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Ser '''Loras Tyrell''' is Lord [[Mace Tyrell]]'s third son. Known as the '''Knight of Flowers''', he is a highly skilled knight and jouster. His tournament successes, dazzling good looks, and ostentatious showmanship have made him a celebrated figure in the courts of the [[Seven Kingdoms]].  
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Ser '''Loras Tyrell''' is Lord [[Mace Tyrell]]'s third son. Known as the '''Knight of Flowers''', he is a highly skilled knight and jouster. His tournament successes, dazzling good looks, and ostentatious showmanship have made him a celebrated figure in the courts of the [[Seven Kingdoms]].  
  
His personal coat of arms is three golden roses on a field of green, indicating his position as a third son. <ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Other/2/ The Citadel: Heraldry - Personal Arms]</ref>
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His personal coat of arms is three golden roses on a field of green, indicating his position as a third son.<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Other/2/ The Citadel: Heraldry - Personal Arms]</ref>
  
 
==Appearance and Personality==
 
==Appearance and Personality==
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''See also [[:Category:Images of Loras Tyrell]]''
 
[[File:MKomarck_Ser_Loras.jpg‎‎|Ser Loras Tyrell - by Michael Komarck ©|thumb|250px|left]]
 
[[File:MKomarck_Ser_Loras.jpg‎‎|Ser Loras Tyrell - by Michael Komarck ©|thumb|250px|left]]
Ser Loras is exceptionally handsome with long, flowing brown hair and golden eyes. [[Tyrion]] thinks to himself that Ser Loras is beautiful, and already a legend, and that half the girls in the [[Seven Kingdoms]] want to bed him, and all the boys want to be him. {{Ref|aSoS|12}} See also [[:Category:Images of Loras Tyrell|this collection of images]].
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Ser Loras is exceptionally handsome with long, flowing brown hair and golden eyes. [[Tyrion]] thinks to himself that Ser Loras is beautiful, and already a legend, and that half the girls in the [[Seven Kingdoms]] want to bed him, and all the boys want to be him.{{Ref|aSoS|12}}  
  
Despite his youth and slender frame, he is a capable warrior, using swords, axes, and morning-stars to deadly effect. He is beloved by the [[smallfolk]], especially the women. While courteous he is still thirsty for glory and can be short-tempered and impetuous. [[Tyrion]] finds him a prickly lad. {{Ref|aSoS|12}}
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Despite his youth and slender frame, he is a capable warrior, using swords, axes, and morning-stars to deadly effect. He is beloved by the [[smallfolk]], especially the women. While courteous he is still thirsty for glory and can be short-tempered and impetuous. [[Tyrion]] finds him a prickly lad.{{Ref|aSoS|12}}
  
[[Sansa Stark]] also thinks Loras is beautiful, and that he is lithe and graceful with wonderful eyes.  She thinks he looks even finer in the white of the [[Kingsguard]] than in the greens and golds of [[House Tyrell]]. The only spot of colour on him now is a brooch that clasps his cloak, the rose of [[Highgarden]] wrought in soft yellow gold, nestled in a bed of delicate green jade leaves. The grip of his sword is white leather and its pommel is a rose in alabaster. {{Ref|aSoS|6}}
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[[Sansa Stark]] also thinks Loras is beautiful, and that he is lithe and graceful with wonderful eyes.  She thinks he looks even finer in the white of the [[Kingsguard]] than in the greens and golds of [[House Tyrell]]. The only spot of colour on him now is a brooch that clasps his cloak, the rose of [[Highgarden]] wrought in soft yellow gold, nestled in a bed of delicate green jade leaves. The grip of his sword is white leather and its pommel is a rose in alabaster.{{Ref|aSoS|6}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
 
As a youth, he was fostered at [[Storm's End]] and served as a page and squire to Lord [[Renly Baratheon]]. This was likely the start of their clandestine love affair. Although not widely known, their forbidden relationship is known to various others at court.<ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 24|Chapter 24]], Cersei</ref>
 
