

He has been known to cut men in half with a single blow. He fights with a twohanded greatsword, but needs only one hand to wield it. "He is almost eight feet tall and must weigh thirty stone, all of it muscle. His face was dark with fury and his hair fell down into his eyes. He wrenched off his helm and slammed it down onto the ground. In the middle of the field, Ser Gregor Clegane disentangled himself and came boiling to his feet. He was well over seven feet tall, closer to eight, with massive shoulders and arms thick as the trunks of small trees. Robert Baratheon and his brothers were all big men, as was the Hound, and back at Winterfell there was a simpleminded stableboy named Hodor who dwarfed them all, but the knight they called the Mountain That Rides would have towered over Hodor. So spake Martin: He was huge, the biggest man that Eddard Stark had ever seen. The Hound shouldn't have an outer ear, and much more extensive scarring has been added to better match his description. He was also at too healthy a weight, so I've sunken in his cheekbones and given him a more dagger-like nose accordingly.

While in the capital of Kings Landing, he discovers that the kings children are not his own, but rather the product of an affair. Ned Stark is appointed the new Hand by King Robert, and comes south with his two daughters. NOVELS The Hand of the King, Jon Arryn is dead.
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Show accuracy: 6/10 – The show has actor Rory McCann scarred on the wrong side of the face, so I've flipped it to the correct left side. Game of Thrones is a television fantasy series based on the novel series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. Down by his jaw, you could see a hint of bone where the flesh had been seared away. – A Game of Thrones His eye was still good, but all around it was a twisted mass of scar, slick black flesh hard as leather, pocked with craters and fissured by deep cracks that gleamed red and wet when he moved. His ear had been burned away there was nothing but a hole. He wore it long and brushed it sideways, because no hair grew on the other side of that face. His nose was large and hooked, his hair thin, dark. Daenerys ordered him to be executed for treason, but after she was surprise-stabbed, the ever-resourceful Imp pushed the lords of Westeros to crown Bran, who returned the favor by making Tyrion Hand of the King.So spake Martin: The right side of his face was gaunt, with sharp cheekbones and a grey eye beneath a heavy brow.

In the final fight for King’s Landing, Tyrion tried to repay Jaime by helping him and Cersei escape the city, but failed. With help from his BFF Varys, Tyrion crossed the Narrow Sea and eventually became Hand to Daenerys.

His character deepened considerably, though, over the course of the series, as Tyrion endured the wrath of his father until he shot Tywin with his own crossbow (and killed his lover Shae in the process) and was forced to flee King’s Landing, with an assist from Jaime. The A Game of Thrones Community Note includes chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you. When Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) first appeared in the series premiere, he seemed to be just the wisecracking brother of Jaime and Cersei who subsisted entirely on wine and brothels. Slide to view before and after comparison
