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Gregor Clegane

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{{Infobox character
| arms = Clegane
| title = Ser
| firstname = Gregor
| lastname = Clegane
| epithet = the Mountain
| image = GregorCleganebyJohn Stanko.jpg
| image_caption = Gregor, by John Stanko © Fantasy Flight Games
| Alias = The Mountain That Rides{{Ref|AGOT|29}} The Mountain{{Ref|AGOT|29}} Lord Tywin's mad dog{{Ref|AGOT|43}} Ser{{Ref|ACOK|30}} The Enormity That Rides{{Ref|ASOS|38}} The great dog{{Ref|ASOS|43}}
| Title = [[Knight|Ser]] Knight of [[Clegane's Keep]]
| Allegiance = [[House Clegane]] [[House Lannister]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Westermen]]
| Father = [[Clegane (father of Gregor and Sandor)|Clegane]]
| Mother =
| Spouse = Three unknown wives
| Place_of_Birth = [[Westerlands]]{{Ref|AWOIAF|Gregor Clegane}}
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|265}} or {{Date|266}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Gregor Clegane|Gregor Clegane]] calculation.''</ref>
| Place_of_Death = the [[Red Keep]]
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|300}}
| Books = ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (appears) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (appears) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (appears) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Winds of Winter]]'' (mentioned)
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| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#Conan Stevens, Gregor Clegane|Conan Stevens]] ~ [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] [[w:Ian Whyte (actor)|Ian Whyte]] ~ [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] [[List of actors of the televised series|Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson]] ~ [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]] - [[Game of Thrones - Season 8|Season 8]]
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'''Gregor Clegane''', the [[Knight]] of [[Clegane's Keep]] and the head of [[House Clegane]], is a [[landed knight]] and [[bannerman]] to [[House Lannister]] of [[Casterly Rock]]. Gregor is a freakishly large man and for this he is known as '''the Mountain That Rides''' or simply '''the Mountain'''. His soldiers, the [[Mountain's men]], often refer to him simply as '''Ser'''.{{ref|ACOK|30}}{{ref|ASOS|74}}{{ref|AFFC|27}}

In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', Gregor is played by [[w:Conan Stevens|Conan Stevens]] ([[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]]), [[w:Ian Whyte (actor)|Ian Whyte]] ([[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]]), and [[w:Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson|Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson]] ([[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]] - [[Game of Thrones - Season 8|Season 8]]).<ref>[http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html#/game-of-thrones/cast-and-crew.html/eNrjcmbOYC5kzlfPz0lxzEvMqSzJTA5ITE-1S8xN1SzLTEnNh4k65+eVpFaUsEknlpbkF+QkVtqWFJWmcjIysgEhAGCyFzg= HBO: Game of Thrones: cast and crew]</ref>

==Appearance and Character==
{{See also|:Category:Images of Gregor Clegane|l1=Images of Gregor Clegane}}

Gregor is well known for his size, cruelty, and prowess in battle. He is extremely tall, being well over seven feet tall, closer to eight.{{ref|AGOT|30}} (somewhere in between 2,31 m and 2,43 m) He has "massive shoulders and arms thick as the trunk of small trees",{{Ref|AGOT|30}} and a voice like stone breaking. Gregor weighs over thirty stone{{ref|ASOS|70}} (420 lbs, or 190 kgs), nearly all of it muscle, making him near inhumanly strong. Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] when pondering who is physically stronger than him, thinks that both the Clegane brothers are for a certainty, but that of the two, the Mountains strength is ''like nothing human''.{{Ref|ASOS|21}}

Gregor wears the heaviest, thickest [[steel]] plate armor in the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. Dull grey in color and battle-scarred,{{ref|AGOT|62}} his armor is so heavy that no ordinary man would be able to move, let alone fight effectively while wearing it.{{Ref|ASOS|70}} Below the plate he wears chainmail and boiled leather. He also wears a plate helm with only a narrow slit for vision, atop of which is a stone fist punching up towards the sky. The Mountain's strength allows him to wield a six-foot, two-handed greatsword with just one hand,{{ref|AGOT|62}} giving him enormous reach while still wielding a shield. Such is the power of Gregor's strength that he has been known to hack men in half with just a single blow.{{Ref|ASOS|70}} Gregor's massive oaken shield is rimmed in black [[iron]], and it bears the three black dogs of [[House Clegane]] on a yellow field.{{Ref|ASOS|70}} He rides huge stallions,{{ref|AGOT|30}}{{ref|AGOT|62}} one of which is as ill-tempered as its rider.{{ref|ACOK|38}}

The violent Gregor is a sadistic murderer and rapist.{{ref|ACOK|30}}{{ref|ASOS|70}}{{ref|ADWD|48}} Lady [[Catelyn Stark]] thinks he has an evil reputation, and Ser [[Brynden Tully]] compares him to a "frothing dog".{{Ref|ACOK|7}} Despite being a dim{{ref|ASOS|44}}<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [https://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/To_Be_Continued_Chicago_IL_May_6_83 To Be Continued (Chicago, IL; May 6-8)], May 07, 2005</ref> and brutal man, he has excellent warrior instincts.{{Ref|ASOS|70}} The Mountain is solitary, never leaving his own lands except for wars or [[tourney]]s.{{Ref|AGOT|30}}

Gregor has at least two [[squire]]s, including [[Joss Stilwood]]{{Ref|ACOK|30}} and an unnamed [[pimply squire|pimply Sarsfield squire]].{{Ref|AWOIAF|Arya Stark}} According to Joss, Gregor constantly suffers from extreme headaches and consumes vast quantities of [[milk of the poppy]] to try and dull the pain. The cause of these headaches is unknown, perhaps due to some condition of his gigantism, though [[Merrett Frey]]'s experiences indicate that a tourney injury or head blow in battle can be debilitating.{{Ref|AFFC|7}} The [[Mountain's men]] often refer to him simply as "Ser".{{Ref|ACOK|30}}{{Ref|ASOS|74}}{{Ref|AFFC|27}} According to his brother, [[Sandor Clegane]], Gregor once killed one of his own men because the soldier snored too loudly.{{Ref|ASOS|47}}

==History==
[[File:Aegon Death.png|400px|thumb|Gregor kills Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]] in front of Princess [[Elia Martell]], from ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' Blu-ray]]
As a young boy, eleven or twelve years old, Gregor caused his brother [[Sandor Clegane|Sandor]]'s facial scars by holding the younger boy's face to a hot brazier as punishment for playing with a toy he had discarded. Their father spread the story that the injuries were caused by bedding that had caught fire.{{Ref|AGOT|29}}

Four years later, Gregor was knighted by Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]],{{Ref|AGOT|29}} presumably prior to the [[tourney of Harrenhal]].<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Various_questions_concerning_Tywin_Oberyn_Gregor_the_North_and_Sansa Various questions concerning Tywin, Oberyn, Gregor, the North, and Sansa], April 15, 2008</ref> Gregor is a suspected [[Kinslaying|kinslayer]]; there are rumors that Gregor killed his father, sister, and his first two wives. [[Clegane's Keep|His keep]] is said to be a grim place where servants vanish unaccountably and even the dogs are afraid to enter the halls. On the day that Gregor came into his inheritance, Sandor entered the service of [[House Lannister]], never to return.{{Ref|AGOT|30}}

At the age of seventeen, Gregor participated in the [[Sack of King's Landing]] during [[Robert's Rebellion]]. He and Ser [[Amory Lorch]] scaled [[Maegor's Holdfast]] when the Lannister troops reached the [[Red Keep]]. Gregor entered the nursery of the infant Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]], son of Prince Rhaegar, and killed the baby present by dashing the boy's head against a wall. Then he raped and murdered Aegon's mother, Princess [[Elia Martell|Elia]], supposedly with the boy's blood and brains still on his hands.{{Ref|AGOT|30}}{{Ref|ACOK|17}}{{Ref|ASOS|53}} The identities of the two murderers have not been publicly confirmed in the recorded history,{{ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: The End}} although Gregor's involvement is common knowledge at [[Casterly Rock]].{{ref|ACOK|17}}

Gregor participated in the suppression of [[Greyjoy's Rebellion]].{{ref|AGOT|30}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Gregor Clegane Jousting.png|350px|thumb|Conan Stevens as Gregor during the [[Hand's tourney]] in ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.]]
[[File:Komarck Gregor Clegane FFG.jpg|thumb|350px|Gregor, by Michael Komarck ©]]
Ser Gregor and his brother [[Sandor Clegane|Sandor]] defeat several opponents in the [[Hand's tourney]]. Gregor slays Ser [[Hugh|Hugh of the Vale]] in his second joust when his lance rides up and pierces the new-made knight's throat. According to Sandor, Gregor noticed the knight's gorget was not fastened properly and Gregor purposely drove his lance there.{{Ref|AGOT|29}} Gregor defeats Ser [[Balon Swann]], but is finally unhorsed by Ser [[Loras Tyrell]], who rides a mare in heat to the joust, which unnerves Gregor's stallion. Gregor falls into a rage and kills his stallion with one blow of his sword. He then knocks the unprepared Loras from his courser and prepares to kill the young knight, but Sandor intervenes and the brothers duel. Gregor finally comes to his senses when King [[Robert I Baratheon]] orders him to stop.{{Ref|AGOT|30}}

After the tourney, Gregor rides back to his keep. Upon his journey home from the tourney with seven of his men, Gregor broods on his loss. An overflowing river detours the group to a nearby alehouse, where he and [[Mountain's men|his men]] gang rape the brewer's thirteen-year-old daughter, [[Layna]].{{Ref|ACOK|30}}

After [[Tyrion Lannister]] is kidnapped by [[Catelyn Stark]], Gregor is commanded by Tyrion's father, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], to raid the [[riverlands]] without banners, presenting himself as a common brigand.{{ref|AGOT|43}} This is to draw Catelyn's husband, Lord [[Eddard Stark]], the [[Hand of the King]], out into the field, but Eddard has been injured in the streets of [[King's Landing]].{{ref|AGOT|39}} Since Eddard cannot go and execute Gregor himself, Loras Tyrell volunteers to go in his place. Lord Stark instead chooses Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]] to command the party bringing Gregor to the king's justice.{{Ref|AGOT|43}}

King Robert is mortally wounded while hunting in the [[kingswood]], and he is succeeded by his eldest son, King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]].{{ref|AGOT|49}} Eddard is imprisoned in the [[black cells]].{{ref|AGOT|58}} Meanwhile, Beric's party is ambushed by Lannisters while crossing the [[Red Fork]], and Gregor attacks them as they retreat in the [[battle at the Mummer's Ford]].{{Ref|AGOT|55}} The Mountain also burns [[burning of Pinkmaiden Castle|Pinkmaiden]] and [[burning of Stone Hedge|Stone Hedge]].{{ref|AGOT|56}} He takes Stone Hedge's food, burns its harvest, and rapes a daughter of Lord [[Jonos Bracken]].{{ref|AGOT|71}}{{Ref|ADWD|48}}

[[Robb Stark]] leads a host of [[north]]men to rescue his father, Lord Eddard, and he divides his forces at the [[Twins]].{{ref|AGOT|59}} Gregor joins with Tywin's host and commands the vanguard and the left flank during the [[battle on the Green Fork]] against the northern host, leading by intimidation. Tywin places Tyrion under Gregor's command during the battle. In the first charge, Gregor's stallion is killed by [[House Karstark|Karstark]] spearmen, but the Mountain is unhurt and goes on fighting. After the Lannister victory, Tywin reveals that he had planned for the undisciplined left flank to collapse and for Robb to pursue them, only to then be crushed by the men of Tywin and his brother, Ser [[Kevan Lannister]]. The Lannisters learn that the northern host was led not by Robb but by Lord [[Roose Bolton]], however.{{Ref|AGOT|62}}

Gregor sits with Tywin's war council at the [[crossroads inn]] when they receive word that Tywin's elder son, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], of the [[Kingsguard]], was captured by Robb in the [[Battle in the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]], and Jaime's unsuspecting army at [[Riverrun]] was then defeated in the [[Battle of the Camps]]. After learning that Jaime's outriders had failed to scout the movements of the [[House Stark|Stark]] forces, Gregor suggests that the outriders be blinded. Tywin withdraws to [[Harrenhal]] but leaves Gregor, Ser [[Amory Lorch]], and [[Vargo Hoat]] to harry the riverlands, each of them commanding three hundred cavalry.{{Ref|AGOT|69}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Gregor Clegane Nordheimer.jpg|350px|thumb|Gregor and the [[Mountain's men]], by Nordheimer ©]]
[[Amerei Frey]] is widowed after her husband, Ser [[Pate of the Blue Fork]], is killed fighting Gregor.{{ref|ACOK|Appendix}}{{ref|ASOS|49}}

Gregor's band [[Sack of Darry|sacks Castle Darry]], where Gregor kills the eight-year-old Lord [[Lyman Darry]].{{ref|ACOK|7}} Gregor continues his raiding, causing enormous destruction and killing entire villages with impunity. For a time he unwittingly holds [[Arya Stark]] as a captive, and she witnesses many of his atrocities firsthand. Gregor silently watches as his men, such as the [[Tickler]], interrogate and torture [[smallfolk]]. When a peasant girl fights back after being raped by Gregor's men, the Mountain beheads her with his sword. Arya adds Gregor to her [[Arya_Stark#Arya_and_death|prayer kill list]].{{ref|ACOK|26}}

The Mountain's men march surviving captives from [[Gods Eye village|a village by the Gods Eye]] north to [[Harrenhal]], where they are forced into servitude to [[House Lannister]]. During the [[War of the Five Kings]], Gregor's band fights numerous skirmishes with the [[brotherhood without banners]]; one such skirmish results in Gregor supposedly killing [[Beric Dondarrion]] a second time.{{ref|ACOK|30}}

During the [[Battle of the Fords]], Gregor's band joins up with Tywin's host and attacks the crossing of the [[Red Fork]] at the [[Stone Mill]], which is fiercely defended by Ser [[Edmure Tully]]'s reserve. Gregor's force is pushed back, however, and he is forced to retreat.{{Ref|ACOK|45}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] is aware that [[Helman Tallhart]] and [[Robett Glover]] are leading a northern host toward [[Duskendale]], so he sends Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] to meet them. Meanwhile, Tywin has Gregor march up the [[kingsroad]] to cut off the northmen's retreat.{{ref|ASOS|4}} Randyll is victorious in the [[battle at Duskendale]],{{ref|ASOS|19}} and Gregor captures the retreating Robett.{{ref|ASOS|35}}

Gregor chases Lord [[Roose Bolton]]'s army as they march to the [[Twins]], taking several highborn captives including Ser [[Wylis Manderly]] in the [[fighting at the fords of the Trident]]. [[Ronnel Stout]] and Ser [[Kyle Condon]] are left behind by Roose to hold the river against Gregor.{{ref|ASOS|49}}

[[Sandor Clegane]] reveals to his captive, [[Arya Stark]], that he desires to kill his brother.{{ref|ASOS|47}}

After the [[Red Wedding]], Gregor crosses the Trident and seizes the [[ruby ford]].{{ref|ASOS|60}} Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] orders Gregor to [[capture of Harrenhal|retake Harrenhal]], which is held by [[Vargo Hoat]] and the [[Brave Companions]], and put the castle to the sword.{{ref|ASOS|53}}{{ref|ASOS|60}} Seeking revenge for having his foot cut off by Vargo, a cook at Harrenhal opens a postern gate for Gregor. Inside, the [[Mountain's men]] slaughter the inhabitants and the defenders (bar the cook who opened the gate, the castle [[smith]] [[Ben Blackthumb]] and a girl named [[Pia]] whom the Mountain and his men rape repeatedly). The Mountain gives special treatment to Vargo, who is known as "the Goat", forcing him to eat his own cooked limbs ("roast goat") and serving him to the captive northmen as well.{{ref|AFFC|27}}

Prince [[Oberyn Martell]], the Red Viper of [[Dorne]], comes to [[King's Landing]] to claim the seat on the [[small council]] on behalf of his brother [[Doran Martell|Doran]], the [[Prince of Dorne]]. Oberyn seeks justice for the murder of their sister, [[Elia Martell]], and her children, as was agreed with the acting [[Hand of the King]], [[Tyrion Lannister]].{{Ref|ASOS|38}} However, the new Hand, Tyrion's father Tywin, means to forgo that promise. Tywin plans on lying to Oberyn and claiming that the deceased Ser [[Amory Lorch]] was to blame for all three deaths. While Amory was guilty of the murder of Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]], he was not responsible for the deaths of Elia and Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]]. Tywin intends to keep Gregor far away from King's Landing during Oberyn's stay.{{Ref|ASOS|53}} He reveals he had the Mountain and others search for his son [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] when he learned of his release from [[Riverrun]], but Jaime arrives at the capital under the guard of [[Brienne of Tarth]].{{Ref|ASOS|62}}

[[File:Zippo514 RV vs Mountain.jpg|350px|thumb|Gregor fighting [[Oberyn Martell]], by Zippo514 ©]]

Tywin's plan to keep Gregor away is ruined when Tyrion is put on trial for [[Purple Wedding|the murder]] of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] and Tyrion's accuser, Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]], announces that her champion will be Gregor in the event of a [[trial by combat]]. Cersei names Gregor in order to thwart Tyrion from using [[Bronn]] or anyone else to defend him in a trial by combat given Gregor's monstrous reputation.{{Ref|ASOS|66}} This move, however, leads Elia's brother, Oberyn, on seeing a chance to fulfill [[House Martell]]'s long-held desire for vengeance against her murderer, to agree to champion Tyrion in opposition.{{ref|ASOS|66}}

A large crowd gathered to watch the trial by combat in which Gregor fights in his usual style—with heavy armor, his thick oaken shield, and his greatsword in one hand, but Oberyn outfights him with speed and spear. Though most of Oberyn's attacks are deflected by Gregor's plate, Oberyn cleverly attacks the joints in the armor, and eventually wounds Gregor after the Mountain tires from chasing Oberyn. During the duel Oberyn’s taunts enrage Gregor and he kills a stableboy of the [[Red Keep]] who was among the spectators. Eventually though crippled by numerous wounds, Gregor manages to grab hold of Oberyn and smash in the Dornishman's face. Before killing Oberyn, however, Gregor roars that he killed Elia and Aegon for all to hear.{{Ref|ASOS|70}}

Gregor's wounds mortify, and Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] believes that Oberyn had treated his spear with [[poison]].{{ref|ASOS|72}} With Gregor having publicly confessed to killing Elia, Tywin fears Dorne might join [[Stannis Baratheon]], which could prolong the [[War of the Five Kings]] for years. Tywin planned on having Gregor executed to appease House Martell, but needed it to be seen that the [[King's Justice]] is the one who carries out the deed, not poison. Tywin commands Pycelle to heal Gregor, but Pycelle's efforts prove fruitless.{{Ref|ASOS|72}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Gregor's condition continues to deteriorate. The venom turns the blood in Gregor's body black with gangrene, and any leeches that touch him die instantly. His piss is full of pus, and the venom eats a hole the size of a fist in Gregor's side. His screams of agony are so loud they can be heard in the entire [[Red Keep]], and wake several people up during the night. [[Qyburn]] concludes that the poison was [[manticore]] venom thickened with sorcery to draw out the Mountain's dying instead of killing him instantly. Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] suggests that Gregor be executed by Ser [[Ilyn Payne]], but she agrees to instead let Qyburn continue studying the poison.{{Ref|AFFC|7}}

Qyburn brings the insensible and dying Gregor to the dungeons below the Red Keep.{{Ref|AFFC|7}} Cersei later reports to the [[small council]] that Gregor has died.{{ref|AFFC|17}} The [[Mountain's skull]] is to be sent to [[Sunspear]] in Dorne as restitution for the deaths of [[Elia Martell|Elia]] and her children.{{ref|AFFC|2}} Qyburn says it took beetles many hours to clean flesh from the [[bone]].{{Ref|AFFC|17}}

Qyburn later mentions working on creating an unbeatable champion for Cersei, and uses several female prisoners in his experiments.{{Ref|AFFC|24}}{{Ref|AFFC|32}} He has her order a suit of plate armor so thick and heavy that the [[armorer]] who created it states that no man is strong enough to move and fight in it.{{Ref|AFFC|32}}

Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] arrives at [[Harrenhal]], which is held by the [[Mountain's men]], and informs the soldiers they can either serve Ser [[Bonifer Hasty]], the new castellan of Harrenhal, or join Jaime's host for the [[siege of Riverrun]]. Bonifer later tells Jaime that he refuses to take any of the sinners into his service, however.{{ref|AFFC|27}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:Ser_robert_strong.jpg|thumb|Ser Robert Strong by [http://www.deviantart.com/art/Ser-Robert-Strong-365909658 Robert O'Leary] ]]
The [[Mountain's skull]] is brought to Sunspear by Ser [[Balon Swann]] of the [[Kingsguard]], and is presented to Prince [[Doran Martell]], Princess [[Arianne Martell]], and the eldest of the Oberyn's eight [[Sand Snakes|bastard daughters]] ([[Obara Sand|Obara]], [[Tyene Sand|Tyene]] and [[Nymeria Sand]]). Obara ponders if the head is really Gregor's. Doran notes that it is certainly large enough to be so and Tyene confirms that if the poison her father used so much as broke the Mountain's skin, then Gregor is dead.{{Ref|ADWD|38}}

The death of Ser [[Arys Oakheart]] in Dorne leaves a vacancy on the Kingsguard of King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]], so the imprisoned Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] requests that the white cloak be brought to Qyburn.{{Ref|ADWD|54}} During Cersei's [[walk of atonement]], Qybyrn reveals an enormous eight-foot-tall knight encased from head to heel in gleaming white armor.{{Ref|ADWD|65}}

Other members of the Kingsguard claim that their new brother does not eat, sleep, drink, or even visit the privy. He is not seen without his armor and never removes his helm. At no time has he spoken and it is claimed by Qyburn that he has taken a holy vow of silence until Cersei's innocence is proven and the realm purged of evil. He wears a helm bearing seven plumes in the colors of the [[Faith of the Seven|Faith]], and his cloak of office is clasped with icons in the shape of seven-pointed stars. Though he is introduced as Ser [[Robert Strong]], many in the [[Red Keep]] have guessed the identity of the silent giant. Given the skull being sent to Dorne, Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] wonders what will be revealed if Robert's helmet is ever removed.{{Ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}

==Quotes by Gregor==
{{Quote|A man who sees nothing has no use for his eyes, cut them out and give them to your next outrider. Tell him you hope that four eyes might see better than two ... and if not, the man after him will have six.{{Ref|AGOT|69}}|Gregor after the [[Battle of the Camps]]}}

{{Quote|'''Oberyn''': Have they told you who I am? 
'''Gregor''': Some dead man.{{ref|ASOS|70}}|[[Oberyn Martell]] and Gregor}}

{{Quote|[[Elia Martell|Elia of Dorne]]. I killed [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|her screaming whelp]]. Then I raped her. Then I smashed her fucking head in. Like this.{{Ref|ASOS|70}}|Gregor to [[Oberyn Martell]]}}

==Quotes about Gregor==
[[File:Gregor Clegane.jpg|thumb|Gregor, by Amok ©]]
{{Quote|No one could ever withstand Gregor.{{Ref|AGOT|29}}|[[Sandor Clegane]] to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|'''Pycelle''': The man is an anointed [[knight]]. 
'''Marq''': A false knight! Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin's]] mad dog.{{Ref|AGOT|43}}|[[Pycelle]] and [[Marq Piper]]}}

{{Quote|That beast's head would make a noble gift for all the people of [[Seven Kingdoms|the realm]], I vow.{{Ref|ACOK|7}}|[[Brynden Tully]] to [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Ser Gregor has served us well. No other [[knight]] in [[Seven Kingdoms|the realm]] inspires such terror in our enemies.{{Ref|ASOS|53}}|[[Tywin Lannister]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|'''Ellaria''': You are going to fight [[Gregor Clegane|that]]? 
'''Oberyn''': I am going to kill that.{{Ref|ASOS|70}}|[[Ellaria Sand]] and [[Oberyn Martell]]}}

{{Quote|The flesh mortifies and the wounds ooze pus. Even maggots will not touch such foulness. His convulsions are so violent that I have had to gag him to prevent him from biting off his own tongue. I have cut away as much tissue as I dare, and treated the rot with boiling wine and bread mold, to no avail. The veins in his arms are turning black. When I leeched him, all the leeches died.{{Ref|ASOS|72}}|[[Pycelle]] to the [[small council]]}}

{{Quote|'''Qyburn''': It is a wonder that the man is still alive, if truth be told. 
'''Cersei''': His size. Gregor is a very large man. Also a very stupid one. Too stupid to know when he should die, it seems.{{Ref|AFFC|7}}|[[Qyburn]] and [[Cersei Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|If ever a man deserved to die screaming, it was Gregor Clegane.{{Ref|ADWD|38}}|[[Doran Martell]] to [[Balon Swann]]}}

==Family==
{{Clegane tree}}

==See also==
* [[Gregor Clegane/Theories]]
* [[Robert Strong/Theories]]
* [http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/ Gregor Clegane] on the Game of Thrones wiki.

==References==
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Gregor Clegane

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{{Hatnote|"Gregor" redirects here. For the member of the Kingsguard, see [[Gregor Goode]].}}
{{Infobox character
| arms = Clegane
| title = Ser
| firstname = Gregor
| lastname = Clegane
| epithet = the Mountain
| image = GregorCleganebyJohn Stanko.jpg
| image_caption = Gregor, by John Stanko © Fantasy Flight Games
| Alias = The Mountain That Rides{{Ref|AGOT|29}} The Mountain{{Ref|AGOT|29}} Lord Tywin's mad dog{{Ref|AGOT|43}} Ser{{Ref|ACOK|30}} The Enormity That Rides{{Ref|ASOS|38}} The great dog{{Ref|ASOS|43}}
| Title = [[Knight|Ser]] Knight of [[Clegane's Keep]]
| Allegiance = [[House Clegane]] [[House Lannister]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Westermen]]
| Father = [[Clegane (father of Gregor and Sandor)|Clegane]]
| Mother =
| Spouse = Three unknown wives
| Place_of_Birth = [[Westerlands]]{{Ref|AWOIAF|Gregor Clegane}}
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|265}} or {{Date|266}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Gregor Clegane|Gregor Clegane]] calculation.''</ref>
| Place_of_Death = the [[Red Keep]]
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|300}}
| Books = ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (appears) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (appears) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (appears) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Winds of Winter]]'' (mentioned)
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| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#Conan Stevens, Gregor Clegane|Conan Stevens]] ~ [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] [[w:Ian Whyte (actor)|Ian Whyte]] ~ [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] [[List of actors of the televised series|Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson]] ~ [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]] - [[Game of Thrones - Season 8|Season 8]]
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'''Gregor Clegane''', the [[Knight]] of [[Clegane's Keep]] and the head of [[House Clegane]], is a [[landed knight]] and [[bannerman]] to [[House Lannister]] of [[Casterly Rock]]. Gregor is a freakishly large man and for this he is known as '''the Mountain That Rides''' or simply '''the Mountain'''. His soldiers, the [[Mountain's men]], often refer to him simply as '''Ser'''.{{ref|ACOK|30}}{{ref|ASOS|74}}{{ref|AFFC|27}}

In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', Gregor is played by [[w:Conan Stevens|Conan Stevens]] ([[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]]), [[w:Ian Whyte (actor)|Ian Whyte]] ([[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]]), and [[w:Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson|Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson]] ([[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]] - [[Game of Thrones - Season 8|Season 8]]).<ref>[http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html#/game-of-thrones/cast-and-crew.html/eNrjcmbOYC5kzlfPz0lxzEvMqSzJTA5ITE-1S8xN1SzLTEnNh4k65+eVpFaUsEknlpbkF+QkVtqWFJWmcjIysgEhAGCyFzg= HBO: Game of Thrones: cast and crew]</ref>

==Appearance and Character==
{{See also|:Category:Images of Gregor Clegane|l1=Images of Gregor Clegane}}

Gregor is well known for his size, cruelty, and prowess in battle. He is extremely tall, being well over seven feet tall, closer to eight.{{ref|AGOT|30}} (somewhere in between 2,31 m and 2,43 m) He has "massive shoulders and arms thick as the trunk of small trees",{{Ref|AGOT|30}} and a voice like stone breaking. Gregor weighs over thirty stone{{ref|ASOS|70}} (420 lbs, or 190 kgs), nearly all of it muscle, making him near inhumanly strong. Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] when pondering who is physically stronger than him, thinks that both the Clegane brothers are for a certainty, but that of the two, the Mountains strength is ''like nothing human''.{{Ref|ASOS|21}}

Gregor wears the heaviest, thickest [[steel]] plate armor in the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. Dull grey in color and battle-scarred,{{ref|AGOT|62}} his armor is so heavy that no ordinary man would be able to move, let alone fight effectively while wearing it.{{Ref|ASOS|70}} Below the plate he wears chainmail and boiled leather. He also wears a plate helm with only a narrow slit for vision, atop of which is a stone fist punching up towards the sky. The Mountain's strength allows him to wield a six-foot, two-handed greatsword with just one hand,{{ref|AGOT|62}} giving him enormous reach while still wielding a shield. Such is the power of Gregor's strength that he has been known to hack men in half with just a single blow.{{Ref|ASOS|70}} Gregor's massive oaken shield is rimmed in black [[iron]], and it bears the three black dogs of [[House Clegane]] on a yellow field.{{Ref|ASOS|70}} He rides huge stallions,{{ref|AGOT|30}}{{ref|AGOT|62}} one of which is as ill-tempered as its rider.{{ref|ACOK|38}}

The violent Gregor is a sadistic murderer and rapist.{{ref|ACOK|30}}{{ref|ASOS|70}}{{ref|ADWD|48}} Lady [[Catelyn Stark]] thinks he has an evil reputation, and Ser [[Brynden Tully]] compares him to a "frothing dog".{{Ref|ACOK|7}} Despite being a dim{{ref|ASOS|44}}<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [https://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/To_Be_Continued_Chicago_IL_May_6_83 To Be Continued (Chicago, IL; May 6-8)], May 07, 2005</ref> and brutal man, he has excellent warrior instincts.{{Ref|ASOS|70}} The Mountain is solitary, never leaving his own lands except for wars or [[tourney]]s.{{Ref|AGOT|30}}

Gregor has at least two [[squire]]s, including [[Joss Stilwood]]{{Ref|ACOK|30}} and an unnamed [[pimply squire|pimply Sarsfield squire]].{{Ref|AWOIAF|Arya Stark}} According to Joss, Gregor constantly suffers from extreme headaches and consumes vast quantities of [[milk of the poppy]] to try and dull the pain. The cause of these headaches is unknown, perhaps due to some condition of his gigantism, though [[Merrett Frey]]'s experiences indicate that a tourney injury or head blow in battle can be debilitating.{{Ref|AFFC|7}} The [[Mountain's men]] often refer to him simply as "Ser".{{Ref|ACOK|30}}{{Ref|ASOS|74}}{{Ref|AFFC|27}} According to his brother, [[Sandor Clegane]], Gregor once killed one of his own men because the soldier snored too loudly.{{Ref|ASOS|47}}

==History==
[[File:Aegon Death.png|400px|thumb|Gregor kills Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]] in front of Princess [[Elia Martell]], from ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' Blu-ray]]
As a young boy, eleven or twelve years old, Gregor caused his brother [[Sandor Clegane|Sandor]]'s facial scars by holding the younger boy's face to a hot brazier as punishment for playing with a toy he had discarded. Their father spread the story that the injuries were caused by bedding that had caught fire.{{Ref|AGOT|29}}

Four years later, Gregor was knighted by Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]],{{Ref|AGOT|29}} presumably prior to the [[tourney of Harrenhal]].<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Various_questions_concerning_Tywin_Oberyn_Gregor_the_North_and_Sansa Various questions concerning Tywin, Oberyn, Gregor, the North, and Sansa], April 15, 2008</ref> Gregor is a suspected [[Kinslaying|kinslayer]]; there are rumors that Gregor killed his father, sister, and his first two wives. [[Clegane's Keep|His keep]] is said to be a grim place where servants vanish unaccountably and even the dogs are afraid to enter the halls. On the day that Gregor came into his inheritance, Sandor entered the service of [[House Lannister]], never to return.{{Ref|AGOT|30}}

At the age of seventeen, Gregor participated in the [[Sack of King's Landing]] during [[Robert's Rebellion]]. He and Ser [[Amory Lorch]] scaled [[Maegor's Holdfast]] when the Lannister troops reached the [[Red Keep]]. Gregor entered the nursery of the infant Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]], son of Prince Rhaegar, and killed the baby present by dashing the boy's head against a wall. Then he raped and murdered Aegon's mother, Princess [[Elia Martell|Elia]], supposedly with the boy's blood and brains still on his hands.{{Ref|AGOT|30}}{{Ref|ACOK|17}}{{Ref|ASOS|53}} The identities of the two murderers have not been publicly confirmed in the recorded history,{{ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: The End}} although Gregor's involvement is common knowledge at [[Casterly Rock]].{{ref|ACOK|17}}

Gregor participated in the suppression of [[Greyjoy's Rebellion]].{{ref|AGOT|30}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Gregor Clegane Jousting.png|350px|thumb|Conan Stevens as Gregor during the [[Hand's tourney]] in ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.]]
[[File:Komarck Gregor Clegane FFG.jpg|thumb|350px|Gregor, by Michael Komarck ©]]
Ser Gregor and his brother [[Sandor Clegane|Sandor]] defeat several opponents in the [[Hand's tourney]]. Gregor slays Ser [[Hugh|Hugh of the Vale]] in his second joust when his lance rides up and pierces the new-made knight's throat. According to Sandor, Gregor noticed the knight's gorget was not fastened properly and Gregor purposely drove his lance there.{{Ref|AGOT|29}} Gregor defeats Ser [[Balon Swann]], but is finally unhorsed by Ser [[Loras Tyrell]], who rides a mare in heat to the joust, which unnerves Gregor's stallion. Gregor falls into a rage and kills his stallion with one blow of his sword. He then knocks the unprepared Loras from his courser and prepares to kill the young knight, but Sandor intervenes and the brothers duel. Gregor finally comes to his senses when King [[Robert I Baratheon]] orders him to stop.{{Ref|AGOT|30}}

After the tourney, Gregor rides back to his keep. Upon his journey home from the tourney with seven of his men, Gregor broods on his loss. An overflowing river detours the group to a nearby alehouse, where he and [[Mountain's men|his men]] gang rape the brewer's thirteen-year-old daughter, [[Layna]].{{Ref|ACOK|30}}

After [[Tyrion Lannister]] is kidnapped by [[Catelyn Stark]], Gregor is commanded by Tyrion's father, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], to raid the [[riverlands]] without banners, presenting himself as a common brigand.{{ref|AGOT|43}} This is to draw Catelyn's husband, Lord [[Eddard Stark]], the [[Hand of the King]], out into the field, but Eddard has been injured in the streets of [[King's Landing]].{{ref|AGOT|39}} Since Eddard cannot go and execute Gregor himself, Loras Tyrell volunteers to go in his place. Lord Stark instead chooses Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]] to command the party bringing Gregor to the king's justice.{{Ref|AGOT|43}}

King Robert is mortally wounded while hunting in the [[kingswood]], and he is succeeded by his eldest son, King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]].{{ref|AGOT|49}} Eddard is imprisoned in the [[black cells]].{{ref|AGOT|58}} Meanwhile, Beric's party is ambushed by Lannisters while crossing the [[Red Fork]], and Gregor attacks them as they retreat in the [[battle at the Mummer's Ford]].{{Ref|AGOT|55}} The Mountain also burns [[burning of Pinkmaiden Castle|Pinkmaiden]] and [[burning of Stone Hedge|Stone Hedge]].{{ref|AGOT|56}} He takes Stone Hedge's food, burns its harvest, and rapes a daughter of Lord [[Jonos Bracken]].{{ref|AGOT|71}}{{Ref|ADWD|48}}

[[Robb Stark]] leads a host of [[north]]men to rescue his father, Lord Eddard, and he divides his forces at the [[Twins]].{{ref|AGOT|59}} Gregor joins with Tywin's host and commands the vanguard and the left flank during the [[battle on the Green Fork]] against the northern host, leading by intimidation. Tywin places Tyrion under Gregor's command during the battle. In the first charge, Gregor's stallion is killed by [[House Karstark|Karstark]] spearmen, but the Mountain is unhurt and goes on fighting. After the Lannister victory, Tywin reveals that he had planned for the undisciplined left flank to collapse and for Robb to pursue them, only to then be crushed by the men of Tywin and his brother, Ser [[Kevan Lannister]]. The Lannisters learn that the northern host was led not by Robb but by Lord [[Roose Bolton]], however.{{Ref|AGOT|62}}

Gregor sits with Tywin's war council at the [[crossroads inn]] when they receive word that Tywin's elder son, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], of the [[Kingsguard]], was captured by Robb in the [[Battle in the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]], and Jaime's unsuspecting army at [[Riverrun]] was then defeated in the [[Battle of the Camps]]. After learning that Jaime's outriders had failed to scout the movements of the [[House Stark|Stark]] forces, Gregor suggests that the outriders be blinded. Tywin withdraws to [[Harrenhal]] but leaves Gregor, Ser [[Amory Lorch]], and [[Vargo Hoat]] to harry the riverlands, each of them commanding three hundred cavalry.{{Ref|AGOT|69}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Gregor Clegane Nordheimer.jpg|350px|thumb|Gregor and the [[Mountain's men]], by Nordheimer ©]]
[[Amerei Frey]] is widowed after her husband, Ser [[Pate of the Blue Fork]], is killed fighting Gregor.{{ref|ACOK|Appendix}}{{ref|ASOS|49}}

Gregor's band [[Sack of Darry|sacks Castle Darry]], where Gregor kills the eight-year-old Lord [[Lyman Darry]].{{ref|ACOK|7}} Gregor continues his raiding, causing enormous destruction and killing entire villages with impunity. For a time he unwittingly holds [[Arya Stark]] as a captive, and she witnesses many of his atrocities firsthand. Gregor silently watches as his men, such as the [[Tickler]], interrogate and torture [[smallfolk]]. When a peasant girl fights back after being raped by Gregor's men, the Mountain beheads her with his sword. Arya adds Gregor to her [[Arya_Stark#Arya_and_death|prayer kill list]].{{ref|ACOK|26}}

The Mountain's men march surviving captives from [[Gods Eye village|a village by the Gods Eye]] north to [[Harrenhal]], where they are forced into servitude to [[House Lannister]]. During the [[War of the Five Kings]], Gregor's band fights numerous skirmishes with the [[brotherhood without banners]]; one such skirmish results in Gregor supposedly killing [[Beric Dondarrion]] a second time.{{ref|ACOK|30}}

During the [[Battle of the Fords]], Gregor's band joins up with Tywin's host and attacks the crossing of the [[Red Fork]] at the [[Stone Mill]], which is fiercely defended by Ser [[Edmure Tully]]'s reserve. Gregor's force is pushed back, however, and he is forced to retreat.{{Ref|ACOK|45}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] is aware that [[Helman Tallhart]] and [[Robett Glover]] are leading a northern host toward [[Duskendale]], so he sends Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] to meet them. Meanwhile, Tywin has Gregor march up the [[kingsroad]] to cut off the northmen's retreat.{{ref|ASOS|4}} Randyll is victorious in the [[battle at Duskendale]],{{ref|ASOS|19}} and Gregor captures the retreating Robett.{{ref|ASOS|35}}

Gregor chases Lord [[Roose Bolton]]'s army as they march to the [[Twins]], taking several highborn captives including Ser [[Wylis Manderly]] in the [[fighting at the fords of the Trident]]. [[Ronnel Stout]] and Ser [[Kyle Condon]] are left behind by Roose to hold the river against Gregor.{{ref|ASOS|49}}

[[Sandor Clegane]] reveals to his captive, [[Arya Stark]], that he desires to kill his brother.{{ref|ASOS|47}}

After the [[Red Wedding]], Gregor crosses the Trident and seizes the [[ruby ford]].{{ref|ASOS|60}} Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] orders Gregor to [[capture of Harrenhal|retake Harrenhal]], which is held by [[Vargo Hoat]] and the [[Brave Companions]], and put the castle to the sword.{{ref|ASOS|53}}{{ref|ASOS|60}} Seeking revenge for having his foot cut off by Vargo, a cook at Harrenhal opens a postern gate for Gregor. Inside, the [[Mountain's men]] slaughter the inhabitants and the defenders (bar the cook who opened the gate, the castle [[smith]] [[Ben Blackthumb]] and a girl named [[Pia]] whom the Mountain and his men rape repeatedly). The Mountain gives special treatment to Vargo, who is known as "the Goat", forcing him to eat his own cooked limbs ("roast goat") and serving him to the captive northmen as well.{{ref|AFFC|27}}

Prince [[Oberyn Martell]], the Red Viper of [[Dorne]], comes to [[King's Landing]] to claim the seat on the [[small council]] on behalf of his brother [[Doran Martell|Doran]], the [[Prince of Dorne]]. Oberyn seeks justice for the murder of their sister, [[Elia Martell]], and her children, as was agreed with the acting [[Hand of the King]], [[Tyrion Lannister]].{{Ref|ASOS|38}} However, the new Hand, Tyrion's father Tywin, means to forgo that promise. Tywin plans on lying to Oberyn and claiming that the deceased Ser [[Amory Lorch]] was to blame for all three deaths. While Amory was guilty of the murder of Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]], he was not responsible for the deaths of Elia and Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]]. Tywin intends to keep Gregor far away from King's Landing during Oberyn's stay.{{Ref|ASOS|53}} He reveals he had the Mountain and others search for his son [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] when he learned of his release from [[Riverrun]], but Jaime arrives at the capital under the guard of [[Brienne of Tarth]].{{Ref|ASOS|62}}

[[File:Zippo514 RV vs Mountain.jpg|350px|thumb|Gregor fighting [[Oberyn Martell]], by Zippo514 ©]]

Tywin's plan to keep Gregor away is ruined when Tyrion is put on trial for [[Purple Wedding|the murder]] of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] and Tyrion's accuser, Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]], announces that her champion will be Gregor in the event of a [[trial by combat]]. Cersei names Gregor in order to thwart Tyrion from using [[Bronn]] or anyone else to defend him in a trial by combat given Gregor's monstrous reputation.{{Ref|ASOS|66}} This move, however, leads Elia's brother, Oberyn, on seeing a chance to fulfill [[House Martell]]'s long-held desire for vengeance against her murderer, to agree to champion Tyrion in opposition.{{ref|ASOS|66}}

Gregor fights in his usual style—with heavy armor, his thick oaken shield, and his greatsword in one hand—but Oberyn outfights him with speed and spear. Though most of Oberyn's attacks are deflected by Gregor's plate, Oberyn cleverly attacks the joints in the armor, and eventually wounds Gregor after the Mountain tires from chasing Oberyn. An angry Gregor kills a stableboy of the [[Red Keep]] during the duel. Though crippled by numerous wounds, Gregor manages to grab hold of Oberyn and smash in the Dornishman's face. Before killing Oberyn, however, Gregor roars that he killed Elia and Aegon for all to hear.{{Ref|ASOS|70}}

Gregor's wounds mortify, and Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] believes that Oberyn had treated his spear with [[poison]].{{ref|ASOS|72}} With Gregor having publicly confessed to killing Elia, Tywin fears Dorne might join [[Stannis Baratheon]], which could prolong the [[War of the Five Kings]] for years. Tywin planned on having Gregor executed to appease House Martell, but needed it to be seen that the [[King's Justice]] is the one who carries out the deed, not poison. Tywin commands Pycelle to heal Gregor, but Pycelle's efforts prove fruitless.{{Ref|ASOS|72}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Gregor's condition continues to deteriorate. The venom turns the blood in Gregor's body black with gangrene, and any leeches that touch him die instantly. His piss is full of pus, and the venom eats a hole the size of a fist in Gregor's side. His screams of agony are so loud they can be heard in the entire [[Red Keep]], and wake several people up during the night. [[Qyburn]] concludes that the poison was [[manticore]] venom thickened with sorcery to draw out the Mountain's dying instead of killing him instantly. Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] suggests that Gregor be executed by Ser [[Ilyn Payne]], but she agrees to instead let Qyburn continue studying the poison.{{Ref|AFFC|7}}

Qyburn brings the insensible and dying Gregor to the dungeons below the Red Keep.{{Ref|AFFC|7}} Cersei later reports to the [[small council]] that Gregor has died.{{ref|AFFC|17}} The [[Mountain's skull]] is to be sent to [[Sunspear]] in Dorne as restitution for the deaths of [[Elia Martell|Elia]] and her children.{{ref|AFFC|2}} Qyburn says it took beetles many hours to clean flesh from the [[bone]].{{Ref|AFFC|17}}

Qyburn later mentions working on creating an unbeatable champion for Cersei, and uses several female prisoners in his experiments.{{Ref|AFFC|24}}{{Ref|AFFC|32}} He has her order a suit of plate armor so thick and heavy that the [[armorer]] who created it states that no man is strong enough to move and fight in it.{{Ref|AFFC|32}}

Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] arrives at [[Harrenhal]], which is held by the [[Mountain's men]], and informs the soldiers they can either serve Ser [[Bonifer Hasty]], the new castellan of Harrenhal, or join Jaime's host for the [[siege of Riverrun]]. Bonifer later tells Jaime that he refuses to take any of the sinners into his service, however.{{ref|AFFC|27}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:Ser_robert_strong.jpg|thumb|Ser Robert Strong by [http://www.deviantart.com/art/Ser-Robert-Strong-365909658 Robert O'Leary] ]]
The [[Mountain's skull]] is brought to Sunspear by Ser [[Balon Swann]] of the [[Kingsguard]], and is presented to Prince [[Doran Martell]], Princess [[Arianne Martell]], and the eldest of the Oberyn's eight [[Sand Snakes|bastard daughters]] ([[Obara Sand|Obara]], [[Tyene Sand|Tyene]] and [[Nymeria Sand]]). Obara ponders if the head is really Gregor's. Doran notes that it is certainly large enough to be so and Tyene confirms that if the poison her father used so much as broke the Mountain's skin, then Gregor is dead.{{Ref|ADWD|38}}

The death of Ser [[Arys Oakheart]] in Dorne leaves a vacancy on the Kingsguard of King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]], so the imprisoned Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] requests that the white cloak be brought to Qyburn.{{Ref|ADWD|54}} During Cersei's [[walk of atonement]], Qybyrn reveals an enormous eight-foot-tall knight encased from head to heel in gleaming white armor.{{Ref|ADWD|65}}

Other members of the Kingsguard claim that their new brother does not eat, sleep, drink, or even visit the privy. He is not seen without his armor and never removes his helm. At no time has he spoken and it is claimed by Qyburn that he has taken a holy vow of silence until Cersei's innocence is proven and the realm purged of evil. He wears a helm bearing seven plumes in the colors of the [[Faith of the Seven|Faith]], and his cloak of office is clasped with icons in the shape of seven-pointed stars. Though he is introduced as Ser [[Robert Strong]], many in the [[Red Keep]] have guessed the identity of the silent giant. Given the skull being sent to Dorne, Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] wonders what will be revealed if Robert's helmet is ever removed.{{Ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}

==Quotes by Gregor==
{{Quote|A man who sees nothing has no use for his eyes, cut them out and give them to your next outrider. Tell him you hope that four eyes might see better than two ... and if not, the man after him will have six.{{Ref|AGOT|69}}|Gregor after the [[Battle of the Camps]]}}

{{Quote|'''Oberyn''': Have they told you who I am? 
'''Gregor''': Some dead man.{{ref|ASOS|70}}|[[Oberyn Martell]] and Gregor}}

{{Quote|[[Elia Martell|Elia of Dorne]]. I killed [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|her screaming whelp]]. Then I raped her. Then I smashed her fucking head in. Like this.{{Ref|ASOS|70}}|Gregor to [[Oberyn Martell]]}}

==Quotes about Gregor==
[[File:Gregor Clegane.jpg|thumb|Gregor, by Amok ©]]
{{Quote|No one could ever withstand Gregor.{{Ref|AGOT|29}}|[[Sandor Clegane]] to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|'''Pycelle''': The man is an anointed [[knight]]. 
'''Marq''': A false knight! Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin's]] mad dog.{{Ref|AGOT|43}}|[[Pycelle]] and [[Marq Piper]]}}

{{Quote|That beast's head would make a noble gift for all the people of [[Seven Kingdoms|the realm]], I vow.{{Ref|ACOK|7}}|[[Brynden Tully]] to [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Ser Gregor has served us well. No other [[knight]] in [[Seven Kingdoms|the realm]] inspires such terror in our enemies.{{Ref|ASOS|53}}|[[Tywin Lannister]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|'''Ellaria''': You are going to fight [[Gregor Clegane|that]]? 
'''Oberyn''': I am going to kill that.{{Ref|ASOS|70}}|[[Ellaria Sand]] and [[Oberyn Martell]]}}

{{Quote|The flesh mortifies and the wounds ooze pus. Even maggots will not touch such foulness. His convulsions are so violent that I have had to gag him to prevent him from biting off his own tongue. I have cut away as much tissue as I dare, and treated the rot with boiling wine and bread mold, to no avail. The veins in his arms are turning black. When I leeched him, all the leeches died.{{Ref|ASOS|72}}|[[Pycelle]] to the [[small council]]}}

{{Quote|'''Qyburn''': It is a wonder that the man is still alive, if truth be told. 
'''Cersei''': His size. Gregor is a very large man. Also a very stupid one. Too stupid to know when he should die, it seems.{{Ref|AFFC|7}}|[[Qyburn]] and [[Cersei Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|If ever a man deserved to die screaming, it was Gregor Clegane.{{Ref|ADWD|38}}|[[Doran Martell]] to [[Balon Swann]]}}

==Family==
{{Clegane tree}}

==See also==
* [[Gregor Clegane/Theories]]
* [[Robert Strong/Theories]]
* [http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/ Gregor Clegane] on the Game of Thrones wiki.