As a youth, he was fostered at [[Storm's End]] and served as a page and squire to Lord [[Renly Baratheon]]. This was likely the start of their clandestine love affair. Although not widely known, their forbidden relationship is known to various others at court.<ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 24|Chapter 24]], Cersei</ref>
  
During her wedding celebrations Ser [[Garlan Tyrell]] asks [[Sansa]] to dance. He draws her close and tells her that he has seen the way she looks at Loras; that Loras is handsome and valiant, and that they all love him dearly but [[Tyrion]] will make her a better husband. This suggests that he and perhaps the rest of the family are well aware of Loras’s sexual preference, and may have been for quite some time.
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During her wedding celebrations Ser [[Garlan Tyrell]] asks [[Sansa]] to dance. He draws her close and tells her that he has seen the way she looks at Loras; that Loras is handsome and valiant, and that they all love him dearly but [[Tyrion]] will make her a better husband. This suggests that he and perhaps the rest of the family are well aware of Loras’s sexual preference, and may have been for quite some time.
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
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[[File:Knight of Flowers.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Loras at the Tourney of the Hand]]
 
[[File:Knight of Flowers.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Loras at the Tourney of the Hand]]
 
[[File: Sir_Heartsalot_RenlyLoras.jpg‎ ‎|Renly and Loras - Sir-Heartsalot ©|thumb|250px|right]]
 
[[File: Sir_Heartsalot_RenlyLoras.jpg‎ ‎|Renly and Loras - Sir-Heartsalot ©|thumb|250px|right]]
Loras Tyrell attends the [[Tourney of the Hand]] wearing armor wrought with jeweled flowers and a cape of woven roses. Amongst his victories are Ser [[Robar Royce]] and three members of the [[Kingsguard]]. With each victory, he hands a white rose to a pretty girl in the crowd. He then hands a red rose to [[Sansa Stark]], the [[Eddard Stark|Hand]]'s daughter, who is overwhelmed by his gallantry and is thereafter infatuated with him.   
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Loras Tyrell attends the [[Tourney of the Hand]] wearing armor wrought with jeweled flowers and a cape of woven roses. Amongst his victories are Ser [[Robar Royce]] and three members of the [[Kingsguard]]. With each victory, he hands a white rose to a pretty girl in the crowd. He then hands a red rose to [[Sansa Stark]], the [[Eddard Stark|Hand]]'s daughter, who is overwhelmed by his gallantry and is thereafter infatuated with him.   
  
Although reputed to be very gallant, he rides a mare in heat against Ser [[Gregor Clegane]], noted as an underhanded tactic by some. This inflames the huge knight's stallion, which bucks him, prompting Gregor to attack Loras. After [[Sandor Clegane]] comes to his rescue, Loras forfeits the final round to him.{{Ref|aGoT|29}}
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Although reputed to be very gallant, he rides a mare in heat against Ser [[Gregor Clegane]], noted as an underhanded tactic by some. This inflames the huge knight's stallion, which bucks him, prompting Gregor to attack Loras. After [[Sandor Clegane]] comes to his rescue, Loras forfeits the final round to him.{{Ref|aGoT|29}}
  
 
Renly and Loras secretly plotted to have King Robert spurn [[Cersei Lannister|Queen Cersei]] in favor of Loras' sister [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]]. Renly approached Lord Stark with a painting of the girl in hopes that she resembled Eddard's late sister [[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]], but this was not the case.
 
Renly and Loras secretly plotted to have King Robert spurn [[Cersei Lannister|Queen Cersei]] in favor of Loras' sister [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]]. Renly approached Lord Stark with a painting of the girl in hopes that she resembled Eddard's late sister [[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]], but this was not the case.
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===A Storm of Swords===
 
