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A Song Of Ice And Fire
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The Lannisters used to have a Valyrian steel sword of their own named Brightroar. That sword was lost though.
Tywin had been trying to get a replacement for many years with no luck.
Acquiring Ice must have thrilled Tywin. Not just a sword to replace Brightroar, it was a two handed sword. It was large enough that, when melted down, it could supply enough Valyrian steel to make two swords. Now the Lannisters who had been without such a sword for so long would own *two *of them. Politically, Tywin likely considered the possesion of two Valyrian blades to be boon for his house. What other house has two such blades?
Morally... well, Tywin doesn't really care about morals. He cares about appearance, and the appearance of power above all else. This is a man who publicly despised Tyrion's whoring, but actually had a tunnel dug to a brothel so he could visit without being seen. This is also a man who killed every man woman, and child of house Reynes because they wouldn't pay their debts to house Lannister and had the gall to rebel.