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[Character Name] Cersei Lannister
[Canon] A Song of Ice and Fire
[Point Taken from Canon] A Storm of Swords; Joffrey's wedding feast
[Age] 34
[Gender] Female
[Sexual Orientation] Hetero; only really interested in Jaime, but will use her sexuality on men.
[Eye Color] Green
[Hair Color] Blonde
[Height] Average; 5'4" ish
[Other] She is fair of skin and slender of figure despite having three children and when compared to some of the other woman in the book, she looks less ‘worn’ than them. When fitting Sansa for her wedding dress, they compliment her figure, stating, 'your bosom will be as lovely as the queen's'.
[Clothing] Being Queen (and later Regent for her under aged children) and a woman of some pride, she is often adorned in the richest of fabrics that compliment her. Red and gold being her family’s colours and green complimenting and bringing out her eyes: it is these tones that she often wears. In white, she looks the picture of innocence.
[Background]
Cersei was born in the year 266 AL at Casterly Rock to Tywin and Joanna Lannister. She was the firstborn child of her two parents although her mother had been pregnant with twins, and Jaime came shortly after, apparently holding onto her foot. Although the firstborn usually inherits, in this case, it is the firstborn male heir who does so, but this wouldn't come into play until much later. They were both healthy babes and grew into healthy children.
Like most twins, they were inseparable and they looked identical. To amuse themselves and to play tricks on the staff, they would switch clothing and fool those at the Rock, even their father. They thrived through, growing older as the years passed. What started out as an innocent game though soon turned into something more. As twins, they were close, but much closer than any twins had the right to be, at least in the physical sense. Although it started out as experimenting, it didn't end there. One day when they were playing, a servant of their household caught them and went to their mother, telling her what she had seen. Joanna quickly made sure to separate the twins, moving Jaime to one side of the Rock and Cersei at the other. After all, it wasn't the proper thing to do and she wasn't going to have her children fooling around with each other.
Joanna would give birth to another child in 274 AL, and with the birth of Tyrion came the death of Joanna. She gave birth to the dwarf and then died in childbirth shortly after. Cersei would blame him for their mother's death, but it did not stop her from showing him off when she could. Although their father didn't want anyone to see his son, Cersei did show the guests, going so far as to pinch his private parts. Her father though grew colder with the death of his wife, as he had loved her very deeply, and with her death, the twins were more or less allowed to continue doing what they had done.
Cersei though soon came to understand the reality of the world. Jaime was given a sword and not her. Growing up, they had been identical. People could not tell them apart, and yet now the walls were coming down and she was shown that the world was not fair. Even though she was firstborn, she would not inherit. Jaime was given a sword, armour and lessons in fighting and she could not understand why she was not also given those things. Instead, she was given thread and needle to teach her how to sew, and lessons in how to sing. Needless to say, Cersei wasn't overly impressed for she had not been denied much to this point.
Yet, as Jaime went off to earn his glory and fame, Cersei soon learned that her father had plans for her as well. He told her never to tell anyone, but he would arrange for her to marry the prince, Rhaegar Targaryen. For Cersei, this was a dream come true. She went off to court with her father and had seen the prince there. While she did think her brother was handsome, there was something about Rhaegar that Cersei was drawn too. She could see the haunted nature in his eyes and she knew that she could help him overcome that by healing that hurt.
Word got out and Cersei sought out Maggy, who was a woman who was said to be able to see your future. Harassing the woman, who had told them to go away, Cersei forced her to tell her future. Given three questions, she first asked if she would marry the prince. Maggy informed her though that she would wed a king, and be queen until another who was younger and more beautiful would come along to cast her down and take all that she held fear. Contemplating this, Cersei assumed (and wrongly) that she would marry Rhaegar when he was king and not before. Her second question asked how many children they would have. This answer confused her, as the answer that Maggy gave wasn't clear, for he would have more than she. She further informed Cersei that when tears had drowned her, the valonqar would wrap his hands around her pale throat and choke the life from her. Before a third question could be asked, her friend cut in, asking if she would marry Jaime. Maggy though predicted that she would die. Cersei, prideful and arrogant, didn't like the answers that she was given and left in anger. Her friend, Melara, would die shortly after, making her prophecy come true.
