History Characters / ASongOfIceAndFireWesterlandsHouses

* CharacterDeath: He drowns during the Battle of the Fords.

* TokenGoodTeammate: Bravely resists Maegor's cruelty by hiding Rhaena.

* BigBrotherBully: As with many others, he was dismissive and insulting towards his younger brother, Androw.

* {{Jerkass}}: By all accounts, he wasn't pleasant to anyone, even if they were far more important than himself.

* TurnCoat: Switches from fighting to the Lannisters to fighting for the Starks after his niece marries Robb. [[spoiler:Except he never truly switched sides, and was working with his sister to betray and kill Robb]].

* SilentSnarker: Comes across this way to Jaime (and once openly laughs at him), to the point that [[{{Irony}} Jaime complains]] [[YouTalkTooMuch]]. This makes sense since the reason Ilyn got his tongue cut out was for [[BullyingADragon snarking about King Aerys]].

* SilentSnarker: Comes across this way to Jaime (and once openly laughs at him), to the point that [[{{Irony}} Jaime complains]] [[YouTalkToMuch]]. This makes sense since the reason Ilyn got his tongue cut out was for [[BullyingADragon snarking about King Aerys]].

* SilentSnarker: Comes across this way to Jaime (and once openly laughs at him). This makes sense since the reason Ilyn got his tongue cut out was for [[BullyingADragon snarking about King Aerys]].

* TheAlcoholic: Became one while on Dragonstone, often spending his days drinking wine and messing the figures on the Painted Table. [[DramaticIrony Rhaena's companions joked that he was planning his conquest.]]

* IWasQuiteALooker: He was handsome as a young man, but became round-shouldered and fleshy in his later years.

* {{Adorkable}}: He's constantly nervous and flustered around people.

* JerkassHasAPoint: For all his ''many'' flaws, he was not wrong in pointing out Rhaena had been a terrible mother to Aerea.

-->'''Franklyn Farman''': I cannot claim to know the princess, but I would say she is well rid of you, as was Fair Isle. If she turns up here, we shall see her off, just as we did her mother.
-->'''Rhaena Targaryen''': You do not know Aerea, that much is true. If she does indeed find her way to these shores, my lord, you may find she is not as forbearing as her mother. Oh, and I wish you luck if you should try to "[[MuggingTheMonster see off]]" the Black Dread. [[FedToTheBeast Balerion quite enjoyed your brother]], by now, he may desire another course.

* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler: All the victims of his killing spree were women]].

A knight who served in Tywin Lannister’s guard when he was Hand to King Aerys, he had his tongue cut out for remarking that Tywin was the one who ruled the kingdom. He was appointed as the King's Justice under Robert Baratheon.

The Westerlands are the only region in Westeros that is not featured in any [[PointOfView POV]] character chapter in ASOIAF, the ''Tales of Dunk & Egg'', nor is featured in the ''Literature/ArchmaesterGyldaynsHistories''. Most of the information related to the Westerlands come from members of House Lannister and their bannermen due to their involvement in the War of the Five Kings, as well as accounts of Rob Stark's exploits in the region from secondhand sources; additional information regarding the region is further discussed in ''The World of Ice and Fire''.

* PaperThinDisguise: After her theft, she took the name Alys Westhill to cover her tracks. When she briefly returned to Westeros to seek a crew willing to go with her across the Sunset Sea. Jaehaerys heard about her and wasn't fooled for a moment about her true identity and she barely escaped arrest.

* NearVillainVictory: He might have gotten away with his crimes if wasn't for Rego Draz, Jaehaerys' Master of Coin. [[spoiler:Being from the Free Cities, he was easily able to identify the Tear of Lys as the cause of the Dragonstone deaths and Androw was immediately deduced as the culprit.]]

-->'''Androw Farman''': [[spoiler: I brought them cups of wine and they drank. They ''thanked'' me, and they drank. Why not? A cup bearer, a serving man, that's how they saw me. [[BeneathSuspicion Androw the sweet. Androw the jape]]. [[IronicEcho What could I do but fall off the dragon?]]

Daughter of Lord Alyn Marbrand, Lady Jeyne married Tytos Lannister in 235 AC. She is the mother of Twyin, Kevan, Genna, Tygett and Gerion.

* {{BFS}}: After Twyin takes [[spoiler:Ice]] from him, Ser Ilyn is given a new six-foot long silver greatsword, decorated with runes, ruby eyes on the pommel, and a chunk of dragonglass carved in the shape of a skull.

* DumbMuscle: Twyin considers his only use to be terrorizing and burning the Riverlands, not trusting him with anything tactical. He even screws this up by attacking the holdings of Houses in the Crownlands loyal to King Joffrey.

* DistressedDude: He was held hostage for a time at Casterly Rock by Twyin Lannister in an attempt to get House Tarbeck to repay its debts, but was eventually freed when Tytos forgave Tarbeck's debts.

* OffWithHisHead: After being defeated by Twyin's army, Walderan was beheaded alongside all his male relatives, and their heads were placed on pikes at the front of the army that marched on Tarbeck Hall.

* CoolHelmet: His helm his in the shape of a horsehead and has a two foot long spiral horn, a reference to the unicorn sigil of House Brax.

