Hes definitely not a nobody, maybe a nobody in terms of royalty, but he was technically from a noble family. Which puts him above 90% of Westeros's inhabitants.

I think that title goes to Davos. My two best characters in GOT are Davos and the Hound.

I think whats most important about Sandor is that he is very intelligent, despite not being highly educated like most of the lords and their sons. Not in a sence of "professor of quantum-physics" intelligent. But because he was on the "backline" most of the time, he had time to see, evaluate and think. His grumpy demeanor is more of a fasade, to fool the ones that can get rid of him just because they were born into slightly more importand house. He knows when to act, and when to back off. Knows what he can and he cant do. Sure, he has some ideals and you can see it. But he also knows that dying for some ideals is not worth it, if you can wait things out. I wonder how would the political game of the series turn out, if he would be one of the main "players".

@@alexxander9428 They probably meant a nobody compared to most characters the story revolves around. Sandor is not a knight, nor is he the heir to his family's fortunes. He's the second son, so he must seek his fortunes elsewhere. Writing this I realized that the mercenary company "Second Sons" is named that just because of the same reason. They are not the inheritors of wealth, so they take up a life of sellswordsmanship.

Does The Hound look out for Sansa because he sort of saw himself in the cruel treatment Joffrey gave her much like Gregor did to him when they were boys?

This reminds me of my grandfather. He was the only relative who spoke about WWII (we were on the losing side and my grandparents were all damaged in one way or another). He didn't make any side look good and didn't paint himself as a hero nor victim. He didn't care to look good, nor was he bound by an ideology or hatred. He has seen the most terrible things and nearly died on multiple occasions, but visited his former enemy for fun. Meanwhile, I've met people who continued to bear a grudge against their former enemies two generations later. He might have been a psychopath, but compared to the latter people, I think better of him. Seriously, I know someone who nearly had his fingers cut off because of the sins of his ancestors! Personally, I had to see as a kid our car getting deglassed because we had the _wrong_ license plate... That was more than half a century after the frigging war ended!

It is

@@22s22a it's not. Go outside.

@@Ronam0451 I'm reading the book at beach ⛱️ lol

@@22s22a In that case, try walking into the ocean.

It might be slightly more complex than that.

@@prawngravy18 Maybe maybe not but try and make a case.

I wouldn't say a good man, instead i would say a man loyal to his thoughts. Because in a Sansa's chapter he admits that the thing he enjoys the most is killing people and survive in that world destroying the "weak people", those who aren't able to protect themselves.

@@luisbelgois2102 I'm refering to the TV series, haven't read the book.

@@some1350 I thought you were talking about the books because this video is about those books

But who cares what you think?

@@anypish2 So anyway, the Hound is one of his favorite characters.

@iman jones And here's West World.

The hound is cool but really?

Mine too

Dogs are wolves

Great observation... dog/direwolf is a really cool parallel, don’t know why I didn’t catch that before

@@plootooth259 Dogs are domesticated wolves, wolves aren't domesticated.

jon ain't no stark

@@AverageAlien What is he then?

It seems you're unfamiliar with dnd

From a memory's stand point, the characters are very real, for all intents and purposes

Cringe, it's just medieval star wars

@@StoneTheCr0w That sounds f***ing awesome.

I mean some of those things happened back in the day with the crown , minus the dragons .

Damn straight! That narration was bone-chilling. Well-written and well-voiced.

Rory has great everything!

Agreed. Just not enough swearing!

Yes!

Is this an audiobook?

It's a bit of a shame how they saddled him with so many "c*nt" lines in the last couple of seasons.

What is the Sandor accent ? I can't quite place it ....there might be hint of Scottish ? ( though nothing like McCann's real voice).

@@Simpleburger1968 It is certainly Scottish, much more than a hint. He used to iron it out with a bit of non-rhotic delivery in the early seasons but he had mostly gave that up by the end.

Jorah Mormont's actor Iain Glen also has a great voice, he's got a few audiobooks out there. Check out Robin Sach's work too, he's got some really good dungeons and dragons audiobooks, I loved his voice as the old veteran mercenary bounty hunter Zaeed Massani in Mass Effect.

What is this audio from?

Grammy-winner Rory McCann, I like the sound of that.

Where does the animated short come from?

Yes where is this from? Where can I find more of these? It’s like a book reading but by the characters, I won’t more

@@dort08 Search for GOT Lore videos. They are bonus material from the show I believe.

