Jaime Lannister

"There are no men like me. Only me."

- Jaime Lannister to Catelyn Stark Ser Jaime Lannister was the elder son of Lord Tywin Lannister and his wife, Lady Joanna, the twin brother of Queen Cersei Lannister, and the older brother of Tyrion Lannister. During his youth, he was named to King Aerys II Targaryen's Kingsguard, but none-the-less was responsible for killing the Mad King during the Sack of King's Landing, earning him the nickname of 'Kingslayer'. He was involved in an incestuous relationship with Cersei, and unknown to most, he was the biological father of her three children, Joffrey, Myrcella, and Tommen. After Cersei ascended the Iron Throne and refused to march north to fight the Army of the Dead, Jaime abandoned his sister to fight on side in the conflict personally, only to be forced to reluctantly kill her during the Siege of King's Landing in order to prevent the total destruction of the city. Following the Great War, he became the Lord of Casterly Rock, Lord Paramount of the Westerlands and Warden of the West until he abdicated his titles to Tyrion following the War of the Narrow Sea, after deciding to accept an invitation into Gendry I Baratheon's Kingsguard, serving both Gendry and his successor, Robert II Baratheon. He become known as the Sword of the Eight Crowns, after serving in the inner circle of eight successive monarchs (Aerys II, Robert I, Joffrey I, Tommen I, Cersei I, Daenerys I, Gendry I, and Robert II).