Gregor Clegane

Gregor Clegane

Season(s)

1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

First seen

Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things “

Last seen

The Bells “

Appeared in

( see below )

24 episodes

Mentioned in

A Golden Crown “
“ You Win or You Die “
“ The Sack of King ‘s Landing “
“ House Clegane “
“ The Westerlands “
“ House Martell “
“ Robert ‘s Rebellion “
“ Brotherhood Without Banners “
“ Oldtown “
“ The last Dragons “

Titles

Ser
of ( once )
Knight of Clegane ‘s Keep ( once ) Castellan of Harrenhal

Also known as

The Mountain That Rides
The Mountain
Tywin Lannister’s Mad Dog

Status

Deceased

Death

Thrown into a ardent chasm by 305 AC at King’s Landing Thrown into a fiery chasm by his brother during the Battle of King’s Landing

Death shown in episode

The Bells “

Origin

Clegane ‘s Keep

Allegiance

House Clegane ( by parentage )
House Lannister ( by curse )
Queensguard ( to Cersei I )
Kingsguard ( once, to Tommen I )

Culture

Andal

Father

Unnamed forefather }

Siblings

Sandor Clegane }
{ Unnamed sister }

{Unnamed sister}

Portrayed by

Conan Stevens ( Season 1 )
Ian Whyte ( Season 2 )
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson ( Seasons 4-8 )

Tyrion: “Does he frighten you so much?“
Bronn: “I’d be a bloody fool if he didn’t frighten me. He’s freakish big and freakish strong. And quicker than you’d expect for a man of that size.“
— Bronn and Tyrion Lannister on the Mountain.[src]

Ser Gregor Clegane was a knight of House Clegane, the older brother of Sandor Clegane, and a notoriously awful, extremely deadly and much-feared warrior, with a tendency toward extreme and excessive violence. due to his size, he is called “ The Mountain That Rides “ or more often just “ The Mountain. ” After being poisoned in a duel with Oberyn Martell, Gregor about succumbed to the effects of manticore malice, but was kept alive through the experimentations of Qyburn. With his mind dulled and his body necrotically invincible, Gregor served as a close Queensguard to Cersei Lannister. Gregor was late killed by and alongside Sandor when they dueled during the Battle of King ‘s Landing, but not before killing Qyburn .