Cersei learned about her father's plans to marry Jaime off to Lysa Tully and informed him of such. All ready one who was full of plots, Cersei came up with another idea. Instead of marrying the Tully, Jaime should join the Kingsguard. Thus, Cersei would be at court and so would he, and she wouldn't need to be without him. Jaime didn't agree right away though, as he was the heir of Casterly Rock, yet Cersei persuaded him. Dressing as a serving wench, she 'served' Jaime all night long, and each time he fell asleep, she woke him again for another round. Needless to say, when morning came, he agreed to her plan.
Jaime was admitted into the Kingsguard, just as planned, but after that nothing went as it was meant too. It was to be a joyous day for Cersei when the tourney was held, for her engagement to the prince was to be announced. Yet, Cersei learned a hard lesson that day, that things don't always go as planned. Tywin was not happy that his heir was admitted into the Kingsguard, as they served for life and could not marry. Add to that, when he suggested a union between Cersei and Rhaegar, he was turned down, being told that a Lannister was not noble enough to marry a Targaryen. Thus, Lord Tywin resigned from being the King's Hand, took Cersei and returned to Casterly Rock. Again were Jaime and Cersei separated, as all that had happened was that they switched places.
Rebellion soon broke out, although Cersei didn't have much of a role in it. The Lannisters more or less stayed neutral in everything into an outcome was all but clear. At that point, they sided with the winning side. By putting his forces in with Robert Baratheon, they were able to overcome King Aerys through a series of events and Cersei was given to Robert in marriage. Robert, not wanting to aggravate his newfound allies and knowing how precarious his position was, agreed to wed her.
It was a large wedding, and Cersei felt wonderful. Robert was a handsome man back then, and Cersei thought that she could be happy being his wife. Everyone cheered her and it was a golden moment- a golden moment that soon came crashing down. When he came to her that evening, things started off well enough, but then he said a name that was not her name. No, the name he whispered was 'Lyanna', Stark's dead sister and Robert's love. From that moment, Cersei started to hate him for loving a ghost more than a real life person. It was by no means a pleasant marriage, as Cersei was a woman of much pride and she never forgave him. While Robert went off to sleep with whores, Cersei turned back to Jaime, and in the end, he fathered all three of her children. Only once early in their marriage had Cersei been pregnant with Robert's child, but Jaime found a woman who was able to rid her of it. It was a closely guarded secret though that Robert wasn't the father, as their claim to the throne stemmed from him. She did not allow Jaime to even hold the newborn children, saying it would look strange.
The years passed and Robert grew fatter while Cersei grew colder. She dotted on her children and seemed to put her efforts into them. She was overly protective- too much so if one thinks about it. As a child, Joffrey experimented with a pregnant cat, and in reprimand, Robert beat him. When Cersei found out, she threatened him for hurting her son and made sure that he would never do so again. The animosity between the two of them only grew as the years passed, and Cersei would run into trouble shortly before the start of the series. Jon Arryn. He found in a book of ancestry, that blond always yielding to black when Lannister and Baratheon met, and yet all of Cersei's children were blond. This got him to investigating and he discovered that this was true. Blonde, redhead, brown; all the women that had fathered bastard children from Robert all ended up with black hair. Before the truth could be made public, Jon became sick and died, quite suddenly. Although fingers would be pointed at the Lannisters, Cersei- and her house- actually had nothing to do with his death, but it did aid her.
And so the series starts.