==References==
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Hobert Hightower

2024-08-07T18:45:11Z

Arek: /* History */

{{For|the Lord Hightower called Hobert in ''[[House of the Dragon]]''|Lord Hightower}}
{{Infobox character
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| title = Ser
| firstname = Hobert
| lastname = Hightower
| image =
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| Alias =
| Title = [[Knight|Ser]]
| Allegiance = [[House Hightower]] [[Greens]] [[Caltrops]]
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| Culture = [[Reach]]
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| Place_of_Birth =
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|70}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Hobert Hightower|Hobert Hightower]] calculation.''</ref>
| Place_of_Death = [[Tumbleton]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|130}}
| Books = ''[[Fire & Blood]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Rise of the Dragon]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Princess and the Queen]]'' (mentioned)
| Coat-of-arms =
}}

'''Hobert Hightower''' was a [[knight]] from [[House Hightower]] during the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}} He may have been a [[landed knight]].<ref group="N" name="Knight">Horbert Hightower was a member of the Caltrops, a group of conspirators only composed of lords and landed knights from the Reach (''[[Fire & Blood]]'', ''The Dying of the Dragons: Rhaenyra Overthrown''). As [[Ormund Hightower]] was the [[Lord of the Hightower]] and Hobert is only referred to as "Ser" in the text, it is more likely he was a landed knight.</ref>

==Appearance and Character==
Hobert was as stout as he was slow. He did not distinguish himself until late in life.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}} Hobert had a splendid [[silk]]en pavilion.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

==History==
Hobert fought in the [[Dance of the Dragons]] on the side of his kin, King [[Aegon II Targaryen]]. He was in charge of the baggage train for his cousin, Lord [[Ormund Hightower]]. At the age of sixty, Hobert was given command of the [[greens]]' army, as he was the most senior [[House Hightower|Hightower]] remaining after Ormund's death in the [[First Battle of Tumbleton]]. Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Daeron Targaryen]] ordered Hobert to stop the sack of [[Tumbleton]], but Hobert failed miserably.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

Along with Lord [[Unwin Peake]], Hobert was a leader of the [[Caltrops]], who conspired to kill the [[Two Betrayers]], [[Hugh Hammer]] and [[Ulf White]], after the treacherous [[dragonseed]]s announced their intention to take the [[Iron Throne]]. During the [[Second Battle of Tumbleton]], one of the Caltrops, Ser [[Jon Roxton]], had killed Hugh Hammer, but Ulf had [[alcoholism|drunkenly]] slept through the entire battle. After the battle, Hobert brought two casks of [[wine]] to Ulf, one [[Arbor]] gold and one [[Dornish]] red, to drink while they discussed Ulf's plan to attack [[King's Landing]]. As Ulf was known to prefer sweet wines, the Arbor gold was [[poison]]ed, and Hobert had intended to reserve the sour red for himself. Unfortunately, Hobert was sweating and stammering and far too enthusiastic, leading the suspicious Ulf to insist that Hobert share the Arbor gold with him. Instead of betraying his allies, Hobert had his [[squire]] pour him a cup of wine, drank it, and asked for a second cup. This satisfied Ulf, who quickly drank three cups of the poisoned wine. After Ulf fell unconscious, Hobert tried to make himself vomit, but it was too late and he succumbed to the poisons effect falling unconscious. They both died within the hour, their hearts stopped, the poison that had been used killed painlessly and neither man had suffered. {{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|[[Two Betrayers|Any man]] can be killed, but what of the [[dragon]]s?{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}|Hobert, asking the other [[Caltrops]] what they should do about [[Vermithor]] and [[Silverwing]]}}

{{Quote|History has little good to say about Ser Hobert Hightower, but no man can question the manner of his death. Rather than [[Poison|betray]] his fellow [[Caltrops]], he let the squire [[wine|fill his cup]], drank deep, and asked for more.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}|writings of [[Gyldayn]]}}

{{Quote|No man ever feared Ser Hobert's sword, but his [[wine]] cup was deadlier than [[Valyrian steel]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}|[[Mushroom]], about Hobert}}

==Family==
{{Hightower tree Dance}}

==Notes==
{{Notes}}

==References==
{{References}}

{{Caltrops}}

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Hobert Hightower

2024-08-07T18:43:25Z

Arek: /* History */

{{For|the Lord Hightower called Hobert in ''[[House of the Dragon]]''|Lord Hightower}}
{{Infobox character
| arms = Hightower
| title = Ser
| firstname = Hobert
| lastname = Hightower
| image =
| image_caption =
| Alias =
| Title = [[Knight|Ser]]
| Allegiance = [[House Hightower]] [[Greens]] [[Caltrops]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Reach]]
| Spouse =
| Place_of_Birth =
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|70}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Hobert Hightower|Hobert Hightower]] calculation.''</ref>
| Place_of_Death = [[Tumbleton]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|130}}
| Books = ''[[Fire & Blood]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Rise of the Dragon]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Princess and the Queen]]'' (mentioned)
| Coat-of-arms =
}}

'''Hobert Hightower''' was a [[knight]] from [[House Hightower]] during the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}} He may have been a [[landed knight]].<ref group="N" name="Knight">Horbert Hightower was a member of the Caltrops, a group of conspirators only composed of lords and landed knights from the Reach (''[[Fire & Blood]]'', ''The Dying of the Dragons: Rhaenyra Overthrown''). As [[Ormund Hightower]] was the [[Lord of the Hightower]] and Hobert is only referred to as "Ser" in the text, it is more likely he was a landed knight.</ref>

==Appearance and Character==
Hobert was as stout as he was slow. He did not distinguish himself until late in life.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}} Hobert had a splendid [[silk]]en pavilion.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

==History==
Hobert fought in the [[Dance of the Dragons]] on the side of his kin, King [[Aegon II Targaryen]]. He was in charge of the baggage train for his cousin, Lord [[Ormund Hightower]]. At the age of sixty, Hobert was given command of the [[greens]]' army, as he was the most senior [[House Hightower|Hightower]] remaining after Ormund's death in the [[First Battle of Tumbleton]]. Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Daeron Targaryen]] ordered Hobert to stop the sack of [[Tumbleton]], but Hobert failed miserably.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

Along with Lord [[Unwin Peake]], Hobert was a leader of the [[Caltrops]], who conspired to kill the [[Two Betrayers]], [[Hugh Hammer]] and [[Ulf White]], after the treacherous [[dragonseed]]s announced their intention to take the [[Iron Throne]]. During the [[Second Battle of Tumbleton]], one of the Caltrops, Ser [[Jon Roxton]], had killed Hugh Hammer, but Ulf had [[alcoholism|drunkenly]] slept through the entire battle. After the battle, Hobert brought two casks of [[wine]] to Ulf, one [[Arbor]] gold and one [[Dornish]] red, to drink while they discussed Ulf's plan to attack [[King's Landing]]. As Ulf was known to prefer sweet wines, the Arbor gold was [[poison]]ed, and Hobert had intended to reserve the sour red for himself. Unfortunately, Hobert was sweating and stammering and far too enthusiastic, leading the suspicious Ulf to insist that Hobert share the Arbor gold with him. Instead of betraying his allies, Hobert had his [[squire]] pour him a cup of wine, drank it, and asked for a second cup. This satisfied Ulf, who quickly drank three cups of the poisoned wine. After Ulf fell unconscious, Hobert tried to make himself vomit, but it was too late and he succumbed to the poisons effect falling unconscious. They both died peacefully within the hour, their hearts stopped as the poison selected had been painless. {{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|[[Two Betrayers|Any man]] can be killed, but what of the [[dragon]]s?{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}|Hobert, asking the other [[Caltrops]] what they should do about [[Vermithor]] and [[Silverwing]]}}

{{Quote|History has little good to say about Ser Hobert Hightower, but no man can question the manner of his death. Rather than [[Poison|betray]] his fellow [[Caltrops]], he let the squire [[wine|fill his cup]], drank deep, and asked for more.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}|writings of [[Gyldayn]]}}

{{Quote|No man ever feared Ser Hobert's sword, but his [[wine]] cup was deadlier than [[Valyrian steel]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}|[[Mushroom]], about Hobert}}

==Family==
{{Hightower tree Dance}}

==Notes==
{{Notes}}

==References==
{{References}}

{{Caltrops}}

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Ulf White

2024-08-07T18:38:48Z

Arek: /* History */

{{Infobox character
| firstname = Ulf
| lastname = White
| image = Ulf the White.jpeg
| image_caption = Art by [http://enife.deviantart.com/art/The-Princess-and-the-Queen-431753079 Enife]
| Alias = Ulf the White{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}} Ulf the Sot{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}} The Betrayer{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}
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| Race = Uncertain {{S|[[Valyrians|Valyrian]] descent}}
| Culture = [[Crownlands]]
| Spouse =
| Place_of_Birth = [[Dragonstone]]
| Date_of_Birth =
| Place_of_Death = [[Tumbleton]]
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|130}}
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[Fire & Blood]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Rise of the Dragon]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Princess and the Queen]]'' (mentioned)
| Coat-of-arms =
| TV_series = ''[[House of the Dragon]]'': [[House of the Dragon - Season 2|Season 2]]
| Played_by = [[w:Tom Bennett (actor)|Tom Bennett]]
}}

'''Ulf White''',{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}} also known as '''Ulf the White''' and '''Ulf the Sot''', was a [[dragonseed]] who became a [[dragonrider]] during the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}

In the television adaptation ''[[House of the Dragon]]'', Ulf is portrayed by [[w:Tom Bennett (actor)|Tom Bennett]].<ref>Deadline: [https://deadline.com/2023/12/house-of-the-dragon-season-2-cast-teaser-trailer-1235649459/ Season 2 Cast and Teaser Trailer (December 2, 2023)]</ref>

==Appearance and Character==
Ulf was pale-haired and named for his white hair.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}} Although Ulf had Valyrian features and was able to successfully bond with a dragon, his parentage was not stated - and it is possible that Ulf himself did not know exactly which Targaryen he descended from.

Ulf was known for his drinking.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}} He could not read or write.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

==History==
A [[dragonseed]] of [[Dragonstone]], Ulf the White was a [[man-at-arms]] when the [[Dance of the Dragons]] began. When Prince [[Jacaerys Velaryon]] called for [[dragonrider]]s in {{Date|129}}, Ulf was able to mount [[Silverwing]]. Ulf and his fellow dragonseeds—[[Hugh Hammer]], [[Nettles]], and [[Addam Velaryon]]—fought valiantly besides Jacaerys in the [[Battle of the Gullet]], but Jace fell during the battle.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}} The dragonrider began to call himself "Ulf White".{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

After the [[fall of King's Landing]], Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] suggested that Ulf be wed to the daughter of the late Lord [[House Stokeworth|Stokeworth]], but Rhaenyra declined. The queen instead granted [[knight]]hood to Ulf and Hugh and granted them lands on [[Driftmark]]. According to [[Mushroom]], a drunken Ulf rode through [[Flea Bottom]] wearing only golden spurs.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}} When Daemon suggested that Houses [[House Baratheon|Baratheon]] and [[House Lannister|Lannister]] should be destroyed for their support of King [[Aegon II Targaryen]], he proposed granting [[Storm's End]] to Ulf, but after Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] opposed the idea, Rhaenyra refused the suggestion.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

In {{Date|130}}, Ulf White and Hugh Hammer were sent to help the [[blacks]] defend the town of [[Tumbleton]] from Lord [[Ormund Hightower]]'s approaching [[host]]. During the [[First Battle of Tumbleton]], however, the [[Two Betrayers]] defected to the [[greens]]. Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Daeron Targaryen]] named Ulf as Lord of [[Bitterbridge]], but Ulf desired to receive [[Highgarden]] as his seat, not considering Bitterbridge to be sufficient. According to Mushroom, Ulf raped three [[maiden]]s each night and fed those who displeased him to his [[dragon]], Silverwing.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}} Ulf took the [[Bawdy Badger]] as his favored inn.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

The [[Caltrops]] conspired to kill both Ulf and Hugh Hammer. Lord [[Unwin Peake]] had warrants for their executions drawn up, which were signed by Prince Daeron. The day that the Caltrops planned to strike, however, the [[Second Battle of Tumbleton]] took place. Ulf survived the battle, drunkenly sleeping through every attempt to wake him. When he learned that Hugh had died during the battle, Ulf informed Lord Peake that he was going to claim the [[Iron Throne]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

The next day, Ser [[Hobert Hightower]] brought Ulf two casks of [[wine]], one Dornish red and one [[Arbor gold]]. As Ulf preferred the sweeter vintage, the Arbor gold had been [[poison]]ed. Suspicious of Hobert's behavior, Ulf commanded the Dornish red to be set aside, and only dared drink from the poisoned Arbor gold after he had seen Hobert drink from it himself. After Hobert asked for a second cup, Ulf drank three cups himself, and soon fell asleep before dying peacefully due to the poison.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

==Quotes by Ulf==
{{Quote|'''Hugh''': We are [[knight]]s now, truly. '''Ulf''': Fie on that, we should be [[lord]]s.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}|[[Hugh Hammer]] and Ulf}}

==Quotes about Ulf==
{{Quote|Ser Ulf gave himself entirely over to drunkenness, drowning himself in wine and [[Prostitution|flesh]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}|writings of [[Gyldayn]]}}

==References==
{{References}}

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Chiswyck

2024-07-01T18:33:02Z

Arek: /* Appearance and Character */

{{Infobox character
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| Title =
| Allegiance = [[House Clegane]]
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| Culture = [[Westermen]]
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| Place_of_Birth = [[Westerlands]]{{Ref|AWOIAF|Chiswyck}}
| Date_of_Birth =
| Place_of_Death = [[Harrenhal]]
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|299}}
| Books = [[A Clash of Kings]] (appears) [[A Storm of Swords]] (mentioned)
| coat-of-arms =
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'''Chiswyck''' is a [[The Mountain's men|man-at-arms in service]] to Ser [[Gregor Clegane]].

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Chiswyck|Images of Chiswyck]]''
He is old and stoop-shouldered, with a sadistic temperament that he masks with an outward jovial personality.{{ref|acok|26}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
Chiswyck is one of Ser [[Gregor Clegane]]'s [[The Mountain's men|men]] at arms and is part of the group that captures [[Arya Stark]], [[Gendry]] and [[Hot Pie]] in the [[Riverlands]]. When Arya tries to bite him, he hits her in the face. He sometimes aided the [[Tickler]] in torturing the smallfolk.{{ref|acok|26}} For this, Arya adds him to her [[Arya_Stark#Arya_and_Death|prayer kill list]].{{ref|ACOK|26}}

Chiswyck tells a story about the gang rape of an [[Layna|innkeeper's daughter]] that Gregor and the men had instigated, laughing as he recalls the details. Arya overhears this, and whispers his name into the ear of [[Jaqen H'ghar]] as the first of her three promised deaths. H'ghar, obliging, pushes him off a wall three days later.{{ref|acok|30}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|'''Hot Pie:''' I don’t want to go there. There’s ghosts in there. 
'''Chiswyck:''' Baker boy, here’s your choice. Come join the ghosts, or be one.{{Ref|aCoK|26}}|[[Hot Pie]] and Chiswyck, on entering [[Harrenhal]]}}

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Gregor Clegane

2023-07-26T15:39:02Z

Arek: /* Appearance and Character */

{{Hatnote|"Gregor" redirects here. For the member of the Kingsguard, see [[Gregor Goode]].}}
{{Infobox character
| Character_name = [[File:House Clegane.svg|50px|left]] Gregor Clegane [[File:House Clegane.svg|50px|right]]
| image = [[File:GregorCleganebyJohn Stanko.jpg|300px]]
| image_caption = Gregor, by John Stanko © Fantasy Flight Games
| Alias = The Mountain That Rides{{Ref|AGOT|29}} The Mountain{{Ref|AGOT|29}} Lord Tywin's mad dog{{Ref|AGOT|43}} The Enormity That Rides{{Ref|ASOS|38}} The great dog{{Ref|ASOS|43}}
| Title = [[Knight|Ser]] Knight of [[Clegane's Keep]]
| Allegiance = [[House Clegane]] [[House Lannister]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Westermen]]
| Father = [[Clegane (father of Gregor and Sandor)|Clegane]]
| Mother =
| Spouse = Three unknown wives
| Place_of_Birth =
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|265}} or {{Date|266}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Gregor Clegane|Gregor Clegane]] calculation.''</ref>
| Place_of_Death = the [[Red Keep]]
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|300}}
| Books = ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (appears) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (appears) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (appears) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Winds of Winter]]'' (mentioned)
| coat-of-arms =
| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#Conan Stevens, Gregor Clegane|Conan Stevens]] ~ [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] [[w:Ian Whyte (actor)|Ian Whyte]] ~ [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] [[List of actors of the televised series|Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson]] ~ [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]] - [[Game of Thrones - Season 8|Season 8]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 5|Season 5]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 6|Season 6]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 7|Season 7]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 8|Season 8]]
}}

Ser '''Gregor Clegane''' is the [[Knight]] of [[Clegane's Keep]] and the head of [[House Clegane]], a [[landed knight]] and [[bannerman]] to [[House Lannister]] of [[Casterly Rock]]. Gregor is a freakishly large man and for this he is often called '''the Mountain That Rides''' or simply '''the Mountain'''. His soldiers are known as the [[Mountain's men]].

In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', Gregor is played by [[w:Conan Stevens|Conan Stevens]] ([[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]]), [[w:Ian Whyte (actor)|Ian Whyte]] ([[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]]), and [[w:Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson|Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson]] ([[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]] - [[Game of Thrones - Season 8|Season 8]]).<ref>[http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html#/game-of-thrones/cast-and-crew.html/eNrjcmbOYC5kzlfPz0lxzEvMqSzJTA5ITE-1S8xN1SzLTEnNh4k65+eVpFaUsEknlpbkF+QkVtqWFJWmcjIysgEhAGCyFzg= HBO: Game of Thrones: cast and crew]</ref>

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Gregor Clegane|Images of Gregor Clegane]]''

Gregor is well known for his size, cruelty, and prowess in battle. He is extremely tall, being close to eight feet in height{{ref|AGOT|30}} (or 2,4 meters). He has "massive shoulders and arms thick as the trunk of small trees",{{Ref|AGOT|30}} and a voice like stone breaking. Gregor weighs over thirty stone{{ref|ASOS|70}} (420 lbs, or 190 kgs), nearly all of it muscle, making him near inhumanly strong. Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] when pondering who is physically stronger than him, thinks that both the Clegane brothers are for a certainty, but that of the two, the Mountains strength is ''like nothing human''.{{Ref|ASOS|21}}

Gregor wears the heaviest, thickest [[steel]] plate armor in the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. Dull grey in color and battle-scarred,{{ref|AGOT|62}} his armor is so heavy that no ordinary man would be able to move, let alone fight effectively while wearing it.{{Ref|ASOS|70}} Below the plate he wears chainmail and boiled leather. He also wears a plate helm with only a narrow slit for vision, atop of which is a stone fist punching up towards the sky. The Mountain's strength allows him to wield a six-foot, two-handed greatsword with just one hand,{{ref|AGOT|62}} giving him enormous reach while still wielding a shield. Such is the power of Gregor's strength that he has been known to hack men in half with just a single blow.{{Ref|ASOS|70}} Gregor's massive oaken shield is rimmed in black [[iron]], and it bears the three black dogs of [[House Clegane]] on a yellow field.{{Ref|ASOS|70}} He rides huge stallions,{{ref|AGOT|30}}{{ref|AGOT|62}} one of which is as ill-tempered as its rider.{{ref|ACOK|38}}

The violent Gregor is a sadistic murderer and rapist.{{ref|ACOK|30}}{{ref|ASOS|70}}{{ref|ADWD|48}} Lady [[Catelyn Stark]] thinks he has an evil reputation, and Ser [[Brynden Tully]] compares him to a "frothing dog".{{Ref|ACOK|7}} Despite being a dim{{ref|ASOS|44}}<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [https://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/To_Be_Continued_Chicago_IL_May_6_83 To Be Continued (Chicago, IL; May 6-8)], May 07, 2005</ref> and brutal man, he has excellent warrior instincts.{{Ref|ASOS|70}} The Mountain is solitary, never leaving his own lands except for wars or [[tourney]]s.{{Ref|AGOT|30}}

Gregor has at least two [[squire]]s, including [[Joss Stilwood]]{{Ref|ACOK|30}} and an unnamed [[pimply squire|pimply Sarsfield squire]].{{Ref|AWOIAF|Arya Stark}} According to Joss, Gregor constantly suffers from extreme headaches and consumes vast quantities of [[milk of the poppy]] to try and dull the pain. The cause of these headaches is unknown, perhaps due to some condition of his gigantism, though [[Merrett Frey]]'s experiences indicate that a tourney injury or head blow in battle can be debilitating.{{Ref|AFFC|7}} The [[Mountain's men]] often refer to him simply as "Ser".{{Ref|ACOK|30}}{{Ref|ASOS|74}}{{Ref|AFFC|27}} According to his brother, [[Sandor Clegane]], Gregor once killed one of his own men because the soldier snored too loudly.{{Ref|ASOS|47}}

==History==
[[File:Aegon Death.png|400px|thumb|Gregor kills Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]] in front of Princess [[Elia Martell]], from ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' Blu-ray]]
As a young boy, eleven or twelve years old, Gregor caused his brother [[Sandor Clegane|Sandor]]'s facial scars by holding the younger boy's face to a hot brazier as punishment for playing with a toy he had discarded. Their father spread the story that the injuries were caused by bedding that had caught fire.{{Ref|AGOT|29}}

Four years later, Gregor was knighted by Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]],{{Ref|AGOT|29}} presumably prior to the [[tourney of Harrenhal]].<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Various_questions_concerning_Tywin_Oberyn_Gregor_the_North_and_Sansa Various questions concerning Tywin, Oberyn, Gregor, the North, and Sansa], April 15, 2008</ref> Gregor is a suspected [[Kinslaying|kinslayer]]; there are rumors that Gregor killed his father, sister, and his first two wives. [[Clegane's Keep|His keep]] is said to be a grim place where servants vanish unaccountably and even the dogs are afraid to enter the halls. On the day that Gregor came into his inheritance, Sandor entered the service of [[House Lannister]], never to return.{{Ref|AGOT|30}}

At the age of seventeen, Gregor participated in the [[Sack of King's Landing]] during [[Robert's Rebellion]]. He and Ser [[Amory Lorch]] scaled [[Maegor's Holdfast]] when the Lannister troops reached the [[Red Keep]]. Gregor entered the nursery of the infant Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]], son of Prince Rhaegar, and killed the baby present by dashing the boy's head against a wall. Then he raped and murdered Aegon's mother, Princess [[Elia Martell|Elia]], supposedly with the boy's blood and brains still on his hands.{{Ref|AGOT|30}}{{Ref|ACOK|17}}{{Ref|ASOS|53}} The identities of the two murderers have not been publicly confirmed in the recorded history,{{ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: The End}} although Gregor's involvement is common knowledge at [[Casterly Rock]].{{ref|ACOK|17}}

Gregor participated in the suppression of [[Greyjoy's Rebellion]].{{ref|AGOT|30}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Gregor Clegane Jousting.png|350px|thumb|Conan Stevens as Gregor during the [[Hand's tourney]] in ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.]]
[[File:Komarck Gregor Clegane FFG.jpg|thumb|350px|Gregor, by Michael Komarck ©]]
Ser Gregor and his brother [[Sandor Clegane|Sandor]] defeat several opponents in the [[Hand's tourney]]. Gregor slays Ser [[Hugh|Hugh of the Vale]] in his second joust when his lance rides up and pierces the new-made knight's throat. According to Sandor, Gregor noticed the knight's gorget was not fastened properly and Gregor purposely drove his lance there.{{Ref|AGOT|29}} Gregor defeats Ser [[Balon Swann]], but is finally unhorsed by Ser [[Loras Tyrell]], who rides a mare in heat to the joust, which unnerves Gregor's stallion. Gregor falls into a rage and kills his stallion with one blow of his sword. He then knocks the unprepared Loras from his courser and prepares to kill the young knight, but Sandor intervenes and the brothers duel. Gregor finally comes to his senses when King [[Robert I Baratheon]] orders him to stop.{{Ref|AGOT|30}}

After the tourney, Gregor rides back to his keep. Upon his journey home from the tourney with seven of his men, Gregor broods on his loss. An overflowing river detours the group to a nearby alehouse, where he and [[Mountain's men|his men]] gang rape the brewer's thirteen-year-old daughter, [[Layna]].{{Ref|ACOK|30}}

After [[Tyrion Lannister]] is kidnapped by [[Catelyn Stark]], Gregor is commanded by Tyrion's father, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], to raid the [[riverlands]] without banners, presenting himself as a common brigand.{{ref|AGOT|43}} This is to draw Catelyn's husband, Lord [[Eddard Stark]], the [[Hand of the King]], out into the field, but Eddard has been injured in the streets of [[King's Landing]].{{ref|AGOT|39}} Since Eddard cannot go and execute Gregor himself, Loras Tyrell volunteers to go in his place. Lord Stark instead chooses Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]] to command the party bringing Gregor to the king's justice.{{Ref|AGOT|43}}

King Robert is mortally wounded while hunting in the [[kingswood]], and he is succeeded by his eldest son, King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]].{{ref|AGOT|49}} Eddard is imprisoned in the [[black cells]].{{ref|AGOT|58}} Meanwhile, Beric's party is ambushed by Lannisters while crossing the [[Red Fork]], and Gregor attacks them as they retreat in the [[battle at the Mummer's Ford]].{{Ref|AGOT|55}} The Mountain also burns [[burning of Pinkmaiden Castle|Pinkmaiden]] and [[burning of Stone Hedge|Stone Hedge]].{{ref|AGOT|56}} He takes Stone Hedge's food, burns its harvest, and rapes a daughter of Lord [[Jonos Bracken]].{{ref|AGOT|71}}{{Ref|ADWD|48}}

[[Robb Stark]] leads a host of [[north]]men to rescue his father, Lord Eddard, and he divides his forces at the [[Twins]].{{ref|AGOT|59}} Gregor joins with Tywin's host and commands the vanguard and the left flank during the [[battle on the Green Fork]] against the northern host, leading by intimidation. Tywin places Tyrion under Gregor's command during the battle. In the first charge, Gregor's stallion is killed by [[House Karstark|Karstark]] spearmen, but the Mountain is unhurt and goes on fighting. After the Lannister victory, Tywin reveals that he had planned for the undisciplined left flank to collapse and for Robb to prusue them, only to then be crushed by the men of Tywin and his brother, Ser [[Kevan Lannister]]. The Lannisters learn that the northern host was led not by Robb but by Lord [[Roose Bolton]], however.{{Ref|AGOT|62}}

Gregor sits with Tywin's war council at the [[crossroads inn]] when they receive word that Tywin's elder son, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], of the [[Kingsguard]], was captured by Robb in the [[Battle in the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]], and Jaime's unsuspecting army at [[Riverrun]] was then defeated in the [[Battle of the Camps]]. After learning that Jaime's outriders had failed to scout the movements of the [[House Stark|Stark]] forces, Gregor suggests that the outriders be blinded. Tywin withdraws to [[Harrenhal]] but leaves Gregor, Ser [[Amory Lorch]], and [[Vargo Hoat]] to harry the riverlands, each of them commanding three hundred cavalry.{{Ref|AGOT|69}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Gregor Clegane Nordheimer.jpg|350px|thumb|Gregor and the [[Mountain's men]], by Nordheimer ©]]
[[Amerei Frey]] is widowed after her husband, Ser [[Pate of the Blue Fork]], is killed fighting Gregor.{{ref|ACOK|Appendix}}{{ref|ASOS|49}}

Gregor's band [[Sack of Darry|sacks Castle Darry]], where Gregor kills the eight-year-old Lord [[Lyman Darry]].{{ref|ACOK|7}} Gregor continues his raiding, causing enormous destruction and killing entire villages with impunity. For a time he unwittingly holds [[Arya Stark]] as a captive, and she witnesses many of his atrocities firsthand. Gregor silently watches as his men, such as the [[Tickler]], interrogate and torture [[smallfolk]]. When a peasant girl fights back after being raped by Gregor's men, the Mountain beheads her with his sword. Arya adds Gregor to her [[Arya_Stark#Arya_and_death|prayer kill list]].{{ref|ACOK|26}}

The Mountain's men march surviving captives to [[Harrenhal]], where they are forced into servitude to [[House Lannister]]. During the [[War of the Five Kings]], Gregor's band fights numerous skirmishes with the [[brotherhood without banners]]; one such skirmish results in Gregor supposedly killing [[Beric Dondarrion]] a second time.{{ref|ACOK|30}}

During the [[Battle of the Fords]], Gregor's band joins up with Tywin's host and attacks the crossing of the [[Red Fork]] at the [[Stone Mill]], which is fiercely defended by Ser [[Edmure Tully]]'s reserve. Gregor's force is pushed back, however, and he is forced to retreat.{{Ref|ACOK|45}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] is aware that [[Helman Tallhart]] and [[Robett Glover]] are leading a northern host toward [[Duskendale]], so he sends Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] to meet them. Meanwhile, Tywin has Gregor march up the [[kingsroad]] to cut off the northmen's retreat.{{ref|ASOS|4}} Randyll is victorious in the [[battle at Duskendale]],{{ref|ASOS|19}} and Gregor captures the retreating Robett.{{ref|ASOS|35}}

Gregor chases Lord [[Roose Bolton]]'s army as they march to the [[Twins]], taking several highborn captives including Ser [[Wylis Manderly]] in the [[fighting at the fords of the Trident]]. [[Ronnel Stout]] and Ser [[Kyle Condon]] are left behind by Roose to hold the river against Gregor.{{ref|ASOS|49}}

[[Sandor Clegane]] reveals to his captive, [[Arya Stark]], that he desires to kill his brother.{{ref|ASOS|47}}

After the [[Red Wedding]], Gregor crosses the Trident and seizes the [[ruby ford]].{{ref|ASOS|60}} Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] orders Gregor to [[capture of Harrenhal|retake Harrenhal]], which is held by [[Vargo Hoat]] and the [[Brave Companions]], and put the castle to the sword.{{ref|ASOS|53}}{{ref|ASOS|60}} Seeking revenge for having his foot cut off by Vargo, a cook at Harrenhal opens a postern gate for Gregor. Inside, the [[Mountain's men]] slaughter the inhabitants and the defenders (bar the cook who opened the gate, the castle smith [[Ben Blackthumb]] and a girl named [[Pia]] whom the Mountain and his men rape repeatedly). The Mountain gives special treatment to Vargo, who is known as "the Goat", forcing him to eat his own cooked limbs ("roast goat") and serving him to the captive northmen as well.{{ref|AFFC|27}}

Prince [[Oberyn Martell]], the Red Viper of [[Dorne]], comes to [[King's Landing]] to claim the seat on the [[small council]] on behalf of his brother [[Doran Martell|Doran]], the [[Prince of Dorne]]. Oberyn seeks justice for the murder of their sister, [[Elia Martell]], and her children, as was agreed with the acting [[Hand of the King]], [[Tyrion Lannister]].{{Ref|ASOS|38}} However, the new Hand, Tyrion's father Tywin, means to forgo that promise. Tywin plans on lying to Oberyn and claiming that the deceased Ser [[Amory Lorch]] was to blame for all three deaths. While Amory was guilty of the murder of Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]], he was not responsible for the deaths of Elia and Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]]. Tywin intends to keep Gregor far away from King's Landing during Oberyn's stay.{{Ref|ASOS|53}} He reveals he had the Mountain and others search for his son [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] when he learned of his release from [[Riverrun]], but Jaime arrives at the capital under the guard of [[Brienne of Tarth]].{{Ref|ASOS|62}}

[[File:Zippo514 RV vs Mountain.jpg|350px|thumb|Gregor fighting [[Oberyn Martell]], by Zippo514 ©]]

Tywin's plan to keep Gregor away is ruined when Tyrion is put on trial for [[Purple Wedding|the murder]] of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] and Tyrion's accuser, Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]], announces that her champion will be Gregor in the event of a [[trial by combat]]. Cersei names Gregor in order to thwart Tyrion from using [[Bronn]] or anyone else to defend him in a trial by combat given Gregor's monstrous reputation.{{Ref|ASOS|66}} This move, however, leads Elia's brother, Oberyn, on seeing a chance to fulfill [[House Martell]]'s long-held desire for vengeance against her murderer, to agree to champion Tyrion in opposition.{{ref|ASOS|66}}

Gregor fights in his usual style—with heavy armor, his thick oaken shield, and his greatsword in one hand—but Oberyn outfights him with speed and spear. Though most of Oberyn's attacks are deflected by Gregor's plate, Oberyn cleverly attacks the joints in the armor, and eventually wounds Gregor after the Mountain tires from chasing Oberyn. An angry Gregor kills a stableboy of the [[Red Keep]] during the duel. Though crippled by numerous wounds, Gregor manages to grab hold of Oberyn and smash in the Dornishman's face. Before killing Oberyn, however, Gregor roars that he killed Elia and Aegon for all to hear.{{Ref|ASOS|70}}

Gregor's wounds mortify, and Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] believes that Oberyn had treated his spear with [[poison]].{{ref|ASOS|72}} With Gregor having publicly confessed to killing Elia, Tywin fears Dorne might join [[Stannis Baratheon]], which could prolong the [[War of the Five Kings]] for years. Tywin planned on having Gregor executed to appease House Martell, but needed it to be seen that the [[King's Justice]] is the one who carries out the deed, not poison. Tywin commands Pycelle to heal Gregor, but Pycelle's efforts prove fruitless.{{Ref|ASOS|72}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Gregor's condition continues to deteriorate. The venom turns the blood in Gregor's body black with gangrene, and any leeches that touch him die instantly. His piss is full of pus, and the venom eats a hole the size of a fist in Gregor's side. His screams of agony are so loud they can be heard in the entire [[Red Keep]], and wake several people up during the night. [[Qyburn]] concludes that the poison was [[manticore]] venom thickened with sorcery to draw out the Mountain's dying instead of killing him instantly. Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] suggests that Gregor be executed by Ser [[Ilyn Payne]], but she agrees to instead let Qyburn continue studying the poison.{{Ref|AFFC|7}}

Qyburn brings the insensible and dying Gregor to the dungeons below the Red Keep.{{Ref|AFFC|7}} Cersei later reports to the [[small council]] that Gregor has died.{{ref|AFFC|17}} The [[Mountain's skull]] is to be sent to [[Sunspear]] in Dorne as restitution for the deaths of [[Elia Martell|Elia]] and her children.{{ref|AFFC|2}} Qyburn says it took beetles many hours to clean flesh from the [[bone]].{{Ref|AFFC|17}}

Qyburn later mentions working on creating an unbeatable champion for Cersei, and uses several female prisoners in his experiments.{{Ref|AFFC|24}}{{Ref|AFFC|32}} He has her order a suit of plate armor so thick and heavy that the armorer who created it states that no man is strong enough to move and fight in it.{{Ref|AFFC|32}}

Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] arrives at [[Harrenhal]], which is held by the [[Mountain's men]], and informs the soldiers they can either serve Ser [[Bonifer Hasty]], the new castellan of Harrenhal, or join Jaime's host for the [[siege of Riverrun]]. Bonifer later tells Jaime that he refuses to take any of the sinners into his service, however.{{ref|AFFC|27}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:Ser_robert_strong.jpg|thumb|Ser Robert Strong by [http://www.deviantart.com/art/Ser-Robert-Strong-365909658 Robert O'Leary] ]]
The [[Mountain's skull]] is brought to Sunspear by Ser [[Balon Swann]] of the [[Kingsguard]], and is presented to Prince [[Doran Martell]], Princess [[Arianne Martell]], and the eldest of the Oberyn's eight [[Sand Snakes|bastard daughters]] ([[Obara Sand|Obara]], [[Tyene Sand|Tyene]] and [[Nymeria Sand]]). Obara ponders if the head is really Gregor's. Doran notes that it is certainly large enough to be so and Tyene confirms that if the poison her father used so much as broke the Mountain's skin, then Gregor is dead.{{Ref|ADWD|38}}

The death of Ser [[Arys Oakheart]] in Dorne leaves a vacancy on the Kingsguard of King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]], so the imprisoned Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] requests that the white cloak be brought to Qyburn.{{Ref|ADWD|54}} During Cersei's [[walk of atonement]], Qybyrn reveals an enormous eight-foot-tall knight encased from head to heel in gleaming white armor.{{Ref|ADWD|65}}

Other members of the Kingsguard claim that their new brother does not eat, sleep, drink, or even visit the privy. He is not seen without his armor and never removes his helm. At no time has he spoken and it is claimed by Qyburn that he has taken a holy vow of silence until Cersei's innocence is proven and the realm purged of evil. He wears a helm bearing seven plumes in the colors of the [[Faith of the Seven|Faith]], and his cloak of office is clasped with icons in the shape of seven-pointed stars. Though he is introduced as Ser [[Robert Strong]], many in the [[Red Keep]] have guessed the identity of the silent giant. Given the skull being sent to Dorne, Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] wonders what will be revealed if Robert's helmet is ever removed.{{Ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}

==Quotes by Gregor==
{{Quote|A man who sees nothing has no use for his eyes, cut them out and give them to your next outrider. Tell him you hope that four eyes might see better than two ... and if not, the man after him will have six.{{Ref|AGOT|69}}|Gregor after the [[Battle of the Camps]]}}

{{Quote|'''Oberyn''': Have they told you who I am? 
'''Gregor''': Some dead man.{{ref|ASOS|70}}|[[Oberyn Martell]] and Gregor}}

{{Quote|[[Elia Martell|Elia of Dorne]]. I killed [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|her screaming whelp]]. Then I raped her. Then I smashed her fucking head in. Like this.{{Ref|ASOS|70}}|Gregor to [[Oberyn Martell]]}}

==Quotes about Gregor==
[[File:Gregor Clegane.jpg|thumb|Gregor, by Amok ©]]
{{Quote|No one could ever withstand Gregor.{{Ref|AGOT|29}}|[[Sandor Clegane]] to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|'''Pycelle''': The man is an anointed [[knight]]. 
'''Marq''': A false knight! Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin's]] mad dog.{{Ref|AGOT|43}}|[[Pycelle]] and [[Marq Piper]]}}

{{Quote|That beast's head would make a noble gift for all the people of [[Seven Kingdoms|the realm]], I vow.{{Ref|ACOK|7}}|[[Brynden Tully]] to [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Ser Gregor has served us well. No other [[knight]] in [[Seven Kingdoms|the realm]] inspires such terror in our enemies.{{Ref|ASOS|53}}|[[Tywin Lannister]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|'''Ellaria''': You are going to fight [[Gregor Clegane|that]]? 
'''Oberyn''': I am going to kill that.{{Ref|ASOS|70}}|[[Ellaria Sand]] and [[Oberyn Martell]]}}

{{Quote|The flesh mortifies and the wounds ooze pus. Even maggots will not touch such foulness. His convulsions are so violent that I have had to gag him to prevent him from biting off his own tongue. I have cut away as much tissue as I dare, and treated the rot with boiling wine and bread mold, to no avail. The veins in his arms are turning black. When I leeched him, all the leeches died.{{Ref|ASOS|72}}|[[Pycelle]] to the [[small council]]}}

{{Quote|'''Qyburn''': It is a wonder that the man is still alive, if truth be told. 
'''Cersei''': His size. Gregor is a very large man. Also a very stupid one. Too stupid to know when he should die, it seems.{{Ref|AFFC|7}}|[[Qyburn]] and [[Cersei Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|If ever a man deserved to die screaming, it was Gregor Clegane.{{Ref|ADWD|38}}|[[Doran Martell]] to [[Balon Swann]]}}

==Family==
{{Clegane tree}}

==See also==
* [[Gregor Clegane/Theories]]
* [[Robert Strong/Theories]]
* [http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/ Gregor Clegane] on the Game of Thrones wiki.

==References==
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| Place_of_Death = the [[Red Keep]]
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|300}}
| Books = ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (appears) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (appears) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (appears) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Winds of Winter]]'' (mentioned)
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Ser '''Gregor Clegane''' is the [[Knight]] of [[Clegane's Keep]] and the head of [[House Clegane]], a [[landed knight]] and [[bannerman]] to [[House Lannister]] of [[Casterly Rock]]. Gregor is a freakishly large man and for this he is often called '''the Mountain That Rides''' or simply '''the Mountain'''. His soldiers are known as the [[Mountain's men]].

In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', Gregor is played by [[w:Conan Stevens|Conan Stevens]] ([[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]]), [[w:Ian Whyte (actor)|Ian Whyte]] ([[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]]), and [[w:Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson|Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson]] ([[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]] - [[Game of Thrones - Season 8|Season 8]]).<ref>[http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html#/game-of-thrones/cast-and-crew.html/eNrjcmbOYC5kzlfPz0lxzEvMqSzJTA5ITE-1S8xN1SzLTEnNh4k65+eVpFaUsEknlpbkF+QkVtqWFJWmcjIysgEhAGCyFzg= HBO: Game of Thrones: cast and crew]</ref>

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Gregor Clegane|Images of Gregor Clegane]]''

Gregor is well known for his size, cruelty, and prowess in battle. He is extremely tall, being close to eight feet in height{{ref|AGOT|30}} (or 2,4 meters). He has "massive shoulders and arms thick as the trunk of small trees",{{Ref|AGOT|30}} and a voice like stone breaking. Gregor weighs over thirty stone{{ref|ASOS|70}} (420 lbs, or 190 kgs), nearly all of it muscle, making him near inhumanly strong. Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] when pondering who is physically stronger than himself thinks that both the Clegane brothers are for a certainty but that of the two the Mountains strength is ''like nothing human''.{{Ref|ASOS|21}}

Gregor wears the heaviest, thickest [[steel]] plate armor in the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. Dull grey in color and battle-scarred,{{ref|AGOT|62}} his armor is so heavy that no ordinary man would be able to move, let alone fight effectively while wearing it.{{Ref|ASOS|70}} Below the plate he wears chainmail and boiled leather. He also wears a plate helm with only a narrow slit for vision, atop of which is a stone fist punching up towards the sky. The Mountain's strength allows him to wield a six-foot, two-handed greatsword with just one hand,{{ref|AGOT|62}} giving him enormous reach while still wielding a shield. Such is the power of Gregor's strength that he has been known to hack men in half with just a single blow.{{Ref|ASOS|70}} Gregor's massive oaken shield is rimmed in black [[iron]], and it bears the three black dogs of [[House Clegane]] on a yellow field.{{Ref|ASOS|70}} He rides huge stallions,{{ref|AGOT|30}}{{ref|AGOT|62}} one of which is as ill-tempered as its rider.{{ref|ACOK|38}}

The violent Gregor is a sadistic murderer and rapist.{{ref|ACOK|30}}{{ref|ASOS|70}}{{ref|ADWD|48}} Lady [[Catelyn Stark]] thinks he has an evil reputation, and Ser [[Brynden Tully]] compares him to a "frothing dog".{{Ref|ACOK|7}} Despite being a dim{{ref|ASOS|44}}<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [https://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/To_Be_Continued_Chicago_IL_May_6_83 To Be Continued (Chicago, IL; May 6-8)], May 07, 2005</ref> and brutal man, he has excellent warrior instincts.{{Ref|ASOS|70}} The Mountain is solitary, never leaving his own lands except for wars or [[tourney]]s.{{Ref|AGOT|30}}

Gregor has at least two [[squire]]s, including [[Joss Stilwood]]{{Ref|ACOK|30}} and an unnamed [[pimply squire|pimply Sarsfield squire]].{{Ref|AWOIAF|Arya Stark}} According to Joss, Gregor constantly suffers from extreme headaches and consumes vast quantities of [[milk of the poppy]] to try and dull the pain. The cause of these headaches is unknown, perhaps due to some condition of his gigantism, though [[Merrett Frey]]'s experiences indicate that a tourney injury or head blow in battle can be debilitating.{{Ref|AFFC|7}} The [[Mountain's men]] often refer to him simply as "Ser".{{Ref|ACOK|30}}{{Ref|ASOS|74}}{{Ref|AFFC|27}} According to his brother, [[Sandor Clegane]], Gregor once killed one of his own men because the soldier snored too loudly.{{Ref|ASOS|47}}

==History==
[[File:Aegon Death.png|400px|thumb|Gregor kills Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]] in front of Princess [[Elia Martell]], from ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' Blu-ray]]
As a young boy, eleven or twelve years old, Gregor caused his brother [[Sandor Clegane|Sandor]]'s facial scars by holding the younger boy's face to a hot brazier as punishment for playing with a toy he had discarded. Their father spread the story that the injuries were caused by bedding that had caught fire.{{Ref|AGOT|29}}

Four years later, Gregor was knighted by Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]],{{Ref|AGOT|29}} presumably prior to the [[tourney of Harrenhal]].<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Various_questions_concerning_Tywin_Oberyn_Gregor_the_North_and_Sansa Various questions concerning Tywin, Oberyn, Gregor, the North, and Sansa], April 15, 2008</ref> Gregor is a suspected [[Kinslaying|kinslayer]]; there are rumors that Gregor killed his father, sister, and his first two wives. [[Clegane's Keep|His keep]] is said to be a grim place where servants vanish unaccountably and even the dogs are afraid to enter the halls. On the day that Gregor came into his inheritance, Sandor entered the service of [[House Lannister]], never to return.{{Ref|AGOT|30}}

At the age of seventeen, Gregor participated in the [[Sack of King's Landing]] during [[Robert's Rebellion]]. He and Ser [[Amory Lorch]] scaled [[Maegor's Holdfast]] when the Lannister troops reached the [[Red Keep]]. Gregor entered the nursery of the infant Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]], son of Prince Rhaegar, and killed the baby present by dashing the boy's head against a wall. Then he raped and murdered Aegon's mother, Princess [[Elia Martell|Elia]], supposedly with the boy's blood and brains still on his hands.{{Ref|AGOT|30}}{{Ref|ACOK|17}}{{Ref|ASOS|53}} The identities of the two murderers have not been publicly confirmed in the recorded history,{{ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: The End}} although Gregor's involvement is common knowledge at [[Casterly Rock]].{{ref|ACOK|17}}

Gregor participated in the suppression of [[Greyjoy's Rebellion]].{{ref|AGOT|30}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Gregor Clegane Jousting.png|350px|thumb|Conan Stevens as Gregor during the [[Hand's tourney]] in ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.]]
[[File:Komarck Gregor Clegane FFG.jpg|thumb|350px|Gregor, by Michael Komarck ©]]
Ser Gregor and his brother [[Sandor Clegane|Sandor]] defeat several opponents in the [[Hand's tourney]]. Gregor slays Ser [[Hugh|Hugh of the Vale]] in his second joust when his lance rides up and pierces the new-made knight's throat. According to Sandor, Gregor noticed the knight's gorget was not fastened properly and Gregor purposely drove his lance there.{{Ref|AGOT|29}} Gregor defeats Ser [[Balon Swann]], but is finally unhorsed by Ser [[Loras Tyrell]], who rides a mare in heat to the joust, which unnerves Gregor's stallion. Gregor falls into a rage and kills his stallion with one blow of his sword. He then knocks the unprepared Loras from his courser and prepares to kill the young knight, but Sandor intervenes and the brothers duel. Gregor finally comes to his senses when King [[Robert I Baratheon]] orders him to stop.{{Ref|AGOT|30}}

After the tourney, Gregor rides back to his keep. Upon his journey home from the tourney with seven of his men, Gregor broods on his loss. An overflowing river detours the group to a nearby alehouse, where he and [[Mountain's men|his men]] gang rape the brewer's thirteen-year-old daughter, [[Layna]].{{Ref|ACOK|30}}

After [[Tyrion Lannister]] is kidnapped by [[Catelyn Stark]], Gregor is commanded by Tyrion's father, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], to raid the [[riverlands]] without banners, presenting himself as a common brigand.{{ref|AGOT|43}} This is to draw Catelyn's husband, Lord [[Eddard Stark]], the [[Hand of the King]], out into the field, but Eddard has been injured in the streets of [[King's Landing]].{{ref|AGOT|39}} Since Eddard cannot go and execute Gregor himself, Loras Tyrell volunteers to go in his place. Lord Stark instead chooses Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]] to command the party bringing Gregor to the king's justice.{{Ref|AGOT|43}}

King Robert is mortally wounded while hunting in the [[kingswood]], and he is succeeded by his eldest son, King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]].{{ref|AGOT|49}} Eddard is imprisoned in the [[black cells]].{{ref|AGOT|58}} Meanwhile, Beric's party is ambushed by Lannisters while crossing the [[Red Fork]], and Gregor attacks them as they retreat in the [[battle at the Mummer's Ford]].{{Ref|AGOT|55}} The Mountain also burns [[burning of Pinkmaiden Castle|Pinkmaiden]] and [[burning of Stone Hedge|Stone Hedge]].{{ref|AGOT|56}} He takes Stone Hedge's food, burns its harvest, and rapes a daughter of Lord [[Jonos Bracken]].{{ref|AGOT|71}}{{Ref|ADWD|48}}

[[Robb Stark]] leads a host of [[north]]men to rescue his father, Lord Eddard, and he divides his forces at the [[Twins]].{{ref|AGOT|59}} Gregor joins with Tywin's host and commands the vanguard and the left flank during the [[battle on the Green Fork]] against the northern host, leading by intimidation. Tywin places Tyrion under Gregor's command during the battle. In the first charge, Gregor's stallion is killed by [[House Karstark|Karstark]] spearmen, but the Mountain is unhurt and goes on fighting. After the Lannister victory, Tywin reveals that he had planned for the undisciplined left flank to collapse and for Robb to prusue them, only to then be crushed by the men of Tywin and his brother, Ser [[Kevan Lannister]]. The Lannisters learn that the northern host was led not by Robb but by Lord [[Roose Bolton]], however.{{Ref|AGOT|62}}

Gregor sits with Tywin's war council at the [[crossroads inn]] when they receive word that Tywin's elder son, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], of the [[Kingsguard]], was captured by Robb in the [[Battle in the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]], and Jaime's unsuspecting army at [[Riverrun]] was then defeated in the [[Battle of the Camps]]. After learning that Jaime's outriders had failed to scout the movements of the [[House Stark|Stark]] forces, Gregor suggests that the outriders be blinded. Tywin withdraws to [[Harrenhal]] but leaves Gregor, Ser [[Amory Lorch]], and [[Vargo Hoat]] to harry the riverlands, each of them commanding three hundred cavalry.{{Ref|AGOT|69}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Gregor Clegane Nordheimer.jpg|350px|thumb|Gregor and the [[Mountain's men]], by Nordheimer ©]]
[[Amerei Frey]] is widowed after her husband, Ser [[Pate of the Blue Fork]], is killed fighting Gregor.{{ref|ACOK|Appendix}}{{ref|ASOS|49}}

Gregor's band [[Sack of Darry|sacks Castle Darry]], where Gregor kills the eight-year-old Lord [[Lyman Darry]].{{ref|ACOK|7}} Gregor continues his raiding, causing enormous destruction and killing entire villages with impunity. For a time he unwittingly holds [[Arya Stark]] as a captive, and she witnesses many of his atrocities firsthand. Gregor silently watches as his men, such as the [[Tickler]], interrogate and torture [[smallfolk]]. When a peasant girl fights back after being raped by Gregor's men, the Mountain beheads her with his sword. Arya adds Gregor to her [[Arya_Stark#Arya_and_death|prayer kill list]].{{ref|ACOK|26}}

The Mountain's men march surviving captives to [[Harrenhal]], where they are forced into servitude to [[House Lannister]]. During the [[War of the Five Kings]], Gregor's band fights numerous skirmishes with the [[brotherhood without banners]]; one such skirmish results in Gregor supposedly killing [[Beric Dondarrion]] a second time.{{ref|ACOK|30}}

During the [[Battle of the Fords]], Gregor's band joins up with Tywin's host and attacks the crossing of the [[Red Fork]] at the [[Stone Mill]], which is fiercely defended by Ser [[Edmure Tully]]'s reserve. Gregor's force is pushed back, however, and he is forced to retreat.{{Ref|ACOK|45}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] is aware that [[Helman Tallhart]] and [[Robett Glover]] are leading a northern host toward [[Duskendale]], so he sends Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] to meet them. Meanwhile, Tywin has Gregor march up the [[kingsroad]] to cut off the northmen's retreat.{{ref|ASOS|4}} Randyll is victorious in the [[battle at Duskendale]],{{ref|ASOS|19}} and Gregor captures the retreating Robett.{{ref|ASOS|35}}

