Difference between revisions of "Taena of Myr"

From A Wiki of Ice and Fire
Jump to: navigation, search
(19 intermediate revisions by 8 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
 
{{Infobox character
 
{{Infobox character
| Character_name = [[File:House Merryweather.PNG|50px|left]] '''Taena of Myr''' [[File:House Merryweather.PNG|50px|right]]
+
| Character_name = [[File:Coin of Myr.png|50px|left]] Taena of Myr [[File:House Merryweather.svg|50px|right]]
| image          = [[File:Taena merryweather by daenerys mod.jpg|250px]]
+
| image          = [[File:Taena of myr by eluas.png|250px]]
| image_caption  = Illustration by Elia Fernandez©
+
| image_caption  = Taena by Eluas ©
| Alias          =Taena Merryweather<br>Myr
+
| Alias          = Taena Merryweather{{Ref|AFFC|17}}
| Title          =
+
| Title          = Lady of [[Longtable]]
 
| Allegiance    = [[House Merryweather]]
 
| Allegiance    = [[House Merryweather]]
 
| Race          =
 
| Race          =
 
| Culture        = [[Myr]]ish
 
| Culture        = [[Myr]]ish
| Spouse        = Lord [[Orton Merryweather]]
+
| Spouse        = Lord [[Orton Merryweather]]{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}}
| Place_of_Birth =
+
| Lover          = Unknown{{ref|AFFC|17}}<br>Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]{{Ref|AFFC|32}}
| Date_of_Birth  = {{Date|276}} (roughly)<ref name=Calculation>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Taena Merryweather|Taena Merryweather]] calculation.''</ref>
+
| Issue          = [[Russell Merryweather]]{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}}
 +
| Place_of_Birth = [[Myr]]{{ref|AWOIAF|Taena}}
 +
| Date_of_Birth  = {{Date|276}} (roughly)<ref name=Calculation>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Taena of Myr|Taena of Myr]] calculation.''</ref>
 
| Place_of_Death =
 
| Place_of_Death =
 
| Date_of_Death  =
 
| Date_of_Death  =
| Books          = ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (Appears)<br>''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (Appears)<br>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (Mentioned)
+
| Books          = ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (appears)<br>''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (appears)<br>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned)
| coat-of-arms  =
+
| Coat-of-arms  =
 
| Played_by      =
 
| Played_by      =
 
| TV_series      =  
 
| TV_series      =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
'''Taena of Myr''' is from [[Myr]]. She is married to Lord [[Orton Merryweather]] while he was in exile in the east.{{Ref|aFfC|12}} They have one child, [[Russell Merryweather|Russell]].
+
'''Taena of Myr''',{{Ref|ASOS|Appendix}} also known as '''Taena Merryweather''',{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}} is the [[Myr]]ish wife of Lord [[Orton Merryweather]] and is the Lady of [[Longtable]]. They have one child, [[Russell Merryweather|Russell]].{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}}
  
==Appearance==
+
==Appearance and Character==
 
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Taena Merryweather|Images of Taena Merryweather]]''
 
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Taena Merryweather|Images of Taena Merryweather]]''
 +
Taena is a beautiful, shapely woman{{ref|ASOS|28}} as tall as Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]{{ref|AFFC|12}} but more busty.{{ref|AFFC|32}} She has olive skin, thick black hair, and large, dark eyes.{{Ref|ASOS|28}}{{ref|AFFC|7}} Taena has long legs, white teeth, and dark, full lips.{{ref|AFFC|7}}{{ref|AFFC|12}}
  
She is an extremely beautiful and shapely woman with black hair and large, dark eyes.{{Ref|aSoS|28}} [[Sansa Stark]] considers her a sultry black-eyed beauty.{{Ref|aSoS|6}} Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] cannot help but notice the way she moves her hips as she walks, he thinks her every step is a seduction.{{Ref|aFfC|16}}
+
Lady Merryweather is sultry in her demeanor{{ref|ASOS|6}} and speech.{{ref|AFFC|7}} Witty{{ref|AFFC|24}} and flattering,{{ref|AFFC|28}} Taena has a throaty laugh{{ref|AFFC|16}} and speaks the [[Common Tongue]] with a [[Myr]]ish accent.{{ref|AFFC|7}} She enjoys [[wine]].{{ref|AFFC|17}}
 +
 
