Tyrion kills Tywin || Audiobook

Tyrion enters the hand's bedchamber through Vary's secret pathway and finds Shae in Tywin's bed. He sings Hands of Gold as he strangles her with the chain of linked golden hands then walks to the privy with Tywin's crossbow in hand.
A Storm of Swords - ASOIAF
Read by Roy Dotrice

[@ChadKakashi]

I was so shocked when I first read this, WHO KNEW HE ACTUALLY DIDN’T SHIT GOLD?!

[@user-vh3sf3fb7s]

"That might have hurt me once, when I still felt pain."

[@celofoliveira]

I remember watching the show, waiting for the line "Wherever whores go". Damn, I was so sad they change it. It was the beginning of the end for Tyrion, and the show too

[@mrdarkstar3756]

It's so great fantastic writing. Is it Tyein just taking light of the threat? Is it him just being a dick and daring Tyrion I don't know lol. It's perfect

[@Ironcorgi2]

They dropped the ball by not bringing up tysha. Having Jaime tell Tyrion the truth broke him.

[@Argos-xb8ek]

Tywin is easily the third most cruel parental figure in the series

[@thatnikkakris2339]

Who the other 2

[@Argos-xb8ek]

@@thatnikkakris2339 Craster and Lord Tarly Sam's father

[@abdullahaltuwaijri8550]

@@Argos-xb8ek Tywin is worse than Randall Tarly imo

[@oliverrasmusson2362]

@@abdullahaltuwaijri8550 nah

[@abdullahaltuwaijri8550]

@@oliverrasmusson2362 yah

[@chrisseals6191]

I didn't know Winston Churchill did book readings. What a wonderful voice for a book reading

[@seangallagher1947]

In a (fictional) world of terrible people, and parents, Tywin still is one of the worst father’s ever put to screen/page. He is brutal, cruel, vindictive, and worst of all he is those things to his own flesh and blood. This chapter always makes me happy (kind of) to read Tyrion finally take his retribution after all the years of abuse. It was very difficult for Tyrion, for obvious reasons, killing his father. But man, the humanity in these book characters is palpable.

[@Blackkey034]

I get jt. Pyromancer equals Roy. I forget his last name. The reader. He’s perfect for it and i remember when i first was getting into the books and hearing his narration

[@Birrrrra]

Roy Dotrice

[@LahmedA]

I will miss Roy. He mucked up some of the voices in the last book but i still wouldn't have them with anyone else...

[@JawBreaker1.]

Voice acting is on point.

[@kennysemper2719]

The dude that does these audiobooks should make a podcast series out of this.

[@CheeseCrumbs00]

Unfortunately Roy Dotrice died in 2017. I won't be able to listen to winds of winter as I can't imagine anyone but Roy bringing these characters to life. Instead I simply plan to read it with Roy's character voices in my head.

[@slightlyallthetime]

@Cheese Crumbs I feel the same. After countless hours of listening to his narration, it's going to be strange listening to Winds now that he's passed.

[@CheeseCrumbs00]

@@slightlyallthetime Ik, I still replay countless passages all the time. The way he reads just gives me a new perspective on the beauty of the dialogue, entirely different from the way I read it in my head.

[@1998topornik]

That last line was perfect!

[@nuiadngnsdnge2673]

Why does Tywin sound like Pycelle and the Hounds love child.

[@TheGuyCalledX]

The voice used for Tyrion is the same one as the pyromancer during the Battle of Blackwater Bay. The pyromancer was played by Roy.

[@Starthclyde]

@@TheGuyCalledX m8 its Roy all the way down, rose tinted glasses and all that.

[@kambuityehimba140]

I know the song playing is rains of castamere but who's it by this rendition is beautiful

[@CheeseCrumbs00]

i think its "you are no son of mine" or "hear me roar"

[@kambuityehimba140]

@@CheeseCrumbs00 Thank you!

[@bombkita]

The background music makes these readings so much more intense. Such incredible music.

[@claytongillespie754]

This is so fire like this should’ve been in the show

[@user-ev7id5bu2w]

please do more, you do so much justice to the books compared to the series. Especially season 6 to 8.

