Jocelyn Swyft
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Jocelyn Swyft is a noblewoman of House Swyft. She is the companion and lady attendant of Queen Cersei Lannister.[1][2]
Contents
Character
Jocelyn follows the Faith of the Seven.[3][4]
Cersei Lannister considers Jocelyn to be timid[3] and slow.[4]
Recent Events
A Feast for Crows
A frightened Jocelyn is present when Dowager Queen Cersei Lannister receives news of the death of her father, Lord Tywin Lannister.[2]
As Jocelyn helps Queen Regent Cersei prepare for the wedding of her son, King Tommen I Baratheon, to Lady Margaery Tyrell, Cersei takes out her anger on her companion.[4]
Cersei is presented with the head of a dwarf falsely claimed to be that of her disgraced brother, Tyrion Lannister, and Jocelyn throws up when she sees the head covered with maggots.[5]
Jocelyn spends time in the queen's apartments with Lady Taena Merryweather and a handmaid, Dorcas, while Cersei is away for a small council meeting.[5]
Jocelyn and Dorcas continue to serve Cersei.[6][7][8] When Cersei dismisses Tommen from her presence, she often sends the boy off with Jocelyn.[8][9] The girl snores at night.[8]
A Dance with Dragons
When Cersei completes her walk of atonement through the streets of King's Landing and enters the Red Keep, Jocelyn provides a blanket when the Lord Regent, Ser Kevan Lannister, commands the naked Cersei to be covered up.[10]
Family
It is unclear how Jocelyn is related to the other members of House Swyft.
| Harys | Unknown wife | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kevan Lannister | Dorna | Steffon | Unknown wife | Shierle | Melwyn Sarsfield | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lancel Lannister | Willem Lannister | Martyn Lannister | Janei Lannister | Joanna | Jocelyn | Humfrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Quotes
Tommen: The gods are weeping for grandfather. Lady Jocelyn says the raindrops are their tears.
Cersei: Jocelyn Swyft is a fool. If the gods could weep, they would have wept for your brother. Rain is rain.[3]
References
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Appendix.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 3, Cersei I.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 7, Cersei II.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 12, Cersei III.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 17, Cersei IV.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 24, Cersei V.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 32, Cersei VII.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 36, Cersei VIII.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 43, Cersei X.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 65, Cersei II.