These meetings aren't always going to be this early, are they? I was up late last night. So, does this mean I am a master of something now? Coins, ships?
MTMace Tyrell
Lord Tywin and I already determined that I shall be the Master of Ships long before you...
[Tywin enters and everybody but Oberyn stands up]
MTMace Tyrell
Lord Tywin, it's a great honor to have been granted a seat on this council. I...
Tywin LannisterThe trial begins this afternoon. We only have the morning for affairs of state. Shall we begin?
Sandor Clegane has been spotted in the Riverlands, my lord.
My birds tell me the Hound slaughtered five of our soldiers. I believe the phrase "Fuck the King" was uttered.
Tywin Lannister
What would it take to make the common soldier stupid enough to try his luck with the Hound?
10 Silver stags seems a generous bounty.
Tywin Lannister
Make it 100. What else?
More whispers from the east, my lord.
Tywin Lannister
The Targaryen girl?
Daenerys has taken up residence in Meereen. She has conquered the city and rules as its queen.
She commands an army of Unsullied, my queen. Some 8,000 strong. She has a company of sellswords, the Second Sons. She has two knights advising her. Jorah Mormont and Barristan Selmy. And she has three dragons.
Larger every year, Your Grace.
Mormont is spying on her for us.
No longer. He appears to be fully devoted to her. As for Ser Barristan, it would seem he took his dismissal from the Kingsguard a bit harder than anticipated.
He's an old man. He wasn't fit to protect my son.
Tywin Lannister
Joffrey didn't die on his watch. Dismissing him was as insulting as it was stupid.
Don't tell me you're worried about a child, halfway across the world.
A child with two seasoned warriors counseling her... and a powerful army at her back, Your Grace.
Lord Varys is right. I have been to Essos and seen the Unsullied firsthand. They are very impressive on the battlefield. Less so in the bedroom.
Tywin Lannister
Dragons haven't won a war in 300 years. Armies win them all the time. She must be dealt with.
Tywin Lannister
Eventually, if it comes to that. Can your little birds find their way into Mereen?
Most certainly, my Lord Hand.
You'd condemn your own son to death?
Tywin Lannister
I've condemned no one. The trial is not over.
This isn't a trial, it's a farce! Cersei has manipulated everything and you know it!
Tywin Lannister
I know nothing of the sort.
You've always hated Tyrion!
Tywin Lannister
He killed his king-
As did I! Do you know the last order the Mad King gave me? To bring him your head! [Tywin looks surprised] I saved your life so you could murder my brother?
Tywin Lannister
It won't be murder, it will be justice.
Tywin Lannister
I'm performing my sworn duty as Hand of the King. If Tyrion is found guilty, he will be punished accordingly.
Tywin Lannister
No, he'll be punished accordingly!
Once, you said family is what lives on. All that lives on. You told me about a dynasty that would last 1000 years. What happens to your dynasty when Tyrion dies? I'm a Kingsguard, forbidden by oath to carry on the family line.
Tywin Lannister
I'm well aware of your oath.
What happens to your name? Who carries the lion banner into future battles? Your nephews? Lancel Lannister? Others whose names I don't even remember?
Tywin Lannister
What happens to my dynasty if I spare the life of my grandson's killer?
It survives...through me. [Tywin looks shocked] I'll leave the Kingsguard, I'll take my place as your son and heir if you let Tyrion live.
Tywin Lannister
Done. [Jaime is stunned] When the testimony is concluded and the guilty verdict rendered, Tyrion will be given the chance to speak. He'll plead for mercy, I'll allow him to join the Night's Watch. In three days times, he'll depart for Castle Black and live out his days at the Wall. You'll remove your white cloak immediately. You will leave King's Landing to assume your rightful place at Casterly Rock. You will marry a suitable woman, and father children named "Lannister". And you'll never turn your back on your family again.
Tywin Lannister
And you have mine.
[after Shae testifies against him] Father... I wish to confess. I wish to confess.
Tywin Lannister
You wish to confess?
[to the audience of the trial] I saved you. I saved this city, and all your worthless lives! I should have let Stannis kill you all!
Tywin Lannister
Tyrion! Do you wish to confess?
Yes... Father. I'm guilty. Guilty! Is that what you want to hear?
Tywin Lannister
You admit you've poisoned the King?
No. Of that, I'm innocent. I'm guilty of a far more monstrous crime. I'm guilty of being a dwarf!
Tywin Lannister
[exasperated] You are not on trial for being a dwarf.
Oh, yes I am! I've been on trial for that my entire life!
Tywin Lannister
Have you nothing to say on your defense?
Nothing but this: I did not do it. [addressing Cersei] I did NOT kill Joffrey, BUT I WISH THAT I HAD! Watching your vicious bastard die gave me more relief than a thousand lying whores! [Tyrion glares at Cersei and Shae, then turns to the crowd] I wish I was the monster you think I am! I wish I had enough poison for the whole pack of you! I would gladly give my life to WATCH YOU ALL SWALLOW IT!
[The entire crowd roars with outrage]
Tywin Lannister
Ser Meryn! Ser Meryn, escort the prisoner back to his cell!
I will NOT give my life for Joffrey's murder, and I know I'll get no justice here, so I will let the gods decide my fate! I demand a trial by combat.
[after performing some warm-up acrobatics with his spear, drawing cheers from the crowd] Have they told you who I am?
