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The Lannisters of Casterly Rock and Baratheons of King's Landing

The two most powerful houses in the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. House Baratheon of King's Landing rules the lands, while House Lannister provides its wealth. The Kingdoms are ruled by Joffrey Baratheon (actually Waters, as he's a bastard posing as a true-born) and House Lannister is ruled by his grandfather, Tywin Lannister.

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  • Became Their Own Antithesis: Lann the Clever decided to topple the Casterly royal family for being more interested in abusing their smallfolk and enjoying luxuries than ruling. Millenia after the deed, the Lannisters are more interested in abusing anyone they think beneath them and enjoying luxuries than ruling. Steve Rogers is deeply bitter about it.
  • Fiction 500: Tywin and House Lannister pretty much fund their entire war effort.
  • Hated by All: Thanks to Joffrey's actions, they don't have any good standing with the rest of the Seven Kingdoms.

House Baratheon

    Joffrey Baratheon 

Joffrey Baratheon/Waters

Lord of the Seven Kingdoms in King's Landing. The product of his mother sleeping with her brother Jaime. Believes that his title grants him the right to demand all that he wants.
  • 0% Approval Rating: Even worse than canon. Killing a young girl in front of her father and the population of King's Landing tends to ruin your PR. An outright hero like Iron Man saying he’s unfit to be king only worsens things for him.
    • And, of course, he doesn't help himself by backhanding Margaery on their wedding day, in front of all the guests, just because she had contradicted his delusions. Tywin actually calls it the death of his reign, and it is in fact the reason why his reign literally ends that day.
  • The Alcoholic: Starts drinking as soon as he comes of age, and quickly becomes addicted to it to the same extent as his mother.
  • Asshole Victim: He dies from being stabbed in the lung, a very gruesome way to go, but since it was right after he hit his newly-wedded bride with strength enough to throw her on the ground and ranted about murdering septons and septas by droves before going to flay everyone in the Seven Kingdoms, he's unlikely to be mourned.
  • Authority in Name Only: Similar to canon, his list of titles may include "Lord of the Seven Kingdoms", but he has no way to exert his authority over the North and the Riverlands after they split from the Seven Kingdoms to form an independent nation. This is lampshaded on a letter sent by Ned Stark after becoming King in the North, where he refers to Joffrey's domains as "The Five Kingdoms".
  • Bad People Abuse Animals: He vocalizes plans to use Tommen's kittens for target practice. Tywin doesn't let him.
  • Beauty Is Never Tarnished: Averted. Iron Man's blast takes his earlobe and heavily scars his face.
  • Black-and-White Insanity: He divides humanity into two groups: the loyal servants of the crown, who indulge his psychotic whims, and traitors, who don’t. Tyrion has to walk him through the concept of people having a reason to turn against him step-by-step before he can understand the notion at a level more complex than "he betrayed me because he was a traitor, and that’s what traitors do."
  • Bring My Brown Pants:
    • Pissed himself when Sandor Clegane gave him his best Death Glare.
    • And again during a particularly close bolt of lightning at his wedding.
  • Cruel and Unusual Death: Stabbed in the lung, leaving nothing to do but leave him to slowly choke on his own blood.
  • Dies Differently in Adaptation: Stabbed instead of poisoned. Though both ultimately involve choking to death, the manner is different.
  • Dirty Coward: That he is. He refuses to fight the Iron Man himself, sending the Kingsguard ahead, and uses Sansa as a Human Shield to protect himself from Iron Man's magic blasts when the Kingsguard easily falls to him.
    • Tyrion said it best: the Mad King had the guts to beat his wife himself. Joffrey sends his Kingsguard for it.
    • Despite all his boasting of his martial prowess, he never once rides to war himself, and when war finally comes at the Battle of the Blackwater, he's the first to break and run.
  • Domestic Abuse: He doesn't waste time in hitting Margaery, on their wedding day. And before that, he just wouldn't stop making sexist comments in front of her.
  • Dumb Blonde: He's an extremely short-sighted moron who has a flimsy understanding of how things really work. Even Tyrion slowly explaining things to him just goes through one ear and out the other.
  • Evil Is Petty: He ruined Shireen's brand-new doll with a knife because he didn't want to visit Dragonstone.
    • He constantly calls Jon Stark a bastard, in spite of the older youth having been legitimized and named Heir to Iron Pointe, and tries to force him into degrading positions such as "wetnurse" for Tommen or Joffrey's cupbearer.
  • God-Emperor: While he doesn't go as far as to claim to be a god, he certainly acts like one, thinking that everybody must obey his every command without question, love him unconditionally, and that his actions have no negative consequences. He's both confused and angry when Tyrion points out that no, being king doesn't mean that you can do anything you want, and cites Aerys the Mad as a prime example of how such kings meet their ends.
  • In Vino Veritas: Getting drunk at his pre-wedding breakfast causes him to blurt out how he arranged for the attempted murder of Bran Stark and ordered the murders of Robert's bastards.
  • The Load: Played with. In terms of actually ruling, he mostly lets the Small Council do the work. The reason he’s The Millstone and not this is because him being King makes it very hard for the Lannisters to find allies.
  • The Millstone: Varys downright states that all he does is getting in the way of the people who are actually trying to rule the realm, and Tywin is forced to agree that having Joffrey killed off and replaced by Tommen may not solve all their problems but it wouldn't create any new ones.
  • Never My Fault: Yes, Joffrey, Sansa Stark's death is very much your fault.
  • Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: By killing sweet, innocent Sansa right in front of her father Ned and the people of King's Landing, he ensured that the Starks won't stop before the Lannisters, most especially Joffrey himself, are very, very dead, his popularity plummets lower than zero and the North is now united to avenge their martyred daughter. Really well played, you idiot.
    • And that’s ignoring the fact that killing Sansa gave the Night's Queen, one of the series' Big Bads, a body to take over in the heart of King's Landing.
  • Royal Brat: Oooh boy. His reaction when something doesn't go his way? Throwing a screaming tantrum because he's the King and everyone should bow to his whims.
  • Sadist: He has some sort of irrational impulse to cause unneeded cruelty, to the point where you could give him the easy and safe way to solve all his problems... and he'll just go with the hard way because it gives him more excuses to cause pain and suffering for his own amusement.
  • Speak Ill of the Dead: After his passing, Tywin doesn't hold back telling Cersei what a twisted, cruel, idiotic sociopath she raised and while he’ll avenge his grandson, he's not exactly shedding tears for the brat.
  • Stupid Evil: Basically the only reason his sadism and stupidity hasn’t gotten House Lannister killed already is because Tyrion (and later Tywin) won’t let him. See Too Dumb to Live below.
  • Too Dumb to Live: He survived as long as did because of other people's competence, and that other people felt that his death would cause far more problems than it would solve up until they decided that he outlived his usefulness.
  • Villainous Breakdown: Having his wedding rained out convinces him that the High Septon is working for Ned and cursed the marriage, which causes him to break into a delusional rant about tearing down the Faith and slaughtering the North personally.
  • What Could Possibly Go Wrong?: Tywin mentions that he has sent several knights to chase after fairy tales like trying to force The Hand to be his new Kingsguard, sending a northern traitor to find the Norn Stones, a group of knights (led by Ser Adrian of the Tombs) to find Meraxes' bones, Qyburn to find Maegor the Cruel's Power Armor, and another group to find a magical stone that turns anyone into an unstoppable Juggernaut! Any of those fairy tales could backfire horribly if they turn out to be true. So far, two of these have struck true - Ser Adrian of the Tombs has found the Vulture King's magical wings, and Qyburn has found Maegor's armor.
  • Would Hit a Girl:
    • Kills Sansa by throwing her to the ground.
    • Jane Seaworth claimed he wanted to gouge Shireen's eyes out. Yes, it was a lie, but it was readily believed because he did enter in her bedroom with a knife.
    • After the wedding feast is ruined by a sudden thunderstorm, he’s left apoplectic with rage and smacks his new wife, Margaery after she tries to calm him down.
  • Would Hurt a Child:
    • Was responsible for Sansa's Death by Falling Over because he tried to use her as a Human Shield against the Iron Man's magic blasts.
    • The fact that everyone believed Jane Seaworth when she lied about him wanting to cut Shireen's eyes out is very telling.
    • He gets so drunk at his pre-wedding breakfast he confesses he was behind Bran Stark's attempted murder and Robert's bastards' slaughter, utterly horrifying his guests.

