Lord Tywin Lannister was Lord of Casterly Rock and Warden of the West, and one of the most influential nobles of the Seven Kingdoms around the time of the War of the Five Kings. He had the reputation as one of the most powerful men in Westeros, and served three kings as Hand of the King. More @Wikipedia
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