[[WMG:Melisandre is way more powerful than everyone knows.]]
In season 3 she goes looking for more "royal blood" and **finds Gendry** (who is Robert Baratheon's bastard son). Now, Gendry doesn't know that, no one in the Brotherhood knows that, and everyone in King's Landing who knows about him think he's dead (after Arya purposefully misidentified a freshly killed boy as him). Melisandre couldn't have known about him even with an ubiquitous spying and intelligence network working for her. How did she actually find Gentry is actually less of a mystery as HOW did she know he was the one to look for.

For that matter, who says every bastard son of Robert Baratheon is dead? It's safe to assume all the kids in King's Landing are dead, but there still might be some others in nearby villages. That Melissandre went north, closer to Riverrun than King's Landing strengthens the idea that she knew she was looking for him specifically. Why? HOW? 
* She looked into the flames, seeking for royal blood, and found Gendry. She's demonstrated the power to see afar and into the future, before.

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** As of "The Bear and the Maiden Fair", consider this troper to be a convert to this theory. She was writing a letter..Tywin Lannister has been reading and answering letters all season long. She was writing the letter in Valyrian as well; while we don't have ''confirmation'' that any of the "lions" can read, write or speak Valyrian..Tywin Lannister was Hand of the King[[spoiler: and childhood best friend]] of Aerys Targaryen II, a.k.a. the Mad King..and the father of the young woman who quite fluently displayed her skill in Valyrian in Astapor. Furthermore, Xaro Xhoan Daxos stated in Season 2 that the merchants of Qarth are deep into business relations with House Lannister..it stands to reason that the Valyrian-speaking merchants of other parts of Essos are as well. So honestly? It would actually be less plausible if Tywin ''didn't'' speak some High Valyrian. Talisa also claimed to have "a prince..or a princess..perhaps both" in her womb..you know, [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything like Joanna Lannister once did]].

[[spoiler: But all of that said? It may be worse than mere espionage or setting Robb up. During the filming of Season 3, Oona Chaplin tweeted that she had been learning how to fire a bow. A lot of fans quite reasonably assumed that this meant that Talisa would be taking the cliche "Badass Warrior Woman" route in Season 3..but as of this writing, the show is heading into the airing of Episode 8--one episode away from the RW--and we haven't seen even the slightest hint of this from Talisa. And what are two of the main blows that kill Robb in the RW? Two arrows/crossbow bolts to the chest.]]

And for future seasons, Talisa's background and physical appearance make her perfect to [[spoiler: replace Taena of Myr on the show.]]

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