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* AdaptationalJobChange: In the books, he was made Lord Regent upon Cersei's fall from power instead of Hand of the King.

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** In the books Kevan Lannister has three sons, Lancel, Willem, and Martyn. In the show Lancel is his only son while Willem and Martyn are distant cousins.


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* RelatedDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: In the books Kevan Lannister has three sons, Lancel, Willem, and Martyn. In the show Lancel is his only son while Willem and Martyn are distant cousins.

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* AdaptationalWimp: Tywin reveals that the last of Casterly Rock's mines have run dry, meaning the Lannisters have lost their reputed source of power. No such case happened in the books.



* LastOfHisKind: [[spoiler:Tyrion stands as the sole survivor of House Lannister by the end of Season 8.]]
* {{Leitmotif}}: The instrumental for ''The Rains of Castamere'' is played when a Lannister does something particularly amazing or nefarious, such as Cersei threatening Littlefinger, Tyrion blackmailing Lancel, Tywin executing his men in Harrenhal following Ser Amory's assassination, Tyrion's speech at the Battle of Blackwater, Tywin's cavalry crushing Stannis' force, and Jaime saving Brienne from the bear pit. In the eponymous episode, its [[SourceMusic diegetic use]] preludes The Red Wedding. It also plays at the end of Tyrion's trial, when he demands a trial by combat. And finally, for irony points it plays when Tyrion kills Tywin and again when Cersei is crowned queen and sits on the Iron Throne, signaling the now inevitable and final collapse of the Lannisters.

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* LastOfHisKind: [[spoiler:Tyrion stands as the sole survivor of House Lannister Lannister, or at least its main branch, by the end of Season 8.]]
* {{Leitmotif}}: The instrumental for ''The Rains of Castamere'' is played when a Lannister does something particularly amazing or nefarious, such as Cersei threatening Littlefinger, Tyrion blackmailing Lancel, Tywin executing his men in Harrenhal following Ser Amory's assassination, Tyrion's speech at the Battle of Blackwater, Tywin's cavalry crushing Stannis' force, and Jaime saving Brienne from the bear pit. In the eponymous episode, its [[SourceMusic diegetic use]] preludes The Red Wedding. A more ominous version is played at Joffrey's wedding, foreshadowing how his subsequent murder would cause a downward spiral for House Lannister. It also plays at the end of Tyrion's trial, when he demands a trial by combat. And finally, for irony points it plays when Tyrion kills Tywin and again when Cersei is crowned queen and sits on the Iron Throne, signaling signalling the now inevitable and final collapse of the Lannisters.
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* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: His son Lancel was an ExtremeDoormat. Kevan, as Cersei sees firsthand, is not.
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* BoringButPractical: The Lannisters don't have warging powers like the Stark children, or dragons like the Targaryens, or even the power of a god like the Lord of Light. What the Lannisters do have, however, is gold. Gold that they parlay into tremendous military and political power to support their family legacy. Indeed, the Lannisters tend be serious skeptics about all things magical and are not easily intimidated by news of dragons rising in the east. Of course, the problem with gold is that you can only mine so much of it. In Season 4, Tywin reveals that their last mine went dry just before the War of the Five Kings, meaning their primary source of income is gone.

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* BoringButPractical: The Lannisters don't have warging powers like the Stark children, or dragons like the Targaryens, or even the power of a god like the Lord of Light.Light like Stannis Baratheon. What the Lannisters do have, however, is gold. Gold that they parlay into tremendous military and political power to support their family legacy. Indeed, the Lannisters tend be serious skeptics about all things magical and are not easily intimidated by news of dragons rising in the east. Of course, the problem with gold is that you can only mine so much of it. In Season 4, Tywin reveals that their last mine went dry just before the War of the Five Kings, meaning their primary source of income is gone.
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* LightIsNotGood: House Lannister characters typically dress themselves in in gold and red and have a [[KingOfBeasts Noble Lion]] as their sigil. In a less original story, the Lannisters would be the heroes... instead they're the villains. In contrast to House Stark who dress in black, navy blue, and grey, and have a SavageWolf as their sigil. [[DarkIsNotEvil and are good people]].

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* LightIsNotGood: House Lannister characters typically dress themselves in in gold and red and have a [[KingOfBeasts Noble Lion]] as their sigil. In a less original story, the Lannisters would be the heroes... instead they're the villains. In villains in contrast to House Stark Stark, who dress in black, navy blue, and grey, and have a SavageWolf as their sigil. [[DarkIsNotEvil and are good people]].

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* TheCassandra: Early in Season 5, he tells Cersei that the Sparrows are dangerous fanatics, and should not be given power or treated lightly. [[StupidEvil She doesn't listen]].



* TheCassandra: Early in Season 5, he tells Cersei that the Sparrows are dangerous fanatics, and should not be given power or treated lightly. [[StupidEvil She doesn't listen]].


