TYWIN

CASTERLY ROCK – THREE WEEKS AGO

To My Father Lord Tywin Lannister Lord of Casterly Rock Warden of the West

Father, please come to the Capital with all haste. The Lion of the East is the son of that Whore. The one Tyrion married. He has paid the Crown's debt to the Iron Bank…He claims the Lannister name using some technicality in the law…Father please come and resolve this…

Your Loving Daughter

Queen Cersei Lannister

After reading the letter Tywin calls his sister Genna, his brother Kevan, and Gerion. They meet in his solar, "What is it brother?" Kevan asks.

"Read!"

He commands handing Kevan the letter. "Is this a joke?"

He tries to pass the letter to Gerion, but Genna takes it and reads. "Tyrion has a son…I am coming with you to the Capital."

"No you're not. You're staying here."

"I will not budge on this Tywin." She says, "What you did to that girl was inexcusable."

"She was a whore! The only reason she married Tyrion was because his last name is Lannister!"

"Whore are not…Tyrion loved her…Oh but gods forbid anyone shows him love." Kevan was a follower, he hardly ever spoke against what Tywin did. Gerion cared for Tyrion, but hardly ever spoke up for him, and Genna was a lioness and fought for those she loved. She loved Tyrion because he was her cousin's son. She and Joanna had been the best of friends; they had been like sisters.

"You may as well take her Lord Brother. She'll not budge on it." Gerion says not wanting an argument to start.

He shakes his head, "Has it occurred to you dear sister that this…Bastard."

"Not a bastard…By the laws of men and gods. He is entitled to the family name."

"He could be lying." Kevan says.

"Let's set this aside for now. Ask yourselves…Why would he pay off the Crown's debt?"

"Revenge!" Kevan replies.

Tywin nods, "He wants revenge. With King Robert indebted to him he gains favor and…"

"Why don't you wait until we meet him, before you decide if you want to make him an enemy."

"What if he considers us his enemies already?"

Tywin and Genna leave that day with a heavy escort of a hundred mounted men and supply wagons. The trip takes long because Genna rides in a wheel house, which aggravates Tywin to no end.

PRESENT

When he arrives Lord Janos Slynt greets them and informs Tywin that his men must remain outside the city. "Why? I am Lord Tywin Lannister…The King's father by law!"

"King's orders my Lord…Your daughter the Queen is accused of treason."

"Treason!" Genna says.

"What did she do?"

"Don't know the details My Lord…You'll have to speak with the King."

"I most certainly will…"

"Lord Tywin…Lady Genna!" A man calls as they pass through the gate of the gods.

"Who are you?" Tywin asks.

"Bronn by name."

"I remember you…Thought you were dead."

"No my lord… I serve Lord Tytos Lannister…He sent us to escort you to his mansion."

"Lead the way." Tywin follows the Sell-Sword to a two-story mansion a few blocks from the Red Keep. As they walk Genna tries to convince him to be civil. His blood rises when he sees the sigil. A golden lion head facing forward with his mane on fire on a field of black.

"Lord Tytos…May I present Lord Tywin Lannister…Warden of the West and Lord of Casterly Rock…His Sister Lady Genna Frey of Casterly Rock."

"Leaves us…"

"Tyrion…You are here."

"Good to see you Aunty." Tywin sizes him up, while Genna hugs Tyrion, definitely a fighter. Cold calculating eyes, he definitely is Tyrion's son. Thank the gods he inherited his mother's height.

"We thought you were at the wall." Genna says.

"Bronn found me…I rushed back via a ship in White Harbor."

"Lord Tywin…Lady Genna…Would the two of you like something to eat or drink?" Tytos asks.

"No thank you…" Genna says.

"One of you can tell me why my daughter is accused of treason." Tywin remains standing, but Tytos takes a seat.

"The King caught her and Jaime as man and wife."

Genna closes her eyes. Tywin looks at Tyrion and then back at Tytos, "I suppose you were there."

"Yes…I was…We were to go hunting. I asked the King to indulge me and we toured Maegor's wing…Caught them in the act the two of them in the old solar."

"Very clever…"

"Lord Tytos…" Genna says, "…It is obvious that you set them up."

"I did with great pleasure."

"What is it you want?"

He and Tywin never take their eyes off one another, "I want him to suffer, same as my mother. I want him to watch his great legacy bought to ruin…Then watch as I take Casterly Rock…And then I want him to die. He will hang from the Ramparts of the castle…After I take fifty wooden cocks and shove them into various orifices of his body and a bag of fifty silver coins hanging from his neck. You will hear me roar…Lord Tywin."

Tywin takes a step forward, "Tywin!" Genna says standing up.

"I am Tywin Lannister of Casterly Rock…Warden of the West…"

Tytos stands up, "I know…Famous for the Reyne and Tarbeck rebellion. The Rains of Castamere they call it."

"Can we sit down and talk like civilized people…We are all blood here."

"All civility went out the door, the day he called my mother a whore…And then allowed fifty men to take turns raping her."