    Tommen Baratheon 

Tommen Baratheon/Waters

The youngest of the royal children. Very much a sweet and kindhearted boy, something that doesn't give him high odds of survival in King's Landing.
  • Because You Were Nice to Me: Natasha guesses this is the reason why the boy named Jon his Hand after being acknowledged as King, since Jon was nothing but gentle and patient towards Tommen.
  • Big Brother Worship: His interactions with Jon are very much tinged with adoration, since the former bastard is extremely patient and gentle with the young prince.
  • Cheerful Child: A very energetic and sweet princeling who's very enthusiastic about learning how to rule well.
  • Grew a Spine: He seems to have grown one as after Tywin's death, he actually takes charge of the situation by announcing what happened and acting without letting his mother step in for him, announcing Mace Tyrell as Master of Laws and Jon as his Hand.
  • History Repeats: Ironically he's being set up to end up in Robert's shoes. By becoming King of the Seven Kingdoms while his wife cuckolds him with her own twin brother, who is a member of the Kingsguard.
  • Innocently Insensitive: He apparently forgot Jon wasn't raised at Iron Pointe as Tony's heir, since he asks if the former bastard enjoyed hunting growing up in the Westerlands.
  • Kindhearted Cat Lover: He's gleeful when offered a litter of kittens. Joffrey uses this fondness to torment him by shooting and skinning cats where he can see the results.
  • Lonely Rich Kid: Cersei completely ignored him to focus on Joffrey, leading him to seek people that will give him positive attention. As pointed by a disgruntled Tywin, it means he's easily manipulated — fortunately, he’s latched on Sam and Jon so far.
  • Morality Pet: Tywin becomes positively soft around Tommen.
  • Spanner in the Works: Manages to be one to his mother Cersei and Jon Stark — by naming Jon as his regent and Hand, he ensures Cersei won't get the power she craves while foiling Jon's plans for fleeing King's Landing.
  • Spare to the Throne: Tywin was thinking about naming him heir to Casterly Rock. Of course, Joffrey's demise disrupted this.
  • Spoiled Sweet: When groomed as the next Lord of the Westerlands, he wants for his first command to be for Jon Stark and Petyr Parker to be named his advisors, this way they’ll get to have fun together.

    Cersei Lannister* 

Cersei Lannister

Queen of the Seven Kingdoms. She was so unhappy being married to Robert Baratheon she cheated on him with her own twin brother and arranged for his death. Even amongst her family, she’s unpopular (with the exception of Jaime).
  • Accomplice by Inaction: She tried to defend herself by protesting she did nothing when Tyrion violently calls her out on the court royally messing up. Unfortunately, doing nothing was the problem: she did nothing to curb Joffrey's cruelty or working towards a peaceful resolution of the Civil War.
  • The Alcoholic: If she wasn't one already, she's definitely become this by Book 3, where she's constantly shown drinking.
  • All Take and No Give: According to both Tywin and Tyrion, Cersei inspires so little loyalty because she thinks that, since she's royalty and a member of a very wealthy House, people are supposed to carry out her every whim, including risking their lives for her, and expect nothing in return.
  • An Arm and a Leg: Loses her left hand when she pushes Joffrey out of the Iron Man's blast.
  • And I Must Scream: Margaery Tyrell puts her through this by forcing her to only do and say what she (Margaery) lets her.
  • Big Bad Wannabe: Her POV shows how Cersei truly believes she's the most skilled player in the Game and expertly manipulating everyone to gather more power. To everyone else (especially her father), she's a vain and foolish woman whose "manipulations" are so clumsy, Littlefinger and Varys are clearly fighting not to openly laugh at her.
  • Big Sister Bully: She may be the only Lannister who loathes Tyrion more than Tywin, and Tywin eventually grows to see his youngest son's good qualities. Cersei on the other hand only deepens in her hatred following Tyrion's time as Hand of the King. During the Battle of Blackwater, she discreetly orders a Kingsguard under her thumb to kill him amidst the chaos like in canon, which only fails because the Wight gets to him first. Then when Joffrey is murdered, Cersei convinces herself that Tyrion orchestrated it, ignoring that he's miles away in Essos trying to find a healer for his hands, and that Littlefinger is (apparently) the one who killed Joffrey and has been executed for it. She daydreams of having Tyrion brought to her in chains and then "making his suffering the things of legend."
  • Blasphemous Boast: She boasts that she’s fairer than the Maiden, raised children better than the Mother, and is wiser than the Crone.
  • Break the Haughty: Finally confronts the fact that she's been outplayed (not that she hadn't been before) when Mace and Margaery Tyrell not only make it obvious she's only alive because they allow it, but Margaery uses her power to keep her from revealing this fact to anyone.
  • Brother–Sister Incest: She and her twin Jaime are lovers just as they are in the books.
  • Cassandra Truth: When she says that Sansa Stark came back from the grave, she's perfectly sincere (and correct, to a degree). Unfortunately, facts, logic and her long string of stupidity are against her.
  • Comically Missing the Point:
    • When Tywin sarcastically mentions that he might as well let her keep her clothes budget so she can buy herself new clothes for her weight gain, she doesn't say anything because she really wants to have new clothes.
    • Qyburn tells her of the dangers that can result from in-breeding, with a passing mention of how Tywin married his first cousin. Cersei assumes he must be talking of Tyrion, not her or any of her perfect children.
  • Composite Character: Appears to have become one with Psylocke, having gained her powers from the wildfire explosion during the Battle of the Blackwater.
  • "Could Have Avoided This!" Plot: Tywin muses that Cersei could have an, at least, tolerable marriage and gotten to be treated like Jaime, which was what she most wanted, if she had simply asked Robert Baratheon to teach her the ways of the sword. Instead, she expected Robert to grovel at her feet, and was furious when he didn't do so.
  • Depraved Bisexual: Tywin tells her he knows she has been forcing both handmaidens and knights into her bed.
  • Disabled in the Adaptation: Loses a hand during the climax of Book 1 when she pushed Joffrey out of the way of an energy blast fired by Iron Man.
  • Disappointed in You: Tywin tells her that he and her mother had high hopes for her, but that she's ruined them all with her actions.
  • Even Evil Has Standards:
    • As much as she loves Joffrey and coddles him and overlooks his brashness, impulsiveness and flaws, even she is disgusted by his desire to slaughter cats and torment Tommen.
    • She's just as horrified as everyone else when Joffrey drunkenly reveals that he arranged Bran's (thwarted) assassination and the slaughter of Robert's bastards.
    • She's honestly disgusted at the rumors going around that she somehow wanted Joffrey to be her lover.
  • Formerly Fit: When the story begins, she's hailed as slim and beautiful. After Robert's demise, she freely drinks and eats without restraining herself and the consequences quickly ensue, even if she insists her dresses are tighter because of the material and not because she's gaining a lot of weight.
  • Horrible Judge of Character: She’s unable to see that Joffrey’s a terrible individual, much less a terrible king.
  • Hypocrite:
    • She protests Loras Tyrell joining the Kingsguard, seeing as his sister Margary will be Queen. Everyone at the Small Council gives her a look for that, and she recognizes her own blunder.
    • For all her complaints about Robert's vices, it doesn't take her long in adopting the exact same vices (alcoholism, gorging herself on food, being completely lazy... and it's later revealed she's also been having sex with both handmaidens and knights).
    • Also, she despises Robert for never getting over Lyanna to love her when they got married, even as she quickly gave up any attempt to love him after their wedding night and went back to secretly screwing Jaime.
  • Hypocrite Has a Point: She thinks that Petyr Baelish is a vain creature who isn’t nearly as clever as he thinks he is. Irony aside, she’s correct.
  • I Reject Your Reality:
    • Oh, very much so. When Tywin rightly puts Joffrey in his place as a fool, all Cersei sees is her son "showing the strength of a king" and actually thinking "he gets that from me".
    • She also refuses to accept she's gaining weight from constant eating and drinking and it must be the material making her dresses so much tighter...
    • Blames small goblets and inefficient servants not providing her enough at a time for why she keeps going through wine so quickly.
  • It's All About Me: Even more than fifteen years after the fact, she remains utterly convinced that Rhaegar would have married her if he could, and is utterly confused (and angry) that things no longer revolve around her.
  • Mama Bear:
    • Pushing her son to save his life from a very angry Magic Knight. A shame she was successful.
    • Discussed and deconstructed by Varys and Tyrion: she only cares for her children if they bring her closer to power (Joffrey) or if someone tries to remove them from her side (Myrcella). Otherwise, she's content to ignore them. They muse how while Lysa Arryn coddles Robin endlessly as least she pays attention to her son instead of ignoring him until someone else shows interest in them like Cersei.
  • The Millstone: Tyrion and Tywin don't let her make a single decision, because if they did it would only destroy their efforts to keep House Lannister afloat.
  • My Beloved Smother: Even upon Tommen becoming King, she still inwardly considers him her sweet little baby... too young and innocent for such a position and which she is more than capable of handling for him.
  • My God, What Have I Done?: Actually does this at the end of Book 3, when she realizes that her plot to resurrect Jaime through the Ultron Armor has instead done that with Littlefinger.
  • Never My Fault: Immediately defends herself from Tyrion's accusations with the retort: "I did nothing!" Tyrion is not appeased because doing nothing was the problem.
  • Not Me This Time:
    • Tyrion believes her when she swears the "fake" Sansa wasn't her idea, since this blending of idiocy and cunning is not her style.
    • Cat also believes that it wasn't her idea, since, for all her flaws, Cersei is a mother, and even she would not be so cruel as to use a mother's grief against her.
  • Parental Neglect: Mixed in an utterly baffling way with Mama Bear and My Beloved Smother. Tyrion notes to Varys while Myrcella is sailing off to Dorne how for all her motherly love, Cersei doesn't spend that much time with her children as she might tell herself, save for Joffrey.
    Tyrion: Do you know how often my dear sister has actually had a private conversation with my dear niece since I have arrived in the Capital? I will give you a hint… were I to lose a finger for each time she’d done so, I would be able to hold a wine glass still in each hand. {...} Never has a woman been able to push something from her while also clinging to them so tightly.
  • Politically Incorrect Villain: When she contemplates seducing Jiffsun Davis to her side, she thinks it'll be easy since she buys into the stereotype that Summer Islander men lust after white women. Cersei also thinks it won't be unpleasant since she also buys into the stereotype that Summer Islander men are well endowed.
  • "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Gets a biting one from Tywin in Book 3, Chapter 53 on how she's nowhere near as clever as she thinks she is and her short-sighted thinking, denial of Joffrey's many failings, selfishness, cruelty and overall stupidity has contributed to this entire mess.
  • Red Right Hand: After losing her left hand, she commissions a diamond-encrusted golden prosthesis. Tyrion finds it outright gaudy. After Stannis' attack on the city, she uses it to hide the energy blade she got when she mutated.
  • Smug Snake: Her own father considers her more smug than brilliant. Her POV shows that she genuinely believes she's the most cunning manipulator around, even as it's blatant to the reader that she's blinded by her own hubris and self-important delusions.
  • Spoiled Brat: She thinks she can command Tywin - her own father - as if he were an unruly dog. He's unimpressed and constantly reminds her of her place, but it never seems to stick.
  • Surrounded by Idiots: She thinks she's this. Unfortunately, the biggest idiots are herself and her son.
  • The Un Favourite: She's become this to Tywin, who makes his disappointment in her and contempt for her actions very clear. When Cersei accuses him of now favouring Tyrion, Tywin responds that while he'll never do so, at least Tyrion proved himself useful, unlike her.
  • You Are What You Hate: As Tywin points out, for all that she hated Robert for his vices, she's indulged in all of them herself.

