History Characters / BequeathedFromPaleEstates

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Mercilessly whipping a kid's buttocks would have been so much more reprehensible if said kid hadn't been his great-nephew Joffrey.

* ForWantOfANail: He tried to send a message begging Oberyn to come to King's Landing and bring Elia and her children to safety in Dorne, only for the messenger to be murdered and the letter burned.

* HeroesWantRedheads: Found Robb's Tully locks to be rather exotic.

* BoobsOfSteel: Very buxom, and very able to knock someone into next Sunday.

* CloudCuckooLander: Common sense has an unfortunate tendence to not be strong with the Uller bloodline.

* RedeemingReplacement: Lyarra is pleasantly surprised to meet her after her nasty past with septa Mordane.

* OverprotectiveDad: The Red Viper is infamous for his use of poisons, his lechery and his hatred towards the Rebellion's actors (the Starks among them), so he's kinda reluctant to let Lyarra marry him. That being said, they ''are'' Marked, so he doesn't have much of a choice in the matter.

* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: She ran away with her conspirator, hoping that he would transport her to Willas Tyrell. He ended up kidnapping her, married her against her will, and raped her in the hopes of becoming Prince of Dorne. She ended catching the Plague and dying.

* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Sought to marry Willas Tyrell, the heir of their enemy house to spite her father. It ended badly for her.

* FatalFlaw: Immaturity. Doran cited this as the main reason why he had yet to bring her into his plans for treason against the crown. While Oberyn notes that if Doran had brought her into the plan earlier, she might still be alive today, he also notes that the situation that led to her death proved Doran right.
* HeirClubForMen: Feared that her father was defying Dornish tradition and making her younger brother heir despite her being his firstborn. In truth, her brother was being trained as heir as Doran planned to make her ''a Queen''.

* HasTwoDaddies: Adoptive version, since she's raised by her uncle and his lover.

* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:It's unclear how much or why involved she was in Lyanna's "kidnapping", reader speculation ranging from wanting to leave Rhaegar to being in love with Lyanna herself (Elia was Dornish, after all). But make no mistake, she ''was'' involved -- the fact that she and Lewyn had Lyanna's torc in their possession, despite being nowhere near Rhaegar nor Riverrun at the time of her "kidnapping", all but confirms it]].

* FamilyThemeNaming: His children were named after Aegon the Conqueror and his sisters-wifes. He had Aegon and Rhaenys by Elia Martell, [[spoiler:and his second union to Lyanna Stark produced Visenya.]]

* LikeFatherLikeSon: Quite a moody, beautiful prince with a gift for music. His youngest daughter Visenya really took after him in temperament.

* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:It's unclear how/why involved she was in Lyanna's "kidnapping", reader speculation ranging from wanting to leave Rhaegar to being in love with Lyanna herself (Elia was Dornish, after all). But make no mistake, she ''was'' involved -- the fact that she and Lewyn had Lyanna's torc in their possession, despite being nowhere near Rhaegar nor Riverrun at the time of her "kidnapping", all but confirms it]].

* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: She ran away with her conspirator, hoping that he would transport her to Willas Tyrell. He end up kidnapping her, married her and raped her against her in the hopes of becoming Prince of Dorne. She ended catching the Plague and dying.

* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Sought to marry Willas Tyrelll, their heir of their enemy house to spite her father. It ended badly for her.

* HeirClubForMen: Feared that her father defying Dornish tradition and making her younger brother heir despite her being his firstborn. In truth, her brother was being trained as heir as Doran planned to make her ''a Queen.''
* ImproperlyParanoid: Feared that her brother was going to picked as heir over her and that fear drove to make some pretty impulsive decisions.

* TakenForGranite: the Plague turned her body into her own funerary statue.

* KindheartedCatLover: Absolutely ''doted'' on her kitten Balerion, which her uncle Oberyn gifted to her.