What dort said, they’re a must watch. There’s a whole series voiced by the actors describing in character Roberts rebellion against the mad king.

I assumed it was a passage lifted straight from the books.

And The mountain is the basically Sabertooth

Agreed!

Gregor is the sabertooth, a savage murdering brute

don't see the parallels other than both of them being hairy and grouchy

@@lepe then you dont know the characters that well. They have a lot of similarities

Except he isn't a knight.

@@thefracturedbutwhole5475 that's why I said "true" knight....like Brienne

all the true knights get disfigured faces... hound, brienne, loras..

@@workingclassclassicalguita730 Thats because they are actual fighters. They fight for what is right. Instead of fighting only when they think they can win. Hence them being true knights.

He killed an innocent stable boy. Hes no knight.

ASoIaF is the post modern answer to Tolkien’s idealism and love for myth. Here’s hoping Martin can stick the landing with the final book(s).

Amen to that

I mean the kids also raised their direwolf from babies once their mother died. The lion was a fully grown. Lions are only friendly up to a certain age, once their older they very aggressive to people they dont know. If tytus raised the lion from a cub she would protect him too

@Jcorb House Stark's symbol is obviously the Direwolf, and the children are protected by theirs, hwoever House Lannister's symbol is the lion, and Tytos Lannister is almost killed by one. It's ironic because House Lannister claims to be a proud house, yet their symbol has tried to kill them, while House Stark has no such claims and befriends their symbol.

@@EvaRavian That's because Tytos wasn't a real lion it's symbolic of how he wasn't really like a Lannister he was weak and let people take advantage of him.

Damn, this was a thinker 🤔

Criteria: Born again amidst salt and smoke Under a bleeding star Wake dragons from stone (only a king's blood can) Pull a sword named Lightbringer from flames (forged first in Water, then in the heart of a Lion then in the person they Love) Use it to combat an impending darkness, defeat the Long Night Theirs is the song of fire and ice

Sandor: max 2 of them but it's a stretch Stannis: weak 2-3 and soon another but he'll die at some point Jon Snow: 4 by the end, he's also literally the prince that was promised by Ned Daenerys: solid 4 so far, likely all of them by the end

Same. Him and Arya both. Shame they killed him off in the end, I think a spin off of Arya and Sandor exploring other worlds would have been awesome.

@@spirittammyk I dont think HBO deserves to get to do any spinoffs lol.

I’ll always remember the chapter in Clash of Kings where one of the Mountain’s mean described to Arya in detail how they gang raped the (very young) daughter of a tavern’s keeper. “She lost all her fight by the time I got my turn” is a line that got burned into my skull to this day, even though it’s been 12 years since I read it

Smough from Dark Souls would eat him no problem.

lack of humanity? thats human nature @@skulver

That's what makes the characters the DO the right thing and act morally so memorable and likeable. Do any reading on ancient to even medieval warfare and campaigns... a lot of really terrible shit happens all the time. In today's world, life is relatively easy depending on where you're born but for the vast majority of human existence, life was brutal. @@skulver

The f***s a Lommy?

Definitely. He has one of the most complex and interesting character arcs through the entire series.

Just out here forgetting about Podrick

@@AleisterMeowley well not counting podrick ofc

The best character was the dead baby

Tyrion was only great until they made him tell dick jokes most of the time.

Great warriors dont kill 10 year old stable boys.

​@@johnnycombs7459: 1. War kein Stalljunge! Das war Arya! UND 2. wird Mycah immer jünger bei dir. Weiter oben war er erst 13, dann 12 und jetzt 10. Es wird nicht wahrer. Außerdem kapierst du diese mittelalterliche, feudale Welt kein bisschen.

The Hound meeting Percy Jackson is something my brain cannot come up with a scenario for

The kings and leaders in got are the ones who act like kings and leaders do irl, only in fantasies to kings and leaders across history have any sense of morality.

What is povs ?

@@georgenajera4730 point of view

Half of it would be Sandor cursing in his mind lol

@@josecarioca8785 Other half about chicken.

I wouldnt like that. It would take away from his badassery to hear his tortured mind. Part of what makes him so cool is how he holds it all in. Idk i just dont think itd be a good idea from a writing standpoint itd take away from his character to get his pov

I always felt he sympathized with sansa in kings landing because it was similar to how he grew up. Yes the cleganes land was theirs, but he didn’t feel safe with his brother and also his dad’s protective nature for his brother. He felt vulnerable at all times the same as sansa, then Arya. That’s my thought.