House Lannister

    Tyrion Lannister* 

Tyrion Lannister, the Imp, the Little Lion

The dwarf son of Tywin Lannister. Tyrion is Tony's best friend. He longs to be seen for who he truly is and balances his hatred of his family's treatment of him with his desire for their love and respect.
  • Accidental Innuendo: Right after complaining about his lack of sex, he sends for Sam. He then has to clarify to a shocked and disgusted Bronn that it's for an entirely unrelated reason.
  • Accidental Truth: He nicknamed Jane Seaworth "the Stranger's Daughter" because she was really too handy with a knife for his ease of mind. She secretly was the offspring of Loki Odinson, whom the Westerosi Faith saw as the Stranger.
  • Adaptational Heroism: Even compared with his show version which already had some extra heroism, this Tyrion seems a bit less self-serving, and has a good deal more self-respect compared with his other versions. Plus, his future is written to turn him into one of the great heroes of this world.
  • Agent Scully: Is disdainful towards belief in the supernatural, and he’s beyond enraged at how everybody insists that Sansa had returned from the grave (though in his defense, not only does the Night Queen look visibly older than Sansa due the modifications she made to the body, but the dead randomly coming back to life isn't something easy to believe). He begins to reconsider his stance later in the story.
  • Awesomeness by Analysis: Befitting his efforts to compensate with intelligence for his diminutive body, Tyrion has a sharp eye for details. He discerns the Mandarin isn't who he is pretending to be by noting his choice of words and difficulty with saying some of them.
  • Big Brother Instinct: Towards Sam, whom he took as a Morality Pet. Since the boy is too much of a coward to protect himself, someone has to step up, right?
  • Birds of a Feather: With Tony. In spite of their Feuding Families, both are snarky, lecherous and more intelligent than their own family give them credit for. In the end, it's this trait that makes Tywin give him more responsibility- if Tony is similar to Tyrion, and Tony is wildly successful, he may as well give Tyrion a chance to succeed.
  • Body Horror: During the Battle of the Blackwater, his hands are horribly burned by wildfire.
  • Celibate Hero: Forces himself to avoid sex so that he can focus on his duties as the Hand (and because Tywin threatened fairly harsh penalties if he didn't). He quickly gets frustrated with it.
  • Composite Character: After his hands are severely burned during the Battle of Blackwater, he makes plans to travel to Essos to get them healed, setting him up to be this world's Doctor Strange. In Book 3, Catelyn dreams of him with bandaged hands, exotic clothes and a beard, wondering whether this is his dream or hers. Jaime is later told by the Old Gods that his little brother has found a teacher to show him "his destiny supreme".
  • Cool Uncle: He plainly adores his niece and youngest nephew, seeing them as everything good about his siblings and nothing of the bad. They easily return the favor.
  • Damned by Faint Praise: When he's called the most popular Lannister, he muses it's not that difficult to be the best turd in a pile of shit.
  • Disabled in the Adaptation: If he's set to be this series' version of Doctor Strange, he qualifies, as Tyrion has dwarfism in addition to damaged hands, whereas canon Strange is a man of normal height.
  • Disappeared Dad: It's very strongly hinted he's this to Maria Hill, whose mother could be Tysha.
  • Entertainingly Wrong:
    • He firmly persists in his denial when it comes about Sansa springing back from the grave because the lady he was introduced to is just too different from the girl he remembers, leading him to conclude someone found a lowborn girl from suitable looks to dress and act the part. He later seems to accept that there is more to "Sansa" than what he thought.
    • He's convinced that Iron Man and Centurion are Brynden and Edmure Tully.
  • Everyone Has Standards: Notes that for as much as he enjoys sex, he'd never sleep with a child.
  • Generation Xerox: Unbeknownst to everyone, he's this to Lann the Clever — not only the man responsible for creating the Lannister family was very much a Guile Hero, Lann was a dwarf.
  • Let's Get Dangerous!: After seeing how mutinous King's Landing is and Joffrey showing "Sansa Stark" off, Tyrion outright confronts the Small Council and Cersei and flat-out announces he's not going to let them continue to screw up. That is Tywin Lannister's son, guys.
  • Lovable Sex Maniac:
    • It's mentioned in passing that this was one of the things Tony and he bonded over, at least until Tony married Pepper. They still have other interests in common, though.
    • He looks forwards to help Sam losing his virginity and is very eager to learn what kind of things two girls described as pleasuring to them.
    • Subverted when he gets to King's Landing, however, he has to restrict his own sexual misadventures in order to focus on his duties as Hand.
  • Odd Friendship: How Westeros considers his relationship with Tony - because they're a Lannister and a Stark.
  • Offscreen Moment of Awesome: He verbally savaged Alliser Thorne for cruelly bullying Samwell Tarly while he was at the Wall.
  • Out of Focus: While a major character through book 2, his journey in Essos is very much out of focus right now. So far only showing up in Braavos briefly, but otherwise missing while looking for help with his hands.
  • The Reliable One: While the fact causes his father no small amount of frustration, Tyrion proves repeatedly that he is the most sensible and useful of Tywin's children once he finally gets the chance to prove himself. Jaime is Hot-Blooded and tends to fall back on his swordsmanship for any problem, Cersei is, well... Cersei. By comparison, Tyrion actually manages to resist his vices to get the job done.
  • Surrounded by Idiots: He's outright appalled when he finally gets into King's Landing and see just how much his sister and the Small Council fucked the situation, parading a "fake" Sansa being chief amongst his list of grievances.
  • Thicker Than Water:
    • He's obviously distressed when confronted to the possibility of inflicting the Castamere treatment to Iron Pointe - since Tony may be the only person not named Lannister to genuinely like him - yet he will stand with his family come hell or high water.
    • This trope is especially evident in how he's trying to keep King's Landing from descending into chaos and ruin- one gets the impression that were it not his own family, he would have done a runner long ago from all the blatant stupidity surrounding him.
  • Token Good Teammate: Even Ned, who has every reason to want all the Lannisters dead, admits that Tyrion is the only decent one of the lot.
  • Vitriolic Best Buds: It's implied he became Tony's best friend because they can trade barbs.
  • "Well Done, Son" Guy: He knows his father will never love or take pride in his dwarf son, yet he yearns for his approval. When Tywin admits he may have been wrong to mistreat him, Tyrion is shocked.