 +
==History==
 +
[[File:Christine MitzukTaena Merryweather.jpg|thumb|350px|Taena, by Christine Mitzuk © Fantasy Flight Games]]
 +
Taena met Lord [[Orton Merryweather]] during his exile from the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{ref|AFFC|12}} She accompanied Orton when King [[Robert I Baratheon]] allowed him to return to [[Westeros]].{{ref|AFFC|16}}  
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
===A Storm of Swords===
+
===''A Storm of Swords''===
Taena accompanies her husband to [[King's Landing]] when [[Margaery Tyrell]] is betrothed to King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I]].{{Ref|aSoS|6}} She dances with several lords at the wedding feast of [[Sansa Stark]]. Lady Taena is called as a witness for the prosecution in the trial of [[Tyrion Lannister]] for the death of King Joffrey I. She testifies that she saw Tyrion drop something into the wedding chalice.{{Ref|aSoS|66}}
+
Taena accompanies her husband, Lord [[Orton Merryweather]], to [[King's Landing]] when [[Margaery Tyrell]] is betrothed to King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]].{{Ref|ASOS|6}} She provocatively dances at the wedding feast of [[Sansa Stark]].{{ref|ASOS|28}} Sansa considers Lady Merryweather to be a sultry black-eyed beauty.{{Ref|ASOS|6}}
 +
 
 +
Taena is called as a witness for the prosecution in the trial of [[Tyrion Lannister]] for the death of King Joffrey. Although Tyrion is innocent, Taena testifies that she saw him drop something into the [[wedding chalice]] during Joffrey's [[Purple Wedding|wedding feast]].{{Ref|ASOS|66}}
 +
 
 +
===''A Feast for Crows''===
 +
[[File:Taena of Myr TheMico.jpg|thumb|Taena by The Mico ©]]
 +
During the funeral of Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], Taena catches the eye of the [[Regent|Queen Regent]], [[Cersei Lannister]].{{Ref|aFfC|7}} She approaches Cersei during the wedding of [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]] and Margaery, confiding in Cersei and attempting to get into her good graces. She reveals that Cersei's maid [[Senelle]] is spying on her for Margaery.{{Ref|AFFC|12}} Taena allies herself with Cersei, feeding the queen information.{{Ref|AFFC|17}}{{Ref|AFFC|28}}{{Ref|AFFC|39}}
 +
 
 +
During a night of drinking, Taena admits to Cersei that she had a secret lover, a [[Myr]]ish captain with a scar on his face.{{ref|AFFC|17}} Cersei suggests that Taena have her son brought to court so he could befriend Tommen, but Lady Merryweather insists that [[Russell Merryweather|Russell]] would be more comfortable remaining at [[Longtable]].{{ref|AFFC|28}} Lady Merryweather tells Cersei that she had attended Margaery's earlier wedding to [[Renly Baratheon]] at [[Highgarden]], and she had participated in Renly's disrobing.{{ref|AFFC|28}} As one of the queen's companions,{{ref|AFFC|16}} Taena sometimes sleeps in Cersei's bed.{{ref|AFFC|32}} After learning that [[Bronn]] killed Ser [[Balman Byrch]], an angry Cersei has sex with Taena.{{Ref|AFFC|32}}
 +
 
 +
Lady Merryweather spends the night consoling Margaery after the young queen learns that her brother, Ser [[Loras Tyrell]], was wounded in the [[siege of Dragonstone]].{{ref|AFFC|36}}
 +
 
 +
Taena attends court{{ref|AFFC|36}} and [[small council|council]]{{ref|AFFC|39}} with Cersei, and the Queen Regent names Taena's husband, Lord Orton, as [[Hand of the King]].{{ref|AFFC|39}} Taena is aware of Cersei's schemes against Margaery and her cousins—[[Megga Tyrell|Megga]], [[Alla Tyrell|Alla]], and [[Elinor Tyrell]]—and she offers to speak with Alla about turning against her kin.{{ref|AFFC|39}} After Cersei has a nightmare of [[Maggy the Frog]], she tells Taena about the ''[[maegi]]'' and her prophecy of the ''[[valonqar]]''.{{ref|AFFC|39}}
 +
 
