Editing House Tyrell (section)

===''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}}