[@quix825]

This is the official audio book lmao

[@RealBono]

It’s the official audiobook and the guy passed away in 2017 I believe. He was the actor who played the Pyromancer in season 2

[@colbyadamski8139]

@@RealBonowhat is this in reply to even?😂😂

[@whosaidiwantedahandle]

This is the moment Tyrion became Patricidenberg

[@robertstefan8415]

This is Brutal

[@LockedDownSpectator]

Westerlands definitely sounds like Wales. But Tywin sounds jarringly different from what I’d expect. But then again, Charles Dance set the standard, of course.

[@CheeseCrumbs00]

When Lord Tywin was first introduced he had a deep welsh accent in a GOT. Trouble is Tywin does not have all that much dialogue until ASOS at which point Roy Dotrice (the narrator) still keeps the welsh accent but he slowly phases it out. I do not know if he did this on purpose as all the Lannisters speaking in a Welsh accent became confusing, especially with the introduction of Jaime as a POV in the same book, who talks in a similar way to Tywin. Or merely because he has to voice over 100 characters and simply forgot with the book gap. However, while listening to the audio books the change is very gradual and hardly noticeable unless you pay close attention. It only seems to be a stark contrast when comparing it the Tywins introduction in a GOT.

[@LockedDownSpectator]

@@CheeseCrumbs00 indeed. I would have not known. Only ever listened to the first book. Read the rest.

[@madeline1376]

Tyrion goes completely psycho in the books…

[@marcoanonymous8434]

I beg to differ. His actions are well thought through and he never harms people who treat him kindly.

[@davidsekhleyan693]

@@marcoanonymous8434 Still he's way more cruel than Tyrion in the show and more a gray character than a good guy. Not to mention that in ADwD he's filled with rage, pride and hate and wants to bring a huge war to Westeros just to make a huge bloodshed. So, you can say that he kinda went psycho. And that's why I love ASoiaF Tyrion much more.

[@marcoanonymous8434]

@@davidsekhleyan693 Come on, David. You know that's not true. His anger originates from the wrongs that have been done to him, from people that he had trusted for the most part of his life (family). His father is just the kind of person that will do anything to put the Lannisters in front, regardless of the consequences to other. The Rains of Castamere is taletelling and the way Cercei handles her opponents makes even her father look like a amateur. Tyrion doesn't hold a grudge and he's always proving himself as the better man, despite being mocked. He gave the janitor his money after Bronn kills Ser Vardis and he constructs a chair in which Bran Stark could sit upon a horse. Tyrion is George Martin most favorite character. This is why.

[@davidsekhleyan693]

@@marcoanonymous8434 Cersei isn't good at dealing with opponents. The only thing she's better than Tywin is the ruthlessness. Tywin, despite being ruthless, was also politically savvy and always thought about doing it more "clear", without openly harming a reputation of his family and having no consequences for his actions. Cersei doesn't think about it. She doesn't give two shits about political and practical sides. And especially she doesn't care about consequences. And it doesn't matter how many hardships Tyrion had endured in his life (thanks to Tywin and Cersei). He is just as ruthless as Tywin, he's prideful as well, and in current state of story he plots to bring a war on entire Westeros just to have his revenge. He's a great villain, we can understand where all his hatred, rage and pain comes from, but that doesn't change all awful things he done throughout the story and things he will do (if GRRM finishes series ofc).

[@marcoanonymous8434]

@@davidsekhleyan693 We agree to disagree.

[@bobbyhall7472]

If Tywin would have just slammed the door he would have lived!

[@harukrentz435]

Is that Tywin or Churchil? 😅

[@J10005]

Well both are genocidal maniacs so there's that 😂

[@superrandomguy-lz4jf]

@@J10005 how was Chruchill a genocidal maniac???

[@J10005]

@@superrandomguy-lz4jf Ask the people of Bengal and the Kurds

[@superrandomguy-lz4jf]

@@J10005 I mean if u only knew about the other guy.....

[@J10005]

@@superrandomguy-lz4jf Churchill's starving act is his version of the Rains Of Castamere

[@maxkogan3785]

One of the best villains in the series and they literally had him shit himself when he died :'(

[@SangreFriasBack]

A fitting end to a man so full of shit

[@RedHairedWarlord]

To be fair everyone shits themself when they die, (Spoilers) you see this with pycelle at the end of DWD where Varys comments on the abominable stink and Robert Baratheon says something similar when he’s recounting his first kill

[@henryjohnson3703]

Hence why his death so brilliant. His death had to be as pathetic as possible to drive the thematic point of his arc.

