Cersei Lannister

Name: Cersei Lannister Age: 38 years old Title: Queen Regent, Queen Mother Appearance: Cersei is a strikingly gorgeous woman, with long, curly golden hair, emerald green eyes, fair skin, and a slender, graceful figure with a fair, ample bust. 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. Personality: She is willful, ambitious, and has a cunning in the sense she is willing to betray anyone who trusts her, or do anything to protect her own. She is arrogant and self-centered to a thought - believing herself to be a master strategist; but in reality she is extraordinarily impatient, short-sighted- and prone to poor judgment and poor leadership - meaning she is not skilled at manipulating enemies who distrust her and incapable of thinking about long-term actions. She does not realize her limitations, and isn't as intelligent as she thinks herself to be. She does have a sense of tact however, and can acknowledge mistakes at times. Her schemes often backfire - she has a keen sense of tactical ability, so they may work initially, but her lack of strategic ability often tends to make said schemes backfire and cause more issues. Outsiders often tend to make a key mistake regarding her - in that they assume she has a dignified personality, emotional maturity, and the regality and wisdom of a queen, but she is more akin to a petty, petulant, and vindictive youth in an adult's body. She was functionally raised by servants, which could owe partially to this fact. She often tries to exude a sense of calm and regal control, but when things become out of her control, she acts foolishly flippant. Still, this can work in her favor - she is unpredictable, and her foes are often unable to guess to her next move due to this and her ruthlessness. In the end, these tend to damage her. She also acts irrationally, blaming others for problems she has started - her ego preventing her from admitting to it. Often, she switches between seemingly real affection for someone to extreme loathing, and very petty about small slights - real and fake, and uses her honest feelings to dishonestly manipulate others. She despises the restraints on her due to her being a woman, and is jealous of the freedoms men have in her society - disliking her father's conservative attitude about women in politics. She doesn't sympathize with women in her circumstances, however. While she does genuinely love her offspring, she doesn't act as a stable nurturer - doting on them more than anything, and is more obsessed with keeping them as she feels they belong to her alone - being obsessed with her mental constructs of them. Background: Cersei is the only daughter and eldest child of Lord Tywin and Lady Joanna Lannister, being the elder twin of Jaime Lannister and Tyrion's elder sister. She was raised in the family seat of Casterly Rock, with the servants often taking up the mantle due to her father being away from home during much of her early life - serving as Hand of the King at the capital. This would result aid in the future development of some grave flaws - unpredictability, impulsiveness, and a lack of emotional maturity. After the end of Robert's Rebellion in 281 AC, which had ended 280 years of Targaryen rule over Westeros, she was married to now King Robert Baratheon, the new King of the Seven Kingdoms, at the age of 19. She was infatuated at first, but the love began to wane - and turned into hatred, seeing her return to the relationship with her twin brother. However, recent events have caused some dramatic upheaval within the Kingdoms - Eddard Stark's execution upon the orders of King Joffrey Baratheon following Eddard's attempt to place Cersei and Joffrey under arrest to ensure Stannis's coronation, the death of Robert beforehand during a hunting accident - an assassination, in reality - and the rise of several claimants to the throne, including Renly Baratheon of Storm's End, Stannis Baratheon of Dragonstone, the Iron Islands, and House Stark in Winterfell wishing to carve their own path - indeed, enemies surround House Lannister.