===A Storm of Swords===
Loras joins the [[Kingsguard]] at his father's behest (though [[Petyr Baelish|Littlefinger]] orchestrates this {{Ref|aSoS|68}}), to protect his sister Margaery when she becomes the Queen. The appointment also allows Loras to avoid marriage, a prospect complicated by his ambiguous sexuality, and his continued mourning for Renly. He quickly becomes very popular with the citizens of [[King's Landing]]. Out of curiosity [[Tyrion]] asks him why he chose to join the [[Kingsguard]] at only seventeen, Ser Loras answers,  
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Loras joins the [[Kingsguard]] at his father's behest (though [[Petyr Baelish|Littlefinger]] orchestrates this {{Ref|aSoS|68}}), to protect his sister Margaery when she becomes the Queen. The appointment also allows Loras to avoid marriage, a prospect complicated by his ambiguous sexuality, and his continued mourning for Renly. He quickly becomes very popular with the citizens of [[King's Landing]]. Out of curiosity [[Tyrion]] asks him why he chose to join the [[Kingsguard]] at only seventeen, Ser Loras answers,  
{{Quote|When the [[Renly Baratheon|sun has set]], no candle can replace it. {{Ref|aSoS|12}}}}
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{{Quote|When the [[Renly Baratheon|sun has set]], no candle can replace it.{{Ref|aSoS|12}}}}
When Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], absentee Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, returns to [[King's Landing]], Loras recognizes [[Brienne of Tarth|Brienne]] among his companions and confronts her immediately about Renly's death. At his request, Jaime has Brienne arrested. {{Ref|aSoS|62}}  
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When Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], absentee Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, returns to [[King's Landing]], Loras recognizes [[Brienne of Tarth|Brienne]] among his companions and confronts her immediately about Renly's death. At his request, Jaime has Brienne arrested.{{Ref|aSoS|62}}  
  
During the [[Kingsguard]] meeting in the white tower Ser Loras places the blame for [[Joffrey]]’s poisoning at [[Sansa Stark]]’s feet. He tells Ser [[Jaime]] that his sister was drinking for the same chalice as Joffrey and that Sansa was the only person in the hall who had reason to want Margaery dead, as well as the king. By poisoning the wedding cup, she would hope to kill both of them. He asks [[Jaime]] why else did she run afterwards, unless she was guilty. {{Ref|aSoS|67}}
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During the [[Kingsguard]] meeting in the white tower Ser Loras places the blame for [[Joffrey]]’s poisoning at [[Sansa Stark]]’s feet. He tells Ser [[Jaime]] that his sister was drinking for the same chalice as Joffrey and that Sansa was the only person in the hall who had reason to want Margaery dead, as well as the king. By poisoning the wedding cup, she would hope to kill both of them. He asks [[Jaime]] why else did she run afterwards, unless she was guilty.{{Ref|aSoS|67}}
  
After the other [[Kingsguard]] members  take their leave [[Jaime]] is left alone with the Knight of Flowers. Jaime observes Loras. He sees that Loras is as slim as a sword, lithe and fit. He wears a snowy linen tunic and white wool breaches, with a gold belt around his waist and a gold rose clasping his fine silk coat. His hair is a soft brown tumble, and his eyes are brown as well, and bright with insolence. Jaime thinks to himself,  
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After the other [[Kingsguard]] members  take their leave [[Jaime]] is left alone with the Knight of Flowers. Jaime observes Loras. He sees that Loras is as slim as a sword, lithe and fit. He wears a snowy linen tunic and white wool breaches, with a gold belt around his waist and a gold rose clasping his fine silk coat. His hair is a soft brown tumble, and his eyes are brown as well, and bright with insolence. Jaime thinks to himself,  
{{Quote|He thinks this is a tourney, and his tilt has just been called. {{Ref|aSoS|67}}}}
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{{Quote|He thinks this is a tourney, and his tilt has just been called.{{Ref|aSoS|67}}}}
He questions Loras, and finds the Knight of Flowers as arrogant as he himself was in his youth. Jaime asks Loras about the supposed ghost of [[Renly Baratheon]] that fought at the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] at the van of his father's forces, obtaining an admission that it is his brother inside the armor. The arrogance goes out of Loras the moment he begins to speak of Renly. Jaime ponders to himself,  
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He questions Loras, and finds the Knight of Flowers as arrogant as he himself was in his youth. Jaime asks Loras about the supposed ghost of [[Renly Baratheon]] that fought at the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] at the van of his father's forces, obtaining an admission that it is his brother inside the armor. The arrogance goes out of Loras the moment he begins to speak of Renly. Jaime ponders to himself,  
{{Quote|He answered truly. He is proud and reckless and full of piss, but he is not false. Not yet. {{Ref|aSoS|67}}}}
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{{Quote|He answered truly. He is proud and reckless and full of piss, but he is not false. Not yet.{{Ref|aSoS|67}}}}
Jaime then confronts Loras about Brienne, and discusses the circumstances of Renly’s death. He commands him to go to her cell, ask his questions and hear her answers. Jaime commands him to judge Brienne fairly, on his honour as a [[knight]], Ser Loras agrees. {{Ref|aSoS|67}}
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Jaime then confronts Loras about Brienne, and discusses the circumstances of Renly’s death. He commands him to go to her cell, ask his questions and hear her answers. Jaime commands him to judge Brienne fairly, on his honour as a [[knight]], Ser Loras agrees.{{Ref|aSoS|67}}
  
