History Characters / TheWeirwoodQueen

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** Her decision to endorse the Sansa/Olyvar marriage ends in a fiasco for the Lannisters. Sansa was the Lannisters’ only real card against Robb and the marriage allowed Sansa to leave King's Landing, meaning she is no longer their prisoner and can’t be used as a bargaining chip. What’s more, [[spoiler:given that Olyvar is actually Aegon Targaryen]], letting Sansa marry him basically gives the North a ''very'' important ally and weakens her own position overall. Jaime calls her out for this stating he's amazed Tywin's shade doesn't haunt her for arranging the marriage.

* BestServedCold: [[spoiler:After Gwendolyn drowned at Castamere, Mordryd waited decades for the opportunity to take vengeance on the Lannisters. Now that he's the UnexpectedSuccessor to the lordship of House Lydden and the Westerlands are in disarray, he's seizing the opportunity with both hands.]]

* HistoryRepeats: [[spoiler:His takeover of Casterly Rock ironically repeats what Lann the Clever did to take it over from the Casterlys. He infiltrates the mountain-castle, causes the inhabiting family to turn on each other, then takes the seat after they destroy themselves.]]

* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: At the height of her power, Cersei effectively ruled over half a continent. [[spoiler:She spends the last few days of her life as a fugitive, going through alcohol withdrawal while her brother has his way with her. Their return to the Rock ultimately leads to their downfall, betrayed by family and Cersei dying after Jaime strangles her in the bowels of Casterly Rock.]]

* AllForNothing: Tywin dedicated his life to making House Lannister the dominant House in Westeros and dreamed of his blood ruling the continent. [[spoiler: All his children and grandchildren end up dying ending his bloodline (with his children all killing each other!!). Tywin's enemies the Starks and Targaryens rule Westeros. House Lannister far from dominating the Seven Kingdoms like Tywin wanted end up losing their traditional seat of Casterly Rock to the Lyddens and their rule of the Westerlands. What's more it was Tywin's own brutality, greed, and horrible parenting that ended up damaging the Lannister in ways his father Tytos's weakness never did.]]

* HumiliationConga: First, Robb, a teenager, completely outmaneuvers and crushes Tywin's numerically superior army, forcing him to sue for peace. Then Sansa calls him a coward, an oathbreaker, and a murderer in front of hundreds, then his favorite hatchet man Gregor Clegane is killed by a squire, and to top it all off he is killed by Jaime while naked in his chambers.

* NeverMyFault: Despite planning for Myrcella [[spoiler: to unwittingly suicide bomb Olyvar, Cersei blames him as well as Ser Arys for her death.]]

** Her decision to endorse the Sansa/Olyvar marriage ends in a fiasco for the Lannisters. Sansa was the Lannisters’ only real card against Robb and the marriage allowed Sansa to leave King's Landing, meaning she is no longer their prisoner and can’t be used as a bargaining chip. What’s more, [[spoiler:given that Olyvar is actually Aegon Targaryen]], letting Sansa marry him basically gives the North a ''very'' important ally and weakens her own position overall.

* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Jaime Lannister, one of the finest swordsmen in Westeros, dies after getting brained by a rock.[[

* KinslayingIsASpecialKindOfEvil: [[spoiler:He murders both his father Tywin and his cousin Martyn at different points in the story.]]

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:She ends up drowning in Casterly Rock's sewers, echoing both Tywin's destruction of Houses Reyne and Tarbeck in the Rains of Castamere as well as her murder of Melara Hetherspoon by pushing the poor girl into a well. And this is ''after'' she gets strangled by Jaime after they reveal their mutual infidelities.]]
* KinslayingIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Her wicked ways are emphasized by the fact that [[spoiler:she's poisoned her brother Tyrion after the Blackwater, as well as putting her children in harm's way for her own benefit.]]

* AnimalMotifs: The Lydden badger, capable of both great stealth and great ferocity in defense of its kin.

* CynicIdealistDuo: The pragmatic Cynic to her brother Olyvar's earnest Idealist.

* EmptyBedroomGrieving: [[spoiler:She refuses to allow the appointment of a new Lord Commander of the Kingsguard after Jaime disappears, refusing to believe he is dead (which he isn't).]]

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: She has a low opinion of Tommen due to his incestuous parentage, something he ultimately has no control over. On the receiving end, she recalls being physically punished for an autistic meltdown.

* DramaticIrony: In "A Drowning Grief", he jokes with his sister about hoping that their father will get her betrothed to Kevan Lannister rather than the gay Rolland Crane or the bowlegged Clement Piper. The reader already knows and they will soon find out that Kevan, who is willing to participate in his brother's atrocities, is far more glaringly flawed than either of them.

** Her appeal to xenophobia when she tries to use Varys as a scapegoat for the Lannister's misdeeds.

** In another "charitable" impulse, [[spoiler:she gives Meria a vague warning about the impending Masked Massacre]].

* SlaveCollar: She "gifts" Sansa with a [[GildedCage bejeweled golden choker]] to signify she's under the Lannister's "protection."

* EnemyCompassion: She prays for the man (Timeon of the Bloody Mummers) who killed the Elder Sister and tried to rape them both.

* BrokenAce: He's used to hiding any weakness or vulnerability to conform to the expectations of the perfect king-to-be, to the point where he collapses from overwork.

* ObliviousToLove: A teenage Arya has no idea why Edric Dayne keeps staring at her, hanging around her, asking singers to play songs about her, or talking about how nice his lands are.