So while he was somewhat comfortable using her to his advantage when the deck was stacked against him he sees no reason now that he has superior numbers. Still, when Davos tells Stannis that there are whispers among his men that he takes silent orders from Melisandre, Stannis realizes that his followers might start looking to her as the true ruler and decides to leave her out of his upcoming siege of King's Landing.
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So, again, this series is able to show us that when you are able to understand a character's motivations, it makes it harder to label them as being a villain. It's interesting to note here that while Stannis realizes that what he did was "unclean," Jon Snow is pretty much now set off to do something very similar sneak behind enemy lines and assassinate a king in order to scatter his superior army. For different reasons, sure, but both with the same goal of eventually seeking revenge against Stannis.
The+director+shouts+ And so Brienne flees, much like Loras flees. It also seemed as if she's prone to entering into rage-mode as a defense mechanism (an automatic response to being bullied her whole life?). And while we can't blame her for defending herself when the guards rushed in to attack, it definitely made things worse for her. All we knew is that her one wish, when she was granted anything she wanted, was to guard him. The show hadn't really set up just how much she loved Renly. While we all expected Ser Loras to grieve for Renly, it may have come as a surprise to some that Brienne had such strong feelings about his death. Watch IGN's On the Throne, recapping "The Ghost of Harrenhal," for a chance to win Night's Watch gear from HBO Jon Snow got to escape his steward position and head off with a tough-as-nails maste r Ranger named Qhorin Halfhand, with the intent of assassinating King-Beyond-the-Wall Mance Rayder, Tyrion turned his thoughts to the protection of King's Landing and visited a pyromancer, and Arya found herself in a position to choose three Harrenhal a-holes to smite. While "The Ghost of Harrenhal" wasn't as totally demented as last week's "Garden of Bones," I felt as though it moved the story forward a great deal, with characters who'd felt a bit stagnant up until this point getting set off in a new direction and adventure. And Stannis has managed to turn himself into the most formidable force in all of Westeros in one night - with one dastardly, lethal trick.
And now the "War of the Five Kings" is less one king. I guess we should have known it was too good to be true. Man, and just when it looked like things were going to turn in the Starks favor with Renly agreeing to join Robb and allow him to be the KINGINNANORTH! when the war was all over and done with. And another "Holy S***!" supernatural scene involving a Stannis-shaped smoke assassin. And while we didn't fully get answers, we did get a resolution. I was very happy to see that " The Ghost of Harrenhal" kicked things off by staying with the Renly storyline, since after last week's big "WTF!" vaginal smoke monster cliffhanger, everyone was going to want immediate answers.
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Warning: Full spoilers for the episode follow.