GCGregor Clegane
Some dead man. [He swings his greatsword, Oberyn easily dodges]
I am the brother of Elia Martell. Do you know why I have come all the way to this stinking shit-pile of a city? [grins] For you. I am going to hear you confess before you die. You raped my sister. You murdered her. You killed her children. Say it now and we can make this quick. [Clegane lunges at him again, roaring; the Viper fends off his strike with his spearblade, then knocks off Clegane's helmet and moves around him in a circle] Say it. [He dodges the Mountain's swings repeatedly as he speaks, still grinning] You raped her. You murdered her. You killed her children. [Oberyn continues to circle and dodge around Clegane's furious attacks] You raped her! You murdered her! You killed her children! [Oberyn makes a series of attacks. Clegane's charges are becoming slower and clumsier, Oberyn's voice is rising with rage] YOU RAPED HER! YOU MURDERED HER! [Oberyn slashes the Mountain's right hamstring with the spearblade, bringing him to his knees] YOU KILLED HER CHILDREN! [he leaps and stabs Ser Gregor through the chestplate, knocking him onto his back.] Wait. Are you dying? No, no, no, you can't die yet, you haven't confessed! [wrenches his spear free, stalks around his prone opponent] Say it. Say her name. Elia Martell. You raped her. You killed her children. Elia Martell. [pointing at Tywin] Who gave you the order? WHO GAVE YOU THE ORDER?! SAY HER NAME! YOU RAPED HER! YOU MURDERED HER! YOU KILLED HER CHILDREN! Say it. Say her name. SAY IT!
GCGregor Clegane
[suddenly trips Oberyn to the ground, knocks his teeth out with one blow, rolls over and pins him, and begins gouging out his eyes] Elia Martell! I killed her children! Then I raped her! Then I smashed her head in LIKE THIS! [crushes Oberyn's skull, making Ellaria Sand scream in horror, then rolls over, severely wounded]
Tywin Lannister
The gods have made their will known. Tyrion Lannister, in the name of King Tommen of the House Baratheon, First of His Name, you are hereby sentenced to death.
Tywin Lannister
We've been over this. The matter's closed.
Tywin Lannister
You were betrothed to Loras Tyrell. You are still betrothed to Loras Tyrell and you will marry Loras Tyrell, as soon as Tommen marries Margaery.
Tywin Lannister
Jaime cannot marry, or inherit lands. Tyrion's sentence will be carried out tomorrow. You have, on several occasions, made great claims about your commitment to this family's future. Your role in that future is now more vital than it ever was-
I don't care. I will stay in King's Landing where I belong, with my son the King.
Tywin Lannister
When you were nine years old, I was called away to the Capitol; I decided to take your brother with me, and not you. You insisted that you would not be left at Casterly Rock under any circumstances, and if you recall...
I'm not interested in hearing another of your smug stories about the time you won. This isn't going to be one of those times.
Tywin Lannister
Do you think you'll be the first person dragged into a sept to be married against her will?
When you marched into the Throne Room to tell me we'd won the Battle of Blackwater... Do you remember?! I was sitting on the Iron Throne with Tommen. I was about to give him essence of nightshade, that’s how far I was willing to go when I thought someone awful had come to take my son away. Someone awful is coming to take him away.
Tywin Lannister
No.
Joffrey is dead, Myrcella has been sold like livestock, and now you want to ship me off to Highgarden and steal my boy, my last boy! Margery will dig her claws in, you will dig your claws in, and you'll fight over him like beasts until you rip him apart. I will burn our house to the ground before I let that happen!
Tywin Lannister
And how will you do that?
I'll tell everyone the truth.
Tywin Lannister
And what truth would that be?
You don't know, do you? You never believed it. How is that possible? What am I saying? Of course it's possible. How can someone so consumed by the idea of his family have any conception what his actual family was doing? We were right there, in front of you, and you didn't see us. One look in the past twenty years, one real look at your own children, and you would have known.
Tywin Lannister
Known what?
[grins maliciously] Everything they say is true - about Jaime and me.
Tywin Lannister
No, no, no, no...
[giggles] Your legacy is a lie.
Tywin Lannister
No, I don't believe you.
[Wielding Joffrey's crossbow, Tyrion confronts Tywin, disrobed in the privy in the Tower of the Hand]
Tywin Lannister
[surprised] Tyrion. Put down the crossbow. Who released you? Your brother, I expect. He always had a soft spot for you. Come, we'll go and talk in my chambers. This is how you want to speak to me, hmm? Shaming your father has always given you pleasure.
All my life you've wanted me dead.
Tywin Lannister
[nodding] Yes. But you refused to die. I respect that. Even admire it. You fight for what's yours. I'd never let them execute you. Is that what you fear? I'd never let Ilyn Payne take your head. You're a Lannister. You're my son.
Tywin Lannister
Who?
Tywin Lannister
Oh, Tyrion. Put down that crossbow.
I murdered her. With my own hands.
Tywin Lannister
It doesn't matter.
Tywin Lannister
She was a whore.
Tywin Lannister
And what? You'll kill your own father in the privy? No. You're my son. Now, enough of this nonsense.
I am your son and you sentenced me to die. You knew I didn't poison Joffrey, but you sentenced me all the same. Why?
Tywin Lannister
Enough. We'll go back to my chambers and speak with some dignity.
I can't go back there. She's in there.
Tywin Lannister
You're afraid of a dead whore? [Tyrion looses the crossbow bolt into Tywin's gut] You shot me. [he groans in pain as he glares at Tyrion, who loads another bolt] You're no son of mine.
I am your son. I have always been your son. [Tyrion fires another bolt into Tywin's chest, killing him]
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