Mace Tyrell

Mace Tyrell is a character in "A Song of Ice and Fire" and its TV adaption, Game of Thrones. He is Lord of Highgarden and Lord Paramount of the Mander, ruling the Reach, the most populated region of Westeros. Mace Tyrell is a greedy and ambituous lord who shcems to make his daughter Margaery Queen. He is very arrogant, believing himself a great military commander because of one battle where Robert suffered his only defeat during Robert's rebellion, though in fact the battle was mostly won by Lord Randyll Tarly before Mace arrived. Mace besieged Storm's End for a year, though Stannis held the castle. After the death of Aerys II Targaryen, Eddard Stark arrived at Storm's End and Mace bent the knee to Robert.

During Robert's reign, Mace's youngest son Loras Tyrell and Loras' lover Renly Baratheon, Robert's youngest brother, tried making Margaery Queen despite Robert's marriage to Cersei Lannister. However after Robert's death Renly flees to Highgarden and marries Margaery, intending to usurp the throne with the forces of the Stormlands and the Reach. Mace's mother Olenna Redwyne tells him that he shouldn't support Renly due to their poor claim, but Mace refuses to listen to her.

During the War of the Five Kings Mace closes the Rose Road, plunging King's Landing into starvation. Renly's army moves slowly, hoping that his enemies will weaken before he reaches King's Landing. However, hearing that Robert's eldest brother Stannis Baratheon, who has also declared himself King, is besieging Storm's End, Mace and Renly takes part of there army there, intending to kill Stannis. When Renly is assassinated before the battle, Mace and part of his force flee back to Bitterbridge. They are met by Petyr Baelish, who offers a betrothal between Joffrey Baratheon and Margaery, which Mace agress to. At the Battle of the Blackwater Stannis comes close to defeating the Lannisters. However an army under Tywin Lannister and Mace Tyrell suddenly attacks Stannis from the rear, forcing him to flee back to his island fortress of Dragonstone. Joffrey is then betrothed to Margaery.

At Joffrey's wedding to Margaery he is posioned by Olenna, and Joffrey's uncle Tyrion Lannister is blamed. Tywin, Mace and Oberyn Martell sit as judges, Mace wanting to find Tyrion guilty as he fears Margaery was almost posioned. Despite being found guilty Tyrion escapes, murdering his father Tywin.

Mace tries to become the new Hand of the King, but Cersei instead appoints Ser Harys Swyft, believing he will be weak-willed enough for her to control. At the Tyrell's urging, Margaery is married to Joffrey's brother Tommen, though he is too young to consumate the marriage. Cersei sends Mace to capture Storm's End, which is still held by Stannis' forces. However, on hearing Margaery has been arrested by the Faith, Mace returns to King's Landing. He is named Hand of the King by the new regent, Tywin's brother Ser Kevan Lannister. He asks that Margaery be found innocent, but Kevan reminds him that she has to be found innocent. Kevan finds Mace an annoying and foolish figure, but believes that Tarly is the real danger. Kevan's murder by Varys leaves it unclear how the relationship between the Tyrells and Lannisters will progress now.