    Tywin Lannister* 

Tywin Lannister, the Old Lion

The Lord of Casterly Rock. Tywin is the one that allowed Tony to take over Iron Pointe and believes him to be a loyal bannerman. He sees Iron Man's arrival as a game changer. Is frustrated by the stupidity of those around him.
  • Adaptational Heroism: He’s still not a good man, but he’s shown to have a more human side and treats Tyrion better than he did in canon. He also seems to have learned his lesson with the Mountain and now keeps his Sociopathic Soldiers on a tight leash.
  • Adaptational Nice Guy: Very, very downplayed, but it's there:
    • Tywin is more willing to acknowledge Tyrion's talents and accomplishments. Compare him to his canon version, where he didn't question Cersei taking credit for Tyrion's actions that helped the defense of the city during the battle of Blackwater Bay.
    • This Tywin also loses much of his Never My Fault atittude his canon self had: He takes full responsibility for Gregor Clegane's attack on Iron Pointe while in canon he claimed multiple times that he couldn't be held responsible for what his men did, and also admits that the reason his children are such a mess is because he lacked the ability to raise them properly without their mother, and maybe he should have asked for help.
  • Agent Scully: Every one of his theories on current events in Westeros is the most logical, sensible conclusion one could draw with the information he has. And because this is a Marvel crossover, every one of them is wrong.
  • Ascended Extra: He was a major character in the original books yet was no point-of-view character. Here, he is.
  • Bad Boss: When one of his generals who has been up the entire night planning asks if he can get some sleep, Tywin coldly replied that the only reason he didn't have said general executed on the spot was because they were cousins.
  • Break the Haughty:
    • The War of Five Crowns starts with a series of bad news for the Lannisters. When Jaime is captured, he's reduced to diving for the wine.
    • And when he receives Tyrion's messages about how bad Cersei and Joffrey have screwed up King's Landing, he has to send his war council out of his tent so he can wail on a training dummy until he can actually think without screaming. Made worse in that he's dealing with a rapidly changing situation, with the North being far more loyal to King Eddard, to the point that he doesn't think he could get the Boltons or the Freys to betray the Starks, having to deal with the Queen of Thorns potentially getting involved, as well as Stannis and Jane Seaworth, who the smallfolk admire now that Thor has started calling her a queen.
  • Brutal Honesty: He straight out says that the cause of the war is Cersei's inability to control Joffrey. He also has no problem in shooting her down and pointing out her many shortcomings.
  • Didn't See That Coming: He didn’t expect Jon to be the trueborn child of Rhaegar and Lyanna, nor did he foresee Loras and Margaery being Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch.
  • Dies Differently in Adaptation: Instead of Tyrion shooting him with a crossbow, he’s thrown to his death by the Scarlet Witch.
  • The Dreaded: If you’re not afraid of him, you should be. Even Cersei isn’t willing to cross him.
  • Drowning My Sorrows: The changed circumstances which led to the War of Five Crowns drive him to this. Kevan and Tyrion almost freak out over it.
  • Equal-Opportunity Evil: Aside from his issues with Tyrion (which stem more from the death of his wife in childbirth), all Tywin really cares about when dealing with people is whether or not they're competent. He rates both Jon and Natasha highly, despite both being bastards (albeit legitimised ones); he muses on 'rewarding' Arya (who he thinks is a smart common girl who threw her lot in with Jaime) with a marriage to a pliable knight who knows to let her take charge as he reckons she's got the astuteness to be the next Queen of Thorns; he appreciates Petyr Parker's intelligence and wants him to be one of Tommen's advisors in spite of the kid's low birth; and he's one of the very few to show a modicum of respect towards Isamalwi instead of treating him as dark-skinned entertainment since the man is competent and trustworthy as a fighter and sword-teacher. Tywin even notes to himself shortly after Joffrey's death between Isamalwi and Jiffsun Davis, he might consider a trip to the Summer Isles and see if he can't find more reliable men. He also bluntly tells his daughter that he doesn't give her power not because she's a woman but because she's a complete dumbass who would abuse it.
  • Even Evil Has Standards:
    • As noted by Tyrion, regardless of how much Tywin despises his youngest son, he would never force Tyrion to renounce the family name under an implied death threat (unlike what Randyll Tarly did to Sam).
    • He shields Tommen from Joffrey's cruelty as detailed in Pet the Dog below, along with chastising Cersei for allowing such behavior in the first place. Jaime and Tyrion never treated each other poorly despite the latter being the Black Sheep, and Tywin himself has never abused his own brothers (though that's partly due to focusing on bringing the Lannister name to glory).
    • He immediately shoots down Joffrey's suggestion that he emulate Maegor's infamous Black Brides policy.
    • He's also furious when Joffrey threatens Jon and Natasha just because Jon has a Valyrian steel sword, and outright apoplectic when Joffrey reveals out loud he arranged the (attempted) murder of Bran Stark and the deaths of Robert's bastard children.
    • When he sleeps with the Night's Queen thinking she is Joanna, he's very relieved that she doesn't look like Sansa Stark anymore. He's glad to bed his wife, but not in the body of a pre-teen girl.
  • Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Or perhaps, Career Politician Cannot Understand Anything Else. He's been playing the Game of Thrones for so long that he can't comprehend actions that are not plays in the game as anything other than foolishness. It even extends to some extent to actions that are moves in the game, but under a playbook different to the one he uses. One notable example is when he concludes that the person claiming to be Jaime isn't an imposter due to wanting to resume his position in the Kingsguard, as Tywin thinks that any imposter would want to inherit Casterly Rock (which being a Kingsguard would exclude him from). He can't fathom the possibility that an impostor would want something other than wealth and power.
    • He also concludes Jon Stark is utterly unaware of his Targaryen lineage because he's not making moves to reclaim his birthright. Tywin is so ambitious and obsessed with family and legacy, that the idea of Rejecting the Inheritance for the sake of a quiet, happy life is wholly alien to his mindset.
  • Generation Xerox: Ironically, he's this to Lann the Clever. Tywin's wife was lusted after by a mad tyrant, whose overthrow he aided in, and who was left a widower when she died young (and remained so the rest of his life.
  • Genre Blindness: Not a terrible example, but even after witnessing the first move of Iron Man, Tywin operates primarily under the assumption of a Realpolitik world of careful manipulation of people and good finances. He doesn't quite get that they're now in a Superhero political drama, and that some of the more outlandish tales or myths now around the realm shouldn't be discarded so casually.
  • Hypocrite: Constantly reminds all Lannisters that they should be loyal to the House and family first but thinks that Jon and Natasha will gladly betray the Starks and the Martells on his orders. Tony lampshades this.
  • Irony: He refuses to consider Tyrion a true Lannister for his appearance. A Shield of Man reveals Lann the Clever himself was a dwarf.
  • Jerkass Has a Point: Won't let Cersei buy a dozen black dresses so she can "properly" mourn Jaime's "death". As Tywin points out, if she were to be shown mourning her brother's death with more intensity than her husband's, people will start wondering if the Twincest rumors are actually true.
  • Licked by the Dog: Jon Stark is utterly floored to see him interact with young Tommen and realize the Old Lion that caused so much suffering out of unbridled ambition genuinely cares about his grandson and is genuinely loved by said grandson.
  • The Man Behind the Man:
    • His position of predilection, with Syrio pointing out to Arya that Tywin ruled Westeros in Aerys', then Robert's stead. He also would like to be this for a compliant Lord of Winterfell, as it would give him power over the North - Westeros' largest Kingdom.
    • It’s deconstructed in that, due to Robert's overall negligence, and then Joffrey and Cersei's stupidity and incompetence, Tywin himself has to do the job of the king in order to stop the realm from collapsing, on top of his existing duties as Warden of the West and Lord of the Rock. And competent as he is, Tywin is just one man and thus can't be everywhere at once. This is lampshaded when Tywin wonders how the realm would be if Ned Stark had taken the Throne instead of Robert: while Tywin would command much less power and influence, he wouldn't have to work overtime in order to keep the realm stable.
