Tyrek Lannister

	Tyrek Lannister and Ermesande Hayford, by Amuelia ©
Alias	Wet Nurse
Allegiance	House Lannister
Culture	Westermen
Born	286 AC; Westerlands
Died	299 AC; King's Landing (presumably)
Father	Ser Tygett Lannister
Mother	Lady Darlessa Marbrand
Spouse	Lady Ermesande Hayford
Books	A Game of Thrones (appears); A Clash of Kings (appears); A Storm of Swords (mentioned); A Feast for Crows (mentioned); A Dance with Dragons (mentioned);

Tyrek Lannister is a member of House Lannister. He is the son of Ser Tygett Lannister and Lady Darlessa Marbrand.^[5]

Appearance

Tyrek is said to be around Sansa Stark's age. He is handsome, with long golden curls.^[6]

History

Queen Cersei Lannister insisted that King Robert I Baratheon take her cousins, Tyrek and Lancel, as squires.^[6]

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Robert I Baratheon insults his squires, the cousins Tyrek and Lancel, for not being able to fit armor on the fat king, and then sends them off to get a breastplate stretcher from Ser Aron Santagar. ^[6]

Lancel accompanied Robert during a hunt in the kingswood, in which he is mortally wounded by a boar.^[7] On Cersei's orders, Lancel had been supplying Robert with strongwine fortified to be more potent than the king was accustomed,^[8] but it remains unclear if Tyrek was even a part of Robert's hunting party.

A Clash of Kings

Tyrek is married to Lady Ermesande Hayford, the ruling Lady of House Hayford, so that House Lannister can claim her lands.^[9]^[1] Because Ermesande is still a baby, the other squires call Tyrek "Wet Nurse".^[1]^[10]

With people who fled the fighting in the riverlands flooding into King's Landing and with provisions for commoners getting shorter, unrest is growing in the city. One minor uproar is created at the gate of the Red Keep when news about preparations for Tyrek's upcoming wedding feast gets out. It is quelled by a party led by King Joffrey I Baratheon.^[11] After Tyrek marries Ermesande, he wears a bridegroom mantle of miniver and velvet.^[1]

Once the rival kings Stannis and Renly Baratheon cut off King's Landing from supplies, suffering among the population gets worse. Driven by hunger, a mob attacks a royal party that had gone to the harbor to bid farewell to Princess Myrcella Baratheon as she departed for Dorne. In the riot, a number of men are killed, and Tyrek goes missing.^[10]

Tyrion Lannister, the Hand of the King, and Ser Jacelyn Bywater, the commanders of the gold cloaks, try to find Tyrek or his body, but to no avail.^[12]

A Storm of Swords

Despite the efforts of Lord Tywin, the new Hand of the King, and Ser Addam Marbrand, the new commanders of the gold cloaks, Tyrek remains missing.^[12]

A Feast for Crows

Ser Jaime Lannister suspects that Lord Varys may have had a hand in Tyrek's disappearance, reasoning that Tyrek, as the late King Robert's squire, would have knowledge about the king, including the circumstances surrounding his death. Furthermore, Varys did not go to the docks with the rest of the court on the day Myrcella was sent to Dorne, suggesting Varys might have instigated the riot and had agents snatch Tyrek during the confusion.^[4]

Quotes

Tyrion: I want Tyrek found, alive or dead. He's no more than a boy. Son to my late uncle Tygett. His father was always kind to me.
Jacelyn: We'll find him.^[10]
—Tyrion Lannister and Jacelyn Bywater

Bronn: He's feeding worms. Ironhand looked for him, and the eunuch rattled a nice fat purse. They had no more luck than we did. Give it up, ser.
Addam: Lord Tywin is stubborn where his blood is concerned. He will have the lad, alive or dead, and I mean to oblige him.^[12]
—Bronn and Addam Marbrand

Tyrek had served King Robert as a squire, side by side with Lancel. Knowledge could be more valuable than gold, more deadly than a dagger.^[4]
—thoughts of Jaime Lannister