![]() ![]() The two conspire to conceal their love and have passed their children (Joffrey, Myrcella, and Tommen) off as being the product of Cersei's marriage. She has a longstanding incestuous relationship with her brother Jaime. Cersei is Queen of Westeros since Tywin arranged for her marriage to King Robert Baratheon, in exchange for his support in Robert's Rebellion. Tywin has three children: Cersei, Jaime, and Tyrion by his wife Joanna Lannister. ![]() His ruthlessness gave darker meaning to the common phrase "A Lannister always pays his debts" and was immortalized in the song " The Rains of Castamere." ![]() Tywin put down the rebellion personally, extinguishing their house and re-establishing the fearsome reputation of House Lannister. His father Tytos Lannister presided over a period of decline for the house, to the point that their vassals House Reyne rebelled against Lord Tytos. Tywin Lannister is the current head of the family. The banner of House Lannister of Casterly Rock, the rulers of the Westerlands. The gold of Casterly Rock and the Golden Tooth has made them the wealthiest of the Great Houses. They have since served the Targaryens and now King Robert Baratheon as the Lords Paramount of the Westerlands and Wardens of the West. They used to rule the Westerlands as the Kings of the Rock before swearing allegiance to House Targaryen. Through the female line, they boast of descent from Lann the Clever, the legendary trickster of the Age of Heroes who swindled Casterly Rock from House Casterly. The red lion of Reyne confronts the golden lion of Lannisterįair-haired, tall and handsome, the modern Lannisters are the blood of Andal adventurers who carved out a mighty kingdom in the western hills and valleys. They are the wealthiest family in the realm. It overlooks the thriving city of Lannisport and sits atop the most productive gold mine in the Westerlands. Their seat is Casterly Rock, a castle on a rocky promontory overlooking the Sunset Sea. Their lands are in the far west of the continent. House Lannister is one of the Great Houses of Westeros. It currently swears fealty directly to the King of the Andals and the First Men, an office which is currently held by Bran Stark. With the deaths of Cersei and Jaime at the Battle of King's Landing, Tyrion is now the head of House Lannister and given up the crown in favor of an elective monarchy. The Lannisters continued to hold sway when Tommen Baratheon ascended the throne, with Kevan Lannister as Hand of the King and Protector of the Realm, but lost their hold over Tommen to the Faith of the Seven, and, after destroying the Great Sept of Baelor, Cersei took the throne. Lord Tywin was a key supporter of his reign in the War of the Five Kings. Their son Joffrey Baratheon had claimed the Iron Throne on the premise that he was actually fathered by the late King Robert Baratheon. The incestuous relationship of Cersei and Jaime had been concealed in a conspiracy. Their unofficial motto, which is as well known as the official one, is "A Lannister always pays his debts" - which is used much more often and mostly in negative context, though it can also be used in the original, literal sense. House Lannister's Heraldry consists of a golden lion on a crimson background, and their house words are "Hear me roar!", which are rarely mentioned. ![]() As the new royal House, they also ruled directly over the Crownlands from their seat of the Red Keep in King's Landing, the traditional seat of the royal family. They are the Lords Paramount of the Westerlands and Wardens of the West. Their seat is Casterly Rock, a massive rocky promontory overlooking the Sunset Sea which has had habitations and fortifications built into it over the millennia. The Lannisters rule over the Westerlands. It was briefly the royal house of the Seven Kingdoms until their defeat in the Last War. House Lannister of Casterly Rock is one of the Great Houses of Westeros, one of its richest and most powerful families and one of its oldest dynasties. There's no use to conspire a good mark from him." You have to give it to the Lannisters – they may be the most pompous, ponderous cunts the gods ever suffered to walk the world, but they do have outrageous amounts of money." ― Renly Baratheon To secretly plot or make plans together, often used regarding something bad or illegal To try to make things go a certain way Definition of conspire in English English dictionary To agree, to concur to one end ![]()
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