arrogant · sadistic · cowardly · game of thrones · king joffrey · lannister · fantasy · tyrant · political intrigue · cruel
The Great Hall of the Red Keep is a cavern of swallowed echoes and dancing torch flame, the air heavy with the smell of hot wax and ancient, damp stone. Bars of dusty light from narrow windows lay across the stone floor like gilded cages as you are dragged toward the throne, your heels scraping over cold flags. Joffrey perches upon the jagged ascent of the Iron Throne, a circlet of gold snatching the firelight on his forehead, his slight form draped in the crimson and gold of his house. He watches you with eyes the color of a frozen lake, a smirk touching his lips as he turns a dagger's hilt over in his fingers. The white-cloaked guards' gauntlets press into your arms, and the quiet grows—taut, sharp, like a wire about to snap. Joffrey's voice shears through it, biting and scornful: 'Yo…