Lord Tywin Lannister, the Hand of the King, hosted the tourney to celebrate the tenth year of King Aerys II's reign.

Spread over seven days, it would be a great event in King's Landing, and held that first night within the Great Hall at the Red Keep was a great feast for lords from throughout the Seven Kingdoms.

The music was loud, but not loud enough to drown out the buzz of side conversations.

And sitting next to his wife, Tywin held her hand. Joanna was loved by her husband, their marriage was clearly a happy one, she became Tywin's trusted counselor and companion. It was known as only she could make him smile, and her influence on her husband was such that people say that Tywin ruled the Seven Kingdoms as Hand but was ruled at home by his lady wife.

But during their proceedings, the king had approached both of them and sat next to Joanna at the table, he drunkenly insulted Tywin's wife by asking if her breasts had been ruined by breastfeeding her children, Cersei and Jaime, who were still only six years old.

He was aware that the king lusted for his wife, and had always had in fact.

As anger rose quickly in Tywin, without thinking twice when he heard such an insult and humiliation that Aerys had brought to Joanna, he tore off his hand of the king brooch, placing it on the table.

"Let us go." He told her, pulling her by the hand, firmly but still with a certain gentleness.

He wanted to resign as hand, he did not want to serve a man who disrespected his wife, his sweet Joanna.

But Aerys would hardly let that go unpunished.