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* OldSoldier: As a veteran of the Ninepenny Kings, Kevan has served at Tywin’s side for four decades by the time the series begins.
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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul:
** In the show, Tyrion and Jaime's relationship doesn't go sour after the latter frees the former from the black cells for being falsely accused of committing regicide. This is because Jaime interacts with Tyrion after arriving in King's Landing and remains supportive of him during his trial. Though he has reserves regarding Tyrion killing their father, Jaime still remains in good terms with him. In the books, Jaime admits to Tyrion that he lied about Tysha being a whore under their father's orders and Tyrion, out of spite, tells him that Cersei is cheating on him, which destroys the relationship between them.
** For that matter, in the show the story about Tyrion's first wife Tysha being a whore hired by Jaime is presumably true, since it's never revealed to be a lie as it was in the books, so it's ambiguous whether she actually loved Tyrion in the show, whereas in the books she did.
** In the books Kevan Lannister has three sons, Lancel, Willem, and Martyn. In the show Lancel is his only son while Willem and Martyn are distant cousins.
** In the show, Jaime remains infatuated with Cersei throughout the series, and they die in each other's arms. Although he leaves her temporarily to fight with the Stark-Targaryen forces at Winterfell against the Army of the Dead, this is because the whole world is in danger, and he returns to her afterwards despite sleeping with Brienne of Tarth. In the books, Cersei's dubious actions and (especially) her infidelity lead Jaime to cut it off with her, outright burning the letter where she asks him to be her champion in her trial by the Faith. Then he goes off with Brienne on what the latter claims is a mission to rescue Sansa.
** In the books, the Lannisters are tied to the Freys via Emmon Frey's marriage to Genna Lannister (both of whom were AdaptedOut). In the books, Emmon sides with the Lannisters while the rest of the Freys side with the Starks at the beginning of the war. The show sidesteps this by using Lannister cousins to fill the roles Emmon's son and grandson had in the story.

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* BeautyIsBad: The most kind-hearted adult Lannister is Tyrion, the least attractive. The increasing compassion of Jaime is relative to his increasing filthiness and wretchedness, and back in King's Landing his clean, boyish good looks and hubris never quite return. Cersei, who is considered to be one of the most beautiful women in Westeros, is cruel, treacherous, and occasionally murderous, while her handsome son Joffrey is a horrific psychopath.
** Tommen and Myrcella would appear to avert this. Tommen is a decent boy, if easily swayed by others, and Myrcella is by all accounts a normal, well-adjusted girl.

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The most kind-hearted adult Lannister is Tyrion, the least attractive. The increasing compassion of Jaime is relative to his increasing filthiness and wretchedness, and back in King's Landing his clean, boyish good looks and hubris never quite return. Cersei, who is considered to be one of the most beautiful women in Westeros, is cruel, treacherous, and occasionally murderous, while her handsome son Joffrey is a horrific psychopath.
** Averted with Tommen and Myrcella would appear to avert this.Myrcella, who combine their good looks with BeautyEqualsGoodness. Tommen is a decent boy, if easily swayed by others, and Myrcella is by all accounts a normal, well-adjusted girl.
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* BadassGrandpa: He is a 'Ser' in the army, for a reason.
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** [[spoiler:This reaches is its inevitable conclusion in the last three seasons, where the foolish and desperate Cersei blows up the Great Sept to eliminate all her political enemies. This made the Tyrells, the Lannisters' most important ally, turn against them and ally with Daenerys, starting yet another war. When Daenerys finally attacks King's Landing in the penultimate episode of the final season, she and her armies brutally slaughter Cersei's forces, with Cersei and Jaime dying after the Red Keep collapses over their heads. Come the series finale, only Tyrion is left, ending House Lannister's hold on the Seven Kingdoms permanently]].

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** [[spoiler:This reaches is its inevitable conclusion in the last three seasons, where the foolish and desperate Cersei blows up the Great Sept to eliminate all her political enemies. This made the Tyrells, the Lannisters' most important ally, turn against them and ally with Daenerys, starting yet another war. When Daenerys finally attacks King's Landing in the penultimate episode of the final season, she and her armies brutally slaughter Cersei's forces, with Cersei and Jaime dying after the Red Keep collapses over their heads. Come the series finale, only Tyrion is left, ending House Lannister's hold on the Seven Kingdoms permanently]].

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* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: At the start of the series, they were by far the most powerful family in Westeros and the true power behind the Iron Throne. [[spoiler:By the end, they're all but extinguished save for Tyrion, who's stuck as Hand of the King as punishment for his many mistakes and has declared celibacy, meaning that unless he revokes his vow, House Lannister will die with him. To top it off, their hated enemies, the Starks, have supplanted them as the rulers of Westeros, with the king that Tyrion now serves being Brandon Stark -- the same boy Jaime threw out the window at the start of the series, which instigated the DisasterDominoes that led to his family's downfall. Their goldmines have been run dry, meaning they are impoverished, and at the end, the richest and most powerful High Lord of the Seven Kingdoms is their former client, Bronn, very much the lowborn cutthroat that the aristocratic Tywin, Cersei, and Jaime loathed]].

