Tyrion Lannister

Tyrion Lannister
A Song of Ice and Fire character Game of Thrones character
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion on Game of Thrones
First appearance	Novel: A Game of Thrones (1996) Television: "Winter Is Coming" (2011) Video game: "Iron From Ice" (2014)
Created by	George R. R. Martin
Portrayed by	Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones)
Voiced by	Peter Dinklage (video game)
Information
Aliases	The Imp The Halfman Yollo Hugor Hill
Gender	Male
Title	Hand of the King Master of Coin Hand of the Queen (TV series)
Family	House Lannister
Spouse(s)	Tysha (annulled) Sansa Stark (unconsummated)
Significant other(s)	Shae
Relatives	Tywin Lannister (father) Joanna Lannister (mother) Jaime Lannister (brother) Cersei Lannister (sister) Joffrey Baratheon (nephew) Myrcella Baratheon (niece) Tommen Baratheon (nephew) Kevan Lannister (uncle)
Kingdom	The Westerlands The Crownlands

Tyrion Lannister (also referred to as "the Imp" or "the Halfman") is a fictional character in A Song of Ice and Fire, a series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation Game of Thrones. Based on an idea that came to Martin while writing the 1981 novel Windhaven, Tyrion has been called one of the author's finest creations and most popular characters by The New York Times. Martin has named the character as his favorite in the series.

Introduced in 1996's A Game of Thrones, Tyrion is a dwarf and member of House Lannister, one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in the fictional kingdom of Westeros. He subsequently appeared in Martin's A Clash of Kings (1998) and A Storm of Swords (2000). Tyrion was one of a few prominent characters that were not included in 2005's A Feast for Crows, but returned in the next novel A Dance with Dragons (2011). The character will also appear in the forthcoming volume The Winds of Winter. The popularity of the character led Martin and Bantam Books to publish The Wit & Wisdom of Tyrion Lannister, an illustrated collection of Tyrion quotes from the novels, in 2013.

In the story, Tyrion uses his status as a Lannister to mitigate the impact of the marginalization and derision he has received all of his life — even from his own family. Knowing that no one will ever take him seriously, he soothes his inadequacies with wine, wit and self-indulgence. But as the peaceful rule of King Robert Baratheon begins to come apart, Tyrion sees how ill-equipped his family are to hold everything together. He first saves his own neck from the vengeful Catelyn Stark and her sister Lysa Arryn, then is tasked by his father to impose order on the capital of King's Landing—as well as his nephew Joffrey, the new king—as civil war is sparked. Tyrion struggles to strengthen and protect the city and family who hate him and refuse to see the peril they are in; when his father returns, Tyrion becomes vulnerable to the wrath and machinations of the self-serving courtiers who surround Joffrey — including Tyrion's own scheming sister Cersei. Tyrion escapes death again but at great cost, and in fleeing Westeros finds himself in even more danger, but without his Lannister resources.