Olenna Tyrell

Worries about Cersei's arrest by the sparrows that the latter manipulated into arresting her grandchildren
Encourages her granddaughter to successfully ascend to the Iron Throne while Cersei tries to prevent it
Easily identifies the targets of her opponents

### Type of GH

Quick-witted Aristocrat

Lady **Olenna Tyrell** (née **Redwyne**), commonly known as the Queen of Thorns due to her sharp tongue, is a supporting character in George R. R. Martin’s *A Song of Ice and Fire*, and a major character in the HBO television series, *Game of Thrones*.

In the TV show she was portrayed by the late Dame Diana Rigg.

## What Makes Her A Guile Hero?

* In her youth she misled Lord Luthor Tyrell, who was engaged to Olenna's sister, when she "accidentally" arrived in his room and caused the latter to fall in love with her instead of her sister and become engaged to her.
* She mocks the stupidity of her husband who was too innocent and irresponsibly rode his horse, until he fell off a cliff. She also mocks her son, Mace, who claims to be a great warrior when in reality he only held feasts during the wars.
* She cooperates with Tywin despite their mutual hostility, so that they can effectively supply food to the capital and cause calm during the war.
* Encourages Sansa to confess to her granddaughter about Joffrey's character.
* silences one of the food servers telling her that they will bring a cake at the end of the meal, she tells him that it will be served when she announces that it will be served.
* She tried alongside Varys to find a loophole that would free Sansa from King's Landing, although the plan was foiled.
* Prevents Tyrion's request to cut costs in Joffrey's lavish wedding, to avoid suspicion of poisoning the latter's wine.
* When Tywin mocks Loras's homosexuality, she asks him if he had any sexual experiences in his youth, silencing him a bit.
* Although he was a rival, she informs Tywin that he has a very strong reputation for cruelty and thus smashes the pen signing a contract for the marriage of Loras and Cersei.
* Encourages some of her granddaughters to find the most beautiful necklace for Joffrey's wedding, with the winner getting the one that comes in second place.
* She compliments Brian Mattart and praises her for how she beat her grandson in the tournament.
* At Joffrey's wedding, she comforts Sansa about the Red Wedding, although in practice she is trying to hint to her (without realizing it) about a gem she is wearing that is filled with poison.
* She causes Joffrey's death to prevent her granddaughter from a sadistic marriage and before Joffrey suffocates she asks for help for him and makes sure the viewers focus on him, deflecting suspicion from her.
* She quietly reveals to her granddaughter that Tyrion is innocent and tells her that she will understand everything in time.
* Encourages Margaery to meet Tommen by "mistake" while Cersei is busy grieving her first son. The act makes Tommen fall in love with her and prevents Cersei's manipulation against Margaery.
* After Loras's arrest by the sparrows, she returns to the capital city, but closes the window already from a distance because she can already smell the stench from afar.
* Tells Cersei she's pretending to be a writer to avoid her.
* After Cersei brought a witness to incriminate Loras and Margaery she directs a look at Cersei, so that you know she is aware of her actions.
* After Littlefinger helped Cersei she threatens that he will help her frame Cersei or she will make sure he is framed for Joffrey's murder and that his body will never be found.
* Confronts Lancel who slept with Cersei and he confesses to it, which causes the latter's arrest.
* Threatens the Supreme Sparrow that she will stop funding the food for the residents of the capital city and inform that he is to blame for it.
* Clarifies to Cersei that she is not the queen after her granddaughter's wedding to the king, and has no authority to sit on the council (although Cersei didn't care).
* After her people move with an army to prevent Margari from a expiation march, she explains to Mace how the High Sparrow was watching over them (Olena understood that this was not a good plan, but she had to act against her granddaughter's march).
* She initially suspects that Margaery has started to believe in the Faith Militant, but realizes from her piece of information that she is just playing.
* Asking Unella to explain what she is doing next to her. When she is silent she asks her if she will remain silent even if her men beat her hard.
* Before leaving she teases Cersei and her revenge for Cersei's loss at the hands of the sparrows.
* When Ellaria Sand invites her, she silences the scolding of the serpents and leaves Ellaria's advice to team up with Daenerys to avenge Cersei.
* She tells Daenerys as a lesson from the Septon explosion, that in order to beat Cersei she needs to be more popular and also fill the people with fear, calls the Lords of Westeros "sheep" and sees her as a "dragon", who should act like a dragon.
* After her army is defeated by the Lannisters she asks Jaime how the warriors fought.
* She calls Cersei a "monster" and tells Jaime that he will regret helping her or she will destroy him. Jaime doesn't understand it right away, but it definitely affected him before he left Cersei.
* When Jaime gives her a painless poison she quickly drinks it before confessing to killing Joffrey, so that Cersei will know it was her.
* When Cersei hears about this she is furious with Jaime for resisting giving her a more brutal death, as she went to the grave laughing instead of screaming.
* Although she has committed several crimes, she clearly shows that she is a good person: she has mixed feelings about killing Joffrey since she had no choice, in addition to being kind to Sansa for defying her and clearly disliking Cersei who committed atrocities without any standards. Also, her actions did a lot of good: killing Joffrey, helping her granddaughter free herself from captivity and trying to make Jaime hate Cersei (which he finally succeeded).

## External Links

* Olenna Tyrell on the Heroes Wiki.
* Olenna Tyrell on the *A Wiki of Ice and Fire*.
* Olenna Tyrell on the *Wiki of Westeros*.