[Specialties/Abilities]
As far as canon abilities go, Cersei doesn’t have anything supernatural. She is intelligent, a master manipulator and is able to put on an act that fools most people, as Tyrion thinks. If anything, she can be all charm and smiles, subtly wooing those who she can, and she is good at picking those who will fall to her. She notes that Stannis would not be won over by her beauty or her intelligence when the siege came on King’s Landing, but many other men have been. Cersei doesn’t say it in words either, but instead steps around it. She might compliment or praise, or even gently rub her bosom on the arm of the man she is trying to entice. Nothing though that can peg her down- at least not until later in the series when it all backfires on her, but even then, her hand in certain events cannot be easily proven. Even if she hates someone, her skills in acting are superb and she holds many lies that she does not share with the world, such as all the schemes that she has plus the fact that none of her three children are actually by her husband.
Later then her canon point, she is able to get most to assume that she is subdued after her walk of shame. Her uncle thinks of how she used to burn so bright, but how she doesn't anymore. This is not the case. She is just bidding her time. She knows of ruling and looking after the kingdom, but her way of doing so isn’t the best way. She’d rather rule through fear than through love.
Cersei also knows 'womanly traits', such as sewing, singing, smiling, and how to please- and she realized early on that tears are not a woman's only weapons. She is cunning and underhanded, and in order to beat her, you must play her game- and win. She is suspicious of all, and sometimes that works in her favour but at other times it doesn't. She is self-serving, greedy and cruel, and as others think, that she devours honest men for breakfast. Try to play on a honourable field with her, and anyone would find themselves at a disadvantage; ask Ned Stark. None of these are supernatural abilities in any way though, simply traits that Cersei has picked up and that anyone really could learn if they were so inclined.
[Affection]
Anything is allowed... But it will be met with differing reactions. She is known to slap Jaime, so she may very well do that to other characters, or worse.
[Fighting]
She is not a fighter in the weapons sense at all. She is more a behind the scenes manipulator who gets others to do the deed without really knowing it. Fine with people picking fights with her or injuring her. Inquire about death.
[Other Permissions]
Case by case basis. Usually up for putting Cersei in a tight spot, but ask first.
[Other Facts]
Twin-cest isnot best.
Tag jacking is fine with me, so jack away.
Spoil away. I am caught up on the books and have no qualms about people rubbing stuff in Cersei's face.
[Kinks]
To come.
[Canon] A Song of Ice and Fire
[Point Taken from Canon] A Storm of Swords; Joffrey's wedding feast
[Age] 34
[Gender] Female
[Sexual Orientation] Hetero; only really interested in Jaime, but will use her sexuality on men.
[Eye Color] Green
[Hair Color] Blonde
[Height] Average; 5'4" ish
[Other] She is fair of skin and slender of figure despite having three children and when compared to some of the other woman in the book, she looks less ‘worn’ than them. When fitting Sansa for her wedding dress, they compliment her figure, stating, 'your bosom will be as lovely as the queen's'.
[Clothing] Being Queen (and later Regent for her under aged children) and a woman of some pride, she is often adorned in the richest of fabrics that compliment her. Red and gold being her family’s colours and green complimenting and bringing out her eyes: it is these tones that she often wears. In white, she looks the picture of innocence.
[Background]
Cersei was born in the year 266 AL at Casterly Rock to Tywin and Joanna Lannister. She was the firstborn child of her two parents although her mother had been pregnant with twins, and Jaime came shortly after, apparently holding onto her foot. Although the firstborn usually inherits, in this case, it is the firstborn male heir who does so, but this wouldn't come into play until much later. They were both healthy babes and grew into healthy children.
Like most twins, they were inseparable and they looked identical. To amuse themselves and to play tricks on the staff, they would switch clothing and fool those at the Rock, even their father. They thrived through, growing older as the years passed. What started out as an innocent game though soon turned into something more. As twins, they were close, but much closer than any twins had the right to be, at least in the physical sense. Although it started out as experimenting, it didn't end there. One day when they were playing, a servant of their household caught them and went to their mother, telling her what she had seen. Joanna quickly made sure to separate the twins, moving Jaime to one side of the Rock and Cersei at the other. After all, it wasn't the proper thing to do and she wasn't going to have her children fooling around with each other.