biography

background

Ser Gregor Clegane was the heading of House Clegane, a chivalric house from the Westerlands, and the elder brother of Sandor Clegane. When Sandor and Gregor were children, Gregor held his brother ‘s confront in a fire for playing with one of his miniature without permission, horrifically scarring him. [ 1 ] Gregor was a land knight rather than a full-fledged godhead. Gregor was grotesquely huge, he was the largest, strongest and most fear man in Westeros. His grotesque intensity and size were unmatched, and was one of the most mighty and dangerous people in the Seven Kingdoms. He was feared throughout Westeros with a repute for ferocity, ferociousness and anger. He has committed indefinable acts of ferocity, such as viciously torturing his victims to death, viciously raping women and murdering children. He was a fiercely firm servant and servant of House Lannister, peculiarly to Lord Tywin. [ 2 ]
numerous servants have gone missing at the Clegane keep over the years, apparently killed by Gregor for minor slights in one of his ill-famed fits of rage, and their deaths then covered up. Gregor ‘s own father and baby died under dubious circumstances deoxyadenosine monophosphate well, and Sandor thinks that Gregor may have killed them ampere well. Their sister died when Sandor was excessively youthful to remember her well, and their forefather died years late in what was said to be a “ search accident. ” At the request of Tywin Lannister, Prince Rhaegar Targaryen himself anointed Gregor as a knight, a great honor, tied though Gregor was an infamously dishonorable man. [ 3 ]
During Robert ‘s Rebellion, one class after Prince Rhaegar knighted him, Gregor participated in the Sack of King ‘s Landing. After entering the Red Keep he viciously killed Rhaegar ‘s two children by Elia Martell : their daughter Rhaenys and baby Aegon. He killed child Aegon by bashing his head against the wall, and then while calm covered in the gore from her children proceeded to viciously torture and rape Elia, after torturing and raping her for several hours, he then horrifically killed her. It is rumored that he killed her by cutting her in half with a single swing of his massive sword, [ 4 ] [ 2 ] although he late claimed to have “ smashed her fountainhead in with his hold hands. ” [ 5 ] Despite pleas by Ned Stark, neither Gregor nor Tywin were punished by King Robert for the murders of the royal class, leading to a rupture in Ned and Robert ‘s friendship. [ 6 ] [ 3 ]
Ser Gregor takes part in the tournament to celebrate Eddard Stark ‘s appointment as Hand of the King. He kills Ser Hugh of the Vale in a joust, horrifying the crowd. Littlefinger tells Sansa Stark that Gregor burned his brother Sandor ‘s face over a naked flame when they were boys because Sandor borrowed one of his plaything without asking. He tells her that few people know the story and not to let Sandor Clegane know that she does. [ 1 ]
When Gregor faces Ser Loras Tyrell, he loses the joust ; Loras chose to ride a mare that was in heat to distract Gregor ‘s stallion. Flying into a ramp, Gregor demands his sword, then ruthlessly decapitates his once climb before the entire horrified crowd. Ignoring his surroundings, he continues to knock the storm Loras off his sawhorse, and is on the verge of disgracefully killing him, when his brother Sandor intervenes, fighting him off to protect Loras. The two brothers violently trade swings with their swords, and Gregor only stops when King Robert himself shouts to stop the fight, at which the enraged Ser Gregor stops and leaves. [ 7 ] Catelyn Stark takes Tyrion Lannister into custody on intuition of the undertake assassination of her son Bran. [ 1 ] In response Gregor is dispatched to raid the Riverlands, her fatherland. Refugees from the Riverlands serve court in King ‘s Landing and report that a huge knight who could take the headway of a horse in one blow led the attack and had sacked their villages. Littlefinger asks “ Remind you of person ? ” Eddard Stark sends Ser Beric Dondarrion with a hundred men to bring Gregor to department of justice. Eddard declares him a false knight and strips him of all ranks and titles, lands and holdings, and sentences him to end. [ 8 ] The rule was made null by Eddard ‘s catch for treachery and subsequent decapitation. [ 9 ] The host led by Lord Beric clashes against Ser Gregor at the Mummer ‘s Ford. Ser Gregor is triumphant, and Lord Beric is reported dead. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] however, when Robb Stark ‘s victory against Jaime Lannister forces Lord Tywin to withdraw his forces to Harrenhal, he orders Ser Gregor to take five hundred men and “ set the Riverlands on fire ” from the Gods Eye to the Red Fork. [ 12 ]
Gregor continues to raid the villages of the Riverlands from the Lannister united states army ‘s base at Harrenhal. His men torture the prisoners they take for data about the Brotherhood and shroud valuables. He selects the prisoners for torment personally. Ser Amory Lorch adds a group of capture Night ‘s Watch recruits to the captives. Lord Tywin Lannister arrives during the distortion and asks Gregor what is going on. Gregor says that they were not expecting Tywin for another day. Tywin asks why the prisoners are not in their cells. Gregor says that their cells are overflowing. One of Lorch ‘s men interjects that the prisoners will not be there long. Tywin asks if they are so well manned that they can afford to discard able and skilled prisoners. He asks a prisoner if he has a trade wind and learns that he is a smith. Tywin orders the prisoners put to work, sparing the young serviceman. [ 13 ] When the ironborn under the command of Theon Greyjoy attack Torrhen ’ s Square, to lure the remaining Stark forces away from Winterfell, Ser Rodrik Cassel assumes that it could be a raiding party led by the Mountain or sellswords paid by Tywin .
Following the assassination of Ser Amory just outside Lord Tywin ‘s chamber, Ser Gregor is tasked with finding the perpetrator. Tywin fears that he was the intend target and has Ser Gregor hang over 30 of their own men. Ser Gregor suggests an infiltrator from the Brotherhood Without Banners was responsible and Lord Tywin dispatches him to pressure the smallfolk of the Riverlands into giving up the members of the Brotherhood. [ 14 ] Tywin marches back to the Westerlands and leaves Gregor to serve as castellan at Harrenhal. [ 15 ]
Robb Stark and his army catch to Harrenhal, finding that Gregor Clegane has left the castle with his men. To their horror, they discover that Ser Gregor has executed the remaining 200 Northmen and Rivermen prisoners at Harrenhal, leaving their bodies to rot. [ 16 ] Ser Gregor is later expelled from Stone Mill by a impel led by Robb ‘s uncle, Lord Edmure Tully, forcing him to flee confederacy to Casterly Rock. however, Robb chides his uncle for his actions, explaining that he wanted to draw the Mountain into the west where they could kill him. [ 17 ]
Oberyn Martell discusses with Tyrion how the last clock he was in King ‘s Landing, it was for the marry of his baby Elia to Rhaegar Targaryen. He besides states that during the Sack of King ‘s Landing, his sister was raped and murdered by Gregor. Oberyn believes that Tyrion ‘s beget, Tywin, was the one to give the order to the Mountain. He told Tyrion that he intended to avenge her. Polliver tells Gregor ‘s buddy when confluence in a tavern far north, that while patriotic to the Mountain and the Lannisters, Polliver was n’t in agreement with Gregor ‘s agonizing methods because they were insistent and boring. [ 18 ]
When Tyrion demands a trial by combat, Gregor is cursorily appointed the Crown ‘s champion by Queen Cersei Lannister in order to deter anyone from fighting for Tyrion. Gregor is seen slaughtering prisoners and Cersei compliments him on his shape, agreeing that it does n’t matter who faces him. Tyrion beginning asks his buddy Jaime to fight for him, but he declines, saying that he just can not fight like he used to with the loss of his sword hand. Tyrion then asks his friend Bronn to be his champion, but he excessively refuses, arguing that the Mountain is an incredibly dangerous champion, one that would cost him his animation if he makes a single error. ultimately, Prince Oberyn Martell approaches Tyrion and volunteers to be his champion, as he wants to avenge his sister. [ 19 ]
Gregor fights Oberyn at Tyrion ‘s test by fight, invest in a clayey plat armor and wielding a large broad sword in one hand. Despite his huge size and lastingness, Gregor is no match for Oberyn ‘s fleet and agile active style. Oberyn manages to knock Gregor ‘s helmet off early into the duel and proceeds ​to lento cut him down, all the while taunting him and demanding he admit to the rape and mangle of Elia Martell and her children, chanting ever more forte “ you raped her ; you murdered her ; you killed her children. ”