Gregor chases Lord [[Roose Bolton]]'s army as they march to the [[Twins]], taking several highborn captives including Ser [[Wylis Manderly]] in the [[fighting at the fords of the Trident]]. [[Ronnel Stout]] and Ser [[Kyle Condon]] are left behind by Roose to hold the river against Gregor.{{ref|ASOS|49}}

[[Sandor Clegane]] reveals to his captive, [[Arya Stark]], that he desires to kill his brother.{{ref|ASOS|47}}

After the [[Red Wedding]], Gregor crosses the Trident and seizes the [[ruby ford]].{{ref|ASOS|60}} Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] orders Gregor to [[capture of Harrenhal|retake Harrenhal]], which is held by [[Vargo Hoat]] and the [[Brave Companions]], and put the castle to the sword.{{ref|ASOS|53}}{{ref|ASOS|60}} Seeking revenge for having his foot cut off by Vargo, a cook at Harrenhal opens a postern gate for Gregor. Inside, the [[Mountain's men]] slaughter the inhabitants and the defenders (bar the cook who opened the gate, the castle smith [[Ben Blackthumb]] and a girl named [[Pia]] whom the Mountain and his men rape repeatedly). The Mountain gives special treatment to Vargo, who is known as "the Goat", forcing him to eat his own cooked limbs ("roast goat") and serving him to the captive northmen as well.{{ref|AFFC|27}}

Prince [[Oberyn Martell]], the Red Viper of [[Dorne]], comes to [[King's Landing]] to claim the seat on the [[small council]] on behalf of his brother [[Doran Martell|Doran]], the [[Prince of Dorne]]. Oberyn seeks justice for the murder of their sister, [[Elia Martell]], and her children, as was agreed with the acting [[Hand of the King]], [[Tyrion Lannister]].{{Ref|ASOS|38}} However, the new Hand, Tyrion's father Tywin, means to forgo that promise. Tywin plans on lying to Oberyn and claiming that the deceased Ser [[Amory Lorch]] was to blame for all three deaths. While Amory was guilty of the murder of Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]], he was not responsible for the deaths of Elia and Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]]. Tywin intends to keep Gregor far away from King's Landing during Oberyn's stay.{{Ref|ASOS|53}} He reveals he had the Mountain and others search for his son [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] when he learned of his release from [[Riverrun]], but Jaime arrives at the capital under the guard of [[Brienne of Tarth]].{{Ref|ASOS|62}}

[[File:Zippo514 RV vs Mountain.jpg|350px|thumb|Gregor fighting [[Oberyn Martell]], by Zippo514 ©]]

Tywin's plan to keep Gregor away is ruined when Tyrion is put on trial for [[Purple Wedding|the murder]] of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] and Tyrion's accuser, Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]], announces that her champion will be Gregor in the event of a [[trial by combat]]. Cersei names Gregor in order to thwart Tyrion from using [[Bronn]] or anyone else to defend him in a trial by combat given Gregor's monstrous reputation.{{Ref|ASOS|66}} This move, however, leads Elia's brother, Oberyn, on seeing a chance to fulfill [[House Martell]]'s long-held desire for vengeance against her murderer, to agree to champion Tyrion in opposition.{{ref|ASOS|66}}

Gregor fights in his usual style—with heavy armor, his thick oaken shield, and his greatsword in one hand—but Oberyn outfights him with speed and spear. Though most of Oberyn's attacks are deflected by Gregor's plate, Oberyn cleverly attacks the joints in the armor, and eventually wounds Gregor after the Mountain tires from chasing Oberyn. An angry Gregor kills a stableboy of the [[Red Keep]] during the duel. Though crippled by numerous wounds, Gregor manages to grab hold of Oberyn and smash in the Dornishman's face. Before killing Oberyn, however, Gregor roars that he killed Elia and Aegon for all to hear.{{Ref|ASOS|70}}

Gregor's wounds mortify, and Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] believes that Oberyn had treated his spear with [[poison]].{{ref|ASOS|72}} With Gregor having publicly confessed to killing Elia, Tywin fears Dorne might join [[Stannis Baratheon]], which could prolong the [[War of the Five Kings]] for years. Tywin planned on having Gregor executed to appease House Martell, but needed it to be seen that the [[King's Justice]] is the one who carries out the deed, not poison. Tywin commands Pycelle to heal Gregor, but Pycelle's efforts prove fruitless.{{Ref|ASOS|72}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Gregor's condition continues to deteriorate. The venom turns the blood in Gregor's body black with gangrene, and any leeches that touch him die instantly. His piss is full of pus, and the venom eats a hole the size of a fist in Gregor's side. His screams of agony are so loud they can be heard in the entire [[Red Keep]], and wake several people up during the night. [[Qyburn]] concludes that the poison was [[manticore]] venom thickened with sorcery to draw out the Mountain's dying instead of killing him instantly. Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] suggests that Gregor be executed by Ser [[Ilyn Payne]], but she agrees to instead let Qyburn continue studying the poison.{{Ref|AFFC|7}}

Qyburn brings the insensible and dying Gregor to the dungeons below the Red Keep.{{Ref|AFFC|7}} Cersei later reports to the [[small council]] that Gregor has died.{{ref|AFFC|17}} The [[Mountain's skull]] is to be sent to [[Sunspear]] in Dorne as restitution for the deaths of [[Elia Martell|Elia]] and her children.{{ref|AFFC|2}} Qyburn says it took beetles many hours to clean flesh from the [[bone]].{{Ref|AFFC|17}}

Qyburn later mentions working on creating an unbeatable champion for Cersei, and uses several female prisoners in his experiments.{{Ref|AFFC|24}}{{Ref|AFFC|32}} He has her order a suit of plate armor so thick and heavy that the armorer who created it states that no man is strong enough to move and fight in it.{{Ref|AFFC|32}}

Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] arrives at [[Harrenhal]], which is held by the [[Mountain's men]], and informs the soldiers they can either serve Ser [[Bonifer Hasty]], the new castellan of Harrenhal, or join Jaime's host for the [[siege of Riverrun]]. Bonifer later tells Jaime that he refuses to take any of the sinners into his service, however.{{ref|AFFC|27}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:Ser_robert_strong.jpg|thumb|Ser Robert Strong by [http://www.deviantart.com/art/Ser-Robert-Strong-365909658 Robert O'Leary] ]]
The [[Mountain's skull]] is brought to Sunspear by Ser [[Balon Swann]] of the [[Kingsguard]], and is presented to Prince [[Doran Martell]], Princess [[Arianne Martell]], and the eldest of the Oberyn's eight [[Sand Snakes|bastard daughters]] ([[Obara Sand|Obara]], [[Tyene Sand|Tyene]] and [[Nymeria Sand]]). Obara ponders if the head is really Gregor's. Doran notes that it is certainly large enough to be so and Tyene confirms that if the poison her father used so much as broke the Mountain's skin, then Gregor is dead.{{Ref|ADWD|38}}

The death of Ser [[Arys Oakheart]] in Dorne leaves a vacancy on the Kingsguard of King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]], so the imprisoned Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] requests that the white cloak be brought to Qyburn.{{Ref|ADWD|54}} During Cersei's [[walk of atonement]], Qybyrn reveals an enormous eight-foot-tall knight encased from head to heel in gleaming white armor.{{Ref|ADWD|65}}

Other members of the Kingsguard claim that their new brother does not eat, sleep, drink, or even visit the privy. He is not seen without his armor and never removes his helm. At no time has he spoken and it is claimed by Qyburn that he has taken a holy vow of silence until Cersei's innocence is proven and the realm purged of evil. He wears a helm bearing seven plumes in the colors of the [[Faith of the Seven|Faith]], and his cloak of office is clasped with icons in the shape of seven-pointed stars. Though he is introduced as Ser [[Robert Strong]], many in the [[Red Keep]] have guessed the identity of the silent giant. Given the skull being sent to Dorne, Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] wonders what will be revealed if Robert's helmet is ever removed.{{Ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}

==Quotes by Gregor==
{{Quote|A man who sees nothing has no use for his eyes, cut them out and give them to your next outrider. Tell him you hope that four eyes might see better than two ... and if not, the man after him will have six.{{Ref|AGOT|69}}|Gregor after the [[Battle of the Camps]]}}

{{Quote|'''Oberyn''': Have they told you who I am? 
'''Gregor''': Some dead man.{{ref|ASOS|70}}|[[Oberyn Martell]] and Gregor}}

{{Quote|[[Elia Martell|Elia of Dorne]]. I killed [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|her screaming whelp]]. Then I raped her. Then I smashed her fucking head in. Like this.{{Ref|ASOS|70}}|Gregor to [[Oberyn Martell]]}}

==Quotes about Gregor==
[[File:Gregor Clegane.jpg|thumb|Gregor, by Amok ©]]
{{Quote|No one could ever withstand Gregor.{{Ref|AGOT|29}}|[[Sandor Clegane]] to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|'''Pycelle''': The man is an anointed [[knight]]. 
'''Marq''': A false knight! Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin's]] mad dog.{{Ref|AGOT|43}}|[[Pycelle]] and [[Marq Piper]]}}

{{Quote|That beast's head would make a noble gift for all the people of [[Seven Kingdoms|the realm]], I vow.{{Ref|ACOK|7}}|[[Brynden Tully]] to [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Ser Gregor has served us well. No other [[knight]] in [[Seven Kingdoms|the realm]] inspires such terror in our enemies.{{Ref|ASOS|53}}|[[Tywin Lannister]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|'''Ellaria''': You are going to fight [[Gregor Clegane|that]]? 
'''Oberyn''': I am going to kill that.{{Ref|ASOS|70}}|[[Ellaria Sand]] and [[Oberyn Martell]]}}

{{Quote|The flesh mortifies and the wounds ooze pus. Even maggots will not touch such foulness. His convulsions are so violent that I have had to gag him to prevent him from biting off his own tongue. I have cut away as much tissue as I dare, and treated the rot with boiling wine and bread mold, to no avail. The veins in his arms are turning black. When I leeched him, all the leeches died.{{Ref|ASOS|72}}|[[Pycelle]] to the [[small council]]}}

{{Quote|'''Qyburn''': It is a wonder that the man is still alive, if truth be told. 
'''Cersei''': His size. Gregor is a very large man. Also a very stupid one. Too stupid to know when he should die, it seems.{{Ref|AFFC|7}}|[[Qyburn]] and [[Cersei Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|If ever a man deserved to die screaming, it was Gregor Clegane.{{Ref|ADWD|38}}|[[Doran Martell]] to [[Balon Swann]]}}

==Family==
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==See also==
* [[Gregor Clegane/Theories]]
* [[Robert Strong/Theories]]
* [http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/ Gregor Clegane] on the Game of Thrones wiki.

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Harrold Westerling

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Ser '''Harrold Westerling''' was a [[knight]] from [[House Westerling]] and the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] under King [[Viserys I Targaryen]].

In the television adaptation ''[[House of the Dragon]]'', Harrold is portrayed by [[w:Graham McTavish|Graham McTavish]].<ref name="actor">HBO.com: [https://www.hbo.com/house-of-the-dragon/cast-and-characters House of the Dragon Cast & Characters]</ref>

==History==
It is unknown when Harrold became Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. At the earliest he could have been the successor of Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]] who died in {{Date|105}}.

Upon his own death in {{Date|112}}, Harrold was succeeded as Lord Commander by Ser [[Criston Cole]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen King: Viserys I}}{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

==Family==
Harrold's exact relationship to Lord [[Roland Westerling]] and his daughter, [[Johanna Lannister|Johanna]], is unknown. Roland was head of their House by the [[Dance of the Dragons]], and Johanna had married [[Jason Lannister]] to become Lady of [[Casterly Rock]].
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==''House of the Dragon''==
While Harrold Westerling's only mention in the book series is a record of his death, he is given a much more expansive role in the HBO series ''[[House of the Dragon]]'', where his actor is part of the supporting cast in [[House of the Dragon - Season 1|Season 1]]. He is said to have served in the Kingsguard since the time of [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]], and to be a paragon of chivalry and honor.<ref name="actor"/>

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Mysaria

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| Place_of_Birth = [[Lys]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|130}}
| Place_of_Death = [[King's Landing]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}
| Spouse =
| Lover = Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]]
| coat-of-arms =
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[Fire & Blood]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Rogue Prince]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Princess and the Queen]]'' (mentioned)
| Played_by = [[w:Sonoya Mizuno|Sonoya Mizuno]]
| TV_series = ''[[House of the Dragon]]'': [[House of the Dragon - Season 1|Season 1]]
}}

'''Mysaria''', also called '''Lady Misery''', was a dancer from [[Lys]] who became the [[paramour]] of Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] and the unofficial [[mistress of whisperers]] to Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] during the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

In the television adaptation ''[[House of the Dragon]]'', Mysaria is portrayed by [[w:Sonoya Mizuno|Sonoya Mizuno]].<ref>HBO.com: [https://www.hbo.com/house-of-the-dragon/cast-and-characters House of the Dragon Cast & Characters]</ref>

==Appearance==
Mysaria had skin pale as milk. She was lithe and lissome in her youth, but age thickened her body.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}} Because of her appearance and reputation, Mysaria was dubbed ''Misery, the White Worm'' by enemies and rivals.{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}

While serving as [[mistress of whisperers]], Mysaria wore a hooded robe of black velvet lined with blood-red [[silk]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

==History==
===Paramour===
While a dancing girl in [[King's Landing]], Mysaria became the favored lover of Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]].{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} Around {{Date|105}}, Mysaria became pregnant with Daemon's child while living at [[Dragonstone]]. Daemon gave his paramour a [[dragon egg]] for the child, which angered King [[Viserys I Targaryen]]. The king ordered Daemon to return the egg and send Mysaria back to [[Lys]]. On her return to the [[Free City]], she lost the child during a storm on the [[narrow sea]].{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

===Dance of the Dragons===
During the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] desired revenge for the death of his stepson, Prince [[Lucerys Velaryon]]. With a pale stranger used as a go-between, two assassins, [[Blood (the butcher)|Blood]] and [[Cheese (the rat-catcher)|Cheese]], infiltrated the [[Red Keep]] and killed Prince [[Jaehaerys Targaryen (son of Aegon II)|Jaehaerys Targaryen]], the eldest son of King [[Aegon II Targaryen]]. Under torture, Blood admitted that he had been hired by a pale older woman called Misery by harlots. The [[gold cloaks]] were unable to find Mysaria or Cheese, however.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}

Mysaria became Daemon's [[mistress of whisperers]] at some point.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}} After the [[fall of King's Landing]] to Rhaenyra, Mysaria served as the queen's mistress of whisperers in all but name, although she did not join the [[small council]]. Rhaenyra apparently approved of Daemon sleeping with Mysaria each night.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}} According to [[Mushroom]], Mysaria stopped Rhaenyra from having Queen [[Alicent Hightower]]'s [[Tongue mutilation|tongue ripped out]], instead proposing that the Dowager Queen and Queen [[Helaena Targaryen]] to be taken to a certain [[Brothel Queens|brothel]] so they would be forcibly impregnated with [[bastard]] offspring. Archmaester [[Gyldayn]] discounts Mushroom's claim, however.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

Following the [[First Battle of Tumbleton]], Mysaria informed Rhaenyra that Daemon had been sleeping with [[Nettles]], his fellow [[dragonrider]], at [[Maidenpool]]. Rhaenyra ordered the death of Nettles, but Lord [[Manfryd Mooton]] disobeyed the command. Nettles disappeared on [[Sheepstealer]], while Daemon flew on [[Caraxes]] to [[Harrenhal]] to await a [[Battle Above the Gods Eye|confrontation with his nephew]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

After Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] was imprisoned for warning Ser [[Addam Velaryon]] of his impending arrest under charges of treason, two of the Sea Snake's [[sworn swords]], Ser [[Denys Woodwright]] and Ser [[Thoron True]], planned to free their [[lord]]. Mysaria learned of the plan from a [[whore]] Thoron had been [[bedding]], however, and the two [[knight]]s were promptly arrested and hanged. Septon [[Eustace (Dance of the Dragons)|Eustace]] suggests that Helaena Targaryen jumped to her death after being informed by Mysaria of how her son, Prince [[Maelor Targaryen]], had been killed at [[Sack of Bitterbridge|Bitterbridge]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

During the [[Riot of King's Landing (Dance of the Dragons)|riot of King's Landing]], Mysaria warned Rhaenyra against the coming dark. When Rhaenyra ultimately [[Flight to Dragonstone|fled the capital]], Mysaria remained at the [[Red Keep]] among other members of the court. Mysaria was taken while attempting to flee after Ser [[Garth the Harelip]] surrendered the Red Keep to Ser [[Perkin the Flea]] and his [[gutter knights]]. Perkin informed Mysaria that if she could [[Walk of atonement|travel naked]] through the city to the [[Gate of the Gods]] while being whipped, she would be allowed to live. Mysaria only made it half way before dying on the city's cobblestones.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

==Legacy==
Lord [[Brynden Rivers]] was said to have rivaled Lady Misery as a [[master of whisperers]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}

==''House of the Dragon''==
The television series ''[[House of the Dragon]]'' interprets various events that are disputed in the historical record. In the show, Mysaria's supposed pregnancy at Dragonstone is presented as a lie that Daemon made up as part of an attempt to provoke his brother, also writing to the small council that he would take her as his second wife in the custom of Old Valyria. She did not know of this until Ser [[Otto Hightower]] arrived at Dragonstone for the egg, and was deeply upset that Daemon put her life in danger.{{Ref|HBOHotD|s01e02}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|The other harlots called her Misery.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}}|writings of [[Gyldayn]]}}

{{Quote|Let [[Daemon Targaryen|Daemon]] slake his hungers where he will, and we shall do the same.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}|[[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] regarding Mysaria}}

==References==
{{References|2}}

{{Master of whisperers}}

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[[Category:House Targaryen retainers]]
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== Licensing ==
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Mysaria

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{{Infobox character
| Character_name = [[File:Coin of Lys.png|50px|left]] Mysaria [[File:Coin of Lys.png|50px|right]]
| image = [[File:Mysaria_TV.jpg]]
| image_caption = Mysaria played by Sonoya Mizuno in ''[[House of the Dragon]]''
| Alias = Misery, the White Worm Lady Misery{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}} Lady Mysaria{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}
| Title = [[Mistress of whisperers]] (unofficial)
| Allegiance = [[Blacks]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Lys]]ene
| Date_of_Birth =
| Place_of_Birth = [[Lys]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|130}}
| Place_of_Death = [[King's Landing]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}
| Spouse =
| Lover = Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]]
| coat-of-arms =
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[Fire & Blood]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Rogue Prince]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Princess and the Queen]]'' (mentioned)
| Played_by = [[w:Sonoya Mizuno|Sonoya Mizuno]]
| TV_series = ''[[House of the Dragon]]'': [[House of the Dragon - Season 1|Season 1]]
}}

'''Mysaria''', also called '''Lady Misery''', was a dancer from [[Lys]] who became the [[paramour]] of Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] and the unofficial [[mistress of whisperers]] to Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] during the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

In the television adaptation ''[[House of the Dragon]]'', Mysaria is portrayed by [[w:Sonoya Mizuno|Sonoya Mizuno]].<ref>HBO.com: [https://www.hbo.com/house-of-the-dragon/cast-and-characters House of the Dragon Cast & Characters]</ref>

==Appearance==
Mysaria had skin pale as milk. She was lithe and lissome in her youth, but age thickened her body.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}} Because of her appearance and reputation, Mysaria was dubbed ''Misery, the White Worm'' by enemies and rivals.{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}

While serving as [[mistress of whisperers]], Mysaria wore a hooded robe of black velvet lined with blood-red [[silk]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

==History==
===Paramour===
While a dancing girl in [[King's Landing]], Mysaria became the favored lover of Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]].{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} Around {{Date|105}}, Mysaria became pregnant with Daemon's child while living at [[Dragonstone]]. Daemon gave his paramour a [[dragon egg]] for the child, which angered King [[Viserys I Targaryen]]. The king ordered Daemon to return the egg and send Mysaria back to [[Lys]]. On her return to the [[Free City]], she lost the child during a storm on the [[narrow sea]].{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

===Dance of the Dragons===
During the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] desired revenge for the death of his stepson, Prince [[Lucerys Velaryon]]. With a pale stranger used as a go-between, two assassins, [[Blood (the butcher)|Blood]] and [[Cheese (the rat-catcher)|Cheese]], infiltrated the [[Red Keep]] and killed Prince [[Jaehaerys Targaryen (son of Aegon II)|Jaehaerys Targaryen]], the eldest son of King [[Aegon II Targaryen]]. Under torture, Blood admitted that he had been hired by a pale older woman called Misery by harlots. The [[gold cloaks]] were unable to find Mysaria or Cheese, however.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}

Mysaria became Daemon's [[mistress of whisperers]] at some point.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}} After the [[fall of King's Landing]] to Rhaenyra, Mysaria served as the queen's mistress of whisperers in all but name, although she did not join the [[small council]]. Rhaenyra apparently approved of Daemon sleeping with Mysaria each night.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}} According to [[Mushroom]], Mysaria stopped Rhaenyra from having Queen [[Alicent Hightower]]'s [[Tongue mutilation|tongue ripped out]], instead proposing that the Dowager Queen and Queen [[Helaena Targaryen]] to be taken to a certain [[Brothel Queens|brothel]] so they would be forcibly impregnated with [[bastard]] offspring. Archmaester [[Gyldayn]] discounts Mushroom's claim, however.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

Following the [[First Battle of Tumbleton]], Mysaria informed Rhaenyra that Daemon had been sleeping with [[Nettles]], his fellow [[dragonrider]], at [[Maidenpool]]. Rhaenyra ordered the death of Nettles, but Lord [[Manfryd Mooton]] disobeyed the command. Nettles disappeared on [[Sheepstealer]], while Daemon flew on [[Caraxes]] to [[Harrenhal]] to await a [[Battle Above the Gods Eye|confrontation with his nephew]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

After Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] was imprisoned for warning Ser [[Addam Velaryon]] of his impending arrest under charges of treason, two of the Sea Snake's [[sworn swords]], Ser [[Denys Woodwright]] and Ser [[Thoron True]], planned to free their [[lord]]. Mysaria learned of the plan from a [[whore]] Thoron had been [[bedding]], however, and the two [[knight]]s were promptly arrested and hanged. Septon [[Eustace (Dance of the Dragons)|Eustace]] suggests that Helaena Targaryen jumped to her death after being informed by Mysaria of how her son, Prince [[Maelor Targaryen]], had been killed at [[Sack of Bitterbridge|Bitterbridge]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

During the [[Riot of King's Landing (Dance of the Dragons)|riot of King's Landing]], Mysaria warned Rhaenyra against the coming dark. When Rhaenyra ultimately [[Flight to Dragonstone|fled the capital]], Mysaria remained at the [[Red Keep]] among other members of the court. Mysaria was taken while attempting to flee after Ser [[Garth the Harelip]] surrendered the Red Keep to Ser [[Perkin the Flea]] and his [[gutter knights]]. Perkin informed Mysaria that if she could [[Walk of atonement|travel naked]] through the city to the [[Gate of the Gods]] while being whipped, she would be allowed to live. Mysaria only made it half way before dying on the city's cobblestones.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

==Legacy==
Lord [[Brynden Rivers]] was said to have rivaled Lady Misery as a [[master of whisperers]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}

==''House of the Dragon''==
The television series ''[[House of the Dragon]]'' interprets various events that are disputed in the historical record. In the show, Mysaria's supposed pregnancy at Dragonstone is presented as a lie that Daemon made up as part of an attempt to provoke his brother, also writing to the small council that he would take her as his second wife in the custom of Old Valyria. She did not know of this until Ser [[Otto Hightower]] arrived at Dragonstone for the egg, and was deeply upset that Daemon put her life in danger.{{Ref|HBOHotD|s01e02}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|The other harlots called her Misery.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}}|writings of [[Gyldayn]]}}

{{Quote|Let [[Daemon Targaryen|Daemon]] slake his hungers where he will, and we shall do the same.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}|[[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] regarding Mysaria}}

==References==
{{References|2}}

{{Master of whisperers}}

[[Category:Blacks]]
[[Category:Casualties of the Dance of the Dragons]]
[[Category:Characters from Lys]]
[[Category:Characters killed by Perkin the Flea]]
[[Category:Dancers]]
[[Category:Deaths by torture]]
[[Category:House Targaryen retainers]]
[[Category:Masters of whisperers]]
[[Category:Members of Rhaenyra Targaryen's court]]
[[Category:Mistresses and paramours]]
[[Category:Smallfolk]]

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Mysaria

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{{Infobox character
| Character_name = [[File:Coin of Lys.png|50px|left]] Mysaria [[File:Coin of Lys.png|50px|right]]
| image = [[Mysaria_TV.jpg]]
| image_caption = Mysaria played by Sonoya Mizuno in ''[[House of the Dragon]]''
| Alias = Misery, the White Worm Lady Misery{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}} Lady Mysaria{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}
| Title = [[Mistress of whisperers]] (unofficial)
| Allegiance = [[Blacks]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Lys]]ene
| Date_of_Birth =
| Place_of_Birth = [[Lys]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|130}}
| Place_of_Death = [[King's Landing]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}
| Spouse =
| Lover = Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]]
| coat-of-arms =
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[Fire & Blood]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Rogue Prince]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Princess and the Queen]]'' (mentioned)
| Played_by = [[w:Sonoya Mizuno|Sonoya Mizuno]]
| TV_series = ''[[House of the Dragon]]'': [[House of the Dragon - Season 1|Season 1]]
}}

'''Mysaria''', also called '''Lady Misery''', was a dancer from [[Lys]] who became the [[paramour]] of Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] and the unofficial [[mistress of whisperers]] to Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] during the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

In the television adaptation ''[[House of the Dragon]]'', Mysaria is portrayed by [[w:Sonoya Mizuno|Sonoya Mizuno]].<ref>HBO.com: [https://www.hbo.com/house-of-the-dragon/cast-and-characters House of the Dragon Cast & Characters]</ref>

==Appearance==
Mysaria had skin pale as milk. She was lithe and lissome in her youth, but age thickened her body.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}} Because of her appearance and reputation, Mysaria was dubbed ''Misery, the White Worm'' by enemies and rivals.{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}

While serving as [[mistress of whisperers]], Mysaria wore a hooded robe of black velvet lined with blood-red [[silk]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

==History==
===Paramour===
While a dancing girl in [[King's Landing]], Mysaria became the favored lover of Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]].{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} Around {{Date|105}}, Mysaria became pregnant with Daemon's child while living at [[Dragonstone]]. Daemon gave his paramour a [[dragon egg]] for the child, which angered King [[Viserys I Targaryen]]. The king ordered Daemon to return the egg and send Mysaria back to [[Lys]]. On her return to the [[Free City]], she lost the child during a storm on the [[narrow sea]].{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

===Dance of the Dragons===
During the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] desired revenge for the death of his stepson, Prince [[Lucerys Velaryon]]. With a pale stranger used as a go-between, two assassins, [[Blood (the butcher)|Blood]] and [[Cheese (the rat-catcher)|Cheese]], infiltrated the [[Red Keep]] and killed Prince [[Jaehaerys Targaryen (son of Aegon II)|Jaehaerys Targaryen]], the eldest son of King [[Aegon II Targaryen]]. Under torture, Blood admitted that he had been hired by a pale older woman called Misery by harlots. The [[gold cloaks]] were unable to find Mysaria or Cheese, however.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}

Mysaria became Daemon's [[mistress of whisperers]] at some point.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}} After the [[fall of King's Landing]] to Rhaenyra, Mysaria served as the queen's mistress of whisperers in all but name, although she did not join the [[small council]]. Rhaenyra apparently approved of Daemon sleeping with Mysaria each night.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}} According to [[Mushroom]], Mysaria stopped Rhaenyra from having Queen [[Alicent Hightower]]'s [[Tongue mutilation|tongue ripped out]], instead proposing that the Dowager Queen and Queen [[Helaena Targaryen]] to be taken to a certain [[Brothel Queens|brothel]] so they would be forcibly impregnated with [[bastard]] offspring. Archmaester [[Gyldayn]] discounts Mushroom's claim, however.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

Following the [[First Battle of Tumbleton]], Mysaria informed Rhaenyra that Daemon had been sleeping with [[Nettles]], his fellow [[dragonrider]], at [[Maidenpool]]. Rhaenyra ordered the death of Nettles, but Lord [[Manfryd Mooton]] disobeyed the command. Nettles disappeared on [[Sheepstealer]], while Daemon flew on [[Caraxes]] to [[Harrenhal]] to await a [[Battle Above the Gods Eye|confrontation with his nephew]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

After Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] was imprisoned for warning Ser [[Addam Velaryon]] of his impending arrest under charges of treason, two of the Sea Snake's [[sworn swords]], Ser [[Denys Woodwright]] and Ser [[Thoron True]], planned to free their [[lord]]. Mysaria learned of the plan from a [[whore]] Thoron had been [[bedding]], however, and the two [[knight]]s were promptly arrested and hanged. Septon [[Eustace (Dance of the Dragons)|Eustace]] suggests that Helaena Targaryen jumped to her death after being informed by Mysaria of how her son, Prince [[Maelor Targaryen]], had been killed at [[Sack of Bitterbridge|Bitterbridge]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

During the [[Riot of King's Landing (Dance of the Dragons)|riot of King's Landing]], Mysaria warned Rhaenyra against the coming dark. When Rhaenyra ultimately [[Flight to Dragonstone|fled the capital]], Mysaria remained at the [[Red Keep]] among other members of the court. Mysaria was taken while attempting to flee after Ser [[Garth the Harelip]] surrendered the Red Keep to Ser [[Perkin the Flea]] and his [[gutter knights]]. Perkin informed Mysaria that if she could [[Walk of atonement|travel naked]] through the city to the [[Gate of the Gods]] while being whipped, she would be allowed to live. Mysaria only made it half way before dying on the city's cobblestones.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

==Legacy==
Lord [[Brynden Rivers]] was said to have rivaled Lady Misery as a [[master of whisperers]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}

==''House of the Dragon''==
The television series ''[[House of the Dragon]]'' interprets various events that are disputed in the historical record. In the show, Mysaria's supposed pregnancy at Dragonstone is presented as a lie that Daemon made up as part of an attempt to provoke his brother, also writing to the small council that he would take her as his second wife in the custom of Old Valyria. She did not know of this until Ser [[Otto Hightower]] arrived at Dragonstone for the egg, and was deeply upset that Daemon put her life in danger.{{Ref|HBOHotD|s01e02}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|The other harlots called her Misery.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}}|writings of [[Gyldayn]]}}

{{Quote|Let [[Daemon Targaryen|Daemon]] slake his hungers where he will, and we shall do the same.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}|[[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] regarding Mysaria}}

==References==
{{References|2}}

{{Master of whisperers}}

[[Category:Blacks]]
[[Category:Casualties of the Dance of the Dragons]]
[[Category:Characters from Lys]]
[[Category:Characters killed by Perkin the Flea]]
[[Category:Dancers]]
[[Category:Deaths by torture]]
[[Category:House Targaryen retainers]]
[[Category:Masters of whisperers]]
[[Category:Members of Rhaenyra Targaryen's court]]
[[Category:Mistresses and paramours]]
[[Category:Smallfolk]]

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== Licensing ==
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Harrold Westerling

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{{Infobox character
| Character_name = [[File:House Westerling.svg|50px|left]] Harrold Westerling [[File:Kingsguard.svg|50px|right]]
| image =[[File:Harrold_Westerling.jpg]]
| image_caption =Harrold Westerling portrayed by Graham McTavish in ''[[House of the Dragon]]''
| Alias =
| Title = [[Knight|Ser]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| Allegiance = [[House Westerling]] [[Kingsguard]]
| Predecessor =
| Successor = [[Criston Cole]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Westermen]]
| Spouse =
| Place_of_Birth =
| Date_of_Birth =
| Place_of_Death =
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|112}}{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[Fire & Blood]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Rogue Prince]]'' (mentioned)
| coat-of-arms =
| Played_by = [[w:Graham McTavish|Graham McTavish]]
| TV_series = ''[[House of the Dragon]]'': [[House of the Dragon - Season 1|Season 1]]
}}

Ser '''Harrold Westerling''' was a [[knight]] from [[House Westerling]] and the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] under King [[Viserys I Targaryen]].

In the television adaptation ''[[House of the Dragon]]'', Harrold is portrayed by [[w:Graham McTavish|Graham McTavish]].<ref name="actor">HBO.com: [https://www.hbo.com/house-of-the-dragon/cast-and-characters House of the Dragon Cast & Characters]</ref>

==History==
It is unknown when Harrold became Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. At the earliest he could have been the successor of Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]] who died in {{Date|105}}.

Upon his own death in {{Date|112}}, Harrold was succeeded as Lord Commander by Ser [[Criston Cole]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen King: Viserys I}}{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

==Family==
Harrold's exact relationship to Lord [[Roland Westerling]] and his daughter, [[Johanna Lannister|Johanna]], is unknown. Roland was head of their House by the [[Dance of the Dragons]], and Johanna had married [[Jason Lannister]] to become Lady of [[Casterly Rock]].
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==''House of the Dragon''==
While Harrold Westerling's only mention in the book series is a record of his death, he is given a much more expansive role in the HBO series ''[[House of the Dragon]]'', where his actor is part of the supporting cast in [[House of the Dragon - Season 1|Season 1]]. He is said to have served in the Kingsguard since the time of [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]], and to be a paragon of chivalry and honor.<ref name="actor"/>

==References==
{{References}}

{{Kingsguard of Viserys I}}
{{Lords Commander of the Kingsguard}}
{{Viserys I small council}}

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Caraxes

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{{Infobox animal character
| Character_name = Caraxes
| image = [[File:Rogues cover.jpg|320px]]
| image_caption = Caraxes and [[Daemon Targaryen]], ''[[The Rogue Prince|Rogues]]'' cover art by Ken Laager.
| Alias = The Blood Wyrm{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
| Title =
| Owner = [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]] [[Daemon Targaryen]]
| Species = [[Dragon]]
| Place_of_Birth=
| Date_of_Birth =
| Place_of_Death = the [[Battle Above the Gods Eye|Gods Eye]]
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|130}}
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[Fire & Blood]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Rogue Prince]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Princess and the Queen]]'' (mentioned)
| TV_series = ''[[House of the Dragon]]'': [[House of the Dragon - Season 1|Season 1]]
}}

'''Caraxes''', called '''the Blood Wyrm''', was a [[dragon]] ridden at first by Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}} and later by Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]].{{Ref|TPATQ}}{{Ref|TRP}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}

==Description==
Caraxes was red, huge, and lean. In battle he was formidable, fearsome, and experienced. During the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Caraxes was about half the size of the huge [[Vhagar]]. Meanwhile, Vhagar was three times the size of younger dragons such as [[Tessarion]] or [[Seasmoke]].{{Ref|TRP}} [[Meleys]] was faster than both Caraxes and Vhagar.{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

==History==
===Aemon the Prince of Dragonstone===
[[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]], [[Prince of Dragonstone]] and heir apparent of the [[Iron Throne]], claimed Caraxes for the first time in {{Date|72}}. The [[Dragonkeepers]] considered him to be the fiercest of all the young dragons of the [[Dragonpit]] and nicknamed him the "Blood Wyrm". The Targaryen siblings [[Alyssa Targaryen|Alyssa]], [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon]] and Aemon liked to fly together on their dragons ([[Meleys]], Vhagar, and Caraxes respectively).{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

Aemon used Caraxes against the [[Dorne|Dornish]] fleet during the [[Fourth Dornish War]] in {{Date|83}}.{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}} When rogue [[Myr]]men [[Myrish Bloodbath|invaded]] parts of the island of [[Tarth]] in {{Date|92}}, Aemon flew to the island on Caraxes's back to help lords [[Cameron Tarth]] and [[Boremund Baratheon]] fight back the invaders. Caraxes easily outdistanced the [[Velaryon fleet]] led by Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] in the process. Caraxes was eating goats when Prince Aemon was killed by a crossbow bolt in the throat.{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

===Daemon the Rogue Prince===

[[File:TV_Caraxes.jpeg|Caraxes in ''[[House of the Dragon]]''|thumb|400px|right]]
By {{Date|105}}, Aemon's nephew, Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]], had claimed Caraxes as his mount. Daemon took his [[paramour]] [[Mysaria]] with him on Caraxes when he retreated from [[King's Landing]] for [[Dragonstone]].{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

Daemon used Caraxes during the [[War for the Stepstones]] ({{Date|106|115}}). During those years, Daemon divided his time between the Stepstones and Dragonstone where he would often fly with his niece, Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]], and her dragon [[Syrax]]. After Daemon remarried to Lady [[Laena Velaryon]], the newly wed toured the [[Free Cities]] of [[Essos]] with their dragons Caraxes and Vhagar. Huge crowds came to see both dragons everywhere they went.{{Ref|TRP}}{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

At the start of the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Daemon landed Caraxes atop [[Kingspyre Tower]] during the [[assault on Harrenhal]].{{Ref|TPATQ}}

Atop Caraxes later in the civil war, Daemon challenged [[Aemond Targaryen]] and [[Vhagar]] at Harrenhal. All four were killed in the ensuing [[Battle Above the Gods Eye]]. At the end of the fight, Vhagar locked with Caraxes and they fell into the [[Gods Eye]]. While in freefall, even as Vhagar's claws opened up Caraxes's belly and used her teeth to tear off one of his wing-arms, Caraxes locked his teeth onto the larger dragon's throat and tore it out. Vhagar did not survive the force of the fall. Somehow, Caraxes managed to live long enough to pull himself out of the water and onto the shore, even though his entrails were falling out and one of his arms had been torn clean off. The dragon soon died in front of the walls of Harrenhal.{{Ref|TPATQ}}

==Known dragonriders of Caraxes==
* Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
* Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]]{{Ref|TPATQ}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|He does love to [[Dragonflame|burn]].{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}|[[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]]}}

==References==
{{References}}

{{Dragons}}

[[Category:Casualties of the Dance of the Dragons]]
[[Category:Characters killed by Aemond Targaryen]]
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File:TV Seasmoke.png

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== Licensing ==
{{Non-free television screenshot}}

Seasmoke

2022-09-06T18:51:34Z

Arek:

{{Infobox animal character
| Character_name = Seasmoke
| image = [[File:TV_Seasmoke.png|400px]]
| image_caption = [[Laenor Velaryon]] riding Seasmoke in ''[[House of the Dragon]]''
| Alias =
| Title =
| Owner = [[Laenor Velaryon]] [[Addam Velaryon|Addam of Hull]]
| Species = [[Dragon]]
| Place_of_Birth=
| Date_of_Birth = or before {{Date|101}}
| Place_of_Death= [[Tumbleton]]
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|130}}
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[Fire & Blood]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Princess and the Queen]]'' (mentioned)
| TV_series = ''[[House of the Dragon]]'': [[House of the Dragon - Season 1|Season 1]]
}}

'''Seasmoke''' was a [[dragon]] ridden at first by Ser [[Laenor Velaryon]] and later by the [[dragonseed]], [[Addam Velaryon|Addam of Hull]].

==Appearance==
Seasmoke was a pale silver-grey dragon.{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} It was of fighting size during the Dance but still a young dragon and nimbler in the air than his older brothers. He was of comparable size to [[Tessarion]], who was about three times smaller than [[Vermithor]], and not as fearsome a beast as him in comparison.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

==History==
===Laenor Velaryon===
By {{Date|101}}, Seasmoke was a young dragon bonded with [[Laenor Velaryon]] though he had yet to ride him.{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} Seasmoke was Laenor's pride and passion. After Laenor's death in {{Date|120}}, Seasmoke made its lair in the [[Dragonmont]] on the island of [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]] and remained riderless for almost a decade.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}}

===Addam of Hull===
During the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Laenor's "son", Prince [[Jacaerys Velaryon]], desired new [[dragonrider]]s for his [[Blacks|faction]]. He offered [[knight]]hood, lands, and riches to whoever could claim the riderless dragons. Most of the attempts to claim a dragon ended in death or heavy burns in an event remember as the [[Sowing|Red Sowing]]. Seasmoke killed Ser [[Steffon Darklyn]], one of [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]'s Queensguard. Later, the fifteen-year-old [[Addam Velaryon|Addam of Hull]] was able to claim and ride Seasmoke, however. Addam used Seasmoke to protect his younger brother, [[Alyn Velaryon|Alyn of Hull]], from [[Sheepstealer]] during his attempt to claim him. Addam and Alyn were declared to be [[bastard]] sons of the late Laenor, though it was rumored that they where truly bastards of Laenor's father, Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] of [[Driftmark]]. Either way Addam's blood relation to Seasmoke's previous rider may have been a factor in it accepting him. Corlys convinced Queen Rhaenyra to remove the taint of bastardy to Addam and Alyn, thus Addam of Hull became Ser Addam Velaryon, heir of Driftmark.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}

Seasmoke was one of the five dragons participating in the [[Battle in the Gullet]] against the [[Triarchy]],{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}} and also took part in the [[Fall of King's Landing]]. Once it was decided that Queen Rhaenyra would remain in [[King’s Landing]], [[Syrax]], Seasmoke, and [[Tyraxes]] were expected to suffice for the defense of the city, and the rest of the dragonriders went to battle. Seasmoke was kept in the [[Dragonpit]] while in the capital.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

With the [[Two Betrayers]] on their minds, many voices in the [[black council]] questioned Ser Addam’s loyalty. Only the Queen's Hand, Lord Corlys Velaryon, spoke in defense of the dragonseed, remarking that Ser Addam and his brother Alyn were “true heirs” and worthy of Driftmark. The Hand’s impassioned protests were in vain and Queen Rhaenyra, suspecting a [[turncloak]], commanded Ser [[Luthor Largent]] to arrest Addam in the Dragonpit. Ser Addam, who had been forewarned, managed to make his escape flying away with Seasmoke, fleeing before he could be put to the question. By ordering the arrest of Addam, the queen lost not only a dragon but her Queen’s Hand as well. Corlys was beaten and imprisoned for warning Addam.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

As the [[Second Battle of Tumbleton]] was put into motion, Ser Addam was determined to prove that all bastards need not be turncloaks. Ser Addam attacked Tumbleton at night, taking the [[greens]] completely unawares. As chaos ensued Addam could see the battle turning into a rout below him. By this time, two of the enemy dragonriders, [[Hugh Hammer]] and [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Daeron the Daring]], were dead; although Addam could not have known that, he could see [[Vermithor]], [[Silverwing]] and [[Tessarion]]. The riderless Tessarion took flight and Addam turned his dragon to meet her. Both being young dragons they moved fast and nimbly as they fought. The fight ended when the riderless, enraged Vermithor rose into the sky and set about indiscriminately killing those on the ground.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

As the Bronze Fury wreaked carnage, Seasmoke fell upon him, driving him shrieking into the mud. According to Archmaester [[Gyldayn]], Addam must have felt duty bound to protect his men on the ground, though surely he knew in his heart Seasmoke could not match the older dragon. The riderless Blue Queen soon joined the fray and all three dragons fought to the death on the ground amidst mud and blood and smoke. Vermithor killed Seasmoke when he locked his teeth into his neck and ripped his head off. He attempted to take flight with his prize still in his jaws but his tattered wings could not lift his weight. After a moment he collapsed and died. Vermithor had also mortally wounded Tessarion, who died soon afterwards.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

After the Second Battle of Tumbleton, Lord [[Unwin Peake]] ordered a retreat, taking the remnants of the great host that Prince Daeron and Lord [[Ormund Hightower]] had led from [[Oldtown]]. The accused turncloak Addam Velaryon had saved King’s Landing from the queen’s foes at the cost of his own life.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}} Seasmoke and Vermithor's remains became a tourist attraction at the rebuilt Tumbleton.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}

==Known dragonriders of Seasmoke==
* [[Laenor Velaryon]]
* [[Addam Velaryon|Addam of Hull]]

==References==
{{References}}

{{Dragons}}

[[Category:Casualties of the Dance of the Dragons]]
[[Category:Dragons]]

[[es:Bruma]]
[[fr:Seasmoke]]
[[ru:Морской Дым]]

Seasmoke

2022-09-06T18:49:40Z

Arek:

{{Infobox animal character
| Character_name = Seasmoke
| image = [[File:TV_Seasmoke.jpeg|400px]]
| image_caption = [[Laenor Velaryon]] riding Seasmoke in ''[[House of the Dragon]]''
| Alias =
| Title =
| Owner = [[Laenor Velaryon]] [[Addam Velaryon|Addam of Hull]]
| Species = [[Dragon]]
| Place_of_Birth=
| Date_of_Birth = or before {{Date|101}}
| Place_of_Death= [[Tumbleton]]
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|130}}
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[Fire & Blood]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Princess and the Queen]]'' (mentioned)
| TV_series = ''[[House of the Dragon]]'': [[House of the Dragon - Season 1|Season 1]]
}}

'''Seasmoke''' was a [[dragon]] ridden at first by Ser [[Laenor Velaryon]] and later by the [[dragonseed]], [[Addam Velaryon|Addam of Hull]].

==Appearance==
Seasmoke was a pale silver-grey dragon.{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} It was of fighting size during the Dance but still a young dragon and nimbler in the air than his older brothers. He was of comparable size to [[Tessarion]], who was about three times smaller than [[Vermithor]], and not as fearsome a beast as him in comparison.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

==History==
===Laenor Velaryon===
By {{Date|101}}, Seasmoke was a young dragon bonded with [[Laenor Velaryon]] though he had yet to ride him.{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} Seasmoke was Laenor's pride and passion. After Laenor's death in {{Date|120}}, Seasmoke made its lair in the [[Dragonmont]] on the island of [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]] and remained riderless for almost a decade.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}}

===Addam of Hull===
During the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Laenor's "son", Prince [[Jacaerys Velaryon]], desired new [[dragonrider]]s for his [[Blacks|faction]]. He offered [[knight]]hood, lands, and riches to whoever could claim the riderless dragons. Most of the attempts to claim a dragon ended in death or heavy burns in an event remember as the [[Sowing|Red Sowing]]. Seasmoke killed Ser [[Steffon Darklyn]], one of [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]'s Queensguard. Later, the fifteen-year-old [[Addam Velaryon|Addam of Hull]] was able to claim and ride Seasmoke, however. Addam used Seasmoke to protect his younger brother, [[Alyn Velaryon|Alyn of Hull]], from [[Sheepstealer]] during his attempt to claim him. Addam and Alyn were declared to be [[bastard]] sons of the late Laenor, though it was rumored that they where truly bastards of Laenor's father, Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] of [[Driftmark]]. Either way Addam's blood relation to Seasmoke's previous rider may have been a factor in it accepting him. Corlys convinced Queen Rhaenyra to remove the taint of bastardy to Addam and Alyn, thus Addam of Hull became Ser Addam Velaryon, heir of Driftmark.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}

Seasmoke was one of the five dragons participating in the [[Battle in the Gullet]] against the [[Triarchy]],{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}} and also took part in the [[Fall of King's Landing]]. Once it was decided that Queen Rhaenyra would remain in [[King’s Landing]], [[Syrax]], Seasmoke, and [[Tyraxes]] were expected to suffice for the defense of the city, and the rest of the dragonriders went to battle. Seasmoke was kept in the [[Dragonpit]] while in the capital.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

With the [[Two Betrayers]] on their minds, many voices in the [[black council]] questioned Ser Addam’s loyalty. Only the Queen's Hand, Lord Corlys Velaryon, spoke in defense of the dragonseed, remarking that Ser Addam and his brother Alyn were “true heirs” and worthy of Driftmark. The Hand’s impassioned protests were in vain and Queen Rhaenyra, suspecting a [[turncloak]], commanded Ser [[Luthor Largent]] to arrest Addam in the Dragonpit. Ser Addam, who had been forewarned, managed to make his escape flying away with Seasmoke, fleeing before he could be put to the question. By ordering the arrest of Addam, the queen lost not only a dragon but her Queen’s Hand as well. Corlys was beaten and imprisoned for warning Addam.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

As the [[Second Battle of Tumbleton]] was put into motion, Ser Addam was determined to prove that all bastards need not be turncloaks. Ser Addam attacked Tumbleton at night, taking the [[greens]] completely unawares. As chaos ensued Addam could see the battle turning into a rout below him. By this time, two of the enemy dragonriders, [[Hugh Hammer]] and [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Daeron the Daring]], were dead; although Addam could not have known that, he could see [[Vermithor]], [[Silverwing]] and [[Tessarion]]. The riderless Tessarion took flight and Addam turned his dragon to meet her. Both being young dragons they moved fast and nimbly as they fought. The fight ended when the riderless, enraged Vermithor rose into the sky and set about indiscriminately killing those on the ground.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

As the Bronze Fury wreaked carnage, Seasmoke fell upon him, driving him shrieking into the mud. According to Archmaester [[Gyldayn]], Addam must have felt duty bound to protect his men on the ground, though surely he knew in his heart Seasmoke could not match the older dragon. The riderless Blue Queen soon joined the fray and all three dragons fought to the death on the ground amidst mud and blood and smoke. Vermithor killed Seasmoke when he locked his teeth into his neck and ripped his head off. He attempted to take flight with his prize still in his jaws but his tattered wings could not lift his weight. After a moment he collapsed and died. Vermithor had also mortally wounded Tessarion, who died soon afterwards.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

After the Second Battle of Tumbleton, Lord [[Unwin Peake]] ordered a retreat, taking the remnants of the great host that Prince Daeron and Lord [[Ormund Hightower]] had led from [[Oldtown]]. The accused turncloak Addam Velaryon had saved King’s Landing from the queen’s foes at the cost of his own life.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}} Seasmoke and Vermithor's remains became a tourist attraction at the rebuilt Tumbleton.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}

==Known dragonriders of Seasmoke==
* [[Laenor Velaryon]]
* [[Addam Velaryon|Addam of Hull]]

==References==
{{References}}

{{Dragons}}

[[Category:Casualties of the Dance of the Dragons]]
[[Category:Dragons]]

[[es:Bruma]]
[[fr:Seasmoke]]
[[ru:Морской Дым]]

Syrax

2022-09-06T18:43:55Z

Arek:

{{Infobox character
| Character_name = Syrax
| image = [[File:Syrax.jpeg|400px]]
| image_caption = Syrax in ''[[House of the Dragon]]''
| Alias =
| Title =
| Allegiance = [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]
| Race =
| Place_of_Birth =
| Date_of_Birth =
| Place_of_Death = the [[Dragonpit]]
| Date_of_Death = {{date|130}}
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[Fire & Blood]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Rogue Prince]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Princess and the Queen]]'' (appears) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned)
| TV_series = ''[[House of the Dragon]]'': [[House of the Dragon - Season 1|Season 1]]
}}
'''Syrax''' was a she-[[dragon]]. She was ridden solely by [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]. Her [[named after|name]] came from a [[Syrax (god)|goddess]] of [[Valyria]].{{Ref|TRP}}

==About==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Syrax|Images of Syrax]]''
Syrax had yellow scales. She was huge and formidable, but not as fearsome or experienced in battle as [[Caraxes]].{{ref|tpatq}} She was kept in chains and exceedingly well fed. She had not hunted for years at the time of the [[Dance of the Dragons|civil war]].

