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| “ | I am a whore, remember? | „ |
| ~ Shae's vengeful response to Tyrion Lannister's protests during his trial. |
Shae is a major character in the A Song of Ice and Fire novel series and its television adaptation Game of Thrones.
Originally a whore who first met as she worked as a camp follower for Tywin Lannister's host, Shae became the lover of Tyrion Lannister, whom he took to the court at King's Landing. While in the books, Shae is only concerned about Tyrion's wealth, the TV series shows their relationship is one of love. In season 4 of the show and A Storm of Swords, she betrays and humiliates Tyrion by testifying that he did kill Joffrey and sleeps with his father, Tywin. The TV series depicts her as more villainous in this light, as she was blackmailed and coerced into falsely testifying in the novels, while Game of Thrones shows she did it out of revenge and attacked Tyrion (whereas in the novel Tyrion strangled her out of revenge).
In the novels, she is eighteen during her first appearance, and she is short and small for her age. She is Westerosi, while in the television series, she is Lorathi.
She was portrayed by Sibel Kekilli.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Shae ran off when her father attempted to turn her into his kitchen wench and his whore. In the books, she is short and around 18 years old. In the TV series, her age is not stated, but she is considerably older.
A Song of Ice And Fire[]
Shae's teen appearance in the novels.
In the novels, Shae is a much less sympathetic and more opportunistic character. While Tyrion is evidently smitten with her, the relationship is clearly one-sided (though Tyrion remains the only one blind to this). Shae is only interested in how her position can benefit her. She is also considerably younger than her television counterpart, being around eighteen during early 299 AC in A Game of Thrones and nineteen or twenty by early 300 AC at the end of A Storm of Swords.
A Game of Thrones[]
Meeting Tyrion []
Shae makes her first appearance in A Game of Thrones as a camp follower. Bronn brings her to Tyrion, who wishes for female companionship. He sleeps with her both before and after the Battle of the Green Fork and takes a liking to her.
Following a victory in the Battle on the Green Fork, Tyrion is made acting Hand of the King by his father, Tywin Lannister. Tywin had been named as Hand to his grandson, Joffrey Baratheon (the reason was to have Tywin fight Stannis and Renly), but due to the war, he must remain with his army in the field to engage against Robb Stark and the armies of the Riverlands. Tywin forbade Tyrion from taking Shae to court. Tyrion complains about his father to Shae, then decides to defy his order, much to her delight.
A Clash of Kings[]
New Life in King's Landing[]
In A Clash of Kings, Tyrion takes great care to make sure as few people as possible know who and what Shae is. Naturally, of course, Varys finds out, but he is one of the few who does not betray this information. Tyrion originally sets Shae up in a house in the city, but after helping Chataya get revenge on a man who wronged her, he later sets Shae up at one of her manse's. This, coupled with information about a secret passage to and from the brothel, enables Tyrion to visit Shae whenever he desires, under the pretext of teaching Chataya's daughter, Alayaya, to read. Given time, Tyrion comes to genuinely love Shae and is able to overcome the trauma brought about by the end of his previous marriage to Tysha (unaware at the time that things were not what they appeared to be).
Despite Tyrion's best efforts, however, some people discover the nature of his relationship with Shae. As well as Varys, the singer Symon Silver Tongue spots Tyrion entering the manse and works out what the later's relationship is to Tyrion. Although Tyrion is able to scare Symon off for the time being, the pair decide to keep an eye on him. An even scarier encounter comes shortly before the Battle of the Blackwater. Cersei, who knows that Tyrion has been conspiring against her since he came to King's Landing (although he is acting in the interests of the Lannisters and the Realm, while Cersei is only acting in her own selfish interests), mistakes Alayaya for Tyrion's whore. She has the girl seized by the Kettleback brothers. Tyrion pretends to be horrified by this but is pleased that Cersei did not find Shae, while Alayaya plays along with it.
Whilst Tyrion is able to outmaneuver Cersei on this particular occasion by threatening Tommen's safety, the very notion of what she has done prompts Tyrion to deliver one of the greatest threats he has ever made. Tyrion returns to his room and finds Shae there, alive and safe, having been escorted there blindfolded by Varys. In order to keep her close but avoid making Cersei suspicious, he has found her a job at the Red Keep as a handmaid to Lollys Stokeworth, so that he can continue seeing her regularly.
