I’m pretty sure that Stannis leaves Melisandre at the Wall because that’s where the real threat – the White Walkers – is coming from. In his eyes, the fight against the Boltons is a mere shaping operation intended to unite the North so that he can redirect its resources to the war against the Great Other.
Why does Stannis leave Melisandre behind at Castle Black? They both agree that he could have won at the Blackwater if she had been with him and in the show she even warns him about making this mistake twice. So why in the books does she stay behind? Was it to watch over Mance? Or maybe to see if she could seduce Jon?
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