hailing from the Mediterranean Kingdom She is known by many names The Red Priestess, The Red Woman, The Red Witch and Lady Red. All her names having to do with color red.
Age:
Her age is unknown to all but she appears to be in her late thirties.
Appearance:
Melisandre is a great beauty, with long hair the color of crimson red and pale, unblemished skin. She is slender and graceful, and rather tall for a woman. She has full breasts, a narrow waist, and a heart-shaped face. Her voice is sonorous, with an exotic accent. As is the custom of the Red priests of her faith, she wears red or crimson clothing, usually long gowns of silk. She is never without the red gold choker that fits snugly around her neck. When she works magic, the ruby setting glows with power. It can burn her if the magic worked is particularly demanding.
Where they live ?:
She has recently arrived in the capital of the South Atlantic Kingdom in hopes of helping Queen Amelia reach her full potential.
Personality:
Melisandre is a mysterious woman who trusts completely in the power of her god and the visions he grants her in the flames. She calmly rebuts all those who doubt her and scoffs at the followers of other gods as deluded. Unlike many others with prescient abilities, she has complete faith in her ability to correctly interpret visions. She is careful to present herself as mysterious, serene and powerful. Although she is genuinely skilled with magic, she enhances this with various smokes and powders that she keeps concealed in her robes. Melisandre says she has practiced her art for "years beyond count" and because she has never revealed her age people can only suspect.
Background
The Mediterranean Kingdom is a popular trading destination for ships traders' circle in the African Ocean. The kingdom is best known for its exports, such goods as amber and dragonglass. Aside from merchant traders, few from other lands visit the kingdom so little is known about it.
The kingdom and its people have an ominous reputation in other lands. The lands are described as having a dark and solemn appearance. The native people are well versed in witchcraft and wizardry and have a language of their own.
Melisandre born Melony, was born a slave of R'hllor. She was purchased in a city of the Mediterranean Kingdom to serve the red temple of R'hllor. The slaves who are taken become priests, temple prostitutes, servants or even join the temple guard known as the Fiery Hand.
Melony has had the gifts bestowed upon her from the Lord of Light for as long as she could remember. When she became an official Red Priestess is when she changed her name from Melony to Melisandre.
Since becoming a priestess she has advised using the abilities gifted to her by her deity to do his bidding. In temples of the Lord of Light, Red Priests conduct bonfires and sing prayers each night, beseeching the Lord of Light to bring back the dawn. R'hllor is the one true god of the world and Melisandre will do whatever her god wills her to do.
It is because of her god that she know finds herself in the South Atlantic Kingdom. Her most recent visions have shown her things that has convinced her that the Silver Queen of the South Atlantic Kingdom is the one who will rid this world of darkness and bring forth the light.
The kingdom and its people have an ominous reputation in other lands. The lands are described as having a dark and solemn appearance. The native people are well versed in witchcraft and wizardry and have a language of their own.
Melisandre born Melony, was born a slave of R'hllor. She was purchased in a city of the Mediterranean Kingdom to serve the red temple of R'hllor. The slaves who are taken become priests, temple prostitutes, servants or even join the temple guard known as the Fiery Hand.
Melony has had the gifts bestowed upon her from the Lord of Light for as long as she could remember. When she became an official Red Priestess is when she changed her name from Melony to Melisandre.
Since becoming a priestess she has advised using the abilities gifted to her by her deity to do his bidding. In temples of the Lord of Light, Red Priests conduct bonfires and sing prayers each night, beseeching the Lord of Light to bring back the dawn. R'hllor is the one true god of the world and Melisandre will do whatever her god wills her to do.
It is because of her god that she know finds herself in the South Atlantic Kingdom. Her most recent visions have shown her things that has convinced her that the Silver Queen of the South Atlantic Kingdom is the one who will rid this world of darkness and bring forth the light.
Magic
The Red Priestess who are the clergy in the faith of R'hllor are said to have magical abilities.
Shadow: Melisandre has the power to conjure a shadow that will do whatever she wishes up it to do. In order to use this power, Melisandre first has to have sex with a man and in doing so sap a piece of his life-force. For this to work the 'father' of the being must be of royal blood. Once the Shadow has achieved its purpose, it vanishes.
Poison protection: When traveling through the cities of the Mediterranean Kingdom a man attempted to poison Melisandre by slipping poison into a cup of wine. After realizing that the cup was poisoned, Melisandre drank the entire cup without fear, completely unaffected by the poison, while the man who tried to kill her died moments later from a simple sip. The red amulet around her neck lit up and glowed as this happened.
Visions: Melisandre repeatedly has visions of the future by staring into the fire and praying. These visions may take time to come true, as Melisandre claims. She is able to show others these visions, by having them look into the fire with her.
Fire Magic: By calling upon the Lord of Light and using her blood, Melisandre can produced fire.
Resurrection: This is an ability that she herself has never used but she has heard of a one red priest who has. By repeatedly chanting "Lord! cast your light upon this man, your servant. Bring him back from death and darkness. His flame has been extinguished, restore it!" the red priest was able to revive a man. This man who was was brought back, wounds healed within seconds of being slain. The priest claimed he had done this on five other occasions. Melisandre is astonished that this happened at all, let alone that it worked six times. The priest himself insists that he has no control over this ability at all, he's just the man who recites the words, and the Lord of Light apparently sees fit to answers his prayers.
Poison protection: When traveling through the cities of the Mediterranean Kingdom a man attempted to poison Melisandre by slipping poison into a cup of wine. After realizing that the cup was poisoned, Melisandre drank the entire cup without fear, completely unaffected by the poison, while the man who tried to kill her died moments later from a simple sip. The red amulet around her neck lit up and glowed as this happened.
Visions: Melisandre repeatedly has visions of the future by staring into the fire and praying. These visions may take time to come true, as Melisandre claims. She is able to show others these visions, by having them look into the fire with her.
Fire Magic: By calling upon the Lord of Light and using her blood, Melisandre can produced fire.
Resurrection: This is an ability that she herself has never used but she has heard of a one red priest who has. By repeatedly chanting "Lord! cast your light upon this man, your servant. Bring him back from death and darkness. His flame has been extinguished, restore it!" the red priest was able to revive a man. This man who was was brought back, wounds healed within seconds of being slain. The priest claimed he had done this on five other occasions. Melisandre is astonished that this happened at all, let alone that it worked six times. The priest himself insists that he has no control over this ability at all, he's just the man who recites the words, and the Lord of Light apparently sees fit to answers his prayers.