==History==
[[File:Season5Dance of Dragons11.png|thumb|[[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] astride Syrax. In supplemental Blu-ray content from ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' Season 5.|400px]]

Rhaenyra first took Syrax as a mount in 104 AC, when the princess was seven years old. Syrax was described as a "young" dragon at the time, and Rhaenyra herself named her "Syrax" (after a Valyrian goddess) - strongly implying that Syrax had no previous rider.{{ref|trp}}

Syrax laid "several" clutches of [[dragon egg|eggs]] during the reign of Viserys I. Her latest clutch was produced just prior to the civil war.{{ref|trp}} One of the eggs from that latest clutch was given to [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena]], Rhaenyra's step-daughter. It is somewhat implied that the dragons of Rhaenyra's sons all hatched from eggs laid by Syrax, though the only definitive information about any dragon parentage is that Rhaena's dragon [[Morning]] eventually hatched from one of Syrax's eggs.

Following her difficult stillbirth at the beginning of the war, Rhaenyra recovered enough strength to fly on Syrax, along with her other dragonriders, when they [[Fall of King's Landing|assaulted and captured]] King's Landing, with little opposition.

In [[King's Landing]] Syrax was kept within the walls of the [[Red Keep]] in a stable in the outer ward that had been emptied of horses and given over for her use. Heavy chains bound her to the ground. The chains were long enough to allow her to move from the stable to yard but kept her from flying off riderless. The three other dragons belonging to the [[blacks]] were kept in the [[Dragonpit]] along with the [[greens]]'s [[Dreamfyre]].

Syrax was slain in the aftermath of the [[Storming of the Dragonpit]]. Prince Joffrey had attempted to mount her to ride to the Dragonpit, save the other dragons, and perhaps mount his own dragon Tyraxes there. Dragons are not horses, however, and they will only accept one mount at a time. In mid-flight, Syrax shrugged off Joffrey, who fell to his death. Attracted by the bloodshed, Syrax continued on to the Dragonpit. Archmaester Glydayn noted that Syrax could have simply stayed high in the air and made runs at the mob with her flames, but instead she descended upon the ground, killing dozens with tooth and claw. There are numerous and contradicting accounts about specifically how Syrax died, and Gyldayn does not give them in detail. What is certain is that Syrax eventually died fighting the rioters.{{ref|trp}}

==Notes==
In ''[[The Dance of the Dragons, A True Telling]]'' by Maester [[Munkun]] writes that [[Vhagar]] roasted Ser [[Byron Swann]] when he tried to kill her by sneaking up behind his shield so the dragon would see only her reflection - as [[Serwyn]] of the Mirror Shield did to [[Urrax]]. However, according to [[Tyrion Lannister]], ''Grand'' Maester Munkun errs, the dragon was in fact Syrax.{{Ref|aDwD|8}}

Tyrion thinks it being Syrax makes much more sense than [[Munkun]]’s version, because this is the dragon mentioned in the letter to the daughter of Ser [[Byron Swann]] that was sent by his squire who saw the whole thing. Ser Byron was also the son of a [[Marcher lords| marcher lord]], and [[Storm's End]] was for [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon]]. Vhagar was ridden by Prince [[Aemond Targaryen|Aemond]], Aegon’s brother and fellow [[The Greens|green]].

Archmaester [[Gyldayn]]'s [[The Princess and the Queen, or, the Blacks and the Greens|history of the civil war]] sheds no further light on the matter as it gives no account of Ser Byron Swann's attempt to slay a dragon.

==Known dragonriders of Syrax==
:*[[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] - first and only rider

==References==
{{references}}

{{Dragons}}

[[Category:Dragons]]
[[Category:Casualties of the Dance of the Dragons]]
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[[fr:Syrax]]
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Syrax

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{{Infobox character
| Character_name = Syrax
| image = [[File:Syrax.jpeg|200px]]
| image_caption = Syrax in ''[[House of the Dragon]]''
| Alias =
| Title =
| Allegiance = [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]
| Race =
| Place_of_Birth =
| Date_of_Birth =
| Place_of_Death = the [[Dragonpit]]
| Date_of_Death = {{date|130}}
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[Fire & Blood]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Rogue Prince]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Princess and the Queen]]'' (appears) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned)
| TV_series = ''[[House of the Dragon]]'': [[House of the Dragon - Season 1|Season 1]]
}}
'''Syrax''' was a she-[[dragon]]. She was ridden solely by [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]. Her [[named after|name]] came from a [[Syrax (god)|goddess]] of [[Valyria]].{{Ref|TRP}}

==About==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Syrax|Images of Syrax]]''
Syrax had yellow scales. She was huge and formidable, but not as fearsome or experienced in battle as [[Caraxes]].{{ref|tpatq}} She was kept in chains and exceedingly well fed. She had not hunted for years at the time of the [[Dance of the Dragons|civil war]].

==History==
[[File:Season5Dance of Dragons11.png|thumb|[[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] astride Syrax. In supplemental Blu-ray content from ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' Season 5.|400px]]

Rhaenyra first took Syrax as a mount in 104 AC, when the princess was seven years old. Syrax was described as a "young" dragon at the time, and Rhaenyra herself named her "Syrax" (after a Valyrian goddess) - strongly implying that Syrax had no previous rider.{{ref|trp}}

Syrax laid "several" clutches of [[dragon egg|eggs]] during the reign of Viserys I. Her latest clutch was produced just prior to the civil war.{{ref|trp}} One of the eggs from that latest clutch was given to [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena]], Rhaenyra's step-daughter. It is somewhat implied that the dragons of Rhaenyra's sons all hatched from eggs laid by Syrax, though the only definitive information about any dragon parentage is that Rhaena's dragon [[Morning]] eventually hatched from one of Syrax's eggs.

Following her difficult stillbirth at the beginning of the war, Rhaenyra recovered enough strength to fly on Syrax, along with her other dragonriders, when they [[Fall of King's Landing|assaulted and captured]] King's Landing, with little opposition.

In [[King's Landing]] Syrax was kept within the walls of the [[Red Keep]] in a stable in the outer ward that had been emptied of horses and given over for her use. Heavy chains bound her to the ground. The chains were long enough to allow her to move from the stable to yard but kept her from flying off riderless. The three other dragons belonging to the [[blacks]] were kept in the [[Dragonpit]] along with the [[greens]]'s [[Dreamfyre]].

Syrax was slain in the aftermath of the [[Storming of the Dragonpit]]. Prince Joffrey had attempted to mount her to ride to the Dragonpit, save the other dragons, and perhaps mount his own dragon Tyraxes there. Dragons are not horses, however, and they will only accept one mount at a time. In mid-flight, Syrax shrugged off Joffrey, who fell to his death. Attracted by the bloodshed, Syrax continued on to the Dragonpit. Archmaester Glydayn noted that Syrax could have simply stayed high in the air and made runs at the mob with her flames, but instead she descended upon the ground, killing dozens with tooth and claw. There are numerous and contradicting accounts about specifically how Syrax died, and Gyldayn does not give them in detail. What is certain is that Syrax eventually died fighting the rioters.{{ref|trp}}

==Notes==
In ''[[The Dance of the Dragons, A True Telling]]'' by Maester [[Munkun]] writes that [[Vhagar]] roasted Ser [[Byron Swann]] when he tried to kill her by sneaking up behind his shield so the dragon would see only her reflection - as [[Serwyn]] of the Mirror Shield did to [[Urrax]]. However, according to [[Tyrion Lannister]], ''Grand'' Maester Munkun errs, the dragon was in fact Syrax.{{Ref|aDwD|8}}

Tyrion thinks it being Syrax makes much more sense than [[Munkun]]’s version, because this is the dragon mentioned in the letter to the daughter of Ser [[Byron Swann]] that was sent by his squire who saw the whole thing. Ser Byron was also the son of a [[Marcher lords| marcher lord]], and [[Storm's End]] was for [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon]]. Vhagar was ridden by Prince [[Aemond Targaryen|Aemond]], Aegon’s brother and fellow [[The Greens|green]].

Archmaester [[Gyldayn]]'s [[The Princess and the Queen, or, the Blacks and the Greens|history of the civil war]] sheds no further light on the matter as it gives no account of Ser Byron Swann's attempt to slay a dragon.

==Known dragonriders of Syrax==
:*[[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] - first and only rider

==References==
{{references}}

{{Dragons}}

[[Category:Dragons]]
[[Category:Casualties of the Dance of the Dragons]]
[[es:Syrax]]
[[fr:Syrax]]
[[ru:Сиракс]]

Caraxes

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Arek: /* Daemon the Rogue Prince */

{{Infobox animal character
| Character_name = Caraxes
| image = [[File:Rogues cover.jpg|320px]]
| image_caption = Caraxes and [[Daemon Targaryen]], ''[[The Rogue Prince|Rogues]]'' cover art by Ken Laager.
| Alias = The Blood Wyrm{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
| Title =
| Owner = [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]] [[Daemon Targaryen]]
| Species = [[Dragon]]
| Place_of_Birth=
| Date_of_Birth =
| Place_of_Death = the [[Battle Above the Gods Eye|Gods Eye]]
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|130}}
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[Fire & Blood]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Rogue Prince]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Princess and the Queen]]'' (mentioned)
| TV_series = ''[[House of the Dragon]]'': [[House of the Dragon - Season 1|Season 1]]
}}

'''Caraxes''', called '''the Blood Wyrm''', was a [[dragon]] ridden at first by Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}} and later by Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]].{{Ref|TPATQ}}{{Ref|TRP}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}

==Description==
Caraxes was red, huge, and lean. In battle he was formidable, fearsome, and experienced. During the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Caraxes was about half the size of the huge [[Vhagar]]. Meanwhile, Vhagar was three times the size of younger dragons such as [[Tessarion]] or [[Seasmoke]].{{Ref|TRP}} [[Meleys]] was faster than both Caraxes and Vhagar.{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

==History==
===Aemon the Prince of Dragonstone===
[[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]], [[Prince of Dragonstone]] and heir apparent of the [[Iron Throne]], claimed Caraxes for the first time in {{Date|72}}. The [[Dragonkeepers]] considered him to be the fiercest of all the young dragons of the [[Dragonpit]] and nicknamed him the "Blood Wyrm". The Targaryen siblings [[Alyssa Targaryen|Alyssa]], [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon]] and Aemon liked to fly together on their dragons ([[Meleys]], Vhagar, and Caraxes respectively).{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

Aemon used Caraxes against the [[Dorne|Dornish]] fleet during the [[Fourth Dornish War]] in {{Date|83}}.{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}} When rogue [[Myr]]men [[Myrish Bloodbath|invaded]] parts of the island of [[Tarth]] in {{Date|92}}, Aemon flew to the island on Caraxes's back to help lords [[Cameron Tarth]] and [[Boremund Baratheon]] fight back the invaders. Caraxes easily outdistanced the [[Velaryon fleet]] led by Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] in the process. Caraxes was eating goats when Prince Aemon was killed by a crossbow bolt in the throat.{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

===Daemon the Rogue Prince===

[[File:TV_Caraxes.jpeg|Caraxes in ''[[House of the Dragon]]''|thumb|350px|left]]
By {{Date|105}}, Aemon's nephew, Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]], had claimed Caraxes as his mount. Daemon took his [[paramour]] [[Mysaria]] with him on Caraxes when he retreated from [[King's Landing]] for [[Dragonstone]].{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

Daemon used Caraxes during the [[War for the Stepstones]] ({{Date|106|115}}). During those years, Daemon divided his time between the Stepstones and Dragonstone where he would often fly with his niece, Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]], and her dragon [[Syrax]]. After Daemon remarried to Lady [[Laena Velaryon]], the newly wed toured the [[Free Cities]] of [[Essos]] with their dragons Caraxes and Vhagar. Huge crowds came to see both dragons everywhere they went.{{Ref|TRP}}{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

At the start of the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Daemon landed Caraxes atop [[Kingspyre Tower]] during the [[assault on Harrenhal]].{{Ref|TPATQ}}

Atop Caraxes later in the civil war, Daemon challenged [[Aemond Targaryen]] and [[Vhagar]] at Harrenhal. All four were killed in the ensuing [[Battle Above the Gods Eye]]. At the end of the fight, Vhagar locked with Caraxes and they fell into the [[Gods Eye]]. While in freefall, even as Vhagar's claws opened up Caraxes's belly and used her teeth to tear off one of his wing-arms, Caraxes locked his teeth onto the larger dragon's throat and tore it out. Vhagar did not survive the force of the fall. Somehow, Caraxes managed to live long enough to pull himself out of the water and onto the shore, even though his entrails were falling out and one of his arms had been torn clean off. The dragon soon died in front of the walls of Harrenhal.{{Ref|TPATQ}}

==Known dragonriders of Caraxes==
* Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
* Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]]{{Ref|TPATQ}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|He does love to [[Dragonflame|burn]].{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}|[[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]]}}

==References==
{{References}}

{{Dragons}}

[[Category:Casualties of the Dance of the Dragons]]
[[Category:Characters killed by Aemond Targaryen]]
[[Category:Characters killed by Vhagar]]
[[Category:Dragons]]

[[es:Caraxes]]
[[fa:کراکسس]]
[[fr:Caraxès]]
[[pt:Caraxes]]
[[ru:Караксес]]

File:Syrax.jpeg

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Arek:

== Licensing ==
{{Non-free television screenshot}}

Syrax

2022-09-06T18:41:15Z

Arek:

{{Infobox character
| Character_name = Syrax
| image = [[File:Syrax.jpeg]]
| image_caption = Syrax in ''[[House of the Dragon]]''
| Alias =
| Title =
| Allegiance = [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]
| Race =
| Place_of_Birth =
| Date_of_Birth =
| Place_of_Death = the [[Dragonpit]]
| Date_of_Death = {{date|130}}
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[Fire & Blood]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Rogue Prince]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Princess and the Queen]]'' (appears) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned)
| TV_series = ''[[House of the Dragon]]'': [[House of the Dragon - Season 1|Season 1]]
}}
'''Syrax''' was a she-[[dragon]]. She was ridden solely by [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]. Her [[named after|name]] came from a [[Syrax (god)|goddess]] of [[Valyria]].{{Ref|TRP}}

==About==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Syrax|Images of Syrax]]''
Syrax had yellow scales. She was huge and formidable, but not as fearsome or experienced in battle as [[Caraxes]].{{ref|tpatq}} She was kept in chains and exceedingly well fed. She had not hunted for years at the time of the [[Dance of the Dragons|civil war]].

==History==
[[File:Season5Dance of Dragons11.png|thumb|[[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] astride Syrax. In supplemental Blu-ray content from ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' Season 5.|400px]]

Rhaenyra first took Syrax as a mount in 104 AC, when the princess was seven years old. Syrax was described as a "young" dragon at the time, and Rhaenyra herself named her "Syrax" (after a Valyrian goddess) - strongly implying that Syrax had no previous rider.{{ref|trp}}

Syrax laid "several" clutches of [[dragon egg|eggs]] during the reign of Viserys I. Her latest clutch was produced just prior to the civil war.{{ref|trp}} One of the eggs from that latest clutch was given to [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena]], Rhaenyra's step-daughter. It is somewhat implied that the dragons of Rhaenyra's sons all hatched from eggs laid by Syrax, though the only definitive information about any dragon parentage is that Rhaena's dragon [[Morning]] eventually hatched from one of Syrax's eggs.

Following her difficult stillbirth at the beginning of the war, Rhaenyra recovered enough strength to fly on Syrax, along with her other dragonriders, when they [[Fall of King's Landing|assaulted and captured]] King's Landing, with little opposition.

In [[King's Landing]] Syrax was kept within the walls of the [[Red Keep]] in a stable in the outer ward that had been emptied of horses and given over for her use. Heavy chains bound her to the ground. The chains were long enough to allow her to move from the stable to yard but kept her from flying off riderless. The three other dragons belonging to the [[blacks]] were kept in the [[Dragonpit]] along with the [[greens]]'s [[Dreamfyre]].

Syrax was slain in the aftermath of the [[Storming of the Dragonpit]]. Prince Joffrey had attempted to mount her to ride to the Dragonpit, save the other dragons, and perhaps mount his own dragon Tyraxes there. Dragons are not horses, however, and they will only accept one mount at a time. In mid-flight, Syrax shrugged off Joffrey, who fell to his death. Attracted by the bloodshed, Syrax continued on to the Dragonpit. Archmaester Glydayn noted that Syrax could have simply stayed high in the air and made runs at the mob with her flames, but instead she descended upon the ground, killing dozens with tooth and claw. There are numerous and contradicting accounts about specifically how Syrax died, and Gyldayn does not give them in detail. What is certain is that Syrax eventually died fighting the rioters.{{ref|trp}}

==Notes==
In ''[[The Dance of the Dragons, A True Telling]]'' by Maester [[Munkun]] writes that [[Vhagar]] roasted Ser [[Byron Swann]] when he tried to kill her by sneaking up behind his shield so the dragon would see only her reflection - as [[Serwyn]] of the Mirror Shield did to [[Urrax]]. However, according to [[Tyrion Lannister]], ''Grand'' Maester Munkun errs, the dragon was in fact Syrax.{{Ref|aDwD|8}}

Tyrion thinks it being Syrax makes much more sense than [[Munkun]]’s version, because this is the dragon mentioned in the letter to the daughter of Ser [[Byron Swann]] that was sent by his squire who saw the whole thing. Ser Byron was also the son of a [[Marcher lords| marcher lord]], and [[Storm's End]] was for [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon]]. Vhagar was ridden by Prince [[Aemond Targaryen|Aemond]], Aegon’s brother and fellow [[The Greens|green]].

Archmaester [[Gyldayn]]'s [[The Princess and the Queen, or, the Blacks and the Greens|history of the civil war]] sheds no further light on the matter as it gives no account of Ser Byron Swann's attempt to slay a dragon.

==Known dragonriders of Syrax==
:*[[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] - first and only rider

==References==
{{references}}

{{Dragons}}

[[Category:Dragons]]
[[Category:Casualties of the Dance of the Dragons]]
[[es:Syrax]]
[[fr:Syrax]]
[[ru:Сиракс]]

File:TV Caraxes.jpeg

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Arek:

== Licensing ==
{{Non-free television screenshot}}

Caraxes

2022-09-06T18:34:33Z

Arek: /* Daemon the Rogue Prince */

{{Infobox animal character
| Character_name = Caraxes
| image = [[File:Rogues cover.jpg|320px]]
| image_caption = Caraxes and [[Daemon Targaryen]], ''[[The Rogue Prince|Rogues]]'' cover art by Ken Laager.
| Alias = The Blood Wyrm{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
| Title =
| Owner = [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]] [[Daemon Targaryen]]
| Species = [[Dragon]]
| Place_of_Birth=
| Date_of_Birth =
| Place_of_Death = the [[Battle Above the Gods Eye|Gods Eye]]
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|130}}
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[Fire & Blood]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Rogue Prince]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Princess and the Queen]]'' (mentioned)
| TV_series = ''[[House of the Dragon]]'': [[House of the Dragon - Season 1|Season 1]]
}}

'''Caraxes''', called '''the Blood Wyrm''', was a [[dragon]] ridden at first by Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}} and later by Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]].{{Ref|TPATQ}}{{Ref|TRP}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}

==Description==
Caraxes was red, huge, and lean. In battle he was formidable, fearsome, and experienced. During the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Caraxes was about half the size of the huge [[Vhagar]]. Meanwhile, Vhagar was three times the size of younger dragons such as [[Tessarion]] or [[Seasmoke]].{{Ref|TRP}} [[Meleys]] was faster than both Caraxes and Vhagar.{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

==History==
===Aemon the Prince of Dragonstone===
[[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]], [[Prince of Dragonstone]] and heir apparent of the [[Iron Throne]], claimed Caraxes for the first time in {{Date|72}}. The [[Dragonkeepers]] considered him to be the fiercest of all the young dragons of the [[Dragonpit]] and nicknamed him the "Blood Wyrm". The Targaryen siblings [[Alyssa Targaryen|Alyssa]], [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon]] and Aemon liked to fly together on their dragons ([[Meleys]], Vhagar, and Caraxes respectively).{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

Aemon used Caraxes against the [[Dorne|Dornish]] fleet during the [[Fourth Dornish War]] in {{Date|83}}.{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}} When rogue [[Myr]]men [[Myrish Bloodbath|invaded]] parts of the island of [[Tarth]] in {{Date|92}}, Aemon flew to the island on Caraxes's back to help lords [[Cameron Tarth]] and [[Boremund Baratheon]] fight back the invaders. Caraxes easily outdistanced the [[Velaryon fleet]] led by Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] in the process. Caraxes was eating goats when Prince Aemon was killed by a crossbow bolt in the throat.{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

===Daemon the Rogue Prince===

[[File:TV_Caraxes.jpeg|Caraxes in ''[[House of the Dragon]]''|thumb|250px|left]]
By {{Date|105}}, Aemon's nephew, Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]], had claimed Caraxes as his mount. Daemon took his [[paramour]] [[Mysaria]] with him on Caraxes when he retreated from [[King's Landing]] for [[Dragonstone]].{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

Daemon used Caraxes during the [[War for the Stepstones]] ({{Date|106|115}}). During those years, Daemon divided his time between the Stepstones and Dragonstone where he would often fly with his niece, Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]], and her dragon [[Syrax]]. After Daemon remarried to Lady [[Laena Velaryon]], the newly wed toured the [[Free Cities]] of [[Essos]] with their dragons Caraxes and Vhagar. Huge crowds came to see both dragons everywhere they went.{{Ref|TRP}}{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

At the start of the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Daemon landed Caraxes atop [[Kingspyre Tower]] during the [[assault on Harrenhal]].{{Ref|TPATQ}}

Atop Caraxes later in the civil war, Daemon challenged [[Aemond Targaryen]] and [[Vhagar]] at Harrenhal. All four were killed in the ensuing [[Battle Above the Gods Eye]]. At the end of the fight, Vhagar locked with Caraxes and they fell into the [[Gods Eye]]. While in freefall, even as Vhagar's claws opened up Caraxes's belly and used her teeth to tear off one of his wing-arms, Caraxes locked his teeth onto the larger dragon's throat and tore it out. Vhagar did not survive the force of the fall. Somehow, Caraxes managed to live long enough to pull himself out of the water and onto the shore, even though his entrails were falling out and one of his arms had been torn clean off. The dragon soon died in front of the walls of Harrenhal.{{Ref|TPATQ}}

==Known dragonriders of Caraxes==
* Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
* Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]]{{Ref|TPATQ}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|He does love to [[Dragonflame|burn]].{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}|[[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]]}}

==References==
{{References}}

{{Dragons}}

[[Category:Casualties of the Dance of the Dragons]]
[[Category:Characters killed by Aemond Targaryen]]
[[Category:Characters killed by Vhagar]]
[[Category:Dragons]]

[[es:Caraxes]]
[[fa:کراکسس]]
[[fr:Caraxès]]
[[pt:Caraxes]]
[[ru:Караксес]]

File:RYAM R.jpg

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Arek:

== Licensing ==
{{Non-free television screenshot}}

Ryam Redwyne

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Arek: added photo from HOTD

{{Infobox character
| Character_name = [[File:House_Redwyne.svg|50px|left]] Ryam Redwyne [[File:Kingsguard.svg|50px|right]]
| image =[[File:RYAM_R.jpg|250px]]
| image_caption = Ryan Redwyne portrayed by Garry Cooper in ''[[House of the Dragon]]''
| Alias =
| Title = [[Knight|Ser]] [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] [[Hand of the King]]
| Allegiance = [[House Redwyne]] [[Kingsguard]]
| Predecessor =
| Successor =
| Race =
| Culture = [[Reach]]
| Date_of_Birth = or before {{Date|42}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Ryam Redwyne|Ryam Redwyne]] calculation.''</ref>
| Place_of_Birth =
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|105}}
| Place_of_Death = [[King's Landing]]
| Father = Lord [[Manfryd Redwyne]]
| Mother =
| Spouse =
| coat-of-arms =
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[Fire & Blood]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Rogue Prince]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Hedge Knight]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (mentioned)
| Played_by = [[w:Garry Cooper|Garry Cooper]]
| TV_series = ''[[House of the Dragon]]'': [[House of the Dragon - Season 1|Season 1]]
}}

Ser '''Ryam Redwyne''' was a famed [[knight]] from [[House Redwyne]]{{Ref|ACOK|12}} who served as [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]] of the [[Kingsguard]] under kings [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys I]] and [[Viserys I Targaryen]]. He also briefly served as [[Hand of the King]] for Jaehaerys I.{{Ref|ASOS|67}}{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

In the television adaptation ''[[House of the Dragon]]'', Ryam is portrayed by [[w:Garry Cooper|Garry Cooper]].<ref>WarnerMedia Pressroom: [https://pressroom.warnermedia.com/na/bio/house-dragon-character-descriptions House of the Dragon | Character Descriptions]</ref>

==Character==
Ryam was considered the greatest knight of his day,{{Ref|ASOS|54}} accomplished at [[sword]] and lance.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}} There are songs about Ryam praising his chivalry.{{Ref|AGOT|30}}{{Ref|ACOK|52}}{{Ref|ASOS|68}}

==History==
Ryam and his older brothers, [[Robert Redwyne|Robert]] and [[Rickard Redwyne|Rickard]], accompanied their father, Lord [[Manfryd Redwyne]], to [[King's Landing]] as squires when King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] named Manfryd as [[master of ships]] in {{Date|50}}.{{Ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}}

During the [[Tourney at King's Landing on the anniversary of the king's coronation|tourney]] celebrating Jaehaerys's tenth year of coronation, young Ryam unhorsed Ser [[Ronnal Baratheon]], Ser [[Arthor Oakheart]], Lord [[Simon Dondarrion]], and Ser [[Harys Hogg]], as well as Ser [[Lorence Roxton]] and Ser [[Lucamore Strong]] of the [[Kingsguard]]. Ryam crowned Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]] as the tourney's [[queen of love and beauty]].{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}

Ser [[Gyles Morrigen]], [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]], recommended that Ryam and Ser [[Robin Shaw]] join the white cloaks in {{Date|60}} after two previous knights had perished from the [[Shivers]].{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

In late {{Date|73}} Ryam discovered that his sworn brother, Ser Lucamore Strong, had broken his Kingsguard vows of not taking a wife or fathering children. Lucamore the Lusty had fathered sixteen children among three women he had secretly wed, with each woman unaware of the others. Ryam brought the revelation to an enraged Gyles. Lucamore was [[Eunuch|gelded]] by his former sworn brothers of the Kingsguard, after which King Jaehaerys sent the disgraced knight to the [[Wall]] to join the [[Night's Watch]].{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

Ryam was the victor of a tourney held in Jaehaerys's honor at [[Oldtown]] in {{Date|89}}.{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}} In a tourney at King's Landing to celebrate the fiftieth year of Jaehaerys's reign in {{Date|98}}, Ryam and Ser [[Clement Crabb]] broke thirty lances against each other before the king proclaimed them co-champions. It is often called the finest display of jousting in the history of [[Westeros]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}

In {{Date|99}}, Ryam, the Lord Commander, was named [[Hand of the King]] by Jaehaerys, after the death of the previous Hand, Septon [[Barth]]. Considered one of the worst Hands the [[Seven Kingdoms]] has seen,{{Ref|ASOS|54}} Ryam was replaced by the king's son and heir, Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon Targaryen]], less than a year after having been raised to the office.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}

Ryam served King [[Viserys I Targaryen]] after the death of Jaehaerys in {{Date|103}} until he died in {{Date|105}}. His slot in the Kingsguard was taken by Ser [[Criston Cole]].{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

Ser [[Duncan the Tall]] once recalled that Ryam won victories against terrible foes.{{Ref|THK}}

When playing as children, [[Robb Stark]] pretended to be King [[Daeron I Targaryen]], while [[Jon Snow]] pretended to be Ser Ryam.{{Ref|ASOS|79}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[Bran Stark]] dreams of becoming a [[Kingsguard]] like Ryam.{{Ref|AGOT|8}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
While having a nightmare of the [[riot of King's Landing]], [[Sansa Stark]] hopes to be saved by Ryam, [[Florian the Fool]], or Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon the Dragonknight]], but none appear.{{Ref|ACOK|52}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
The [[lowborn]] [[Davos Seaworth]] is reluctant to serve as [[Hand of the King]] to [[Stannis Baratheon]], but Maester [[Pylos]] reminds Davos that there were accomplished knights like Ryam who served poorly as Hand.{{Ref|ASOS|54}}

To help convince Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] to join the Kingsguard, Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] has bards bribed to sing of the glories of Ryam, Aemon, and [[Serwyn of the Mirror Shield]].{{Ref|ASOS|68}}

Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], now [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]], feels himself unworthy of a position once held by Ryam.{{Ref|ASOS|62}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Jaime advises Loras to learn about their predecessors in the Kingsguard, such as Ryam.{{Ref|AFFC|16}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Some problems cannot be solved by hitting them with a stick.{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}|observation of [[Allar]] on Ryam being [[Hand of the King]]}}

{{Quote|He thought back on all the songs he had heard, songs of blind [[Symeon Star-Eyes]] and noble [[Serwyn of the Mirror Shield]], of Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon the Dragonknight]], Ser Ryam Redywne, and [[Florian the Fool]]. They had all won victories against foes far more terrible than any he would face. But they were great heroes, brave men of noble birth, except for Florian. And what am I?{{Ref|THK}}|thoughts of [[Duncan the Tall]]}}

{{Quote|Bran was going to be a [[knight]] himself someday, one of the [[Kingsguard]]. [[Old Nan]] said they were the finest swords in all the realm. There were only seven of them, and they wore white armor and had no wives or children, but lived only to serve the king. Bran knew all the stories. Their names were like music to him. [[Serwyn of the Mirror Shield]]. Ser Ryam Redwyne. Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon the Dragonknight]]. The twins Ser [[Erryk Cargyll|Erryk]] and Ser [[Arryk Cargyll|Arryk]], who had died on one another's swords hundreds of years ago, when brother fought sister in the war the singers called the [[Dance of the Dragons]]. The White Bull, [[Gerold Hightower]]. Ser [[Arthur Dayne]], the Sword of the Morning. [[Barristan the Bold]].{{Ref|AGOT|8}}|thoughts of [[Bran Stark]]}}

{{Quote|The days when men like Ryam Redwyne and Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon the Dragonknight]] wore the white cloak are gone to dust and song.{{Ref|AGOT|30}}|[[Varys]] to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Ser Ryam Redwyne was the greatest knight of his day, and one of the worst [[Hand of the King|Hands]] ever to serve a king.{{Ref|ASOS|54}}|[[Pylos]] to [[Davos Seaworth]]}}

{{Quote|White wool hangings covered the walls, and there was a white shield and two crossed longswords mounted above the hearth. The chair behind the table was old black [[oak]], with cushions of blanched cowhide, the leather worn thin. Worn by the bony arse of [[Barristan Selmy|Barristan the Bold]] and Ser [[Gerold Hightower]] before him, by Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon the Dragonknight]], Ser Ryam Redwyne, and the [[Demon of Darry]], by Ser [[Duncan the Tall]] and the Pale Griffin [[Alyn Connington]]. How could the Kingslayer belong in such exalted company?{{Ref|ASOS|62}}|thoughts of [[Jaime Lannister]]}}

==Family==
{{Redwyne tree Jaehaerys I}}

==References==
{{References}}

{{Kingsguard of Jaehaerys I}}
{{Kingsguard of Viserys I}}
{{Lords Commander of the Kingsguard}}
{{Hands of the King}}
{{Jaehaerys I small council}}
{{Viserys I small council}}

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Harrold Westerling

2022-09-06T18:27:21Z

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| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[Fire & Blood]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Rogue Prince]]'' (mentioned)
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Ser '''Harrold Westerling''' was a [[knight]] from [[House Westerling]] and the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] under King [[Viserys I Targaryen]].

In the television adaptation ''[[House of the Dragon]]'', Harrold is portrayed by [[w:Graham McTavish|Graham McTavish]].<ref name="actor">HBO.com: [https://www.hbo.com/house-of-the-dragon/cast-and-characters House of the Dragon Cast & Characters]</ref>

==History==
It is unknown when Harrold became Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. At the earliest he could have been the successor of Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]] who died in {{Date|105}}.

Upon his own death in {{Date|112}}, Harrold was succeeded as Lord Commander by Ser [[Criston Cole]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen King: Viserys I}}{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

==Family==
Harrold's exact relationship to Lord [[Roland Westerling]] and his daughter, [[Johanna Lannister|Johanna]], is unknown. Roland was head of their House by the [[Dance of the Dragons]], and Johanna had married [[Jason Lannister]] to become Lady of [[Casterly Rock]].
{{Westerling tree Dance}}

==''House of the Dragon''==
While Harrold Westerling's only mention in the book series is a record of his death, he is given a much more expansive role in the HBO series ''[[House of the Dragon]]'', where his actor is part of the supporting cast in [[House of the Dragon - Season 1|Season 1]]. He is said to have served in the Kingsguard since the time of [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]], and to be a paragon of chivalry and honor.<ref name="actor"/>

==References==
{{References}}

{{Kingsguard of Viserys I}}
{{Lords Commander of the Kingsguard}}
{{Viserys I small council}}

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Harrold Westerling

2022-09-06T18:27:05Z

Arek:

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| TV_series = ''[[House of the Dragon]]'': [[House of the Dragon - Season 1|Season 1]]
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Ser '''Harrold Westerling''' was a [[knight]] from [[House Westerling]] and the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] under King [[Viserys I Targaryen]].

In the television adaptation ''[[House of the Dragon]]'', Harrold is portrayed by [[w:Graham McTavish|Graham McTavish]].<ref name="actor">HBO.com: [https://www.hbo.com/house-of-the-dragon/cast-and-characters House of the Dragon Cast & Characters]</ref>

==History==
It is unknown when Harrold became Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. At the earliest he could have been the successor of Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]] who died in {{Date|105}}.

Upon his own death in {{Date|112}}, Harrold was succeeded as Lord Commander by Ser [[Criston Cole]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen King: Viserys I}}{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

==Family==
Harrold's exact relationship to Lord [[Roland Westerling]] and his daughter, [[Johanna Lannister|Johanna]], is unknown. Roland was head of their House by the [[Dance of the Dragons]], and Johanna had married [[Jason Lannister]] to become Lady of [[Casterly Rock]].
{{Westerling tree Dance}}

==''House of the Dragon''==
While Harrold Westerling's only mention in the book series is a record of his death, he is given a much more expansive role in the HBO series ''[[House of the Dragon]]'', where his actor is part of the supporting cast in [[House of the Dragon - Season 1|Season 1]]. He is said to have served in the Kingsguard since the time of [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]], and to be a paragon of chivalry and honor.<ref name="actor"/>

==References==
{{References}}

{{Kingsguard of Viserys I}}
{{Lords Commander of the Kingsguard}}
{{Viserys I small council}}

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2022-09-06T18:26:06Z

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Harrold Westerling

2022-09-06T18:25:46Z

Arek:

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| TV_series = ''[[House of the Dragon]]'': [[House of the Dragon - Season 1|Season 1]]
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Ser '''Harrold Westerling''' was a [[knight]] from [[House Westerling]] and the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] under King [[Viserys I Targaryen]].

In the television adaptation ''[[House of the Dragon]]'', Harrold is portrayed by [[w:Graham McTavish|Graham McTavish]].<ref name="actor">HBO.com: [https://www.hbo.com/house-of-the-dragon/cast-and-characters House of the Dragon Cast & Characters]</ref>

==History==
It is unknown when Harrold became Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. At the earliest he could have been the successor of Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]] who died in {{Date|105}}.

Upon his own death in {{Date|112}}, Harrold was succeeded as Lord Commander by Ser [[Criston Cole]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen King: Viserys I}}{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

==Family==
Harrold's exact relationship to Lord [[Roland Westerling]] and his daughter, [[Johanna Lannister|Johanna]], is unknown. Roland was head of their House by the [[Dance of the Dragons]], and Johanna had married [[Jason Lannister]] to become Lady of [[Casterly Rock]].
{{Westerling tree Dance}}

==''House of the Dragon''==
While Harrold Westerling's only mention in the book series is a record of his death, he is given a much more expansive role in the HBO series ''[[House of the Dragon]]'', where his actor is part of the supporting cast in [[House of the Dragon - Season 1|Season 1]]. He is said to have served in the Kingsguard since the time of [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]], and to be a paragon of chivalry and honor.<ref name="actor"/>

==References==
{{References}}

{{Kingsguard of Viserys I}}
{{Lords Commander of the Kingsguard}}
{{Viserys I small council}}

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Harrold Westerling

2022-09-06T18:24:00Z

Arek:

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| TV_series = ''[[House of the Dragon]]'': [[House of the Dragon - Season 1|Season 1]]
}}

Ser '''Harrold Westerling''' was a [[knight]] from [[House Westerling]] and the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] under King [[Viserys I Targaryen]].

In the television adaptation ''[[House of the Dragon]]'', Harrold is portrayed by [[w:Graham McTavish|Graham McTavish]].<ref name="actor">HBO.com: [https://www.hbo.com/house-of-the-dragon/cast-and-characters House of the Dragon Cast & Characters]</ref>

==History==
It is unknown when Harrold became Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. At the earliest he could have been the successor of Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]] who died in {{Date|105}}.

Upon his own death in {{Date|112}}, Harrold was succeeded as Lord Commander by Ser [[Criston Cole]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen King: Viserys I}}{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

==Family==
Harrold's exact relationship to Lord [[Roland Westerling]] and his daughter, [[Johanna Lannister|Johanna]], is unknown. Roland was head of their House by the [[Dance of the Dragons]], and Johanna had married [[Jason Lannister]] to become Lady of [[Casterly Rock]].
{{Westerling tree Dance}}

==''House of the Dragon''==
While Harrold Westerling's only mention in the book series is a record of his death, he is given a much more expansive role in the HBO series ''[[House of the Dragon]]'', where his actor is part of the supporting cast in [[House of the Dragon - Season 1|Season 1]]. He is said to have served in the Kingsguard since the time of [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]], and to be a paragon of chivalry and honor.<ref name="actor"/>

==References==
{{References}}

{{Kingsguard of Viserys I}}
{{Lords Commander of the Kingsguard}}
{{Viserys I small council}}

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Cersei Lannister

2021-06-29T12:57:53Z

Arek: /* A Feast for Crows */

{{Hatnote|"Cersei" redirects here. For other articles with the same or a similar name, see [[Cersei (disambiguation)]].}}
{{Infobox character
| Character_name = [[File:House Lannister.svg|50px|left]][[File:House Baratheon.svg|50px|right]] Cersei Lannister
| image = [[File:MagaliVilleneuve CLface.jpg|300px]]
| image_caption = Cersei Lannister, by Magali Villeneuve ©
| Alias =
| Title = [[Light of the West]] Queen Dowager [[Protector of the Realm]] [[Lady of Casterly Rock]] [[Regent|Queen Regent]]
| Allegiance = [[House Lannister]] [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]]
| Predecessor = [[Rhaella Targaryen]] (queen consort) [[Eddard Stark]] (Protector of the Realm) [[Joffrey Baratheon]] (Protector of the Realm) [[Tywin Lannister]] (Lord of Casterly Rock)
| Successor = [[Joffrey Baratheon]] (Protector of the Realm) [[Kevan Lannister]] (Protector of the Realm) [[Margaery Tyrell]] (queen consort)
| Race =
| Culture = [[Westermen]]
| Father = Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]
| Mother = Lady [[Joanna Lannister]]
| Spouse = King [[Robert I Baratheon]]
| Lover = Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] Ser [[Lancel Lannister]] Ser [[Osmund Kettleblack]] Ser [[Osfryd Kettleblack]] Ser [[Osney Kettleblack]] Lady [[Taena of Myr|Taena Merryweather]]
| Issue = Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon]] Princess [[Myrcella Baratheon]] Prince [[Tommen Baratheon]]
| Place_of_Birth = [[Casterly Rock]]
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|266}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}}
| Place_of_Death =
| Date_of_Death =
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (appears) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (appears) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (appears) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (POV) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (POV) ''[[The Winds of Winter]]'' (POV)
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| Played_by = [[w:Lena Headey|Lena Headey]] [[w:Nell Williams|Nell Williams]] (young)
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 5|Season 5]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 6|Season 6]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 7|Season 7]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 8|Season 8]]
}}

Queen '''Cersei Lannister''' is the only daughter and eldest child of Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] of [[Casterly Rock]] and his wife, Lady [[Joanna Lannister]]. She is the twin of her younger brother, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]. In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' Cersei is played by [[w:Lena Headey|Lena Headey]], and is portrayed when she is a child by [[w:Nell Williams|Nell Williams]] in a [[Game of Thrones - Season 5|Season 5]] flashback.

After [[Robert's Rebellion]], Cersei married King [[Robert I Baratheon]] and became Queen of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. She is the mother of Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], Princess [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]], and Prince [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]] of [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]]. Cersei becomes a [[POV character]] in ''[[A Feast for Crows]]''.

==Appearance and Character==
{{See also|:Category:Images of Cersei Lannister|l1=Images of Cersei Lannister}}
When they were children, Cersei and her twin-brother, [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], looked so alike not even their father, [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]], could tell them apart.{{ref|acok|60}} As adults, they still significantly resemble each other.{{Ref|acok|3}}{{Ref|ASOS|1}} Cersei is a strikingly beautiful woman,{{Ref|ACOK|25}} with golden hair,{{ref|ACOK|20}}{{Ref|ACOK|54}} emerald green eyes,{{Ref|AGOT|5}}{{Ref|AFFC|7}}{{ref|ACOK|15}}{{Ref|ACOK|17}}{{Ref|ACOK|20}}{{ref|ACOK|41}}{{Ref|AFFC|16}} fair skin,{{ref|affc|7}} and a slender, graceful figure.{{ref|ACOK|20}}

Cersei is willful, ambitious and has a certain low cunning. She is hungry and greedy for power.{{Ref|AGOT|34}}{{Ref|aDwD|22}} Cersei believes herself to be subtle{{Ref|acok|3}} and politically astute. She hates being excluded from power on account of her gender,{{Ref|ASOS|66}} and resents the customs and conventions put on her because she is female.{{ref|ACOK|20}}{{Ref|ACOK|60}} She thinks of herself as a female version of her father,{{ref|AFFC|3}}{{ref|affc|7}}{{Ref|AFFC|36}}{{Ref|AFFC|43}} and feels slighted when people do not obey her commands as they would have done for Lord Tywin, but instead give her their counsel, or disagree with her, which she faults on her gender.{{ref|affc|24}}

Cersei is impatient,{{Ref|ACOK|20}} and never forgets a slight, whether real or imagined. She considers caution to be cowardice and disagreement for defiance.{{Ref|ADWD|22}} Her quick temper and her easily wounded pride frequently lead her to make rash decisions, and she rarely considers what unintended consequences her actions might have.{{ref|acok|3}} She does not shy away from using sex as a weapon.{{ref|ACOK|60}}

The queen's fine gowns include one of sea-green silk trimmed with pale [[Myr]]ish lace;{{ref|AGOT|49}} one of black silk with red rubies sown into the bodice;{{ref|AGOT|51}} a low-cut gown of deep green velvet;{{ref|ACOK|54}} a snowy linen gown with sleeves lined with gold satin;{{ref|ACOK|57}} a cloth-of-gold gown slashed in burgundy velvet;{{ref|ACOK|65}} a gown with stripes of green satin and black velvet with black Myrish lace above the bodice;{{ref|AFFC|25}} a jade-green gown with sleeves of silver Myrish lace;{{ref|AFFC|27}} and a white gown slashed with cloth-of-gold.{{ref|AFFC|28}} When Cersei wants to be discreet, however, she dresses in hunting green with leather boots and a brown cloak.{{ref|AGOT|45}}

Cersei's jewelry includes a [[gold]]en ring with a large [[emerald]],{{ref|AGOT|49}} a necklace of [[diamond]]s and emeralds,{{ref|AGOT|57}} and a golden necklace with a large emerald.{{ref|AFFC|27}} Her jeweled tiara is also decorated with emeralds.{{ref|AGOT|5}}{{ref|AGOT|49}} Cersei's huge royal [[wheelhouse]] is a double-decked carriage of oiled [[oak]] and gilded metal,{{ref|AGOT|4}} and the queen has an ornate barge located at the harbor of [[King's Landing]].{{ref|AGOT|18}}

==History==
===Early life===
[[File:Cersei Lannisterby elia-illustration.jpg|thumb|250px|Cersei Lannister, by Elia Fernandez ©]]
Cersei was born in {{Date|266}} as the first-born child and only daughter to Ser [[Tywin Lannister]], heir to [[Casterly Rock]], and his wife, Lady [[Joanna Lannister|Joanna]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}} Cersei was born shortly before her twin brother [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], who was holding her foot.{{Ref|agot|45}}{{Ref|ASOS|66}} King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] sent the twins their weights in gold as a [[name day]] gift, and commanded Tywin to bring the children to court when they were old enough to travel.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} It is currently unknown whether this visit to King's Landing actually occurred, as the royal court came to Casterly Rock following the death of Lord [[Tytos Lannister]] in {{Date|276}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} Cersei and Jaime did visit King's Landing in {{Date|272}}, when their mother brought them from Casterly Rock for the [[Anniversary Tourney]] held to celebrate the tenth year of King Aerys's reign.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

During their early childhood, Cersei and Jaime were inseparable.{{Ref|AFFC|32}} They looked so similar as children, up to the point that not even their father was able to keep them apart.{{ref|acok|60}} Because of their similar looks, Cersei occasionally wore Jaime’s clothes and took lessons from the master-at-arms in his stead, without anyone realizing.{{ref|AWOIAF|Cersei Lannister}} They played in the bowels of Casterly Rock, where the caged lions of Cersei's late grandfather, Tytos, were kept. Cersei and Jaime would dare each other to climb into the cage. Cersei once dared to go as far as touch one of the lions, until her brother pulled her away.{{Ref|AFFC|7}} Cersei and Jaime slept together in the same bed when they were very young,{{Ref|AFFC|32}} and experimented together in a sexual manner at a young age.{{Ref|AGOT|45}} During one of these encounters, they were caught by a servant who informed their mother. A guard was placed near Cersei's bedchamber, whilst Jaime's bedchamber was moved to the other side of the castle. The twins were told never to do anything like that ever again, as Joanna would otherwise be forced to tell their father.{{Ref|aSoS|21}}

Cersei's mother died not long thereafter,{{Ref|ASOS|21}} in {{Date|273}},{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}} when giving birth to Cersei's younger brother, [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]].{{Ref|AGOT|5}} For killing her mother, Cersei despised her youngest sibling.{{Ref|ASOS|38}} Shortly after Joanna's death, the [[Princess of Dorne]] visited Casterly Rock with her two youngest children, [[Elia Martell|Elia]] and [[Oberyn Martell]]. Though Tyrion was kept out of sight during the visit of the [[House Martell|Martells]], Cersei promised Princess Elia to show Tyrion to her. Threatening her brother's wet nurse before sending her away, Cersei undid Tyrion's swaddling clothes and hurt her little brother, until Jaime stopped her.{{Ref|ASOS|38}} The Princess of Dorne proposed a betrothal between Cersei and Oberyn, during this visit, but she was refused, and Tywin informed her that Cersei was meant as a bride for Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]].{{Ref|ASOS|70}}

===Attempted betrothal to Rhaegar Targaryen===
[[File:Pojypojy Cersei drawing.jpg|thumb|Cersei drawing herself with [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], by Pojypojy ©]]
Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] first informed Cersei of his wish to betroth her to the crown prince when she was no older than six or seven, though he told her never to speak of it until a betrothal was officially announced.{{Ref|AFFC|24}} Cersei drew a picture of her and [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]] on a [[dragon]], once, though she claimed it depicted King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] and his sister-wife, [[Alysanne Targaryen|Alysanne]], when Jaime discovered it.{{Ref|AFFC|24}} At the age of ten in {{Date|276}}, Cersei became infatuated with Rhaegar after meeting him for the first time during the [[tournament in honor of Viserys's birth]] at [[Lannisport]].{{Ref|affc|24}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} Before the tourney began Cersei's aunt, Lady [[Genna Lannister|Genna]], informed Cersei that her betrothal to Rhaegar would be announced during the final feast of the tourney.

After being separated from Jaime following their mother's discovery of their sexual experimenting, Cersei had numerous bedmaids and companions, daughters of Tywin's bannermen and household knights who were of an age with her. While Cersei occasionally appreciated their company, she had not liked any of them, believing them weak and convinced they were trying to come between her and Jaime.{{Ref|AFFC|32}} Following Genna's announcement that Cersei's betrothal to Rhaegar would soon be announced, Cersei brought [[Melara Hetherspoon]] and [[Jeyne Farman]] to a [[woods witch]], [[Maggy the Frog]]. After Jeyne fled out of fear, Cersei inquired as to when she and Rhaegar would wed and how many children they would have. Maggy correctly predicted Cersei's marriage with [[Robert I Baratheon|the king]] and the amount of children both would have. She went on to prophesy that Cersei would outlive her children, who would die as kings and queens, and that after everything she had was taken away by a younger and more beautiful queen, the ''[[valonqar]]'' would come to end her life. Melara suggested that if they never spoke about it, the prophecies would not come true. However, Melara died shortly after their visit to Maggy, and it is implied that Cersei killed the girl to prevent her from speaking of the prophecies.

