Annan Canon
Från World of Ice and Fire verkar det som om författaren George RR Martin och hans medförfattare (Elio Garcia och Linda Antonsson) vill att vi ska tro att det var en av Lanns efterkommare, eftersom han fick titeln posthumously:
Lann the Clever never called himself a king, as best we know, though some tales told centuries later have conferred that styling on him posthumously. The first true Lannister king we know of is Loreon Lannister, also known as Loreon the Lion
-The World of Ice and Fire: The Westerlands.
Böcker Canon
Från huvudböckerna tycker jag att GRRM vill att vi ska tro att det var Lann The Clever som var den första Lannister. Eller åtminstone Lanns första omedelbara efterkommande (var att de skulle ha varit Lann ister.
Från Ett spel av troner :
He opened to the section on House Lannister once more, and turned the pages slowly, hoping against hope that something would leap out at him. The Lannisters were an old family, tracing their descent back to Lann the Clever, a trickster from the Age of Heroes who was no doubt as legendary as Bran the Builder
-A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One - A Game of Thrones, Chapter Twenty-Seven (Eddard VI).
Och från En storm av svärd :
“Your place.” The voice echoed; it was a hundred voices, a thousand, the voices of all the Lannisters since Lann the Clever, who’d lived at the dawn of days.
-A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Three - A Storm of Swords, Chapter Forty-Four (Jaime VI).
Och från En fest för kråkor :
The Lannisters of Casterly Rock remain the principal support of King Tommen’s claim to the Iron Throne. They boast of descent from Lann the Clever, the legendary trickster of the Age of Heroes.
-A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Four - A Feast For Crows, Appendix.