Jon Connington, the guardian of the presumed-dead Aegon Targaryen, the son of Rhaegar and Elia, styles himself "Hand of the True King", although Aegon has not been crowned yet. Davos continues as Hand of the King for Stannis, [59] [60] while Axell calls himself the Queen's Hand for Stannis's wife, Selyse Florent. [61] Daenerys threatens to remove Tyrion as Hand of the Queen over his repeated failings after Jaime arrives at Winterfell, informing them that Cersei doesn't plan to actually send the Lannister armies north. Jorah Mormont later advises Daenerys to forgive Tyrion, however. [34] Lord Tywin Lannister, continued his role as Hand of the King for Tommen after Joffrey's death at the Purple Wedding. He resigned his position over Aerys's plan to burn King's Landing and was subsequently burned alive for it.

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On the Kingsroad, Eddard is told that Daenerys has married a Dothraki warlord, whose army may pose a potential threat to the realm. Robert suggests assassinating her, but Eddard dissuades him by noting the moral implications and pointing out that the Dothraki do not have any ships. [9] Prior to the kingsmoot, Asha Greyjoy offers to support her uncle Victarion as King of the Isles and the North if he names her his Hand. Victarion rejects her offer due to the absence of the office in ironborn culture, Asha's gender, and their contrasting views on the ironborn war for the north. [56] Asha and Victarion each stand in the kingsmoot, both losing to Euron Greyjoy. [57] A Dance with DragonsTyrion's presence at the Red Keep upsets his sister, Cersei Lannister, who serves as Queen Regent for her son, King Joffrey. [42] [43] Many Kingslanders hate Tyrion, considering the dwarf to be an evil councillor. [44] [45] Neither Robb Stark of the North nor Balon Greyjoy of the Iron Islands appoint their own "Hand of the King" because they are each fighting to secede their respective regions and set them up as independent kingdoms, both of which had no traditional office of a "Hand of the King" as it is particular to the government of the Iron Throne itself. During the Kingsmoot that follows Balon Greyjoy's death, Asha Greyjoy tells her uncle Victarion that she will support him as king if he names her his Hand, but he rejects her offer. After his release from prison, Davos was named Hand of the King for Stannis. [27] Game of Thrones: Season 4 Reinstalled after the imprisonment of plotters and death of Ser Marston Waters. However, after a moon's turn he was dismissed once again due to poor mental condition. Lord Tywin Lannister, the King's Hand for twenty years, resigned after King Aerys snubbed the idea of a marriage between his son Rhaegar and Tywin's daughter Cersei. Tywin's resignation caused Aerys to spiral even further into the heights of paranoia and insanity. Following Tywin's resignation, Aerys appointed four new Hands in rapid succession, the last three within the space of a year during Robert's Rebellion.

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Prince Viserys Targaryen, continued as Hand after the death of Daeron in Dorne. The true power behind the throne yet again, he was said to govern while his nephew prayed. The embarrsements Baelor caused the realm in the form of his appointments to High Septon (a man who couldn't read a sermon and a boy of eight) and their deaths led to the smallfolk believing that Viserys had poisoned them. He was also accused of having poisoned Baelor himself to end his madness and ascend to the throne. Septon Murmison, appointed Hand to appease the Faith after Maegor's scandal, Murmison nevertheless also angered the Faith when he joined in marriage Aenys's children, Prince Aegon and Princess Rhaena. Expelled from the Faith, he could do little as the lords and knights of the realm rose up under the banner of the Seven. The Hand of the King or Hand of the Queen, in cases of a ruling female monarch, or simply the King's Hand or Queen's Hand, is the most powerful appointed position in the Six Kingdoms, second only to the monarch in authority and responsibility. The Hand is the monarch's closest advisor, appointed and authorized to make decisions in their name. The Hand is the highest-ranking member of the Small Council, and leads meetings of the council as proxy for the monarch when they are absent. During the Conquest of the Seven Kingdoms by House Targaryen, King Aegon I Targaryen proclaimed his half-brother, Orys Baratheon, to be "my shield, my stalwart, my strong right hand." [15] Because of Aegon's description, Orys is regarded to have been the first Hand of the King. [15] Orys resigned after losing a hand in the First Dornish War. [16] Larys delivers the news of his father and brother's deaths to Queen Alicent. She is horrified to learn that he has had them killed, but she responds in the affirmative when he asks if she will write to her father. [4] By the time Lady Laena Velaryon's funeral is held on Driftmark, Ser Otto has been reappointed as Hand. [5] Due to Viserys's failing health, Otto and his daughter Alicent gain greater control of court, and six years later they are handling all matters of governance in the name of the king. Otto initially sits the Iron Throne to hear the petitions of claimant successors to Driftmark, though is surprised when Viserys arrives in the throne room to settle the matter of Velaryon succession. [6] Game of Thrones: Season 1Lord Eddard Stark, for King Robert Baratheon. Served briefly during the final months of Robert's reign.

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Tyrion settles in his new position as Hand to Daenerys, organising the strategics of the Last War. [33] Game of Thrones: Season 8 Lord Mace Tyrell serves as Hand to Renly Baratheon, [40] a rival claimant to the Iron Throne, but Renly is killed at Storm's End. [41] Ser Otto Hightower, the younger brother of Lord Hightower of Oldtown, Ser Otto was a learned man who effectively ruled the Seven Kingdoms during the last years of the Old King's rule. After Joffrey is slain, [28] his younger brother and heir, Tommen Baratheon, becomes the new King and names Tywin as his Hand. Shortly afterwards, Tywin is killed, leaving the position vacant. [29] Game of Thrones: Season 5

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The office typically makes the Hand the second-most powerful man in the kingdom next to the king, [1] though some Hands have had the reputation of ruling their kings. [2] Ser Osmund Strong, a knight of House Strong, he served as Hand after Edmyn Tully's resignation and oversaw the construction of the wall around King's Landing. Prince Baelon Targaryen, the Old King's second son and Prince of Dragonstone after the death of his older brother Aemon, Baelon's tenure as the Hand of the King is remembered fondly. Died in office. A popular saying is, "What the King dreams, the Hand builds," but among the smallfolk and particularly during the reign of inept and weak kings, a less polite saying is, "The King eats, and the Hand takes the shit." The Hand of the King is often the one who has to clean up after the mess caused by inept kings. The TV series slightly changed this, to "The King shits, and the Hand wipes."