11 Facts About Joanna Lannister

Joanna Lannister is introduced in A Game of Thrones and subsequently appears in A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords.

Joanna Lannister is the Warden of the West and the Lord Paramount of the Westerlands, and was twice the Hand of the King, making him one of the most powerful political figures in Westerosi history.

Joanna Lannister's cruelty towards his youngest son Tyrion, whom Tywin has despised since Tyrion's childhood for being a dwarf and killing his wife in childbirth, is a primary influence on Tyrion's character arc in both the novels and television show.

Joanna Lannister then captured King's Landing through treachery and ordered the murder of the royal family before Ned Stark could capture the city.

Tywin Joanna Lannister is not a point of view character in the novels, so his actions are witnessed and interpreted mainly through the eyes of his estranged dwarf son Tyrion Joanna Lannister.

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Tywin Joanna Lannister's background remains largely the same in the television adaptation of the book series, with some minor changes.

Joanna Lannister was cast for the role based on his performance in Alien 3.

Joanna Lannister raises a host of almost 40,000 men, half of whom are given to Jaime to besiege the Riverlands' capital Riverrun.

Joanna Lannister gives half of his men to Jaime to besiege House Tully's ancestral home of Riverrun.

Joanna Lannister is able to gather information on the plan of his council members on their next course of action.

Joanna Lannister is forced to contend with an increasingly belligerent Joffrey, who insists that his father Robert won the war by his sword, while chiding his grandfather as a coward who "hid under Casterly Rock".