After Melara's death, Cersei inquired with her [[septa]], [[Saranella]], about the meaning of ''valonqar'', who informed her it was [[High Valyrian]] for "little brother".{{ref|AFFC|39}} Cersei eventually became convinced that [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] was the ''valonqar'' Maggy spoke of, resulting in her despising and mistrusting him even more than she had before. The prophecy of the ''valonqar'' has continued to haunt Cersei.{{ref|AFFC|3}}

After the guests left the [[westerlands]], Cersei learned from her aunt that Tywin had proposed the betrothal to King [[Aerys II Targaryen]], but Aerys refused Cersei as a bride for his son and heir.{{ref|affc|24}}{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

===Living at court===
At the age of twelve, following the failure of Lord [[Steffon Baratheon]]'s mission to find Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] a suitable bride in [[Essos]], Cersei was taken to [[King's Landing]] by her father, who still served as [[Hand of the King]]. In the following years, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] refused every offer of marriage for Cersei. According to [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], Tywin still had his sights set on a Targaryen match, either hoping to betroth Cersei to young Prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] or hoping for Rhaegar's new bride, [[Elia Martell]], to die in childbirth.{{Ref|ASOS|11}}

In {{Date|281}}, when Cersei was fifteen, Jaime visited King's Landing after receiving his [[knight]]hood. Cersei informed him their father had been discussing betrothing Jaime to [[Lysa Arryn|Lysa Tully]]. Cersei seduced Jaime and persuaded him to join the [[Kingsguard]], which would require him to remain unmarried and live near her in King's Landing. Cersei knew that Tywin would be opposed to the idea, but that he could not openly object to, and offered to make the arrangements herself.{{Ref|aSoS|11}} However, she had no idea how much the relationship between her father and the king had deteriorated, and although Aerys did award Jaime a place in the Kingsguard, Tywin perceived Jaime's appointment to the Kingsguard as a slight by King Aerys intended to rob him of his heir. Furiously, he resigned as Hand, and moved back to Casterly Rock with Cersei, separating the twins once more.{{Ref|aSoS|11}}

===Marriage===
[[File:Robert Baratheon Cersei Lannister Wedding.jpg|thumb|450px|[[Customs#Wedding ceremony|Wedding]] of Cersei and King [[Robert I Baratheon]] from ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' Blu-ray]]
After the conclusion of [[Robert's Rebellion]], a marriage was arranged between Cersei and the new king, [[Robert I Baratheon]], in order to seal the [[House Baratheon of King's Landing|new royal house's]] alliance with [[House Lannister]]. Cersei and Robert were wed in {{Date|284}}.<ref>''See the calculation for [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Cersei Lannister's wedding to Robert I Baratheon|Cersei Lannister's wedding to Robert I Baratheon]].''</ref> She and Jaime had sex the morning of her wedding.{{Ref|ADWD|54}} Nonetheless, Cersei was at first enthralled by the happy crowds at the royal wedding. However, her enthusiasm for the match ended when Robert called her "[[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]]" during their first night together.{{ref|agot|45}}

The marriage rapidly deteriorated, and Cersei resumed her incestuous relationship with Jaime. She bore him three children ([[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] and [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]]), all of whom she successfully passed off as Robert's trueborn heirs. Although the king was away during the births of his children, Jaime was present for at least Joffrey's birth, though Cersei refused to let her brother hold the child, fearing people might start to suspect his true parentage.{{ref|ACOK|36}}{{Ref|affc|44}} On one occasion, early in her marriage, Cersei became pregnant by Robert. Unwilling to give birth to Robert's child, she sent Jaime out to find a woman to cleanse her.{{Ref|AGOT|45}} Having grown to resent Robert over the years, Cersei took further care to ensure he did not impregnate her.{{Ref|aGoT|45}}

During the early years of their marriage, Cersei declined Robert's invitations to hunt with him, as Robert's trips allowed her more time with Jaime.{{ref|affc|28}} Because two of Robert's [[House Estermont|Estermont uncles]] from [[Greenstone]] had remained at court for half a year following Cersei's marriage, Robert insisted on repaying the visit, and Cersei and Jaime accompanied him for a two-week stay at [[Estermont]]. While there, Cersei suspected that Robert was sleeping with a [[Estermont (cousin of Robert)|cousin of his]], and had Jaime follow Robert to confirms her suspicions. Cersei and Jaime slept together on Greenstone, and Cersei likes to believe that was the night their eldest son Joffrey was conceived.{{ref|affc|24}}

[[File:David Sourwine drunk.jpg|thumb|Cersei with a drunken [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]], by David Sourwine © Fantasy Flight Games]]

While Robert "claimed his rights" frequently during the early years of their marriage, his drinking led to him hurting Cersei during those encounters. When she confronted him once during their first year of marriage, Robert claimed it was because of the drink, and he was not to blame. When he tried to take another horn of ale, Cersei smashed her own horn in his face, chipping his tooth. Robert claimed not to remember anything of those nights, but Cersei believes otherwise, and is certain that Robert did recall what he did to her, but felt that pretending to forget was easier than facing the truth. Cersei, in turn, tried to pretend that Robert was Rhaegar during those years. Over time, Robert came to Cersei's bed less frequently, not even once a year.{{ref|AFFC|32}}

True to [[Maggy]]'s prophecy, Cersei had three children, while Robert sired several [[bastards]]. After Joffrey assaulted a pregnant cat, Robert suggested bringing [[Mya Stone|a bastard daughter of his]] to court. Cersei threatened the girl, claiming [[King's Landing]] was a dangerous place for a girl growing up. Though Robert hit Cersei for that, the girl was not brought to court, and all of Robert's bastards were kept out of sight.{{Ref|AFFC|17}} According to [[Petyr Baelish]], however, there are rumors that Robert fathered twins on a serving woman at [[Casterly Rock]] in {{Date|295}}, and that Cersei had the babes killed and the mother sold to a slaver.{{Ref|AGOT|35}}

Eventually [[Stannis Baratheon]], [[Lord of Dragonstone]], familiar with the appearance of his brother Robert's black-haired, blue-eyed bastard offspring, grew suspicious of the royal children's lack of resemblance to their supposed father. He confided in Lord [[Jon Arryn]], the [[Hand of the King]], and the two investigated the matter together. After the [[tourney on Prince Joffrey's name day]], Cersei and her children travelled with Lord Tywin to [[Casterly Rock]]. During the fortnight following the tourney, Jon was [[Tears of Lys|poisoned]] and fell ill, eventually dying before he could act. Stannis was convinced that Cersei was responsible for Jon's death, and he fled to [[Dragonstone]].

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Thomas Denmark wheelhouse.jpg|thumb|350px|Cersei's wheelhouse, by Thomas Denmark © Fantasy Flight Games]]
After the death of the [[Hand of the King]], [[Jon Arryn]], Cersei accompanies her husband, King [[Robert I Baratheon]], to [[Winterfell]], where the king offers the position to Lord [[Eddard Stark]].{{Ref|AGOT|2}}{{Ref|AGOT|4}} Cersei travels in a huge, lumbering wheelhouse.{{ref|AGOT|12}} Jon's widow, [[Lysa Arryn]], sends a coded message to her sister, Eddard's wife [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]], alleging that the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] murdered Jon.{{ref|AGOT|6}} When Robert and most of the castle go on a hunting trip, Cersei remains behind with her brother, Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]]. The two are seen having sex by [[Bran Stark]] in Winterfell's [[First Keep]], and when Cersei insists that they must do something to prevent the boy from telling anyone, Jaime pushes him out of the tower window.{{Ref|aGoT|8}} She later berates Jaime for his impulsiveness, arguing that attempting to kill the boy was foolish when they could have simply intimidated him into silence.{{Ref|ASOS|1}}

While the royal procession travels back to [[King's Landing]], Cersei's eldest son, Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], bullies a common boy, [[Mycah]], prompting [[Arya Stark]] and her direwolf, [[Nymeria (direwolf)|Nymeria]], to attack and disarm him. Joffrey tells his parents that Arya and her wolf attacked him without provocation, and Cersei takes her son's side, arguing that the girl should lose a hand in accordance with the ancient penalty for striking a prince of royal blood.{{ref|affc|30}} When Robert refuses to do so, she proclaims her desire regarding maiming or killing Arya to Jaime, using sex as bribe. Jaime searches for the girl, and would later imply that he would have been willing to do his sister's bidding. Instead, Arya is found by [[House Stark guards]]. While Robert again resists Cersei's call for severely punishing Arya, the queen successfully pressures him into ordering the execution of another direwolf, [[Lady (direwolf)|Lady]], as a proxy at [[Darry]].{{Ref|aGoT|16}}{{Ref|aFfC|30}}

Having appointed Eddard Stark as Jon Arryn's replacement, Robert orders the [[Hand's tourney]] be held in honor of Eddard.{{ref|AGOT|20}} Cersei forbids Robert from fighting in the melee, inciting a public argument between king and queen.{{ref|AGOT|29}} Robert intends to fight anyway, but Eddard and Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] succeed in dissuading him. Later, [[Varys]] claims that Cersei had known publicly forbidding Robert from participating in the melee was the most effective way of convincing him to do so, and had been planning to have him "accidentally" killed in the melee. He also suggests that Ser [[Hugh|Hugh of the Vale]], who had been killed by Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] earlier in the tournament, could have poisoned Jon Arryn at the Lannisters' instigation, only to have them arrange his death in order to ensure his silence afterward.{{Ref|aGoT|30}}

When Cersei's brother [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] is abducted by [[Catelyn Stark]], Cersei argues with Robert, insulting his manhood for his failure to immediately avenge the insult to her family. The king strikes her in response, but Cersei tells him she intends to wear the bruise "as a badge of honor." Eddard does not approve and Robert admits that it was "not kingly," but blames Cersei for provoking him.{{ref|agot|39}}

[[File:Tommy Arnold NedCerseiGodswood.jpg|thumb|[[Eddard Stark]] and Cersei in the godswood of the [[Red Keep]], by Tommy Arnold © Fantasy Flight Games]]

Eddard, who has been investigating Jon Arryn's death, discovers the truth about the royal children's parentage. While the king is hunting in the [[kingswood]], Eddard confronts Cersei, who admits the accusation is true. She attempts to seduce him in the [[godswood]] of the Red Keep, but Ned refuses. Not wanting to see the children harmed, Eddard warns her that he intends to tell Robert the truth and urges her to flee with the princes and princess.{{Ref|aGoT|45}} Eddard plans to have his daughters, [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark|Arya]], sail from King's Landing on the ''[[Wind Witch]]''.{{Ref|AGOT|44}} Sansa, not understanding the danger and desiring to marry Joffrey, informs Cersei of her father's plan.{{ref|AGOT|51}}

A drunken Robert is fatally injured by a [[boar]] during his hunt,{{ref|AGOT|47}} having been given strongwine by his squire, [[Lancel Lannister]].{{ref|AGOT|58}} On his deathbed Robert names Eddard regent until his thirteen-year-old heir Joffrey comes of age, though Eddard secretly changes “my son Joffrey” into “my heir”.{{Ref|AGOT|47}} The morning of Robert's death, Cersei seizes power, denouncing Eddard as a traitor who conspired against King Joffrey. She has Eddard imprisoned and is named Queen Regent, heading Joffrey's [[small council]].{{Ref|aGoT|49}}{{Ref|AGOT|57}}

Cersei intends to have Eddard convicted of treason but allowed to [[Night's Watch#Recruitment|take the black]], thus discrediting him and removing him as a factor in the political arena without antagonizing the [[north]]. She arranges a public confession for him on the steps of the [[Great Sept of Baelor]], assuring the [[High Septon (fat one)|High Septon]] that he will be offered forgiveness and the holy ground will not be profaned with blood. However, Joffrey ignores her advice and instead orders Lord Stark's immediate execution. [[Janos Slynt]] and Ser [[Ilyn Payne]] carry out the king's imprudent command before Cersei can intervene, deeply offending [[Faith of the Seven|the Faith]] and rendering peace between [[House Stark|Stark]] and [[House Lannister|Lannister]] impossible.{{ref|agot|58}}{{Ref|aGoT|65}}{{ref|ACOK|3}}

Cersei weeps when she hears that Jaime has been captured by [[Robb Stark]] in the [[battle in the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]].{{ref|AGOT|67}} She keeps the news of [[Renly Baratheon]]'s coronation from Joffrey for a time, fearing he might take the field at the head of a force of [[gold cloaks]]. She commands her father to come to the defense of the capital against Renly and the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]], but Tywin instead marches for [[Harrenhal]] and sends Tyrion to the capital in his stead.{{Ref|aGoT|69}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Katherine Dinger CLannister.jpg|thumb|400px|Cersei Lannister, by Katherine Dinger ©]]
Having escaped [[King's Landing]], [[Arya Stark]] adds Cersei's name to the list of those she desires dead.{{ref|ACOK|26}}

When Tyrion arrives in King's Landing, bearing a letter from their father, Cersei threatens to have him thrown in the dungeon, but he placates her by saying he could rescue Jaime.{{Ref|aCoK|3}} As Hand, Tyrion struggles to wrest control from her, finally resorting to [[poison]] to incapacitate her for a few days.{{ref|acok|25}}{{Ref|acok|29}}

In Jaime's absence, Cersei begins sleeping with her cousin, the knighted [[Lancel Lannister|Lancel]], which is discerned by Tyrion.{{Ref|aCoK|29}} She also reveals to Tyrion that she had given Lancel fortified wine for Robert's hunt, stronger than Robert usually drank.{{ref|ACOK|3}} After Tyrion sends away [[Vylarr]] and Cersei's [[House Lannister guards|personal guard]],{{ref|ACOK|25}} she employs three sellswords to replace them—[[Osney Kettleblack|Osney]], [[Osmund Kettleblack|Osmund]] and [[Osfryd Kettleblack]]—but Tyrion finds out and buys their loyalty.{{Ref|aCoK|41}}

Tyrion deceives small council members and determines that [[Pycelle]] is Cersei's agent. When Tyrion arrests Pycelle, the Grand Maester tells him that Jon Arryn had been recovering from his poisoning, and that he had sent Jon's maester away in order to prevent Jon's recovery, assuming that Cersei wanted Jon dead.{{ref|acok|25}} Tyrion gets Cersei to agree with sending Myrcella to [[Dorne]] to win over [[House Martell]].{{ref|acok|20}} The day Princess Myrcella takes ship for [[Sunspear]], Cersei is among those caught up in the [[riot of King's Landing]], provoked in part by a thoughtless comment she makes to King Joffrey about a dead baby.{{ref|acok|41}}

As King [[Stannis Baratheon]] moves on King's Landing, Cersei sends Tommen to [[Rosby]] for safety, but Tyrion's men intercept the party and take the boy into Tyrion's custody.{{ref|acok|44}}{{ref|ACOK|49}} Fed up with Tyrion's efforts to rule, Cersei arrests [[Alayaya]], a whore she believes Tyrion is sleeping with, and has the girl beaten. She uses Alayaya as a hostage to ensure Tommen's safe return; Tyrion, however, promises her that whatever happens to Alayaya, happens to Tommen as well, rapings and beatings included, frightening Cersei.{{ref|acok|54}} Cersei removes Ser [[Boros Blount]] from the [[Kingsguard]] for his failure to resist Tyrion's men, and she replaces him with Osmund Kettleblack, a man just as hollow.{{Ref|aCoK|54}}

As the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] begins, Cersei hosts a banquet for noblewomen in the [[Red Keep]]. She claims it is in an effort to keep their minds off the fighting, but has invited Ser [[Ilyn Payne]], the [[King's Justice]], to be on hand to kill them if the city is taken, to prevent them from becoming hostages. When she hears that the [[River Gate]] is under attack, she summons Joffrey back to the Red Keep.{{Ref|aCoK|60}} Seeing the king flee back to the castle damages morale and causes the men to rout, nearly costing her the city. This outrages Lancel, who feels they could have held the gates if Cersei had not recalled the king.{{Ref|aCoK|62}}

If not for the timely arrival and attack on Stannis's flank by the army of Lords Tywin Lannister and [[Mace Tyrell]], the battle would be lost for the Lannisters.{{Ref|aCoK|65}} Because Tyrion lies wounded and unconscious, Cersei is able to lie to Tywin and turn her father's prejudice against Tyrion to her advantage, stripping Tyrion's power by the time his convalescence is over.{{ref|ACOK|67}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Cersei and Jaime Lannister.jpg|thumb|[[Jaime Lannister]] and Cersei, by Magali Villeneuve]]
[[Tyrion Lannister]] believes that Cersei is to blame for Ser [[Mandon Moore]]'s assassination attempt at the [[Blackwater Rush|Blackwater]].{{ref|ASOS|4}}

Cersei plans the upcoming wedding of her son, King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], to [[Margaery Tyrell]].{{ref|ASOS|4}}{{ref|ASOS|19}} [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] bends Cersei to his will and makes it clear his daughter is no longer wanted on the [[small council]]. Against her wishes, he plans for her to marry her again, considering [[Balon Greyjoy]] (whose elderly wife [[Alannys Harlaw|Alannys]] has failing health), [[Oberyn Martell]], [[Horas Redwyne|Horas]] or [[Hobber Redwyne]], [[Theon Greyjoy]], [[Quentyn Martell]], and [[Willas Tyrell]] as potential matches.{{ref|ASOS|19}} While Lord [[Mace Tyrell]] is initially receptive to Cersei marrying Willas, the offer is rejected after Mace speaks with his mother [[Olenna Tyrell|Olenna]], the Queen of Thorns.{{ref|ASOS|32}}

Cersei intends to keep [[Sansa Stark]] as her hostage,{{ref|ASOS|19}} but Tywin forces the girl to marry Tyrion.{{ref|ASOS|28}} During the wedding feast, Cersei dances with [[Paxter Redwyne]], [[Mathis Rowan]], and her father.{{ref|ASOS|28}} She also flirts with [[Osmund Kettleblack]] of the [[Kingsguard]].{{ref|ASOS|12}}

After Joffrey offends Tywin through his ungracious behavior, Tywin is furious and asks where the boy could have learnt such amoral sentiments. Cersei blames Robert but it is clear to all in the room, including Tywin's brother [[Kevan Lannister|Kevan]], that Cersei is responsible.{{Ref|aSoS|53}}

Joffrey is killed at [[Purple Wedding|his own wedding feast]], and Cersei accuses Tyrion and Sansa, falsely believing them responsible.{{Ref|aSoS|60}} Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] returns to [[King's Landing]] with the assistance of [[Brienne of Tarth]], and the Lannister twins have sex in a sept where Joffrey's body rests. Cersei rejects Jaime's suggestion of announcing their incest, like the [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]] had done.{{ref|ASOS|62}}

Having escaped King's Landing with the aid of [[Petyr Baelish]], Sansa learns that the [[House Kettleblack|Kettleblacks]] are actually loyal to Petyr, not Cersei or Tyrion.{{ref|asos|68}}

Cersei finds numerous witnesses to testify against Tyrion,{{ref|ASOS|66}} including his lover [[Shae]],{{ref|ASOS|70}} and Cersei names Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] champion if there is to be a [[trial by combat]]. This leads Prince Oberyn, whose sister [[Elia Martell|Elia]] was murdered by Gregor over a dozen years ago in the [[Sack of King's Landing]], to champion Tyrion.{{Ref|aSoS|66}} Oberyn is killed and Gregor is severely wounded in the duel.{{Ref|aSoS|70}}

Oberyn's death condemns Tyrion, but he is freed from his cell by Jaime and [[Varys]]. Tyrion tells Jaime that Cersei has been sleeping with [[Lancel Lannister]] and Osmund Kettleblack. Before escaping the [[Red Keep]], Tyrion kills Shae and his father, Tywin.{{ref|ASOS|77}}

At the [[Eyrie]], [[Lysa Arryn]] reveals in Sansa's presence that she had killed [[Jon Arryn]] and then informed her sister Catelyn that the Lannisters were to blame.{{ref|ASOS|80}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[File: GT01 11608 CerseiLannister CassandreBolan.jpg|thumb|Cersei, by Cassandre Bolan © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Cersei's tendencies to paranoia, rash judgement and hysteria increase following the deaths of her son, King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], and her father, Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]]. She resumes her position as [[regent]] over her surviving son, the eight-year-old King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]], who is obedient to her will. As the eldest child of Tywin, she is also acknowledged as the Lady of [[Casterly Rock]] by her uncle, Ser [[Kevan Lannister|Kevan]].{{ref|AFFC|7}}

Cersei orders Ser [[Osney Kettleblack|Osney]] and Ser [[Osfryd Kettleblack]] to hide Shae's corpse,{{ref|AFFC|3}} and commands Ser [[Boros Blount]] and Ser [[Osmund Kettleblack]] to murder the two guards who had been guarding Tyrion's cell when she hears that they had been found asleep on duty (unknown to Cersei, Varys had drugged them).{{ref|AFFC|8}} After her fathers funeral she has Ser Osney murder the [[High Septon (Tyrion's)|High Septon]], bedding him as a reward.{{ref|AFFC|43}} Since Tyrion has vanished, Cersei burns with [[wildfire]] the [[Tower of the Hand]], the site of Tywin's death, which her twin [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] considers a folly.{{ref|AFFC|12}} Word spreads throughout the [[Seven Kingdoms]] and the [[Free Cities]] that Cersei has promised a [[lord]]ship to whomever brings her Tyrion's head,{{ref|AFFC|7}} but innocents are killed instead.{{ref|AFFC|17}} Cersei's paranoia alienates Jaime,{{Ref|aFfC|8}} who departs to secure the [[riverlands]] and resolve the [[siege of Riverrun]].{{ref|AFFC|27}}

Cersei surrounds herself with sycophants rather than honest and competent advisers,{{ref|affc|17}} and she fills Tommen's [[small council]] with her own supporters and agents, disregarding the previous arrangements made by Tywin and the well-meant, if blunt, advice from Kevan. She becomes a restless sleeper, troubled by nightmares of Tyrion, who murdered Tywin, and the [[Iron Throne]] consuming her.{{Ref|aFfC|3}} Cersei also recalls the prophecy of the ''[[valonqar]]'', whom she considers Tyrion.{{ref|AFFC|3}}{{ref|AFFC|36}} Numerous people, including several family members, consider her to be an ineffectual leader.{{ref|AFFC|3}}{{Ref|ADWD|22}} Cersei's growing dependency on alcohol increases her weight, but she blames the washerwomen for shrinking her gowns.{{ref|AFFC|24}}

Cersei suspects her powerful [[House Tyrell|Tyrell]] allies, now relatives through Tommen's marriage to [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]], are trying to seize control of the kingdom. This suspicion grows from a [[House Gardener|Gardener]] coin found by [[Qyburn]] in the dungeon where Tyrion was being held before his escape{{Ref|aFfC|7}} – a coin similar to the ones Lady [[Olenna Tyrell]] carries with her when traveling, causing Cersei to wrongfully suspect a Tyrell involvement in Tyrion's escape.{{ref|affc|16}} Cersei commences a campaign of intrigue to remove Tyrells in [[King's Landing]] from positions of influence and authority, including Margaery and her brother [[Loras Tyrell|Loras]], a knight of the [[Kingsguard]].{{Ref|aFfC|24}}

Cersei refuses to honor the debts owed by the crown, angering powerful institutions such as the [[Iron Bank of Braavos]] and the [[Faith of the Seven]].{{Ref|aFfC|17}} This results in the Faith refusing to bless King Tommen, and the Iron Bank calling in all their debts throughout [[Westeros]] and refusing all new loans.{{Ref|aFfC|28}} This causes economic chaos throughout the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. With the monies owed, Cersei constructs a [[Cersei's dromonds|new royal fleet]] of warships and gives command to [[Aurane Waters]], the Bastard of [[Driftmark]] and a sellsail of questionable expertise and loyalty.{{Ref|aFfC|17}} Two of the dromonds, ''[[Lioness]]'' and ''[[Sweet Cersei]]'', are named in the Queen Regent's honor.{{ref|AFFC|28}}{{ref|AFFC|32}}

[[File:Skirts and dignity by cabepfir.jpg|thumb|300px|Cersei frames [[Margaery Tyrell]], by cabepfir ©]]

In an attempt to alleviate the crown's debts, gain the Faith's blessing, and gain more protection from her purported enemies, Cersei allows the new High Septon, the so-called [[High Sparrow]], to revive the [[Faith Militant]], ignorant of its history of [[Faith Militant uprising|causing trouble]] for monarchs.{{Ref|aFfC|28}}

Cersei sends Ser [[Balon Swann]] of the Kingsguard to [[Dorne]] to deliver the head of Ser [[Gregor Clegane]].{{Ref|aFfC|17}}

Cersei takes the disgraced former [[maester]] Qyburn into her service as [[master of whisperers]], using him as a torturer, and allowing him to conduct immoral experiments on human subjects.{{Ref|aFfC|7}} She befriends [[Taena Merryweather]], who informs Cersei that her maid [[Senelle]] is spying on her for Margaery. This leads Senelle to be given over to Qyburn for his twisted experiments. Taena becomes her bedwarmer and confidante.{{ref|AFFC|32}}

The queen is reluctant to aid the Tyrells after [[Euron Greyjoy]]'s [[taking of the Shields]]. Cersei instead gives command of the [[siege of Dragonstone]] to Loras, as the [[Redwyne fleet]] could return to the [[Reach]] when the island castle falls.{{ref|AFFC|32}} Aurane Waters reports that Loras was gravely injured during the assault.{{ref|AFFC|36}}

Cersei manipulates [[Falyse Stokeworth]] and her husband, Ser [[Balman Byrch]], into attacking Tyrion's friend, the sellsword [[Bronn]], who was knighted and married to simple [[Lollys Stokeworth]] to pry him away from Tyrion. Falyse flees to [[King's Landing]] to report that Bronn killed Balman in a duel, though not before Bronn extracted a confession that Cersei was behind the attempt to kill him. Cersei responds by sending Falyse to Qyburn so nothing is found out about her machinations.{{ref|AFFC|32}}

The queen wears a new crown of pale spun [[gold]] set with sparkling [[emerald]]s.{{ref|AFFC|36}} Cersei plots to frame Margaery for adultery and treason. Having seduced Osney Kettleblack, she has him falsely confess to the High Sparrow that he had intercourse with Margaery and two of her three cousins, [[Megga Tyrell|Megga]] and [[Elinor Tyrell|Elinor]].{{ref|AFFC|39}} The High Sparrow acts on the information and has Margaery arrested when she visits the [[Great Sept of Baelor]]. Cersei feigns concern publicly and visits the Great Sept in order to appear to the population that she wishes Margaery released. However, the High Sparrow arrests the Queen Regent for several crimes, including the murder of the previous High Septon. The High Sparrow was suspicious of Osney's confession and had him tortured till Osney revealed the truth.{{ref|AFFC|43}}

Cersei's ministers seize control of the government while she awaits trial in the Great Sept, and they recall her uncle Kevan from Casterly Rock to fill her position as [[regent]]. Aurane absconds with the costly new fleet, while Taena flees for [[Longtable]]. Accused of capital crimes, Cersei's only hope lies in a Kingsguard champion to stand for her in a [[trial by combat]].{{ref|AFFC|43}} She sends an emotional summons to Jaime, which he burns at Riverrun without reply.{{Ref|aFfC|43}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:Marc Simonetti CL walk of shame.jpg|thumb|350px|Cersei's [[walk of atonement]] from the [[Great Sept of Baelor]] to the [[Red Keep]], by Marc Simonetti ©]]
Ser [[Balon Swann]] arrives at [[Sunspear]] with a letter in which Cersei asks [[Doran Martell]], [[Prince of Dorne]], to give leave to her daughter [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] to return to [[King's Landing]] for a short visit, and to invite Doran to take the Dornish seat on the [[small council]] that has been left vacant with the death of Prince [[Oberyn Martell|Oberyn]]. Doran learns from informers at the royal court, however, that Balon is to invite Prince [[Trystane Martell]] to accompany Myrcella but then be killed by outlaws in the [[kingswood]], for which Tyrion is supposed to be blamed, with Balon as a witness.{{Ref|aDwD|38}}

Cersei remains a prisoner of the [[Faith of the Seven]] in a tower of the [[Great Sept of Baelor]], under the care of Septas [[Unella]], [[Moelle]], and [[Scolera]]. To gain access to visitors, Cersei confesses to the [[High Sparrow]] that she had relations with her cousin, [[Lancel Lannister]], and all three of the [[House Kettleblack|Kettleblack]] brothers, knowing that such sins would not earn her an execution. She continues to deny having ordered [[Osney Kettleblack]] to kill the [[High Septon (Tyrion's)|previous High Septon]], or that she was involved in King [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s death. The High Septon agrees to allow her one visitor a day. Cersei learns from her uncle, Ser [[Kevan Lannister|Kevan]], that [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] disappeared in the riverlands with a woman, possibly [[Brienne of Tarth]]. Kevan also tells his niece about [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]]'s injury and of [[Arys Oakheart]]'s death at the [[Greenblood]], which leaves a vacancy in the Kingsguard. Cersei sends word to Lord [[Qyburn]] that the time has come.{{Ref|ADWD|54}}

Before her trial, the Faith requires Cersei to submit to a [[walk of atonement]] from the Great Sept to the [[Red Keep]]. Cersei is shaved of hair from her entire body, then stripped naked. An escort of [[Warrior's Sons]], [[Poor Fellows]], and septas protect her from the leering and jeering crowds that have flocked to see her, with Septa Scolera ringing a bell and singing the word "shame". Cersei tries to hang on to her pride during the barefoot walk in spite of the crowds projecting filth at her and bawdy insults. Faces in the crowd remind her of [[Tywin Lannister]], [[Melara Hetherspoon]], [[Eddard Stark]], [[Tyrion Lannister]], and [[Joffrey Baratheon]]. She eventually breaks down in tears, however, just before finishing and entering the Red Keep. Upon her entrance, [[Jocelyn Swyft]] has her body covered. Cersei is carried into the castle by a giant knight, whom [[Qyburn]] introduces as the newest member of the [[Kingsguard]] and her champion, "Ser [[Robert Strong]]".{{Ref|ADWD|65}}

Cersei dines with Tommen's regent, her uncle Kevan, who has been trying to repair the damage Cersei has done. She requests that Lady [[Taena Merryweather]] attend again her once her innocence is proved. Although Kevan has no news of Jaime, Cersei seems certain of his safety, believing she would know if he were dead. Later that evening, [[Varys]] has Kevan and [[Pycelle]] murdered to keep the realm in chaos.{{Ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}

==Quotes by Cersei==
[[File:Komarck C Lannister FFG.jpg|thumb|350px|Cersei by Michael Komarck © Fantasy Flight Games]]
{{Quote|When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground.{{ref|aGoT|45}}|Cersei to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|[[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] and I are more than brother and sister. We are one person in two bodies. We shared a womb together. He came into this world holding my foot, our old maester said. When he is in me, I feel ... whole.{{ref|aGoT|45}}|Cersei to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|A true man does what he will, not what he must.{{ref|aGoT|45}}|Cersei to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|A woman's life is nine parts mess to one part [[magic]], you'll learn that soon enough... and the parts that look like magic often turn out to be messiest of all.{{ref|acok|52}}|Cersei to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Love is [[poison]]. A sweet poison, yes, but it will kill you all the same.{{ref|acok|52}}|Cersei to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|The only way to keep your people loyal is to make certain they fear you more than they do the enemy.{{ref|acok|60}}|Cersei to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|I waited, and so can [[Tommen Baratheon|he]]. I waited half my life. She had played the dutiful daughter, the blushing bride, the pliant wife. She had suffered [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert's]] drunken groping, [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime's]] jealousy, [[Renly Baratheon|Renly's]] mockery, [[Varys]] with his titters, [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] endlessly grinding his teeth. She had contended with [[Jon Arryn]], [[Eddard Stark|Ned Stark]], and her vile, treacherous, murderous [[Tyrion Lannister|dwarf brother]], all the while promising herself that one day it would be her turn. If [[Margaery Tyrell]] thinks to cheat me of my hour in the sun, she had bloody well think again.{{ref|aFfC|24}}|Cersei's thoughts on ruling as [[Regent|Queen Regent]] until [[Tommen Baratheon]] comes of age}}

{{Quote|Come at once. Help me. Save me. I need you now as I have never needed you before. I love you. I love you. I love you. Come at once.{{ref|AFFC|44}}|Cersei writing to [[Jaime Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|I am a [[House Lannister|lioness]]. I will not cringe for them.{{ref|aDwD|65}}|Cersei's thoughts before her [[walk of atonement]]}}

{{Quote|I have sinned and must atone, must parade my shame before the eyes of every beggar in [[King's Landing|the city]]. They think that this will break my pride, that it will make an end to me, but they are wrong.{{ref|aDwD|65}}|Cersei's thoughts during her [[walk of atonement]]}}

==Quotes about Cersei==
[[File:Cersei Lannister.png|thumb|300px|[[w:Lena Headey|Lena Headey]] as Cersei in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]
{{quote|She was as beautiful as men said. A jeweled tiara gleamed amidst her long golden hair, its [[emerald]]s a perfect match for the green of her eyes.{{ref|AGOT|5}}|[[Jon Snow]]'s thoughts}}

{{Quote|And Cersei ... I have [[Jon Arryn]] to thank for her. I had no wish to marry after [[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]] was taken from me, but Jon said the realm needed an heir. Cersei Lannister would be a good match, he told me, she would bind Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] to me should [[Viserys Targaryen]] ever try to win back [[Aerys II Targaryen|his father's]] [[Iron Throne|throne]]. I loved that old man, I swear it, but now I think he was a bigger [[fool]] than [[Moon Boy]]. Oh, Cersei is lovely to look at, truly, but cold ... the way she guards her cunt, you’d think she had all the [[gold]] of [[Casterly Rock]] between her legs.{{ref|agot|30}}|[[Robert I Baratheon]] to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|The longer Cersei waits, the angrier she'll become, and anger makes her stupid. I much prefer angry and stupid to composed and cunning.{{ref|acok|20}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Bronn]]}}

{{Quote|I have never liked you, Cersei, but you were my own sister, so I never did you harm. You've ended that. I will hurt you [[Alayaya|for this]]. I don't know how yet, but give me time. A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you'll know the debt is paid.{{ref|ACOK|54}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to Cersei}}

{{Quote|They are [[knight]]s now, [[House Kettleblack|all three]], and your sister has promised them further advancement. And the eldest, Ser [[Osmund Kettleblack|Osmund]] of the [[Kingsguard]], dreams of certain other ... favors ... as well. You can match the queen [[Currency|coin]] for coin, I have no doubt, but she has a second purse that is quite inexhaustible.{{ref|ASOS|12}}|[[Varys]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|Every man's a piece to start with, and every [[Maiden|maid]] as well. Even some who think they are players. Cersei, for one. She thinks herself sly, but in truth she is utterly predictable. Her strength rests on her beauty, [[House Lannister|birth]], and [[Casterly Rock|riches]]. Only the first of those is truly her own, and it will soon desert her. I pity her then. She wants power, but has no notion what to do with it when she gets it.{{ref|aSoS|68}}|[[Petyr Baelish]] to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Cersei is a lying whore, she's been fucking [[Lancel Lannister|Lancel]] and [[Osmund Kettleblack]] and probably [[Moon Boy]] for all I know.{{ref|ASOS|77}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Jaime Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|His sister liked to think of herself as Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] with teats, but she was wrong. Their father had been as relentless and implacable as a glacier, where Cersei was all [[wildfire]], especially when thwarted. She had been giddy as a maiden when she learned that [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] had abandoned [[Dragonstone]], certain that he had finally given up the fight and sailed away to exile. When word came down from the [[north]] that he had turned up again at the [[Wall]], her fury had been fearful to behold. She does not lack for wits, but she has no judgment, and no patience.{{ref|aFfC|16}}|[[Jaime Lannister]]'s thoughts|}}

{{Quote|Cersei is as gentle as King [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor]], as selfless as [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon the Unworthy]], as wise as [[Aerys II Targaryen|Mad Aerys]]. She never forgets a slight, real or imagined. She takes caution for cowardice and dissent for defiance. And she is greedy. Greedy for power, for honor, for love.{{ref|aDwD|22}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Young Griff]]}}

{{Quote|This head of mine is worth a [[lord]]ship... back in [[Westeros]], half a world away. By the time you get it there, only [[bone]] and maggots will remain. My sweet sister will deny the head is mine and cheat you of the promised reward. You know how it is with queens. Fickle cunts, the lot of them, and Cersei is the worst.{{ref|aDwD|57}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Ben Plumm]]}}

==Family==
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==Behind the Scenes==
Cersei may have been inspired by [[w:Isabella of France|Isabella of France]] and [[w:Margaret of Anjou|Margaret of Anjou]], both queens of English kings.<ref>''Time'': [https://www.salon.com/2012/04/04/the_real_life_inspirations_for_game_of_thrones/ The Real Life Inspirations for "Game of Thrones"], April 4, 2012</ref>

==References==
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{{Infobox character
| Character_name = [[File:House Lannister.svg|50px|left]][[File:House Baratheon.svg|50px|right]] Cersei Lannister
| image = [[File:MagaliVilleneuve CLface.jpg|300px]]
| image_caption = Cersei Lannister, by Magali Villeneuve ©
| Alias =
| Title = [[Light of the West]] Queen Dowager [[Protector of the Realm]] [[Lady of Casterly Rock]] [[Regent|Queen Regent]]
| Allegiance = [[House Lannister]] [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]]
| Predecessor = [[Rhaella Targaryen]] (queen consort) [[Eddard Stark]] (Protector of the Realm) [[Joffrey Baratheon]] (Protector of the Realm) [[Tywin Lannister]] (Lord of Casterly Rock)
| Successor = [[Joffrey Baratheon]] (Protector of the Realm) [[Kevan Lannister]] (Protector of the Realm) [[Margaery Tyrell]] (queen consort)
| Race =
| Culture = [[Westermen]]
| Father = Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]
| Mother = Lady [[Joanna Lannister]]
| Spouse = King [[Robert I Baratheon]]
| Lover = Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] Ser [[Lancel Lannister]] Ser [[Osmund Kettleblack]] Ser [[Osfryd Kettleblack]] Ser [[Osney Kettleblack]] Lady [[Taena of Myr|Taena Merryweather]]
| Issue = Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon]] Princess [[Myrcella Baratheon]] Prince [[Tommen Baratheon]]
| Place_of_Birth = [[Casterly Rock]]
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|266}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}}
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| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (appears) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (appears) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (appears) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (POV) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (POV) ''[[The Winds of Winter]]'' (POV)
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| Played_by = [[w:Lena Headey|Lena Headey]] [[w:Nell Williams|Nell Williams]] (young)
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 5|Season 5]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 6|Season 6]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 7|Season 7]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 8|Season 8]]
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Queen '''Cersei Lannister''' is the only daughter and eldest child of Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] of [[Casterly Rock]] and his wife, Lady [[Joanna Lannister]]. She is the twin of her younger brother, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]. In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' Cersei is played by [[w:Lena Headey|Lena Headey]], and is portrayed when she is a child by [[w:Nell Williams|Nell Williams]] in a [[Game of Thrones - Season 5|Season 5]] flashback.

After [[Robert's Rebellion]], Cersei married King [[Robert I Baratheon]] and became Queen of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. She is the mother of Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], Princess [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]], and Prince [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]] of [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]]. Cersei becomes a [[POV character]] in ''[[A Feast for Crows]]''.

==Appearance and Character==
{{See also|:Category:Images of Cersei Lannister|l1=Images of Cersei Lannister}}
When they were children, Cersei and her twin-brother, [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], looked so alike not even their father, [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]], could tell them apart.{{ref|acok|60}} As adults, they still significantly resemble each other.{{Ref|acok|3}}{{Ref|ASOS|1}} Cersei is a strikingly beautiful woman,{{Ref|ACOK|25}} with golden hair,{{ref|ACOK|20}}{{Ref|ACOK|54}} emerald green eyes,{{Ref|AGOT|5}}{{Ref|AFFC|7}}{{ref|ACOK|15}}{{Ref|ACOK|17}}{{Ref|ACOK|20}}{{ref|ACOK|41}}{{Ref|AFFC|16}} fair skin,{{ref|affc|7}} and a slender, graceful figure.{{ref|ACOK|20}}

Cersei is willful, ambitious and has a certain low cunning. She is hungry and greedy for power.{{Ref|AGOT|34}}{{Ref|aDwD|22}} Cersei believes herself to be subtle{{Ref|acok|3}} and politically astute. She hates being excluded from power on account of her gender,{{Ref|ASOS|66}} and resents the customs and conventions put on her because she is female.{{ref|ACOK|20}}{{Ref|ACOK|60}} She thinks of herself as a female version of her father,{{ref|AFFC|3}}{{ref|affc|7}}{{Ref|AFFC|36}}{{Ref|AFFC|43}} and feels slighted when people do not obey her commands as they would have done for Lord Tywin, but instead give her their counsel, or disagree with her, which she faults on her gender.{{ref|affc|24}}

Cersei is impatient,{{Ref|ACOK|20}} and never forgets a slight, whether real or imagined. She considers caution to be cowardice and disagreement for defiance.{{Ref|ADWD|22}} Her quick temper and her easily wounded pride frequently lead her to make rash decisions, and she rarely considers what unintended consequences her actions might have.{{ref|acok|3}} She does not shy away from using sex as a weapon.{{ref|ACOK|60}}

The queen's fine gowns include one of sea-green silk trimmed with pale [[Myr]]ish lace;{{ref|AGOT|49}} one of black silk with red rubies sown into the bodice;{{ref|AGOT|51}} a low-cut gown of deep green velvet;{{ref|ACOK|54}} a snowy linen gown with sleeves lined with gold satin;{{ref|ACOK|57}} a cloth-of-gold gown slashed in burgundy velvet;{{ref|ACOK|65}} a gown with stripes of green satin and black velvet with black Myrish lace above the bodice;{{ref|AFFC|25}} a jade-green gown with sleeves of silver Myrish lace;{{ref|AFFC|27}} and a white gown slashed with cloth-of-gold.{{ref|AFFC|28}} When Cersei wants to be discreet, however, she dresses in hunting green with leather boots and a brown cloak.{{ref|AGOT|45}}

Cersei's jewelry includes a [[gold]]en ring with a large [[emerald]],{{ref|AGOT|49}} a necklace of [[diamond]]s and emeralds,{{ref|AGOT|57}} and a golden necklace with a large emerald.{{ref|AFFC|27}} Her jeweled tiara is also decorated with emeralds.{{ref|AGOT|5}}{{ref|AGOT|49}} Cersei's huge royal [[wheelhouse]] is a double-decked carriage of oiled [[oak]] and gilded metal,{{ref|AGOT|4}} and the queen has an ornate barge located at the harbor of [[King's Landing]].{{ref|AGOT|18}}

==History==
===Early life===
[[File:Cersei Lannisterby elia-illustration.jpg|thumb|250px|Cersei Lannister, by Elia Fernandez ©]]
Cersei was born in {{Date|266}} as the first-born child and only daughter to Ser [[Tywin Lannister]], heir to [[Casterly Rock]], and his wife, Lady [[Joanna Lannister|Joanna]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}} Cersei was born shortly before her twin brother [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], who was holding her foot.{{Ref|agot|45}}{{Ref|ASOS|66}} King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] sent the twins their weights in gold as a [[name day]] gift, and commanded Tywin to bring the children to court when they were old enough to travel.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} It is currently unknown whether this visit to King's Landing actually occurred, as the royal court came to Casterly Rock following the death of Lord [[Tytos Lannister]] in {{Date|276}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} Cersei and Jaime did visit King's Landing in {{Date|272}}, when their mother brought them from Casterly Rock for the [[Anniversary Tourney]] held to celebrate the tenth year of King Aerys's reign.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

During their early childhood, Cersei and Jaime were inseparable.{{Ref|AFFC|32}} They looked so similar as children, up to the point that not even their father was able to keep them apart.{{ref|acok|60}} Because of their similar looks, Cersei occasionally wore Jaime’s clothes and took lessons from the master-at-arms in his stead, without anyone realizing.{{ref|AWOIAF|Cersei Lannister}} They played in the bowels of Casterly Rock, where the caged lions of Cersei's late grandfather, Tytos, were kept. Cersei and Jaime would dare each other to climb into the cage. Cersei once dared to go as far as touch one of the lions, until her brother pulled her away.{{Ref|AFFC|7}} Cersei and Jaime slept together in the same bed when they were very young,{{Ref|AFFC|32}} and experimented together in a sexual manner at a young age.{{Ref|AGOT|45}} During one of these encounters, they were caught by a servant who informed their mother. A guard was placed near Cersei's bedchamber, whilst Jaime's bedchamber was moved to the other side of the castle. The twins were told never to do anything like that ever again, as Joanna would otherwise be forced to tell their father.{{Ref|aSoS|21}}

Cersei's mother died not long thereafter,{{Ref|ASOS|21}} in {{Date|273}},{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}} when giving birth to Cersei's younger brother, [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]].{{Ref|AGOT|5}} For killing her mother, Cersei despised her youngest sibling.{{Ref|ASOS|38}} Shortly after Joanna's death, the [[Princess of Dorne]] visited Casterly Rock with her two youngest children, [[Elia Martell|Elia]] and [[Oberyn Martell]]. Though Tyrion was kept out of sight during the visit of the [[House Martell|Martells]], Cersei promised Princess Elia to show Tyrion to her. Threatening her brother's wet nurse before sending her away, Cersei undid Tyrion's swaddling clothes and hurt her little brother, until Jaime stopped her.{{Ref|ASOS|38}} The Princess of Dorne proposed a betrothal between Cersei and Oberyn, during this visit, but she was refused, and Tywin informed her that Cersei was meant as a bride for Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]].{{Ref|ASOS|70}}

===Attempted betrothal to Rhaegar Targaryen===
[[File:Pojypojy Cersei drawing.jpg|thumb|Cersei drawing herself with [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], by Pojypojy ©]]
Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] first informed Cersei of his wish to betroth her to the crown prince when she was no older than six or seven, though he told her never to speak of it until a betrothal was officially announced.{{Ref|AFFC|24}} Cersei drew a picture of her and [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]] on a [[dragon]], once, though she claimed it depicted King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] and his sister-wife, [[Alysanne Targaryen|Alysanne]], when Jaime discovered it.{{Ref|AFFC|24}} At the age of ten in {{Date|276}}, Cersei became infatuated with Rhaegar after meeting him for the first time during the [[tournament in honor of Viserys's birth]] at [[Lannisport]].{{Ref|affc|24}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} Before the tourney began Cersei's aunt, Lady [[Genna Lannister|Genna]], informed Cersei that her betrothal to Rhaegar would be announced during the final feast of the tourney.

After being separated from Jaime following their mother's discovery of their sexual experimenting, Cersei had numerous bedmaids and companions, daughters of Tywin's bannermen and household knights who were of an age with her. While Cersei occasionally appreciated their company, she had not liked any of them, believing them weak and convinced they were trying to come between her and Jaime.{{Ref|AFFC|32}} Following Genna's announcement that Cersei's betrothal to Rhaegar would soon be announced, Cersei brought [[Melara Hetherspoon]] and [[Jeyne Farman]] to a [[woods witch]], [[Maggy the Frog]]. After Jeyne fled out of fear, Cersei inquired as to when she and Rhaegar would wed and how many children they would have. Maggy correctly predicted Cersei's marriage with [[Robert I Baratheon|the king]] and the amount of children both would have. She went on to prophesy that Cersei would outlive her children, who would die as kings and queens, and that after everything she had was taken away by a younger and more beautiful queen, the ''[[valonqar]]'' would come to end her life. Melara suggested that if they never spoke about it, the prophecies would not come true. However, Melara died shortly after their visit to Maggy, and it is implied that Cersei killed the girl to prevent her from speaking of the prophecies.

After Melara's death, Cersei inquired with her [[septa]], [[Saranella]], about the meaning of ''valonqar'', who informed her it was [[High Valyrian]] for "little brother".{{ref|AFFC|39}} Cersei eventually became convinced that [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] was the ''valonqar'' Maggy spoke of, resulting in her despising and mistrusting him even more than she had before. The prophecy of the ''valonqar'' has continued to haunt Cersei.{{ref|AFFC|3}}

After the guests left the [[westerlands]], Cersei learned from her aunt that Tywin had proposed the betrothal to King [[Aerys II Targaryen]], but Aerys refused Cersei as a bride for his son and heir.{{ref|affc|24}}{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

===Living at court===
At the age of twelve, following the failure of Lord [[Steffon Baratheon]]'s mission to find Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] a suitable bride in [[Essos]], Cersei was taken to [[King's Landing]] by her father, who still served as [[Hand of the King]]. In the following years, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] refused every offer of marriage for Cersei. According to [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], Tywin still had his sights set on a Targaryen match, either hoping to betroth Cersei to young Prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] or hoping for Rhaegar's new bride, [[Elia Martell]], to die in childbirth.{{Ref|ASOS|11}}

In {{Date|281}}, when Cersei was fifteen, Jaime visited King's Landing after receiving his [[knight]]hood. Cersei informed him their father had been discussing betrothing Jaime to [[Lysa Arryn|Lysa Tully]]. Cersei seduced Jaime and persuaded him to join the [[Kingsguard]], which would require him to remain unmarried and live near her in King's Landing. Cersei knew that Tywin would be opposed to the idea, but that he could not openly object to, and offered to make the arrangements herself.{{Ref|aSoS|11}} However, she had no idea how much the relationship between her father and the king had deteriorated, and although Aerys did award Jaime a place in the Kingsguard, Tywin perceived Jaime's appointment to the Kingsguard as a slight by King Aerys intended to rob him of his heir. Furiously, he resigned as Hand, and moved back to Casterly Rock with Cersei, separating the twins once more.{{Ref|aSoS|11}}

===Marriage===
[[File:Robert Baratheon Cersei Lannister Wedding.jpg|thumb|450px|[[Customs#Wedding ceremony|Wedding]] of Cersei and King [[Robert I Baratheon]] from ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' Blu-ray]]
After the conclusion of [[Robert's Rebellion]], a marriage was arranged between Cersei and the new king, [[Robert I Baratheon]], in order to seal the [[House Baratheon of King's Landing|new royal house's]] alliance with [[House Lannister]]. Cersei and Robert were wed in {{Date|284}}.<ref>''See the calculation for [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Cersei Lannister's wedding to Robert I Baratheon|Cersei Lannister's wedding to Robert I Baratheon]].''</ref> She and Jaime had sex the morning of her wedding.{{Ref|ADWD|54}} Nonetheless, Cersei was at first enthralled by the happy crowds at the royal wedding. However, her enthusiasm for the match ended when Robert called her "[[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]]" during their first night together.{{ref|agot|45}}

The marriage rapidly deteriorated, and Cersei resumed her incestuous relationship with Jaime. She bore him three children ([[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] and [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]]), all of whom she successfully passed off as Robert's trueborn heirs. Although the king was away during the births of his children, Jaime was present for at least Joffrey's birth, though Cersei refused to let her brother hold the child, fearing people might start to suspect his true parentage.{{ref|ACOK|36}}{{Ref|affc|44}} On one occasion, early in her marriage, Cersei became pregnant by Robert. Unwilling to give birth to Robert's child, she sent Jaime out to find a woman to cleanse her.{{Ref|AGOT|45}} Having grown to resent Robert over the years, Cersei took further care to ensure he did not impregnate her.{{Ref|aGoT|45}}

During the early years of their marriage, Cersei declined Robert's invitations to hunt with him, as Robert's trips allowed her more time with Jaime.{{ref|affc|28}} Because two of Robert's [[House Estermont|Estermont uncles]] from [[Greenstone]] had remained at court for half a year following Cersei's marriage, Robert insisted on repaying the visit, and Cersei and Jaime accompanied him for a two-week stay at [[Estermont]]. While there, Cersei suspected that Robert was sleeping with a [[Estermont (cousin of Robert)|cousin of his]], and had Jaime follow Robert to confirms her suspicions. Cersei and Jaime slept together on Greenstone, and Cersei likes to believe that was the night their eldest son Joffrey was conceived.{{ref|affc|24}}

[[File:David Sourwine drunk.jpg|thumb|Cersei with a drunken [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]], by David Sourwine © Fantasy Flight Games]]

While Robert "claimed his rights" frequently during the early years of their marriage, his drinking led to him hurting Cersei during those encounters. When she confronted him once during their first year of marriage, Robert claimed it was because of the drink, and he was not to blame. When he tried to take another horn of ale, Cersei smashed her own horn in his face, chipping his tooth. Robert claimed not to remember anything of those nights, but Cersei believes otherwise, and is certain that Robert did recall what he did to her, but felt that pretending to forget was easier than facing the truth. Cersei, in turn, tried to pretend that Robert was Rhaegar during those years. Over time, Robert came to Cersei's bed less frequently, not even once a year.{{ref|AFFC|32}}

True to [[Maggy]]'s prophecy, Cersei had three children, while Robert sired several [[bastards]]. After Joffrey assaulted a pregnant cat, Robert suggested bringing [[Mya Stone|a bastard daughter of his]] to court. Cersei threatened the girl, claiming [[King's Landing]] was a dangerous place for a girl growing up. Though Robert hit Cersei for that, the girl was not brought to court, and all of Robert's bastards were kept out of sight.{{Ref|AFFC|17}} According to [[Petyr Baelish]], however, there are rumors that Robert fathered twins on a serving woman at [[Casterly Rock]] in {{Date|295}}, and that Cersei had the babes killed and the mother sold to a slaver.{{Ref|AGOT|35}}

Eventually [[Stannis Baratheon]], [[Lord of Dragonstone]], familiar with the appearance of his brother Robert's black-haired, blue-eyed bastard offspring, grew suspicious of the royal children's lack of resemblance to their supposed father. He confided in Lord [[Jon Arryn]], the [[Hand of the King]], and the two investigated the matter together. After the [[tourney on Prince Joffrey's name day]], Cersei and her children travelled with Lord Tywin to [[Casterly Rock]]. During the fortnight following the tourney, Jon was [[Tears of Lys|poisoned]] and fell ill, eventually dying before he could act. Stannis was convinced that Cersei was responsible for Jon's death, and he fled to [[Dragonstone]].

