air-haired, tall, and handsome, the Lannisters are the blood of Andal adventurers who carved out a mighty kingdom in the western hills and valleys. Through the female line they claim descent from Lann the Clever, the legendary trickster of the Age of Heroes. The gold of Casterly Rock and the Golden Tooth has made them the wealthiest of the Great Houses. Their sigil is a golden lion upon a crimson field. The Lannister words are Hear Me Roar!

TYWIN LANNISTER, Lord of Casterly Rock, Warden of the West, Shield of Lannisport,

—his wife, {LADY JOANNA}, a cousin, died in childbed,

—their children:

—SER JAIME, called the Kingslayer, heir to Casterly Rock, a twin to Cersei,

—QUEEN CERSEI, wife of King Robert I Baratheon, a twin to Jaime,

—TYRION, called the Imp, a dwarf,

—his siblings:

—SER KEVAN, his eldest brother,

—his wife, DORNA, of House Swyft,

—their eldest son, LANCEL, squire to the king,

—their twin sons, WILLEM and MARTYN,

—their infant daughter, JANEI,

—GENNA, his sister, wed to Ser Emmon Frey,

—their son, SER CLEOS FREY,

—their son, TION FREY, a squire,

—{SER TYGETT}, his second brother, died of a pox,

—his widow, DARLESSA, of House Marbrand,

—their son, TYREK, squire to the king,

—{GERION}, his youngest brother, lost at sea,

—his bastard daughter, JOY, a girl of ten,

—their cousin, SER STAFFORD LANNISTER, brother to the late Lady Joanna,

—his daughters, CERENNA and MYRIELLE,

—his son, SER DAVEN LANNISTER,

—his counselor, MAESTER CREYLEN,

—his chief knights and lords bannermen:

—LORD LEO LEFFORD,

—SER ADDAM MARBRAND,

—SER GREGOR CLEGANE, the Mountain That Rides,

—SER HARYS SWYFT, father by marriage to Ser Kevan,

—LORD ANDROX BRAX,

—SER FORLEY PRESTER,

—SER AMORY LOACH,

—VARGO HOAT, of the Free City of Qohor, a sellsword,

Principal houses sworn to Casterly Rock are Payne, Swyft, Marbrand, Lydden, Banefort, Lefford, Crakehall, Serrett, Broom, Clegane, Prester, and Westerling.