A Storm of Swords[]
Continued Romance[]
By A Storm of Swords, things are looking bleak for Tyrion, who, since the return of his father, has lost much of his power and influence and was demoted to master of coin. This, coupled with the lack of gratitude he receives for his actions at the Battle of the Blackwater, makes Shae one of the few remaining comforts in his life. This is itself thrown into jeopardy when Tywin orders Tyrion to marry Sansa Stark. The unconsummated marriage is political and completely loveless, with Shae continuing to bed Tyrion. Shae herself continues to operate as a maid, confident that Tyrion will follow his father's instructions and that he will continue his relationship with her once Sansa is pregnant. Shae shows no passion or consideration towards Sansa, who notes that Shae frequently glares at her, and the Stark girl is completely unsure as to why.
Having lost much of his influence and power, Tyrion remains concerned for Shae's wellbeing and safety since Tywin threatens to hang the next whore he finds in Tyrion's bed. When Symon returns and tries to blackmail Tyrion via his song 'Hand's of Gold', Tyrion arranges for Ser Bronn of the Blackwater to have the singer killed. As a result of this encounter, Tyrion decides to wed Shae off to a Hedge Knight rather than send her away so that they can continue seeing each other. Before he can make the arrangements, however, the Purple Wedding takes place, and Tyrion is wrongfully arrested for regicide.
Betraying Tyrion[]
The innocent Tyrion was subsequently tried for the murder of Joffrey I Baratheon. After three days of harrowing evidence, it was pretty clear, thanks in small part to his sister's manipulations and the treacherous nature of the Iron Throne's court, that he was going to be found guilty of the crime. Nevertheless, the Queen Dowager asked for one more witness to be allowed to give testimony before Tyrion would have a chance to make his own case.
After a long, restless night, as he walked towards the final day of his trial and quite possibly his life, Tyrion Lannister found himself at an impasse, unsure about what to do. Thanks to the actions of Cersei, Tywin, and Prince Oberyn Martell, he had three options open to him:
- One, he tries to convince the jury and court of his innocence. Unfortunately, many people had testified against him, and Tyrion knew that there was no way he could possibly disprove them all.
- Two, he could accept a private offer from his father to plead his guilt in exchange for mercy. This would result in banishment to the Wall and a life-time service to the Night's Watch. This was a more favorable option, but even so, it meant confessing to something that he had not done, and Tyrion could not guarantee that his sister would be contemptuous enough to let him live out his life, even if it was in the cold reaches of the far north.
- Three: he takes up Oberyn's offer and demands that his innocence be proven through a trial by battle. However, Ser Kevan Lannister had previously revealed that Cersei had prepared for this scenario, naming the infamous Ser Gregor Clegane as her champion. Tyrion knew that Oberyn was a very capable fighter, but he was not certain if he should gamble his life on a duel that could just as easily condemn him as liberate him.
When Tyrion finally arrived, he was still uncertain about what to do. Meanwhile, the spectators were pretty certain that the day would end with the former master of coin's head on a spike or awaiting execution the next day. What happened next would change everything.
To Tyrion's shock and confusion, Cersei's final witness turned out to be none other than Shae. The defendant was initially confused by this development, since his conviction was more or less guaranteed at this point and, so far as he knew, Shae didn't know anything that could possibly condemn him further. Only when she opened her mouth did Tyrion realise what was happening. Shae wasn't there to condemn him but to humiliate him.
As Tyrion watched on silently, he finally saw Shae for the manipulative, scheming, and greedy woman that she really was. Standing before the entire court, Shae lied brazenly. She falsely claims that the murder of Joffrey was not only plotted between Sansa and Tyrion; it was merely the first step in a conspiracy that would have seen the deaths of Cersei, Tywin, and Tommen, amongst others. When asked how she knows all, this Shae claims that she overheard the couple plotting. Weeping crocodile tears, she claims that she was originally a sweet, innocent girl that Tyrion kidnapped and turned into his whore by repeatedly molesting her. To rub salt in the wound, she revealled her pet name for Tyrion, "My Giant Lannister".
Shae didn't know it yet, but she had just made a big mistake in betraying Tyrion, one that would have dire and fatal consequences. Upon hearing the pet name, the entire court burst into laughter, howling merrily at Tyrion's expense. This final betrayal was the straw that broke the camel's back. Overcome with rage, the now vengeful Tyrion shouted over the ruckus, eventually managing to get his father's attention. When the hubbub finally died down, Tyrion denounced Shae and angrily ordered his judges to "Get this lying whore out of my sight" before he would give them his confession. His refusal to address Shae by name indicated that he had lost all romantic interest in her.
