Tywin Lannister

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Entertainingly Detestable
Full Name	Tywin Lannister
Alias	No information
Origin	A Song of Ice and Fire
Powers / Skills	Leadership skills
Goals	Take control of the Seven Kingdoms and eliminate enemies that stand in the way of his interests
Most Entertaining Features	Cool demeanor and presence High-level intelligence and sophistication Charles Dance's preformance
Most Detestable Traits	Constantly belittling his son, Tyrion Ordering and masterminding many atrocious acts
Type of ED	Strategist

“	Why?! You ask that?! You who killed your mother to come into the world? You are an ill-made, spiteful little creature full of envy, lust, and low cunning. Men's laws give you the right to bear my name and display my colors since I cannot prove that you are not mine. And to teach me humility, the gods have condemned me to watch you waddle about wearing that proud lion that was my father's sigil and his father's before him. But neither gods nor men will ever compel me to let you turn Casterly Rock into your whorehouse. Go, now. And speak no more of your rights to Casterly Rock. Go! One more thing, the next whore I catch in your bed, I'll hang.	„
	~ Tywin's hate-filled monologue to Tyrion after he asked a claim to Casterly Rock.

Tywin Lannister was a high-ranking member of the Lannister family and a powerful person in the Seven Kingdoms. He is a major antagonist in A Song of Ice and Fire book series and the Game of Thrones television series.

In the TV series, he was portrayed by Charles Dance.

His Qualities

What Makes Him Entertaining?

• He is shown to be a fit and skilled individual upon his first scenes in the series. In addition to showing a strong level of confidence, sophistication, and wisdom.
• Charles Dance's preformance truly makes Tywin a memorable character and gives him a menacing presence.
• He acts in a very professional manner even in front of his rivals including the Tyrells and even though he hates his son, Tyrion still entrusts him with the responsibility of being right hand of the king in his absence, which prevents Joffrey from causing trouble.
• He is a powerful and capable leader able to order around the Mountain, Gregor Clegane, and others with upmost confidence in his own strategy.
• During the war, he is shown to be highly capable and strategic enemy who was helping defeats Stannis and House Stark fighting against his house, even manipulating Daenerys against her advisors, causing the exile of Jorah Mormont.
• Tywin is shown to stand his own against his psychopathic grandson, Joffrey Baratheon, and enforce his authority over him even though the latter was the king of the Seven Kingdoms.
• He sometimes turns against his brutal men, as he orders an end to the torture of the prisoners in Harrenhal (Which saves Gendry's life) and calls for Ned's execution to be unnecessary.
• He is shown to be one of the intelligent Lannisters who capable securing power and victory for them over the decades.

What Makes Him Detestable?

• Tywin is behind ordering his men to commit heinous acts and atrocities from mass murder, torture, rape, and abduction. This includes many of the heinous crimes committed by the Mountain and other affiliates to the Lannisters. Among these crimes:
  • He is responsible for the complete destruction of the House of Rayne of Castemere.
  • During Robert's Rebellion he and his men massacred the inhabitants of King's Landing, caused the murder of many Taraghirian boys including personally instructing Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane to murder Elia Martell and her two children.
  • He sent the "Mountain" to terrorize the rivers as a response to Catelyn's capture of his son.
  • He orders the execution of many of his soldiers due to the murder of one of his men.
  • He allied with Roose Bolton and Walder Frey to organize the Red Wedding which saw the mass murder of many of the Starks including the killings of important and beloved characters like Catelyn Stark and Robb Stark.
  • He sabotages his son Tyrion's trial for poisoning Joffrey and also sleeps with his whore, indirectly dragging the latter into a fight to the death.
• He often despises his son, calls him a ridiculous creature and finally intervenes in the trial against him in order to succeed in having him executed, which he himself orders.
  • To save his own skin he even lies to Tyrion that he will never allow him to be killed, which was the opposite of his actions.
• He is also responsible for Cersei's twisted upbringing and her villainous actions.

External Links

• Tywin Lannister on the Villains Wiki
• Tywin Lannister on the Near Pure Evil Wiki
• Tywin Lannister on the Game of Thrones Wiki