Chapter 470: Tywin Lannister (1)

Stannis Baratheon, as the second prince of the Baratheon family, rose rapidly in the brutal war of the Five Kings, but quickly died out.

However, his defeat was already doomed!

In today's words, he is: "Super high IQ, super low EQ." ”

His ultra-high IQ is reflected in his outstanding military talents, but his ultra-low EQ is reflected all the time.

If he had a higher emotional intelligence and a better personality, Robert would not have treated him like that.

If he had a higher emotional intelligence and a better personality, the nobles of the Stormlands and the army of the Baratheon family would not choose to defect to the Blue Rites.

If he had a higher emotional intelligence and a better personality, the Tyrells and Starks would have been his allies, and the Lannisters might have disappeared from Westeros long ago, and he would have become the new master of the Iron Throne.

The formation of character is a long process, and the change of character is also a long process, but as a king, you do not have that long to change your character.

Maybe it's one or two key decisions, if you can't overcome your character flaws and make the right choices, then all that awaits you is doom.

The defeat of Stannis's Blackwater River is not unjust!

Let's talk about the story so far, the absolute core family in the world of Game of Thrones - the Lannisters.

The Lannister's family coat of arms is a golden lion running across a crimson field, symbolizing royalty and nobility.

The general family coat of arms comes from a hereditary family that has been going on for centuries.

But the current Lannister family crest is carefully crafted by Tywin Lannister.

"Only our family name will be passed on, only the family will be passed on forever, not your personal achievements or glory, but the whole family."

Tywin's father, Tetos, was known for his weakness and incompetence, and was even ridiculed and used by his mistress.

An incompetent man nearly ruined our family and our family name, and the proud Tywin decided to make a name for the family, and he cared most about what the world thought of the Lannisters.

The key to Lannisters' nature is their ability to move between the perfect outward and the ugly inside.

The Lannisters embody self-will and selfishness, as well as "self-love" represented by the twin Ranls, and all non-ours are enemies.

Lannister's Language: Hear me roar.

This language also emphasizes the strength and ferocity of the Lannisters, but it is rarely used.

Behind the closed family door, the Lannisters have an unofficial motto "ALannisteralwayspayshisdebts".

In a way, this is a reminder that the Lannisters are very wealthy, that wealth gives them a voice, and that they have no one in their sights, and that the Lannisters' wealth is almost equivalent to the bank of King's Landing.

They understand that in this extreme political world, fame is everything.

They can use their wealth and reliable reputation to trade.

Literally, the Lannisters are always paying off their debts.

This means that they are trustworthy in repaying favors and money.

But there is also a negative side to this adage, and once you are bullied, the Lannisters will come for revenge, and this reputation is also valuable.

The Lannisters want people to see their royal image, and they value their possessions, their stratagems, and their vengeance.

The symbolic colors of the Lannisters are gold and crimson, indicating their desire to be royal, and gold is the color of the crown of hunger, the color of precious metals or currency.

Therefore, gold symbolizes maturity, wealth, and domination. It's a striking color, just as the Lannisters pride themselves on being superior to them.

Gold is also associated with masculine powers, such as the sun, wisdom, and edifying powers.

We think the surroundings of the golden chill are as expected from the rich and powerful Lannisters.

In fact, the Lannisters are exposed to their filthy deeds that can never be exposed to the golden sun.

The Lannisters' pretty appearance and blonde hair also echo their false appearance, which is far from their ruthless heart.

"I want you to pay for it, and one day, when you think you are safe and happy, joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and then you will know that it is time for me to pay my debts."

The typical blonde of the Lannisters is reminiscent of their wealth and greed, believing that machines are the best things in the world, and that it is very selfish to focus on collecting money.

Cersei's character embodies the Lannister narcissism, she loves only herself, her twin brother Jaime and her children, which are all extensions of the self.

Crimson denotes nobility and status, and this high-end red is mixed with purple for nobility.

In the Elizabethan era of England, only the royal family and ladies could wear clothes of this color.