Tywin, who was well known for his dislike of whores, immediately nodded and ordered Shae to be removed. The young woman was immediately surrounded by her Gold Cloak escort. As she walked past him, Shae chanced a glance at the man she had just betrayed. Her spurned lover looked back at her with hate-filled eyes but could not tell whether Shae's expression was one of fear or shame. Tyrion said nothing as she passed, but having witnessed Shae's true character and knowing that she would never do anything unless there was something in it for her, he concluded that Cersei must have offered Shae a deal in exchange for this false testimony. As he wondered about the details of this offer, Tyrion took pleasure in knowing that the traitorous Shae would soon get her comeuppance. If her price had been gold or jewelry, she would get those things, for they were small and insignificant to Cersei. Fully aware of his sister's treacherous nature and dislike for whores, however, Tyrion knew full well that Shae's actions would win her no favor with Cersei. He speculates that within a month, Shae will be handed over to the Gold Cloaks as their new "entertainment".
Shae was absent for Tyrion's subsequent "confession." As a result of her treachery, Tyrion decided to defy his father and the court attendants by accepting Oberyn Martell's offer of a trial by combat. It is not known if Shae attended the event in question, but unfortunately for Tyrion, Oberyn lost, which condemned him to Joffrey's murder and sentenced him to death.
Death[]
| “ | Shae: More than anything my Giant of Lannister Tyrion: (thinking) That was the worst thing you could have said, sweetling. (Speaking) For hands of gold are always cold, but a woman's hands are warm. |
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| ~ Shae's last words and Tyrion's response as he kills her. A Storm of Swords. Chpt. 77. |
On the evening before Tyrion's execution, Shae spent the night with Tywin. It is not known if they actually did anything, as the Hand of the King left his mistress to answer a call of nature. Shae awaited his return, lying in the bed naked as the day she was born. Her only adorning was a golden chain of interlinking hands; the chain of office worn by the Hand of the King, something that Tyrion had once worn. After a while, Shae heard movement on the other side of the four posters curtains. Believing that Tywin had returned, Shae called out to him, turning around, with a warm, flirtatious smile on her face.
To her shock and horror, however, it was not Tywin who greeted her, but Tyrion!
The youngest member of the Lannister family had been liberated from the Black Cells by his older brother. Although initially grateful, when Jaime confessed that Tyrion's first wife Tysha was a genuinely kind commoner, whom Tywin had mistreated due to her lowborn status, Tyrion had sworn revenge against his kinsman. Escorted through the secret passageways of the Red Keep by a reluctant Varys, Tyrion's escape to the Free City of Pentos in Essos was interrupted when the eunuch led him to a ladder. A ladder which he recognised from Shae's descriptions. Realising that it led directly into the Tower of the Hand, Tyrion, despite Varys' protests, extracted directions from the Master of Whisper's, ordered him to wait and made his way towards his fathers bed chamber.
Now face to face with the woman who sold him out, Tyrion, now numb to betrayal, greeted his ex-lover with composed calm.
Shae herself was terrified. Fearing for her life, she first tried hide and cover herself, insisting that Tywin and Cersei had forced her to say those terrible things about him (see below in a Feast for Crows). Tyrion ignored these claims, along with Shae's suggestion that he should flee immediately, and her question about whether he had come to take her with him. Climbing onto the bed, he told the young woman about how much he had missed her company. Looking into her eyes, Tyrion asked Shae whether she had ever enjoyed being with him?
Thinking that it would save her, Shae quickly assured Tyrion that she enjoyed every moment with him. In a bid to demonstrate her "affection," she called him "My Giant Lannister". It was a fatal mistake and the last thing she would ever say. Not only had she failed Tyrion's secret test of character, but by using the pet name that had humiliated him at the trial, Shae had, as Tyrion noted, just said the worst thing possible.
Shae laying dead in bed after being strangled to death.
Before Shae could react, Tyrion reached out, seized the chain of interlinking hands about her throat and twisted violently. As the golden hands latched around her throat, Shae heard Tyrion chant the chorus of 'Hand's of Gold', symbolically telling his ex-lover that betraying him for a quick pay off had not been her wisest move. As Shae began to asphyxiate, Tyrion twisted the chain a second time, causing the makeshift noose to cut into her skin.