 
Loras maintains a close relationship with his sister, who suggests that he train the young King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]] in the ways of an armed knight. Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] flatly refuses, using veiled innuendo regarding his manhood as a reason.
 
Loras maintains a close relationship with his sister, who suggests that he train the young King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]] in the ways of an armed knight. Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] flatly refuses, using veiled innuendo regarding his manhood as a reason.
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===A Feast for Crows===
 
===A Feast for Crows===
Ser Loras stands vigil with Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] over the corpse of Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]. Jaime thinks privately that the Knight of Flowers is still half a boy, arrogant and vain, but he has it in him to be great, to perform deeds worthy of the [[White Book]]. {{Ref|aFfC|8}} He tells [[Cersei]] that Loras would not have been his choice but Loras will do well enough, once a man puts on the white cloak of the [[Kingsguard]], it changes him.  
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Ser Loras stands vigil with Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] over the corpse of Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]. Jaime thinks privately that the Knight of Flowers is still half a boy, arrogant and vain, but he has it in him to be great, to perform deeds worthy of the [[White Book]].{{Ref|aFfC|8}} He tells [[Cersei]] that Loras would not have been his choice but Loras will do well enough, once a man puts on the white cloak of the [[Kingsguard]], it changes him.  
  
After departing his father’s funeral procession [[Jaime]] trots through the castle gates and sees a dozen [[knight]]s riding at a quintain in the outer yard. He stops to watch for a while he notes that Ser Loras rides superbly, and handles a lance as if he were born holding one. He observes that Loras puts the point just where he means to put it, and seems to have the balance of a cat. Jaime admits to himself that perhaps it was not such a fluke when Loras unhorsed him at the Hand’s tourney.  
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After departing his father’s funeral procession [[Jaime]] trots through the castle gates and sees a dozen [[knight]]s riding at a quintain in the outer yard. He stops to watch for a while he notes that Ser Loras rides superbly, and handles a lance as if he were born holding one. He observes that Loras puts the point just where he means to put it, and seems to have the balance of a cat. Jaime admits to himself that perhaps it was not such a fluke when Loras unhorsed him at the Hand’s tourney.
  
After the invasion of the [[Reach]] via the [[Shield Islands]] by the [[Iron Islands|ironmen]], Cersei uses Loras's recklessness to manipulate him into attempting to quickly end the [[Siege of Dragonstone]], hoping that he will endanger himself in the process to free up [[Paxter Redwyne]]'s fleet to defend the Reach. Loras departs the city amid throngs of admiring onlookers, mostly women. His reported victory was said to be needlessly bloodthirsty and true to Cersei's hopes, it was reported that he was horribly injured by boiling oil in the battle. His status is so far unconfirmed.
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After the invasion of the [[Reach]] via the [[Shield Islands]] by the [[Iron Islands|ironmen]], Cersei uses Loras's recklessness to manipulate him into attempting to quickly end the [[Siege of Dragonstone]], hoping that he will endanger himself in the process to free up [[Paxter Redwyne]]'s fleet to defend the Reach. Loras departs the city amid throngs of admiring onlookers, mostly women. His reported victory was said to be needlessly bloodthirsty and true to Cersei's hopes, it was reported that he was horribly injured by boiling oil in the battle. His status is so far unconfirmed.
  