Oberyn finally severs ​Clegane ‘s hamstring, causing him to fall to his knees. Oberyn presses his advantage by jumping and thrusting his spear into Gregor ‘s chest, sternly injuring the gigantic man and apparently sealing his frustration. Thinking his opposition is amply incapacitated, Oberyn removes his spear from Gregor ‘s chest and circles him, refusing to land a killing botch until Gregor admits that he killed Elia and reveals who orchestrated it, directing his gaze accusingly at Tywin. however, in his hubris, Oberyn is unexpectedly caught off guard when Gregor trips and pulls him to the ground, grasping him around the neck and slamming his fist squarely into his face, immediately knocking out respective of his teeth .
Berserk with fury at closely being killed by his opponent, Gregor pins Oberyn to the background and proceeds to gouge out his eyeballs, making him shout in agony, as he roars for all to hear : “ Elia Martell ! I killed her children ! then I raped her ! then I smashed her point … in like this !. ” He then crushes Oberyn ‘s skull, making his fancy man Ellaria Sand yell in horror. Gregor collapses beside his fallen opponent from the wounds he sustained as Tywin announces that, according to the rules of test by battle, Oberyn ‘s death has formally sealed the destiny of Tyrion Lannister and sentences him to death. [ 5 ]
Despite his extremely ghastly death, Oberyn however manages to get some posthumous retaliation. Before the duel, Oberyn had his spears coated with manticore venom, one of the deadliest poisons in the know world. The venom causes Gregor ‘s wounds to start putrefy, emitting an overpowering malodor. As a final examination distortion, the venom forces him to remain conscious during the unharmed ordeal, even with dead flesh hanging off of him. Pycelle regretfully tells Cersei that Ser Gregor is beyond any hope of healing .
Qyburn, however, an oust erstwhile maester with extensive checkup cognition gained from “ abhorrent ” and “ affected ” experiment on living people, suggests that he may be able to save him. Cersei dismisses Pycelle and gives Qyburn license to do anything he can to save Ser Gregor ( likely out of gratitude for sealing Tyrion ‘s destiny and her ‘revenge ‘ on him for the death of Joffrey ), though Qyburn says that his irregular methods may “ change ” him. She nervously asks if he means the process will weaken Gregor, but Qyburn wittingly assures her it will not. [ 20 ]
A moribund Gregor Clegane is being experimented on by Qyburn at his lab in the dungeons below the Red Keep. [ 21 ] Queen Cersei visits Qyburn and asks him about the country of his work, while glancing at Gregor ‘s report body, and Qyburn assures her it is going very well, though there is inactive a way to go. then, Gregor suddenly spasms, and Qyburn gently shushes him and tells him to go easy. [ 22 ] During Cersei ‘s imprisonment by the Faith, Qyburn reminds her that “the work continues.” [ 23 ]
After Cersei ‘s walk of atonement, she returns to the Keep where Qyburn covers her up and is pleased to introduce the “ newest member ” of the Kingsguard. The Mountain stands deoxyadenosine monophosphate grandiloquent as ever, amply covered in Kingsguard plate armor. only his crimson eyes, surrounded by pale blue flesh, are visible through his helmet. With Cersei ‘s feet injured and shed blood, he is instructed to carry her. As he does so, Qyburn informs Cersei that Clegane has taken a holy vow of silence to last until all of Tommen ‘s enemies are dead and the evil has been driven from the kingdom. [ 24 ]
Gregor is portray standing guard over Cersei when Jaime returns from Dorne with Myrcella ‘s body. [ 25 ] Later, Gregor continues to serve Cersei without motion. He finds a man who boasts of having flashed his penis at Cersei during her walk and bashes his lead against a wall, killing him. [ 26 ]
back at the Red Keep, he accompanies Cersei when she attempts to attend Myrcella ‘s funeral, lone to be stopped by a group of Lannister soldiers, who have arrived to prevent her from leaving on King Tommen ‘s orders. Although Gregor intimidates the captain with his size, Cersei acquiesces, and he escorts her back to her room. [ 26 ] Gregor follows Cersei and Jaime into Qyburn ‘s lab, where the former Maester tries to win the avail of the little birds by offering them candied plums from Dorne ; the children are highly frightened by the eminent knight and cursorily flee the board. Jaime asks what Qyburn has done to Gregor, to which the latter replies with “ a number of things. ” Jaime wonders whether Gregor is able to understand what they are saying, then insults his intelligence by questioning whether he ever understood complete sentences at all, to which the huge knight menacingly turns his head towards Jaime. Qyburn assures that Gregor understands well enough. Jaime suggested sending Ser Gregor to the High Septon to crush him and his religion Militants. Cersei disagrees, saying they ca n’t let Ser Gregor face them all and that he only needs to face one, implying the coming test by battle. [ 27 ]
At the Small Council, Pycelle expresses his disgusts about Qyburn ‘s treatment of Ser Gregor, calling him an abomination. He attempts to suggest that it would be in everyone ‘s best interest to have the “ beast ” destroyed, but he was cut short-circuit when he becomes mindful of the bearing of Cersei, Jaime and Gregor himself. Frightened by the huge homo, Pycelle can not keep himself from passing flatulence. Cersei suggests the Small Council gets on with pressing matters, as they can not make them leave. Kevan replies that Cersei and Jaime can not make them stay either, unless they set Gregor to kill them. As everyone except Cersei and Jaime leave, Pycelle cowers past Ser Gregor, who coldly looks back. [ 27 ]
After Cersei gets news of Olenna Tyrell ‘s intention to return to Highgarden, she confronts her. Ser Gregor Clegane follows in the Queen Mother ‘s wake and mutely stands guard behind her. [ 28 ] When Lancel and several early members of the Faith Militant enter the Red Keep, Cersei, Qyburn, and Ser Gregor arrive to confront them. Lancel tells Cersei that the High Septon wishes to speak with her, but Cersei refuses, and when Lancel does not leave at her instruction, Gregor stands in his way as the Faith undertake to forcibly take Cersei .
He remains unmoved when Lancel orders him to stand down. One of the Sparrows attacked Gregor, and although his weapon ‘s spikes pierce Gregor ‘s plate, Gregor does not say a son or appear to even acknowledge any injury. When the Sparrow tries to attack again, Gregor grabs him by the throat, lifting him into the air and throwing him to the ground. While Lancel and the early Sparrows look on in horror, the towering knight kneels beside him and tears his head off. Lancel and the others thereby stand down. [ 29 ]
Ser Gregor accompanies Cersei and Qyburn to the Great Hall, where Tommen is about to make a imperial announcement. As Cersei attempts to stand besides her son, she is barred by Kevan Lannister, who tells her place is on the gallery with the other ladies of the court. Cersei reluctantly takes her space there with Gregor following her, causing the women to hurriedly make place. Tommen announces that Cersei and Loras Tyrell will stand trial before seven septons and that test by combat is forbidden in the Seven Kingdoms, thereby nullifying Cersei ‘s plans on having the Mountain fight as her supporter again. On the day of her and Loras Tyrell ‘s test, Cersei sends Ser Gregor to Tommen ‘s chambers, to prevent him from going to the Great Sept of Baelor to protect him from its destruction. Tommen tries to get past but Gregor well holds him back. Tommen late commits suicide after hear of Margaery Tyrell ‘s end in the end of the Great Sept of Baelor .
Ser Gregor is summoned by Queen Cersei to the Red Keep dungeons after the explosion, being introduced to Cersei ‘s newest prisoner, Septa Unella. After removing his helmet, revealing his fade and maul front, Gregor is left alone with Unella, who screams in terror as the Mountain looms over her, cook to carry out his orders to torture the Septa for imprisoning and humiliating Cersei. Later, when Cersei is crowned as king, he is seen looming beside the Iron Throne, gazing into the crowd. [ 30 ]
Ser Gregor is present when Queen Cersei holds court, and moves to protect his king when Euron Greyjoy steps besides close to the throne. [ 31 ] He is besides present when Cersei holds court to the nobility of the Reach. [ 32 ]