"I wish you good fortune in the wars to come." He looks down at Tyrion. "And you…"

"Save it old man…You disinherited me the day I was born. All I want to now is watch my son humble the Great and powerful Tywin Lannister."

"By the gods if Joanna were here she would be disappointed in all of you."

Tywin looks at his sister, "I am on my way to the Red Keep…Are you coming?"

"Go I will stay behind and try to talk to these two."

GENNA

She waits until Tywin leaves, "Tyrion…I know he has been hard on you. But are you really going to turn kinslayer…Will you turn your back on me? Your brother? Your family?"

"Aunt Genna…I…"

She cuts him off, "And you…From what I hear about the Lion of the East you did not suffer growing up."

"Thanks to my beloved mother. We could have been a family, but my mother wasn't good enough for Tywin Lannister…I could forgive him. If he had just sent her away…I cannot! I will not forgive him ordering fifty men to rape my mother and then pay her."

She sighs, "And you Tyrion?" He hands her the letter Tysha left him. "I support my son…I love you Aunty…But he is my family as well…More so…my blood. My son and my son wants justice." He leaves the solar.

She reads silently and sets the letter down. Her eyes watery she can think of nothing to say and stands up, "I respect you." He says causing her to stop. "You…You showed my father love…You treated him like family…And for that I will be always grateful." She continues out the door.

TYWIN

He goes to see Cersei first, "Father!" He slaps her. "Father!" She says again with teary eyes.

"How long has this…This filth been going on between you and Jaime?" She just stares at him holding her face, "Answer me girl!"

"Get out!"

"I asked you a question."

"Guard!" He enters the room, "My father was just leaving."

"Long live the Queen." He makes his way to the dungeons.

"Father…"

He stares at him, "How long?"

"Since we were eleven name days old. She loves me and I her."

"On so many occasions you have disappointed me…My children…My children who refuse to take my lessons to heart. My children…"

"Enough!" Jaime yells, "I am sick of you and your damned legacy. To hell with it…I tried to tell you that Tysha was not a whore…Girl was a tavern cook. I offered her the gold. She was beautiful…And I thought it was time Tyrion experienced what it was like to be with a woman…But you were so blinded by your hate for Tyrion. That you would not listen. So you can leave now…I want nothing from you…I have no father."

Jaime turns his back to him. Then Tywin goes to see the Children. Joffrey is kept in a room by himself and Myrcella and Tommen share a room. "Grandfather!" Myrcella and Tommen say at the same time hugging him. They grab him and start crying. He was never good at expressing his emotions. Especially after Joanna died.

He sighs, it was time to remember how and he would start over with them, "Grandfather is here." After a long while he goes to see Joffrey. It was an unpleasant visit and Tywin was glad to be free of Joffrey. Now Tywin goes to see King Robert. "Tywin Lannister."

"Your Grace…I would like to know what you intend to do with Myrcella and Tommen." He asks after bowing.

He is drinking alone in the throne room, "Bastards can't sit the Iron Throne…I have agreed to give Myrcella and Tommen to that shit Tytos Lannister…Joffrey will go to the Wall…"

"You will not give my grandchildren over to that pretender."

"As much as I hate that pretender…He showed me the truth of it all…He paid off the Iron Bank."

"Never thought I would see the day when someone had the Great Robert Baratheon by the balls."

"Careful old man…A fat drunken man whore I may be, but I am still King." He sits up, "There is a way to get rid of that cocky little prick."

"I'm listening…"

"Your daughter must ask for a trial by combat…Ser Gregor can represent her…"

"How does that help me?"

"That little shit wants to face him in single combat." Tywin remains silent. "Well?"

"Did he offer to Champion you against the Mountain?"

"Aye he did."

"Then he thinks he can beat the Mountain…"

"Give him what he wants and hire assassins to take care of him." Robert says taking another drink.

He sighs, a good idea, but Tytos would probably see them coming from a mile away. He could hire the faceless men, but the problem with that idea, is that Tytos is in good standing with the Iron Bank. And the Faceless Men answer to the Iron Bank. The boy was a cash-cow. "Or we chose someone else to face the Mountain…Someone who has no chance of defeating the Mountain."

"I like that idea…but whom?"

"Someone from the dungeons…Offer them a full pardon if they can kill their opponent in single combat."

"I will have Lord Janos take care of it."

"My men?"

"I locked them up because I couldn't trust them…I will order their release, but they cannot stay in the city."

"I am not your enemy Your Grace."

"Maybe not…but the enemy is a Lannister…Whether you acknowledge it or not."

"Go ahead and put Cersei on trial…She will ask for a trial by combat and then we shall see if we can kill this Lion of the East."

"I did not think you would turn your back on your own spawn Lord Tywin."

"They have embarrassed my family…They have disgraced House Lannister…I will have to start again with Myrcella and Tommen."

He bows and turns to leave, "Did you really have fifty men rape that boy's mother?"

Tywin stops, "She was whore and got what she diserved." Meanwhile Genna goes to see the children and then the King whom she begs to have mercy.