Lord of Fair Isle during the reign of Maegor I Tragaryen and father to Franklyn, Androw, and Elissa.

* VillainousValour: Not so much villainous as a certain kind of jerkass valour. To his credit he was quite unafraid of the no less jerkass [[JerkassWoobie Rhaena]] or the Targaryen dragons. And was quite unimpressed with her petty, entitled threats of burning him and his island or having him eaten alive by a dragon for not getting her way. Were he Dornish no doubt his House words would be 'Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken'.

* HideYourLesbians: Her relationship with Rhaena Targaryen was an open secret but they always strived to at least keep up appearances.

* EyepatchOfPower: Wears an eyepatch over his missing eye.

Herrock Kenning, known as Herrock the Whoreson, was an ironborn warrior of House Kenning of Harlaw who founded House Kenning of Kayce in the Westerlands. His warhorn, the Horn of Herrock, has been passed down by his descendants.

* SecretKeeper: One of the few individuals to know that Jaime is [[spoiler:incapable of fighting with his left hand, having tried to initially help train Jaime to fight again before being replaced with Ser Illyn Payne]].

* NumberTwo: He was Tytos' main advisor and did his best to try to keep some respect for his son-in-law intact in the Westerlands, but Tytos routinely ignored his advice and became a further laughingstock.

* PosthumousCharacter: Died around 45 years before the main series began while enroute to arrest the Tarbecks for their crimes. Lord Roger Reyne slaughtered Alyn's camp during a nighttime ambush and [[BlatantLies later claimed he believed they were a large band of outlaws]].

* ChildSoldier: Despite only being twelve, he fought at the Battle of the Blackwater. Tyion tried to send him to safety before leading a sortie beyond the city walls, but Pod refused to leave him.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Of the "Deeply ironic but underserved" variety; he promises to kill the falsely accused Tyrion, and ends up falsely accused of a crime himself. Then again, it's hard to blame him considering he would have no way of knowing Tyrion was really innocent, and the Imp ''did'' actually kill [[spoiler: Tywin and Shae.]]

!!!Tropes related to House Heatherspoon:

* SmarterThanYouLook: People think of Harys as a pompous, self-important old fool, and they're largely right, and he's nowhere near as smart as he thinks he is. Nevertheless, he was one of the few debtors who, when Tywin started calling in debts after coming back from the War of the Ninepenny Kings, realised that the days of House Lannister being pushovers were done and immediately made arrangements to pay.

* MakeAnExampleOfThem: Much like House Reyne after them, Tywin wiped out the Tarbecks to demonstrade that unlike his father, he would not idly sit by and tolerate unruliness and insubordination amongst his vassals.

* ItHasBeenAnHonor: As he's lead out to an uncertain fate, Tyrion thanks Pod for being the only man loyal enough to stand by him. "You're a better squire than I deserve." [[spoiler:This heartfelt but casual remark causes Pod to go on TheQuest to find Sansa Stark and thus Tyrion, because that's what a loyal squire would do.]]

* ParentalSubstitute: Adopted Pod after he was abandoned by his mother.

* VillainousValour: Not so much villainous as a certain jerkass valour. To his credit he was quite unafraid of the no less jerkass [[JerkassWoobie Rhaena]] or the Targaryen dragons, and her petty, entitled threats of burning him and his island for not getting her way.

* AlliterativeName: Tion Tarbeck, the only son of Walderan Tarbeck by Ellyn Reyne.

* TakeThat: The names of Walderan Tarbeck's children by Ellyn Reyne, Rohanne, Cerelle and Tion, were meant as daggers against Gerold Lannister (the father of Ellyn's first husband). Rohanne was the name of Gerold's second wife, who vanished mysteriously. Cerelle was Gerold's niece, whom he was rumored to have murdered to become the Lord of Casterly Rock. Tion was Gerold's late second son and Ellyn's first husband.

Lord Walderan's daughters.

* TongueTrauma: If they really joined the Sisters, then their tongues were cut out as the usual custom.

* AdventureRebuff: After Aerea went missing, Androw offered to join Rhaena in her search for her daughter, despite his fear of flying. Rhaena coldly remarked that he couldn't do anything but fall of her dragon before she left alone. This was seemly the last straw for Androw.

-->''"The Wind Our Stead"''

* GrayEyes: He has pale, almost colorless, gray eyes that add heavily to his air of menace.

* StupidEvil: His [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill pointlessly, ludicrously excessive]] methods of [[WouldHurtAChild killing toddlers]] is just the start: he also orders unprovoked attacks on totally neutral parties and Lannister allies for no apparent reason.

* SnipeHunt: Catelyn Stark sends Ser Rolph on a mission to exchange Martyn Lannister for Robett Glover, motivated by [[EvilDetectingDog Grey Wind's distrust]] for him. While obviously not a pointless task, but Catelyn considers its importance secondary to keeping him far away from King Robb Stark. [[spoiler:However, sending Rolph away places him in the perfect position to play his part in the downfall of Robb because it averts KeepingTheEnemyClose.]]

* Irony: In ''ADWD'' he's made Master of Coin, despite being once so indebted with House Lannisters that Lord Tywin had to literally kidnap his daughter to be paid back.

See the House Lannister page to read about her.