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* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: At the start of the series, they were by far the most powerful family in Westeros and the true power behind the Iron Throne. [[spoiler:By the end, they're all but extinguished save for Tyrion, who's stuck as Hand of the King as punishment for his many mistakes and has declared celibacy, meaning that unless he revokes his vow, House Lannister will die with him. To top it off, their hated enemies, the Starks, have supplanted them as the rulers of Westeros, with the king that Tyrion now serves being Brandon Stark -- the same boy Jaime threw out the window at the start of the series, which instigated the DisasterDominoes that led to his family's downfall. Their goldmines have been run dry, meaning they are impoverished, and at the end, the richest and most powerful High Lord of the Seven Kingdoms is their former client, employee, Bronn, very much the lowborn cutthroat that the aristocratic Tywin, Cersei, and Jaime loathed]].


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** [[spoiler:This reaches is its inevitable conclusion in the last three seasons, where the foolish and desperate Cersei blows up the Great Sept to eliminate all her political enemies. This made the Tyrells, the Lannisters' most important ally, turn against them and ally with Daenerys, starting yet another war. When Daenerys finally attacks King's Landing in the penultimate episode of the final season, she and her armies brutally slaughter Cersei's forces, with Cersei and Jaime dying after the Red Keep collapses over their heads. Come the series finale, only Tyrion is left, ending House Lannister's hold on the Seven Kingdoms permanently]].

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* KarmicJustice: The Lannisters love to portray their unofficial phrase “A Lannister always pays his debts” with some elements of this, as though they were inevitable consequences of crossing such a highborn family, but observant viewers will note a tendency for events to conspire to punish the Lannisters in ironic fashions for their crimes:
** Their willingness to encourage the Freys and Boltons to break SacredHospitality with the Red Wedding is swiftly followed by the Tyrells and Littlefinger conducting the Purple Wedding for their own reasons.
** Tywin’s melting down of Ice into two new Valyrian Steel swords for his family eventually ends with both swords heading North in service of the Stark war against the the Night King.
** The ruthless and bloody slaughter of a Martell princess is matched years later by the Sand Snakes murdering a Lannister princess.
** And their tendency towards a KillEmAll philosophy towards their enemies is now balanced by the fratricidal reign of Cersei seeing more and more of their own members killed or exiled.



* LightIsNotGood: House Lannister characters typically dress themselves in in gold and red and have a [[KingOfBeasts Noble Lion]] as their sigil. In a less original story, the Lannisters would be the heroes... instead their the villains. In contrast to House Stark who dress in black, navy blue, and grey, and have a SavageWolf as their sigil. [[DarkIsNotEvil and are good people]].

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* LightIsNotGood: House Lannister characters typically dress themselves in in gold and red and have a [[KingOfBeasts Noble Lion]] as their sigil. In a less original story, the Lannisters would be the heroes... instead their they're the villains. In contrast to House Stark who dress in black, navy blue, and grey, and have a SavageWolf as their sigil. [[DarkIsNotEvil and are good people]].
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* FacelessGoons: Lannister uniforms include helmets with somewhat impractical folding visors that cover the wearer's face, making them look more threatening and ruthless in contrast to the Sark soldiers who have visible faces.


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* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: At the start of the series, they were by far the most powerful family in Westeros and the true power behind the Iron Throne. [[spoiler:By the end, they're all but extinguished save for Tyrion, who's stuck as Hand of the King as punishment for his many mistakes and has declared celibacy, meaning that unless he revokes his vow, House Lannister will die with him. To top it off, their hated enemies, the Starks, have supplanted them as the rulers of Westeros, with the king that Tyrion now serves being Brandon Stark -- the same boy Jaime threw out the window at the start of the series, which instigated the DisasterDominoes that led to his family's downfall]].

