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Player Name: Jon
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IC INFO;
Character Name: Ser Jaime Lannister
Canon: Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire
Canon Information:
Game of Thrones Wiki
A Wiki of Ice and Fire
Canon Point: Post Season 7
Age: 42-43
God Houses:
Tyr: Despite his cocky and careless mannerisms, Jaime does not hesitate to put his life and honor on the line to save others, whether that be killing his king to save thousands, or charging down a dragon in attempt to end a war with a single blow.
Frigg: Family is perhaps the one thing that Jaime outwardly seems to care about, be that his sister, brother, or the bastard children he will never be able to claim as his own. This love drives many of his actions throughout the series. The things he does for love…
Njord: Jaime tries to murder a seven-year-old because he happened to find him having sex with his sister, and later helps conspire to imprison a man threatening to expose that he was the father of his sister’s three children.
Personality: Jaime's character is primarily a subversion of the "knight in shining armor" trope. Tall, muscular, and handsome, when first introduced in the series he is thought to be the epitome of what it means to be a knight. However, we quickly learn that he is nothing of the sort. He is cocky, sarcastic, arrogant, and at times, bloodthirsty. He rarely takes anything seriously and looks down at anyone who doesn't share his blood or his ability. The two pillars of his character are his great combat ability, and his identity as a member of House Lannister, one of the premier houses in all of Westeros. These factors together led to him being promoted to the Kingsguard, one of the highest honors a knight can receive. But even then, not all is as it seems.
Jaime is a kingslayer, an oathbreaker. He threw away his honor as a knight by murdering his own king during the Sack of King's Landing. He tries to murder a seven-year-old boy by pushing him out of a window after he discovers Jaime in the midst of an incestual affair with his twin sister, Queen Cersei. He murders his cousin as means of a distraction to escape capture from his enemies. Despite his good looks and golden armor, Jaime is a conniving, despicable human being with little regard for the lives of others.
But these are the things he does for love. The love for his sister, for his children. Most, if not all of his actions in early seasons can be justified by the need to protect either the Lannister name, or his love of Cersei. Once he had even exclaimed that he would gladly kill every last person in the world if it meant he and his sister could finally find peace together. It is later revealed that this forbidden love is the reason he agreed to join the Kingsguard, forsaking his lands and titles so he could move to King's Landing and be with Cersei after an attempt to betroth her to the crown prince of the Seven Kingdoms, proving from an early age that he would give up everything if it meant he could be with the one he loves.
But this all begins to change after Jaime loses his sword hand. Having gone from one of the best fighters in all the realm to being unable to even lace his boots was devastating. One of his defining characteristics was taken from him, and even his sister rejects him on first meeting, seeing him as less of a man than who he was before his grievous injury. Not long after, Jaime spirals into depression and self-loathing, leading to a desire to die.
This massive change in his life causes him to re-evaluate his life and his values. It starts with his rescue of Brienne of Tarth, a large, powerful woman who was tasked with delivering an imprisoned Jaime back to King's Landing as part of a prisoner exchange. The two trade insults and blows multiple times during their travels, but they come to respect one another after Jaime's injury. But even with one hand, when Brienne faced mortal danger against a crazed bear, Jaime does whatever he can to protect the woman he detested days earlier. Once safe and as time went on, Brienne came to become possibly the first true friend Jaime had ever had, outside of his family. A great deal of her honor and desire to do the right thing leaves Jaime wondering if it's not too late to change for the better.
He had felt his honor was long dead when he drove his sword into the back of his king. The world never truly understood why he did it, thinking it was a matter of opportunity to make good with the invading forces as the kingdom was sacked. Jaime confides to Brienne that, in truth, he slayed King Aerys after it was demanded of him not only to kill his own father, but also that Aerys had intended to burn King's Landing and all of it's inhabitants to ashes. Jaime had sacrificed his honor for the sake of thousands of people who would come to hate him for that very action.
This becomes the core of Jaime's character arc: the struggle between his identity as a Lannister and his honor and humanity as a knight. He was now a man who could barely swing a sword, but still wanting to do what he can to protect the stability of the realm. When Daenerys Targaryen, the daughter of the king he killed, returned to Westeros to take the throne his sister now sat upon, it was Jaime who routed her in many battles. Though he could not fight to the degree he used to, he still had the experience and tactical genius necessary to turn the tides of war. This battle ultimately culminates in an opportunity to kill the would-be usurper, with Jaime on horseback, spear in hand, in a lone charge against a vulnerable queen. Vulnerable, except for the hulking engine of destruction that was the dragon standing between them both. But Jaime did not fear death, he charged forward believing that his sacrifice would end this war at that moment. The man who was in many ways the opposite of a great knight, planned to go out in a blaze of glory, charging into the mouth of a dragon.