 
===A Dance with Dragons===
 
===A Dance with Dragons===
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==Quotes about Loras==
 
==Quotes about Loras==
{{Quote|Have you seen [[Mace Tyrell]]’s boy? The Knight of Flowers, they call him. Now there’s a son any man would be proud to own to. Last tourney, he dumped [[Jaime Lannister|the Kingslayer]] on his golden rump, you ought to have seen the look on Cersei’s face. I laughed till my sides hurt. {{Ref|agot|30}}}}
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{{Quote|Have you seen [[Mace Tyrell]]’s boy? The Knight of Flowers, they call him. Now there’s a son any man would be proud to own to. Last tourney, he dumped [[Jaime Lannister|the Kingslayer]] on his golden rump, you ought to have seen the look on Cersei’s face. I laughed till my sides hurt.{{Ref|agot|30}}}}
 
- [[Robert Baratheon]]
 
- [[Robert Baratheon]]
  
  
{{Quote|Ser Loras is so [[House Tyrell|Tyrell]] he pisses rosewater. He should never have been given a [[Kingsguard|white cloak]]. {{Ref|affc|24}}}}
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{{Quote|Ser Loras is so [[House Tyrell|Tyrell]] he pisses rosewater. He should never have been given a [[Kingsguard|white cloak]].{{Ref|affc|24}}}}
 
- [[Cersei Lannister]]
 
- [[Cersei Lannister]]
  
  
{{Quote|Under all his flowers and finery, Ser Loras is as hot tempered as Jaime Lannister. Toss [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]] and Loras into a pot, and you've got the makings for Kingslayer stew. {{Ref|aSoS|68}}}} - [[Petyr Baelish]]
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{{Quote|Under all his flowers and finery, Ser Loras is as hot tempered as Jaime Lannister. Toss [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]] and Loras into a pot, and you've got the makings for Kingslayer stew.{{Ref|aSoS|68}}}} - [[Petyr Baelish]]
  
 
==Family==
 
==Family==

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Aliases
  • The Knight of Flowers
  • Ser Daisy
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Born 282 AC
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Ser Loras Tyrell is Lord Mace Tyrell's third son. Known as the Knight of Flowers, he is a highly skilled knight and jouster. His tournament successes, dazzling good looks, and ostentatious showmanship have made him a celebrated figure in the courts of the Seven Kingdoms.

His personal coat of arms is three golden roses on a field of green, indicating his position as a third son.[1]

Appearance and Personality

See also Category:Images of Loras Tyrell

Ser Loras Tyrell - by Michael Komarck ©

Ser Loras is exceptionally handsome with long, flowing brown hair and golden eyes. Tyrion thinks to himself that Ser Loras is beautiful, and already a legend, and that half the girls in the Seven Kingdoms want to bed him, and all the boys want to be him.[2]

Despite his youth and slender frame, he is a capable warrior, using swords, axes, and morning-stars to deadly effect. He is beloved by the smallfolk, especially the women. While courteous he is still thirsty for glory and can be short-tempered and impetuous. Tyrion finds him a prickly lad.[2]

Sansa Stark also thinks Loras is beautiful, and that he is lithe and graceful with wonderful eyes. She thinks he looks even finer in the white of the Kingsguard than in the greens and golds of House Tyrell. The only spot of colour on him now is a brooch that clasps his cloak, the rose of Highgarden wrought in soft yellow gold, nestled in a bed of delicate green jade leaves. The grip of his sword is white leather and its pommel is a rose in alabaster.[3]

History

As a youth, he was fostered at Storm's End and served as a page and squire to Lord Renly Baratheon. This was likely the start of their clandestine love affair. Although not widely known, their forbidden relationship is known to various others at court.[4]