  • Manipulative Bastard: But of course. Giving Iron Pointe to Antony Stark had three goals: to restore the West's coastal defense, to develop trade and business and to bring a Stark under his control. Two of these were entirely successful.
  • The Mourning After: He still looks at the other side of the bed when he wakes up - because his wife is supposed to be asleep there, and maybe this time she will be. This is the reason why he so readily falls for the Night's Queen's manipulations - he has wanted his wife back for so long that, when she shows some knowledge of their life together, he latches onto the idea that Joanna is somehow possessing Sansa Stark's body.
  • Never My Fault: Something he very much strives to avert. He acknowledges that Clegane's attack on Tony Stark is his fault in a roundabout way, is able to realize Tyrion's behavior was a result of him not being given a productive outlet, and he concedes Cersei's very poor impulse control would have been better handled by Joanna rather than a man who didn't understand his daughter.
  • Odd Friendship: He and Jon aren't exactly friends, per se, but they're entirely civil and have a mutual respect for each other's competence and dedication to good governance, even if Jon finds many of Tywin's actions appalling and cannot forget that the man had his half-siblings murdered, and Tywin recognises that Jon may at some point be a threat after at first believing that Jon is, in fact, baby Aegon and then eventually deducing the truth and taking pre-emptive steps. Part of this is because at times Jon reminds Tywin of Jon's grandfather Aerys back when he was still Tywin's friend, and thus reminding Tywin of his own youth.
  • Not So Above It All: Even he can fall for someone else's manipulations - such as the Night's Queen's.
  • Parental Neglect: All obvious things aside, Tywin acknowledges that he had no idea how to raise a daughter. He might not like Tyrion, but he understood at least how to keep his sons happy and occupied.
  • Pet the Dog: He may be a cold, ruthless lord, but he's not heartless.
    • He's able to appreciate loyalty and honesty, such as when he rewarded his squire by making him a lord for confessing he was supposed to spy on the Old Lion for his cruel father.
    • He finally admits his ill treatment of Tyrion may have been a mistake and gives him a chance to prove himself, promising his youngest he will reward him for doing well. After the Battle of Blackwater, he makes good on this and, while he doesn't make him heir to Casterly Rock,note  he does grant him Tarbeck Hall as his lands.
    • After Tyrion sustains severe wounds defending King's Landing from Stannis's forces, he shows legitimate concern for his least-favorite son and orders that he be rushed to Pycelle for medical treatment.
    • One of his first passages describes the hope he feels every morning when he looks to the other side of the bed and wishes to see his wife there... even though she died long ago.
    • He arranges for May Parker to receive her deceased husband's salary so she can take care of Petyr and Gwen Stacy.
    • When Joffrey is sent away from a Small Council meeting by Tywin to practice with his crossbow, the former gloats about how he will torment Tommen by using cats as target practice. Tywin's response is to ensure that doesn't happen by ordering a guard to keep Tommen away from Joffrey and make sure no animals are slaughtered by Joffrey on pain of death for Tommen's sake.
    • Meeting Petyr and noticing his intelligence and resourcefulness makes him plan the possibility of helping in his education.
    • After Joffrey's death, he tells Tommen how he can be a great king and suggests him to join Sam and Jon for a sword-fighting lesson.
  • Pragmatic Villainy: The trope could be renamed The Tywin, since he's so well-versed in his application.
  • Properly Paranoid: When Jaime shows up at Harrenhal, he initially believes he might be an impostor, given that he just got Tyrion's letter about the allegedly fake Sansa. Turns out to be completely right, even if he dismisses his initial assumption.
  • Surrounded by Idiots: His bannermen often kiss up to him, hoping it would flatter him. It only makes him daydream about killing them all.
    • When he learns how Jaime assaulted Ned Stark in a street, he rages he has to be cursed, there's no other reason for his children's utter stupidity. Brought up again in Chapter 12 of Book 2, where he notes that Jaime can't be an impostor, as only his own blood could be so stupid. Though in this case, he's wrong. Jaime is actually Mystique.
    • At the same time, some of the time he treats sensible suggestions as if they were stupid, such as in Chapter 22 of A Crack of Thunder, where he orders a commander to return home for having the gall to suggest that maybe letting them get some sleep after having worked through the night would be a good idea. Made even more obvious by the fact that the commander only suggested it because he was too tired to realize it was a bad idea to say it until after he said it.
    • When he finally meets Cersei in Chapter 50 of Book 2, he clearly has little patience for her, her antics and her idiocy, which cost their side too much.
  • Villain Respect: Say whatever else you like about him, but Tyrion related blindness aside, Tywin has a very good eye for talent, and he won't hesitate to acknowledge another's abilities (even if it is just in the privacy of his own head).
    • He praises Tony's business acumen, even considering him a bit of a Worthy Opponent.
    • He also respects Ned, viewing him as being a dedicated ruler, knowing that he's the sort of man needed to lead the North. He also somewhat wishes that Ned had taken the throne, knowing that, while Ned would have made it harder for Tywin to get what he wanted, Ned would have done a far better job at running the kingdom than Robert, meaning Tywin wouldn't have to spend so much time keeping the kingdom from collapsing. He also extends it even further, when he thinks that Ned has made a truly masterful play in the Game of Thrones - he realises that Jon is the son of Rhaegar, but incorrectly assumes that he's Aegon, and therefore concludes that Ned spirited Aegon away and prepared him to be married back into the Martell line via Natasha to bolster his support, and hid him right in plain sight all the while. He's completely wrong on the last point (though he does eventually work out that Jon is the son of Rhaegar and Lyanna, and has taken steps to destroy the evidence for his own reasons), because Evil Cannot Comprehend Good.
    • One of his squires, on his first day, admitted that he was pushed into taking this position by his father and was ordered to ingratiate himself to Tywin for the purpose of attaining blackmail. Tywin had the squire's father killed and made the boy head of his house, out of respect for his honesty and to secure the boy's loyalty.
    • He also respects Jon's intelligence and skill when he has to join the Small Council, at one point wistfully thinking of Jon as his grandson, with Sam telling Tony after Tywin's death that Tywin often spoke with genuine fondness of Jon.
  • We Used to Be Friends: He justifiably loathed the Mad King for humiliating him again and again, but he nonetheless misses Aerys when he still was called the Dreamer. He admits that to Jon, his late friend's only surviving grandchild.
  • What Is This Thing You Call "Love"?: While he can feel love, it's almost never directed at Tyrion due to how much he hates his youngest son, so he finds the feeling of not being disappointed in him to be quite odd.
    • On the receiving end, he muses it's very strange for Tommen to enjoy his company that much — even his children and siblings are somewhat distant from him, courtesy of his pitiless reputation.
  • Why Are You Not My Son?: He bitterly compares Jon Stark (whom he accurately pegged as Rhaegar's child) and his quiet competence to his daughter Cersei and grandson Joffrey's loud bluster and idiocy, musing that a man like the former bastard on the Iron Throne would have ushered a new era for Westeros, and said man would have been his grandson without Aerys' pettiness.
  • Would Hurt a Child:
    • No qualms whatsoever about using Jon Snow - who's only a teen - as hostage against Ned Stark. And in the past, he also commanded the Targaryen babes' gruesome murder.
    • He also casually orders one of his soldiers to murder one of Varys' 'little birds' that he knows was watching him to let the Spider know no one spies on him.
  • You Have Failed Me: Routinely practices a non-lethal version. He dismisses various kinsmen and vassals from his councils at such a rapid pace that Arya internally notes that she barely has an opportunity to learn most of their names before they do something to displease him and get sent away.

