Mel knows the sword is a fake Lightbringer and that Stannis is a fake Azor Ahai . By the end of Dance , she admits as much in her POVThis isn ' t true . In her one POV chapter she certainly doesn ' t consider him fakeStannis was marching south into peril , the king who carried the fate of the world upon his shoulders , Azor Ahai reborn . Surely R ' hllor would vouchsafe her a glimpse of what awaited him . Show me Stannis , Lord , she prayed . Show me your king , your instrument . She sees Jon in the flames , but doesn ' t twig that he may be Azor Ahai , and her behaviour towards Jon is pretty consistent throughout the entire book . She wants to dazzle him with her magical usefulness to try and make herself seem indispensable , in the same way she did with Stannis , while Jon rebuffs her at least until the Pink Letter arrives , at which point he seems like he was ready to give her more regard .