Ser Gregor is besides present when Queen Cersei hosts a deluxe reception with Lord Euron and his prisoners Yara Greyjoy, Ellaria Sand, and Tyene Sand. He was late present in the dungeons with Qyburn when Cersei confronts her prisoners Ellaria and Tyene over the murder of her daughter Myrcella Baratheon. While Cersei had toyed with ordering Ser Gregor to smash their heads like he did with Oberyn Martell, she rather settles for poisoning Tyene with the long farewell and forcing Ellaria to watch her daughter ‘s final examination death throes. [ 33 ]
When Daenerys Targaryen and her retainers are set to arrive in King ‘s Landing to negotiate an armistice with Cersei and her imperial army, Cersei has Clegane stand in as her personal bodyguard. even before they set out to the Dragonpit, where the meet is stated to be held, she makes preparations with Qyburn, Jaime and Clegane. She orders Ser Gregor to first kill Daenerys, then Tyrion, then Jon, and the rest of them in any order if the meet goes wrong. together with Clegane, Cersei then sets out to meet their guests. When their emanation arrives in the Dragonpit, Sandor Clegane—who is with the group of Daenerys—is shocked to see the state of his despised brother .
once Gregor has taken his place behind Cersei, Sandor approaches him. Sandor hatefully states that Gregor was now uglier than Sandor and that this was not how it would end for Gregor. Sandor continues, claiming Gregor knew that Sandor will be coming for him, before returning to his group. accordingly, Gregor steps back behind Cersei, lone to emerge once more when Daenerys arrives on the draco Drogon. When Euron Greyjoy takes besides many liberties during the parley, threatening the delicate peace, Cersei orders him to sit down or leave. Clegane menacingly makes a step forward to further tension her indicate. During the parley, Daenerys ‘s group releases a creature to prove the threat the undead put. Clegane was ready to shield Cersei from the creature, but Sandor yanks it back with a chain. When Jon Snow by and by reveals to Cersei that he already swore commitment to Daenerys, Cersei calls off the parley and returns to the Red Keep with her retainers, Clegane included. To convince her to accept the armistice, Tyrion follows her and is escorted to her chambers by Clegane, who visibly makes Tyrion restless. Clegane escorts Tyrion into the room and remains in the back while Cersei and Tyrion argue and discourse. He is ready to execute Tyrion when the dwarf demands he do sol, but Cersei never gives the order. rather, Tyrion actually manages to convince Cersei to come to the Dragonpit again and, accompanied by Clegane and the others, Cersei turns up once more to announce that she will send her armies north to assist in fighting the dead. This, however, is a lie and Cersei has no intention of doing then .
The group returns to the Red Keep. When Jaime made it clear up to Cersei that he would join the crusade against the army of the dead with or without her, Clegane on the spur of the moment prevents him from leaving the room. Cersei calls Jaime a traitor for disobeying her commands and stating that no one walks away from her. When Cersei nods, Clegane draws his sword, waiting for Cersei to give the order to execute Jaime. however, Jaime called Cersei out on her bluff and walks right past Clegane, who does not intervene, and out of the room. [ 34 ]
Ser Gregor is give when Euron Greyjoy and Captain Harry Strickland announce the arrival of the Golden caller to Cersei. Afterwards, Euron makes another move on Cersei, but Clegane stops him from proceeding with a endanger stare. Nevertheless, when the queen last allows Euron to have his way with her, Clegane does not intervene. [ 35 ] During the parley outside the gates of King ‘s Landing, Gregor carries out Cersei ‘s order of executing Missandei. [ 36 ]
During the Battle of King ‘s Landing, Gregor stays by Cersei ‘s side to guard her. After Qyburn convinces her to flee from the Red Keep, he protects them both from the debris falling as a result of the Red Keep crumbling due to Drogon ‘s fire. They are however confronted by Sandor who slays all the surviving Kingsguard except Gregor who remains at Cersei ‘s side. Gregor wishes to fight Sandor but Cersei and Qyburn order him to guard her. In wrath, he bashes in Qyburn ‘s skull while Cersei flees past both of the brothers .
In the ensuing duel, Sandor proves himself better at sword fighting than Gregor and stabs him, but he does n’t die due to his reanimation. Gregor proceeds to brutally thrash and die Sandor who stabs him many times in bootless. While trying to crush Sandor ’ s skull, Gregor is stabbed through his left eye, though even this fails to kill him and Gregor begins to pull the blade out. Seeing this Sandor tackles Gregor into a crumbling wall, leading to the both of them falling from the Red Keep column to their deaths in the burn chasm below. [ 37 ]