* HateAtFirstSight: Despises Lyarra from the first time Cersei and Robert saw her. Not helping that Lyarra looks like a more beautiful version of Lyanna.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Her abortion of Robert's child and her attempted murder of Gwyn and Lyarra backfires spectacularly. With "evidence" of her inability to carry a child and the massive scandal of the attempted murder of a beloved Princess and her household, Cersei is kicked out of King's Landing and forced into a brutal Mother House to pray for her fertility and humble her in hopes either shaping up or finally go crazy. According to the sequel, either she quickens with child within the year or is set aside and sent to the Mother House ''permanently'']].
* HumiliationConga: Her second tea party attended by the new Martell Princess. Cersei is first reminded she has no great accomplishments she can boast in front of the other ladies, her attempt to force Lyarra to shame herself with her singing backfires but good when her beautiful voice reduces everyone to tears, and finally Gwyn Parren fulfills her request for a Western song by singing about a Baratheon-Lannister romance - [[spoiler:which contains the clue to figure the Queen's incestuous affair]] - and that's the moment when Cersei utterly loses it and proves she's nothing but a wreck but pouring wine on the musician's face.

* MasterActor: One of the reasons why she does get away with her shit. At least, she's such a convincing mummer it helps to sell her deception.

** In regards to the part of the prophecy "Queen you shall be... until there comes another, younger and more beautiful, to cast you down and take all that you hold dear." So when she meets the beautiful Princess Lyarra who her loathed husband King Robert lusts at first sight for due to her strong resemblance to Lyanna, she immediately hates her. Out of jealousy and fear, Cersei does everything to either humiliate Lyarra (i.e. the tea party) or hurt her (the attempted poisoning). Since everyone knows how Cersei is targeting Lyarra, it makes Cersei look even more unstable. Her attempts to humiliate Lyarra unintentionally reveal Lyarra's [[spoiler: Targaryen heritage]] to powerful supporters who seek to put her into power. Her attempts to hurt Lyarra move her entourage to protect Lyarra. [[spoiler: Which results Cersei getting kicked out of King's Landing when her attempted assassination of Gwyn backfires.]]
** [[spoiler: And, of course, the prophecy says THE valonqar, not HER valonqar - Gwyn, who is a younger sibling, has all the reason and means to take Cersei down. Gwyn hates the Lannisters for marrying her sister to the Mountain and ignoring how the Mountain murdered her. Gwyn knows that Cersei's children are bastards as Gwyn knows personally how hard it is for Lannister genes to overcome the Baratheon.]]

* Has gone to extreme lengths to [[spoiler:prevent Lyarra's parentage from getting out. Considering how it only took Lyarra ''singing'' for Monford Velaryon to figure out his greatest secret, he was justified in doing so]].
* Was extremely reluctant to let any of his family set foot in King's Landing due to what happened to the last Starks who did so. [[spoiler: True enough, Lyarra and her entourage, including Arya, nearly fall victim to an assassination attempt whilst under guest right due to Cersei's paranoia.]]

** As much as she would like for her family to make a move for the throne, she realises that the present situation makes it untenable; the unrest in the Reach makes it imperative that House Tyrell focus on consolidating their hold at home and Joffrey is far too deranged for even their ambition to overlook. Thus she has the Tyrell party stay the minimum amount of time required after the tourney and then get the hell out while the getting's good.

* ObnoxiousInLaws: Renly Baratheon - pratically her grandson-in-law even if the Faith won't acknowledge it - actually seeks to bolt away when she's around.

* UnderestimatingBadassery: [[spoiler: Or more accurately stupidity and spite, in Cersei's case. Olenna knew that Cersei was far from a pillar of stability after losing two children and enduring a clearly unhappy marriage, but even she did not dream that Cersei would actually risk certain death by ordering an attack on Princess Lyarra Martell under guest right within her own household. This makes her realise that Cersei is even more dangerously unstable than anticipated and Olenna more determined than ever for House Tyrell to avoid entangling themselves with the foundering Baratheon dynasty.]]

* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:It's unclear how involved she was in Lyanna's "kidnapping", reader speculation ranging from wanting to leave Rhaegar to being in love with Lyanna herself (Elia was Dornish, after all). But make no mistake, she ''was'' involved -- the fact that she and Lewyn had Lyanna's torc in their possession, despite being nowhere near Rhaegar nor Riverrun at the time of her "kidnapping", all but confirms it]].

** For example, the SerenadeYourLover ploy not only has Sansa fall deeper for him but wins him an ally in Lady Catelyn for acting like the Southron knights of Catelyn's childhood songs.
* ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe: He has a crush on Sansa but doesn't believe it would go anywhere due to the justified distrust of his house and the rumors that Sansa is going to marry South, completely unaware that Ned and Lyarra are ShipperOnDeck for Domeric/Sansa and Sansa's giddy at the thought of being betrothed to him.

* KnightInShiningArmor: He may have been born in the North, he embodies more the chivalry and bravery associated with the position than many killers-for-hire in the South.

* TakeAThirdOption: Since he's the tourney's victor, he has to pick a lady to crown as Queen of Love and Beauty. Choosing a Southron lady will not look good to the North's eyes, and choosing a lady affiliated to the Starks would seem greedy - as Boltons coveted the Stark's power for a long time. [[DueToTheDead So he lays the flower crown on Princess Myrcella's seat instead]].

* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Her older sister Tannis had the misfortune to be wed to the Mountain That Rides. No one cared about Gregor Clegane's obvious BlueBeard tendences, no one cared when Tannis was gruesomely murdered, and no one cared when ''he decided to prey on Gwyn afterwards''.]]

* GoodWithNumbers: Very, since her father and grandfather were rather successful merchants. [[spoiler: Which is why she is tasked with proving that Tywin stole from Guild' Winter Fund.]]

* InnocentBlueEyes: It showcases her status as a "good" Lannister. [[spoiler:It also hints at her Baratheon lineage, which still runs strong in spite of ten generations of weddings with the Westerlands. It's particularly blatant where compared to the Crown Prince...]]

* WorthyOpponent: Varys admires her cleverness and ressourcefulness, going so far as to consider her a potential successor to replace him as Master of Whispers.

* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: Zig-zagged according his opinion regarding said dead. He bluntly calls Rhaegar a fool and lays the responsibility for Robert's Rebellion at the Silver Prince's feet, but harshly commands the King to respectfully speak of [[spoiler:Theon Greyjoy]] after hearing of [[spoiler:the boy's "HeroicSacrifice" to save Ned's son and heir from his own people]].

* ProperlyParanoid: Has gone to extreme lengths to [[spoiler:prevent Lyarra's parentage from getting out. Considering how it only took Lyarra ''singing'' for Monford Velaryon to figure out his greatest secret, he was justified in doing so]].

* ApronMatron: Of all of Tyrell.

* IronicName: [[spoiler:Despite being originally named after her FamousAncestor Visenya Targaryen, Lyarra is actually a lot like her ancestress Rhaenys in temperment.]]

* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Sansa used to be just as close to Lyarra as the rest of her siblings until three years prior to the story, when she started feeling inferior to and threatened by Lyarra, who was more beautiful and better at being a ProperLady despite her [[ActionGirl fighting]] which Septa Mordane and Catelyn capitalized on. For Lyarra's part, she's both sad and annoyed that her little sister sees her as a threat despite her love for her.

* MeddlingParents: A justified example. He's been trying to get Edmure to settle down for years, but that's because his own health is failing and he knows he isn't long for this world. His death means Edmure will succeed him as Lord Paramount of the Riverlands, and getting married and having children will not just secure the Tullys for at least a generation (barring some unfortunate circumstance), but also partially prepare him for his eventual responsibilities.

* SpiritedYoungLady: Lyarra is intelligent, well-mannered, graceful and demure to the point that her ProperLady younger sister Sansa is jealous. She is talented in traditional lady arts such as singing, embroidery, sketching, painting. She is firm, dutiful and modest. But she's also a skilled swordswoman, a gifted carver and will stand her ground if someone crosses her.