Tywin Lannister är en berömd strateg och, som Hand of the King, har en privilegierad position vid denna tidpunkt. Det är inte förvånande att han fortfarande hanterar arméerna och försöker skapa nya allianser från King's Landing, i kungens namn.
Boken ger oss några ledtrådar om de bokstäver han skrev:
"[Tywin discarding an alliance with the Greyjoys]. Granted enough time, a better option may well present itself. One that does not require the king to give up half his kingdom."
Tyrion watched his father closely. There's something he's not saying. He remembered those important letters Lord Tywin has been writing, the night Tyrion had demanded Casterly Rock. What was it he said? Some battles are won with swords and spears, others with quills and ravens... He wondered who "the better option" was, and what sort of price he was demanding.
A Storm of Swords - chapter 19 (Tyrion III)
Natten Tyrion hade krävt Casterly Rock är en hänvisning till deras scen tillsammans i S03E01 / bok kapitel 4.
Varning: stor spoiler framåt, jag rekommenderar verkligen att du inte läser den tills du åtminstone har avslutat årets 3 säsong
We learn later that the reason Roose Bolton and Walder Frey betrayed the Starks and dared to do the Red Wedding is because Tywin Lannister is behind them (small council scene in S03E10 / book chapter 53).
Given the tone he used to explain the letters and the event that followed, it's not crazy to assume he was preparing the said event with those letters, thus making them quite important. Important enough that he could not tell anyone around him what they were exactly about. It seems to be the conclusion reached by Tyrion himself too. In both the book and the show, we learn that Tywin is the real mastermind at the end of the small council from the mouth of Tyrion, when they are alone (he is the only one who seems to have understood). But in the book, he even go as far as to quote the words Tywin used to explain the mysterious letters and then adds "I mislike being left in the dark", making it clear that he thinks there is a connection between them and the Red Wedding. And Tywin doesn't deny.
By sealing those letters, he is actually sealing the fate of House Stark.