personality and traits

“ I wanted him to chase us, which he would have done because he is a mad dog without a single strategic thought in his head. “
―Robb Stark aptly describes the Mountain.[src]

Gregor is well-known for his brutal and savage nature, mercilessly killing disarm opponents half his size or leading the torture of helpless villagers. much referred to as “ Tywin Lannister ‘s harebrained frump ”, Gregor has an insatiate bloodlust that he releases through acts of extreme point violence. He is promptly to anger and never shows any reverence of acting on it, since no one dares stop him. One of the only people he has always shown any loyalty or deference toward is Tywin ; when not actively obeying Tywin ‘s orders he largely acts of his own accord, showing even short respect toward King Robert Baratheon after he was told to stop his fit of rage at the Tourney of The Hand. Gregor is besides firm to Qyburn and Cersei, following the experiments performed on him to prevent his death. His extremely violent and pitiless personality had even manifested as a child, cursorily becoming known for his superhuman intensity and incredibly massive size. Gregor even burned his own brother ‘s face when they were children plainly for playing with one of Gregor ‘s toy dog. Tywin suggests that Gregor is besides an alcoholic, when instructing Arya Stark to keep Gregor from getting drunkard. Gregor ‘s short blend and dead miss of a conscience much showed his miss of respect, such as when he tried to murder Loras Tyrell after already losing a joust against him. In addition, Gregor does not appear to be very bright, relying entirely on his physical instincts to get the job done without think of the long-run consequences, shown when he furiously bellows out for all to hear that he in fact did invest arguably his most ill-famed war crime while murdering Oberyn Martell, unaware that until then it was merely a rumor and will have hard consequences if the truth were to come out. Robb Stark describes Gregor as a “ harebrained frank without a strategic think in his forefront ”, while Jaime Lannister quips that Gregor had difficulties understanding accomplished sentences. It is ironic that it is Sandor Clegane who is nicknamed ‘The Hound ‘ when Sandor is at least capable of coherent meditation and park feel, and it is Gregor who is at the absolute mercy of his animalistic rages and impulses. As a warrior, Gregor is widely feared for his terrify and gigantic size and superhuman military capability. He is a giant of a world, standing well over seven feet in altitude ( eight feet in the novels ) and weighing over 500 pounds. In combat, his huge intensity and beastly size gives him a huge advantage over about any opposition, which allows him to defeat men who have far more skill. His weapon of choice is an enormous great sword that most men would never be able to swing with flush two hands, but which Gregor is strong enough to wield one-handed. He is strong enough to decapitate a horse with a unmarried dangle of his sword, as seen during his joust with Loras Tyrell. Gregor besides wears armor larger and thicker than normal knights would be able to wear, providing him about impenetrable defense against his opponents. however, his brother Sandor Clegane ( who is besides incredibly boastfully and potent, though not to the like extent as Gregor ) was shown to be able to duel him evenly. In addition, Gregor ‘s miss of technical foul skill allowed Oberyn Martell to overwhelm him in their duel, as Oberyn ‘s alone manner of fight relied heavy on maneuverability and he used a spear to stay out of Gregor ‘s scope. Following being poisoned by Oberyn ‘s Manticore malice, Gregor is experimented on by Qyburn to keep him from death. The process changes Gregor as was expected. It is unclear whether he is in truth alert or not. The Mountain becomes a “ new ” man and now part of Cersei ‘s guard. other than his soulless eyes and black, partially decayed flesh visible through his helmet, he can not be seen under his wax soundbox armor, however, his face is seen in the Red Keep dungeons after he is instructed to remove his helmet by Cersei. Whatever he is now, he is completely in service to Cersei ( and Qyburn ), and serves them in hush. Qyburn claims that he has vowed not to speak until King Tommen ‘s enemies and all evil are gone from the kingdom. It is at least as likely that he is no longer capable of address, not that he spoke a lot before anyhow. furthermore, it appears that far from weakening him, the procedure Qyburn subjected Ser Gregor to has made him even stronger than he once was ; when a religion competitive attacks him and manages to pierce his armor, he does n’t even flinch or acknowledge it, rather he precisely literally tears the man ‘s head off in retaliation. Gregor was besides shown to be impervious to impalement throughout his body evening when unarmored as he was repeatedly stabbed in assorted areas of his torso by his brother Sandor to no effect, the entirely time he was visibly affected was when Sandor stabbed him through the center, however, this still did n’t kill him. As revealed during the recent events at King ‘s Landing, Ser Gregor silent retains his own will and sense of self, as he defied the Queen ‘s orders and even killed Qyburn precisely to fight his brother. Gregor ‘s individuality and “ intelligence ” mail transformation has been hinted at ahead, as when Jaime made a supercilious comment about him in a conversation with Qyburn, Gregor instantaneously turned his head to glare at Jaime, showing he was n’t wholly devoid of sentience or mugwump actions .