Writing Sample: Jaime teaches Xion about Westerosi values
Player Name: Jon
Contact Info:
Current Character: N/A
IC INFO;
Character Name: Ser Jaime Lannister
Canon: Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire
Canon Information:
Game of Thrones Wiki
A Wiki of Ice and Fire
Canon Point: Post Season 7
Age: 42-43
God Houses:
Tyr: Despite his cocky and careless mannerisms, Jaime does not hesitate to put his life and honor on the line to save others, whether that be killing his king to save thousands, or charging down a dragon in attempt to end a war with a single blow.
Frigg: Family is perhaps the one thing that Jaime outwardly seems to care about, be that his sister, brother, or the bastard children he will never be able to claim as his own. This love drives many of his actions throughout the series. The things he does for love…
Njord: Jaime tries to murder a seven-year-old because he happened to find him having sex with his sister, and later helps conspire to imprison a man threatening to expose that he was the father of his sister’s three children.
Personality: Jaime's character is primarily a subversion of the "knight in shining armor" trope. Tall, muscular, and handsome, when first introduced in the series he is thought to be the epitome of what it means to be a knight. However, we quickly learn that he is nothing of the sort. He is cocky, sarcastic, arrogant, and at times, bloodthirsty. He rarely takes anything seriously and looks down at anyone who doesn't share his blood or his ability. The two pillars of his character are his great combat ability, and his identity as a member of House Lannister, one of the premier houses in all of Westeros. These factors together led to him being promoted to the Kingsguard, one of the highest honors a knight can receive. But even then, not all is as it seems.
Jaime is a kingslayer, an oathbreaker. He threw away his honor as a knight by murdering his own king during the Sack of King's Landing. He tries to murder a seven-year-old boy by pushing him out of a window after he discovers Jaime in the midst of an incestual affair with his twin sister, Queen Cersei. He murders his cousin as means of a distraction to escape capture from his enemies. Despite his good looks and golden armor, Jaime is a conniving, despicable human being with little regard for the lives of others.
But these are the things he does for love. The love for his sister, for his children. Most, if not all of his actions in early seasons can be justified by the need to protect either the Lannister name, or his love of Cersei. Once he had even exclaimed that he would gladly kill every last person in the world if it meant he and his sister could finally find peace together. It is later revealed that this forbidden love is the reason he agreed to join the Kingsguard, forsaking his lands and titles so he could move to King's Landing and be with Cersei after an attempt to betroth her to the crown prince of the Seven Kingdoms, proving from an early age that he would give up everything if it meant he could be with the one he loves.
But this all begins to change after Jaime loses his sword hand. Having gone from one of the best fighters in all the realm to being unable to even lace his boots was devastating. One of his defining characteristics was taken from him, and even his sister rejects him on first meeting, seeing him as less of a man than who he was before his grievous injury. Not long after, Jaime spirals into depression and self-loathing, leading to a desire to die.
This massive change in his life causes him to re-evaluate his life and his values. It starts with his rescue of Brienne of Tarth, a large, powerful woman who was tasked with delivering an imprisoned Jaime back to King's Landing as part of a prisoner exchange. The two trade insults and blows multiple times during their travels, but they come to respect one another after Jaime's injury. But even with one hand, when Brienne faced mortal danger against a crazed bear, Jaime does whatever he can to protect the woman he detested days earlier. Once safe and as time went on, Brienne came to become possibly the first true friend Jaime had ever had, outside of his family. A great deal of her honor and desire to do the right thing leaves Jaime wondering if it's not too late to change for the better.
He had felt his honor was long dead when he drove his sword into the back of his king. The world never truly understood why he did it, thinking it was a matter of opportunity to make good with the invading forces as the kingdom was sacked. Jaime confides to Brienne that, in truth, he slayed King Aerys after it was demanded of him not only to kill his own father, but also that Aerys had intended to burn King's Landing and all of it's inhabitants to ashes. Jaime had sacrificed his honor for the sake of thousands of people who would come to hate him for that very action.
This becomes the core of Jaime's character arc: the struggle between his identity as a Lannister and his honor and humanity as a knight. He was now a man who could barely swing a sword, but still wanting to do what he can to protect the stability of the realm. When Daenerys Targaryen, the daughter of the king he killed, returned to Westeros to take the throne his sister now sat upon, it was Jaime who routed her in many battles. Though he could not fight to the degree he used to, he still had the experience and tactical genius necessary to turn the tides of war. This battle ultimately culminates in an opportunity to kill the would-be usurper, with Jaime on horseback, spear in hand, in a lone charge against a vulnerable queen. Vulnerable, except for the hulking engine of destruction that was the dragon standing between them both. But Jaime did not fear death, he charged forward believing that his sacrifice would end this war at that moment. The man who was in many ways the opposite of a great knight, planned to go out in a blaze of glory, charging into the mouth of a dragon.
Writing Sample: Jaime teaches Xion about Westerosi values
