Amid the carnage of Game of Thrones’ Last War, there was a tender moment between two brothers who absolutely loathe one another. The #CleganeBowl, a fan…
Amid the carnage of Game of Thrones’ Last War, there was a tender moment between two brothers who absolutely loathe one another. The #CleganeBowl, a fan theory that the Clegane brothers Gregor and Sandor would one day face off, has been hinted at for years. In Thrones’ penultimate episode, the two finally clashed swords.
Ladies and gentleman, it delivered.
During their youth, Gregor « The Mountain » Clegane burned his brother Sandor’s face because Sandor had taken one of Gregor’s toys, without asking. This left Sandor — later known as the Hound — looking like Two-Face, with burnt skin scarring his skull. It also left him with a crippling phobia of fire for the rest of his life. In later life, Gregor became a knight, but he was a villainous, merciless monster. He did some terrible things in the time before Game of Thrones and this caused Sandor to really, really hate him.
Over the past eight seasons, the two have had wildly different paths. Gregor ended up being killed after blasting Oberyn Martell’s eyes through his skull and then brought back to life by Queen Cersei’s Dr. Frankenstein, Qyburn. For the past 3 seasons the Mountain has stumbled around like a zombie, purple of face and mute of sound.
