Olenna Tyrell is the matriarch of the powerful House Tyrell, the largest and second wealthiest of the eight Great Houses of Westeros.
19 Facts About Olenna Tyrell
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Olenna Tyrell, known as the Queen of Thorns, is the mother of Mace Tyrell, the lord of Highgarden and the lord paramount of the Reach.
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Olenna Tyrell is described as a wizened and cunning old woman with a wicked wit and a sharp tongue, and is known for openly stating her opinion.
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Olenna Tyrell is not a point of view character in the novels, so her actions are witnessed and interpreted through the eyes of other people, such as Sansa Stark and Cersei Lannister.
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Lady Olenna Tyrell, better known as "The Queen of Thorns", is the sharp-witted grandmother of Loras and Margaery.
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Olenna Tyrell is aware of and is generally unconcerned with her grandson Loras's homosexuality.
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Olenna Tyrell implies that both closet matriarchy and tolerance of "sword-swallowers" are considered relatively normal in the Reach.
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Olenna Tyrell is notably one of the few characters that Tywin Lannister treats as an equal.
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Olenna Tyrell was played by the British actress Diana Rigg in the television adaption of the series of books.
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Olenna Tyrell's plan is foiled by Loras, who accidentally reveals it to his new lover, one of Baelish's spies.
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Lady Olenna Tyrell is at first against this because Cersei is too old and because of the scandal of her incestuous affair with her twin brother Jaime.
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Quietly admitting her actions, Olenna Tyrell advises Margaery to become acquainted with her new match, Tommen Baratheon, Joffrey's younger brother and heir, before Cersei turns him against her.
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Olenna Tyrell later confronts the High Sparrow without result and has a secret meeting with Littlefinger who, blackmailed by Olenna for his part in Joffrey's death and to atone for his role in her grandchildren's imprisonment in providing Olyvar to Cersei, gives valuable information about Lancel and Cersei's adulterous relationship.
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Olenna Tyrell takes steps to free Margaery from the High Sparrow and retake power from the Faith Militant but is thwarted when Tommen forges an alliance with the Faith and becomes the High Sparrow's new puppet.
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Margaery feigns loyalty and manages to instruct Olenna Tyrell to leave the city when the High Sparrow threatens her life.
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Daenerys acknowledges that Olenna Tyrell has joined forces with her to exact revenge for her family and not out of any loyalty to her.
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Olenna Tyrell advises Daenerys not to listen to "wise men" such as Tyrion, as that is how she has stayed alive all these years.
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Olenna Tyrell then tells her the lords of Westeros are all sheep and Daenerys is a dragon, so she should be a dragon.
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Olenna Tyrell confronts Olenna, granting her a painless death by poison, putting it in her cup of wine as she watches.