 +
The [[Faith of the Seven]] imprisons Margaery and her cousins after Ser [[Osney Kettleblack]] confesses carnal knowledge of her, and Lady Merryweather accompanies Cersei when the Queen Regent goes to visit the [[Great Sept of Baelor]]. Cersei tasks Taena with manipulating Margaery's three cousins.{{ref|AFFC|43}} The [[High Sparrow]] has Cersei arrested before she can leave the Great Sept.{{ref|AFFC|43}}
 +
 
 +
[[Qyburn]] later informs the imprisoned Cersei that Taena had informed the small council of the Faith's accusations against the Queen Regent, and that she and Lord Merryweather then fled King's Landing for Longtable. Cersei is relieved to learn of the Merryweathers' departure, since Taena is privy to incriminating information which could be used against Cersei by the Faith.{{Ref|AFFC|43}}
 +
 
 +
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
 +
Still a prisoner of the Faith, Cersei recalls Lady Merryweather as having been her one true friend.{{ref|ADWD|54}} After her [[walk of atonement]], Cersei asks her uncle, Ser [[Kevan Lannister]], if Taena can attend her again once her innocence is proven.{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}
 +
 
 +
==Quotes by Taena==
 +
{{quote|'''Taena''': [[Orton Merryweather|Lord Merryweather]] and I wish only to serve Your Grace and [[Tommen Baratheon|the little king]].<br>
 +
'''Cersei''': We must speak again, my lady. Taena, is it? You are most kind. I know that we shall be great friends.{{ref|AFFC|7}}|Taena and [[Cersei Lannister]]}}
 +
 
 +
{{quote|'''Cersei''': I would be very sad if you ever betrayed my trust, Taena. I would have no choice but to give you to Lord [[Qyburn]], but I know that I should weep.<br>
 +
'''Taena''': I will never give you cause to weep, Your Grace. If I do, say the word, and I will give myself to Qyburn. I want only to be close to you. To serve you, however you require.{{ref|AFFC|32}}|[[Cersei Lannister]] and Taena}}
 +
 
 +
{{quote|'''Taena''': Would it amuse Your Grace to be a man one night?<br>
 +
'''Cersei''': Only if you remained a woman.{{ref|AFFC|36}}|Taena and [[Cersei Lannister]]}}
 +
 
 +
==Quotes about Taena==
 +
{{quote|Lady Merryweather was all but a stranger. Tyrion wondered if she was blind or bought.{{ref|ASOS|66}}|thoughts of [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}
 +
 
 +
{{quote|The [[Myr]]ish woman was too beautiful by half; long-legged and full-breasted, with smooth olive skin, ripe lips, huge dark eyes, and thick black hair that always looked as if she'd just come from bed. She even smells of sin, like some exotic lotus.{{ref|AFFC|12}}|thoughts of [[Cersei Lannister]]}}
 +
 
 +
{{quote|Jaime could not help but notice the way the [[Myr]]ish woman moved her hips as she walked. Every step is a seduction.{{ref|AFFC|16}}|thoughts of [[Jaime Lannister]]}}
  
===A Feast for Crows===
+
{{quote|'''Jaime''': How much do you know about this woman?<br>
Taena attends the funeral of Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]. There she catches the eye of Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]].{{Ref|aFfC|7}} She approaches Cersei during the wedding of [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I]] and [[Margaery Tyrell]], confiding in Cersei and attempting to get into her good graces. She reveals that Cersei's maid [[Senelle]] is spying on her for [[Margaery Tyrell]].{{Ref|aFfC|12}} Taena allies herself with Cersei, feeding Cersei information{{Ref|aFfC|17}}{{Ref|aFfC|28}}{{Ref|aFfC|39}} and sharing her bed on occasion.{{Ref|aFfC|32}}  
+
'''Cersei''': I know she is a mother, with [[Russell Merryweather|a young son]] that she wants to rise high in this world. She will do whatever is required to see that he does. Mothers are all the same. Lady Merryweather may be a [[serpent]], but she is far from stupid. She knows I can do more for her than [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]], so she makes herself useful to me.{{ref|AFFC|16}}|[[Jaime Lannister]] and [[Cersei Lannister]]}}
  
