What does it mean to offend the Lannisters?

In Westeros there is a song that is widely sung by everyone from the King and the Duke down to the common people, and it is called "The Rainy Season of Casterme", also known as "The Curse of Tywin".

This song tells the story of Tywin Lannister's complete erasure of the Lannisters from Westeros before he became prime minister - only a war, the same lion as the coat of arms, the same gold mining started, the same rich and powerful Western aristocratic Reyes family, from family members to servants, retinues and even soldiers, but all those who had a little relationship were killed cleanly, disappeared from the world without a trace, most fans of the drama book probably did not know that such a family existed.

"Slaughtering the city", which is almost a legendary word in Westeros, is the prerogative of the Targaryens, who rode dragons and conquered the Seven Kingdoms...... Although legally speaking, the feudal monarch had the right to punish his vassals in this way, but in the three hundred years after the unification of the Seven Kingdoms, only the Lannisters really did such an absolute thing.

The Lannisters used this battle to solidify their crumbling dominance in the West, and to establish a reputation across the continent, even Aerys Targaryen, who would later be known as the "Mad King", was so impressed by Tywin's courage that he invited him to King's Landing as Prime Minister.

As it turned out, Tywin's abilities did manage the Seven Kingdoms.

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Later, when the Farman family of Fairy City disobeyed the feudal monarchy, Duke Tywin sent only one harpist to play this song in the hall of the other castle, and the other party immediately surrendered, the Frey family played this song as the beginning of the slaughter at the "Blood Wedding", and Robb Stark's life and career ended in the tune of this song, and at the wedding of Joffrey I and Margaery Tyrell, it was also played repeatedly at the quiet behest of the old rose, and the fate of the young king is well known.

Even until the end of the war, Edmure Tully listened to this piece that James Lannister had him play, and immediately surrendered Riverrun...... This song has such terrifying magic, and what supports its magic is the strength and iron-blooded means of the Lannister family.

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In short, the Lannisters are awesome.

Is there anyone in Westeros who isn't afraid of offending the Lannisters? Of course there are, including the Commander-in-Chief of the Night's Watch...... No matter how good and rich the Lannister family is, they can't send troops to the Great Wall. The temperature of the Great Wall of Desperation can freeze the strings of the harp, not to mention that there is no rainy season in this place at all.

Even if Duke Tywin himself said this, Mormont would not have bought it, let alone Tyrion who was just a fox and a tiger, but although he was not afraid of the Lannisters, he could not afford to offend the queen's brother in order to prove that he was bold, Mormont was long past the age of competitiveness, he scratched his head and thought of a way.

"It's not that I don't want to save face, my lord. The Commander-in-Chief cautiously used the honorifics, and after much deliberation, decided to throw this burden into the hands of two men who were not afraid of Lannisters: "But Iger is a Ranger, and his transfer must in principle be approved by his immediate superiors, and besides, Maester Aemon also asked me for this person. He paused, and called the Commander-in-Chief's personal affairs officer, who was waiting in the next room: "Go, bring the chief ranger and the old bachelor!"

The Lannisters are indeed not troublesome, but is there a combination in the world that is more afraid of the Lannisters than a high-spirited Stark in the prime of life and a Targaryen who has all his relatives destroyed and is half cut into the soil himself?

Mormont was secretly proud of his wit, Tyrion was so angry that he vomited blood, and the honest and honest former Bear Island family in front of him was really not ambiguous at all.

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Castle Black was so big that two other high-ranking Night's Watch soon arrived at the Commander-in-Chief's room, and when Mormont informed Tyrion of the idea and additional requirements for funding, Bunyan Stark immediately turned his head to look at the dwarf with an unkind face.

"Lannister," the Chief Ranger said in a more unkind tone than his face, "I don't know how your chaotic Southern nobles work or what the rules are, but I must warn you that you want to dig into the wall to form your own team, don't use your brains on the North and the Night's Watch!"

"Forming a team?" has never been the only one who has made others disgraced, and no one else has made Tyrion speechless, and the gnomes hate Mormont at the moment: "You men in black who don't know anyone...... A wise man and a man of insight like Egger, if I were the king, I would let him be the prime minister to manage the Seven Kingdoms!" Anyway, he couldn't be the king, so he could naturally say it: "And you, but let him kill the strange ghosts and cut down the savages, this is the biggest abuse of talents!"