During her wedding celebrations Ser Garlan Tyrell asks Sansa to dance. He draws her close and tells her that he has seen the way she looks at Loras; that Loras is handsome and valiant, and that they all love him dearly but Tyrion will make her a better husband. This suggests that he and perhaps the rest of the family are well aware of Loras’s sexual preference, and may have been for quite some time.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Loras at the Tourney of the Hand
Renly and Loras - Sir-Heartsalot ©

Loras Tyrell attends the Tourney of the Hand wearing armor wrought with jeweled flowers and a cape of woven roses. Amongst his victories are Ser Robar Royce and three members of the Kingsguard. With each victory, he hands a white rose to a pretty girl in the crowd. He then hands a red rose to Sansa Stark, the Hand's daughter, who is overwhelmed by his gallantry and is thereafter infatuated with him.

Although reputed to be very gallant, he rides a mare in heat against Ser Gregor Clegane, noted as an underhanded tactic by some. This inflames the huge knight's stallion, which bucks him, prompting Gregor to attack Loras. After Sandor Clegane comes to his rescue, Loras forfeits the final round to him.[5]

Renly and Loras secretly plotted to have King Robert spurn Queen Cersei in favor of Loras' sister Margaery. Renly approached Lord Stark with a painting of the girl in hopes that she resembled Eddard's late sister Lyanna, but this was not the case.

When Eddard Stark, sitting the Iron Throne in King Robert's stead, sends a party led by Beric Dondarrion to kill Gregor Clegane, Loras is disappointed for not having been chosen instead of Beric.[6]

Loras is mentioned by Littlefinger as a possibly ally for Lord Stark against Cersei in the succession crisis after Robert's death, but Ned decides it is the City Watch he must have. When Renly flees King's Landing after Lord Stark spurns his request for aid in seizing power, Ser Loras rides south out of the city with him, along with fifty retainers. Varys suspects they ride for either Storm's End or Highgarden.

A Clash of Kings

When Renly makes his claim for the Iron Throne, Loras and the rest of House Tyrell back his claim and cement their support by marrying Loras's sister Margaery to Renly and making Lord Mace his Hand. His army gathers at Highgarden, and Renly makes Loras the head of his Rainbow Guard, a fancifully ostentatious version of the traditional Kingsguard. The two remain inseparable even after Renly's wedding. During his march, Renly holds a great melee at Bitterbridge of 116 knights; Loras is one of the final two combatants, losing to Brienne of Tarth, who is given the last place in his Rainbow Guard.

After his failed parley with his brother Stannis, Renly appoints Loras to lead the vanguard in the coming battle, choosing him over Randyll Tarly, Guyard Morrigen, and many other candidates. After Renly's assassination, Loras goes berserk, killing the two Rainbow Guards in charge of protecting him that morning. He believes that Brienne of Tarth perpetrated the assassination along with Catelyn Stark; he is unable to apprehend them.

He returns to Bitterbridge with his family to plot the course of the Reach; there the Tyrells capture the two knights Stannis sends to recruit Renly's infantry. When the Tyrells join the Lannister cause against Stannis, Loras fights beside his brother Ser Garlan the Gallant, who wears Renly's armor and impersonates the fallen king at the Battle of the Blackwater (Renly having been too large for the armor to fit Loras). Afterwards, Loras is granted a place in Joffrey I's Kingsguard.

A Storm of Swords

Loras joins the Kingsguard at his father's behest (though Littlefinger orchestrates this [7]), to protect his sister Margaery when she becomes the Queen. The appointment also allows Loras to avoid marriage, a prospect complicated by his ambiguous sexuality, and his continued mourning for Renly. He quickly becomes very popular with the citizens of King's Landing. Out of curiosity Tyrion asks him why he chose to join the Kingsguard at only seventeen, Ser Loras answers,

When the sun has set, no candle can replace it.[2]

When Ser Jaime Lannister, absentee Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, returns to King's Landing, Loras recognizes Brienne among his companions and confronts her immediately about Renly's death. At his request, Jaime has Brienne arrested.[8]

