User blog comment:Etindel/That did NOT just happen!/@comment-6735528-20130603135952

I don't think Stannis had anything to do with it. Even Stannis in the book doubted the legitimacy of burning the leeches. Robb Stark sparked this agitation with Walder Frey long before any leech sucked blood when he broke his promise. It was then that Walder Frey negotiated with the Lannisters along with Roose Bolton and meticulously planned this event. I think that Melisandre saw deaths in the flames and decided to let Stannis burn the leeches so that he would think he had some power. Stannis is no fool. The Red Wedding, as terrible and unfortunate it was, was the result of Robb's own actions, though it is interesting to think that the Lord of Light had some sort of doing in this. Even so, when you think about it, why did Catelyn also die? It should have just been her son if any magic had any doing.