Joanna would give birth to another child in 274 AL, and with the birth of Tyrion came the death of Joanna. She gave birth to the dwarf and then died in childbirth shortly after. Cersei would blame him for their mother's death, but it did not stop her from showing him off when she could. Although their father didn't want anyone to see his son, Cersei did show the guests, going so far as to pinch his private parts. Her father though grew colder with the death of his wife, as he had loved her very deeply, and with her death, the twins were more or less allowed to continue doing what they had done.
Cersei though soon came to understand the reality of the world. Jaime was given a sword and not her. Growing up, they had been identical. People could not tell them apart, and yet now the walls were coming down and she was shown that the world was not fair. Even though she was firstborn, she would not inherit. Jaime was given a sword, armour and lessons in fighting and she could not understand why she was not also given those things. Instead, she was given thread and needle to teach her how to sew, and lessons in how to sing. Needless to say, Cersei wasn't overly impressed for she had not been denied much to this point.
Yet, as Jaime went off to earn his glory and fame, Cersei soon learned that her father had plans for her as well. He told her never to tell anyone, but he would arrange for her to marry the prince, Rhaegar Targaryen. For Cersei, this was a dream come true. She went off to court with her father and had seen the prince there. While she did think her brother was handsome, there was something about Rhaegar that Cersei was drawn too. She could see the haunted nature in his eyes and she knew that she could help him overcome that by healing that hurt.
Word got out and Cersei sought out Maggy, who was a woman who was said to be able to see your future. Harassing the woman, who had told them to go away, Cersei forced her to tell her future. Given three questions, she first asked if she would marry the prince. Maggy informed her though that she would wed a king, and be queen until another who was younger and more beautiful would come along to cast her down and take all that she held fear. Contemplating this, Cersei assumed (and wrongly) that she would marry Rhaegar when he was king and not before. Her second question asked how many children they would have. This answer confused her, as the answer that Maggy gave wasn't clear, for he would have more than she. She further informed Cersei that when tears had drowned her, the valonqar would wrap his hands around her pale throat and choke the life from her. Before a third question could be asked, her friend cut in, asking if she would marry Jaime. Maggy though predicted that she would die. Cersei, prideful and arrogant, didn't like the answers that she was given and left in anger. Her friend, Melara, would die shortly after, making her prophecy come true.
Cersei learned about her father's plans to marry Jaime off to Lysa Tully and informed him of such. All ready one who was full of plots, Cersei came up with another idea. Instead of marrying the Tully, Jaime should join the Kingsguard. Thus, Cersei would be at court and so would he, and she wouldn't need to be without him. Jaime didn't agree right away though, as he was the heir of Casterly Rock, yet Cersei persuaded him. Dressing as a serving wench, she 'served' Jaime all night long, and each time he fell asleep, she woke him again for another round. Needless to say, when morning came, he agreed to her plan.
Jaime was admitted into the Kingsguard, just as planned, but after that nothing went as it was meant too. It was to be a joyous day for Cersei when the tourney was held, for her engagement to the prince was to be announced. Yet, Cersei learned a hard lesson that day, that things don't always go as planned. Tywin was not happy that his heir was admitted into the Kingsguard, as they served for life and could not marry. Add to that, when he suggested a union between Cersei and Rhaegar, he was turned down, being told that a Lannister was not noble enough to marry a Targaryen. Thus, Lord Tywin resigned from being the King's Hand, took Cersei and returned to Casterly Rock. Again were Jaime and Cersei separated, as all that had happened was that they switched places.
Rebellion soon broke out, although Cersei didn't have much of a role in it. The Lannisters more or less stayed neutral in everything into an outcome was all but clear. At that point, they sided with the winning side. By putting his forces in with Robert Baratheon, they were able to overcome King Aerys through a series of events and Cersei was given to Robert in marriage. Robert, not wanting to aggravate his newfound allies and knowing how precarious his position was, agreed to wed her.
