Editing House Tyrell (section)

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===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Zippo514 Highgarden.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Highgarden]] by Zippo514 ©]]

House Tyrell is among the houses that [[Viserys Targaryen]] believes will rise for him if he lands in [[Westeros]].{{Ref|AGOT|3}}

Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] resides at [[King's Landing]] with his own retinue.{{Ref|AGOT|47}} Loras participates in the [[Hand's tourney]], defeating Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] but yielding the final tilt to [[Sandor Clegane]] after the latter rescues him from Gregor's wrath.{{Ref|AGOT|30}} He asks the honor of taking the place of the injured [[Hand of the King]], Lord [[Eddard Stark]], in leading a force to bring Gregor to justice for pillaging the [[riverlands]], but Eddard refuses him.{{Ref|AGOT|43}}

When King [[Robert I Baratheon]] lays dying, Loras flees [[King's Landing]] with Lord [[Renly Baratheon]] after Eddard rebuffs Renly's request for his aid in taking Robert's children into custody.{{Ref|AGOT|49}} After Robert's death, the new king, [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], has Loras, Lord [[Mace Tyrell]], his brothers (of which he has none), uncles, and other two sons [[Willas Tyrell|Willas]] and [[Garlan Tyrell|Garlan]] named among the nobles whom must swear fealty to him or be attainted as traitors.{{Ref|AGOT|57}} However, no Tyrell travels to King's Landing. Instead, Joffrey's uncle Renly claims the [[Iron Throne]] and marries Mace's daughter [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]] at [[Highgarden]].{{Ref|AGOT|69}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:T Jedruszek StrengthOfHighgarden.jpg|thumb|350px|Strength of Highgarden by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games]]

Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] is named the Lord Commander of [[Renly Baratheon]]'s own bodyguards, the [[Rainbow Guard]], while Lord [[Mace Tyrell]] is named Renly's [[Hand of the King]].{{Ref|ACOK|Appendix}} Most of the Tyrell bannermen join them in supporting Renly, giving him the strongest army in the [[War of the Five Kings]]. 

Mace Tyrell closes off the [[roseroad]], resulting in famine in [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|ACOK|17}}

Renly is murdered at [[Siege of Storm's End (299)|Storm's End]]. When he sees his lover's body, an enraged Loras kills three of Renly's guards, including [[Emmon Cuy]] and [[Robar Royce]], two [[knight]]s of the Rainbow Guard.{{Ref|ACOK|36}} Loras returns to [[Bitterbridge]], where Renly's remaining sixty thousand men are located, with some four thousand of Renly's knights.{{Ref|ACOK|36}} In King's Landing, the [[small council]] attempts to make an alliance with the Tyrells by offering to marry [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] to Lady [[Margaery Tyrell]]. [[Petyr Baelish]], representing Joffrey,{{Ref|ACOK|36}} travels to Bitterbridge and [[Highgarden]]{{Ref|ASOS|68}} to negotiate the allegiance of the Tyrells. Riders are sent north to warn Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] of Stannis's threat to the capital.{{Ref|ASOS|14}}

The new alliance between House Tyrell and House Lannister joins forces to battle Stannis Baratheon in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] at [[King's Landing]]. Mace and two sons, [[Garlan Tyrell|Garlan]] and Loras, await Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] and his army at [[Tumbler's Falls]]. From there, they float down the [[Blackwater Rush]] upon a fleet of barges, disembarking half a day's ride from King's Landing.{{Ref|ASOS|14}} They arrive at the city at dusk,{{Ref|ACOK|61}} taking Stannis's army from the rear. Lord Tyrell commands the left,{{Ref|ACOK|62}} and Ser Garlan the vanguard.{{Ref|ASOS|67}} The van plunges through Stannis's army, while Garlan dresses in the recognizable green armor of the deceased Renly Baratheon, which causes Renly's former supporters, convinced Renly has risen from the grave, to abandon Stannis.{{Ref|ACOK|62}}

Mace is granted a seat on the small council as a reward for his participation in the battle.{{Ref|ACOK|65}} His son Loras is named to Joffrey's [[Kingsguard]], and his daughter Margaery is betrothed to Joffrey.{{Ref|ACOK|65}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Dimitri Bielak Riches of the Reach.jpg|thumb|350px|Servants of House Tyrell distribute food to the poor of [[King's Landing]], by Dimitri Bielak © Fantasy Flight Games]]