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Thomas Denmark wheelhouse.jpg|thumb|350px|Cersei's wheelhouse, by Thomas Denmark © Fantasy Flight Games]]
After the death of the [[Hand of the King]], [[Jon Arryn]], Cersei accompanies her husband, King [[Robert I Baratheon]], to [[Winterfell]], where the king offers the position to Lord [[Eddard Stark]].{{Ref|AGOT|2}}{{Ref|AGOT|4}} Cersei travels in a huge, lumbering wheelhouse.{{ref|AGOT|12}} Jon's widow, [[Lysa Arryn]], sends a coded message to her sister, Eddard's wife [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]], alleging that the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] murdered Jon.{{ref|AGOT|6}} When Robert and most of the castle go on a hunting trip, Cersei remains behind with her brother, Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]]. The two are seen having sex by [[Bran Stark]] in Winterfell's [[First Keep]], and when Cersei insists that they must do something to prevent the boy from telling anyone, Jaime pushes him out of the tower window.{{Ref|aGoT|8}} She later berates Jaime for his impulsiveness, arguing that attempting to kill the boy was foolish when they could have simply intimidated him into silence.{{Ref|ASOS|1}}

While the royal procession travels back to [[King's Landing]], Cersei's eldest son, Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], bullies a common boy, [[Mycah]], prompting [[Arya Stark]] and her direwolf, [[Nymeria (direwolf)|Nymeria]], to attack and disarm him. Joffrey tells his parents that Arya and her wolf attacked him without provocation, and Cersei takes her son's side, arguing that the girl should lose a hand in accordance with the ancient penalty for striking a prince of royal blood.{{ref|affc|30}} When Robert refuses to do so, she proclaims her desire regarding maiming or killing Arya to Jaime, using sex as bribe. Jaime searches for the girl, and would later imply that he would have been willing to do his sister's bidding. Instead, Arya is found by [[House Stark guards]]. While Robert again resists Cersei's call for severely punishing Arya, the queen successfully pressures him into ordering the execution of another direwolf, [[Lady (direwolf)|Lady]], as a proxy at [[Darry]].{{Ref|aGoT|16}}{{Ref|aFfC|30}}

Having appointed Eddard Stark as Jon Arryn's replacement, Robert orders the [[Hand's tourney]] be held in honor of Eddard.{{ref|AGOT|20}} Cersei forbids Robert from fighting in the melee, inciting a public argument between king and queen.{{ref|AGOT|29}} Robert intends to fight anyway, but Eddard and Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] succeed in dissuading him. Later, [[Varys]] claims that Cersei had known publicly forbidding Robert from participating in the melee was the most effective way of convincing him to do so, and had been planning to have him "accidentally" killed in the melee. He also suggests that Ser [[Hugh|Hugh of the Vale]], who had been killed by Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] earlier in the tournament, could have poisoned Jon Arryn at the Lannisters' instigation, only to have them arrange his death in order to ensure his silence afterward.{{Ref|aGoT|30}}

When Cersei's brother [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] is abducted by [[Catelyn Stark]], Cersei argues with Robert, insulting his manhood for his failure to immediately avenge the insult to her family. The king strikes her in response, but Cersei tells him she intends to wear the bruise "as a badge of honor." Eddard does not approve and Robert admits that it was "not kingly," but blames Cersei for provoking him.{{ref|agot|39}}

[[File:Tommy Arnold NedCerseiGodswood.jpg|thumb|[[Eddard Stark]] and Cersei in the godswood of the [[Red Keep]], by Tommy Arnold © Fantasy Flight Games]]

Eddard, who has been investigating Jon Arryn's death, discovers the truth about the royal children's parentage. While the king is hunting in the [[kingswood]], Eddard confronts Cersei, who admits the accusation is true. She attempts to seduce him in the [[godswood]] of the Red Keep, but Ned refuses. Not wanting to see the children harmed, Eddard warns her that he intends to tell Robert the truth and urges her to flee with the princes and princess.{{Ref|aGoT|45}} Eddard plans to have his daughters, [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark|Arya]], sail from King's Landing on the ''[[Wind Witch]]''.{{Ref|AGOT|44}} Sansa, not understanding the danger and desiring to marry Joffrey, informs Cersei of her father's plan.{{ref|AGOT|51}}

A drunken Robert is fatally injured by a [[boar]] during his hunt,{{ref|AGOT|47}} having been given strongwine by his squire, [[Lancel Lannister]].{{ref|AGOT|58}} On his deathbed Robert names Eddard regent until his thirteen-year-old heir Joffrey comes of age, though Eddard secretly changes “my son Joffrey” into “my heir”.{{Ref|AGOT|47}} The morning of Robert's death, Cersei seizes power, denouncing Eddard as a traitor who conspired against King Joffrey. She has Eddard imprisoned and is named Queen Regent, heading Joffrey's [[small council]].{{Ref|aGoT|49}}{{Ref|AGOT|57}}

Cersei intends to have Eddard convicted of treason but allowed to [[Night's Watch#Recruitment|take the black]], thus discrediting him and removing him as a factor in the political arena without antagonizing the [[north]]. She arranges a public confession for him on the steps of the [[Great Sept of Baelor]], assuring the [[High Septon (fat one)|High Septon]] that he will be offered forgiveness and the holy ground will not be profaned with blood. However, Joffrey ignores her advice and instead orders Lord Stark's immediate execution. [[Janos Slynt]] and Ser [[Ilyn Payne]] carry out the king's imprudent command before Cersei can intervene, deeply offending [[Faith of the Seven|the Faith]] and rendering peace between [[House Stark|Stark]] and [[House Lannister|Lannister]] impossible.{{ref|agot|58}}{{Ref|aGoT|65}}{{ref|ACOK|3}}

Cersei weeps when she hears that Jaime has been captured by [[Robb Stark]] in the [[battle in the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]].{{ref|AGOT|67}} She keeps the news of [[Renly Baratheon]]'s coronation from Joffrey for a time, fearing he might take the field at the head of a force of [[gold cloaks]]. She commands her father to come to the defense of the capital against Renly and the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]], but Tywin instead marches for [[Harrenhal]] and sends Tyrion to the capital in his stead.{{Ref|aGoT|69}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Katherine Dinger CLannister.jpg|thumb|400px|Cersei Lannister, by Katherine Dinger ©]]
Having escaped [[King's Landing]], [[Arya Stark]] adds Cersei's name to the list of those she desires dead.{{ref|ACOK|26}}

When Tyrion arrives in King's Landing, bearing a letter from their father, Cersei threatens to have him thrown in the dungeon, but he placates her by saying he could rescue Jaime.{{Ref|aCoK|3}} As Hand, Tyrion struggles to wrest control from her, finally resorting to [[poison]] to incapacitate her for a few days.{{ref|acok|25}}{{Ref|acok|29}}

In Jaime's absence, Cersei begins sleeping with her cousin, the knighted [[Lancel Lannister|Lancel]], which is discerned by Tyrion.{{Ref|aCoK|29}} She also reveals to Tyrion that she had given Lancel fortified wine for Robert's hunt, stronger than Robert usually drank.{{ref|ACOK|3}} After Tyrion sends away [[Vylarr]] and Cersei's [[House Lannister guards|personal guard]],{{ref|ACOK|25}} she employs three sellswords to replace them—[[Osney Kettleblack|Osney]], [[Osmund Kettleblack|Osmund]] and [[Osfryd Kettleblack]]—but Tyrion finds out and buys their loyalty.{{Ref|aCoK|41}}

Tyrion deceives small council members and determines that [[Pycelle]] is Cersei's agent. When Tyrion arrests Pycelle, the Grand Maester tells him that Jon Arryn had been recovering from his poisoning, and that he had sent Jon's maester away in order to prevent Jon's recovery, assuming that Cersei wanted Jon dead.{{ref|acok|25}} Tyrion gets Cersei to agree with sending Myrcella to [[Dorne]] to win over [[House Martell]].{{ref|acok|20}} The day Princess Myrcella takes ship for [[Sunspear]], Cersei is among those caught up in the [[riot of King's Landing]], provoked in part by a thoughtless comment she makes to King Joffrey about a dead baby.{{ref|acok|41}}

As King [[Stannis Baratheon]] moves on King's Landing, Cersei sends Tommen to [[Rosby]] for safety, but Tyrion's men intercept the party and take the boy into Tyrion's custody.{{ref|acok|44}}{{ref|ACOK|49}} Fed up with Tyrion's efforts to rule, Cersei arrests [[Alayaya]], a whore she believes Tyrion is sleeping with, and has the girl beaten. She uses Alayaya as a hostage to ensure Tommen's safe return; Tyrion, however, promises her that whatever happens to Alayaya, happens to Tommen as well, rapings and beatings included, frightening Cersei.{{ref|acok|54}} Cersei removes Ser [[Boros Blount]] from the [[Kingsguard]] for his failure to resist Tyrion's men, and she replaces him with Osmund Kettleblack, a man just as hollow.{{Ref|aCoK|54}}

As the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] begins, Cersei hosts a banquet for noblewomen in the [[Red Keep]]. She claims it is in an effort to keep their minds off the fighting, but has invited Ser [[Ilyn Payne]], the [[King's Justice]], to be on hand to kill them if the city is taken, to prevent them from becoming hostages. When she hears that the [[River Gate]] is under attack, she summons Joffrey back to the Red Keep.{{Ref|aCoK|60}} Seeing the king flee back to the castle damages morale and causes the men to rout, nearly costing her the city. This outrages Lancel, who feels they could have held the gates if Cersei had not recalled the king.{{Ref|aCoK|62}}

If not for the timely arrival and attack on Stannis's flank by the army of Lords Tywin Lannister and [[Mace Tyrell]], the battle would be lost for the Lannisters.{{Ref|aCoK|65}} Because Tyrion lies wounded and unconscious, Cersei is able to lie to Tywin and turn her father's prejudice against Tyrion to her advantage, stripping Tyrion's power by the time his convalescence is over.{{ref|ACOK|67}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Cersei and Jaime Lannister.jpg|thumb|[[Jaime Lannister]] and Cersei, by Magali Villeneuve]]
[[Tyrion Lannister]] believes that Cersei is to blame for Ser [[Mandon Moore]]'s assassination attempt at the [[Blackwater Rush|Blackwater]].{{ref|ASOS|4}}

Cersei plans the upcoming wedding of her son, King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], to [[Margaery Tyrell]].{{ref|ASOS|4}}{{ref|ASOS|19}} [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] bends Cersei to his will and makes it clear his daughter is no longer wanted on the [[small council]]. Against her wishes, he plans for her to marry her again, considering [[Balon Greyjoy]] (whose elderly wife [[Alannys Harlaw|Alannys]] has failing health), [[Oberyn Martell]], [[Horas Redwyne|Horas]] or [[Hobber Redwyne]], [[Theon Greyjoy]], [[Quentyn Martell]], and [[Willas Tyrell]] as potential matches.{{ref|ASOS|19}} While Lord [[Mace Tyrell]] is initially receptive to Cersei marrying Willas, the offer is rejected after Mace speaks with his mother [[Olenna Tyrell|Olenna]], the Queen of Thorns.{{ref|ASOS|32}}

Cersei intends to keep [[Sansa Stark]] as her hostage,{{ref|ASOS|19}} but Tywin forces the girl to marry Tyrion.{{ref|ASOS|28}} During the wedding feast, Cersei dances with [[Paxter Redwyne]], [[Mathis Rowan]], and her father.{{ref|ASOS|28}} She also flirts with [[Osmund Kettleblack]] of the [[Kingsguard]].{{ref|ASOS|12}}

After Joffrey offends Tywin through his ungracious behavior, Tywin is furious and asks where the boy could have learnt such amoral sentiments. Cersei blames Robert but it is clear to all in the room, including Tywin's brother [[Kevan Lannister|Kevan]], that Cersei is responsible.{{Ref|aSoS|53}}

Joffrey is killed at [[Purple Wedding|his own wedding feast]], and Cersei accuses Tyrion and Sansa, falsely believing them responsible.{{Ref|aSoS|60}} Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] returns to [[King's Landing]] with the assistance of [[Brienne of Tarth]], and the Lannister twins have sex in a sept where Joffrey's body rests. Cersei rejects Jaime's suggestion of announcing their incest, like the [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]] had done.{{ref|ASOS|62}}

Having escaped King's Landing with the aid of [[Petyr Baelish]], Sansa learns that the [[House Kettleblack|Kettleblacks]] are actually loyal to Petyr, not Cersei or Tyrion.{{ref|asos|68}}

Cersei finds numerous witnesses to testify against Tyrion,{{ref|ASOS|66}} including his lover [[Shae]],{{ref|ASOS|70}} and Cersei names Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] champion if there is to be a [[trial by combat]]. This leads Prince Oberyn, whose sister [[Elia Martell|Elia]] was murdered by Gregor over a dozen years ago in the [[Sack of King's Landing]], to champion Tyrion.{{Ref|aSoS|66}} Oberyn is killed and Gregor is severely wounded in the duel.{{Ref|aSoS|70}}

Oberyn's death condemns Tyrion, but he is freed from his cell by Jaime and [[Varys]]. Tyrion tells Jaime that Cersei has been sleeping with [[Lancel Lannister]] and Osmund Kettleblack. Before escaping the [[Red Keep]], Tyrion kills Shae and his father, Tywin.{{ref|ASOS|77}}

At the [[Eyrie]], [[Lysa Arryn]] reveals in Sansa's presence that she had killed [[Jon Arryn]] and then informed her sister Catelyn that the Lannisters were to blame.{{ref|ASOS|80}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[File: GT01 11608 CerseiLannister CassandreBolan.jpg|thumb|Cersei, by Cassandre Bolan © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Cersei's tendencies to paranoia, rash judgement and hysteria increase following the deaths of her son, King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], and her father, Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]]. She resumes her position as [[regent]] over her surviving son, the eight-year-old King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]], who is obedient to her will. As the eldest child of Tywin, she is also acknowledged as the Lady of [[Casterly Rock]] by her uncle, Ser [[Kevan Lannister|Kevan]].{{ref|AFFC|7}}

Cersei has Ser [[Osney Kettleblack|Osney]] and Ser [[Osfryd Kettleblack]] hide Shae's corpse,{{ref|AFFC|3}} and she has Ser [[Boros Blount]] and Ser [[Osmund Kettleblack]] murder the two guards who had been guarding Tyrion's cell when she hears that they had been found asleep on duty (unknown to Cersei, Varys had drugged them).{{ref|AFFC|8}} She also has Osney murder the [[High Septon (Tyrion's)|High Septon]].{{ref|AFFC|43}} Since Tyrion has vanished, Cersei burns with [[wildfire]] the [[Tower of the Hand]], the site of Tywin's death, which her twin [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] considers a folly.{{ref|AFFC|12}} Word spreads throughout the [[Seven Kingdoms]] and the [[Free Cities]] that Cersei has promised a [[lord]]ship to whomever brings her Tyrion's head,{{ref|AFFC|7}} but innocents are killed instead.{{ref|AFFC|17}} Cersei's paranoia alienates Jaime,{{Ref|aFfC|8}} who departs to secure the [[riverlands]] and resolve the [[siege of Riverrun]].{{ref|AFFC|27}}

Cersei surrounds herself with sycophants rather than honest and competent advisers,{{ref|affc|17}} and she fills Tommen's [[small council]] with her own supporters and agents, disregarding the previous arrangements made by Tywin and the well-meant, if blunt, advice from Kevan. She becomes a restless sleeper, troubled by nightmares of Tyrion, who murdered Tywin, and the [[Iron Throne]] consuming her.{{Ref|aFfC|3}} Cersei also recalls the prophecy of the ''[[valonqar]]'', whom she considers Tyrion.{{ref|AFFC|3}}{{ref|AFFC|36}} Numerous people, including several family members, consider her to be an ineffectual leader.{{ref|AFFC|3}}{{Ref|ADWD|22}} Cersei's growing dependency on alcohol increases her weight, but she blames the washerwomen for shrinking her gowns.{{ref|AFFC|24}}

Cersei suspects her powerful [[House Tyrell|Tyrell]] allies, now relatives through Tommen's marriage to [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]], are trying to seize control of the kingdom. This suspicion grows from a [[House Gardener|Gardener]] coin found by [[Qyburn]] in the dungeon where Tyrion was being held before his escape{{Ref|aFfC|7}} – a coin similar to the ones Lady [[Olenna Tyrell]] carries with her when traveling, causing Cersei to wrongfully suspect a Tyrell involvement in Tyrion's escape.{{ref|affc|16}} Cersei commences a campaign of intrigue to remove Tyrells in [[King's Landing]] from positions of influence and authority, including Margaery and her brother [[Loras Tyrell|Loras]], a knight of the [[Kingsguard]].{{Ref|aFfC|24}}

Cersei refuses to honor the debts owed by the crown, angering powerful institutions such as the [[Iron Bank of Braavos]] and the [[Faith of the Seven]].{{Ref|aFfC|17}} This results in the Faith refusing to bless King Tommen, and the Iron Bank calling in all their debts throughout [[Westeros]] and refusing all new loans.{{Ref|aFfC|28}} This causes economic chaos throughout the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. With the monies owed, Cersei constructs a [[Cersei's dromonds|new royal fleet]] of warships and gives command to [[Aurane Waters]], the Bastard of [[Driftmark]] and a sellsail of questionable expertise and loyalty.{{Ref|aFfC|17}} Two of the dromonds, ''[[Lioness]]'' and ''[[Sweet Cersei]]'', are named in the Queen Regent's honor.{{ref|AFFC|28}}{{ref|AFFC|32}}

[[File:Skirts and dignity by cabepfir.jpg|thumb|300px|Cersei frames [[Margaery Tyrell]], by cabepfir ©]]

In an attempt to alleviate the crown's debts, gain the Faith's blessing, and gain more protection from her purported enemies, Cersei allows the new High Septon, the so-called [[High Sparrow]], to revive the [[Faith Militant]], ignorant of its history of [[Faith Militant uprising|causing trouble]] for monarchs.{{Ref|aFfC|28}}

Cersei sends Ser [[Balon Swann]] of the Kingsguard to [[Dorne]] to deliver the head of Ser [[Gregor Clegane]].{{Ref|aFfC|17}}

Cersei takes the disgraced former [[maester]] Qyburn into her service as [[master of whisperers]], using him as a torturer, and allowing him to conduct immoral experiments on human subjects.{{Ref|aFfC|7}} She befriends [[Taena Merryweather]], who informs Cersei that her maid [[Senelle]] is spying on her for Margaery. This leads Senelle to be given over to Qyburn for his twisted experiments. Taena becomes her bedwarmer and confidante.{{ref|AFFC|32}}

The queen is reluctant to aid the Tyrells after [[Euron Greyjoy]]'s [[taking of the Shields]]. Cersei instead gives command of the [[siege of Dragonstone]] to Loras, as the [[Redwyne fleet]] could return to the [[Reach]] when the island castle falls.{{ref|AFFC|32}} Aurane Waters reports that Loras was gravely injured during the assault.{{ref|AFFC|36}}

Cersei manipulates [[Falyse Stokeworth]] and her husband, Ser [[Balman Byrch]], into attacking Tyrion's friend, the sellsword [[Bronn]], who was knighted and married to simple [[Lollys Stokeworth]] to pry him away from Tyrion. Falyse flees to [[King's Landing]] to report that Bronn killed Balman in a duel, though not before Bronn extracted a confession that Cersei was behind the attempt to kill him. Cersei responds by sending Falyse to Qyburn so nothing is found out about her machinations.{{ref|AFFC|32}}

The queen wears a new crown of pale spun [[gold]] set with sparkling [[emerald]]s.{{ref|AFFC|36}} Cersei plots to frame Margaery for adultery and treason. Having seduced Osney Kettleblack, she has him falsely confess to the High Sparrow that he had intercourse with Margaery and two of her three cousins, [[Megga Tyrell|Megga]] and [[Elinor Tyrell|Elinor]].{{ref|AFFC|39}} The High Sparrow acts on the information and has Margaery arrested when she visits the [[Great Sept of Baelor]]. Cersei feigns concern publicly and visits the Great Sept in order to appear to the population that she wishes Margaery released. However, the High Sparrow arrests the Queen Regent for several crimes, including the murder of the previous High Septon. The High Sparrow was suspicious of Osney's confession and had him tortured till Osney revealed the truth.{{ref|AFFC|43}}

Cersei's ministers seize control of the government while she awaits trial in the Great Sept, and they recall her uncle Kevan from Casterly Rock to fill her position as [[regent]]. Aurane absconds with the costly new fleet, while Taena flees for [[Longtable]]. Accused of capital crimes, Cersei's only hope lies in a Kingsguard champion to stand for her in a [[trial by combat]].{{ref|AFFC|43}} She sends an emotional summons to Jaime, which he burns at Riverrun without reply.{{Ref|aFfC|43}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:Marc Simonetti CL walk of shame.jpg|thumb|350px|Cersei's [[walk of atonement]] from the [[Great Sept of Baelor]] to the [[Red Keep]], by Marc Simonetti ©]]
Ser [[Balon Swann]] arrives at [[Sunspear]] with a letter in which Cersei asks [[Doran Martell]], [[Prince of Dorne]], to give leave to her daughter [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] to return to [[King's Landing]] for a short visit, and to invite Doran to take the Dornish seat on the [[small council]] that has been left vacant with the death of Prince [[Oberyn Martell|Oberyn]]. Doran learns from informers at the royal court, however, that Balon is to invite Prince [[Trystane Martell]] to accompany Myrcella but then be killed by outlaws in the [[kingswood]], for which Tyrion is supposed to be blamed, with Balon as a witness.{{Ref|aDwD|38}}

Cersei remains a prisoner of the [[Faith of the Seven]] in a tower of the [[Great Sept of Baelor]], under the care of Septas [[Unella]], [[Moelle]], and [[Scolera]]. To gain access to visitors, Cersei confesses to the [[High Sparrow]] that she had relations with her cousin, [[Lancel Lannister]], and all three of the [[House Kettleblack|Kettleblack]] brothers, knowing that such sins would not earn her an execution. She continues to deny having ordered [[Osney Kettleblack]] to kill the [[High Septon (Tyrion's)|previous High Septon]], or that she was involved in King [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s death. The High Septon agrees to allow her one visitor a day. Cersei learns from her uncle, Ser [[Kevan Lannister|Kevan]], that [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] disappeared in the riverlands with a woman, possibly [[Brienne of Tarth]]. Kevan also tells his niece about [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]]'s injury and of [[Arys Oakheart]]'s death at the [[Greenblood]], which leaves a vacancy in the Kingsguard. Cersei sends word to Lord [[Qyburn]] that the time has come.{{Ref|ADWD|54}}

Before her trial, the Faith requires Cersei to submit to a [[walk of atonement]] from the Great Sept to the [[Red Keep]]. Cersei is shaved of hair from her entire body, then stripped naked. An escort of [[Warrior's Sons]], [[Poor Fellows]], and septas protect her from the leering and jeering crowds that have flocked to see her, with Septa Scolera ringing a bell and singing the word "shame". Cersei tries to hang on to her pride during the barefoot walk in spite of the crowds projecting filth at her and bawdy insults. Faces in the crowd remind her of [[Tywin Lannister]], [[Melara Hetherspoon]], [[Eddard Stark]], [[Tyrion Lannister]], and [[Joffrey Baratheon]]. She eventually breaks down in tears, however, just before finishing and entering the Red Keep. Upon her entrance, [[Jocelyn Swyft]] has her body covered. Cersei is carried into the castle by a giant knight, whom [[Qyburn]] introduces as the newest member of the [[Kingsguard]] and her champion, "Ser [[Robert Strong]]".{{Ref|ADWD|65}}

Cersei dines with Tommen's regent, her uncle Kevan, who has been trying to repair the damage Cersei has done. She requests that Lady [[Taena Merryweather]] attend again her once her innocence is proved. Although Kevan has no news of Jaime, Cersei seems certain of his safety, believing she would know if he were dead. Later that evening, [[Varys]] has Kevan and [[Pycelle]] murdered to keep the realm in chaos.{{Ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}

==Quotes by Cersei==
[[File:Komarck C Lannister FFG.jpg|thumb|350px|Cersei by Michael Komarck © Fantasy Flight Games]]
{{Quote|When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground.{{ref|aGoT|45}}|Cersei to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|[[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] and I are more than brother and sister. We are one person in two bodies. We shared a womb together. He came into this world holding my foot, our old maester said. When he is in me, I feel ... whole.{{ref|aGoT|45}}|Cersei to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|A true man does what he will, not what he must.{{ref|aGoT|45}}|Cersei to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|A woman's life is nine parts mess to one part [[magic]], you'll learn that soon enough... and the parts that look like magic often turn out to be messiest of all.{{ref|acok|52}}|Cersei to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Love is [[poison]]. A sweet poison, yes, but it will kill you all the same.{{ref|acok|52}}|Cersei to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|The only way to keep your people loyal is to make certain they fear you more than they do the enemy.{{ref|acok|60}}|Cersei to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|I waited, and so can [[Tommen Baratheon|he]]. I waited half my life. She had played the dutiful daughter, the blushing bride, the pliant wife. She had suffered [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert's]] drunken groping, [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime's]] jealousy, [[Renly Baratheon|Renly's]] mockery, [[Varys]] with his titters, [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] endlessly grinding his teeth. She had contended with [[Jon Arryn]], [[Eddard Stark|Ned Stark]], and her vile, treacherous, murderous [[Tyrion Lannister|dwarf brother]], all the while promising herself that one day it would be her turn. If [[Margaery Tyrell]] thinks to cheat me of my hour in the sun, she had bloody well think again.{{ref|aFfC|24}}|Cersei's thoughts on ruling as [[Regent|Queen Regent]] until [[Tommen Baratheon]] comes of age}}

{{Quote|Come at once. Help me. Save me. I need you now as I have never needed you before. I love you. I love you. I love you. Come at once.{{ref|AFFC|44}}|Cersei writing to [[Jaime Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|I am a [[House Lannister|lioness]]. I will not cringe for them.{{ref|aDwD|65}}|Cersei's thoughts before her [[walk of atonement]]}}

{{Quote|I have sinned and must atone, must parade my shame before the eyes of every beggar in [[King's Landing|the city]]. They think that this will break my pride, that it will make an end to me, but they are wrong.{{ref|aDwD|65}}|Cersei's thoughts during her [[walk of atonement]]}}

==Quotes about Cersei==
[[File:Cersei Lannister.png|thumb|300px|[[w:Lena Headey|Lena Headey]] as Cersei in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]
{{quote|She was as beautiful as men said. A jeweled tiara gleamed amidst her long golden hair, its [[emerald]]s a perfect match for the green of her eyes.{{ref|AGOT|5}}|[[Jon Snow]]'s thoughts}}

{{Quote|And Cersei ... I have [[Jon Arryn]] to thank for her. I had no wish to marry after [[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]] was taken from me, but Jon said the realm needed an heir. Cersei Lannister would be a good match, he told me, she would bind Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] to me should [[Viserys Targaryen]] ever try to win back [[Aerys II Targaryen|his father's]] [[Iron Throne|throne]]. I loved that old man, I swear it, but now I think he was a bigger [[fool]] than [[Moon Boy]]. Oh, Cersei is lovely to look at, truly, but cold ... the way she guards her cunt, you’d think she had all the [[gold]] of [[Casterly Rock]] between her legs.{{ref|agot|30}}|[[Robert I Baratheon]] to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|The longer Cersei waits, the angrier she'll become, and anger makes her stupid. I much prefer angry and stupid to composed and cunning.{{ref|acok|20}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Bronn]]}}

{{Quote|I have never liked you, Cersei, but you were my own sister, so I never did you harm. You've ended that. I will hurt you [[Alayaya|for this]]. I don't know how yet, but give me time. A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you'll know the debt is paid.{{ref|ACOK|54}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to Cersei}}

{{Quote|They are [[knight]]s now, [[House Kettleblack|all three]], and your sister has promised them further advancement. And the eldest, Ser [[Osmund Kettleblack|Osmund]] of the [[Kingsguard]], dreams of certain other ... favors ... as well. You can match the queen [[Currency|coin]] for coin, I have no doubt, but she has a second purse that is quite inexhaustible.{{ref|ASOS|12}}|[[Varys]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|Every man's a piece to start with, and every [[Maiden|maid]] as well. Even some who think they are players. Cersei, for one. She thinks herself sly, but in truth she is utterly predictable. Her strength rests on her beauty, [[House Lannister|birth]], and [[Casterly Rock|riches]]. Only the first of those is truly her own, and it will soon desert her. I pity her then. She wants power, but has no notion what to do with it when she gets it.{{ref|aSoS|68}}|[[Petyr Baelish]] to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Cersei is a lying whore, she's been fucking [[Lancel Lannister|Lancel]] and [[Osmund Kettleblack]] and probably [[Moon Boy]] for all I know.{{ref|ASOS|77}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Jaime Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|His sister liked to think of herself as Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] with teats, but she was wrong. Their father had been as relentless and implacable as a glacier, where Cersei was all [[wildfire]], especially when thwarted. She had been giddy as a maiden when she learned that [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] had abandoned [[Dragonstone]], certain that he had finally given up the fight and sailed away to exile. When word came down from the [[north]] that he had turned up again at the [[Wall]], her fury had been fearful to behold. She does not lack for wits, but she has no judgment, and no patience.{{ref|aFfC|16}}|[[Jaime Lannister]]'s thoughts|}}

{{Quote|Cersei is as gentle as King [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor]], as selfless as [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon the Unworthy]], as wise as [[Aerys II Targaryen|Mad Aerys]]. She never forgets a slight, real or imagined. She takes caution for cowardice and dissent for defiance. And she is greedy. Greedy for power, for honor, for love.{{ref|aDwD|22}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Young Griff]]}}

{{Quote|This head of mine is worth a [[lord]]ship... back in [[Westeros]], half a world away. By the time you get it there, only [[bone]] and maggots will remain. My sweet sister will deny the head is mine and cheat you of the promised reward. You know how it is with queens. Fickle cunts, the lot of them, and Cersei is the worst.{{ref|aDwD|57}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Ben Plumm]]}}

==Family==
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==Behind the Scenes==
Cersei may have been inspired by [[w:Isabella of France|Isabella of France]] and [[w:Margaret of Anjou|Margaret of Anjou]], both queens of English kings.<ref>''Time'': [https://www.salon.com/2012/04/04/the_real_life_inspirations_for_game_of_thrones/ The Real Life Inspirations for "Game of Thrones"], April 4, 2012</ref>

==References==
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{{Hatnote|"Cersei" redirects here. For other articles with the same or a similar name, see [[Cersei (disambiguation)]].}}
{{Infobox character
| Character_name = [[File:House Lannister.svg|50px|left]][[File:House Baratheon.svg|50px|right]] Cersei Lannister
| image = [[File:MagaliVilleneuve CLface.jpg|300px]]
| image_caption = Cersei Lannister, by Magali Villeneuve ©
| Alias =
| Title = [[Light of the West]] Queen Dowager [[Protector of the Realm]] [[Lady of Casterly Rock]] [[Regent|Queen Regent]]
| Allegiance = [[House Lannister]] [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]]
| Predecessor = [[Rhaella Targaryen]] (queen consort) [[Eddard Stark]] (Protector of the Realm) [[Joffrey Baratheon]] (Protector of the Realm) [[Tywin Lannister]] (Lord of Casterly Rock)
| Successor = [[Joffrey Baratheon]] (Protector of the Realm) [[Kevan Lannister]] (Protector of the Realm) [[Margaery Tyrell]] (queen consort)
| Race =
| Culture = [[Westermen]]
| Father = Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]
| Mother = Lady [[Joanna Lannister]]
| Spouse = King [[Robert I Baratheon]]
| Lover = Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] Ser [[Lancel Lannister]] Ser [[Osmund Kettleblack]] Ser [[Osfryd Kettleblack]] Ser [[Osney Kettleblack]] Lady [[Taena of Myr|Taena Merryweather]]
| Issue = Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon]] Princess [[Myrcella Baratheon]] Prince [[Tommen Baratheon]]
| Place_of_Birth = [[Casterly Rock]]
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|266}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}}
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| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (appears) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (appears) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (appears) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (POV) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (POV) ''[[The Winds of Winter]]'' (POV)
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| Played_by = [[w:Lena Headey|Lena Headey]] [[w:Nell Williams|Nell Williams]] (young)
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 5|Season 5]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 6|Season 6]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 7|Season 7]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 8|Season 8]]
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Queen '''Cersei Lannister''' is the only daughter and eldest child of Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] of [[Casterly Rock]] and his wife, Lady [[Joanna Lannister]]. She is the twin of her younger brother, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]. In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' Cersei is played by [[w:Lena Headey|Lena Headey]], and is portrayed when she is a child by [[w:Nell Williams|Nell Williams]] in a [[Game of Thrones - Season 5|Season 5]] flashback.

After [[Robert's Rebellion]], Cersei married King [[Robert I Baratheon]] and became Queen of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. She is the mother of Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], Princess [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]], and Prince [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]] of [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]]. Cersei becomes a [[POV character]] in ''[[A Feast for Crows]]''.

==Appearance and Character==
{{See also|:Category:Images of Cersei Lannister|l1=Images of Cersei Lannister}}
When they were children, Cersei and her twin-brother, [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], looked so alike not even their father, [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]], could tell them apart.{{ref|acok|60}} As adults, they still significantly resemble each other.{{Ref|acok|3}}{{Ref|ASOS|1}} Cersei is a strikingly beautiful woman,{{Ref|ACOK|25}} with golden hair,{{ref|ACOK|20}}{{Ref|ACOK|54}} emerald green eyes,{{Ref|AGOT|5}}{{Ref|AFFC|7}}{{ref|ACOK|15}}{{Ref|ACOK|17}}{{Ref|ACOK|20}}{{ref|ACOK|41}}{{Ref|AFFC|16}} fair skin,{{ref|affc|7}} and a slender, graceful figure.{{ref|ACOK|20}}

Cersei is willful, ambitious and has a certain low cunning. She is hungry and greedy for power.{{Ref|AGOT|34}}{{Ref|aDwD|22}} Cersei believes herself to be subtle{{Ref|acok|3}} and politically astute. She hates being excluded from power on account of her gender,{{Ref|ASOS|66}} and resents the customs and conventions put on her because she is female.{{ref|ACOK|20}}{{Ref|ACOK|60}} She thinks of herself as a female version of her father,{{ref|AFFC|3}}{{ref|affc|7}}{{Ref|AFFC|36}}{{Ref|AFFC|43}} and feels slighted when people do not obey her commands as they would have done for Lord Tywin, but instead give her their counsel, or disagree with her, which she faults on her gender.{{ref|affc|24}}

Cersei is impatient,{{Ref|ACOK|20}} and never forgets a slight, whether real or imagined. She considers caution to be cowardice and disagreement for defiance.{{Ref|ADWD|22}} Her quick temper and her easily wounded pride frequently lead her to make rash decisions, and she rarely considers what unintended consequences her actions might have.{{ref|acok|3}} She does not shy away from using sex as a weapon.{{ref|ACOK|60}}

The queen's fine gowns include one of sea-green silk trimmed with pale [[Myr]]ish lace;{{ref|AGOT|49}} one of black silk with red rubies sown into the bodice;{{ref|AGOT|51}} a low-cut gown of deep green velvet;{{ref|ACOK|54}} a snowy linen gown with sleeves lined with gold satin;{{ref|ACOK|57}} a cloth-of-gold gown slashed in burgundy velvet;{{ref|ACOK|65}} a gown with stripes of green satin and black velvet with black Myrish lace above the bodice;{{ref|AFFC|25}} a jade-green gown with sleeves of silver Myrish lace;{{ref|AFFC|27}} and a white gown slashed with cloth-of-gold.{{ref|AFFC|28}} When Cersei wants to be discreet, however, she dresses in hunting green with leather boots and a brown cloak.{{ref|AGOT|45}}

Cersei's jewelry includes a [[gold]]en ring with a large [[emerald]],{{ref|AGOT|49}} a necklace of [[diamond]]s and emeralds,{{ref|AGOT|57}} and a golden necklace with a large emerald.{{ref|AFFC|27}} Her jeweled tiara is also decorated with emeralds.{{ref|AGOT|5}}{{ref|AGOT|49}} Cersei's huge royal [[wheelhouse]] is a double-decked carriage of oiled [[oak]] and gilded metal,{{ref|AGOT|4}} and the queen has an ornate barge located at the harbor of [[King's Landing]].{{ref|AGOT|18}}

==History==
===Early life===
[[File:Cersei Lannisterby elia-illustration.jpg|thumb|250px|Cersei Lannister, by Elia Fernandez ©]]
Cersei was born in {{Date|266}} as the first-born child and only daughter to Ser [[Tywin Lannister]], heir to [[Casterly Rock]], and his wife, Lady [[Joanna Lannister|Joanna]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}} Cersei was born shortly before her twin brother [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], who was holding her foot.{{Ref|agot|45}}{{Ref|ASOS|66}} King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] sent the twins their weights in gold as a [[name day]] gift, and commanded Tywin to bring the children to court when they were old enough to travel.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} It is currently unknown whether this visit to King's Landing actually occurred, as the royal court came to Casterly Rock following the death of Lord [[Tytos Lannister]] in {{Date|276}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} Cersei and Jaime did visit King's Landing in {{Date|272}}, when their mother brought them from Casterly Rock for the [[Anniversary Tourney]] held to celebrate the tenth year of King Aerys's reign.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

During their early childhood, Cersei and Jaime were inseparable.{{Ref|AFFC|32}} They looked so similar as children, up to the point that not even their father was able to keep them apart.{{ref|acok|60}} Because of their similar looks, Cersei occasionally wore Jaime’s clothes and took lessons from the master-at-arms in his stead, without anyone realizing.{{ref|AWOIAF|Cersei Lannister}} They played in the bowels of Casterly Rock, where the caged lions of Cersei's late grandfather, Tytos, were kept. Cersei and Jaime would dare each other to climb into the cage. Cersei once dared to go as far as touch one of the lions, until her brother pulled her away.{{Ref|AFFC|7}} Cersei and Jaime slept together in the same bed when they were very young,{{Ref|AFFC|32}} and experimented together in a sexual manner at a young age.{{Ref|AGOT|45}} During one of these encounters, they were caught by a servant who informed their mother. A guard was placed near Cersei's bedchamber, whilst Jaime's bedchamber was moved to the other side of the castle. The twins were told never to do anything like that ever again, as Joanna would otherwise be forced to tell their father.{{Ref|aSoS|21}}

Cersei's mother died not long thereafter,{{Ref|ASOS|21}} in {{Date|273}},{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}} when giving birth to Cersei's younger brother, [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]].{{Ref|AGOT|5}} For killing her mother, Cersei despised her youngest sibling.{{Ref|ASOS|38}} Shortly after Joanna's death, the [[Princess of Dorne]] visited Casterly Rock with her two youngest children, [[Elia Martell|Elia]] and [[Oberyn Martell]]. Though Tyrion was kept out of sight during the visit of the [[House Martell|Martells]], Cersei promised Princess Elia to show Tyrion to her. Threatening her brother's wet nurse before sending her away, Cersei undid Tyrion's swaddling clothes and hurt her little brother, until Jaime stopped her.{{Ref|ASOS|38}} The Princess of Dorne proposed a betrothal between Cersei and Oberyn, during this visit, but she was refused, and Tywin informed her that Cersei was meant as a bride for Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]].{{Ref|ASOS|70}}

===Attempted betrothal to Rhaegar Targaryen===
[[File:Pojypojy Cersei drawing.jpg|thumb|Cersei drawing herself with [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], by Pojypojy ©]]
Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] first informed Cersei of his wish to betroth her to the crown prince when she was no older than six or seven, though he told her never to speak of it until a betrothal was officially announced.{{Ref|AFFC|24}} Cersei drew a picture of her and [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]] on a [[dragon]], once, though she claimed it depicted King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] and his sister-wife, [[Alysanne Targaryen|Alysanne]], when Jaime discovered it.{{Ref|AFFC|24}} At the age of ten in {{Date|276}}, Cersei became infatuated with Rhaegar after meeting him for the first time during the [[tournament in honor of Viserys's birth]] at [[Lannisport]].{{Ref|affc|24}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} Before the tourney began Cersei's aunt, Lady [[Genna Lannister|Genna]], informed Cersei that her betrothal to Rhaegar would be announced during the final feast of the tourney.

After being separated from Jaime following their mother's discovery of their sexual experimenting, Cersei had numerous bedmaids and companions, daughters of Tywin's bannermen and household knights who were of an age with her. While Cersei occasionally appreciated their company, she had not liked any of them, believing them weak and convinced they were trying to come between her and Jaime.{{Ref|AFFC|32}} Following Genna's announcement that Cersei's betrothal to Rhaegar would soon be announced, Cersei brought [[Melara Hetherspoon]] and [[Jeyne Farman]] to a [[woods witch]], [[Maggy the Frog]]. After Jeyne fled out of fear, Cersei inquired as to when she and Rhaegar would wed and how many children they would have. Maggy correctly predicted Cersei's marriage with [[Robert I Baratheon|the king]] and the amount of children both would have. She went on to prophesy that Cersei would outlive her children, who would die as kings and queens, and that after everything she had was taken away by a younger and more beautiful queen, the ''[[valonqar]]'' would come to end her life. Melara suggested that if they never spoke about it, the prophecies would not come true. However, Melara died shortly after their visit to Maggy, and it is implied that Cersei killed the girl to prevent her from speaking of the prophecies.

After Melara's death, Cersei inquired with her [[septa]], [[Saranella]], about the meaning of ''valonqar'', who informed her it was [[High Valyrian]] for "little brother".{{ref|AFFC|39}} Cersei eventually became convinced that [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] was the ''valonqar'' Maggy spoke of, resulting in her despising and mistrusting him even more than she had before. The prophecy of the ''valonqar'' has continued to haunt Cersei.{{ref|AFFC|3}}

After the guests left the [[westerlands]], Cersei learned from her aunt that Tywin had proposed the betrothal to King [[Aerys II Targaryen]], but Aerys refused Cersei as a bride for his son and heir.{{ref|affc|24}}{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

===Living at court===
At the age of twelve, following the failure of Lord [[Steffon Baratheon]]'s mission to find Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] a suitable bride in [[Essos]], Cersei was taken to [[King's Landing]] by her father, who still served as [[Hand of the King]]. In the following years, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] refused every offer of marriage for Cersei. According to [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], Tywin still had his sights set on a Targaryen match, either hoping to betroth Cersei to young Prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] or hoping for Rhaegar's new bride, [[Elia Martell]], to die in childbirth.{{Ref|ASOS|11}}

In {{Date|281}}, when Cersei was fifteen, Jaime visited King's Landing after receiving his [[knight]]hood. Cersei informed him their father had been discussing betrothing Jaime to [[Lysa Arryn|Lysa Tully]]. Cersei seduced Jaime and persuaded him to join the [[Kingsguard]], which would require him to remain unmarried and live near her in King's Landing. Cersei knew that Tywin would be opposed to the idea, but that he could not openly object to, and offered to make the arrangements herself.{{Ref|aSoS|11}} However, she had no idea how much the relationship between her father and the king had deteriorated, and although Aerys did award Jaime a place in the Kingsguard, Tywin perceived Jaime's appointment to the Kingsguard as a slight by King Aerys intended to rob him of his heir. Furiously, he resigned as Hand, and moved back to Casterly Rock with Cersei, separating the twins once more.{{Ref|aSoS|11}}

===Marriage===
[[File:Robert Baratheon Cersei Lannister Wedding.jpg|thumb|450px|[[Customs#Wedding ceremony|Wedding]] of Cersei and King [[Robert I Baratheon]] from ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' Blu-ray]]
After the conclusion of [[Robert's Rebellion]], a marriage was arranged between Cersei and the new king, [[Robert I Baratheon]], in order to seal the [[House Baratheon of King's Landing|new royal house's]] alliance with [[House Lannister]]. Cersei and Robert were wed in {{Date|284}}.<ref>''See the calculation for [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Cersei Lannister's wedding to Robert I Baratheon|Cersei Lannister's wedding to Robert I Baratheon]].''</ref> She and Jaime had sex the morning of her wedding.{{Ref|ADWD|54}} Nonetheless, Cersei was at first enthralled by the happy crowds at the royal wedding. However, her enthusiasm for the match ended when Robert called her "[[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]]" during their first night together.{{ref|agot|45}}

The marriage rapidly deteriorated, and Cersei resumed her incestuous relationship with Jaime. She bore him three children ([[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] and [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]]), all of whom she successfully passed off as Robert's trueborn heirs. Although the king was away during the births of his children, Jaime was present for at least Joffrey's birth, though Cersei refused to let her brother hold the child, fearing people might start to suspect his true parentage.{{ref|ACOK|36}}{{Ref|affc|44}} On one occasion, early in her marriage, Cersei became pregnant by Robert. Unwilling to give birth to Robert's child, she sent Jaime out to find a woman to cleanse her.{{Ref|AGOT|45}} Having grown to resent Robert over the years, Cersei took further care to ensure he did not impregnate her.{{Ref|aGoT|45}}

During the early years of their marriage, Cersei declined Robert's invitations to hunt with him, as Robert's trips allowed her more time with Jaime.{{ref|affc|28}} Because two of Robert's [[House Estermont|Estermont uncles]] from [[Greenstone]] had remained at court for half a year following Cersei's marriage, Robert insisted on repaying the visit, and Cersei and Jaime accompanied him for a two-week stay at [[Estermont]]. While there, Cersei suspected that Robert was sleeping with a [[Estermont (cousin of Robert)|cousin of his]], and had Jaime follow Robert to confirms her suspicions. Cersei and Jaime slept together on Greenstone, and Cersei likes to believe that was the night their eldest son Joffrey was conceived.{{ref|affc|24}}

[[File:David Sourwine drunk.jpg|thumb|Cersei with a drunken [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]], by David Sourwine © Fantasy Flight Games]]

While Robert "claimed his rights" frequently during the early years of their marriage, his drinking led to him hurting Cersei during those encounters. When she confronted him once during their first year of marriage, Robert claimed it was because of the drink, and he was not to blame. When he tried to take another horn of ale, Cersei smashed her own horn in his face, chipping his tooth. Robert claimed not to remember anything of those nights, but Cersei believes otherwise, and is certain that Robert did recall what he did to her, but felt that pretending to forget was easier than facing the truth. Cersei, in turn, tried to pretend that Robert was Rhaegar during those years. Over time, Robert came to Cersei's bed less frequently, not even once a year.{{ref|AFFC|32}}

True to [[Maggy]]'s prophecy, Cersei had three children, while Robert sired several [[bastards]]. After Joffrey assaulted a pregnant cat, Robert suggested bringing [[Mya Stone|a bastard daughter of his]] to court. Cersei threatened the girl, claiming [[King's Landing]] was a dangerous place for a girl growing up. Though Robert hit Cersei for that, the girl was not brought to court, and all of Robert's bastards were kept out of sight.{{Ref|AFFC|17}} According to [[Petyr Baelish]], however, there are rumors that Robert fathered twins on a serving woman at [[Casterly Rock]] in {{Date|295}}, and that Cersei had the babes killed and the mother sold to a slaver.{{Ref|AGOT|35}}

Eventually [[Stannis Baratheon]], [[Lord of Dragonstone]], familiar with the appearance of his brother Robert's black-haired, blue-eyed bastard offspring, grew suspicious of the royal children's lack of resemblance to their supposed father. He confided in Lord [[Jon Arryn]], the [[Hand of the King]], and the two investigated the matter together. After the [[tourney on Prince Joffrey's name day]], Cersei and her children travelled with Lord Tywin to [[Casterly Rock]]. During the fortnight following the tourney, Jon was [[Tears of Lys|poisoned]] and fell ill, eventually dying before he could act. Stannis was convinced that Cersei was responsible for Jon's death, and he fled to [[Dragonstone]].

