Game of Thrones - Stannis, Was it Worth It?

That's what I asked before Brienne rightfully took him out with a final sword swing from her Valyrian steel. The torching of Shireen, his daughter, at Melisandre's urging. Burning others to the pyre. Responsible for willingly participating in a blood magic spell through Melisandre's help to kill his brother, Renly. Even putting his most loyal friend, Davos Seaworth, in a dungeon for arguing against Melisandre. He would have killed him perhaps but Melisandre assured Stannis that Lord of the Light had use of Davos. Failing to listen to Davos regarding the winter and against leaving Castle Black, sending Mance to the pyre because he wouldn't kneel. And after killing his daughter, a smart, sweet, devoted little girl who taught Davos to read and wanted to help her dad, Stannis' wife hanged herself in a nearby forest by camp. Winter heavy, dwindling forces, and The Boltons arriving to usurp them when Stannis leads a tired, starving, sleep-deprived and very cold meager army finishes off a claim to the Iron Throne never to be acquired. He came so close at the Blackwater battle, but the retreat to Dragonstone, assistance from Braavos, and Melisandre's assurances couldn't get him what he so desired. Killing his brother and daughter for nothing. And at the end Melisandre was nowhere to be found. Stannis, it wasn't worth it. The lasting image of Shireen begging for her father after talks with him seemed to assure us nothing could come between them will haunt me forever. And for what? To die in the North, leaning against a tree.

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