The Tyrells's lack of a royal history, unlike other great houses, causes them to seek more status and power. Prior to Margaery's arrival in [[King's Landing]], wagons of food are sent to the capital for the starving population in her name. When she arrives in the city, she is greeting by cheering crowds. Margaery and her grandmother, Lady [[Olenna Tyrell|Olenna]], inquire with [[Sansa Stark]] about King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]]'s nature, and learn how both Joffrey and his mother [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] have been treating the [[House Stark|Stark]] girl. When Sansa expresses fear that Margaery will refuse the marriage due to the revelation, Margaery and Olenna confide in Sansa that Mace is determined to see Margaery become a queen, while simply calling Joffrey's nature "a pity". Margaery and Olenna suggest to Sansa that she travel to [[Highgarden]] after Margaery's wedding, secretly plotting to marry Sansa to Margaery's eldest brother, [[Willas Tyrell|Willas]].{{Ref|ASOS|6}} Margaery and her ladies take Sansa in, taking her hawking, doing needlework with her, and other such pastimes.{{Ref|ASOS|16}}

Ser [[Garlan Tyrell]] is granted the titles, lands and incomes of [[House Florent]], including lordship of [[Brightwater Keep]].{{Ref|ASOS|19}} Mace is named [[master of ships]].{{Ref|ASOS|Appendix}}

On the first day of {{Date|300}}, Margaery marries King Joffrey at the [[Great Sept of Baelor]] in King's Landing.{{Ref|ASOS|60}} During the [[Purple Wedding|wedding feast]], however, Joffrey dies from [[poison]].{{Ref|ASOS|60}} Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] later reveals to Sansa that Joffrey's death was arranged by himself and Lady Olenna.{{Ref|ASOS|68}} When Joffrey's uncle, [[Tyrion Lannister]], is falsely accused of the king's murder, Mace serves as one of the judges at his trial.{{Ref|ASOS|66}} Mace, unaware of his mother Olenna's involvement in the poisoning, is convinced of Tyrion's guilt, and wants him dead, as Margaery had been drinking from the same cup of wine as Joffrey.{{Ref|ASOS|66}}

Loras attempts to attack [[Brienne Tarth|Brienne of Tarth]], whom he holds responsible for Renly Baratheon's death, when she arrives in King's Landing.{{Ref|ASOS|62}} To protect her, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] has her arrested.{{Ref|ASOS|62}} He later discusses Renly's death with Loras and commands Loras to speak with Brienne about what happened,{{Ref|ASOS|67}} which he does.{{Ref|ASOS|72}}

After Joffrey's death, the Tyrells insist that Margaery is wed to his younger brother [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I]], the new king.{{Ref|ASOS|62}}{{Ref|ASOS|72}} Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] suggests offering Jaime as a husband for Margaery instead, intending to have Jaime abdicate his place in the Kingsguard. Jaime refuses.{{Ref|ASOS|62}} Tywin eventually agrees to betroth Tommen to Margaery.{{Ref|AFFC|3}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[File:Tomasz Jedruszek HouseTyrell Bannermen.jpg|350px|thumb|right|House Tyrell bannermen by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games]]

After the death of Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], Tommen's [[Hand of the King]], Dowager Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] takes over the regency. Cersei is mistrustful of the Tyrells, feeling they overreach themselves.{{Ref|AFFC|7}} She suspects that they are trying to seize control of the kingdom, and her suspicion grows when [[Qyburn]] finds a [[House Gardener|Gardener]] coin in the cell where [[Tyrion Lannister]] had been held before his escape.{{Ref|AFFC|7}} Qyburn tells her that the coin is 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}}

Mace refuses to leave [[King's Landing]] until Margaery and Tommen are wed.{{Ref|AFFC|8}} As such, Margaery marries King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]] in a small ceremony in the [[Red Keep]]'s royal sept, followed by a small feast.{{Ref|AFFC|12}} His daughter now wed, Mace leaves King's Landing with Lord [[Mathis Rowan]] and half of the Tyrell strength to take [[Storm's End]] from Ser [[Gilbert Farring]], while Ser [[Garlan Tyrell|Garlan]] takes the other half of the Tyrell forces back to the [[Reach]] to claim [[Brightwater Keep]].{{Ref|AFFC|12}} Lord [[Paxter Redwyne]] uses the [[Redwyne fleet]] to transport Lannister soldiers to [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]], which is held by [[Rolland Storm]].{{Ref|AFFC|16}}

