Board Thread:TV Show Discussion/@comment-4708902-20161021003952/@comment-28895263-20161024032500

Godzillavkk wrote: So you think the empty gold-mines was a lie? I suspect we could find out if there are other Lannisters because I predict Casterly Rock will finally appear next season.

It would be nice to see a new location, and some new characters from the Westerlands.

As to the gold mines... Tywin must have left somebody in charge at Casterly Rock. But it was someone he didn't entirely trust; otherwise, why demand that Jamie return home to take charge there? Tywin isn't counting the gold himself. He's relying on reports from this unknown castellan.

Maybe I've seen too many cases of employee theft in 20th & 21st century America. To my jaundiced eye, it's more likely than not that Tywin's surrogate is skimming the take from the mining operation.