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Few side stories in all of Game of Thrones have managed to fascinate fans like Cleganebowl.
What started out as a horrific sibling rivalry between two violent people, has been teased for so long by the show that it’s grown into a near mythical encounter. And in season 8 episode 5, fans finally got to see the fight they have been waiting for: Sandor and Gregor Clegane, aka The Hound and The Mountain (resurrected by Qyburn) facing off in a duel to the death.
Beyond their childhood together, Cleganebowl is a faceoff the show has teased on and off since the beginning. But, when the two finally met in episode, there wasn’t a dimming of the lights and a stepping out into an arena. This was hand to hand carnage, two brothers ending their own stories on their own terms, and the combat echoed the past in the most gruesome ways possible.
Just like in their previous fight, all the way back in season 1, the Hound is a far more agile fighter than the Mountain. But what the Mountain lacks in finesse he makes up for in bone-crushing strength. Every swing of his sword cracks stone as the Hound dodges the blade by inches.
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If Cleganebowl had turned out to be any kind of normal fight, the Hound would have won easily. But Ser Gregor’s monsterous, ressurected form can’t be hurt by things like stabs, it seems.