Appearances

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Quotes

Spoken by Gregor
“ Sword! “
―Gregor Clegane to his squire.[src]
Gregor Clegane: “Killing them isn’t the problem. It’s finding them.“
Tywin Lannister: “You gone soft, Clegane? I always thought you had a talent for violence.“
— Gregor Clegane and Tywin Lannister[src]
Gregor Clegane: “Who am I fighting?“
Cersei Lannister: “Does it matter?“
— Cersei Lannister emphasizes Gregor’s ability to beat anyone in battle.[src]
Oberyn Martell: “Have they told you who I am?“
Gregor Clegane: “Some dead man!“
Oberyn Martell: “I am the brother of Elia Martell, and do you know why I’ve come all the way to this stinking shitpile of a city? For you!“
— Oberyn Martell to Gregor before they fight in Tyrion Lannister’s trial by combat.[src]
Oberyn Martell: “Say her name! You raped her! You murdered her! You killed her children! Say it, say her name! SAY IT!“
Gregor Clegane: “Elia Martell! I killed her children! Then I raped her! Then I smashed her head…..in like this!“
— Gregor finally confesses his most infamous atrocity.[src]
Spoken about Gregor
“ Taller by a foot than any man I’ve ever met. Saw him cut the blacksmith in two, saw him take the head off a horse with a single swing of his sword. “
―Joss describes Gregor.[src]
Pycelle: “Why should Ser Gregor turn brigand? The man is an anointed knight.“
Petyr: “I’ve heard him called Tywin Lannister’s mad dog. I’m sure you have as well.“
— Pycelle and Petyr Baelish.[src]
“ See that he doesn’t get drunk in the evenings. He’s poor company when he’s sober, but he’s better at his work. “
―Tywin to Arya Stark about Gregor.[src]
“ Years after, servants started disappearing in our keep. And even a sister, I don’t remember. But nobody could prove anything against Gregor, or dared if they caught him at it. “
―Sandor Clegane talks about Gregor.[src]
“ I wanted to draw the Mountain into the West, into our country, where we could surround him and kill him. I wanted him to chase us, as he would have done because he is a mad dog without a strategic thought in his head. I could have had that head on a spike by now. “
―Robb Stark emphasizes Gregor’s lack of intelligence which could have been used against him to Edmure Tully.[src]
Tyrion Lannister: “Does he frighten you so much?“
Bronn: “I’d be a bloody fool if he didn’t frighten me. He’s freakish big and freakish strong, and quicker than you’d expect for a man of that size.“
— Bronn explains his reasons for refusing to fight Gregor.[src]
Sandor Clegane: “You say your brother gave you that sword? My brother gave me this! [points to his facial scars] It was just like you said a while back. He pressed me to the fire like I was a nice, juicy mutton chop.“
Arya Stark: “Why?“
Sandor Clegane: “He thought I stole one of his toys. I didn’t steal it, I was just playing with it. The pain was bad, the smell was worse, but the worst thing was that it was my brother who did it. And my father who protected him, told everyone my bedding caught fire. You think you’re on your own?“
— Sandor tells Arya about how Gregor scarred him.[src]
Ellaria Sand: “You’re going to fight that?!“
Oberyn Martell: “I’m going to kill that.“
— Ellaria Sand and Oberyn Martell before the trial by combat.[src]
May I have the honor of presenting the newest member of the Kingsguard? If it please, Your Grace, he’s taken a holy vow of silence. He’s sworn that he will not speak until all His Grace’s enemies are dead, and evil has been driven from the realm.“
―Qyburn to Cersei about the new Gregor.[src]
Jaime Lannister: “What did you do to him exactly? I haven’t been able to get a clear answer.“
Qyburn: “Oh, uh…a number of things.“
Jaime Lannister: “Does he understand what we’re saying? I mean, to the extent that he ever understood complete sentences in the first place. (Gregor looks at him menacingly)“
Qyburn: “He understands well enough.“
— Jaime Lannister and Qyburn about Gregor.[src]
Cersei Lannister: “And seeing as you cannot make us leave, we’d best get on with it.“
Kevan Lannister: “No, we cannot make you leave. And you cannot make us stay. Not unless you’re gonna have that thing murder us all.“
— Kevan voices his disinterest in talking to Cersei and Jaime while Gregor is present.[src]
Lancel Lannister: “Order your man to step aside or there will be violence.“
Cersei Lannister: “I choose violence.“
— Lancel threatens to unleash the Faith Militant on Gregor, and Cersei accepts their challenge.[src]
“ This is Ser Gregor Clegane. He’s quiet too. Your gods have forsaken you. This is your god now. “
―Cersei introducing Gregor to Unella.[src]
“ Remember me? Yeah, you do. You’re even fucking uglier than I am now. What did they do to you? Doesn’t matter. It’s not how it ends for you, brother. You know who’s coming for you. You’ve always known. “
―Sandor Clegane to Gregor.[src]
“ Yeah, that’s you. That’s what you’ve always been. “
―Sandor Clegane to Gregor upon knocking his helm off and seeing his monstrously deformed face.[src]

