Tower of the Hand

The Tower of the Hand was a location within the Red Keep in King's Landing. It served as the residence of the Hand of the King or Hand of the Queen and his household. Among other rooms, it contained a dining room, the Hand's study, the Hand's bed chamber and connecting corridors and stairways.
==History==
===Game of Thrones: Season 1===
During his short tenure as Hand of the King, Lord Eddard Stark takes residence in the tower alongside his daughters Sansa and Arya.
===Game of Thrones: Season 2===
Tyrion Lannister takes up residence in the tower when he assumes the role of Hand of the King. Secretly, he also installs his lover Shae with him,"The North Remembers" until she's discovered by Varys."The Night Lands"
Tyrion also has dinner with Janos Slynt in the tower before exiling him to the Night's Watch. Cersei visits Tyrion in his bed chamber to confront him about his treatment of Slynt.
===Game of Thrones: Season 3===
After assuming the mantle of Hand of the King, Lord Tywin Lannister takes residence in the tower. He also has Small Council meetings take place in the tower instead of the Small Council chamber."Valar Dohaeris""The Bear and the Maiden Fair (episode)"
===Game of Thrones: Season 4===
Before fleeing King's Landing, Tyrion Lannister sneaks into the Tower of the Hand, where he strangles his former lover Shae and then kills his father Tywin with a crossbow while he is on the privy."The Children"
===Game of Thrones: Season 8===
The Tower of the Hand has either been damaged or destroyed entirely, since Daenerys Targaryen is seen tearing down at least two of the Red Keep's towers and turning others into ruin with Drogon, during the Battle of King's Landing."The Bells"
==Behind the scenes==
In the audio commentary track for The North Remembers, D.B. Weiss revealed that falcons representing House Arryn on the wall still remain since neither Eddard Stark nor Tyrion Lannister have had time to redecorate after Jon Arryn's death.
==In the books==
In A Feast for Crows, following the death of Tywin Lannister, Cersei orders the Tower of the Hand burned to the ground by wildfire, because she cannot bear its look, keeping in mind that her father dies inside it, a whore in his bed (she also hope the fire may smoke a few rats from the rubble, like Tyrion and Varys). Jaime objects, fearing that the fire will spread beyond the tower, but Cersei insists. She is angered by Jaime's comment "Now you sound like Aerys".
The burning of the tower is performed right after the wedding of Tommen and Margaery. The guests watch in awe how the tower is burnt, as if it is a fireworks display. Since everyone knows about Cersei's plan in advance, and the destruction of the building is done in a controlled manner, no one is harmed by it.
Watching the building being consumed by wildfire, Cersei feels a strange excitement, as if the wildfire is cleansing her, burning away all her rage and fear, filling her with resolve. Jaime notices her expression, and is filled with disquiet: it strongly reminds him of the mad king and the way a burning would sexually arouse him.
In A Dance with Dragons, Cersei tells Kevan that Mace Tyrell seeks to rebuild the Tower. Kevan comments that the new tower will be twice as tall as the one Cersei burned. Cersei laughs "Long lances, tall towers... is Lord Tyrell hinting at something?."
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