[@nathanthemoneyman9191]

@@RedHairedWarlord I think Bobby B was referring to the fact that his kill begged him not to kill him.

[@SorceressWitch]

​@@RedHairedWarlord Robert was referring to people being scared. The term "shit yourself" is a slang term for being scared. Robert was explaining a guy saying wait as he didn't want to be killed, the guy was scared. I have seen in movies where characters use that term when they're scared. Sometimes the word "piss myself" is used but it isn't just for being scared, I heard some use it describing for laughter.

[@bobbyhall7472]

This music is perfect!

[@MadkingLeviticus]

Shea's voice is... Wow

[@mranderson9813]

George is the fucking goat of our time

[@nickrykert2572]

Phenomenal!

[@colinclayton8042]

Why does Tywin sound like Walder Frey in this audio book? 😊

[@kpax2066]

Tywin had it coming. He was horrible to Tyrion.

[@StarkillerVizarD]

the mountain vs the red viper please?

[@marcoanonymous8434]

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[@nigelwhoreberry1015]

is Tywin less classy in the books? His voice here is a lot more babbling and sloppy. Does Charles Dance give the character more dignity?

[@jamairwilliams8669]

I would say Charles Dance brought Tywin's "dignity and commanding demeanor" to the forefront. I read the books and Tywin doesn't even have his own chapters and when he does show up his conversations aren't long

[@Sercroc]

maybe it's just the reader

[@CheeseCrumbs00]

roy notoriously changed the voices of the characters from book to book, the first time you hear tywin speak in GOT Roy's impression is deeper and gruffer but I think its all about how Roy was reading it all for the first time and a characters voice changes depending on what you learn about them.

[@fuckyoutube9305]

his voice is whatever you make it to be, it's a book

[@YIIMM]

I see the Westerlands is Wales

[@jasonbourne1218]

We need more of thes3

[@mobratsexposed]

Tywin Is the best and a mans man

[@LockedDownSpectator]

Tywin sounds a bit too old.

[@dirtyjerz8182]

Happy Father's day lol

[@gaz4553]

Tyrion victimized the girl first. Lol

[@santiogo369]

Both of my goats😢

[@gabrielbreaker8859]

Someone said that Randyll Tarly was a better father than Tywin😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 i need what shes smoking

[@Ironcorgi2]

Tarly never had his son’s wife gang raped by a garrison and forced his son on the woman. Sure he threatened Sam, beat him and abused him mentally but nothing that monstrous

[@yoshisisland24]

its probably rheagar who is Tyrion's father, not aerys, I mean strategically if you wanted to a royal heir you would want it to be with the up and comer instead of the decrepit, rapidly aging, man.

[@CheeseCrumbs00]

Tywin is Tyrion's father. Tyrion is Tywin writ small. No purpose is served by making Aerys or Rheagar his father. I don't think there can be another secret Targaryen.

[@yoshisisland24]

@@CheeseCrumbs00 first of all there are probably dozens of secret Targaryens , and 2, politically its would make a lot of sense for Joana, its how you get favor, and your kids get good genes. happens a lot

[@CheeseCrumbs00]

@@yoshisisland24 Joanna loved Tywin and clearly rebuffed aerys' advances. Tyrion clearly did not get "good genes." If the targs wanted Lannister why did they not marry Cersi to Rhaegar.

[@yoshisisland24]

@@CheeseCrumbs00 it was good for Joanna lanister to have heir's child, sounds like he would give you some good will your way if you wanted to play the game of thrones. and its been largely speculated that the only reason Tyrion is deformed was because he was bastard and either Joana or Tywin were trying to get rid of it but Tyrion survived some how, the moon tea didn't take and left him deformed. so he could have had good genes but then hat some fetal alcoholism kind of poisoning.

[@CheeseCrumbs00]

@@yoshisisland24 If Tyrion is a bastard he is heir to nothing, making it not advantageous at all to the game of thrones. Tyrion may have been stunted as Tywin and Joanna were cousins. Fetal alcohol syndrome does not cause dwarfism.