    Jaime Lannister* 

Ser Jaime Lannister, the Kingslayer, the Spirit of Vengeance

A member of the Kingsguard since the time of Aerys II. Tywin's elder son, Cersei's twin and Tyrion's older brother. He is also the biological father of Joffrey, Myrcella, and Tommen.
  • Abled in the Adaptation: Since the chain of events that led to him clashing with the Brave Companions never happen, Jaime never loses his right hand. Ironically, in Chapter 29 of A Shield of Man, he notes to himself how he'd always considered losing a limb a terrifying fate.
  • Adaptational Weapon Swap: He was given Oathkeeper, one of the two Valyrian steel swords made from melting Ice, before handing it to Brienne. Here, during his journey north of the wall he finds another Valyrian steel sword, Dark Sister, who has been empowered by the Old Gods to turn its wielder into Ghost Rider.
  • The Atoner: As he rediscovers his sense of true knighthood, he hopes to be able to atone for his mistakes. The Old Gods grant him that chance by making him the Ghost Rider.
  • Boring Yet Practical: When asked what he'd ever ask Tony to make him, he settles for a simple sword, stating that he's such a great swordsman already he doesn't need something else to work with, least of all something he doesn't understand how to use. Even Tony admits to his logic, even if he finds it boring.
  • Break the Haughty: When he learns that his father and sister are willing to let him die (unaware that they think he's an impostor).
  • Brother–Sister Incest: He and his twin, Cersei are sleeping together as they did in the books.
  • Butt-Monkey: He's outmanoeuvered by Robb and taken hostage by the Northern forces. When Ned visits him, Jaime tries to anger him into losing control but fails, while Ned reveals that Cersei hasn't been faithful to Jaime. Then Mystique impersonates him and infiltrates Casterly Rock, causing Tyrion to think that the Jaime with the Northern forces is an impostor and hence to send a message saying they can do whatever they want to him. The only reason he hasn't been executed is because the Starks are quite confused by the Lannisters' response, with Cersei suggesting they cut his throat (not realising that he's the real Jaime), and reports that Jaime has made it back to Tywin's camp. This culminates with him being forced to join Bran's group and go North of the Wall with them.
  • Composite Character: With Ghost Rider, being transformed by the Old Gods.
  • Cool Sword: During his trip north of the wall, he's offered Dark Sister, which turns him into the Ghost Rider due being imbued with the power of the Old Gods.
  • Death Faked for You: After Mystique is done impersonating him, she allows the other Lannisters to believe he was killed during Hoat's rebellion at Harrenhal.
  • Fatal Flaw: According to Tyrion, his shortsightedness, which drives him to try to solve every problem himself instead of taking a step back and look at the bigger picture. Tyrion thinks that, should Jaime be the Lord of Casterly Rock and the Ironborn attacked it, Jaime would board a ship and try to stop the attack himself, instead of, you know, calling the bannermen. This might be the reason as for why Robb was able to lure Jaime to an ambush that ended with the latter's capture.
  • Good People Have Good Sex: He engages in a long, intense bout with Osha while they are in Bloodraven's caves.
  • Hope Crusher: He's responsible for pushing Bran out the window and crippling him, effectively ruining his dreams of becoming a knight. After a long, long run of Break the Haughty, he becomes The Atoner instead.
  • Knight Errant: Finally becomes this, protecting and avenging the innocent as he always wished to deep down, albeit in an unusual fashion as the Ghost Rider.
  • My Greatest Failure: More than one.
    • He never forgave himself for sitting on the Iron Throne to wait Robert's host after killing Aerys, instead of going to protect little Rhaenys Targaryen and saving her from her gruesome fate. When Mantis (Rhaenys' identity as a Child of the Forest) informs him that she was already beyond saving since Aerys had ordered her and her brother killed earlier, Jaime then thinks he had failed by not killing Aerys the day he was made a Kingsguard.
    • Contrary to what others may think, he's not oblivious to Joffrey's many faults like Cersei is. Jaime wishes he could've taken his secret son as his squire and maybe moulded him into a proper man rather than the crazy little monster he is, but instead he gave in to Cersei's insistence that she care for Joffrey.
  • Panthera Awesome: As the Ghost Rider, he rides a burning sabre cat. It. Is. Awesome.
  • Skeptic No Longer: He initially didn't believe any of the rumors of Iron Man, Thor, She-Hulk, and greenseers (understandable since he's never encountered them before). When Jojen showcases his greenseer abilities by proving that he knows the secret of why Jaime killed the Mad King, he's more willing to go along with the world's newfound strangeness. Even then, however, he takes a bit to believe in magic. Then he met Mantis and Brynden.
  • Stepford Snarker: For all of his caustic words and arrogant nature, Jaime harbors a sizable number of insecurities and guilt, particularly over his failure to protect Rhaenys and later his crippling Bran.

    Kevan Lannister 

Ser Kevan Lannister

Younger brother of Tywin and his most trusted aide.
  • Number Two: He advises his brother both for warfare and in times of (relative) peace.
  • The Reliable One: Tywin never has anything bad to say or even think about his brother. He notes Kevan is more than capable of leading in his own right, but if Tywin takes charge, he easily slips into the position as advisor.
    Tywin: If only my children were as bright at you, brother.
  • Secret-Keeper: The only person to have been informed of Tywin's suspicions regarding Jon Stark's true parentage.

Other Characters

    Samwell Tarly 

Samwell Tarly

The cowardly and overweight son of Randyll Tarly and currently Tyrion Lannister's first squire.
  • Abusive Parents: His father outright threatened him with a hunting "accident" if he didn't take the Black. When confronted to the possibility to come home, Samwell would unambiguously rather stay with Tyrion.
  • Black Comedy Rape: Bronn jokingly declares a raging mob is likely to use him as a "big, squishy woman". Later, an Accidental Innuendo from Tyrion leads the sellsword to believe the dwarf wants to sleep with the youth. Sam seems to be quite the Dude Magnet, here...
  • Covert Pervert: Accidentally eavesdropped on two highborn girls discussing about how they pleasured themselves and very much enjoyed it.
  • Cowardly Lion: He can fight, he'd just much prefer not to.
  • Hidden Depths: He pegs the Night's Queen as either a twisted and wicked fake or, worse, as something that is using Sansa's body. He is entirely correct.
  • Like a Son to Me: As Tyrion has resigned himself to never be a father, Samwell will do as a substitute.
  • Morality Pet: The Stark party is quite surprised to find such an innocent soul travelling with the Imp.
  • The Smart Guy: Gets the opportunity to put his love for books to good use once he becomes Tyrion's squire. He successfully trains a raven in secret, allowing Tyrion to send his most important messages to Tywin and vice versa without Pycelle or anyone else intercepting them. He also explains to Tony, Arya and the Brotherhood how Northeners use words with sharper sounds than Southeners in general.
  • Those Two Guys: Begins hanging out with Podrick as both are squires to Tyrion.
  • Token Good Teammate: Sweet, kind, cowardly Sam is one of the nicest people in Westeros who just so happens to be working for the Lannisters. To the point that when Lady Stark accuses Samwell of being an assassin, Clynt and Bronn laugh so hard at that that she takes it back.
    • He's this among Tyrion's companions, as the other three are Tyrion (possibly one of the most prolific sexual deviants in Westeros) and two sellswords who would have no qualm about letting Tyrion or Samwell die if things turned against them.

    Petyr Baelish (BEWARE OF SPOILERS!) 

Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish a.k.a. Ultron

The Master of Coin at the beginning of the story, Littlefinger uses the power granted to him by his position to enrichen himself and obtain power within the chaotic Seven Kingdoms. Qyburn's attempt to bring Jaime back from the dead instead puts his soul into the Ultron Armor.
  • Adaptational Badass: Turns out that after his humiliating loss against Brandon Stark, his mind was not the only thing he sharpened to precision. Managing to actually fight against Sandor Clegane on relatively even ground as he did in his Trial by Combat puts this version of Littlefinger leagues above both his TV and Book version combatwise. Heck, it puts him leagues above most fighters in the setting in the first place. And then he turns into Ultron.
  • Arc Villain: He's shaping up to be this for "A Web of Lies" as Ultron. When you are so dangerous that even Asgard takes you seriously, it's made quite clear that you are one of the biggest players around.
  • Believing Their Own Lies: Jon speculates this is what Littlefinger has done, spreading stories (like how he took Cat's virginity) so often and for so long, he's convinced himself they're actually true.
  • Chekhov's Skill: His fighting skills (see Adaptational Badass) are what allows him to fight and kill Tywin's and Joffrey's souls to take the Ultron Armor for himself.
  • Came Back Strong: He was already much stronger than his Canon version, but his spirit manages to defeat both Tywin's and Joffrey's souls and take over Ultron Armor as his new body, dramatically increasing his threat level and easily putting him as one of the most powerful characters in the series, now in mind and body. No wonder both Cersei and Qyburn are absolutely horrified after Littlefinger takes off in his new body.
  • Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: He holds no loyalty to anyone beyond himself.
  • Demoted to Extra: While still important in the backstory and middle story of the fic, his death in book 3 means that all his plans for the Vale and the accumulation of power are dead in the water. Then Subverted when Qyburn's attempt to put Jaime's soul into the Ultron Armor instead brings him back from death.
  • Fragile Speedster: In an almost Mythology Gag, he’s this in this fight against the other Clagane brother during his Trial by Combat. He’s described as being incredibly nimble and almost dancing around Sandor with such skill that he’s able to deliver quite the scathing monologue, but the moment Sandor finally gets his hand on Littlefinger the duel is over in a flash.
  • Greater-Scope Villain: Of Robert's Rebellion. It was Littlefinger who manipulated Brandon Stark into believing Rhaegar had kidnapped Lyanna, the one who manipulated Brandon to march to King's Landing and confront Aerys. In other words, it was Littlefinger who jumpstarted one of the biggest wars in the series because he was just that petty and everything that happened after said Civil War is something that Littlefinger has has his hand in.
  • Horrifying the Horror: As Ultron, his threat level is of such magnitude than even Thanos is working against him out of fear of what he could do. That should speak volumes of how powerful he became once his soul gain control of the Ultron Armor.
  • In the Blood: As he points during his Trial by Combat, most of Westeros wastes no time mocking his heritage... while forgetting what said heritage means in the first place. His great-grandfather was The First Sword Of Bravos of his generation, his grandfather was a particularly skilled Hedge Knight and his father was a bonafide Genius Bruiser and one of the unsung heroes of the War of the Ninepenny Kings and the reason both Kevan and Tywin got the glory they did during the war. As he points out, the blood of warriors run through his veins: so why would he ever allow his skill to fall to the wayside? Being a Badass Bookworm is almost hotwired in his genes in the first place.
  • Man Behind the Man: As Ultron, he seems to building his own version of the Sinister Six, having already recruited Norman Osborn, having Norman recruit Elia Martell AKA Kraven and forcibly recruited Adrian of the Tombs to his side.
  • My Death Is Just the Beginning: Because he wouldn’t be Littlefinger if he didn’t have at least one last ace to play for maximum effect at the worst time possible: while he's ultimately killed in his Trial by Combat, it's not before he smugly and gleefully exposes the fact that Lyanna and Rhaegar had a child who’s the true king, throwing a wrench into everyone's plans and sowing even more chaos in the world like The Trickster that he is.
  • Not Me This Time: He's framed for Joffrey's murder.
  • Not So Above It All: He falls for the Night's Queen machinations due to her possessing Sansa Stark's body.
  • Off with His Head!: He holds his own against Sandor for a while during his Trial by Combat, but he ultimately gets his head chopped off by the knight.
  • Out-Gambitted: Being put in place so he'll look like he just killed Joffrey during his wedding catches him by complete surprise.
  • Sanity Slippage: Baelish never was entirely sane, with a sociopathic desire for power and influence through chaos. But after his death and resurrection, and being in the physically powerful body he lacked, he goes full megalomania, gathering criminals from across the globe, and fancying himself a king who will overthrow and kill everyone who gets in his way.

