House Lannister
Golden Lineage
Chronology of the Westerlands
Expanded Casterly Rock line from Gerold and Tytos through Tywin, Kevan, and the disputed Baratheon heirs.
House History
House History
The Lannister kings of the Rock married Andal nobility, strengthening their hold over the westerlands while folding wealth, piety, and dynastic image into one political machine.
Tywin Lannister restored the house after Tytos's weak rule and turned House Lannister into the realm's coldest instrument of gold-backed power.
Chronology
Age of Heroes
Lann the Clever
The house claims descent from the trickster who seized Casterly Rock through wit and inherited myth.
Andal Invasion
Western Consolidation
Marriages with Andal nobility stabilize the Rock and spread Lannister influence through the westerlands.
260 AC
Tywin's Restoration
The Reynes and Tarbecks fall, and the Lannister name returns to fear, wealth, and discipline.
298 AC
Royal Succession Crisis
The crown passes through Cersei's children, while the line fractures around legitimacy and war.
Lineage
Major Members
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Tywin Lannister
Lord of Casterly Rock
Cersei Lannister
Queen Regent
Jaime Lannister
Kingslayer
Tyrion Lannister
Hand and Exile
House Lannister
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