Shae, her face now turning purple from lack of oxygen, tried in vain to break both Tyrion and the golden hand's suffocating embrace. She hit and smacked the man who had once loved and protected her, but Tyrion, now running on adrenaline, did not relinquish his hold. Within no time, Shae's strength started to ebb away, her struggling abated, until finally she succumbed to the chains suffocating embrace.
Having slain the whore he found within his father's bed, Tyrion proceeded to arm himself with his father's crossbow and made his way to the Privy Tower. There he confronted and, following a brief exchange, murdered Tywin with a single bolt to groin, in retaliation for Tywin's abuse, his mistreatment of Tysha, using him as a scapegoat for Joffrey's murder and then mocking him further by bedding Shae. His task done, Tyrion made his escape to Essos, walking past Shae's corpse on the way out, and feeling no sympathy for either of his victims.
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| In contrast to the TV series, Tyrion in the novel, murdered Shae in cold blood. Although he did later admit to missing her, he does not regret nor show any remorse for his crime. |
Discovery and Aftermath[]
Tywin's corpse was discovered a few hours later, whereupon his guards moved the Lord of Casterly Rock down to his bedchamber, placing his body on his bed alongside Shae's. The whore's presence went largely unnoticed until Qyburn finally pointed her out to Cersei. The Queen Regent recognised the dead girl but was more surprised to find her lying naked within her father's bed, given Tywin's well-known dislike of whores. Accepting the disgraced maester's lie that she was merely being interrogated, Cersei ordered the Kettleblack brothers to remove Shae's body from the tower via the secret passage. The Queen Mother made it clear that she did not care what they did with her remains, only that she wanted the golden chain back and that the brothers were to remove the tongue of anybody who mentioned her presence.
As the Kettleblacks set about their task, the Queen Dowager thought back to her final encounters with the dead woman, which confirmed all of Tyrion's assumptions (to the reader). As Tyrion had suspected, Cersei offered Shae a bribe in exchange for her testimony; offering to buy her a manse in the city and find her a knight to marry. However, as Tyrion had anticipated, when Shae asked for her reward, Cersei broke her promise. Reneging on their deal, the Queen Mother pretended to have made no such arrangement, telling Shae flat out that unless she helped her find Sansa Stark (who had disappeared following Joffrey's murder) she would get nothing. Shae, of course, had no information to offer and realizing that she had been used, left in tears, empty-handed.
Having paid the ultimate price for her treachery, Shae's lifeless body was wrapped in a blanket from Tywin Lannister's bed. She was then carried over to the hearth and dragged, unceremoniously, down the secret passage she had once used to rendezvous with Tyrion. It is currently not stated what the Kettleblacks did with her remains, in all likelihood, they probably disposed of Shae's body in some discreet fashion. Whatever the case, Shae was swiftly forgotten about with only Tyrion bothering to remember her existence. Even then, whenever Tyrion wasn't missing her, he was cursing her name.
In the end, Shae's greed and selfishness proved to be her undoing, and she did not live to see the arrival of the next winter.
Game of Thrones[]
Shae is a camp-follower whom Bronn, a sellsword in the service of Tyrion Lannister, finds as per Tyrion's request. She is attached to a ginger-haired Knight, but Bronn "persuades" him to give her up to Tyrion Lannister, who is fighting with the army of Lannister in the Riverlands. He is charmed by her immediately. He tells her he wants the truth, but also that he wants her to act as if she wants him and that it's their last night on earth together. Tyrion plays a drinking game with her and Bronn in an attempt to learn more about Shae's past, but she refuses to reveal specifics. Tyrion tells her that he thinks her mother was a whore and her father deserted them; she says emphatically that he is wrong, and she doesn't want to speak of them. He seems more on the mark when he talks of her ambitions until he gets to the part about saying she was low-born; she indicates he is wrong, thus she was not low-born. Shae deflects Tyrion's questions and learns about his past instead, particularly the incident involving his marriage to Tysha. When Tyrion was 16, he fell in love and secretly married a young wheelwright's daughter, whom he helped protect from two rapers, but the girl turned out to be a prostitute hired by Jaime Lannister to make a man of him. When Tywin Lannister found out, he had the marriage annulled and had the girl gang-raped by his guards. Shae's response is that he should have known she was a whore, as a girl doesn't invite another man into her bed after almost being raped.