    Podrick Payne 

Podrick "Pod" Payne

Tyrion's other squire, appointed to him by his father.
  • Big Damn Heroes: Saves Tyrion during the Battle of the Blackwater, fighting off the wight trying to kill him.
  • Those Two Guys: Falls into this dynamic with Sam after they both become Tyrion's squires.
  • Undying Loyalty: To Tyrion, to the point of standing up to Tywin for him. The latter is noticeably impressed by this display.

    Clynt 

Clynt Barton

A sellsword hired by Tyrion along with his partner Bronn, Clynt tends to be the more moral of the two.
  • Combat Pragmatist: He's not above kicking someone in the groin to incapacitate them.
    • Or just shooting them with an arrow from across the ring in a trial by combat.
  • Dark and Troubled Past: He was wrongly accused of some crime because a lord wanted to cover his bannerman's son, the true culprit. It left him a little bit cynical and now he gets unhappy when people are made into scapegoats, making him sympathetic for Tyrion's plight.
  • Groin Attack: Delivers one to Boros Blount, and follows up by sticking a drawn arrow in his mouth to shut him up.
  • Guile Hero: Surprisingly savvy for a sellsword, he implies it was a result of Had to Be Sharp.
  • Handicapped Badass: Natasha reveals that he's partly deaf in one ear.
  • Hidden Depths: He's got a few of them, as unknown to most, he's secretly a member of the Council, in charge of keeping an eye on the Lannisters and King's Landing.
    • He sings quite well when you put a guitar in his hands.
  • My Nayme Is: Clynt.
  • Non-Indicative Name: As Tyrion notes, he's a sellsword who doesn't have a sword.
  • Noodle Incident: The "Yi Ti Incident" that caused his partial deafness.
  • Punch-Clock Villain: A sellsword's entire deal is killing people for money. Clynt and Bronn are very upfront about it.
  • Purple Is Powerful: A skilled archer very fond of purple jackets, similar to his comic counterpart's signature outfit.
  • Spotting the Thread: When Tyrion explains he's suspected of ordering Bran's murder, Clynt asks him when he sent a message for the catspaw to come at Winterfell. The dwarf immediately realizes he never had the opportunity to use a raven, giving him an alibi.
  • True Companions:
    • With Bronn, to the point Clynt chooses not to go along on Tyrion's quest in Essos because he knows Bronn wouldn't join in, and he couldn't leave him behind.
    • He and Natasha have a bond as well.
  • With Friends Like These...: Acknowledges he and Bronn would help a bloodthirsty mob to tear their employer Tyrion limb by limb if they have to. Money is nice, living is even better.

    Bronn 

Bronn

Clynt's partner, and the more cynical and pragmatic of the two.
  • Awesome by Analysis: According to himself, at least. He claims that the reason he got to live for so long without any major injury despite his risky line of work is thanks to his ability to read a situation.
    Tyrion: I assume that's why you sided with me at the Vale?
    Bronn: Could smell it on the air that Lady Stark had fucked it all up and you were the one to bet on.
  • Deadpan Snarker: As in canon, this is his default personality.
  • Everyone Has Standards: He seems horrified when Tyrion's Accidental Innuendo makes him think he wants Sam for getting laid.
  • Hidden Depths: Immediately pegs the Night Queen as both dangerous and, most importantly, not human, implying he may have some experience with the supernatural.
  • Only in It for the Money: As a sellsword, this is the only reason for his loyalty to Tyrion. And it makes it clear even that has its limits.
  • Punch-Clock Villain: Doesn't give a damn about his employer's goals so long as he gets paid.
  • Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: He promises he would not join the action if a mob tried to use Sam as a big, squishy woman - even if he wouldn't stop them - and his reaction when Tyrion drops his Accidental Innuendo is nothing short of disgust.
  • True Companions: With Clynt, to the point Clynt chooses not to go along on Tyrion's quest in Essos because he knows Bronn wouldn't join in, and he couldn't leave him behind.
  • With Friends Like These...: Like Clynt, he makes it clear he'll throw Tyrion to the wolves to save his own skin. He also intentionally makes Sam uneasy by joking that the same mob that would kill Tyrion would probably rape him - but he would not join in on that action.

    Gregor Clegane* 

Ser Gregor Clegane, the Mountain That Rides, The Iron Monger

The most feared knight in the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. and responsible for some of the worst crimes in the realm. This has made him a target for Iron Man.
  • Adaptational Jerkass: As bad as Gregor was in canon, at least he never considered overthrowing Tywin. This one, on the other hand, is more than happy to play The Starscream.
  • Arc Villain: Towards Tony Stark, and then both Tony and Jon, during A Man of Iron.
  • Asshole Victim: Nobody really feels sorry for him after he is killed by Iron Man.
  • At Least I Admit It: Like his brother Sandor in the source material, he has no illusions about being a knight: he's supposed to be a paid killer, and he enjoys it very much.
  • Ax-Crazy: Do we really need to add details?
  • Big Bad Wannabe: At the end of the day, he's this. For all his talk... ultimately, he's just a thug with an over-inflated opinion of himself.
  • Blood Knight: Subverted. It's killing which brings him joy. His intended victims fighting back and making it harder only pisses him off more.
  • Composite Character: He takes Iron Monger's role over Obadiah Stane - whom he kills when kidnapping Pepper.
  • Dies Differently in Adaptation: In canon, he dies from the slow acting poison from Oberyn's spear. Here, he's blown up to bits by a combination of silver and sunstones during his final fight against Iron Man. However, it should be noted that his death mimics the way Obadiah Stane died in Iron Man.
  • Dumbass Has a Point: He firmly believes the Iron Man is Antony Stark, but has no evidence except for his gut instinct. He also perfectly pegs Joffrey as a remorseless killer who will kill Ned only because he can.
  • Grievous Harm with a Body: Apparently a fondness of him. He threw his own (dead) squire at the Iron Man when they first clashed. When fighting Centurion, he also threatens to beat him to death with Pepper's corpse.
  • Hate Sink: To leave no room for doubt of what a monster he is, we are given a few chapters from his perspective, and they are disturbing. Specifically, after he attacks Antony and kidnaps Pepper for his rematch with the Iron Man, he's well aware that he's officially burning any bridges he has with Tywin Lannister and will probably be the most wanted man in all of Westeros. He doesn't care. He'll kill the Iron Man, rape Pepper to death, burn Iron Pointe and its residents to ash, murder anyone Tywin sends to kill him, escape to Essos and steal the command of a sellsword company, cut a swath of destruction across the country, and maybe return to Westeros to take the Iron Throne for himself while decorating all of its sword-points with the gouged-out eyes of his enemies. Truly an irredeemable villain that nobody mourns the death of.
  • He-Man Woman Hater: Quite enjoys raping some poor girl to death and his point-of-view chapter is constantly calling Pepper the "Stark slut". That said, he's not really shown giving anyone else respect either, so it's more of a case of Hates Everyone Equally.
  • The Heavy: Is the most prominent and active antagonist in Book I.
  • I Have Your Wife: He wants his rematch with Iron Man so bad he abducts Pepper and commands Tony to send the knight fight him if he doesn't want Pepper raped until she split into halves.
  • The Juggernaut: Dude just won't fall dead. For the record, the Iron Monger suit is not Power Armor. He's really that strong on his own.
  • Laser-Guided Karma: Iron Man blows off the right half of his face before taunting him that now he and Sandor are a matching set. He doesn't live very long after that but Gods was it cathartic.
  • Ludicrous Gibs: After falling into a pit full of sunstones and silver, he suffers multiples laser-beams and finally dies when a sunstone outright blows his chest.
  • Nice Job Fixing It, Villain:
    • His attack on Iron Pointe benefited Tony, since Tywin Lannister was forced to explain his bannerman's behavior and made amends by releasing Tony's men from the Westerlands host and naming their Lord Acting Warden of the West.
    • His boasting to Tony that he knew that Joffrey was planning to kill Ned screwed the Lannisters big time, since it left Tony filled with unease, which prompted him to go to King's Landing to make sure Ned wouldn't be executed, and upon seeing that Gregor was right, he intervened to save Ned from his canonical death and took him to the North. In turn, it's Ned, rather than the more inexperienced and naïve Robb who is made King in the North, who doesn't make the mistakes Robb made in canon and leads the North and the Riverlands into successfully seceding from the Seven Kingdoms.
  • Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: Gregor in A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones is The World's Strongest Man who's nearly unstoppable with anyone facing him guaranteed to meet a brutal end. But in The Marvel verse, he's still powerful but only compared to regular humans as he suffers numerous defeats at the hands of Iron Man and Centurion before dying.
  • The Sociopath: As per canon, Gregor is a murderous psychopath who kills and rapes his victims. He has zero empathy for anyone, including his brother and commits horrible atrocities just for fun.
  • Sore Loser: After two defeats against Iron Man, he becomes obsessed with beating him.
  • Super-Strength: So much so that he was inarguably the strongest warrior in Westeros until Thor and She-Hulk showed up in the next book.
  • Too Dumb to Live: Yes, Gregor, disobeying a direct order from Tywin Lannister is a great idea! There’s no way it could possibly backfire! Even if Iron Man hadn’t killed him, Tywin most likely would have.
  • The Starscream: When considering his plans after killing the Iron Man, Gregor offhandedly muses on taking command of a sellsword company, using that to build an army and take the Iron Throne as his own.