The Greeks and Romans wore crimson uniforms, while the Lannisters were not really royalty, but they held the imperial power, and they all gained it through their social status and proximity to the royal family.

Tywin is the King's Prime Minister, Jaime is the King's Kingsguard, and Cersei is married to Robert and is destined for her children to become kings as well.

Although her children are not orthodox, their noble symbolic colors do not tell us who the Lannisters really are, but they do tell us what they want to be and what they want to be seen.

The crimson and gold colors reflect the Lannisters' strong desire to rule over others, and the family that puts the interests of the family first will always defeat the family that puts the interests of their children first.

The lion on the Lannister coat of arms indicates that the Lannister likes to compare themselves to the rulers of the kingdom, so that the lion does not care about the idea of sheep, and the lion of the king of the jungle symbolizes wisdom, power and dignity, and also symbolizes the royal family.

For others, the cunning Lannisters are best represented by snakes, but the Lannisters did make their fortress as mighty as lions, and no animal in the world could match them.

But there are also dragons in Westeros, and the biggest threat to the Lannisters comes from the legendary magic-capable Targaryens.

The little devil really doesn't like the Lannisters, his father and sister hate him, the little devil is rich and privileged, but he is repeatedly despised, pretending to be drunk and cynical, dwarf, crippled, and mad mother.

But after he meets the Dragon Mother, unlike the other Lanistes, he finds a greater purpose in life, and he begins to believe that what is more powerful than wealth and power is magic.

The Lannister's coat of arms also has two sides, and their outward image symbolizes noble blood, imperial power, and legitimate inheritance.

However, their inner world is disgraced by money, secrets, resentment, and illegitimate children.

Fighting for fame and fortune in the shadows, the Lannisters have no rivals, and this arrogant family tries to survive to the end for their own selfishness.

The Lannisters will never give up their struggle for power and high-profile behavior.

Throughout Game of Thrones, the vast majority of people who appear are just pawns on the board.

For example, Ned, Robb, and Snow of the Stark family, Robert, Stannis, and Lanley of the Baratheon family, as well as Frey and Bolton, etc., even if they are prominent for a while, can only be short-lived, not to mention other minions.

There are very few masters who really play games.

Littlefinger who caused chaos counts as one, Varisi with a flock of tiny birds counts as one, Queen of Thorns in the High Court counts as one, Prince Doran of Dorne counts as one, Cersei counts as one, and Jon Arryn counts as one for his murder without appearing.

But these game masters, if they meet Duke Tywin, they all have to stand behind.

Tywin Lannister: Some wins are won with swords and spears, while others are won with pen and paper and ravens.

Duke Tywin was both the most brilliant statesman of his time and the most scheming conspirator, with a sword in one hand and a raven in the other, he repeatedly toyed with the supreme power of the Seven Kingdoms to applause.

As a teenager, Tywin showed great courage and cunning, making his mark in the West, fighting and playing tricks to destroy two of the Lannisters' long-standing threats.

Before that, although the Lannister family was called the Lion of Kaiyan, they had long been bullied by the vassals in the West and couldn't hold their heads up.

Tywin's father, Duke Tetos, was repeatedly humiliated by his vassals, but he did not dare to attack, and it was the young Tywin who brought his younger brother and retainers to re-establish the hegemony of the Lannisters in the Battle of Casterme.

The Battle of Casterme took place in the year 261, before Ned Stark and Robert Baratheon were born.

In terms of age, Tywin and Nedder's father, Rickard Stark, were classmates and friends.

Since then, Westeros singers and poets have been singing "The Rainy Season in Casterme", warning those who are disrespectful to the Lannisters to beware of Tywin's thunderous tactics, as the Lannisters will pay their debts.

The Faman family in Fairy City was disrespectful to Duke Tywin, and Tywin did not send a single soldier, but only sent a harpist to Fairy City to sing "Rainy Season in Castelme", and the Faman family obediently surrendered.

At the age of 20, Tywin was invited by Elise II the Younger to serve as Hand of the King, making him one of the youngest prime ministers in Westeros' history.