Following a victory in the Battle of the Green Fork, Tyrion is made acting Hand of the King by his father, Tywin Lannister. Tywin had been named as Hand to his grandson, Joffrey Baratheon (the reason was to have Tywin fight Stannis and Renly), but due to the war, he must remain with his army in the field to engage against Robb Stark and the armies of the Riverlands. Tywin forbade Tyrion from taking Shae to court. Tyrion complains about his father to Shae, then decides to defy his order, much to her delight.
In King's Landing, Shae becomes the handmaiden to Sansa Stark to avoid attention from Cersei or Tywin. Despite the intermediate distrustfulness between the two, they eventually become close friends and confidantes. Once, she even threatens a handmaiden with death, so she wouldn't tell Cersei that Sansa had bled. A whore named Ros is mistaken for Shae and kidnapped and beaten by her guards. During the Battle of the Blackwater, Tyrion is almost killed by Kingsguard Ser Mandon Moore, but Shae remains faithful to him and encourages him to leave King's Landing with her, though he refuses, and they continue their secret relationship.
As time passes, Shae remains the only person in Sansa's service who is not a spy for Cersei. However, when she learns that Tyrion is to wed Sansa, her attitude towards the former changes. In the Shae, she is genuinely in love with Tyrion, stating so much to Varys' face when he offers her a bag of diamonds in order to let her start a new life across the Narrow Sea. Although Tyrion is being forced into the marriage against his will, it does mean that Tyrion will see Shae less and less as a result of it. As such, Shae makes it very clear she will not continue to sleep with him, despite Tyrion's reassurance that he loves her; he even offers gifts to that effect.
While she is pleased that Tyrion does not consummate his marriage with Sansa, Shae's jealousy lingers. As the Royal Wedding between Joffrey Baratheon and Margaery Tyrell approaches, Tyrion refuses to sleep with Shae, claiming he is under a lot of pressure. This results in a heated exchange between the two, during which Shae realizes Tyrion talked with Varys about having her shipped across the Narrow Sea. She leaves in a huff, unaware that one of Cersei's spies has heard the whole thing, and immediately heads off to report this to Cersei.
At the wedding breakfast ceremony, Cersei tells her father, Tywin, who Shae is, later ordering Shae to be brought to the Tower of the Hand before the wedding. Varys catches wind of this, and after reminding Tyrion of his father's threat to hang the next whore he found in Tyrion's bed, he urges him later to send Shae to safety. After careful consideration (and perhaps recalling what his father did to his first wife, Tysha), Tyrion arranges safe transportation for Shae. Whilst Shae says she is willing to fight Tywin and Cersei alongside Tyrion, the dwarf, desperate to save her, insults Shae, saying that he never really cared for her and calling her a whore. Shae breaks down and slaps Bronn, who Tyrion explains will escort her to a waiting ship. Shortly before Joffrey Baratheons death at his wedding ceremony, Bronn assures Tyrion that Shae got on the boat and that no one will be able to follow her now.
This was not the final appearance of Shae, however, as she returned as the final witness to the crown. How she returned to Kings Landing and why she agreed to testify is not explained, but the most widely accepted theory is that she was found by Cersei's agents and wants revenge on Tyrion. In her testimony, Shae lies to the court, claiming that she overheard Tyrion and Sansa plan the murder together. She also claims that Tyrion kidnapped her and made her his whore. The reason for the murder she claimed was that Sansa wanted revenge on Joffrey and coerced Tyrion by refusing to sleep with him. When Tyrion pleads for her to stop, Shae simply says, "I am a whore remember!" ignoring the fact that Tyrion only acted to save her life. By the end of her testimony, only Oberyn Martell appears unconvinced by her claim, and Cersei smiles with satisfaction that Shae has helped to portray Tyrion as a monster while also humiliating him by revealing personal information.
For Shae, however, this proves to be a fatal mistake. Although she has gotten revenge on Tyrion by humiliating him, her former lover is now enraged beyond control. He is not blind to the manipulation at hand, and Shae's betrayal ends his allegiance to House Lannister. With Shae present, he snaps angrily at the court, calling them out on their injustice. When Tyrion tells Cersei that "Watching your vicious bastard die, gave me more relief than a thousand lying whores," he effectively tells the entire court that that's what Shae is. Shae stays silent but does appear genuinely hurt by this remark.