During the Kingsguard meeting in the white tower Ser Loras places the blame for Joffrey’s poisoning at Sansa Stark’s feet. He tells Ser Jaime that his sister was drinking for the same chalice as Joffrey and that Sansa was the only person in the hall who had reason to want Margaery dead, as well as the king. By poisoning the wedding cup, she would hope to kill both of them. He asks Jaime why else did she run afterwards, unless she was guilty.[9]

After the other Kingsguard members take their leave Jaime is left alone with the Knight of Flowers. Jaime observes Loras. He sees that Loras is as slim as a sword, lithe and fit. He wears a snowy linen tunic and white wool breaches, with a gold belt around his waist and a gold rose clasping his fine silk coat. His hair is a soft brown tumble, and his eyes are brown as well, and bright with insolence. Jaime thinks to himself,

He thinks this is a tourney, and his tilt has just been called.[9]

He questions Loras, and finds the Knight of Flowers as arrogant as he himself was in his youth. Jaime asks Loras about the supposed ghost of Renly Baratheon that fought at the Battle of the Blackwater at the van of his father's forces, obtaining an admission that it is his brother inside the armor. The arrogance goes out of Loras the moment he begins to speak of Renly. Jaime ponders to himself,

He answered truly. He is proud and reckless and full of piss, but he is not false. Not yet.[9]

Jaime then confronts Loras about Brienne, and discusses the circumstances of Renly’s death. He commands him to go to her cell, ask his questions and hear her answers. Jaime commands him to judge Brienne fairly, on his honour as a knight, Ser Loras agrees.[9]

Loras maintains a close relationship with his sister, who suggests that he train the young King Tommen in the ways of an armed knight. Queen Cersei flatly refuses, using veiled innuendo regarding his manhood as a reason.

He finally confronts Brienne and is convinced of her innocence in the death of Renly.[10]

A Feast for Crows

Ser Loras stands vigil with Ser Jaime Lannister over the corpse of Lord Tywin Lannister. Jaime thinks privately that the Knight of Flowers is still half a boy, arrogant and vain, but he has it in him to be great, to perform deeds worthy of the White Book.[11] He tells Cersei that Loras would not have been his choice but Loras will do well enough, once a man puts on the white cloak of the Kingsguard, it changes him.

After departing his father’s funeral procession Jaime trots through the castle gates and sees a dozen knights riding at a quintain in the outer yard. He stops to watch for a while he notes that Ser Loras rides superbly, and handles a lance as if he were born holding one. He observes that Loras puts the point just where he means to put it, and seems to have the balance of a cat. Jaime admits to himself that perhaps it was not such a fluke when Loras unhorsed him at the Hand’s tourney.

After the invasion of the Reach via the Shield Islands by the ironmen, Cersei uses Loras's recklessness to manipulate him into attempting to quickly end the Siege of Dragonstone, hoping that he will endanger himself in the process to free up Paxter Redwyne's fleet to defend the Reach. Loras departs the city amid throngs of admiring onlookers, mostly women. His reported victory was said to be needlessly bloodthirsty and true to Cersei's hopes, it was reported that he was horribly injured by boiling oil in the battle. His status is so far unconfirmed.

A Dance with Dragons

Loras is on Dragonstone, reportedly gravely injured. He searched Dragonstone and did not find any gold, gems, or a hoard of dragon eggs.[citation needed]

Quotes about Loras

Have you seen Mace Tyrell’s boy? The Knight of Flowers, they call him. Now there’s a son any man would be proud to own to. Last tourney, he dumped the Kingslayer on his golden rump, you ought to have seen the look on Cersei’s face. I laughed till my sides hurt.[12]

- Robert Baratheon


Ser Loras is so Tyrell he pisses rosewater. He should never have been given a white cloak.[13]

- Cersei Lannister


Under all his flowers and finery, Ser Loras is as hot tempered as Jaime Lannister. Toss Joffrey, Margaery and Loras into a pot, and you've got the makings for Kingslayer stew.[7]

- Petyr Baelish

Family

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