Cersei Lannister

Queen Cersei Lannister is the only daughter and eldest child of Lord Tywin Lannister of Casterly Rock and his wife, Lady Joanna Lannister. She is the twin of her younger brother, Ser Jaime Lannister.

After Robert's Rebellion, Cersei married King Robert I Baratheon and became Queen of the Seven Kingdoms. She is the mother of Prince Joffrey, Princess Myrcella, and Prince Tommen of House Baratheon of King's Landing.

Cersei is a strikingly beautiful woman, with curly golden hair, emerald green eyes, fair skin, and a slender, graceful figure. When they were children, Cersei and her twin brother, Jaime, looked so alike not even their father, Tywin, could tell them apart. As adults, they still significantly resemble each other.

Cersei is willful, ambitious, and according to her brother Tyrion Lannister, has a certain low cunning. She is hungry and greedy for power. Cersei believes herself to be subtle and politically astute. She hates being excluded from power on account of her gender, and resents the customs and conventions put on her because she is female. She thinks of herself as a female version of her father, and feels slighted when people do not obey her commands as they would have done for Lord Tywin, but instead give her their counsel, or disagree with her, which she faults on her gender.

Cersei is impatient, and never forgets a slight, whether real or imagined. She considers caution to be cowardice and disagreement for defiance. Her quick temper and her easily wounded pride frequently lead her to make rash decisions, and she rarely considers what unintended consequences her actions might have. She does not shy away from using sex as a weapon.

The queen's fine gowns include one of sea-green silk trimmed with pale Myrish lace; one of black silk with red rubies sown into the bodice; a low-cut gown of deep green velvet; a snowy white linen gown with sleeves lined with gold satin; a cloth-of-gold gown slashed in burgundy velvet; a gown with stripes of green satin and black velvet with black Myrish lace above the bodice; a jade-green gown with sleeves of silver Myrish lace; and a white gown slashed with cloth-of-gold. When Cersei wants to be discreet, however, she dresses in hunting green with leather boots and a brown cloak.

Cersei's jewelry includes a golden ring with a large emerald, a necklace of diamonds and emeralds, and a golden necklace with a large emerald. Her jeweled tiara is also decorated with emeralds. Cersei's huge royal wheelhouse is a double-decked carriage of oiled oak and gilded metal, and the queen has an ornate barge located at the harbor of King's Landing. Cersei is fond of Arbor gold.

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Cersei is a master of seduction and sex, focused mainly on using her hands, mouth and anus to give pleasure, but she never denies anything that is asked.

The Red Keep is made of pale red stone and overlooks the mouth of the Blackwater Rush. The Red Keep has seven massive drum-towers crowned with iron ramparts. The castle is smaller than Winterfell and is patrolled by gold cloaks. Much of the Red Keep is connected underground.

Massive curtain walls surround the castle, with nests and crenelations for archers. Thick stone parapets, some four feet high, protect the outer edge of the wall ramparts, where the heads of traitors are traditionally placed on iron spikes between the crenels at the gatehouse. The walls have great bronze gates and portcullises, with narrow postern doors nearby. The castle also has great cornerforts. The immense barbican has a cobbled square in front of it. Behind the walls are small inner yards, vaulted halls, covered bridges, barracks of the City Watch of King's Landing, dungeons, granaries, kennels, and stables.

The Red Keep has serpentine steps which can be strenuous to climb. Maegor's Holdfast, the small council chambers, the Tower of the Hand, the lower bailey, a small sunken courtyard, and the black cells are located below the steps. The Great Hall with the throne room is found above the steps, and the outer yard or ward is found near the main gate. The Great Yard can be seen from the windows of the Tower of the Hand. Also above the steps are the godswood, the river walk, the small kitchen, and the pig yard. The royal sept and the Maidenvault are located above the serpentine steps as well.

Relics of the Targaryen dynasty, such as dusty suits of black armor, sit in some corridors. Doors are made of oak banded with black iron. Sweet-smelling rushes can be spread on floors. The Red Keep is full of cats, including those kept as pets as well as strays, like a black tomcat.

Great Hall The Great Hall contains the throne room of the king. The Iron Throne sits on a raised iron dais with high and narrow steps. A long carpet stretches from the throne to the hall's great oak-and-bronze doors. The cavernous Great Hall can feast a thousand people. The hall is oriented north to south, with high, narrow windows on the eastern and western walls. Skulls of the Targaryen dragons once adorned the walls, but King Robert I Baratheon had them moved to a cellar and replaced with hunting tapestries at the beginning of his reign. Located behind the Iron Throne is the king's door, a private exit.

The second-largest chamber in Westeros after Harrenhal, more than a thousand maidens and their family members and servants overcrowded the Great Hall during the Maiden's Day Ball. Small council sessions are sometimes held in the throne room.

Maegor's Holdfast Maegor's Holdfast is a massive square fortress inside the heart of the Red Keep. The castle-within-a-castle is situated behind walls twelve feet thick and a dry moat lined with iron spikes. Maegor's Holdfast includes the royal apartments, and the king's bedchamber contains a canopied bed and twin hearths. The holdfast also contains the Queen's Ballroom.

Tower of the Hand

The Tower of the Hand contains the chambers of the Hand of the King and the Small Hall. The building has a solar and a garderobe, as well as tall windows. Below the tower is the chamber of the dragon mosaic.

Other Buildings The council chamber hosts meetings of the small council. It contains a long table, at the head of which may sit the king. The chamber is richly furnished with Myrish carpet, a carved screen from the Summer Isles, and tapestries from Lys, Norvos, and Qohor. The chamber's door is flanked by two Valyrian sphinxes. The door can be guarded by a knight of the Kingsguard when the council is in session.

White Sword Tower, located near Blackwater Bay, contains the chambers of the Kingsguard.

The Maidenvault is a long, slate-roofed building located behind the royal sept. The castle also has a library.

The Kitchen Keep is located at a courtyard across from the castle's main kitchen. Lord Gyles Rosby has spacious apartments above the Kitchen Keep, including a large bedchamber, a solar, a bath, a dressing room, and small adjoining chambers for servants.The Red Keep also has a small kitchen and a pig yard.

The godswood of the Red Keep is an acre of elm, alder and black cottonwood trees that overlook the Blackwater Rush. The heart tree is a great oak with limbs overgrown with smokeberry vines. Princess Myrcella Baratheon has a garden at the Red Keep.

The rookery is the home of the ravens used by maesters of the Citadel. The Grand Maester has his chambers beneath the rookery.

The snug apartments of Lord Varys, the master of whisperers, are three windowless chambers with a hearth near the northern wall. Varys sleeps on a stone bed.