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* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: At the start of the series, they were by far the most powerful family in Westeros and the true power behind the Iron Throne. [[spoiler:By the end, they're all but extinguished save for Tyrion, who's stuck as Hand of the King as punishment for his many mistakes and has declared celibacy, meaning that unless he revokes his vow, House Lannister will die with him. To top it off, their hated enemies, the Starks, have supplanted them as the rulers of Westeros, with the king that Tyrion now serves being Brandon Stark -- the same boy Jaime threw out the window at the start of the series, which instigated the DisasterDominoes that led to his family's downfall]].downfall. Their goldmines have been run dry, meaning they are impoverished, and at the end, the richest and most powerful High Lord of the Seven Kingdoms is their former client, Bronn, very much the lowborn cutthroat that the aristocratic Tywin, Cersei, and Jaime loathed]].
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: He outlives his children Martyn and Willem, who were murdered by Rickard Karstark. He also outlives his eldest son Lancel by a few seconds.
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* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: At the start of the series, they were by far the most powerful family in Westeros and the true power behind the Iron Throne. [[spoiler:By the end, they're all but extinguished save for Tyrion, who's stuck as Hand of the King as punishment for his many mistakes and has declared celibacy, meaning that unless he revokes his vow, House Lannister will die with him. To top it off, their hated enemies, the Starks, have supplanted them as the rulers of Westeros, with the king that Tyrion now serves being Brandon Stark -- the same boy Jaime threw out the window at the start of the series, which instigated the DisasterDominoes that led to his family's downfall]].
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* NiceMeanAndInBetween: The three Lannister children. Tyrion is the nicest of them and is sympathetic from the start (nice). Cersei is a straight up villain (mean). Jaime is initially an antagonist but is revealed to have HiddenDepths and makes something of a HeelFaceTurn (in-between).
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* LastOfHisKind: [[spoiler:Tyrion stands as the sole survivor of House Lannister by the end of Season 8.]]
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* EverybodysDeadDave: [[spoiler:After eight seasons, the once proud and mighty Lannister Army is obliterated beyond repair during the Battle of King's Landing by the combined forces of North-Vale, Dothraki, and the Unsullied. With Cersei and Jaime dead, Tyrion is now de facto Lord of Casterly Rock and the last Lannister alive.]]
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* VillainProtagonist: See SpotlightStealingSquad. House Lannister has gradually became the most prominent one in the story with [[http://www.geek.com/news/proof-that-tyrion-lannister-is-the-most-important-character-on-game-of-thrones-1597080/ Tyrion and Cersei ranking the first and the second in terms of speaking lines over the course of four seasons (and Jaime placing within the top 5)]]. And despite the existence of its more sympathetic members, like Tyrion, Tywin, and Jaime, it still serves as the BigBad of the families of Westeros, with even those characters technically supporting the villainous side. Until Tyrion's exile, anyway.

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* VillainProtagonist: See SpotlightStealingSquad. House Lannister has gradually became the most prominent one in the story with [[http://www.geek.com/news/proof-that-tyrion-lannister-is-the-most-important-character-on-game-of-thrones-1597080/ Tyrion and Cersei ranking the first and the second in terms of speaking lines over the course of four seasons (and Jaime placing within the top 5)]]. And despite the existence of its more sympathetic members, like Tyrion, Tywin, Tyrion and Jaime, it still serves as the BigBad of the families of Westeros, with even those characters technically supporting the villainous side. Until Tyrion's exile, anyway.
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* AdaptedOut: All of Tywin and Kevan's siblings and the rest of their extended family from the books was removed from the show and were replaced with [[CanonForeigner cousins from cadet branches of House Lannister]] who are vaguely and distantly related to the main family.


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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After Season 2, the Lannister cousins from the main house's branch families never show up again and were last mentioned in Season 4.
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** Exaggerated in Season 7, with Cersei's buying the use of the Golden Company. There's a ''slim'' chance they'd be effective against Daenerys if she wins the War of Dawn and loses both her remaining dragons and the majority of her forces... yet she seems to think they'll work just fine as a defense against the Night King, trying to ''buy her own way out of humanity's extinction''.

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** Exaggerated in Season 7, with Cersei's buying the use of the Golden Company. There's a ''slim'' chance they'd be effective against Daenerys if she wins the War of Dawn and loses both her remaining dragons and the majority of her forces... yet she seems to think they'll work just fine as a defense against the Night King, trying to ''buy her own way out of humanity's extinction''. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for Cersei, the Company gets wiped out very swiftly by Daenerys and Drogon.]]
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[[Characters/GameOfThronesWesteros The Seven Kingdoms of Westeros]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseStark House Stark]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseStarkChildren House Stark Children]] [[[Characters/GameOfThronesJonSnow Jon Snow]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesSansaStark Sansa Stark]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesAryaStark Arya Stark]]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseStarkHousehold House Stark Household]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBolton House Bolton]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesRamsayBolton Ramsay Bolton]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseKarstark House Karstark]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseMormont House Mormont]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseReed House Reed]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesOtherNorthernHouses Other Northern Houses]] | '''House Lannister''' ([[Characters/GameOfThronesTywinLannister Tywin Lannister]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesCerseiLannister Cersei Lannister]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesJaimeLannister Jaime Lannister]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseLannisterHousehold House Lannister Household]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseClegane House Clegane]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBaratheonOfKingsLanding House Baratheon of King’s Landing]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesJoffreyBaratheon Joffrey Baratheon]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTargaryen House Targaryen]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesDaenerysCourt Daenerys I’s Court]] [[[Characters/GameOfThronesDaenerysTargaryen Daenerys Targaryen]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesTyrionLannister Tyrion Lannister]]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesServantsOfDaenerys Servants of Daenerys]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBaratheon House Baratheon of Storm’s End and Dragonstone]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesStannisBaratheon Stannis Baratheon]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseGreyjoy House Greyjoy]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseArryn House Arryn]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesPetyrBaelish Lord Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTully House Tully]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseFrey House Frey]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTyrell House Tyrell]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTarly House Tarly]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseMartell House Martell]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesSandSnakes Sand Snakes]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheFreeCities The Free Cities]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesSlaversBay Slaver's Bay]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheDothrakiSeaAndTheRedWaste The Dothraki Sea and the Red Waste]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesQarth Qarth]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesNightsWatch The Night's Watch]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesRoyalCourt Royal Court]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheOrderOfTheMaesters The Order of the Maesters]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheKingsguard The Kingsguard]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesWildlings Wildlings]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesBrotherhoodWithoutBanners Brotherhood Without Banners]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheFaithOfTheSeven The Faith of the Seven]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesRedTemple Red Temple]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesIndependentCharacters Independent Characters]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheatreTroupe Theatre Troupe]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesSupernaturalBeings Supernatural Beings]]]]]]-]