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Thomas Denmark wheelhouse.jpg|thumb|350px|Cersei's wheelhouse, by Thomas Denmark © Fantasy Flight Games]]
After the death of the [[Hand of the King]], [[Jon Arryn]], Cersei accompanies her husband, King [[Robert I Baratheon]], to [[Winterfell]], where the king offers the position to Lord [[Eddard Stark]].{{Ref|AGOT|2}}{{Ref|AGOT|4}} Cersei travels in a huge, lumbering wheelhouse.{{ref|AGOT|12}} Jon's widow, [[Lysa Arryn]], sends a coded message to her sister, Eddard's wife [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]], alleging that the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] murdered Jon.{{ref|AGOT|6}} When Robert and most of the castle go on a hunting trip, Cersei remains behind with her brother, Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]]. The two are seen having sex by [[Bran Stark]] in Winterfell's [[First Keep]], and when Cersei insists that they must do something to prevent the boy from telling anyone, Jaime pushes him out of the tower window.{{Ref|aGoT|8}} She later berates Jaime for his impulsiveness, arguing that attempting to kill the boy was foolish when they could have simply intimidated him into silence.{{Ref|ASOS|1}}

While the royal procession travels back to [[King's Landing]], Cersei's eldest son, Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], bullies a common boy, [[Mycah]], prompting [[Arya Stark]] and her direwolf, [[Nymeria (direwolf)|Nymeria]], to attack and disarm him. Joffrey tells his parents that Arya and her wolf attacked him without provocation, and Cersei takes her son's side, arguing that the girl should lose a hand in accordance with the ancient penalty for striking a prince of royal blood.{{ref|affc|30}} When Robert refuses to do so, she proclaims her desire regarding maiming or killing Arya to Jaime, using sex as bribe. Jaime searches for the girl, and would later imply that he would have been willing to do his sister's bidding. Instead, Arya is found by [[House Stark guards]]. While Robert again resists Cersei's call for severely punishing Arya, the queen successfully pressures him into ordering the execution of another direwolf, [[Lady (direwolf)|Lady]], as a proxy at [[Darry]].{{Ref|aGoT|16}}{{Ref|aFfC|30}}

Having appointed Eddard Stark as Jon Arryn's replacement, Robert orders the [[Hand's tourney]] be held in honor of Eddard.{{ref|AGOT|20}} Cersei forbids Robert from fighting in the melee, inciting a public argument between king and queen.{{ref|AGOT|29}} Robert intends to fight anyway, but Eddard and Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] succeed in dissuading him. Later, [[Varys]] claims that Cersei had known publicly forbidding Robert from participating in the melee was the most effective way of convincing him to do so, and had been planning to have him "accidentally" killed in the melee. He also suggests that Ser [[Hugh|Hugh of the Vale]], who had been killed by Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] earlier in the tournament, could have poisoned Jon Arryn at the Lannisters' instigation, only to have them arrange his death in order to ensure his silence afterward.{{Ref|aGoT|30}}

When Cersei's brother [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] is abducted by [[Catelyn Stark]], Cersei argues with Robert, insulting his manhood for his failure to immediately avenge the insult to her family. The king strikes her in response, but Cersei tells him she intends to wear the bruise "as a badge of honor." Eddard does not approve and Robert admits that it was "not kingly," but blames Cersei for provoking him.{{ref|agot|39}}

[[File:Tommy Arnold NedCerseiGodswood.jpg|thumb|[[Eddard Stark]] and Cersei in the godswood of the [[Red Keep]], by Tommy Arnold © Fantasy Flight Games]]

Eddard, who has been investigating Jon Arryn's death, discovers the truth about the royal children's parentage. While the king is hunting in the [[kingswood]], Eddard confronts Cersei, who admits the accusation is true. She attempts to seduce him in the [[godswood]] of the Red Keep, but Ned refuses. Not wanting to see the children harmed, Eddard warns her that he intends to tell Robert the truth and urges her to flee with the princes and princess.{{Ref|aGoT|45}} Eddard plans to have his daughters, [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark|Arya]], sail from King's Landing on the ''[[Wind Witch]]''.{{Ref|AGOT|44}} Sansa, not understanding the danger and desiring to marry Joffrey, informs Cersei of her father's plan.{{ref|AGOT|51}}

A drunken Robert is fatally injured by a [[boar]] during his hunt,{{ref|AGOT|47}} having been given strongwine by his squire, [[Lancel Lannister]].{{ref|AGOT|58}} On his deathbed Robert names Eddard regent until his thirteen-year-old heir Joffrey comes of age, though Eddard secretly changes “my son Joffrey” into “my heir”.{{Ref|AGOT|47}} The morning of Robert's death, Cersei seizes power, denouncing Eddard as a traitor who conspired against King Joffrey. She has Eddard imprisoned and is named Queen Regent, heading Joffrey's [[small council]].{{Ref|aGoT|49}}{{Ref|AGOT|57}}

Cersei intends to have Eddard convicted of treason but allowed to [[Night's Watch#Recruitment|take the black]], thus discrediting him and removing him as a factor in the political arena without antagonizing the [[north]]. She arranges a public confession for him on the steps of the [[Great Sept of Baelor]], assuring the [[High Septon (fat one)|High Septon]] that he will be offered forgiveness and the holy ground will not be profaned with blood. However, Joffrey ignores her advice and instead orders Lord Stark's immediate execution. [[Janos Slynt]] and Ser [[Ilyn Payne]] carry out the king's imprudent command before Cersei can intervene, deeply offending [[Faith of the Seven|the Faith]] and rendering peace between [[House Stark|Stark]] and [[House Lannister|Lannister]] impossible.{{ref|agot|58}}{{Ref|aGoT|65}}{{ref|ACOK|3}}

Cersei weeps when she hears that Jaime has been captured by [[Robb Stark]] in the [[battle in the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]].{{ref|AGOT|67}} She keeps the news of [[Renly Baratheon]]'s coronation from Joffrey for a time, fearing he might take the field at the head of a force of [[gold cloaks]]. She commands her father to come to the defense of the capital against Renly and the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]], but Tywin instead marches for [[Harrenhal]] and sends Tyrion to the capital in his stead.{{Ref|aGoT|69}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Katherine Dinger CLannister.jpg|thumb|400px|Cersei Lannister, by Katherine Dinger ©]]
Having escaped [[King's Landing]], [[Arya Stark]] adds Cersei's name to the list of those she desires dead.{{ref|ACOK|26}}

When Tyrion arrives in King's Landing, bearing a letter from their father, Cersei threatens to have him thrown in the dungeon, but he placates her by saying he could rescue Jaime.{{Ref|aCoK|3}} As Hand, Tyrion struggles to wrest control from her, finally resorting to [[poison]] to incapacitate her for a few days.{{ref|acok|25}}{{Ref|acok|29}}

In Jaime's absence, Cersei begins sleeping with her cousin, the knighted [[Lancel Lannister|Lancel]], which is discerned by Tyrion.{{Ref|aCoK|29}} She also reveals to Tyrion that she had given Lancel fortified wine for Robert's hunt, stronger than Robert usually drank.{{ref|ACOK|3}} After Tyrion sends away [[Vylarr]] and Cersei's [[House Lannister guards|personal guard]],{{ref|ACOK|25}} she employs three sellswords to replace them—[[Osney Kettleblack|Osney]], [[Osmund Kettleblack|Osmund]] and [[Osfryd Kettleblack]]—but Tyrion finds out and buys their loyalty.{{Ref|aCoK|41}}

Tyrion deceives small council members and determines that [[Pycelle]] is Cersei's agent. When Tyrion arrests Pycelle, the Grand Maester tells him that Jon Arryn had been recovering from his poisoning, and that he had sent Jon's maester away in order to prevent Jon's recovery, assuming that Cersei wanted Jon dead.{{ref|acok|25}} Tyrion gets Cersei to agree with sending Myrcella to [[Dorne]] to win over [[House Martell]].{{ref|acok|20}} The day Princess Myrcella takes ship for [[Sunspear]], Cersei is among those caught up in the [[riot of King's Landing]], provoked in part by a thoughtless comment she makes to King Joffrey about a dead baby.{{ref|acok|41}}

As King [[Stannis Baratheon]] moves on King's Landing, Cersei sends Tommen to [[Rosby]] for safety, but Tyrion's men intercept the party and take the boy into Tyrion's custody.{{ref|acok|44}}{{ref|ACOK|49}} Fed up with Tyrion's efforts to rule, Cersei arrests [[Alayaya]], a whore she believes Tyrion is sleeping with, and has the girl beaten. She uses Alayaya as a hostage to ensure Tommen's safe return; Tyrion, however, promises her that whatever happens to Alayaya, happens to Tommen as well, rapings and beatings included, frightening Cersei.{{ref|acok|54}} Cersei removes Ser [[Boros Blount]] from the [[Kingsguard]] for his failure to resist Tyrion's men, and she replaces him with Osmund Kettleblack, a man just as hollow.{{Ref|aCoK|54}}

As the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] begins, Cersei hosts a banquet for noblewomen in the [[Red Keep]]. She claims it is in an effort to keep their minds off the fighting, but has invited Ser [[Ilyn Payne]], the [[King's Justice]], to be on hand to kill them if the city is taken, to prevent them from becoming hostages. When she hears that the [[River Gate]] is under attack, she summons Joffrey back to the Red Keep.{{Ref|aCoK|60}} Seeing the king flee back to the castle damages morale and causes the men to rout, nearly costing her the city. This outrages Lancel, who feels they could have held the gates if Cersei had not recalled the king.{{Ref|aCoK|62}}

If not for the timely arrival and attack on Stannis's flank by the army of Lords Tywin Lannister and [[Mace Tyrell]], the battle would be lost for the Lannisters.{{Ref|aCoK|65}} Because Tyrion lies wounded and unconscious, Cersei is able to lie to Tywin and turn her father's prejudice against Tyrion to her advantage, stripping Tyrion's power by the time his convalescence is over.{{ref|ACOK|67}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Cersei and Jaime Lannister.jpg|thumb|[[Jaime Lannister]] and Cersei, by Magali Villeneuve]]
[[Tyrion Lannister]] believes that Cersei is to blame for Ser [[Mandon Moore]]'s assassination attempt at the [[Blackwater Rush|Blackwater]].{{ref|ASOS|4}}

Cersei plans the upcoming wedding of her son, King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], to [[Margaery Tyrell]].{{ref|ASOS|4}}{{ref|ASOS|19}} [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] bends Cersei to his will and makes it clear his daughter is no longer wanted on the [[small council]]. Against her wishes, he plans for her to marry her again, considering [[Balon Greyjoy]] (whose elderly wife [[Alannys Harlaw|Alannys]] has failing health), [[Oberyn Martell]], [[Horas Redwyne|Horas]] or [[Hobber Redwyne]], [[Theon Greyjoy]], [[Quentyn Martell]], and [[Willas Tyrell]] as potential matches.{{ref|ASOS|19}} While Lord [[Mace Tyrell]] is initially receptive to Cersei marrying Willas, the offer is rejected after Mace speaks with his mother [[Olenna Tyrell|Olenna]], the Queen of Thorns.{{ref|ASOS|32}}

Cersei intends to keep [[Sansa Stark]] as her hostage,{{ref|ASOS|19}} but Tywin forces the girl to marry Tyrion.{{ref|ASOS|28}} During the wedding feast, Cersei dances with [[Paxter Redwyne]], [[Mathis Rowan]], and her father.{{ref|ASOS|28}} She also flirts with [[Osmund Kettleblack]] of the [[Kingsguard]].{{ref|ASOS|12}}

After Joffrey offends Tywin through his ungracious behavior, Tywin is furious and asks where the boy could have learnt such amoral sentiments. Cersei blames Robert but it is clear to all in the room, including Tywin's brother [[Kevan Lannister|Kevan]], that Cersei is responsible.{{Ref|aSoS|53}}

Joffrey is killed at [[Purple Wedding|his own wedding feast]], and Cersei accuses Tyrion and Sansa, falsely believing them responsible.{{Ref|aSoS|60}} Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] returns to [[King's Landing]] with the assistance of [[Brienne of Tarth]], and the Lannister twins have sex in a sept where Joffrey's body rests. Cersei rejects Jaime's suggestion of announcing their incest, like the [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]] had done.{{ref|ASOS|62}}

Having escaped King's Landing with the aid of [[Petyr Baelish]], Sansa learns that the [[House Kettleblack|Kettleblacks]] are actually loyal to Petyr, not Cersei or Tyrion.{{ref|asos|68}}

Cersei finds numerous witnesses to testify against Tyrion,{{ref|ASOS|66}} including his lover [[Shae]],{{ref|ASOS|70}} and Cersei names Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] champion if there is to be a [[trial by combat]]. This leads Prince Oberyn, whose sister [[Elia Martell|Elia]] was murdered by Gregor over a dozen years ago in the [[Sack of King's Landing]], to champion Tyrion.{{Ref|aSoS|66}} Oberyn is killed and Gregor is severely wounded in the duel.{{Ref|aSoS|70}}

Oberyn's death condemns Tyrion, but he is freed from his cell by Jaime and [[Varys]]. Tyrion tells Jaime that Cersei has been sleeping with [[Lancel Lannister]] and Osmund Kettleblack. Before escaping the [[Red Keep]], Tyrion kills Shae and his father, Tywin.{{ref|ASOS|77}}

At the [[Eyrie]], [[Lysa Arryn]] reveals in Sansa's presence that she had killed [[Jon Arryn]] and then informed her sister Catelyn that the Lannisters were to blame.{{ref|ASOS|80}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[File: GT01 11608 CerseiLannister CassandreBolan.jpg|thumb|Cersei, by Cassandre Bolan © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Cersei's tendencies to paranoia, rash judgement and hysteria increase following the deaths of her son, King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], and her father, Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]]. She resumes her position as [[regent]] over her surviving son, the eight-year-old King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]], who is obedient to her will. As the eldest child of Tywin, she is also acknowledged as the Lady of [[Casterly Rock]] by her uncle, Ser [[Kevan Lannister|Kevan]].{{ref|AFFC|7}}

Cersei has Ser [[Osney Kettleblack|Osney]] and Ser [[Osfryd Kettleblack]] hide Shae's corpse,{{ref|AFFC|3}} and she has Ser [[Boros Blount]] and Ser [[Osmund Kettleblack]] murder the two guards who had been guarding Tyrion's cell when she hears that they had been found asleep during the imps escape (in actual fact they had been drugged by Varys).{{ref|AFFC|8}} She also has Osney murder the [[High Septon (Tyrion's)|High Septon]].{{ref|AFFC|43}} Since Tyrion has vanished, Cersei burns with [[wildfire]] the [[Tower of the Hand]], the site of Tywin's death, which her twin [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] considers a folly.{{ref|AFFC|12}} Word spreads throughout the [[Seven Kingdoms]] and the [[Free Cities]] that Cersei has promised a [[lord]]ship to whomever brings her Tyrion's head,{{ref|AFFC|7}} but innocents are killed instead.{{ref|AFFC|17}} Cersei's paranoia alienates Jaime,{{Ref|aFfC|8}} who departs to secure the [[riverlands]] and resolve the [[siege of Riverrun]].{{ref|AFFC|27}}

Cersei surrounds herself with sycophants rather than honest and competent advisers,{{ref|affc|17}} and she fills Tommen's [[small council]] with her own supporters and agents, disregarding the previous arrangements made by Tywin and the well-meant, if blunt, advice from Kevan. She becomes a restless sleeper, troubled by nightmares of Tyrion, who murdered Tywin, and the [[Iron Throne]] consuming her.{{Ref|aFfC|3}} Cersei also recalls the prophecy of the ''[[valonqar]]'', whom she considers Tyrion.{{ref|AFFC|3}}{{ref|AFFC|36}} Numerous people, including several family members, consider her to be an ineffectual leader.{{ref|AFFC|3}}{{Ref|ADWD|22}} Cersei's growing dependency on alcohol increases her weight, but she blames the washerwomen for shrinking her gowns.{{ref|AFFC|24}}

Cersei suspects her powerful [[House Tyrell|Tyrell]] allies, now relatives through Tommen's marriage to [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]], are trying to seize control of the kingdom. This suspicion grows from a [[House Gardener|Gardener]] coin found by [[Qyburn]] in the dungeon where Tyrion was being held before his escape{{Ref|aFfC|7}} – a coin similar to the ones Lady [[Olenna Tyrell]] carries with her when traveling, causing Cersei to wrongfully suspect a Tyrell involvement in Tyrion's escape.{{ref|affc|16}} Cersei commences a campaign of intrigue to remove Tyrells in [[King's Landing]] from positions of influence and authority, including Margaery and her brother [[Loras Tyrell|Loras]], a knight of the [[Kingsguard]].{{Ref|aFfC|24}}

Cersei refuses to honor the debts owed by the crown, angering powerful institutions such as the [[Iron Bank of Braavos]] and the [[Faith of the Seven]].{{Ref|aFfC|17}} This results in the Faith refusing to bless King Tommen, and the Iron Bank calling in all their debts throughout [[Westeros]] and refusing all new loans.{{Ref|aFfC|28}} This causes economic chaos throughout the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. With the monies owed, Cersei constructs a [[Cersei's dromonds|new royal fleet]] of warships and gives command to [[Aurane Waters]], the Bastard of [[Driftmark]] and a sellsail of questionable expertise and loyalty.{{Ref|aFfC|17}} Two of the dromonds, ''[[Lioness]]'' and ''[[Sweet Cersei]]'', are named in the Queen Regent's honor.{{ref|AFFC|28}}{{ref|AFFC|32}}

[[File:Skirts and dignity by cabepfir.jpg|thumb|300px|Cersei frames [[Margaery Tyrell]], by cabepfir ©]]

In an attempt to alleviate the crown's debts, gain the Faith's blessing, and gain more protection from her purported enemies, Cersei allows the new High Septon, the so-called [[High Sparrow]], to revive the [[Faith Militant]], ignorant of its history of [[Faith Militant uprising|causing trouble]] for monarchs.{{Ref|aFfC|28}}

Cersei sends Ser [[Balon Swann]] of the Kingsguard to [[Dorne]] to deliver the head of Ser [[Gregor Clegane]].{{Ref|aFfC|17}}

Cersei takes the disgraced former [[maester]] Qyburn into her service as [[master of whisperers]], using him as a torturer, and allowing him to conduct immoral experiments on human subjects.{{Ref|aFfC|7}} She befriends [[Taena Merryweather]], who informs Cersei that her maid [[Senelle]] is spying on her for Margaery. This leads Senelle to be given over to Qyburn for his twisted experiments. Taena becomes her bedwarmer and confidante.{{ref|AFFC|32}}

The queen is reluctant to aid the Tyrells after [[Euron Greyjoy]]'s [[taking of the Shields]]. Cersei instead gives command of the [[siege of Dragonstone]] to Loras, as the [[Redwyne fleet]] could return to the [[Reach]] when the island castle falls.{{ref|AFFC|32}} Aurane Waters reports that Loras was gravely injured during the assault.{{ref|AFFC|36}}

Cersei manipulates [[Falyse Stokeworth]] and her husband, Ser [[Balman Byrch]], into attacking Tyrion's friend, the sellsword [[Bronn]], who was knighted and married to simple [[Lollys Stokeworth]] to pry him away from Tyrion. Falyse flees to [[King's Landing]] to report that Bronn killed Balman in a duel, though not before Bronn extracted a confession that Cersei was behind the attempt to kill him. Cersei responds by sending Falyse to Qyburn so nothing is found out about her machinations.{{ref|AFFC|32}}

The queen wears a new crown of pale spun [[gold]] set with sparkling [[emerald]]s.{{ref|AFFC|36}} Cersei plots to frame Margaery for adultery and treason. Having seduced Osney Kettleblack, she has him falsely confess to the High Sparrow that he had intercourse with Margaery and two of her three cousins, [[Megga Tyrell|Megga]] and [[Elinor Tyrell|Elinor]].{{ref|AFFC|39}} The High Sparrow acts on the information and has Margaery arrested when she visits the [[Great Sept of Baelor]]. Cersei feigns concern publicly and visits the Great Sept in order to appear to the population that she wishes Margaery released. However, the High Sparrow arrests the Queen Regent for several crimes, including the murder of the previous High Septon. The High Sparrow was suspicious of Osney's confession and had him tortured till Osney revealed the truth.{{ref|AFFC|43}}

Cersei's ministers seize control of the government while she awaits trial in the Great Sept, and they recall her uncle Kevan from Casterly Rock to fill her position as [[regent]]. Aurane absconds with the costly new fleet, while Taena flees for [[Longtable]]. Accused of capital crimes, Cersei's only hope lies in a Kingsguard champion to stand for her in a [[trial by combat]].{{ref|AFFC|43}} She sends an emotional summons to Jaime, which he burns at Riverrun without reply.{{Ref|aFfC|43}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:Marc Simonetti CL walk of shame.jpg|thumb|350px|Cersei's [[walk of atonement]] from the [[Great Sept of Baelor]] to the [[Red Keep]], by Marc Simonetti ©]]
Ser [[Balon Swann]] arrives at [[Sunspear]] with a letter in which Cersei asks [[Doran Martell]], [[Prince of Dorne]], to give leave to her daughter [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] to return to [[King's Landing]] for a short visit, and to invite Doran to take the Dornish seat on the [[small council]] that has been left vacant with the death of Prince [[Oberyn Martell|Oberyn]]. Doran learns from informers at the royal court, however, that Balon is to invite Prince [[Trystane Martell]] to accompany Myrcella but then be killed by outlaws in the [[kingswood]], for which Tyrion is supposed to be blamed, with Balon as a witness.{{Ref|aDwD|38}}

Cersei remains a prisoner of the [[Faith of the Seven]] in a tower of the [[Great Sept of Baelor]], under the care of Septas [[Unella]], [[Moelle]], and [[Scolera]]. To gain access to visitors, Cersei confesses to the [[High Sparrow]] that she had relations with her cousin, [[Lancel Lannister]], and all three of the [[House Kettleblack|Kettleblack]] brothers, knowing that such sins would not earn her an execution. She continues to deny having ordered [[Osney Kettleblack]] to kill the [[High Septon (Tyrion's)|previous High Septon]], or that she was involved in King [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s death. The High Septon agrees to allow her one visitor a day. Cersei learns from her uncle, Ser [[Kevan Lannister|Kevan]], that [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] disappeared in the riverlands with a woman, possibly [[Brienne of Tarth]]. Kevan also tells his niece about [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]]'s injury and of [[Arys Oakheart]]'s death at the [[Greenblood]], which leaves a vacancy in the Kingsguard. Cersei sends word to Lord [[Qyburn]] that the time has come.{{Ref|ADWD|54}}

Before her trial, the Faith requires Cersei to submit to a [[walk of atonement]] from the Great Sept to the [[Red Keep]]. Cersei is shaved of hair from her entire body, then stripped naked. An escort of [[Warrior's Sons]], [[Poor Fellows]], and septas protect her from the leering and jeering crowds that have flocked to see her, with Septa Scolera ringing a bell and singing the word "shame". Cersei tries to hang on to her pride during the barefoot walk in spite of the crowds projecting filth at her and bawdy insults. Faces in the crowd remind her of [[Tywin Lannister]], [[Melara Hetherspoon]], [[Eddard Stark]], [[Tyrion Lannister]], and [[Joffrey Baratheon]]. She eventually breaks down in tears, however, just before finishing and entering the Red Keep. Upon her entrance, [[Jocelyn Swyft]] has her body covered. Cersei is carried into the castle by a giant knight, whom [[Qyburn]] introduces as the newest member of the [[Kingsguard]] and her champion, "Ser [[Robert Strong]]".{{Ref|ADWD|65}}

Cersei dines with Tommen's regent, her uncle Kevan, who has been trying to repair the damage Cersei has done. She requests that Lady [[Taena Merryweather]] attend again her once her innocence is proved. Although Kevan has no news of Jaime, Cersei seems certain of his safety, believing she would know if he were dead. Later that evening, [[Varys]] has Kevan and [[Pycelle]] murdered to keep the realm in chaos.{{Ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}

==Quotes by Cersei==
[[File:Komarck C Lannister FFG.jpg|thumb|350px|Cersei by Michael Komarck © Fantasy Flight Games]]
{{Quote|When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground.{{ref|aGoT|45}}|Cersei to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|[[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] and I are more than brother and sister. We are one person in two bodies. We shared a womb together. He came into this world holding my foot, our old maester said. When he is in me, I feel ... whole.{{ref|aGoT|45}}|Cersei to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|A true man does what he will, not what he must.{{ref|aGoT|45}}|Cersei to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|A woman's life is nine parts mess to one part [[magic]], you'll learn that soon enough... and the parts that look like magic often turn out to be messiest of all.{{ref|acok|52}}|Cersei to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Love is [[poison]]. A sweet poison, yes, but it will kill you all the same.{{ref|acok|52}}|Cersei to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|The only way to keep your people loyal is to make certain they fear you more than they do the enemy.{{ref|acok|60}}|Cersei to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|I waited, and so can [[Tommen Baratheon|he]]. I waited half my life. She had played the dutiful daughter, the blushing bride, the pliant wife. She had suffered [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert's]] drunken groping, [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime's]] jealousy, [[Renly Baratheon|Renly's]] mockery, [[Varys]] with his titters, [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] endlessly grinding his teeth. She had contended with [[Jon Arryn]], [[Eddard Stark|Ned Stark]], and her vile, treacherous, murderous [[Tyrion Lannister|dwarf brother]], all the while promising herself that one day it would be her turn. If [[Margaery Tyrell]] thinks to cheat me of my hour in the sun, she had bloody well think again.{{ref|aFfC|24}}|Cersei's thoughts on ruling as [[Regent|Queen Regent]] until [[Tommen Baratheon]] comes of age}}

{{Quote|Come at once. Help me. Save me. I need you now as I have never needed you before. I love you. I love you. I love you. Come at once.{{ref|AFFC|44}}|Cersei writing to [[Jaime Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|I am a [[House Lannister|lioness]]. I will not cringe for them.{{ref|aDwD|65}}|Cersei's thoughts before her [[walk of atonement]]}}

{{Quote|I have sinned and must atone, must parade my shame before the eyes of every beggar in [[King's Landing|the city]]. They think that this will break my pride, that it will make an end to me, but they are wrong.{{ref|aDwD|65}}|Cersei's thoughts during her [[walk of atonement]]}}

==Quotes about Cersei==
[[File:Cersei Lannister.png|thumb|300px|[[w:Lena Headey|Lena Headey]] as Cersei in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]
{{quote|She was as beautiful as men said. A jeweled tiara gleamed amidst her long golden hair, its [[emerald]]s a perfect match for the green of her eyes.{{ref|AGOT|5}}|[[Jon Snow]]'s thoughts}}

{{Quote|And Cersei ... I have [[Jon Arryn]] to thank for her. I had no wish to marry after [[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]] was taken from me, but Jon said the realm needed an heir. Cersei Lannister would be a good match, he told me, she would bind Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] to me should [[Viserys Targaryen]] ever try to win back [[Aerys II Targaryen|his father's]] [[Iron Throne|throne]]. I loved that old man, I swear it, but now I think he was a bigger [[fool]] than [[Moon Boy]]. Oh, Cersei is lovely to look at, truly, but cold ... the way she guards her cunt, you’d think she had all the [[gold]] of [[Casterly Rock]] between her legs.{{ref|agot|30}}|[[Robert I Baratheon]] to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|The longer Cersei waits, the angrier she'll become, and anger makes her stupid. I much prefer angry and stupid to composed and cunning.{{ref|acok|20}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Bronn]]}}

{{Quote|I have never liked you, Cersei, but you were my own sister, so I never did you harm. You've ended that. I will hurt you [[Alayaya|for this]]. I don't know how yet, but give me time. A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you'll know the debt is paid.{{ref|ACOK|54}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to Cersei}}

{{Quote|They are [[knight]]s now, [[House Kettleblack|all three]], and your sister has promised them further advancement. And the eldest, Ser [[Osmund Kettleblack|Osmund]] of the [[Kingsguard]], dreams of certain other ... favors ... as well. You can match the queen [[Currency|coin]] for coin, I have no doubt, but she has a second purse that is quite inexhaustible.{{ref|ASOS|12}}|[[Varys]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|Every man's a piece to start with, and every [[Maiden|maid]] as well. Even some who think they are players. Cersei, for one. She thinks herself sly, but in truth she is utterly predictable. Her strength rests on her beauty, [[House Lannister|birth]], and [[Casterly Rock|riches]]. Only the first of those is truly her own, and it will soon desert her. I pity her then. She wants power, but has no notion what to do with it when she gets it.{{ref|aSoS|68}}|[[Petyr Baelish]] to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Cersei is a lying whore, she's been fucking [[Lancel Lannister|Lancel]] and [[Osmund Kettleblack]] and probably [[Moon Boy]] for all I know.{{ref|ASOS|77}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Jaime Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|His sister liked to think of herself as Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] with teats, but she was wrong. Their father had been as relentless and implacable as a glacier, where Cersei was all [[wildfire]], especially when thwarted. She had been giddy as a maiden when she learned that [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] had abandoned [[Dragonstone]], certain that he had finally given up the fight and sailed away to exile. When word came down from the [[north]] that he had turned up again at the [[Wall]], her fury had been fearful to behold. She does not lack for wits, but she has no judgment, and no patience.{{ref|aFfC|16}}|[[Jaime Lannister]]'s thoughts|}}

{{Quote|Cersei is as gentle as King [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor]], as selfless as [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon the Unworthy]], as wise as [[Aerys II Targaryen|Mad Aerys]]. She never forgets a slight, real or imagined. She takes caution for cowardice and dissent for defiance. And she is greedy. Greedy for power, for honor, for love.{{ref|aDwD|22}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Young Griff]]}}

{{Quote|This head of mine is worth a [[lord]]ship... back in [[Westeros]], half a world away. By the time you get it there, only [[bone]] and maggots will remain. My sweet sister will deny the head is mine and cheat you of the promised reward. You know how it is with queens. Fickle cunts, the lot of them, and Cersei is the worst.{{ref|aDwD|57}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Ben Plumm]]}}

==Family==
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==Behind the Scenes==
Cersei may have been inspired by [[w:Isabella of France|Isabella of France]] and [[w:Margaret of Anjou|Margaret of Anjou]], both queens of English kings.<ref>''Time'': [https://www.salon.com/2012/04/04/the_real_life_inspirations_for_game_of_thrones/ The Real Life Inspirations for "Game of Thrones"], April 4, 2012</ref>

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Pycelle

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| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|216}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Pycelle|Pycelle]] calculation.''</ref>
| Place_of_Death = the [[Red Keep]], [[King's Landing]]
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|300}}
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (appears) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (appears) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (appears) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (appears) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (appears)
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'''Pycelle''' is a [[Grand Maester]] of the [[Citadel]]{{ref|agot|appendix}} who has served in [[King's Landing]] and on the [[small council]] for over forty years. In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', he is played by [[w:Julian Glover|Julian Glover]].

==Appearance and Character==
{{See also|:Category:Images of Pycelle|l1=Images of Pycelle}}
Pycelle has only sparse hair that runs around his bald, spotted head.{{ref|aGoT|20}}{{ref|aCoK|17}} He has a long, snowy beard that runs down to his chest{{ref|aCoK|17}} and broad stomach.{{ref|AGOT|20}} Pycelle often strokes the beard, which hides his small mouth, missing teeth, warts, and wrinkles.{{ref|AFFC|8}} He has pale, rheumy eyes.{{ref|AGOT|25}}

Pycelle's maester's chain consists of two dozen heavy chains wound together to stretch from neck to breast.{{ref|aGoT|20}} Its links consist of [[brass]], [[bronze]], [[copper]], [[iron]], [[gold]], [[lead]], [[platinum]], [[silver]], [[steel]], and [[tin]], and the chain is decorated with [[amethyst]]s, black [[pearl]]s, [[emerald]]s, [[garnet]]s, and [[rubies]].{{ref|AGOT|20}} Instead of the grey robes worn by most maesters, Pycelle wears a red velvet robe with an ermine collar and golden fastenings.{{ref|AGOT|57}}

Pycelle bends the vows of his order to suit his needs, indulging the [[Pycelle's serving girl|needs of the flesh]]{{ref|ACOK|25}} and dabbling in [[poison]]s{{ref|ASOS|66}} and politics with a skill few maesters dare approach. He enjoys sweetened iced milk.{{ref|AGOT|25}}

==History==
Pycelle forged his maester's chain in [[Oldtown]] as a young man during the hot summer in the reign of King [[Maekar I Targaryen]].{{Ref|AGOT|25}}

After Grand Maester [[Merion]] died on his way to serve [[Aegon V Targaryen]], Pycelle was granted his position. He has been the Grand Maester of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] for forty years, serving Aegon V and [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys II]] before [[Aerys II Targaryen]].{{Ref|AGOT|25}} Pycelle wrote ''[[Observations Upon the Recent Blood-Letting on the Stepstones]]'' about the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]].<ref name=sample>''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'': The Westerlands (unabridged). [http://www.georgerrmartin.com/world-of-ice-and-fire-sample/ georgerrmartin.com]</ref>

During the reign of [[Aerys II Targaryen]], Pycelle came to greatly admire and respect Aerys's [[Hand of the King|Hand]], [[Tywin Lannister]]. Out of all the members of the [[small council]], Pycelle assisted Tywin the most in the governance of the realm. Pycelle wrote the [[Citadel]] often, praising Tywin's leadership, stating that the man was born to rule. While Aerys grew increasingly jealous and resentful of Tywin's capability, Pycelle became a staunch ally to the Hand, until Tywn resigned his office in {{Date|281}}.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

Aerys also mistrusted his own son and heir, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], who had become wary of his father's behavior.{{Ref|ADWD|24}} At court tensions were growing between the factions loyal to the king and those loyal to Rhaegar. It fell to Pycelle and the new Hand, Lord [[Owen Merryweather]], to try and keep the peace between the factions. Pycelle even dispatched a letter to the [[Citadel]] writing that tensions and division at court strongly resembled those before the [[Dance of the Dragons]]. Pycelle was fearful that a civil war between those loyal to the king and Rhaegar's supporters would break out unless some accord could be reached that would satisfy both factions.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}

Near the end of [[Robert's Rebellion]], Pycelle convinced King Aerys to open his gates to his former Hand, Tywin, in the hope that Tywin would take the throne. This led to the [[Sack of King's Landing]].{{Ref|ACOK|25}}{{Ref|ASOS|37}} The new king, [[Robert I Baratheon]], pardoned Pycelle for his service under Aerys II and allowed him to continue on the [[small council]].{{Ref|AGOT|45}} Despite his oath to serve the realm, Pycelle has generally promoted the interests of House Lannister on the council for years.{{Ref|ACOK|25}}{{Ref|AFFC|39}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:491a54229c5cd468e7c7e6a3f781f833-d72jw2i.jpg|350px|thumb|Pycelle - by Tiziano Baracchi ©]]

[[Lysa Arryn]] reports to her sister, [[Catelyn Stark]], that Pycelle was helpless in saving the life of Lord [[Jon Arryn]].{{Ref|aGoT|2}}
Pycelle convenes an urgent meeting of the [[small council]] upon Lord [[Eddard Stark]]'s arrival from [[Winterfell]] to take up the role of [[Hand of the King]].{{Ref|AGOT|20}} When Eddard makes inquiries about the death of the previous Hand, Lord Jon Arryn, Pycelle states that, from his experience, Jon's illness did not seem suspicious. When confronted with Lysa's accusations that [[poison]] was the culprit, he points the finger of suspicion on Lord [[Varys]].{{Ref|aGoT|25}} Pycelle provides Eddard with ''[[The Lineages and Histories of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms, With Descriptions of Many High Lords and Noble Ladies and Their Children]]'', which Lord Arryn had been reading.{{Ref|AGOT|27}} The Grand Maester supports assassinating [[Daenerys Targaryen]] before she can provide Khal [[Drogo]] with an heir.{{Ref|ACOK|33}}

After Eddard is injured in a street fight with Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], Pycelle tasks himself with maintaining Eddard's healing.{{Ref|aGoT|45}} When it is discovered Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] had led raids into the [[riverlands]], burning several villages, Pycelle tries to delay any action taken against Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]. Eddard becomes more and more convinced that Pycelle is the creature of Queen [[Cersei Lannister]].{{Ref|aGoT|43}}

Pycelle tends to King [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s wounds after he is injured by a [[boar]] in the [[kingswood]], and he reports to Eddard upon Robert's death.{{Ref|aGoT|47}} He is present when Eddard presents Robert's will and is arrested at court.{{Ref|aGoT|49}} Pycelle wears black to mourn Robert's death.{{Ref|AGOT|51}} The new king, [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffery I Baratheon]], has the Grand Maester read royal decrees at his first court.{{Ref|AGOT|57}} Under Cersei's direction, Pycelle visits the grief-stricken [[Sansa Stark]] after her father Eddard's death and examines her intrusively before giving her a potion to calm her.{{Ref|AGOT|67}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Brittmartin Grand Maester Pycelle.jpg|250px|thumb|right|[[Grand Maester]] Pycelle – by Brittmartin ©]]
[[Tyrion Lannister]], serving as Hand, is not sure whom he can trust, so he tells different secrets to [[Varys]], [[Petyr Baelish]], and Pycelle, tasking the Grand Maester with sending letters to Prince [[Doran Martell]].{{ref|aCoK|20}} Pycelle does send the letters, but reads them first. He shares the information with Cersei, who proceeds to confront Tyrion, unwittingly falling in Tyrion's trap. In the time it takes Pycelle to read the letter, Tyrion has time to help himself to a mild poison from the maester's cabinet, which he uses later on Cersei. Pycelle is present when Tyrion gives his terms for peace with the [[north]].

At midnight, Tyrion takes [[Shagga]] and [[Timett]] and confronts Pycelle in his chambers, where he is found naked in bed with a [[Pycelle's serving girl|servant girl]]. With help from Shagga, Tyrion intimidates Pycelle, who wets the bed in fear of the [[Vale mountain clans|clansmen]]. While Shagga shaves off Pycelle's signature white beard with his axe, Tyrion learns Pycelle has betrayed the realm over and over in service to House Lannister. He allowed [[Jon Arryn]] to die when he could have easily saved him, convinced [[Aerys II Targaryen]] to open the gates to Tywin's forces during [[Robert's Rebellion]], and would have finished Robert off himself if the wounds from the boar had not been so fatal.{{ref|aCoK|25}}

Pycelle justifies Jon's death, since he was close to the truth about Cersei's incest with her brother, Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], and King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]]'s parentage. He admits Maester [[Colemon]] was treating Lord Arryn properly but the queen needed him dead. Pycelle justifies Robert's death, since his brother [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] had been plotting with the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] to kill Cersei and wed [[Margaery Tyrell]] to Robert. Tyrion has Pycelle thrown in one of the [[black cells]] and stripped of his title and seat in the council.{{ref|aCoK|25}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Pycelle is restored to his position by Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] after he learns the [[Citadel]] is planning on naming [[Gormon Tyrell]] as Pycelle's replacement.{{Ref|aSoS|12}}

Pycelle, with his beard shaved off and weakened from his time in the black cells, appears to be a broken man. He falls asleep during the wedding of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] and [[Margaery Tyrell]] and is unable to take any action to prevent [[Purple Wedding|Joffrey's death]] at the banquet from poison, something that sours Queen Cersei's opinion of him.
During the trial of Tyrion Lannister for Joffrey's murder, Pycelle is called as a witness for the prosecution to discuss poisons and how Tyrion might have killed the King.{{Ref|aSoS|66}}

Pycelle continues his service to the newly-crowned King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]]. He is ordered by Tywin to heal Ser [[Gregor Clegane]], who was poisoned by Prince [[Oberyn Martell]] in the [[trial by combat]] and is slowly dying in agony. Tywin plans on having Gregor executed to appease [[House Martell]] but needs it to be seen to be the [[King's Justice]] who does the deed, not poison. Pycelle is unsuccessful and Tywin refuses his suggestion of confining the other Dornishmen till they reveal what poison Oberyn used as Tywin cannot risk further offending [[Dorne]]. Tywin fears they might join [[Stannis Baratheon]] which would prolong [[War of the Five Kings|the war]] for years.{{Ref|aSoS|72}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Following Tywin's death, the relationship between Pycelle and Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] becomes more strained. He opposes the naming of [[Qyburn]], a disgraced maester, to the [[small council]]. Cersei blames him for the deplorable state of Lord Tywin Lannister's corpse.{{ref|aFfC|17}} [[Taena of Myr]] casts suspicion on Pycelle when she reports to Cersei that he is found often in the company of Queen [[Margaery Tyrell]].{{ref|aFfC|28}} Pycelle objects to many of Cersei's edicts, such as her refusing to honour the debts the crown owes the [[Iron Bank of Braavos]] and her decision to allow the [[Faith of the Seven]] to re-institute the [[Faith Militant]]. After pressure from Cersei, Pycelle admits publicly to giving Margaery [[moon tea]], a contraceptive. This discovery is crucial in Cersei's efforts to frame Margaery for adultery and treason, delivering her to the captivity of the [[High Sparrow|High Septon]].{{ref|aFfC|43}}

Cersei considers having him replaced, and Pycelle's future at court looks uncertain. However, when Cersei is arrested by the Faith, Pycelle successfully seizes control of the council, as [[Aurane Waters]] and [[Orton Merryweather]] have abandoned the capital. He removes [[Osfryd Kettleblack]] as commander of the [[City Watch of King's Landing|gold cloaks]] so Osfyrd will not be able to use the Watch to try and free Cersei and his brother [[Osney Kettleblack|Osney]], both of whom are prisoners of the Faith. He also raises [[Humfrey Waters]] of the [[Dragon Gate]] to command the Watch. Qyburn states to Cersei that the realm is effectively being ruled by Pycelle and [[Harys Swyft]]. Pycelle dispatches a message to Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] offering him the [[Regent|regency]].

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Pycelle continues his duty as Grand Maester but is wary of Lord [[Mace Tyrell]], who is wroth with Pycelle for revealing Maergary's requests for moon tea. He requests guards from Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] out of fear for his personal safety. Pycelle's fears prove justified, as he is [[Assassinations of Pycelle and Kevan Lannister|killed in his chambers]], not by Tyrell men but by Lord [[Varys]], who removes both him and Kevan to ensure they cannot repair the damage Cersei had done to the kingdom and the Lannister-Tyrell alliance.{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}

Pycelle served six kings during his time as [[Grand Maester]]: [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V]], [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys II]], [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]], [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert I]], [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I]] and [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I]].

==Quotes by Pycelle==
{{Quote|Minds are like swords, I do fear. The old ones go to rust.{{Ref|AGOT|25}}|Pycelle to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Once I counseled King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]] as loyally as I council King [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]] now...{{Ref|AGOT|33}}|Pycelle to the [[small council]]}}

{{Quote|Treason is a noxious weed. It must be torn up, root and stem and seed, lest new traitors sprout from every roadside.{{Ref|AGOT|57}}|Pycelle to the court of [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]]}}

{{Quote|'''Tyrion''': How long have you been spying for [[Cersei Lannister|my sister]]? 
'''Pycelle''': All I did, I did for [[House Lannister]]. Always ... for years ... [[Tywin Lannister|your lord father]], ask him, I was ever his true servant ... twas I who bid [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]] to open his gates.... 
'''Tyrion''': So the [[Sack of King's Landing]] was your work as well?{{Ref|ACOK|25}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] and Pycelle}}

{{Quote|'''Pycelle''': I was [[Tywin Lannister|your lord father's]] man, and a friend to you in the matter of Lord [[Jon Arryn|Arryn]]. I could not survive [[Black cells|the dungeons]], not again ... 
'''Cersei''': Why does [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]] send for you? 
'''Pycelle''': [[Moon tea]]. Moon tea, for .... 
'''Cersei''': I know what moon tea is for. Very well. Get off those saggy knees and try to remember what it was to be a man.{{Ref|AFFC|39}}|Pycelle and [[Cersei Lannister]]}}

==Quotes about Pycelle==
{{Quote|How many have you betrayed, I wonder? [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]], [[Eddard Stark]], me... King [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]] as well? Lord [[Jon Arryn|Arryn]], Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]]? Where does it begin, Pycelle?{{Ref|ACOK|25}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to Pycelle}}

{{Quote|Pycelle is a toad. But better a [[House Lannister|Lannister]] toad then a [[Gormon Tyrell|Tyrell toad]], no?{{Ref|ASOS|12}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Varys]]}}

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'''Steel''' is hard metal, often used to make weapons and armour of war. [[Iron]] is the base metal of steel.

Steel is one of the metals used by [[maesters]] for their chain links.{{ref|AGOT|41}}

The [[Street of Steel]] in [[King's Landing]] is named after the metal. {{Ref|AGOT|27}}

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'''Steel''' is hard metal, often used to make weapons and armour of war. [[Iron]] is the base metal of steel.

Steel is one of the metals used by [[maesters]] for their chain links.{{ref|AGOT|41}}

The [[Street of Steel]] in [[King's Landing]] is named after the metal as most smiths of the capital have their forges there. {{Ref|AGOT|27}}

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'''Steel''' is hard metal, often used to make weapons and armour of war. [[Iron]] is the base metal of steel.

Steel is one of the metals used by [[maesters]] for their chain links.{{ref|AGOT|41}}

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'''Steel''' is hard metal, often used to make weapons and armour of war.[[Iron]] is the base metal of steel.

Steel is one of the metals used by [[maesters]] for their chain links.{{ref|AGOT|41}}

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'''Pycelle''' is a [[Grand Maester]] of the [[Citadel]]{{ref|agot|appendix}} who has served in [[King's Landing]] and on the [[small council]] for over forty years. In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', he is played by [[w:Julian Glover|Julian Glover]].

==Appearance and Character==
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Pycelle has only sparse hair that runs around his bald, spotted head.{{ref|aGoT|20}}{{ref|aCoK|17}} He has a long, snowy beard that runs down to his chest{{ref|aCoK|17}} and broad stomach.{{ref|AGOT|20}} Pycelle often strokes the beard, which hides his small mouth, missing teeth, warts, and wrinkles.{{ref|AFFC|8}} He has pale, rheumy eyes.{{ref|AGOT|25}}

Pycelle's maester's chain consists of two dozen heavy chains wound together to stretch from neck to breast.{{ref|aGoT|20}} Its links consist of [[brass]], [[bronze]], [[copper]], [[iron]], [[gold]], [[lead]], [[platinum]], [[silver]], [[steel]], and [[tin]], and the chain is decorated with [[amethyst]]s, black [[pearl]]s, [[emerald]]s, [[garnet]]s, and [[rubies]].{{ref|AGOT|20}} Instead of the grey robes worn by most maesters, Pycelle wears a red velvet robe with an ermine collar and golden fastenings.{{ref|AGOT|57}}

Pycelle bends the vows of his order to suit his needs, indulging the [[Pycelle's serving girl|needs of the flesh]]{{ref|ACOK|25}} and dabbling in [[poison]]s{{ref|ASOS|66}} and politics with a skill few maesters dare approach. He enjoys sweetened iced milk.{{ref|AGOT|25}}

==History==
Pycelle forged his maester's chain in [[Oldtown]] as a young man during the hot summer in the reign of King [[Maekar I Targaryen]].{{Ref|AGOT|25}}

After Grand Maester [[Merion]] died on his way to serve [[Aegon V Targaryen]], Pycelle was granted his position. He has been the Grand Maester of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] for forty years, serving Aegon V and [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys II]] before [[Aerys II Targaryen]].{{Ref|AGOT|25}} Pycelle wrote ''[[Observations Upon the Recent Blood-Letting on the Stepstones]]'' about the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]].<ref name=sample>''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'': The Westerlands (unabridged). [http://www.georgerrmartin.com/world-of-ice-and-fire-sample/ georgerrmartin.com]</ref>

During the reign of [[Aerys II Targaryen]], Pycelle came to greatly admire and respect [[Tywin Lannister]] who Aerys had named his [[Hand of the King]]. Pycelle out of all the [[small council]] members assisted Tywin the most in the governance of the realm. Pycelle wrote the [[Citadel]] often times praising Tywins leadership, stating that the man was born to rule. Aerys grew increasingly jealous of Tywins ability during the two decades of his reign and often tried to undermine or publicly humiliate Lord Tywin, Pycelle though became a staunch ally to the Hand. In {{Date|281}} when the relationship between Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] and King Aerys had deteriorated, Tywin after suffering numerous slights resigned his position as Aerys's Hand and left court. Aerys was delighted at this turn of events and informed Pycelle that the realm would know now that the man who wore the crown ruled the kingdom. {{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

The new focus of Aerys's mistrust became his own son and heir, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], who had become wary of his father's behavior.{{Ref|ADWD|24}} At court there was growing tension between the factions loyal to the king and those loyal to Rhaegar. It fell to Pycelle and the new Hand, Lord [[Owen Merryweather]], the unenviable task of trying to keep the peace between the factions. Pycelle even dispatched a letter to the [[Citadel]] writing that tensions and division at court strongly resembled those before the [[Dance of the Dragons]]. Pycelle was fearful that a civil war between those loyal to the king and Rhaegar's supporters would break out unless some accord could be reached that would satisfy both factions.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}

Despite his oath to serve the realm, Pycelle acts in the benefit of [[House Lannister]].{{Ref|AGOT|25}} He convinced King Aerys to open his gates to his former Hand, Tywin, in the waning days of [[Robert's Rebellion]], in the hope that Tywin would take the throne. This led to the [[Sack of King's Landing]].{{Ref|ACOK|25}}{{Ref|ASOS|37}} The new king, [[Robert I Baratheon]], pardoned Pycelle for his service under Aerys II and allowed him to continue on the [[small council]].{{Ref|AGOT|45}} Pycelle has generally promoted the interests of House Lannister on the council for years.{{Ref|ACOK|25}}{{Ref|AFFC|39}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:491a54229c5cd468e7c7e6a3f781f833-d72jw2i.jpg|350px|thumb|Pycelle - by Tiziano Baracchi ©]]

[[Lysa Arryn]] reports to her sister, [[Catelyn Stark]], that Pycelle was helpless in saving the life of Lord [[Jon Arryn]].{{ref|aGoT|2}}
Pycelle convenes an urgent meeting of the [[small council]] upon Lord [[Eddard Stark]]'s arrival from [[Winterfell]] to take up the role of [[Hand of the King]].{{ref|AGOT|20}} When Eddard makes inquiries about the death of the previous Hand, Lord [[Jon Arryn]], Pycelle states that, from his experience, Jon's illness did not seem suspicious. When confronted with Lysa's accusations that poison was the culprit, he points the finger of suspicion on Lord [[Varys]].{{Ref|aGoT|25}} Pycelle provides Eddard with ''[[The Lineages and Histories of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms, With Descriptions of Many High Lords and Noble Ladies and Their Children]]'', which Lord Arryn had been reading.{{ref|AGOT|27}} The Grand Maester supports assassinating [[Daenerys Targaryen]] before she can provide Khal [[Drogo]] with an heir.{{Ref|ACOK|33}}

After Eddard is injured in a street fight with Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], Pycelle tasks himself with maintaining Eddard's healing.{{Ref|aGoT|45}} When it is discovered Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] had led raids into the [[riverlands]], burning several villages, Pycelle tries to delay any action taken against Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]. Eddard becomes more and more convinced that Pycelle is the creature of Queen [[Cersei Lannister]].{{Ref|aGoT|43}}

Pycelle tends to King [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s wounds after he is injured by a [[boar]] in the [[kingswood]], and he reports to Eddard upon Robert's death.{{Ref|aGoT|47}} He is present when Eddard presents Robert's will and is arrested at court.{{Ref|aGoT|49}} Pycelle wears black to mourn Robert's death.{{ref|AGOT|51}} The new king, [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffery I Baratheon]], has the Grand Maester read royal decrees at his first court.{{ref|AGOT|57}} Under Cersei's direction, Pycelle visits the grief-stricken [[Sansa Stark]] after her father Eddard's death and examines her intrusively before giving her a potion to calm her.{{ref|AGOT|67}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Brittmartin Grand Maester Pycelle.jpg|250px|thumb|right|[[Grand Maester]] Pycelle – by Brittmartin ©]]
[[Tyrion Lannister]], serving as Hand, is not sure whom he can trust, so he tells different secrets to [[Varys]], [[Petyr Baelish]], and Pycelle, tasking the Grand Maester with sending letters to Prince [[Doran Martell]].{{ref|aCoK|20}} Pycelle does send the letters, but reads them first. He shares the information with Cersei, who proceeds to confront Tyrion, unwittingly falling in Tyrion's trap. In the time it takes Pycelle to read the letter, Tyrion has time to help himself to a mild poison from the maester's cabinet, which he uses later on Cersei. Pycelle is present when Tyrion gives his terms for peace with the [[north]].

