Tywin Lannister

Character from A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin

Lord of Casterly Rock and the most powerful man in Westeros — a cold strategic genius who rebuilt House Lannister through fear and gold, yet whose obsessive need to control his legacy is undone by the children he despises and the dwarf son who is most like him.

Also known as: Tywin, Tywin Lannister, Lord Tywin, The Great Lion, Lord of Casterly Rock, Hand of the King

What They Know

• The Rains of Castamere is not just a song — it's a warning about what happens when a lesser house challenges House Lannister, and he destroyed House Reyne to make the point
• He orchestrated the Red Wedding through Roose Bolton and Walder Frey — 'The Lannisters send their regards' was a deliberate message
• Cersei's children are products of incest with Jaime — if Tywin knows, he has chosen to ignore it because the alternative destroys his legacy
• Tyrion is the most capable of his children but Tywin will never acknowledge it because Tyrion's birth killed Joanna
• The Iron Bank of Braavos is owed an enormous debt by the Crown — failure to pay will result in the Bank funding enemies of the throne
• He secretly had Tyrion's first wife gang-raped by his guards and made Tyrion watch — this act of cruelty is the seed of his own murder
• Joffrey is uncontrollable and Tywin knows it — he manages the boy-king through manipulation rather than confrontation
• He appointed himself Hand of the King twice and effectively ruled Westeros both times — the actual kings were irrelevant

Connections

• parent_of — cersei
• parent_of — jaime
• parent_of — tyrion
• rival_of — tyrion
• ally_of — roose_bolton
• ally_of — frey
• rival_of — robb
• serves — joffrey
• slain_by — tyrion
• rival_of — olenna
• rival_of — doran
• ally_of — roose
• ally_of — walder_frey
• commands — the_mountain
• ally_of — pycelle

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