[[File:CarrieBest_MT.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Margaery Tyrell by Carrie Best]]

[[Taena of Myr]] claims to the queen regent that Margaery is paying Cersei's maid [[Senelle]] to spy on Cersei for her.{{Ref|AFFC|12}} Cersei asks Margaery leave to take Taena on as her own companion, and uses Taena to feed Margaery only the information she wants her to know, with most of it being untrue. Additionally, Taena informs Cersei of everything Margaery does.{{Ref|AFFC|16}} 

Margaery begins to instruct Tommen on his kingship, telling him he should sit on the [[Iron Throne]] and attend the [[small council]] meetings,{{Ref|aFfC|36}} which earns her further hatred of Cersei, who plans to rule herself until Tommen [[age of majority|comes of age]].{{Ref|AFFC|24}} Cersei becomes convinced that Margaery is attempting to steal Tommen from her.{{Ref|AFFC|28}} Meanwhile, Margaery does much to gain favor with the residents of King's Landing by visiting local markets to buy fresh fruits, bread, and fish, ordering dresses from local seamstresses, and making great public shows of charity.{{Ref|AFFC|28}}

After the [[taking of the Shields]] by the [[ironborn]], Margaery insists that her father and his forces be allowed to return to the Reach, thereby abandoning the [[siege of Storm's End (300)|siege of Storm's End]], and is shocked when Cersei seems to lack understanding for the threat posed by the ironborn. Ser Loras asks permission to take command of the [[siege of Dragonstone]] from Lord Redwyne, so the Redwyne fleet is no longer needed at the island and can return to the Reach to face the ironborn.{{Ref|AFFC|32}} Although Loras is successful in taking Dragonstone, he is severely injured.{{Ref|AFFC|36}}

In order to get rid of Margaery, Cersei attempts to frame her for adultery and treason.{{Ref|AFFC|17}} When Margaery does not respond to the advances of Cersei's agent, Ser [[Osney Kettleblack]],{{Ref|AFFC|24}}{{Ref|AFFC|28}} Cersei has him falsely confess to the [[High Sparrow]] that he had intercourse with Margaery and her cousins, [[Elinor Tyrell|Elinor]] and [[Megga Tyrell]].{{Ref|AFFC|39}} Margaery and her cousins are subsequently arrested by the Faith and confined in the Great Sept. When Septa [[Moelle]] reports at court that Margaery's maidenhead has been broken, Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] reveals how he provided Margaery with moon tea on several occasions (as per Cersei's instructions). While she is confined by the Faith, Margaery is visited by Cersei and scolds her for framing her. A mob forms in front of the Great Sept, calling out Margaery's name.{{Ref|AFFC|43}}

When he learns about his daughter's arrest, Lord Mace abandons the siege of Storm's End and marches most of his force back to King's Landing. His bannerman, Lord [[Randyll Tarly]], leaves [[Maidenpool]] with his own army to give Margaery his aid.{{Ref|AFFC|43}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
The evidence against Margaery and her cousins is weak. As such, the [[High Sparrow]] agrees to hand them over into the custody of Lord [[Randyll Tarly]], who has arrived in [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|ADWD|54}} Lord [[Mace Tyrell]] arrives next with his force, and refuses to leave the city until Margaery's trial is over and she is declared innocent, despite the [[Golden Company]] having [[landing of the Golden Company|landed]] in the [[stormlands]].{{Ref|ADWD|54}} Margaery plans to let the Faith sit in judgement of her.{{Ref|ADWD|65}} Ser [[Kevan Lannister]], King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]]'s new regent, names Mace the [[Hand of the King]], while Mace's bannermen [[Randyll Tarly]] and [[Paxter Redwyne]] are made masters of [[justiciar]] and [[lord admiral]], respectively.{{Ref|ADWD|54}}

Kevan wonders why Mace insists on having his army present when Margaery faces her accusers, if she is as innocent as Mace would have them all believe.{{Ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}