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[[Characters/GameOfThronesWesteros The Seven Kingdoms of Westeros]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseStark House Stark]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseStarkChildren House Stark Children]] [[[Characters/GameOfThronesJonSnow Jon Snow]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesSansaStark Sansa Stark]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesAryaStark Arya Stark]]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseStarkHousehold House Stark Household]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBolton House Bolton]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesRamsayBolton Ramsay Bolton]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseKarstark House Karstark]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseMormont House Mormont]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseReed House Reed]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesOtherNorthernHouses Other Northern Houses]] | '''House Lannister''' ([[Characters/GameOfThronesTywinLannister Tywin Lannister]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesCerseiLannister Cersei Lannister]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesJaimeLannister Jaime Lannister]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseLannisterHousehold House Lannister Household]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseClegane House Clegane]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBaratheonOfKingsLanding House Baratheon of King’s Landing]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesJoffreyBaratheon Joffrey Baratheon]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTargaryen House Targaryen]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesDaenerysCourt Daenerys I’s Court]] [[[Characters/GameOfThronesDaenerysTargaryen Daenerys Targaryen]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesTyrionLannister Tyrion Lannister]]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesServantsOfDaenerys Servants of Daenerys]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBaratheon House Baratheon of Storm’s End and Dragonstone]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesStannisBaratheon Stannis Baratheon]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseGreyjoy House Greyjoy]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseArryn House Arryn]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesPetyrBaelish Lord Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTully House Tully]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseFrey House Frey]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTyrell House Tyrell]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTarly House Tarly]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseMartell House Martell]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesSandSnakes Sand Snakes]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheFreeCities The Free Cities]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesSlaversBay Slaver's Bay]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheDothrakiSeaAndTheRedWaste The Dothraki Sea and the Red Waste]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesQarth Qarth]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesNightsWatch The Night's Watch]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesRoyalCourt Royal Court]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheOrderOfTheMaesters The Order of the Maesters]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheKingsguard The Kingsguard]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesWildlings Wildlings]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesBrotherhoodWithoutBanners Brotherhood Without Banners]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheFaithOfTheSeven The Faith of the Seven]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesRedTemple Red Temple]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesIndependentCharacters Independent Characters]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheatreTroupe Theatre Troupe]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesSupernaturalBeings Supernatural Beings]]]]]]-]
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* SacrificialLamb: They were the most innocent characters on the show, and they end up being murdered by Lord Karstark.
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[[Characters/GameOfThronesWesteros The Seven Kingdoms of Westeros]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseStark House Stark]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseStarkChildren House Stark Children]] [[[Characters/GameOfThronesJonSnow Jon Snow]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesSansaStark Sansa Stark]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesAryaStark Arya Stark]]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseStarkHousehold House Stark Household]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBolton House Bolton]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesRamsayBolton Ramsay Bolton]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseKarstark House Karstark]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseMormont House Mormont]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseReed House Reed]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesOtherNorthernHouses Other Northern Houses]] | '''House Lannister''' ([[Characters/GameOfThronesTywinLannister Tywin Lannister]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesCerseiLannister Cersei Lannister]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesJaimeLannister Jaime Lannister]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseLannisterHousehold House Lannister Household]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseClegane House Clegane]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBaratheonOfKingsLanding House Baratheon of King’s Landing]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesJoffreyBaratheon Joffrey Baratheon]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTargaryen House Targaryen]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesDaenerysCourt Daenerys I’s Court]] [[[Characters/GameOfThronesDaenerysTargaryen Daenerys Targaryen]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesTyrionLannister Tyrion Lannister]]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesServantsOfDaenerys Servants of Daenerys]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBaratheon House Baratheon of Storm’s End and Dragonstone]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesStannisBaratheon Stannis Baratheon]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseGreyjoy House Greyjoy]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseArryn House Arryn]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTully House Tully]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseFrey House Frey]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTyrell House Tyrell]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTarly House Tarly]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseMartell House Martell]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesSandSnakes Sand Snakes]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheFreeCities The Free Cities]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesSlaversBay Slaver's Bay]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheDothrakiSeaAndTheRedWaste The Dothraki Sea and the Red Waste]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesQarth Qarth]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesNightsWatch The Night's Watch]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesRoyalCourt Royal Court]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheOrderOfTheMaesters The Order of the Maesters]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheKingsguard The Kingsguard]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesWildlings Wildlings]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesBrotherhoodWithoutBanners Brotherhood Without Banners]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheFaithOfTheSeven The Faith of the Seven]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesRedTemple Red Temple]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesIndependentCharacters Independent Characters]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheatreTroupe Theatre Troupe]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesSupernaturalBeings Supernatural Beings]]]]]]-]

