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Missive The favor text indicates that the message contains a code, evidenced by Melisandre saying “the night is dark and full of errors” (instead of terrors, like she usually says). The underlined words tell you to spot the missing leters, the added leters, and the changed leters. They spell out...

A E C Afer every comma you get the answer: F V O HOUSE BANISTER T E M E R M R Y A

Lord Suddenly, his trusty advisor Ser was poring over a chart in rushed in. “Lord his castle, Dragonstone. Stannis! The Red Woman, your high My Lord Stannis, One of his sworn houses priestess, has gone missing! The had turned against him, only trace of her is this letter but he didn’t know who. Have faith: the Lord of Light has sent me a beacon through she sent by raven.” the darkness, offering his sage advice and valueable protekction. He commanded that I immediately leave Dragonstone, unfortunately, so I will do my best to affect the situation from afar. I offer my condovlences to you. “I cannot strike without Be wary though, eyes and ears lurk in your strongheold. Lady Melisandre by my side,” Lord Stannis The night is dark and full of terrors, but I pray that this responded, snatching the raeven fnds you unharmed. There is within this missive, letter from Ser Davos. He as is clearly evident, no bmention of whose house we must scowled and added, discover. My Lord, I know your intellect, so I am sure “I need her prophecies to that you can detrermine which house has betrayed you, Ser Davos considered remaining silent, determine which house must though I have not penned their fanmily name in my letter. but changed his mind. “Perhaps she has be punished in the name of In my prophecies I foresee a house sigil: wooden beams, left you some sort of message in her the Lord of Light.” enveloped in a feld of payle tawny brown. If nothing else, letter? After all, her catchphrase is ‘The night is dark and full of terrors,’ isn’t it?” remember you meay not have heard of this house before.

Lady Melisandre Authors: E Forney & Emily Durham, Pittsburgh, PA