It was a large wedding, and Cersei felt wonderful. Robert was a handsome man back then, and Cersei thought that she could be happy being his wife. Everyone cheered her and it was a golden moment- a golden moment that soon came crashing down. When he came to her that evening, things started off well enough, but then he said a name that was not her name. No, the name he whispered was 'Lyanna', Stark's dead sister and Robert's love. From that moment, Cersei started to hate him for loving a ghost more than a real life person. It was by no means a pleasant marriage, as Cersei was a woman of much pride and she never forgave him. While Robert went off to sleep with whores, Cersei turned back to Jaime, and in the end, he fathered all three of her children. Only once early in their marriage had Cersei been pregnant with Robert's child, but Jaime found a woman who was able to rid her of it. It was a closely guarded secret though that Robert wasn't the father, as their claim to the throne stemmed from him. She did not allow Jaime to even hold the newborn children, saying it would look strange.
The years passed and Robert grew fatter while Cersei grew colder. She dotted on her children and seemed to put her efforts into them. She was overly protective- too much so if one thinks about it. As a child, Joffrey experimented with a pregnant cat, and in reprimand, Robert beat him. When Cersei found out, she threatened him for hurting her son and made sure that he would never do so again. The animosity between the two of them only grew as the years passed, and Cersei would run into trouble shortly before the start of the series. Jon Arryn. He found in a book of ancestry, that blond always yielding to black when Lannister and Baratheon met, and yet all of Cersei's children were blond. This got him to investigating and he discovered that this was true. Blonde, redhead, brown; all the women that had fathered bastard children from Robert all ended up with black hair. Before the truth could be made public, Jon became sick and died, quite suddenly. Although fingers would be pointed at the Lannisters, Cersei- and her house- actually had nothing to do with his death, but it did aid her.
And so the series starts.
[Specialties/Abilities]
As far as canon abilities go, Cersei doesn’t have anything supernatural. She is intelligent, a master manipulator and is able to put on an act that fools most people, as Tyrion thinks. If anything, she can be all charm and smiles, subtly wooing those who she can, and she is good at picking those who will fall to her. She notes that Stannis would not be won over by her beauty or her intelligence when the siege came on King’s Landing, but many other men have been. Cersei doesn’t say it in words either, but instead steps around it. She might compliment or praise, or even gently rub her bosom on the arm of the man she is trying to entice. Nothing though that can peg her down- at least not until later in the series when it all backfires on her, but even then, her hand in certain events cannot be easily proven. Even if she hates someone, her skills in acting are superb and she holds many lies that she does not share with the world, such as all the schemes that she has plus the fact that none of her three children are actually by her husband.
Later then her canon point, she is able to get most to assume that she is subdued after her walk of shame. Her uncle thinks of how she used to burn so bright, but how she doesn't anymore. This is not the case. She is just bidding her time. She knows of ruling and looking after the kingdom, but her way of doing so isn’t the best way. She’d rather rule through fear than through love.
Cersei also knows 'womanly traits', such as sewing, singing, smiling, and how to please- and she realized early on that tears are not a woman's only weapons. She is cunning and underhanded, and in order to beat her, you must play her game- and win. She is suspicious of all, and sometimes that works in her favour but at other times it doesn't. She is self-serving, greedy and cruel, and as others think, that she devours honest men for breakfast. Try to play on a honourable field with her, and anyone would find themselves at a disadvantage; ask Ned Stark. None of these are supernatural abilities in any way though, simply traits that Cersei has picked up and that anyone really could learn if they were so inclined.
[Affection]
Anything is allowed... But it will be met with differing reactions. She is known to slap Jaime, so she may very well do that to other characters, or worse.
[Fighting]
She is not a fighter in the weapons sense at all. She is more a behind the scenes manipulator who gets others to do the deed without really knowing it. Fine with people picking fights with her or injuring her. Inquire about death.
[Other Permissions]
Case by case basis. Usually up for putting Cersei in a tight spot, but ask first.
[Other Facts]
Twin-cest is
Tag jacking is fine with me, so jack away.
Spoil away. I am caught up on the books and have no qualms about people rubbing stuff in Cersei's face.
[Kinks]
To come.