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[[Characters/GameOfThronesWesteros The Seven Kingdoms of Westeros]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseStark House Stark]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseStarkChildren House Stark Children]] [[[Characters/GameOfThronesJonSnow Jon Snow]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesSansaStark Sansa Stark]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesAryaStark Arya Stark]]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseStarkHousehold House Stark Household]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBolton House Bolton]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesRamsayBolton Ramsay Bolton]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseKarstark House Karstark]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseMormont House Mormont]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseReed House Reed]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesOtherNorthernHouses Other Northern Houses]] | '''House Lannister''' ([[Characters/GameOfThronesTywinLannister Tywin Lannister]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesCerseiLannister Cersei Lannister]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesJaimeLannister Jaime Lannister]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseLannisterHousehold House Lannister Household]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseClegane House Clegane]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBaratheonOfKingsLanding House Baratheon of King’s Landing]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesJoffreyBaratheon Joffrey Baratheon]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTargaryen House Targaryen]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesDaenerysCourt Daenerys I’s Court]] [[[Characters/GameOfThronesDaenerysTargaryen Daenerys Targaryen]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesTyrionLannister Tyrion Lannister]]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesServantsOfDaenerys Servants of Daenerys]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBaratheon House Baratheon of Storm’s End and Dragonstone]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesStannisBaratheon Stannis Baratheon]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseGreyjoy House Greyjoy]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseArryn House Arryn]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesPetyrBaelish Lord Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTully House Tully]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseFrey House Frey]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTyrell House Tyrell]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTarly House Tarly]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseMartell House Martell]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesSandSnakes Sand Snakes]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheFreeCities The Free Cities]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesSlaversBay Slaver's Bay]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheDothrakiSeaAndTheRedWaste The Dothraki Sea and the Red Waste]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesQarth Qarth]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesNightsWatch The Night's Watch]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesRoyalCourt Royal Court]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheOrderOfTheMaesters The Order of the Maesters]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheKingsguard The Kingsguard]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesWildlings Wildlings]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesBrotherhoodWithoutBanners Brotherhood Without Banners]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheFaithOfTheSeven The Faith of the Seven]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesRedTemple Red Temple]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesIndependentCharacters Independent Characters]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheatreTroupe Theatre Troupe]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesSupernaturalBeings Supernatural Beings]]]]]]-]

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* ChildrenAreInnocent: They -- or at least Martyn -- believe the tales that Robb turns into a wolf and devours the flesh of his enemies.

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* ChildrenAreInnocent: They -- or at least Martyn -- believe the tales that Robb turns into a wolf and devours the flesh of his enemies.enemies
** Robb believed that the twins were completely innocent and condemned Karstark's murder of them.
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* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Cersei, Tyrion and Jaime. While Jaime does possess beauty as well (and brains, when he actually wants to use them, as is displayed during the siege of Riverrun) and Cersei shows some brains (though half of the time [[TooCleverByHalf she would be better off in mediocrity]]), the things each is renowned for is being one of the most beautiful women in Westeros for Cersei, being THE MasterSwordsman for Jaime and being a world-class [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] for Tyrion.
* BeautyIsBad: The most kind-hearted adult Lannister is Tyrion, the least attractive. The increasing compassion of Jaime is relative to his increasing filthiness and wretchedness, and back in King's Landing his clean, boyish good looks and hubris never quite return. Cersei, who is considered to be one of the most beautiful women in Westeros, is cruel, treacherous and occasionally murderous, while her handsome son Joffrey is a horrific psychopath.

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* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Cersei, Tyrion Tyrion, and Jaime. While Jaime does possess beauty as well (and brains, when he actually wants to use them, as is displayed during the siege of Riverrun) and Cersei shows some brains (though half of the time [[TooCleverByHalf she would be better off in mediocrity]]), the things each is renowned for is being one of the most beautiful women in Westeros for Cersei, being THE MasterSwordsman for Jaime Jaime, and being a world-class [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] for Tyrion.
* BeautyIsBad: The most kind-hearted adult Lannister is Tyrion, the least attractive. The increasing compassion of Jaime is relative to his increasing filthiness and wretchedness, and back in King's Landing his clean, boyish good looks and hubris never quite return. Cersei, who is considered to be one of the most beautiful women in Westeros, is cruel, treacherous treacherous, and occasionally murderous, while her handsome son Joffrey is a horrific psychopath.



