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people, with the Throne Room the setting for the death of Richard and Brandon Stark, and Joffrey during his wedding feast.
SPOILER: The current King to sit on the Iron Throne is Tommen Baratheon following the death of his older brother, Joffrey.
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JAIME LANNISTER
The bad boy of Westeros, Jaime Lannister is a handsome, long-haired blond, with a swaggering machismo and a quick tongue. He is capable of doing the most dastardly of things to get his way. So the fact that he garners, if not sympathy, a sense of empathy is a great credit to Martin’s writing and Danish actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau’s performance.
Jaime Lannister, more commonly known as the Kingslayer, is the first-born son of Tywin Lannister, arriving shortly after his twin sister Cersei. As Hand to the King, at 15 years old Jaime became the youngest person in history to become a member of the Mad King’s Kingsguard. He served King Aerys, and watched a series of horrific encounters during his time there including the death of Ned Stark’s brother and father.
When his father stormed the castle and raped and pillaged the town, Jaime discovered that the King had buried huge amounts of wildfire underneath the city and was going to use it to blow up King’s Landing. Disobeying his royal pledge, Jaime stabbed him in the back, killing him and warranting the unwanted nickname Kingslayer.
He watched his beloved sister marry Robert Baratheon, and she would have three children during their marriage.
However, the children, Joffrey, Myrcella and Tommen, are not, in fact, Robert’s but Jaime’s. The twins had been inseparable growing up, and had begun to sexually experiment together when they were younger.
During one such incident, they are discovered by a servant who quickly tells their mother. As a result, she moves them to separate sides of the castles and forbids them from ever doing it again – something that obviously didn’t work.
Jaime leaves home at 11 to be a squire, but at 15 he visits his sister. While visiting her, he is told by Cersei that their father wants him to marry Lysa Tully, so she comes up with a plan that will see Jaime become a member of the Kingsguard, believing that this will keep them closer together and avoid Jaime being married off to another woman. They end up having sex and Cersei makes sure that he becomes a member of the royal order.
Jaime soon realises that the Mad King has only chosen him for the honour to get back at his father, of whom Aerys was jealous – robbing him of the chance to make his favourite son heir to Casterly Rock.
Their mother wasn’t the only person to discover Jaime and Cersei’s incest – Bran Stark discovers the pair having sex, while he is climbing an outbuilding. The consequence for Bran is life changing: Jaime throws him out of the window and, although he survives the massive fall, he is left a cripple. This incident triggers the divide between the Lannisters and the Starks, eventually leading to Jaime’s capture by Robb Stark’s army. On top of this, while remaining under Robb’s watch, unbeknown to Jaime, his beloved sister has begun a sexual relationship with their cousin, Lancel.
After being held prisoner by the Starks for some time, Jaime is eventually released by Catelyn Stark, an unlikely hero. Acting on her own behalf for the love of her family, and against Robb’s command, she wants to make an exchange for her two daughters. Catelyn doesn’t act in haste, though, and entrusts a fearsome female warrior named Brienne to take him back to King’s Landing with her terms. During their journey home, Jaime eventually warms to Brienne, even though he finds her one of the ugliest maids he has ever set his eyes upon.
SPOILER: The journey back to King’s Landing is long, and on their way back they are captured. Their captors recognise Jaime straight away and taunt him for being the Kingslayer. As a punishment, they cut off his sword hand, leaving him with a rotting stump, and take him to
SPOILER: The current King to sit on the Iron Throne is Tommen Baratheon following the death of his older brother, Joffrey.
J
JAIME LANNISTER
The bad boy of Westeros, Jaime Lannister is a handsome, long-haired blond, with a swaggering machismo and a quick tongue. He is capable of doing the most dastardly of things to get his way. So the fact that he garners, if not sympathy, a sense of empathy is a great credit to Martin’s writing and Danish actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau’s performance.
Jaime Lannister, more commonly known as the Kingslayer, is the first-born son of Tywin Lannister, arriving shortly after his twin sister Cersei. As Hand to the King, at 15 years old Jaime became the youngest person in history to become a member of the Mad King’s Kingsguard. He served King Aerys, and watched a series of horrific encounters during his time there including the death of Ned Stark’s brother and father.
When his father stormed the castle and raped and pillaged the town, Jaime discovered that the King had buried huge amounts of wildfire underneath the city and was going to use it to blow up King’s Landing. Disobeying his royal pledge, Jaime stabbed him in the back, killing him and warranting the unwanted nickname Kingslayer.
He watched his beloved sister marry Robert Baratheon, and she would have three children during their marriage.
However, the children, Joffrey, Myrcella and Tommen, are not, in fact, Robert’s but Jaime’s. The twins had been inseparable growing up, and had begun to sexually experiment together when they were younger.
During one such incident, they are discovered by a servant who quickly tells their mother. As a result, she moves them to separate sides of the castles and forbids them from ever doing it again – something that obviously didn’t work.
Jaime leaves home at 11 to be a squire, but at 15 he visits his sister. While visiting her, he is told by Cersei that their father wants him to marry Lysa Tully, so she comes up with a plan that will see Jaime become a member of the Kingsguard, believing that this will keep them closer together and avoid Jaime being married off to another woman. They end up having sex and Cersei makes sure that he becomes a member of the royal order.
Jaime soon realises that the Mad King has only chosen him for the honour to get back at his father, of whom Aerys was jealous – robbing him of the chance to make his favourite son heir to Casterly Rock.
Their mother wasn’t the only person to discover Jaime and Cersei’s incest – Bran Stark discovers the pair having sex, while he is climbing an outbuilding. The consequence for Bran is life changing: Jaime throws him out of the window and, although he survives the massive fall, he is left a cripple. This incident triggers the divide between the Lannisters and the Starks, eventually leading to Jaime’s capture by Robb Stark’s army. On top of this, while remaining under Robb’s watch, unbeknown to Jaime, his beloved sister has begun a sexual relationship with their cousin, Lancel.
After being held prisoner by the Starks for some time, Jaime is eventually released by Catelyn Stark, an unlikely hero. Acting on her own behalf for the love of her family, and against Robb’s command, she wants to make an exchange for her two daughters. Catelyn doesn’t act in haste, though, and entrusts a fearsome female warrior named Brienne to take him back to King’s Landing with her terms. During their journey home, Jaime eventually warms to Brienne, even though he finds her one of the ugliest maids he has ever set his eyes upon.
SPOILER: The journey back to King’s Landing is long, and on their way back they are captured. Their captors recognise Jaime straight away and taunt him for being the Kingslayer. As a punishment, they cut off his sword hand, leaving him with a rotting stump, and take him to
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