Behind the scenes

In the books

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Ser Gregor Clegane is a savage animal of a man, capriciously tall at closely 8 feet in altitude, and well over 30 pit in weight ( 420 lbs./190 kilogram ), most of it muscle. Gregor is then potent that he can easily wield with one hand greatswords which are meant to be wielded with two hands, allowing him to carry a shield equally well. He is so firm that he has been known to cleave men in two with a single blow of his sword. Known as “ the batch That Rides ”, Gregor is one of Tywin Lannister ‘s chief enforcers. Gregor ‘s knighthood is regarded as a hypocritical jeer of department of justice by many, as he is a thoroughly dishonest and undisciplined butcher. While Gregor is sol strong that he can easily fight the strongest knights in Westeros, his greatest enthusiasm in wartime is for burning out the homes of peasants who can not possibly fight back, and torturing their women and children to death. indeed, Gregor ‘s huge size is n’t very his main assign to Tywin, so a lot as his utter exuberance for committing atrocities. With a “ might makes right ” brain, Gregor feels that his huge bulk and forte gives him impunity to behave as he does, as few would dare to challenge him. While Gregor is incredibly dangerous in battle, he relies more on absolute force than on accelerate or skill. Gregor has gone through multiple wives, who died from the extremely rough treatment they received from Gregor, though there are rumors that he killed them on determination. His founder and younger sister besides died suspiciously. Sandor Clegane left when Gregor succeeded their don and never returned. Gregor has a closely uncontrollable temper, and is able of very brutal violence for the slightest incitement. According to Sandor, he once killed one of his men for snoring. When he was in Harrenhal, a servant girlfriend named Pia spoke when he wanted secrecy, so he smashed her font in with his mail-clad fist, breaking her nose and many of her teeth. Gregor ‘s men-at-arms are known as “ The Mountain’s men. ” His cruelty and brutality are intelligibly mirrored in them. The best thing that can be said about them is that they are less nauseating and violent than the Brave Companions, Vargo Hoat ‘s sellsword company. Those who are mentioned specifically in the books are :

  • Joss Stilwood, his squire.
  • {Rafford} aka Raff the Sweetling, who killed Lommy. Killed by Arya Stark.
  • Dunsen, who took Gendry’s bull helm.
  • {The Tickler}, a torturer. Killed by Arya Stark.
  • {Polliver}, who took Arya’s sword. Killed by the Hound, in the same fight that Arya kills the Tickler.
  • {Chiswyck}, who assisted the Tickler with the torturing. Killed by Jaqen H’ghar.
  • Shitmouth, the most foul-mouthed of Gregor’s soldiers, but less cruel than the rest. Gives extra food to captives if they ask him nicely.
  • Eggon
  • Tobbot
  • {Unnamed squire} of House Sarsfield. Killed by Arya Stark
  • Two others, one castrated and the other executed for committing rape and murder in Maidenpool on the orders of Randyll Tarly.