After Cersei's imprisonment by the [[Faith of the Seven]], Taena and her husband abandon Cersei and flee back to [[Longtable]]. Cersei is relieved to learn of the Merryweathers' departure from [[Qyburn]], since Taena is privy to much incriminating information, which could be used against her by her accusers of the newly zealous and militant Faith.{{Ref|aFfC|43}} Cersei assumes she need not fear that her former bedmaid and confidant would betray her under interrogation or torture.
+
{{quote|It was a pity Taena could not serve as [[Hand of the King|Hand]]. She was thrice the man [[Orton Merryweather|her husband]] was, and far more amusing.{{ref|AFFC|39}}|thoughts of [[Cersei Lannister]]}}
  
 
==Family==
 
==Family==
 
{{Merryweather tree}}
 
{{Merryweather tree}}
  
 +
==References==
 +
{{References|2}}
  
==References and Notes==
+
[[Category:House Merryweather]]
{{references|3}}
+
[[Category:Characters from Myr]]
 +
[[Category:Companions and ladies-in-waiting of Margaery Tyrell]]
 +
[[Category:Followers and collaborators of Cersei Lannister]]
 +
[[Category:Lovers of Cersei Lannister]]
 +
[[Category:Members of Joffrey I Baratheon's court]]
 +
[[Category:Members of Tommen I Baratheon's court]]
 
[[Category:Noblewomen]]
 
[[Category:Noblewomen]]
 
[[Category:Spies]]
 
[[Category:Spies]]
[[Category:Characters from Myr]]
+
 
[[Category:House Merryweather]]
+
[[es:Taena]]
[[Category:Followers and collaborators of Cersei Lannister]]
+
[[fr:Taena Merryweather]]
[[es:Taena]][[fr:Taena Merryweather]][[ru:Тэйна Мерривезер]][[zh:密尔的坦妮娅]]
+
[[ru:Тэйна Мерривезер]]
 +
[[zh:密尔的坦妮娅]]

Revision as of 23:30, 9 February 2021

Coin of Myr.png
Taena of Myr
House Merryweather.svg
Taena of myr by eluas.png
Taena by Eluas ©

Alias Taena Merryweather[1]
Title Lady of Longtable
Allegiance House Merryweather
Culture Myrish
Born In 276 AC (roughly)[2]Myr[3]
Spouse Lord Orton Merryweather[4]
Lovers
Issue Russell Merryweather[4]
Books

Taena of Myr,[6] also known as Taena Merryweather,[4] is the Myrish wife of Lord Orton Merryweather and is the Lady of Longtable. They have one child, Russell.[4]

Appearance and Character

See also: Images of Taena Merryweather

Taena is a beautiful, shapely woman[7] as tall as Queen Cersei Lannister[8] but more busty.[5] She has olive skin, thick black hair, and large, dark eyes.[7][9] Taena has long legs, white teeth, and dark, full lips.[9][8]

Lady Merryweather is sultry in her demeanor[10] and speech.[9] Witty[11] and flattering,[12] Taena has a throaty laugh[13] and speaks the Common Tongue with a Myrish accent.[9] She enjoys wine.[1]

History

Taena, by Christine Mitzuk © Fantasy Flight Games

Taena met Lord Orton Merryweather during his exile from the Seven Kingdoms.[8] She accompanied Orton when King Robert I Baratheon allowed him to return to Westeros.[13]

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Taena accompanies her husband, Lord Orton Merryweather, to King's Landing when Margaery Tyrell is betrothed to King Joffrey I Baratheon.[10] She provocatively dances at the wedding feast of Sansa Stark.[7] Sansa considers Lady Merryweather to be a sultry black-eyed beauty.[10]

Taena is called as a witness for the prosecution in the trial of Tyrion Lannister for the death of King Joffrey. Although Tyrion is innocent, Taena testifies that she saw him drop something into the wedding chalice during Joffrey's wedding feast.[14]

A Feast for Crows

Taena by The Mico ©

During the funeral of Lord Tywin Lannister, Taena catches the eye of the Queen Regent, Cersei Lannister.[9] She approaches Cersei during the wedding of Tommen I Baratheon and Margaery, confiding in Cersei and attempting to get into her good graces. She reveals that Cersei's maid Senelle is spying on her for Margaery.[8] Taena allies herself with Cersei, feeding the queen information.[1][12][15]

