History Characters / ASongOfIceAndFireHouseTyrell

* WomenAreWiser: Definitely holds this opinion. Just look at her quote about men up above to see what she thinks of lords like her son. (Although she seems to approve of her grandson Willas more than she does most men.)

* BigHandsomeMan: He has gained a significant amount of weight with age, but even [[HollywoodBeautyStandards Sansa]] describes him as handsome.

** The circumstances of [[spoiler: her arrest]] are directly lifted from Margaret of Burgundy's, specifically as depicted in '' Literature/TheAccursedKings'': [[spoiler: framed by an envious, bitter other queen, arrested for adultery along with her cousins, one of whom was manipulated into denouncing the others, and imprisoned in dismal conditions. The name''Margaery'' is even a variation on '' Margaret''.

* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Of Queen Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife; [[spoiler: Margaery's incarceration on false or trumped up charges of adultery is much the same as how many historians now believe Anne's downfall went.]]

The Tyrells are, as of 299 AC, part of the Royal Family via the marriage of Margaery Tyrell with the claimant King Renly I of the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseBaratheon House Baratheon of Storm's End]], and as of 300 AC with the Kings Joffrey I and later Tommen I of the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseBaratheonOfKingsLanding House Baratheon of Kings Landing]].

* KickTheDog: She gets to do a pretty big one to [[spoiler: Sansa. She murdered Joffrey and framed her and Tyrion for it. She knows Sansa is a scared and innocent girl that doesn't deserve the horrible death she would have suffered if executed, but put the blame on her anyway. [[PragmaticVillainy On the other hand]], the Stark party is already defeated at the point and cannot avenge her, and said horrible treatment is a very good excuse for murder.]]
* TheManBehindTheMan: Although Mace directs general policy, his mother has a huge hand in ensuring it doesn't explode on the whole family, as well as working towards anything positive that might come from his ideas. [[spoiler:It's outright stated by Littlefinger that she perpetrated the assassination of King Joffrey and framed Tyrion and Sansa for the magnicide -- sure, he orchestrated a lot, but she got down to hammering the brass tacks of the plan herself. However... keeping the [[ConsummateLiar Littlefinger]] factor in mind is advisable]].

Second son of Mace Tyrell and Alerie Hightower, Garlan is a better swordsman than his younger brother Loras but lacks Loras' desire to be famous, instead preferring settling down happily with his wife Leonette Fossoway. Following the Battle of the Blackwater, where Garlan plays a key role, he is given Brightwater Keep, the ancestral castle of House Florent (who have been attainted), the Tyrell's chief rivals, along with its lands and titles, making Garlan a powerful lord. His personal coat-of-arms is two golden roses on green, to represent his status as a second son.

[[folder:Lord Harlen Tyrell]]
!!Lord Harlen Tyrell, the Warden of the South

High Steward of Highgarden to King Mern IX Gardener. After Mern was killed in the Field of Fire, Harlen quickly yielded Highgarden to Aegon the Conqueror and was made Lord of Highgarden and Warden of the South.

* EasilyForgiven: Unlike the rest of his family, who think that Oberyn Martell intentionally crippled him, Willas holds no grudge against Oberyn, recognising that what happened was simply an unfortunate accident.

* OddFriendship: He maintains a long-distance friendship with Oberyn Martell, despite the enmity between their houses and Oberyn's role in Willas' injury. According to Oberyn, they bonded over their shared interest in breeding horses.

* StealthInsult: When Cersei makes it plain she doesn't want Margaery and Tommen sleeping in the same bed immediately after they're married, Olenna says, "I am sure Her Grace knows best. She is the boy's own mother, after all, of ''that'' we are all sure," clearly making a jab at the rumors surrounding [[BrotherSisterIncest Tommen's true parentage]].

* StealthInsult: When Cersei makes it plain she doesn't want Margaery and Tommen sleeping in the same bed after they're married, even if it's just InnocentCohabitation, Olenna says, "I am sure Her Grace knows best. She is the boy's own mother, after all, of ''that'' we are all sure," clearly making a jab at the rumors surrounding [[BrotherSisterIncest Tommen's true parentage]].

* BerserkButton: Just the mention of dornish is enough to piss him off,following the accident with Oberyn Martell that left Willas crippled.

* FamousAncestor: Ser Osmund Tyrell, High Steward of the aged King Garth X Gardener, and the one who crowned Mern VI Gardener to end the civil war at the Reach.

* HistoryRepeats: Just like Harlen Tyrell surrendered the Reach to Aegon The Conqueror by bending the knee, Mace Tyrell surrendered and bent the knee to Robert Baratheon when the fighting was all but lost. In both occasions, it gave them huge advantage leaps forward, consolidating their power. Dudes are ''very good'' at surrendering.

** During Robert Rebellion, they fought for House Targaryen and they put Storm's End under siege for almost a year, nearly starving Robert's brothers and the rest of the castle's inhabitants to death. They eventually surrendered and bent the knee to Robert, but only after war was decisively won in favor of the Rebellion. Despite all this, Robert chose to unconditionally pardon House Tyrell, one of many grievances Stannis had against his brother.

* TeamSwitzerland: Historically, House Tyrell took no part in the Dance of the Dragons, because their lord at the time was only a baby.

* ArrangedMarriage: To Renly, [[spoiler:then to Joffrey, then to Tommen.]]
* TheBeard: Margaery is perceived by characters, fandom and [[Series/GameOfThrones Weiss & Benioff]], as being this to Renly. There was also an element of ArrangedMarriage to it, since their wedding was a political one meant to hold their two houses together. (The ''real'' question is whether they ever consummated; however, Renly claims in ''ACOK'' that he will sire a child with Margaery "within the year".)

* VirginTension: Margaery's family insists she's still a virgin, despite having been married twice. Her first husband Renly was gay and her second, Joffrey, was [[spoiler:fatally poisoned at his wedding feast only hours after marrying her, but Cersei believes Renly may have consummated his marriage to Margaery before his death, if only to sire a child and secure his alliance with her family. In her words, "a man may prefer the taste of hippocras, yet if you set a tankard of ale before him, he will quaff it quick enough."]]