At midnight, Tyrion takes [[Shagga]] and [[Timett]] and confronts Pycelle in his chambers, where he is found naked in bed with a [[Pycelle's serving girl|servant girl]]. With help from Shagga, Tyrion intimidates Pycelle, who wets the bed in fear of the [[Vale mountain clans|clansmen]]. While Shagga shaves off Pycelle's signature white beard with his axe, Tyrion learns Pycelle has betrayed the realm over and over in service to House Lannister. He allowed [[Jon Arryn]] to die when he could have easily saved him, convinced [[Aerys II Targaryen]] to open the gates to Tywin's forces during [[Robert's Rebellion]], and would have finished Robert off himself if the wounds from the boar had not been so fatal.{{ref|aCoK|25}}

Pycelle justifies Jon's death, since he was close to the truth about Cersei's incest with her brother, Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], and King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]]'s parentage. He admits Maester [[Colemon]] was treating Lord Arryn properly but the queen needed him dead. Pycelle justifies Robert's death, since his brother [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] had been plotting with the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] to kill Cersei and wed [[Margaery Tyrell]] to Robert. Tyrion has Pycelle thrown in one of the [[black cells]] and stripped of his title and seat in the council.{{ref|aCoK|25}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Pycelle is restored to his position by [[Tywin Lannister]] after he learns the [[Citadel]] is planning on naming [[Gormon Tyrell]] as Pycelle's replacement.{{Ref|aSoS|12}}

Pycelle, with his beard shaved off and weakened from his time in the black cells, appears to be a broken man. He falls asleep during the wedding of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] and [[Margaery Tyrell]] and is unable to take any action to prevent [[Purple Wedding|Joffrey's death]] at the banquet from poison, something that sours Queen Cersei's opinion of him.
During the trial of Tyrion Lannister for Joffrey's murder, Pycelle is called as a witness for the prosecution to discuss poisons and how Tyrion might have killed the King.{{ref|aSoS|66}}

Pycelle continues his service to the newly-crowned King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]]. He is ordered by Tywin to heal Ser [[Gregor Clegane]], who was poisoned by [[Oberyn Martell]] in the [[trial by combat]] and is slowly dying in agony. Tywin plans on having Gregor executed to appease [[House Martell]] but needs it to be seen to be the [[King's Justice]] who does the deed, not poison. Pycelle is unsuccessful and Tywin refuses his suggestion of confining the other Dornishmen till they reveal what poison Oberyn used as Tywin cannot risk further offending [[Dorne]]. Tywin fears they might join [[Stannis Baratheon]] which would prolong [[War of the Five Kings|the war]] for years.{{Ref|aSoS|72}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Following Tywin's death, the relationship between Pycelle and Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] becomes more strained. He opposes the naming of [[Qyburn]], a disgraced maester, to the [[small council]]. Cersei blames him for the deplorable state of Lord Tywin Lannister's corpse.{{ref|aFfC|17}} [[Taena of Myr]] casts suspicion on Pycelle when she reports to Cersei that he is found often in the company of Queen [[Margaery Tyrell]].{{ref|aFfC|28}} Pycelle objects to many of Cersei's edicts, such as her refusing to honour the debts the crown owes the [[Iron Bank of Braavos]] and her decision to allow the [[Faith of the Seven]] to re-institute the [[Faith Militant]]. After pressure from Cersei, Pycelle admits publicly to giving Margaery [[moon tea]], a contraceptive. This discovery is crucial in Cersei's efforts to frame Margaery for adultery and treason, delivering her to the captivity of the [[High Sparrow|High Septon]].{{ref|aFfC|43}}

Cersei considers having him replaced, and Pycelle's future at court looks uncertain. However, when Cersei is arrested by the Faith, Pycelle successfully seizes control of the council, as [[Aurane Waters]] and [[Orton Merryweather]] have abandoned the capital. He removes [[Osfryd Kettleblack]] as commander of the [[City Watch of King's Landing|gold cloaks]] so Osfyrd will not be able to use the Watch to try and free Cersei and his brother [[Osney Kettleblack|Osney]], both of whom are prisoners of the Faith. He also raises [[Humfrey Waters]] of the [[Dragon Gate]] to command the Watch. Qyburn states to Cersei that the realm is effectively being ruled by Pycelle and [[Harys Swyft]]. Pycelle dispatches a message to Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] offering him the [[Regent|regency]].

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Pycelle continues his duty as Grand Maester but is wary of Lord [[Mace Tyrell]], who is wroth with Pycelle for revealing Maergary's requests for moon tea. He requests guards from Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] out of fear for his personal safety. Pycelle's fears prove justified, as he is [[Assassinations of Pycelle and Kevan Lannister|killed in his chambers]], not by Tyrell men but by Lord [[Varys]], who removes both him and Kevan to ensure they cannot repair the damage Cersei had done to the kingdom and the Lannister-Tyrell alliance.{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}

Pycelle served six kings during his time as [[Grand Maester]]: [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V]], [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys II]], [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]], [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert I]], [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I]] and [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I]].

==Quotes by Pycelle==
{{Quote|Minds are like swords, I do fear. The old ones go to rust.{{Ref|AGOT|25}}|Pycelle to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Once I counseled King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]] as loyally as I council King [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]] now...{{Ref|AGOT|33}}|Pycelle to the [[small council]]}}

{{Quote|Treason is a noxious weed. It must be torn up, root and stem and seed, lest new traitors sprout from every roadside.{{Ref|AGOT|57}}|Pycelle to the court of [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]]}}

{{Quote|'''Tyrion''': How long have you been spying for [[Cersei Lannister|my sister]]? 
'''Pycelle''': All I did, I did for [[House Lannister]]. Always ... for years ... [[Tywin Lannister|your lord father]], ask him, I was ever his true servant ... twas I who bid [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]] to open his gates.... 
'''Tyrion''': So the [[Sack of King's Landing]] was your work as well?{{Ref|ACOK|25}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] and Pycelle}}

{{Quote|'''Pycelle''': I was [[Tywin Lannister|your lord father's]] man, and a friend to you in the matter of Lord [[Jon Arryn|Arryn]]. I could not survive [[Black cells|the dungeons]], not again ... 
'''Cersei''': Why does [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]] send for you? 
'''Pycelle''': [[Moon tea]]. Moon tea, for .... 
'''Cersei''': I know what moon tea is for. Very well. Get off those saggy knees and try to remember what it was to be a man.{{Ref|AFFC|39}}|Pycelle and [[Cersei Lannister]]}}

==Quotes about Pycelle==
{{Quote|How many have you betrayed, I wonder? [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]], [[Eddard Stark]], me... King [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]] as well? Lord [[Jon Arryn|Arryn]], Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]]? Where does it begin, Pycelle?{{Ref|ACOK|25}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to Pycelle}}

{{Quote|Pycelle is a toad. But better a [[House Lannister|Lannister]] toad then a [[Gormon Tyrell|Tyrell toad]], no?{{Ref|ASOS|12}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Varys]]}}

==References==
{{References|2}}
{{Grand Maester}}
{{Aegon V small council}}
{{Jaehaerys II small council}}
{{Aerys II small council}}
{{Robert I small council}}
{{Joffrey I small council}}
{{Tommen I small council}}

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Pycelle

2020-09-30T22:47:54Z

Arek: /* History */

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| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (appears) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (appears) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (appears) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (appears) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (appears)
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'''Pycelle''' is a [[Grand Maester]] of the [[Citadel]]{{ref|agot|appendix}} who has served in [[King's Landing]] and on the [[small council]] for over forty years. In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', he is played by [[w:Julian Glover|Julian Glover]].

==Appearance and Character==
{{See also|:Category:Images of Pycelle|l1=Images of Pycelle}}
Pycelle has only sparse hair that runs around his bald, spotted head.{{ref|aGoT|20}}{{ref|aCoK|17}} He has a long, snowy beard that runs down to his chest{{ref|aCoK|17}} and broad stomach.{{ref|AGOT|20}} Pycelle often strokes the beard, which hides his small mouth, missing teeth, warts, and wrinkles.{{ref|AFFC|8}} He has pale, rheumy eyes.{{ref|AGOT|25}}

Pycelle's maester's chain consists of two dozen heavy chains wound together to stretch from neck to breast.{{ref|aGoT|20}} Its links consist of [[brass]], [[bronze]], [[copper]], [[iron]], [[gold]], [[lead]], [[platinum]], [[silver]], [[steel]], and [[tin]], and the chain is decorated with [[amethyst]]s, black [[pearl]]s, [[emerald]]s, [[garnet]]s, and [[rubies]].{{ref|AGOT|20}} Instead of the grey robes worn by most maesters, Pycelle wears a red velvet robe with an ermine collar and golden fastenings.{{ref|AGOT|57}}

Pycelle bends the vows of his order to suit his needs, indulging the [[Pycelle's serving girl|needs of the flesh]]{{ref|ACOK|25}} and dabbling in [[poison]]s{{ref|ASOS|66}} and politics with a skill few maesters dare approach. He enjoys sweetened iced milk.{{ref|AGOT|25}}

==History==
Pycelle forged his maester's chain in [[Oldtown]] as a young man during the hot summer in the reign of King [[Maekar I Targaryen]].{{Ref|AGOT|25}}

After Grand Maester [[Merion]] died on his way to serve [[Aegon V Targaryen]], Pycelle was granted his position. He has been the Grand Maester of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] for forty years, serving Aegon V and [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys II]] before [[Aerys II Targaryen]].{{Ref|AGOT|25}} Pycelle wrote ''[[Observations Upon the Recent Blood-Letting on the Stepstones]]'' about the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]].<ref name=sample>''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'': The Westerlands (unabridged). [http://www.georgerrmartin.com/world-of-ice-and-fire-sample/ georgerrmartin.com]</ref>

During the reign of [[Aerys II Targaryen]], Pycelle came to greatly admire and respect [[Tywin Lannister]] who Aerys had named his [[Hand of the King]]. Pycelle out of all the [[small council]] members assisted Tywin the most in the governance of the realm. Pycelle wrote the [[Citadel]] often times praising Tywins leadership, stating that the man was born to rule. Aerys grew increasingly jealous of Tywins ability during the two decades of his reign and often tried to undermine or publicly humiliate Lord Tywin, Pycelle though became a staunch ally of Lord Tywin. In {{Date|281}} when the relationship between Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] and King Aerys had deteriorated, Tywin after suffering numerous slights resigned his position as Aerys's Hand and left court. Aerys was delighted at this turn of events and informed Pycelle that the realm would know now that the man who wore the crown ruled the kingdom. {{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

The new focus of Aerys's mistrust became his own son and heir, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], who had become wary of his father's behavior.{{Ref|ADWD|24}} At court there was growing tension between the factions loyal to the king and those loyal to Rhaegar. It fell to Pycelle and the new Hand, Lord [[Owen Merryweather]], the unenviable task of trying to keep the peace between the factions. Pycelle even dispatched a letter to the [[Citadel]] writing that tensions and division at court strongly resembled those before the [[Dance of the Dragons]]. Pycelle was fearful that a civil war between those loyal to the king and Rhaegar's supporters would break out unless some accord could be reached that would satisfy both factions.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}

Despite his oath to serve the realm, Pycelle acts in the benefit of [[House Lannister]].{{Ref|AGOT|25}} He convinced King Aerys to open his gates to his former Hand, Tywin, in the waning days of [[Robert's Rebellion]], in the hope that Tywin would take the throne. This led to the [[Sack of King's Landing]].{{Ref|ACOK|25}}{{Ref|ASOS|37}} The new king, [[Robert I Baratheon]], pardoned Pycelle for his service under Aerys II and allowed him to continue on the [[small council]].{{Ref|AGOT|45}} Pycelle has generally promoted the interests of House Lannister on the council for years.{{Ref|ACOK|25}}{{Ref|AFFC|39}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:491a54229c5cd468e7c7e6a3f781f833-d72jw2i.jpg|350px|thumb|Pycelle - by Tiziano Baracchi ©]]

[[Lysa Arryn]] reports to her sister, [[Catelyn Stark]], that Pycelle was helpless in saving the life of Lord [[Jon Arryn]].{{ref|aGoT|2}}
Pycelle convenes an urgent meeting of the [[small council]] upon Lord [[Eddard Stark]]'s arrival from [[Winterfell]] to take up the role of [[Hand of the King]].{{ref|AGOT|20}} When Eddard makes inquiries about the death of the previous Hand, Lord [[Jon Arryn]], Pycelle states that, from his experience, Jon's illness did not seem suspicious. When confronted with Lysa's accusations that poison was the culprit, he points the finger of suspicion on Lord [[Varys]].{{Ref|aGoT|25}} Pycelle provides Eddard with ''[[The Lineages and Histories of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms, With Descriptions of Many High Lords and Noble Ladies and Their Children]]'', which Lord Arryn had been reading.{{ref|AGOT|27}} The Grand Maester supports assassinating [[Daenerys Targaryen]] before she can provide Khal [[Drogo]] with an heir.{{Ref|ACOK|33}}

After Eddard is injured in a street fight with Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], Pycelle tasks himself with maintaining Eddard's healing.{{Ref|aGoT|45}} When it is discovered Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] had led raids into the [[riverlands]], burning several villages, Pycelle tries to delay any action taken against Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]. Eddard becomes more and more convinced that Pycelle is the creature of Queen [[Cersei Lannister]].{{Ref|aGoT|43}}

Pycelle tends to King [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s wounds after he is injured by a [[boar]] in the [[kingswood]], and he reports to Eddard upon Robert's death.{{Ref|aGoT|47}} He is present when Eddard presents Robert's will and is arrested at court.{{Ref|aGoT|49}} Pycelle wears black to mourn Robert's death.{{ref|AGOT|51}} The new king, [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffery I Baratheon]], has the Grand Maester read royal decrees at his first court.{{ref|AGOT|57}} Under Cersei's direction, Pycelle visits the grief-stricken [[Sansa Stark]] after her father Eddard's death and examines her intrusively before giving her a potion to calm her.{{ref|AGOT|67}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Brittmartin Grand Maester Pycelle.jpg|250px|thumb|right|[[Grand Maester]] Pycelle – by Brittmartin ©]]
[[Tyrion Lannister]], serving as Hand, is not sure whom he can trust, so he tells different secrets to [[Varys]], [[Petyr Baelish]], and Pycelle, tasking the Grand Maester with sending letters to Prince [[Doran Martell]].{{ref|aCoK|20}} Pycelle does send the letters, but reads them first. He shares the information with Cersei, who proceeds to confront Tyrion, unwittingly falling in Tyrion's trap. In the time it takes Pycelle to read the letter, Tyrion has time to help himself to a mild poison from the maester's cabinet, which he uses later on Cersei. Pycelle is present when Tyrion gives his terms for peace with the [[north]].

At midnight, Tyrion takes [[Shagga]] and [[Timett]] and confronts Pycelle in his chambers, where he is found naked in bed with a [[Pycelle's serving girl|servant girl]]. With help from Shagga, Tyrion intimidates Pycelle, who wets the bed in fear of the [[Vale mountain clans|clansmen]]. While Shagga shaves off Pycelle's signature white beard with his axe, Tyrion learns Pycelle has betrayed the realm over and over in service to House Lannister. He allowed [[Jon Arryn]] to die when he could have easily saved him, convinced [[Aerys II Targaryen]] to open the gates to Tywin's forces during [[Robert's Rebellion]], and would have finished Robert off himself if the wounds from the boar had not been so fatal.{{ref|aCoK|25}}

Pycelle justifies Jon's death, since he was close to the truth about Cersei's incest with her brother, Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], and King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]]'s parentage. He admits Maester [[Colemon]] was treating Lord Arryn properly but the queen needed him dead. Pycelle justifies Robert's death, since his brother [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] had been plotting with the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] to kill Cersei and wed [[Margaery Tyrell]] to Robert. Tyrion has Pycelle thrown in one of the [[black cells]] and stripped of his title and seat in the council.{{ref|aCoK|25}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Pycelle is restored to his position by [[Tywin Lannister]] after he learns the [[Citadel]] is planning on naming [[Gormon Tyrell]] as Pycelle's replacement.{{Ref|aSoS|12}}

Pycelle, with his beard shaved off and weakened from his time in the black cells, appears to be a broken man. He falls asleep during the wedding of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] and [[Margaery Tyrell]] and is unable to take any action to prevent [[Purple Wedding|Joffrey's death]] at the banquet from poison, something that sours Queen Cersei's opinion of him.
During the trial of Tyrion Lannister for Joffrey's murder, Pycelle is called as a witness for the prosecution to discuss poisons and how Tyrion might have killed the King.{{ref|aSoS|66}}

Pycelle continues his service to the newly-crowned King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]]. He is ordered by Tywin to heal Ser [[Gregor Clegane]], who was poisoned by [[Oberyn Martell]] in the [[trial by combat]] and is slowly dying in agony. Tywin plans on having Gregor executed to appease [[House Martell]] but needs it to be seen to be the [[King's Justice]] who does the deed, not poison. Pycelle is unsuccessful and Tywin refuses his suggestion of confining the other Dornishmen till they reveal what poison Oberyn used as Tywin cannot risk further offending [[Dorne]]. Tywin fears they might join [[Stannis Baratheon]] which would prolong [[War of the Five Kings|the war]] for years.{{Ref|aSoS|72}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Following Tywin's death, the relationship between Pycelle and Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] becomes more strained. He opposes the naming of [[Qyburn]], a disgraced maester, to the [[small council]]. Cersei blames him for the deplorable state of Lord Tywin Lannister's corpse.{{ref|aFfC|17}} [[Taena of Myr]] casts suspicion on Pycelle when she reports to Cersei that he is found often in the company of Queen [[Margaery Tyrell]].{{ref|aFfC|28}} Pycelle objects to many of Cersei's edicts, such as her refusing to honour the debts the crown owes the [[Iron Bank of Braavos]] and her decision to allow the [[Faith of the Seven]] to re-institute the [[Faith Militant]]. After pressure from Cersei, Pycelle admits publicly to giving Margaery [[moon tea]], a contraceptive. This discovery is crucial in Cersei's efforts to frame Margaery for adultery and treason, delivering her to the captivity of the [[High Sparrow|High Septon]].{{ref|aFfC|43}}

Cersei considers having him replaced, and Pycelle's future at court looks uncertain. However, when Cersei is arrested by the Faith, Pycelle successfully seizes control of the council, as [[Aurane Waters]] and [[Orton Merryweather]] have abandoned the capital. He removes [[Osfryd Kettleblack]] as commander of the [[City Watch of King's Landing|gold cloaks]] so Osfyrd will not be able to use the Watch to try and free Cersei and his brother [[Osney Kettleblack|Osney]], both of whom are prisoners of the Faith. He also raises [[Humfrey Waters]] of the [[Dragon Gate]] to command the Watch. Qyburn states to Cersei that the realm is effectively being ruled by Pycelle and [[Harys Swyft]]. Pycelle dispatches a message to Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] offering him the [[Regent|regency]].

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Pycelle continues his duty as Grand Maester but is wary of Lord [[Mace Tyrell]], who is wroth with Pycelle for revealing Maergary's requests for moon tea. He requests guards from Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] out of fear for his personal safety. Pycelle's fears prove justified, as he is [[Assassinations of Pycelle and Kevan Lannister|killed in his chambers]], not by Tyrell men but by Lord [[Varys]], who removes both him and Kevan to ensure they cannot repair the damage Cersei had done to the kingdom and the Lannister-Tyrell alliance.{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}

Pycelle served six kings during his time as [[Grand Maester]]: [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V]], [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys II]], [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]], [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert I]], [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I]] and [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I]].

==Quotes by Pycelle==
{{Quote|Minds are like swords, I do fear. The old ones go to rust.{{Ref|AGOT|25}}|Pycelle to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Once I counseled King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]] as loyally as I council King [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]] now...{{Ref|AGOT|33}}|Pycelle to the [[small council]]}}

{{Quote|Treason is a noxious weed. It must be torn up, root and stem and seed, lest new traitors sprout from every roadside.{{Ref|AGOT|57}}|Pycelle to the court of [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]]}}

{{Quote|'''Tyrion''': How long have you been spying for [[Cersei Lannister|my sister]]? 
'''Pycelle''': All I did, I did for [[House Lannister]]. Always ... for years ... [[Tywin Lannister|your lord father]], ask him, I was ever his true servant ... twas I who bid [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]] to open his gates.... 
'''Tyrion''': So the [[Sack of King's Landing]] was your work as well?{{Ref|ACOK|25}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] and Pycelle}}

{{Quote|'''Pycelle''': I was [[Tywin Lannister|your lord father's]] man, and a friend to you in the matter of Lord [[Jon Arryn|Arryn]]. I could not survive [[Black cells|the dungeons]], not again ... 
'''Cersei''': Why does [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]] send for you? 
'''Pycelle''': [[Moon tea]]. Moon tea, for .... 
'''Cersei''': I know what moon tea is for. Very well. Get off those saggy knees and try to remember what it was to be a man.{{Ref|AFFC|39}}|Pycelle and [[Cersei Lannister]]}}

==Quotes about Pycelle==
{{Quote|How many have you betrayed, I wonder? [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]], [[Eddard Stark]], me... King [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]] as well? Lord [[Jon Arryn|Arryn]], Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]]? Where does it begin, Pycelle?{{Ref|ACOK|25}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to Pycelle}}

{{Quote|Pycelle is a toad. But better a [[House Lannister|Lannister]] toad then a [[Gormon Tyrell|Tyrell toad]], no?{{Ref|ASOS|12}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Varys]]}}

==References==
{{References|2}}
{{Grand Maester}}
{{Aegon V small council}}
{{Jaehaerys II small council}}
{{Aerys II small council}}
{{Robert I small council}}
{{Joffrey I small council}}
{{Tommen I small council}}

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Pycelle

2020-09-30T22:43:25Z

Arek: /* History */

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'''Pycelle''' is a [[Grand Maester]] of the [[Citadel]]{{ref|agot|appendix}} who has served in [[King's Landing]] and on the [[small council]] for over forty years. In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', he is played by [[w:Julian Glover|Julian Glover]].

==Appearance and Character==
{{See also|:Category:Images of Pycelle|l1=Images of Pycelle}}
Pycelle has only sparse hair that runs around his bald, spotted head.{{ref|aGoT|20}}{{ref|aCoK|17}} He has a long, snowy beard that runs down to his chest{{ref|aCoK|17}} and broad stomach.{{ref|AGOT|20}} Pycelle often strokes the beard, which hides his small mouth, missing teeth, warts, and wrinkles.{{ref|AFFC|8}} He has pale, rheumy eyes.{{ref|AGOT|25}}

Pycelle's maester's chain consists of two dozen heavy chains wound together to stretch from neck to breast.{{ref|aGoT|20}} Its links consist of [[brass]], [[bronze]], [[copper]], [[iron]], [[gold]], [[lead]], [[platinum]], [[silver]], [[steel]], and [[tin]], and the chain is decorated with [[amethyst]]s, black [[pearl]]s, [[emerald]]s, [[garnet]]s, and [[rubies]].{{ref|AGOT|20}} Instead of the grey robes worn by most maesters, Pycelle wears a red velvet robe with an ermine collar and golden fastenings.{{ref|AGOT|57}}

Pycelle bends the vows of his order to suit his needs, indulging the [[Pycelle's serving girl|needs of the flesh]]{{ref|ACOK|25}} and dabbling in [[poison]]s{{ref|ASOS|66}} and politics with a skill few maesters dare approach. He enjoys sweetened iced milk.{{ref|AGOT|25}}

==History==
Pycelle forged his maester's chain in [[Oldtown]] as a young man during the hot summer in the reign of King [[Maekar I Targaryen]].{{Ref|AGOT|25}}

After Grand Maester [[Merion]] died on his way to serve [[Aegon V Targaryen]], Pycelle was granted his position. He has been the Grand Maester of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] for forty years, serving Aegon V and [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys II]] before [[Aerys II Targaryen]].{{Ref|AGOT|25}} Pycelle wrote ''[[Observations Upon the Recent Blood-Letting on the Stepstones]]'' about the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]].<ref name=sample>''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'': The Westerlands (unabridged). [http://www.georgerrmartin.com/world-of-ice-and-fire-sample/ georgerrmartin.com]</ref>

During the reign of [[Aerys II Targaryen]], Pycelle came to greatly admire and respect [[Tywin Lannister]] who Aerys had named his [[Hand of the King]]. Pycelle out of all the [[small council]] members assisted Tywin the most in the governance of the realm. Pycelle wrote the [[Citadel]] often times praising Tywins leadership, stating that the man was born to rule and during the two decades of Aerys realm Pycelle became a staunch ally of Lord Tywin. In {{Date|281}} when the relationship between Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] and King Aerys had deteriorated, Tywin after suffering numerous slights resigned his position as Aerys's Hand and left court. Aerys was delighted at this turn of events and informed Pycelle that the realm would know now that the man who wore the crown ruled the kingdom. {{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

The new focus of Aerys's mistrust became his own son and heir, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], who had become wary of his father's behavior.{{Ref|ADWD|24}} At court there was growing tension between the factions loyal to the king and those loyal to Rhaegar. It fell to Pycelle and the new Hand, Lord [[Owen Merryweather]], the unenviable task of trying to keep the peace between the factions. Pycelle even dispatched a letter to the [[Citadel]] writing that tensions and division at court strongly resembled those before the [[Dance of the Dragons]]. Pycelle was fearful that a civil war between those loyal to the king and Rhaegar's supporters would break out unless some accord could be reached that would satisfy both factions.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}

Despite his oath to serve the realm, Pycelle acts in the benefit of [[House Lannister]].{{Ref|AGOT|25}} He convinced King Aerys to open his gates to his former Hand, Tywin, in the waning days of [[Robert's Rebellion]], in the hope that Tywin would take the throne. This led to the [[Sack of King's Landing]].{{Ref|ACOK|25}}{{Ref|ASOS|37}} The new king, [[Robert I Baratheon]], pardoned Pycelle for his service under Aerys II and allowed him to continue on the [[small council]].{{Ref|AGOT|45}} Pycelle has generally promoted the interests of House Lannister on the council for years.{{Ref|ACOK|25}}{{Ref|AFFC|39}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:491a54229c5cd468e7c7e6a3f781f833-d72jw2i.jpg|350px|thumb|Pycelle - by Tiziano Baracchi ©]]

[[Lysa Arryn]] reports to her sister, [[Catelyn Stark]], that Pycelle was helpless in saving the life of Lord [[Jon Arryn]].{{ref|aGoT|2}}
Pycelle convenes an urgent meeting of the [[small council]] upon Lord [[Eddard Stark]]'s arrival from [[Winterfell]] to take up the role of [[Hand of the King]].{{ref|AGOT|20}} When Eddard makes inquiries about the death of the previous Hand, Lord [[Jon Arryn]], Pycelle states that, from his experience, Jon's illness did not seem suspicious. When confronted with Lysa's accusations that poison was the culprit, he points the finger of suspicion on Lord [[Varys]].{{Ref|aGoT|25}} Pycelle provides Eddard with ''[[The Lineages and Histories of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms, With Descriptions of Many High Lords and Noble Ladies and Their Children]]'', which Lord Arryn had been reading.{{ref|AGOT|27}} The Grand Maester supports assassinating [[Daenerys Targaryen]] before she can provide Khal [[Drogo]] with an heir.{{Ref|ACOK|33}}

After Eddard is injured in a street fight with Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], Pycelle tasks himself with maintaining Eddard's healing.{{Ref|aGoT|45}} When it is discovered Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] had led raids into the [[riverlands]], burning several villages, Pycelle tries to delay any action taken against Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]. Eddard becomes more and more convinced that Pycelle is the creature of Queen [[Cersei Lannister]].{{Ref|aGoT|43}}

Pycelle tends to King [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s wounds after he is injured by a [[boar]] in the [[kingswood]], and he reports to Eddard upon Robert's death.{{Ref|aGoT|47}} He is present when Eddard presents Robert's will and is arrested at court.{{Ref|aGoT|49}} Pycelle wears black to mourn Robert's death.{{ref|AGOT|51}} The new king, [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffery I Baratheon]], has the Grand Maester read royal decrees at his first court.{{ref|AGOT|57}} Under Cersei's direction, Pycelle visits the grief-stricken [[Sansa Stark]] after her father Eddard's death and examines her intrusively before giving her a potion to calm her.{{ref|AGOT|67}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Brittmartin Grand Maester Pycelle.jpg|250px|thumb|right|[[Grand Maester]] Pycelle – by Brittmartin ©]]
[[Tyrion Lannister]], serving as Hand, is not sure whom he can trust, so he tells different secrets to [[Varys]], [[Petyr Baelish]], and Pycelle, tasking the Grand Maester with sending letters to Prince [[Doran Martell]].{{ref|aCoK|20}} Pycelle does send the letters, but reads them first. He shares the information with Cersei, who proceeds to confront Tyrion, unwittingly falling in Tyrion's trap. In the time it takes Pycelle to read the letter, Tyrion has time to help himself to a mild poison from the maester's cabinet, which he uses later on Cersei. Pycelle is present when Tyrion gives his terms for peace with the [[north]].

At midnight, Tyrion takes [[Shagga]] and [[Timett]] and confronts Pycelle in his chambers, where he is found naked in bed with a [[Pycelle's serving girl|servant girl]]. With help from Shagga, Tyrion intimidates Pycelle, who wets the bed in fear of the [[Vale mountain clans|clansmen]]. While Shagga shaves off Pycelle's signature white beard with his axe, Tyrion learns Pycelle has betrayed the realm over and over in service to House Lannister. He allowed [[Jon Arryn]] to die when he could have easily saved him, convinced [[Aerys II Targaryen]] to open the gates to Tywin's forces during [[Robert's Rebellion]], and would have finished Robert off himself if the wounds from the boar had not been so fatal.{{ref|aCoK|25}}

Pycelle justifies Jon's death, since he was close to the truth about Cersei's incest with her brother, Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], and King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]]'s parentage. He admits Maester [[Colemon]] was treating Lord Arryn properly but the queen needed him dead. Pycelle justifies Robert's death, since his brother [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] had been plotting with the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] to kill Cersei and wed [[Margaery Tyrell]] to Robert. Tyrion has Pycelle thrown in one of the [[black cells]] and stripped of his title and seat in the council.{{ref|aCoK|25}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Pycelle is restored to his position by [[Tywin Lannister]] after he learns the [[Citadel]] is planning on naming [[Gormon Tyrell]] as Pycelle's replacement.{{Ref|aSoS|12}}

Pycelle, with his beard shaved off and weakened from his time in the black cells, appears to be a broken man. He falls asleep during the wedding of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] and [[Margaery Tyrell]] and is unable to take any action to prevent [[Purple Wedding|Joffrey's death]] at the banquet from poison, something that sours Queen Cersei's opinion of him.
During the trial of Tyrion Lannister for Joffrey's murder, Pycelle is called as a witness for the prosecution to discuss poisons and how Tyrion might have killed the King.{{ref|aSoS|66}}

Pycelle continues his service to the newly-crowned King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]]. He is ordered by Tywin to heal Ser [[Gregor Clegane]], who was poisoned by [[Oberyn Martell]] in the [[trial by combat]] and is slowly dying in agony. Tywin plans on having Gregor executed to appease [[House Martell]] but needs it to be seen to be the [[King's Justice]] who does the deed, not poison. Pycelle is unsuccessful and Tywin refuses his suggestion of confining the other Dornishmen till they reveal what poison Oberyn used as Tywin cannot risk further offending [[Dorne]]. Tywin fears they might join [[Stannis Baratheon]] which would prolong [[War of the Five Kings|the war]] for years.{{Ref|aSoS|72}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Following Tywin's death, the relationship between Pycelle and Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] becomes more strained. He opposes the naming of [[Qyburn]], a disgraced maester, to the [[small council]]. Cersei blames him for the deplorable state of Lord Tywin Lannister's corpse.{{ref|aFfC|17}} [[Taena of Myr]] casts suspicion on Pycelle when she reports to Cersei that he is found often in the company of Queen [[Margaery Tyrell]].{{ref|aFfC|28}} Pycelle objects to many of Cersei's edicts, such as her refusing to honour the debts the crown owes the [[Iron Bank of Braavos]] and her decision to allow the [[Faith of the Seven]] to re-institute the [[Faith Militant]]. After pressure from Cersei, Pycelle admits publicly to giving Margaery [[moon tea]], a contraceptive. This discovery is crucial in Cersei's efforts to frame Margaery for adultery and treason, delivering her to the captivity of the [[High Sparrow|High Septon]].{{ref|aFfC|43}}

Cersei considers having him replaced, and Pycelle's future at court looks uncertain. However, when Cersei is arrested by the Faith, Pycelle successfully seizes control of the council, as [[Aurane Waters]] and [[Orton Merryweather]] have abandoned the capital. He removes [[Osfryd Kettleblack]] as commander of the [[City Watch of King's Landing|gold cloaks]] so Osfyrd will not be able to use the Watch to try and free Cersei and his brother [[Osney Kettleblack|Osney]], both of whom are prisoners of the Faith. He also raises [[Humfrey Waters]] of the [[Dragon Gate]] to command the Watch. Qyburn states to Cersei that the realm is effectively being ruled by Pycelle and [[Harys Swyft]]. Pycelle dispatches a message to Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] offering him the [[Regent|regency]].

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Pycelle continues his duty as Grand Maester but is wary of Lord [[Mace Tyrell]], who is wroth with Pycelle for revealing Maergary's requests for moon tea. He requests guards from Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] out of fear for his personal safety. Pycelle's fears prove justified, as he is [[Assassinations of Pycelle and Kevan Lannister|killed in his chambers]], not by Tyrell men but by Lord [[Varys]], who removes both him and Kevan to ensure they cannot repair the damage Cersei had done to the kingdom and the Lannister-Tyrell alliance.{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}

Pycelle served six kings during his time as [[Grand Maester]]: [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V]], [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys II]], [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]], [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert I]], [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I]] and [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I]].

==Quotes by Pycelle==
{{Quote|Minds are like swords, I do fear. The old ones go to rust.{{Ref|AGOT|25}}|Pycelle to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Once I counseled King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]] as loyally as I council King [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]] now...{{Ref|AGOT|33}}|Pycelle to the [[small council]]}}

{{Quote|Treason is a noxious weed. It must be torn up, root and stem and seed, lest new traitors sprout from every roadside.{{Ref|AGOT|57}}|Pycelle to the court of [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]]}}

{{Quote|'''Tyrion''': How long have you been spying for [[Cersei Lannister|my sister]]? 
'''Pycelle''': All I did, I did for [[House Lannister]]. Always ... for years ... [[Tywin Lannister|your lord father]], ask him, I was ever his true servant ... twas I who bid [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]] to open his gates.... 
'''Tyrion''': So the [[Sack of King's Landing]] was your work as well?{{Ref|ACOK|25}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] and Pycelle}}

{{Quote|'''Pycelle''': I was [[Tywin Lannister|your lord father's]] man, and a friend to you in the matter of Lord [[Jon Arryn|Arryn]]. I could not survive [[Black cells|the dungeons]], not again ... 
'''Cersei''': Why does [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]] send for you? 
'''Pycelle''': [[Moon tea]]. Moon tea, for .... 
'''Cersei''': I know what moon tea is for. Very well. Get off those saggy knees and try to remember what it was to be a man.{{Ref|AFFC|39}}|Pycelle and [[Cersei Lannister]]}}

==Quotes about Pycelle==
{{Quote|How many have you betrayed, I wonder? [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]], [[Eddard Stark]], me... King [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]] as well? Lord [[Jon Arryn|Arryn]], Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]]? Where does it begin, Pycelle?{{Ref|ACOK|25}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to Pycelle}}

{{Quote|Pycelle is a toad. But better a [[House Lannister|Lannister]] toad then a [[Gormon Tyrell|Tyrell toad]], no?{{Ref|ASOS|12}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Varys]]}}

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Pycelle

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'''Pycelle''' is a [[Grand Maester]] of the [[Citadel]]{{ref|agot|appendix}} who has served in [[King's Landing]] and on the [[small council]] for over forty years. In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', he is played by [[w:Julian Glover|Julian Glover]].

==Appearance and Character==
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Pycelle has only sparse hair that runs around his bald, spotted head.{{ref|aGoT|20}}{{ref|aCoK|17}} He has a long, snowy beard that runs down to his chest{{ref|aCoK|17}} and broad stomach.{{ref|AGOT|20}} Pycelle often strokes the beard, which hides his small mouth, missing teeth, warts, and wrinkles.{{ref|AFFC|8}} He has pale, rheumy eyes.{{ref|AGOT|25}}

Pycelle's maester's chain consists of two dozen heavy chains wound together to stretch from neck to breast.{{ref|aGoT|20}} Its links consist of [[brass]], [[bronze]], [[copper]], [[iron]], [[gold]], [[lead]], [[platinum]], [[silver]], [[steel]], and [[tin]], and the chain is decorated with [[amethyst]]s, black [[pearl]]s, [[emerald]]s, [[garnet]]s, and [[rubies]].{{ref|AGOT|20}} Instead of the grey robes worn by most maesters, Pycelle wears a red velvet robe with an ermine collar and golden fastenings.{{ref|AGOT|57}}

Pycelle bends the vows of his order to suit his needs, indulging the [[Pycelle's serving girl|needs of the flesh]]{{ref|ACOK|25}} and dabbling in [[poison]]s{{ref|ASOS|66}} and politics with a skill few maesters dare approach. He enjoys sweetened iced milk.{{ref|AGOT|25}}

==History==
Pycelle forged his maester's chain in [[Oldtown]] as a young man during the hot summer in the reign of King [[Maekar I Targaryen]].{{Ref|AGOT|25}}

After Grand Maester [[Merion]] died on his way to serve [[Aegon V Targaryen]], Pycelle was granted his position. He has been the Grand Maester of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] for forty years, serving Aegon V and [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys II]] before [[Aerys II Targaryen]].{{Ref|AGOT|25}} Pycelle wrote ''[[Observations Upon the Recent Blood-Letting on the Stepstones]]'' about the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]].<ref name=sample>''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'': The Westerlands (unabridged). [http://www.georgerrmartin.com/world-of-ice-and-fire-sample/ georgerrmartin.com]</ref>

During the reign of [[Aerys II Targaryen]], Pycelle came to greatly admire and respect [[Tywin Lannister]] who Aerys had named his [[Hand of the King]. Pycelle out of all the [[small council]] members assisted Tywin the most in the governance of the realm. Pycelle wrote the [[Citadel]] often times praising Tywins leadership, stating that the man was born to rule and during the two decades of Aerys realm Pycelle became a staunch ally of Lord Tywin. In {{Date|281}} when the relationship between Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] and King Aerys had deteriorated, Tywin after suffering numerous slights resigned his position as Aerys's Hand and left court. Aerys was delighted at this turn of events and informed Pycelle that the realm would know now that the man who wore the crown ruled the kingdom. {{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

The new focus of Aerys's mistrust became his own son and heir, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], who had become wary of his father's behavior.{{Ref|ADWD|24}} At court there was growing tension between the factions loyal to the king and those loyal to Rhaegar. It fell to Pycelle and the new Hand, Lord [[Owen Merryweather]], the unenviable task of trying to keep the peace between the factions. Pycelle even dispatched a letter to the [[Citadel]] writing that tensions and division at court strongly resembled those before the [[Dance of the Dragons]]. Pycelle was fearful that a civil war between those loyal to the king and Rhaegar's supporters would break out unless some accord could be reached that would satisfy both factions.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}

Despite his oath to serve the realm, Pycelle acts in the benefit of [[House Lannister]].{{Ref|AGOT|25}} He convinced King Aerys to open his gates to his former Hand, Tywin, in the waning days of [[Robert's Rebellion]], in the hope that Tywin would take the throne. This led to the [[Sack of King's Landing]].{{Ref|ACOK|25}}{{Ref|ASOS|37}} The new king, [[Robert I Baratheon]], pardoned Pycelle for his service under Aerys II and allowed him to continue on the [[small council]].{{Ref|AGOT|45}} Pycelle has generally promoted the interests of House Lannister on the council for years.{{Ref|ACOK|25}}{{Ref|AFFC|39}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:491a54229c5cd468e7c7e6a3f781f833-d72jw2i.jpg|350px|thumb|Pycelle - by Tiziano Baracchi ©]]

[[Lysa Arryn]] reports to her sister, [[Catelyn Stark]], that Pycelle was helpless in saving the life of Lord [[Jon Arryn]].{{ref|aGoT|2}}
Pycelle convenes an urgent meeting of the [[small council]] upon Lord [[Eddard Stark]]'s arrival from [[Winterfell]] to take up the role of [[Hand of the King]].{{ref|AGOT|20}} When Eddard makes inquiries about the death of the previous Hand, Lord [[Jon Arryn]], Pycelle states that, from his experience, Jon's illness did not seem suspicious. When confronted with Lysa's accusations that poison was the culprit, he points the finger of suspicion on Lord [[Varys]].{{Ref|aGoT|25}} Pycelle provides Eddard with ''[[The Lineages and Histories of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms, With Descriptions of Many High Lords and Noble Ladies and Their Children]]'', which Lord Arryn had been reading.{{ref|AGOT|27}} The Grand Maester supports assassinating [[Daenerys Targaryen]] before she can provide Khal [[Drogo]] with an heir.{{Ref|ACOK|33}}

After Eddard is injured in a street fight with Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], Pycelle tasks himself with maintaining Eddard's healing.{{Ref|aGoT|45}} When it is discovered Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] had led raids into the [[riverlands]], burning several villages, Pycelle tries to delay any action taken against Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]. Eddard becomes more and more convinced that Pycelle is the creature of Queen [[Cersei Lannister]].{{Ref|aGoT|43}}

Pycelle tends to King [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s wounds after he is injured by a [[boar]] in the [[kingswood]], and he reports to Eddard upon Robert's death.{{Ref|aGoT|47}} He is present when Eddard presents Robert's will and is arrested at court.{{Ref|aGoT|49}} Pycelle wears black to mourn Robert's death.{{ref|AGOT|51}} The new king, [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffery I Baratheon]], has the Grand Maester read royal decrees at his first court.{{ref|AGOT|57}} Under Cersei's direction, Pycelle visits the grief-stricken [[Sansa Stark]] after her father Eddard's death and examines her intrusively before giving her a potion to calm her.{{ref|AGOT|67}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Brittmartin Grand Maester Pycelle.jpg|250px|thumb|right|[[Grand Maester]] Pycelle – by Brittmartin ©]]
[[Tyrion Lannister]], serving as Hand, is not sure whom he can trust, so he tells different secrets to [[Varys]], [[Petyr Baelish]], and Pycelle, tasking the Grand Maester with sending letters to Prince [[Doran Martell]].{{ref|aCoK|20}} Pycelle does send the letters, but reads them first. He shares the information with Cersei, who proceeds to confront Tyrion, unwittingly falling in Tyrion's trap. In the time it takes Pycelle to read the letter, Tyrion has time to help himself to a mild poison from the maester's cabinet, which he uses later on Cersei. Pycelle is present when Tyrion gives his terms for peace with the [[north]].

At midnight, Tyrion takes [[Shagga]] and [[Timett]] and confronts Pycelle in his chambers, where he is found naked in bed with a [[Pycelle's serving girl|servant girl]]. With help from Shagga, Tyrion intimidates Pycelle, who wets the bed in fear of the [[Vale mountain clans|clansmen]]. While Shagga shaves off Pycelle's signature white beard with his axe, Tyrion learns Pycelle has betrayed the realm over and over in service to House Lannister. He allowed [[Jon Arryn]] to die when he could have easily saved him, convinced [[Aerys II Targaryen]] to open the gates to Tywin's forces during [[Robert's Rebellion]], and would have finished Robert off himself if the wounds from the boar had not been so fatal.{{ref|aCoK|25}}

Pycelle justifies Jon's death, since he was close to the truth about Cersei's incest with her brother, Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], and King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]]'s parentage. He admits Maester [[Colemon]] was treating Lord Arryn properly but the queen needed him dead. Pycelle justifies Robert's death, since his brother [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] had been plotting with the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] to kill Cersei and wed [[Margaery Tyrell]] to Robert. Tyrion has Pycelle thrown in one of the [[black cells]] and stripped of his title and seat in the council.{{ref|aCoK|25}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Pycelle is restored to his position by [[Tywin Lannister]] after he learns the [[Citadel]] is planning on naming [[Gormon Tyrell]] as Pycelle's replacement.{{Ref|aSoS|12}}

Pycelle, with his beard shaved off and weakened from his time in the black cells, appears to be a broken man. He falls asleep during the wedding of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] and [[Margaery Tyrell]] and is unable to take any action to prevent [[Purple Wedding|Joffrey's death]] at the banquet from poison, something that sours Queen Cersei's opinion of him.
During the trial of Tyrion Lannister for Joffrey's murder, Pycelle is called as a witness for the prosecution to discuss poisons and how Tyrion might have killed the King.{{ref|aSoS|66}}

Pycelle continues his service to the newly-crowned King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]]. He is ordered by Tywin to heal Ser [[Gregor Clegane]], who was poisoned by [[Oberyn Martell]] in the [[trial by combat]] and is slowly dying in agony. Tywin plans on having Gregor executed to appease [[House Martell]] but needs it to be seen to be the [[King's Justice]] who does the deed, not poison. Pycelle is unsuccessful and Tywin refuses his suggestion of confining the other Dornishmen till they reveal what poison Oberyn used as Tywin cannot risk further offending [[Dorne]]. Tywin fears they might join [[Stannis Baratheon]] which would prolong [[War of the Five Kings|the war]] for years.{{Ref|aSoS|72}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Following Tywin's death, the relationship between Pycelle and Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] becomes more strained. He opposes the naming of [[Qyburn]], a disgraced maester, to the [[small council]]. Cersei blames him for the deplorable state of Lord Tywin Lannister's corpse.{{ref|aFfC|17}} [[Taena of Myr]] casts suspicion on Pycelle when she reports to Cersei that he is found often in the company of Queen [[Margaery Tyrell]].{{ref|aFfC|28}} Pycelle objects to many of Cersei's edicts, such as her refusing to honour the debts the crown owes the [[Iron Bank of Braavos]] and her decision to allow the [[Faith of the Seven]] to re-institute the [[Faith Militant]]. After pressure from Cersei, Pycelle admits publicly to giving Margaery [[moon tea]], a contraceptive. This discovery is crucial in Cersei's efforts to frame Margaery for adultery and treason, delivering her to the captivity of the [[High Sparrow|High Septon]].{{ref|aFfC|43}}

Cersei considers having him replaced, and Pycelle's future at court looks uncertain. However, when Cersei is arrested by the Faith, Pycelle successfully seizes control of the council, as [[Aurane Waters]] and [[Orton Merryweather]] have abandoned the capital. He removes [[Osfryd Kettleblack]] as commander of the [[City Watch of King's Landing|gold cloaks]] so Osfyrd will not be able to use the Watch to try and free Cersei and his brother [[Osney Kettleblack|Osney]], both of whom are prisoners of the Faith. He also raises [[Humfrey Waters]] of the [[Dragon Gate]] to command the Watch. Qyburn states to Cersei that the realm is effectively being ruled by Pycelle and [[Harys Swyft]]. Pycelle dispatches a message to Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] offering him the [[Regent|regency]].

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Pycelle continues his duty as Grand Maester but is wary of Lord [[Mace Tyrell]], who is wroth with Pycelle for revealing Maergary's requests for moon tea. He requests guards from Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] out of fear for his personal safety. Pycelle's fears prove justified, as he is [[Assassinations of Pycelle and Kevan Lannister|killed in his chambers]], not by Tyrell men but by Lord [[Varys]], who removes both him and Kevan to ensure they cannot repair the damage Cersei had done to the kingdom and the Lannister-Tyrell alliance.{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}

Pycelle served six kings during his time as [[Grand Maester]]: [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V]], [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys II]], [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]], [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert I]], [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I]] and [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I]].

==Quotes by Pycelle==
{{Quote|Minds are like swords, I do fear. The old ones go to rust.{{Ref|AGOT|25}}|Pycelle to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Once I counseled King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]] as loyally as I council King [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]] now...{{Ref|AGOT|33}}|Pycelle to the [[small council]]}}

{{Quote|Treason is a noxious weed. It must be torn up, root and stem and seed, lest new traitors sprout from every roadside.{{Ref|AGOT|57}}|Pycelle to the court of [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]]}}

{{Quote|'''Tyrion''': How long have you been spying for [[Cersei Lannister|my sister]]? 
'''Pycelle''': All I did, I did for [[House Lannister]]. Always ... for years ... [[Tywin Lannister|your lord father]], ask him, I was ever his true servant ... twas I who bid [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]] to open his gates.... 
'''Tyrion''': So the [[Sack of King's Landing]] was your work as well?{{Ref|ACOK|25}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] and Pycelle}}

{{Quote|'''Pycelle''': I was [[Tywin Lannister|your lord father's]] man, and a friend to you in the matter of Lord [[Jon Arryn|Arryn]]. I could not survive [[Black cells|the dungeons]], not again ... 
'''Cersei''': Why does [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]] send for you? 
'''Pycelle''': [[Moon tea]]. Moon tea, for .... 
'''Cersei''': I know what moon tea is for. Very well. Get off those saggy knees and try to remember what it was to be a man.{{Ref|AFFC|39}}|Pycelle and [[Cersei Lannister]]}}

==Quotes about Pycelle==
{{Quote|How many have you betrayed, I wonder? [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]], [[Eddard Stark]], me... King [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]] as well? Lord [[Jon Arryn|Arryn]], Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]]? Where does it begin, Pycelle?{{Ref|ACOK|25}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to Pycelle}}

{{Quote|Pycelle is a toad. But better a [[House Lannister|Lannister]] toad then a [[Gormon Tyrell|Tyrell toad]], no?{{Ref|ASOS|12}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Varys]]}}

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Elinda Massey

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Arek:

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| Title = Lady-in-waiting{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}
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| Books = ''[[Fire and Blood]]'' (mentioned)
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'''Elinda Massey''' was a noblewoman of [[House Massey]] and a lady-in-waiting to Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] during the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

==Appearance and Character==
She was the youngest and the gentlest of Rhaenyra's ladies-in-waiting.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

==History==
Elinda Massey accompanied Rhaenyra during her [[Flight to Dragonstone|flight]] from [[King's Landing]] to [[Dragonstone]]. Supposedly she gouged out her own eyes at the sight of her queen being devoured by the [[dragon]] [[Sunfyre]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

After Rhaenyra's death, Elinda and the other ladies-in-waiting were put in cells in [[Sea Dragon Tower]] to await ransom.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

==References==
{{References}}

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Elinda Massey

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Arek:

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| Title = Lady-in-waiting{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}
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'''Elinda Massey''' was noblewoman of [[House Massey]] and a lady-in-waiting to Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] during the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

==Appearance and Character==
She was the youngest and the gentlest of Rhaenyra's ladies-in-waiting.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

==History==
Elinda Massey accompanied Rhaenyra during her [[Flight to Dragonstone|flight]] from [[King's Landing]] to [[Dragonstone]]. Supposedly she gouged out her own eyes at the sight of her queen being devoured by the [[dragon]] [[Sunfyre]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

After Rhaenyra's death, Elinda and the other ladies-in-waiting were put in cells in [[Sea Dragon Tower]] to await ransom.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

==References==
{{References}}

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