[@thanosalaarson8290]

At first I was simple minded and didn’t appreciate Tywin Lannister. But then as I read the story and got into more of the lore Tywin Lannister became my favorite character, or at least one of them. People love to make excuses for the characters they like and crap on the more nuanced and intelligent characters like Tywin. He was the only real chance besides Ser Kevan for a marginally United Westeros and some order brought in. But Tyrion, a lame, lazy, selfish spiteful and narcissistic character is given the plot armor and means to kill one of the best characters. What irritates me most about the books is that characters who should in fact die don’t. When weak and useless characters flourish. Tyrion isn’t even worth a tenth of Tywin and yet he gets plot armor galore. Same with Daenerys and Sansa. Realistically they’d be the first ones dead

[@CheeseCrumbs00]

I don't think Tyrion has got plot armour and I think Tywin deserved to die. Tywin mistreated his son his whole life and Tysha was the last straw and Tywin finally reaped what he had sown. Tywin isn't the only character able to bind the kingdoms together, Stannis too has the means and will to do so too.

[@thanosalaarson8290]

@@CheeseCrumbs00 Tywin didn’t mistreat Tyrion all his life. All you have is Tysha as his bad action. Other than that, Tyrion lived a privileged and entitled lifestyle. Tyrion isn’t a good fighter, is outsmarted by Cersei Varys and Little Finger on top of others, he’s not attractive, he doesn’t have his own money. Tyrion literally just gets carried around the storyline. It’s facts.

[@CheeseCrumbs00]

@@thanosalaarson8290 He outsmarted Cersi multiple times, name one person who has outsmarted little finger, Tyrion didn't and he didn't outsmart Varys either. But that doesn't make Tywin a good man. Tyrion was new to the game of thrones and was getting his footing, hes not a good fighter but hes not terrible either, we've seen him show more bravery than Tywin who commands from the rear and his own intelligence and cunning saves his life in the vale twice. Tywin mocked Tyrion consistently, making him manager of drain and cisterns in Casterly rock and prevented him from claiming his rights as heir to casterly rock. I don't understand why you value Tywin so much as the whole point of his and Tyrions relationship was to point out that Tywin is exactly like Tyrion and a hypocrite bedsides . He dresses up Shae, his sons whore in his hand of the King jewelry despite his mocking of his own father who did the same. He critiques Tyrions low cunning when he displayed the same traits to peform the red wedding. It is explicitly states multiple times that Tyrion is Tywin writ small and that "Tyrion is Tywins son," in character and all else. Give Tyrion time and he wouldn've turned out like Tywin.

[@CheeseCrumbs00]

@@lethabomaunatlala7121 aye hes probably a better fighter but I would not compare him to Ser Barristan or the blackfish, leave that comparison to his younger brother, Tygett. True enough he has fought more than Tyrion and is brave besides, you make good point.

[@henryjohnson3703]

What a bad take that misunderstand the point. Tywin’s accomplishments are a farce, a straw House that he built. He always talks of his ‘legacy’ and how he wants to make House Lannister a powerful dynasty but fails to realize that to do that you need to be a father, not a narcissist who destroys all your children’s minds because you’re too selfish to see past yourself. Tywin was never the thing Westeros needed because the minute Tywin dies, the whole thing falls. He failed as a Lannister and as a father

[@atro-city]

I still don't understand why people think the audiobooks are good, Roy Dotrice makes everyone sound like a throat cancer patient who is trying too hard to speak, I don't care how much you love him, Tywin does not sound like that. This terrible narration takes away all the gravity Tywin has.

[@mrnofx2242]

So how does tywin sound ? I didn't know he was a real person

[@atro-city]

@@mrnofx2242 at least not like gyles rosby

[@atro-city]

@Insignatious doesn't change the fact that it sounds like dogshit

[@jaremymallister9004]

Well, whenever I read the dialogues with Tywin, I imagine Charles Dance's voice. But Roy Dotrice did the best he could. Do you think it was in his interest to make all characters sound like cancer patients?? All in all, Dotrice's work is not considered great due to the way he makes the characters sound like. He is considered great due to the way he reads the evolution of events. Furthermore, what I like most on Dotrice's work is the way he changes his voice depending on the character (for instance whenever Tyrion speaks, his voice sounds mocking, while Tywin has a menacing voice).

[@ranfan1820]

@Alyssa Ravenheart Well, he is heavily constipated and was facing down a crossbow from the person he hated the most. It's only natural that he'd deviate from his usual demeanor.