** To put this in perspective, the family that has killed the most Lannisters in the series, are Lannisters themselves, Jaime kills his Cousin Alton, Cersei murders her Uncle Kevan and Cousin Lancel, and Tyrion murders his father, Tywin.

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** To put this in perspective, the family that has killed the most Lannisters in the series, are Lannisters themselves, Jaime kills his Cousin cousin Alton, Cersei murders her Uncle uncle Kevan and Cousin cousin Lancel, and Tyrion murders his father, Tywin.



** The family owe most of their power and influence to Tywin alone. Ser Davos and Lord Baelish remark that with Tywin and the sheer power of his will gone, all that remains is Jaime, a one-handed, untrustworthy and isolated man, Tommen, a soft King, and Cersei, an unpopular former Queen whose power diminishes every day in favour of Margaery's.
* DysfunctionalFamily: All of the Lannisters have wildly different personalities and separate range of issues. Tywin is a conservative, cruel and domineering man who reduces all his children to resentment [[WellDoneSonGuy to seek his approval]], Jaime is a JadedWashout burdened with ConflictingLoyalty, Cersei is resentful of the low status of being a woman despite her high ambitions and Tyrion gets grief from both family and Westerosi society for being a dwarf. About the only thing keeping them together is enemies attacking their family and power forcing them into TeethClenchedTeamwork. Naturally, things fall apart when their enemies have apparently all been defeated. Tywin and Cersei also blame Tyrion for their wife/mother dying while giving birth to him.

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** The family owe most of their power and influence to Tywin alone. Ser Davos and Lord Baelish remark that with Tywin and the sheer power of his will gone, all that remains is Jaime, a one-handed, untrustworthy untrustworthy, and isolated man, man; Tommen, a soft King, King; and Cersei, an unpopular former Queen whose power diminishes every day in favour of Margaery's.
* DysfunctionalFamily: All of the Lannisters have wildly different personalities and separate range of issues. Tywin is a conservative, cruel cruel, and domineering man who reduces all his children to resentment [[WellDoneSonGuy to seek his approval]], Jaime is a JadedWashout burdened with ConflictingLoyalty, Cersei is resentful of the low status of being a woman despite her high ambitions ambitions, and Tyrion gets grief from both family and Westerosi society for being a dwarf. About the only thing keeping them together is enemies attacking their family and power forcing them into TeethClenchedTeamwork. Naturally, things fall apart when their enemies have apparently all been defeated. Tywin and Cersei also blame Tyrion for their wife/mother dying while giving birth to him.



** The HBO show's version of Lannister armor combines features from UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance, UsefulNotes/FeudalJapan, the Teutonic Knights, and the German men-at-arms of the Russian film ''Film/AlexanderNevsky'', which in turn were a [[PuttingOnTheReich reference]] to UsefulNotes/NaziGermany, as is Tywin's [[ThousandYearReign dream about a thousand-year dynasty]]. The Medieval Japanese style to their armor was to make them look distinct, and is ''loosely'' implied to be a holdover from when they were close allies of the Targaryens -- who, being from the eastern continent, also dress in very "foreign" looking Asian styles.

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** The HBO show's version of Lannister armor combines features from UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance, UsefulNotes/FeudalJapan, Main/FeudalJapan, the Teutonic Knights, and the German men-at-arms of the Russian film ''Film/AlexanderNevsky'', which in turn were a [[PuttingOnTheReich reference]] to UsefulNotes/NaziGermany, as is Tywin's [[ThousandYearReign dream about a thousand-year dynasty]]. The Medieval Japanese style to their armor was to make them look distinct, and is ''loosely'' implied to be a holdover from when they were close allies of the Targaryens -- who, being from the eastern continent, also dress in very "foreign" looking Asian styles.



* InadequateInheritor: Tywin's major political failure is his inability to secure his legacy via a stable heir. Many observers outside the family, note that after Tywin, an undisputed master of the game of thrones, none of his children or grandchildren are near his level to hold onto his gains while the best option, Tyrion Lannister, is repeatedly discredited. This is the main [[FlawExploitation flaw exploited]] by his enemies. Ser Davos uses it to secure a loan from the Iron Bank of Braavos, noting how Lannister credit is entirely depended on a 67 year old-man, convincing the Braavosi to back Stannis, to better safeguard the return of the loans.