When Sandor escorts Sansa back to the Red Keep after the tournament feast, at Joffrey ‘s dominate, he tells her the history of how his face was burned ( not Littlefinger as happens in the television receiver serial ) : a wood carver gave toys to both of the Clegane children in arrange to gain their beget ‘s backing. Sandor wanted the articulated jointed knight that Gregor got, so he took it. Gregor was ten and already big enough to be training so he did n’t even care about the plaything, but when he found six class old Sandor play with it – without warning he pushed Sandor ‘s head into a brazier and held him there. It took three men to get Sandor away from him, and their father told people that Sandor ‘s seam linens had caught fire. It was late when Gregor was anointed a knight that Sandor Clegane lost all respect for the institution of knighthood, and has firm refused to be knighted himself. Sandor besides tells Sansa that the death of Hugh of the Vale was not a tournament accident. Ser Hugh had obviously put on the armor himself and had not set the neck defender correctly. He says Gregor saw that, and thus could have sent the blow elsewhere, and that the lance did n’t good incidentally parry up, as Gregor puts his lance precisely where he intends it to go every time. He meant to kill Ser Hugh, though it is n’t clear if this was an character assassination to silence Hugh, or precisely Gregor enjoying the slaughter ( the disclosure about Jon Arryn ‘s death supports the latter option ). In the second novel, Tyrion offers Doran Martell, among other things, Ser Gregor. Tywin disapproves, claiming that Gregor has his uses, and every overlord has need of a animal from time to clock. Tyrion answers that “ the woods are full of beasts ”, and Tywin says he ‘ll think it over. late, Tywin decides against the estimate, stating that “ Ser Gregor has served us well. No early knight in the kingdom inspires such terror in our enemies ” ; in order to appease the Martells, he comes up with the estimate to put the entire blame on Amory Lorch ( who is, quite handily, dead ). As things turn to be, Tywin ‘s new version of the death of Elia and her children does not stop Oberyn from fighting Gregor. Gregor encounters and kills Beric Dondarrion twice ( these are the foremost and the fourth of Beric ‘s seven deaths ) : he impales Beric on a spear during the Battle at the Mummer ‘s Ford, and on by and by encounter ( whose details are not specified ) he stabs Beric in the center with a dirk. Beric is resurrected on both occasions .

Reanimated as Ser Robert Strong

While treating Gregor Clegane, Qyburn theorizes that Oberyn had adulterated the manticore malice on his spear with sorcery ; thickening it in club to slow its progress through the veins towards the heart, dragging out Gregor ‘s agony. It is besides not at Cersei ‘s orders but Tywin ‘s that Gregor is treated, though this is alone to get him enough back to health so Ilyn Payne could execute him. After Gregor ‘s populace confession of his separate in the murders of Elia Martell and her children, Tywin ( who had constantly dismissed such talk as malicious rumors ) intended to publicly execute Gregor in regulate to appease House Martell, preferably than risk their desecrate at Elia and Oberyn ‘s deaths causing Doran Martell to support Stannis Baratheon ( though Tywin was killed by Tyrion before this could happen ). After Loras is sent to resolve the siege of Dragonstone, Qyburn tells Cersei that in case Loras dies, she will need to find another worthy for the Kingsguard. He claims “ I had another sort of champion in mind. What he lacks in chivalry he will give you tenfold in devotion. He will protect your son, kill your enemies, and keep your secrets, and no be man will be able to withstand him. ” Cersei is disbelieving ; she orders a gigantic lawsuit of armor at Qyburn ‘s request -despite the blacksmith ‘s insistence no living homo can move or fight under such weight- but warns him that if he plays her for a jester, he will pay dearly. As a gesture of estimable will, Cersei assigns Ser Balon Swann to deliver a huge skull to the Martells, which the Lannisters title is Gregor ‘s, and most of them accept that Gregor has ultimately been punished for his crimes ( though it is a little consolation to Ellaria, who deeply mourns Oberyn ). merely Obara is disbelieving, suspecting a misrepresentation. Nymeria tells her half sister to lighten up, as Gregor was the only 8-foot improbable man in all of Westeros, and Cersei would be exposed as a liar before the stallion continent if it turned out he was somehow still alive. What Nymeria says makes perfect sense, except that Cersei is far from being intellectual and clever. Obara has no estimate how much she is close to the truth. Following Cersei ‘s precipitation, Qyburn visits her in prison and informs her new champion stands fix. Cersei laughs bitterly, since she can be defended only by a trust buddy of the Kingsguard, but Loras somehow clings to biography despite his person wounds, frankincense she can not make a manipulation of her invincible champion. however, when she hears from Kevan about Ser Arys Oakheart ‘s death, she sees a opportunity of survival : there is an empty invest on the Kingsguard that must be filled. She begs her uncle to have Tommen appoint a homo whom Qyburn knows his name.

Following Cersei ‘s walk of life of penance, Qyburn introduces her to Ser Robert Strong, a man clothed from head to toe in white armor ( no separate of him is visible ) and matching Gregor ‘s physique. According to Qyburn, Strong has taken a holy place vow of muteness until all of King Tommen ‘s enemies are defeated. many people, including Kevan and Pycelle, theorize that Strong is actually Gregor, or possibly even a Frankenstein ‘s freak assembled from Gregor ‘s body arsenic well as other bodies. In the first novel ( chapter 17 ), Bran Stark has a vision of Strong, and when his bill lifts, there is only dark and black blood, leaving it ambiguous as to whether or not Strong even has a head. In the television series, Cersei ‘s new Kingsguard is not given a name, and what is seen of his face through his helmet matches that of Gregor, slightly confirming that Gregor and Strong are the lapp man. In the one-sixth season of the series, he is hush referred to as Gregor Clegane, the Robert Strong name having been dropped entirely. While in the novels the mangle of Rhaenys Targaryen is assigned to Ser Amory Lorch, another knight in the service of Tywin Lannister, the TV-series omitted this and Gregor is blamed for the death of Elia, Aegon and Rhaenys .

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