The young Tywin, who was not the slightest stranger to the power struggle, showed his toughness and iron-blooded approach as soon as he arrived in King's Landing, striking at the opposition and suppressing the rebels.

Tywin also used his political wisdom to resolve the long-standing conflict between the nobility of the Seven Kingdoms and the Targaryen Dynasty, and issued a number of reform policies to recuperate and recuperate, benefiting the people.

At that time, the Targaryen dynasty was already in decline, and it was difficult to return, but with the assistance of Tywin, the politics were clear, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the king's prestige was greatly improved, and there was a faint trend of prosperity.

Historians of the Academy, Bath, the famous prime minister of the reign of King Hirsh, compared to Tywin, consider these two men to be the two best and most competent prime ministers of the Seven Kingdoms.

But before Tywin's political talents could be fully realized, he was suspicious of the Mad King. Tywin's excellence made the Mad King Elise II feel threatened, and he no longer trusted his own small hair, and began to exclude and even frame Tywin.

It was in this hostile environment that Tywin honed his ability to play intrigue and become a game of thrones hunter and ultimately invincible.

The ability to fight for power, half of it depends on talent, it generally depends on exercise, and when most of the protagonists of the drama have not yet come to this world, Duke Tywin has already stood at the top of the power food chain.

After the outbreak of the Usurper War waged by Jon, Robert, and Ned, Duke Tywin's attitude was intriguing.

He first recruited troops in the western frontier, trained a strong regular army, and then stood still, and sat back and watched the mad king's army and the rebel army fight a decisive battle in the trident, waiting for himself to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

When Robert hammered Prince Rhaegar to death, and the king's army was defeated, Duke Tywin sprang into action and took aim at Elise II, the former mad king of the -----.

Speaking of which, you can't blame Tywin for being ruthless, it was the Mad King who first harmed Tywin in the first year of junior high school, and then Tywin made fifteen.

However, before Tywin could do so, he wrote to the Mad King, saying that he had led an army from the west to King's Landing to defend the king.

This is Tywin Lannister, a cold lion, but as cunning as a fox.

The Mad King opened the gates of the city at the suggestion of the Scholar Paisir, and then the Western Army, led by the Demon Mountain and others, bloodied King's Landing and shot at the Targaryen Dynasty, which became the last straw that crushed the Mad King.

It was Ned Stark who rebelled, and it was the Tully family who responded to the uprising, but in the end, Robert ascended the Iron Throne, the Lannisters became the biggest winners, Cersei became queen, Jaime continued to be the Kingsguard, and even livestock like the Magic Mountain were brought into the house.

Fifteen years later, Robert was attacked and killed by wild boars, and the War of the Five Kings broke out, and Duke Tywin once again showed his iron will and cunning, allied with the Tyrells, instigated the Freys and the Skinners to turn against the Wolves, and cut off Stannis's back.

In the end, as the savior of the kingdom, he appeared under the army, allowing the Lannister family to earn enough political capital.

In terms of fighting, Robb can be called a generation of military gods, and Stannis can also be regarded as a military strategist, both of whom can defeat the Lannisters' army, but in terms of intrigue and intrigues, neither of the wolf and deer is Tywin's opponent.

At that time, Tywin Lannister's tall horse could swagger into the King's Council Chamber through the main entrance, approaching the Iron Throne, and no one dared to question whether it was appropriate to do so, and Joffrey and Cersei became a pair of puppets in a trembling voice.

In Tywin's mind, he is the only true lion of Kaiyan, and there is also a lioness with whom he loves----- Tywin's wife, Joanna.

After the lioness Joanna died in childbirth with Tyrion, everyone else became sheep in the mouth of the Lion Tywin, including his relatives and flesh and blood.

When he was younger, Tywin looked down on his father, and when he was older, he looked down on his children, let alone anyone other than his father and children.

A person of true strength will not be ruined by arrogance, because Tywin has this strength, and since the Mad King was killed by Jaime, no one in Westeros has been able to beat Tywin in a power struggle.