This revelation brings back viewers at Melisandre's appearances in the previous season when she bathed while confronted by the defunct queen Selyse to her attempted seduction of Jon Snow.

Speaking of Snow, Melisandre's character has been attached to him lately. With her powerful magic, the possibility of Jon Snow's reanimation from the grave is at hand.

However, this big reveal might not surprise everyone. Those who have been following George R.R. Martin's books have already suspected the idea. In addition to this, 39-year-old actress Carice van Houten actually mentioned her character's age was over 100 years old in an interview with Access Hollywood.

The magic behind her youthful glow

Now that everyone knows Melisandre's secret, the big question is - How did she pulled off that beauty from her old witch identity?

Fans who have read the series' most recent book, "A Dance With Dragons," Melisandre had a conversation with Jon Snow where she revealed that Lord of Light has given her the power to create illusions called 'Glamor.'

Later on the book, Arya Stark will be featured in a discussion with her master Faceless Men who would eventually lay a brief explanation about the magic.

In the same book, Melisandre would make use of those powers when she had faked the burning of wildling King Mance Rayder by replacing him with another wildling and 'glamoring' its appearance to Marce's. However, this plot was omitted in the TV series by HBO.

Furthermore, to strengthen the spell's effect, an object with a strong connection with to the person must be used. In the case of Mance, she used the Lord of Bones' 'bone armor' to resemble him.

In the case of Melisandre's case, she used the ruby necklace she usually wears as the magical object that helped her weave her illusion.

All in, this first episode kept the biggest question hanging - Will she bring Jon Snow back to life? Well, you have to watch out for the coming season to say the least.

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