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* InadequateInheritor: Tywin's major political failure is his inability to secure his legacy via a stable heir. Many observers outside the family, note that after Tywin, an undisputed master of the game of thrones, none of his children or grandchildren are near his level to hold onto his gains while the best option, Tyrion Lannister, is repeatedly discredited. This is the main [[FlawExploitation flaw exploited]] by his enemies. Ser Davos uses it to secure a loan from the Iron Bank of Braavos, noting how Lannister credit is entirely depended on a 67 year old-man, 67-year-old man, convincing the Braavosi to back Stannis, to better safeguard the return of the loans.



** The ruthless and bloody slaughter of a Martell princess is matched years later by the Sand Snakes murdering a Lannister Princess.

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** The ruthless and bloody slaughter of a Martell princess is matched years later by the Sand Snakes murdering a Lannister Princess.princess.



** In sharp contrast to the Starks and the Baratheons, the Lannisters have several siblings, relatives with cousins and nephews aplenty, with multiple lines to inherit and keep their land and titles. Though Tywin is obsessed with ensuring the main line represented by him remains at the top of the succession ladder.

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** In sharp contrast to the Starks and the Baratheons, the Lannisters have several siblings, relatives with cousins cousins, and nephews aplenty, with multiple lines to inherit and keep their land and titles. Though Tywin is obsessed with ensuring the main line represented by him remains at the top of the succession ladder.



* RedshirtArmy: Whilst they start of winning a few series of victories against the Tullys when led by Jaime, the Lannister army starts to lose battles and suffers staggering losses in each engagement once [[FourStarBadass Robb Stark]] enters the fray. For example, that huge force Tywin musters to pillage the Riverlands? Precisely half of it is destroyed when Robb defeats and captures Jaime. The replacement army at Oxcross? Robb destroys that one, too. By the end of Season 3, Tywin has given up trying to beat Robb conventionally, and does so by playing to his own strengths: politics and intrigue.
* RoyallyScrewedUp: Kevan is the only Lannister mentioned that doesn't have issues. Tytos had a desire to please that made him a doormat, Tywin see people as tools for his work, the twins are self destructive hedonists (on a good day), Tyrion is an alcoholic dwarf with terrible family relation, Lancel is a zealot and there is one who just smashes beetles while screaming crunk.

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* RedshirtArmy: Whilst they start of off winning a few series of victories against the Tullys when led by Jaime, the Lannister army starts to lose battles and suffers staggering losses in each engagement once [[FourStarBadass Robb Stark]] enters the fray. For example, that huge force Tywin musters to pillage the Riverlands? Precisely half of it is destroyed when Robb defeats and captures Jaime. The replacement army at Oxcross? Robb destroys that one, too. By the end of Season 3, Tywin has given up trying to beat Robb conventionally, and does so by playing to his own strengths: politics and intrigue.
* RoyallyScrewedUp: Kevan is the only Lannister mentioned that doesn't have issues. Tytos had a desire to please that made him a doormat, Tywin see sees people as tools for his work, the twins are self destructive self-destructive hedonists (on a good day), Tyrion is an alcoholic dwarf with terrible family relation, Lancel is a zealot zealot, and there is one who just smashes beetles while screaming crunk.



** Exaggerated in Season 7, with Cersei's buying the use of the Golden Company. There's a ''slim'' chance they'd be effective against Danaerys if she wins the War of Dawn and loses both her remaining dragons and the majority of her forces... yet she seems to think they'll work just fine as a defense against the Night King, trying to ''buy her own way out of humanity's extinction''.

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** Exaggerated in Season 7, with Cersei's buying the use of the Golden Company. There's a ''slim'' chance they'd be effective against Danaerys Daenerys if she wins the War of Dawn and loses both her remaining dragons and the majority of her forces... yet she seems to think they'll work just fine as a defense against the Night King, trying to ''buy her own way out of humanity's extinction''.



* VillainProtagonist: See SpotlightStealingSquad. House Lannister has gradually became the most prominent one in the story with [[http://www.geek.com/news/proof-that-tyrion-lannister-is-the-most-important-character-on-game-of-thrones-1597080/ Tyrion and Cersei ranking the first and the second in terms of speaking lines over the course of four seasons (and Jaime placing within the top 5)]]. And despite the existence of its more sympathetic members, like Tyrion, Tywin and Jaime, it still serves as the BigBad of the families of Westeros, with even those characters technically supporting the villainous side. Until Tyrion's exile, anyway.

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* VillainProtagonist: See SpotlightStealingSquad. House Lannister has gradually became the most prominent one in the story with [[http://www.geek.com/news/proof-that-tyrion-lannister-is-the-most-important-character-on-game-of-thrones-1597080/ Tyrion and Cersei ranking the first and the second in terms of speaking lines over the course of four seasons (and Jaime placing within the top 5)]]. And despite the existence of its more sympathetic members, like Tyrion, Tywin Tywin, and Jaime, it still serves as the BigBad of the families of Westeros, with even those characters technically supporting the villainous side. Until Tyrion's exile, anyway.

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