I thought it was because underneath all that rough he is a good man

@@dericmccoy8175 Nope. He despised people like Sansa. He didn't act like Sansa as a child, he faced the worst yet still grew up to be so strong. He just pitied Sansa and changed in the end for Arya.

@@dericmccoy8175 It could be Especially considering how his father protected Gregor all those years and spread the rumor Sandors bed caught on fire. However I don't think it holds up considering their interactions in the beginning are basically Sandor making fun of Sansa and threatening her I don't think he identifies with her situation at first in the books.

@@rickyhunt4075 Yes it was just a thought, I know they come from two very different places but they both grew up with fear. Sandor his brother and Sansa the Lannisters. And yes he is also a good man too.

Good men dont kill 19 year old stable boys or push young boys off buildings to kill them

@@johnnycombs7459 indeed. Which is why i said they have lost their way. Yer wholly evil men do not regret or try to make amends. They feel no moral conflicts nor do they complain about the darkness inthe world. Do you think roose, ramsay, gregor, vargo hoat, tywin, hell even joffrey ever had such thoughts? Do you imagine any of them ever needing to justify their behavour or waxing melodramatic about the state of the world and how they are sad because knights and kings violate their oths and common decency?

@@johnnycombs7459 They did in medieval times apparently lmao

​@@johnnycombs7459: Jetzt ist der ominöse Stalljunge also 19. Das wird langsam lächerlich. Öffne ein Geschichtsbuch und studiere mittelalterliche Feudalgesellschaften! Du hast nämlich keine Ahnung, aber davon sehr viel!

I don’t know if he gave up, but he definitely has either the most severe case of writer’s block, or has written himself into a corner and has nowhere to go. A Song of Ice and Fire will never be finished.

@@souldry he's gave up, he expanded t a point where he can't finish in a way that isn't crap

"He might be one of the greatest storyteller" Dude, he IS already one of the greatest 🤣 his world Building is SO GREAT, the greatest one imo. even Tolkien can't make that kind of world building. No matter what happen with the ASOIAF series in the future, his previous works are already up there with best.

@@aye2you nah his first three books were excellent, they started to get bogged down after that and while he has told some amazing stories, some of his best arent even in the series, the dunk and egg stories are actually right upthere. his problem is that he has no work ethic and probably wont finish the damn series.

@@ryanbellerose9065 I wouldn't say he was "no work ethic". I mean I drive myself half insane trying to write a research paper longer than 5 pages. Writing 1000-page books full of world building takes a lot of grind especially when you gotta to make it compelling.

D&D have taken those words seriously

@@souvikchakraborty8055 HA HA HA HA HA HA!

I liked the father of Sandor and Gregor too. He's only in lore, but he is not bad character

The Mountain is pretty badass though ngl.

@@jonathandevers6609 Well, as badass as a rapist can be.

@@imonymous Well he is really badass in most ways but he is (also) really bad. As bad morally in most world views, having murdered and raped innoceents, helpless and... by the drove just for self gain and more importantly here fun. But then again I guess "most badass" characters in stories ("movies/books") or got are quite bad morally speaking. The Hound for example while not being a pure sadist he has killed and maimed countless for his own benefit. But he has his own kinda code and his capable of love and kindness and has become a real fan favorite really quickly as he formed a (cool or funny,...) relationship with a lot of the main characters (Sansa and Arya Starks, Tyrion,...) and stands out as being someoen true to himself even if the things he does are bad. In a world that is quite realistic where ideals are mostly ideals and idealist often get there throat slit and seem helpless. So yeah you are right and you can be real badass for helping people or doing epic things that don't really harm others or really benefit or save others. But people who are considered badass often have done bad things. :)

@@kristiankopf9683 sandor's father knew what really happened to sandor's face. He blamed it on burning bedsheets and protected his evil other son.

Dude, I had no idea until I read your comment. 💥

Yep! LOL.