When Tyrion is broken out of prison by Jaime, the emotionally distraught Lannister decides to confront his father Tywin one last time before leaving. Upon entering the Tower of the Hand, he hears a commotion coming from the bed and a feminine voice saying, "Tywin, my lion." A tired-looking Shae sits up wearing nothing but the gold chain Tyrion had gifted her.
Shae quickly shakes off her drowsiness, and the former lovers stare at each other, surprised. Perhaps fearing what Tyrion might do to her, Shae then lunges for a nearby fruit knife, prompting Tyrion to pounce on her. The pair struggle for the knife, with Tyrion eventually knocking it away. Their struggle continues, however, with Shae slapping Tyrion multiple times across the face. Driven by his rage at everything that has happened to him, including Shae's betrayal, Tyrion grabs the chain and twists it violently. As she starts choking, Shae slaps Tyrion hard across the face in a desperate bid to save herself, knocking him off the bed and unintentionally sealing her fate.
Though hurt by the impact, Tyrion (no doubt running on adrenaline) does not relinquish his grip and pulls Shae down with him, further tightening his hold. This leaves Shae lying on her back, her head hanging over the side, the 'nooses' unrelenting grip cutting off the blood and air to her brain. Unable to move or defend herself any longer, all Shae can do is whimper feebly, her body spasming until she expires.
In a completely ironic twist and mockery of Tywin's threat, an emotionally upset Tyrion has 'hanged' the whore Shae that was lying in his father's bed. Only when it is too late does Tyrion realize what he has done, and genuinely remorseful, he apologizes to Shae's corpse. He then confronts his father as intended, admitting what he has just done and his love for Shae. When an unrepentant and uncaring Tywin calls Shae a whore one too many times for his own good, Tyrion murders his father in vengeance before making his escape.
While Tywin is given a grand funeral, the fate of Shae's body is never revealed, and her name is not spoken again in Kings Landing afterwards. Initially, following his escape, Tyrion feels extreme regret for what he did to Shae, going so far as to tell Varys he murdered her with his bare hands. Given time, however, he appears to have moved on from her, and she was never mentioned again.
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Trivia[]
- In the books, Shae is Westerosi, while in the TV series, she is Lorathi. This change was made due to Sibel Kekilli's accent, which was considered too foreign for the Westerosi characters.
- Shae's death can be described as ironic in two ways:
- Firstly, Tywin threatened to hang the next whore he found in his youngest son's bed. In the end, however, Tyrion slew the whore he found within his father's bed by strangling her with a chain (which can be seen as a form of hanging since both require the use of a secondary instrument to asphyxiate the victim).
- Secondly, in the books, Shae was killed by a chain of interlinking golden hands, which served as the badge of office for the hand of the King. This is a reference to the Hands of Gold penned by Symon Silver Tongue regarding Tyrion and Shae's secret relationship. It was written to demonstrate that a woman's love for her man was superior to all the gold in the world. In the end, however, Shae betrayed Tyrion for material gain (though it backfired) and was ultimately strangled to death by the gold she coveted over a man who genuinely loved her.
- Shae's relationship with Tyrion differs between the two sources:
- In the TV series, her feelings for him were completely sincere. She was devastated when Tyrion ordered her to leave Westeros, claiming that he had never really loved her. It is heavily implied that this act, along with possible threats from Cersei, motivated her to testify against him during the trial. She wanted revenge and either did not know or care that he only broke her heart in order to save her life. Tyrion himself felt extremely had for killing her, and his actions haunted him for some time afterwards.
- In the book, however, it is made very clear that Shae was a gold digger who used Tyrion's power and position to advance her own station. As Tyrion's power declined, so did her "affection" for him. Thus, when Tyrion was arrested and Cersei offered her a better deal, Shae willingly betrayed him. In their final encounter, she did try one time to manipulate him, but Tyrion, who had wised up to her act, saw through the act and slew her.
- Although the fate of Shae's corpse remains unknown, fans have come up with a number of suggestions as to what the Kettleblacks did. These include: -
- Throwing her corpse onto the streets of Flea Bottom for the rats, vermin, and other scavengers to devour.
- Taking Shae out of the city and casting her body into a ditch.
- Weighing her remains down and throwing it into either the Blackwater Rush or Blackwater Bay.
- Burning the corpse in order to truly dispose of the evidence.
External Links[]
- Shae on the A Wiki of Ice and Fire.
- Shae on the Game of Thrones Wiki