During a night of drinking, Taena admits to Cersei that she had a secret lover, a Myrish captain with a scar on his face.[1] Cersei suggests that Taena have her son brought to court so he could befriend Tommen, but Lady Merryweather insists that Russell would be more comfortable remaining at Longtable.[12] Lady Merryweather tells Cersei that she had attended Margaery's earlier wedding to Renly Baratheon at Highgarden, and she had participated in Renly's disrobing.[12] As one of the queen's companions,[13] Taena sometimes sleeps in Cersei's bed.[5] After learning that Bronn killed Ser Balman Byrch, an angry Cersei has sex with Taena.[5]

Lady Merryweather spends the night consoling Margaery after the young queen learns that her brother, Ser Loras Tyrell, was wounded in the siege of Dragonstone.[16]

Taena attends court[16] and council[15] with Cersei, and the Queen Regent names Taena's husband, Lord Orton, as Hand of the King.[15] Taena is aware of Cersei's schemes against Margaery and her cousins—Megga, Alla, and Elinor Tyrell—and she offers to speak with Alla about turning against her kin.[15] After Cersei has a nightmare of Maggy the Frog, she tells Taena about the maegi and her prophecy of the valonqar.[15]

The Faith of the Seven imprisons Margaery and her cousins after Ser Osney Kettleblack confesses carnal knowledge of her, and Lady Merryweather accompanies Cersei when the Queen Regent goes to visit the Great Sept of Baelor. Cersei tasks Taena with manipulating Margaery's three cousins.[17] The High Sparrow has Cersei arrested before she can leave the Great Sept.[17]

Qyburn later informs the imprisoned Cersei that Taena had informed the small council of the Faith's accusations against the Queen Regent, and that she and Lord Merryweather then fled King's Landing for Longtable. Cersei is relieved to learn of the Merryweathers' departure, since Taena is privy to incriminating information which could be used against Cersei by the Faith.[17]

A Dance with Dragons

Still a prisoner of the Faith, Cersei recalls Lady Merryweather as having been her one true friend.[18] After her walk of atonement, Cersei asks her uncle, Ser Kevan Lannister, if Taena can attend her again once her innocence is proven.[19]

Quotes by Taena

Taena: Lord Merryweather and I wish only to serve Your Grace and the little king.
Cersei: We must speak again, my lady. Taena, is it? You are most kind. I know that we shall be great friends.[9]

—Taena and Cersei Lannister

Cersei: I would be very sad if you ever betrayed my trust, Taena. I would have no choice but to give you to Lord Qyburn, but I know that I should weep.
Taena: I will never give you cause to weep, Your Grace. If I do, say the word, and I will give myself to Qyburn. I want only to be close to you. To serve you, however you require.[5]

Cersei Lannister and Taena

Taena: Would it amuse Your Grace to be a man one night?
Cersei: Only if you remained a woman.[16]

—Taena and Cersei Lannister

Quotes about Taena

Lady Merryweather was all but a stranger. Tyrion wondered if she was blind or bought.[14]

—thoughts of Tyrion Lannister

The Myrish woman was too beautiful by half; long-legged and full-breasted, with smooth olive skin, ripe lips, huge dark eyes, and thick black hair that always looked as if she'd just come from bed. She even smells of sin, like some exotic lotus.[8]

—thoughts of Cersei Lannister

Jaime could not help but notice the way the Myrish woman moved her hips as she walked. Every step is a seduction.[13]

—thoughts of Jaime Lannister

Jaime: How much do you know about this woman?
Cersei: I know she is a mother, with a young son that she wants to rise high in this world. She will do whatever is required to see that he does. Mothers are all the same. Lady Merryweather may be a serpent, but she is far from stupid. She knows I can do more for her than Margaery, so she makes herself useful to me.[13]

It was a pity Taena could not serve as Hand. She was thrice the man her husband was, and far more amusing.[15]

—thoughts of Cersei Lannister

Family

Owen
 
Unknown
wife
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Son
 
Unknown
wife
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Orton
 
Taena
of Myr
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Russell
 


References