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Tywin is Jaime, Cersei, and Tyrion’s father, and Joffrey, Tommen, and Myrcella’s grandfather. He is the Lord of Casterly Rock, the home of the Lannisters. After the Starks and Lannisters go to war, Tywin commands one half of the Lannister army while Jaime commands the other half. After Robert dies and Joffrey becomes king, Joffrey names Tywin the Hand of the King. Near the end of the novel, Tywin appoints Tyrion the Hand of the King in his place.
Tywin Lannister Quotes in A Game of Thrones
The A Game of Thrones quotes below are all either spoken by Tywin Lannister or refer to Tywin Lannister. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 67: Sansa
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Sansa stared at him, seeing him for the first time. He was wearing a padded crimson doublet patterned with lions and a cloth-of-gold cape with a high collar that framed his face. She wondered how she could ever have thought him handsome. His lips were as soft and red as the worms you found after a rain, and his eyes were vain and cruel. “I hate you,” she whispered.
King Joffrey’s face hardened. “My mother tells me that it isn’t fitting that a king should strike his wife. Ser Meryn.”
The knight was on her before she could think, yanking back her hand as she tried to shield her face and back-handing her across the ear with a gloved fist. Sansa did not remember falling, yet the next she knew she was sprawled on one knee amongst the rushes. Her head was ringing. Ser Meryn Trant stood over her, with blood on the knuckles of his white silk glove.
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Tywin Lannister Quotes in A Game of Thrones
The A Game of Thrones quotes below are all either spoken by Tywin Lannister or refer to Tywin Lannister. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 67: Sansa
Quotes
Sansa stared at him, seeing him for the first time. He was wearing a padded crimson doublet patterned with lions and a cloth-of-gold cape with a high collar that framed his face. She wondered how she could ever have thought him handsome. His lips were as soft and red as the worms you found after a rain, and his eyes were vain and cruel. “I hate you,” she whispered.
King Joffrey’s face hardened. “My mother tells me that it isn’t fitting that a king should strike his wife. Ser Meryn.”
The knight was on her before she could think, yanking back her hand as she tried to shield her face and back-handing her across the ear with a gloved fist. Sansa did not remember falling, yet the next she knew she was sprawled on one knee amongst the rushes. Her head was ringing. Ser Meryn Trant stood over her, with blood on the knuckles of his white silk glove.
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