Lord Tywin Lannister

• Individual Picture Notes
  • Charles Dance as Tywin Lannister in HBO Game of Thrones

• General Notes
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    Fair-haired, tall, and handsome, the Lannisters of Casterly Rock remain the principal support of King Joffrey's claim to the Iron Throne.  They are the blood of Andal adventurers who carved out a mighty kingdom in the western hills and valleys, and they boast of descent from Lann the Clever, the legendary trickster of the Age of Heroes.  The gold of Casterly Rock and the Golden Tooth has made them the wealthiest of the Great Houses.
    
    The Lannisters ruled as Kings of the Rock until the Field of Fire, where King Mern of the Reach died. King Tommen II had lost his life and the family’s Valyrian steel greatsword Brightroar when he had gone on his fool’s quest to Valyria.  Gerion Lannister, Lord Tywin’s youngest brother, had gone in search of it and had never returned as well. King Loren of the Rock managed to survive and bend the knee to Aegon.
    
    Lord Tywin Lannister was King Aerys’s Hand for twenty years but was replaced with a string of unlucky men. It was he who led the Sack of King’s Landing, at the end of the civil war. His daughter Cersei he wed to King Robert. His son and heir is the Kingslayer, Ser Jaime Lannister, twin to Cersei. His youngest son, Tyrion, is known as the Imp for his misshapen, dwarfish body and his cynical wit. His only remaining brother, Ser Kevan, is his closest advisor.
    
    Lord Tywin Lannister is known as the Lord of Casterly Rock, Warden of the West, Shield of Lannisport, and the
    Hand of King Joffrey.