    Sandor Clegane* 

Sandor Clegane, The Hound

Gregor's scarred younger brother, whose fate changes drastically at the end of the first book.
  • Cain and Abel: The Abel to Gregor's Cain, he's wanted to kill his brother ever since they were kids. He actually grouses about the Iron Man stealing his kill, but wouldn't be opposed to congratulating the Magic Knight.
  • Death Glare: Gives Joffrey a murderous one when he attempts to deny him watching over Sansa's body. It's so fierce that the little bastard relents and pisses himself.
  • Drowning My Sorrows: Downs wine as he watches over Sansa's body. Knights aren't suppose to drink when fasting, but Sandor doesn't give a crap (and technically doesn't consider himself a knight, just a man with expensive wargear) and gets drunk.
  • Even Evil Has Standards: Even he finds Littlefinger disgusting, stating that he's sure that when he reaches whatever afterlife there is, at least he'll be able to say he's better than the "whoremonger".
  • Glamour: The Night's Queen leaves an illusion of Sandor's burn scars on his face to hide that she healed them. Sandor doesn't mind since it's only an illusion. The glamour doesn't cause him pain like his old burn scars did.
  • Hates Everyone Equally: Apparently, the moment you complain about anything, he hates you. He also hates anyone he thinks is an hypocrite. The only person he does not hate is Sansa (or, rather, the Night's Queen) (even though, ironically, she's complained about quite a few things in front of him).
  • I Owe You My Life: Pledges his loyalty to the Night's Queen when she heals his face by removing the burn scars.
  • Kick the Dog: Calls Jon a bastard in his first scene in the story.
  • Lady and Knight: The loyal Knight to the Night's Queen, Sansa Stark.
  • Oh, Crap!: His reaction when he sees Sansa come back to life.
  • Slowly Slipping Into Evil: His swearing to serve the Night's Queen is slowly making his body temperature drop - possibly turning him into an Other.
    • Based on the descriptions of the Others described by Fury in Chapter 52 of Book 2, he has likely become a Thrall, a part-Other part-human hybrid who has become loyal to the Others.
  • Undying Loyalty: When the Night's Queen wipes away his burn scars, he swears himself to serve and defend her.

    Ulysses Klaue 

Ulysses Klaue

A master blacksmith from Essos who has traveled across the known world and knows many of the strangest metals around.
  • Artificial Limbs: His claw arm.
  • Blue-and-Orange Morality: His main motivations are around money and the power of metals. He would easily give up an adamantium sword just to have a chance to examine the gold that incapacitated the Juggernaut.
  • Foil: To Tony Stark. Both of them are Ultimate Blacksmiths working for the Lannisters, but while Tony is a genuinely heroic man who wants to help the people (post-Character Development at least) and treats his subordinates with friendliness, Klaue only cares about himself and is often seen threatening his men.
  • Punch-Clock Villain: For his part, Klaue has no greater loyalties to any particular noble group. Only going where things most interest him.
  • Red Right Hand: He lost his left hand at some point, and replaced it with something similar to a crab's claw, but with four pincers instead of two and a strange tube sticking out. No Westerosi is likely to realize it's an Arm Cannon.
  • Ultimate Blacksmith:
    • He knows a lot of metals and blacksmithing. He can work Valyrian steel, turn it into "Blood Valyrian" (aka Adamantium) and has even seen Vibranium mines (possibly in Wakanda).
    • He may even know more about metal than Tony, since Tony seems to think of the various colored irons found in the mines of Iron Pointe as simply being strangely colored but otherwise normal iron, but Klaue notes that metal does not work that way, that there is something special about it. There's also currently no evidence that Tony knows about Blood Valyrian or how to make it.
  • Ultimate Job Security: Can get away with being annoying or downright disrespectful to Tywin due to being the best blacksmith they currently have access to - though he also knows when to show respect when appropriate, such as when he gives his speech about how each man has something they're best at, in relation to his knack with metal, pointing at Jaime (actually Mystique) as "best swordsman" and Tywin as "the best bloody Hand this country's ever had".

    Qyburn* 

Qyburn

A former maester expelled from the Citadel for his sinister experiments, which gave him eternal life but left him disfigured, who enters Cersei's service.
  • Admiring the Abomination: Shows a worrying amount of respect and admiration for Maegor the Cruel, and claims that his reputation is the result of lies spread by his enemies.
  • The Ageless: He claims to no longer age anymore thanks to experimenting on his own body.
  • Age Lift: While his canon age is never specified, the books state that he's younger than Pycelle. Here, he claims to be older than Duncan the Tall, which easily puts him in the triple digits.
  • Albinos Are Freaks: Was left with chalk white skin as a result of his experiments.
  • Been There, Shaped History: All but outright states that he engineered Robert's Rebellion and Jon's birth. And the Tragedy at Summerhall.
  • Composite Character: Appeared to be merged with Mr. Sinister, given the chalk-white skin, red eyes and red gemstone on his forehead, being The Ageless, his minions being referred as "marauders", and overall being an Evilutionary Biologist. He's also the one that creates Ultron, instead of Hank Pym (comic books) or Tony Stark (films).
  • Didn't See That Coming: He was so certain that Jaime was actually dead that he didn't expect Littlefinger being the one to be resurrected via the Ultron Armor.
  • The Dreaded: He's so feared for his experimentations that he's become a boogeyman in Westeros, with children told scary stories of how he'll come for them if they misbehave. Finding out as adults that he's very real is quite alarming for Varys, Natasha, and Clynt.
  • Evilutionary Biologist: His main focus is on manipulating bloodlines for the best results.
  • Rambling Old Man Monologue: He's prone to rambling, much to Cersei's irritation. He chalks it to still being an old man despite being immortal.
  • Really 700 Years Old: While he hasn't given an exact age, he claims he was already old when Duncan the Tall was a baby and knew Aegon the Unworthy personally.
  • Red Eyes, Take Warning: Another side effect of his experiments.

    Namor 

Namor Velaryon

A skilled sailor and the cousin of Monford Velaryon who succeeded him as the Lord of Driftmark. After the Battle of the Blackwater, he's appointed as the new Commander of the Royal Fleet.
  • Adaptational Species Change: He seems to be human here, while the Namor from the comics definitely isn't.
  • At Least I Admit It: Namor doesn't bother to hide or lie about his deeds, because he believes his actions to be justified and that hiding them is an act of cowardice that is beneath him.
  • Crossover Relatives: With House Velaryon in general and Monford Velaryon in particular, being his cousin.
  • Put on a Bus: Goes off to bring the Ironborn to heel again after the mess of cleaning up 2 of the other kings. With him off to sea for months on end, Oberyn is made acting Master of Ships until his return.
  • The Stoic: During his first appearance at Littlefinger's trial, he doesn't readily show his emotions.

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