Did Casterly Rock run out of gold?
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Did Casterly Rock run out of gold?
And so to this day, even with all the gold in Westeros to tempt invaders, Casterly Rock has never fallen. At least not in battle.
How much are the Lannisters in debt?
When Eddard Stark attends his first small council meeting in King’s Landing, he is shocked to learn that the Iron Throne is an astonishing 6 million Gold Dragons in debt, half of it owed to the Lannisters (though at the time, the Iron Bank isn’t mentioned by name).
What are the stark words?
House Stark
| House Stark of Winterfell | |
|---|---|
| Coat of arms | A running grey direwolf, on an ice-white field (Argent, a direwolf courant cendrée) |
| Words | Winter is Coming |
| Seat | Winterfell (formerly) |
| Head | Unknown; Bran Stark (de jure) |
What do the Lannisters look like?
The Lannisters are golden blond (and in the books, Tyrion had one green eye and one brown). Starks largely have dark hair, although Sansa is auburn like her mother, who was born a Tully. When Littlefinger brings Sansa to the Eyrie and tries to pass her off as his illegitimate daughter, she dyes her hair dark brown.
What is Tywin Lannister’s Dirty Little Secret?
In a key scene, Tywin Lannister tells his daughter Cersei the family’s real dirty little secret: they’re broke. The family had once mined gold as a source of its wealth. Not anymore. “Our last working mine dried up three years ago,” Tywin confesses to his daughter.
What happened to the Lannisters?
Say what you will about the Lannisters, the rulers you love to hate on Game of Thrones, but they’re a resilient lot. They fought off attacks by the Starks and survived the reign of the sadistic boy king Joffrey, not to mention any number of attempts to reveal the incest and illegitimacy that could undermine their claim to the Iron Throne.
Why are the Lannisters borrowing money from the Iron Bank?
So to fund the costly wars they’ve been fighting with the Stannis and the Starks, the Lannisters have been borrowing money hand over fist from the Iron Bank of Braavos. (But seriously, who wouldn’t want to take out a mortgage with an institution called The Iron Bank of Braavos?)