YARP

He was also the Scott's porage oats man in the UK ad at one time. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d5pinNWA0L2lm3U.html&ab_channel=ComClassics

Same, around season 4 or 5 i had that leo pointing at the tv moment when i realized why The Hound looked familiar

Arthur Morgan's pretty cool too, one of my favourites

@@sophcass2974 oh yeah definitely. and many of the other characters in the gang, like dutch van der linde

@@HessSR yeah i loved sadie too and gotta love crazy Dutch, his descent into madness was done so well, the same sadly cant be said for Daenerys haha 🔥🔥

@@sophcass2974 lol yeah such a shame to see all the fantastic characters being butchered in season 8 like dany, tyrion and varys

@@HessSR yep hopefully George corrects some of the wrongs done by D&D, but even if he doesn't at least we'll always have lumbago

And I'll just say it...after reading the books...I don't believe Jon is Lyanna's son at all.

Fucking purists are a meme 😅

Oh trust me, they are better

@@petebondurant58 you’re goddamn right

@@georgea.9684 I know he delayed it recently but is there something that I missed?

Yeah because its a historically accurate depiction of how politics and government worked back in that time. What the fuck was he supposed to do, take a sabbatical, vacation in Miami and come back refreshed? This is GoT, not dragonlance.

Damn. Maybe I wont just die, maybe I'll get angry.

It's easier than you think when you base something off of actual history.

So how did he write the first books then? What are you talking about? He got super rich and famous from the shitty HBO series. There’s no need to search for the reason when it’s staring you in the face.

I think the hound is already dead in the book

Good news friends!!!! He's definitely alive digging graves on the Quiet Isle sept. Re-read the Brienne chapter in A Feast For Crows. He's the huge gravedigger with a limp. His horse, Stranger, is there as well. Brienne and Podrick don't recognize him. I don't think Brienne had ever seen him before in the books. Only heard of him. And good ole Pod isn't very attentive. Quiet Isle is also right next to Saltpans which is where Arya went to to get a ship to Braavos right after abandoning Clegane suffering from his wounds. The Elder Brother tells Brienne that The Hound is dead but he of course means that metaphorically because he isn't The Hound anymore. He is just Sandor Clegane.

@@joshrivers5191 wow! That's a very good news.. though he was dead

@@ibibiotutorials3742 "The Hound is dead; Sandor Clegane is at rest." - The Elder Brother Take that as you will.

@@barrelbrothers6896 stop gaslighting

@Raymond Sims you mean the actor or the character? If u mean the character, no he wasnt, he did some dick mooves, but sandor wasnt a total asshole, considering that he had a shitty father he acctily ended up better than most...

@Raymond Sims yeah but i still disagree, he wasnt a total dick, the hound protected sansa from being raped after all, he hated bullies

@Raymond Sims yes, i see you talking about how he is perceived

@Raymond Sims but being honest, that is how he is preceived in westeros as well, everybody think that he is just an asshole with no feelings, but sandor isnt a complete dick, even tough he is rough around the edges, he does hate bullies who abuse innocent people (even tough he, himself, have done it a few times)

Was thinking the same thing

I loved their road trip, and all the characters they met.

It's nearly six books. Six. Six two-to-three-inch-thick books. What the fuck did you think, that it's some pissy young-adult urban fantasy magazine story? Jesus.

@@MoonshineSazerac calm down

It’s Rory McCaan. Rory McIlroy is a pro golfer.

Give Daenerys some slack, she's been living on the other side of the world without TV

​@@TheLordofDarkness1995: His name is Rory McCann!

Just asked the same question! Wouldn’t it be brilliant to have the original cast do an audio version of the whole series once GRRM completes the final book(s)

did some youtube research: i found these : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/isqEqLaXndWqo58.html&ab_channel=gameofthronesfan94

Yea man just look up History and Lore for GoT. They were on blue ray releases but now all 4 or 5 are on KZfaq. Great stuff, bout 50 mins each

@@skoshow8418 Thank you!

Thanks for clearly explaining what the video clearly explained.

@@felixsulla7853 lol

@@felixsulla7853 😂

Search for "Game of Thrones Histories and Lore"

It's part of the Blu-rays originally But now they're all on youtube

The she-wolves at least.

There were lions in Europe at one time, as recently as the common era if I recall correctly.

@@meghanjamieson6133 Yeah shit. I knew they used to have a larger habitat but a quick google indicates they inhabited S. Europe as early as 3rd century BC. That's cool.

The other thing is that Westeros while based on Europe is not Europe. They eat corn in Westeros which is from indigenous people of North America, not Europe. When people asked Martin about this he said he knew and that Westeros isn't Europe.

​@@alexhoward1884: An welcher Stelle im Buch wird Mais gegessen?