"Rest your anger, Lord Tyrion. Maester Aemon smiled slightly, and said unhurriedly, "I didn't notice the existence of such talents in the legion before, and it was a mistake of me and several other commanders...... But now that I have found out, it is natural that I will think that he can play a greater role, and in fact, I have already discussed with Bunyan that when this patrol is over, I will let Iger leave the Rangers and join me, so that I can help with some ...... What can't be done by people who can't read and don't count. ”

"What can't be done by someone who can't read or count?" Tyrion looked incredulous, "Is it for you to read the letter, or to settle accounts or count the numbers for the Night's Watch?" Maester Aemon, with all due respect, this Night's Watch can do so much more!"

"With all due respect, Lannister. Bunyan Stark said disdainfully, "What you plan to take with you is a sworn ranger, who was born a soldier of the Night's Watch and died a ghost of the Night's Watch, and no matter how much he can do, it has nothing to do with you." ”

Tyrion was speechless for a moment, he was a nobleman in the South, and it really didn't matter to him what happened to the Night's Watch, but he was no one. A flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he quickly thought of a way to deal with it: "Why does it have nothing to do with me? If the strange ghosts you have been talking about really exist, and they are about to break through the Great Wall, it will be the end of the world, although I am a dwarf, after all, I am a member of the human race, of course I hope that the Night's Watch army will be stronger-"

Stark interrupted, "Poaching your favorite smart people from Castle Black, this is your unique way of helping the Night's Watch Legion?"

"I want him to go somewhere where he can do more for the Night's Watch!Do you know why the Wallkeepers have declined like this?" Tyrion asked rhetorically, "How can you always think that you are part of an old and honorable team, proud of their isolation, refusing to make any changes, refusing to communicate with the outside world, when times have changed, and the Night's Watch still maintains the way of thinking and systems of hundreds of thousands of years ago?"

"Oh, then I'd like to ask what you think we should do to reform?" Bunyan scoffed disdainfully.

"Do you know what the Night's Watch looks like in the eyes of the Southerners?" Tyrion didn't answer directly, but changed the subject: "The bearded old man, who can't read a single word, is dirty, smelly, and rude, and walks around the dungeon to bring the young and strong criminal scum of the dungeon back to Castle Black, the Great Wall, which is clearly a hellish place to dispose of garbage in the name of protecting the kingdom." ”

"Didn't anyone teach you how to be careful when you spoke? Bunyan's eyes welled up with anger.

"Of course you and I know this is not true, but the image you show to the inhabitants and nobles south of the neck is indeed a 'wave crow' like Yolun, seeing is believing, do you blame them for being prejudiced against the night watch? I have no ill will towards Yolun, but you know better than me what he looks like, and not everyone has the time to come to the Great Wall to visit your work!"

Tyrion's train of thought became more and more fluid: "So, except for the people of the North, who know that the Night's Watch is protecting them, the other six nations have no idea what you are doing...... As a result, only the inhabitants of the Seven Kingdoms respect you, only the princes of the North support you, and only the North, at most, the valleys and riverlands near the North, will occasionally have a few young men who volunteer to join, and all of this is your own doing. If you all know that you want to bring decent people to Winterfell to meet Eddard Stark, why don't you send decent people to the South?"

Bunyan was about to take the case, but Aemon reassured him: "Lord Tyrion, what you said is not wrong at all, but there are only dozens of middle and high-level managers in the Night's Watch, and all of them have a lot of business to deal with, which is really ......"

"To solve the problem, you have to think of a way to grow the Night's Watch, instead of holding on to a useful person and not letting go, you are now drinking poisoned wine to quench your thirst and go from decline to destruction!

"Allow you to redeem Egger and strengthen the Night's Watch, then let's just disband the Night's Watch!"

"It's not a redemption, he's still a Night's Watch!" Tyrion grasped the point, "And I can guarantee that with Egger's eloquence, cleverness, and insight, he will be able to contribute to the Night's Watch Legion when he returns to King's Landing with me far more than following Bunyan out on patrol or giving Maester Aemon!"

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