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Revision as of 11:39, 26 December 2004 by Nateji77 (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Tyrion Lannister aka "The Imp" is a fictional character in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. Parts of the first three books (at least) are told from his point of view.
Tyrion is the third and last child of Lord Tywin Lannister. His mother, Joanna, died during his birth. A dwarf with mis-matched eyes, his father has denied him his inheritance of Casterly Rock.
At the beginning of A Game of Thrones, Tyrion travels with Robert Baratheon's retinue to Winterfell, but rather than returning with them to King's Landing, he travels to the Wall with Jon Snow; he meets Catelyn Stark on the King's Road coming back from a meant-to-be clandestine meeting with her husband, and is arrested by her and brought to the Eyrie to stand trial for the murder of Jon Arryn and the attempted murder of Bran Stark, neither of which he has committed. Tyrion has a sellsword named Bronn champion him in a trial-by-combat, which he wins. Passing through the Mountains of the Moon, he enters into an alliance with mountain clansmen, who accompany him to King's Landing.
Following the deaths of Robert Baratheon and Eddard Stark, Tyrion is made King Joffrey's Hand, and arranges for the wildfire and chain that decimates Stannis Baratheon's fleet during his attack on King's Landing. Tyrion himself led a sortie on horseback, but was betrayed by Ser Mandon Moore, a member of the Kingsguard who attacked Tyrion, presumably on Cersei's orders. While Tyrion's squire, Podrick Payne, saved his life, Tyrion lost most of his nose and awoke on his sickbed to learn that his father had replaced him as Hand.
Tyrion is wed, almost against his will, to Sansa Stark, to prevent the Tyrells from marrying her (and hence Winterfell) to Willas Tyrell. The marriage is never consummated, and Sansa flees following Joffrey's murder, for which Tyrion is arrested.
Oberyn Martell champions Tyrion in trial-by-combat, but loses, killed by Gregor Clegane. Tyrion is freed from his prison cell by his brother Jaime and Varys, escaping King's Landing after murdering his father and his mistress Shae, whom he discovers in his father's bed.
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