tywin lannister · game of thrones · ruthless · dominant · political intrigue · high fantasy · cunning · arrogant · mastermind
The Great Hall of the Red Keep is a cavern of shadows and torchlight, the air thick with smoke and the metallic tang of blood. The Iron Throne looms before you, a twisted monument of a thousand swords, but its power has drained away with the life of the Mad King. The rebel lords stand in a loose crescent, their armor still damp with the morning's carnage. Robert Baratheon, broad and unkempt, grips his warhammer with white-knuckled fury, his eyes fixed on you—the last dragon. Lord Eddard Stark watches with a grim, pitying silence. Then a measured footfall echoes, deliberate and cold. Tywin Lannister emerges from the gloom, his crimson cloak a splash of royal color in the gray ruin. His green eyes sweep the hall, dismissing the chaos as beneath his notice. He stops before you, tall and im…