8 Biggest Game Of Thrones Book Swerves
6. Brienne Of Tarth VS. The Hound
Big Brienne's throw downs are some of my favorite scenes in Thrones. Her abrupt and very intense clash with Sandor Clegane left the Hound broken and defeated at the bottom of a hill. But even this was a swerve.
In season four's opening episode, following Sandor's famous chickens conversation, we all watched him put a hurting on some Lannister soldiers, and Arya retrieving Needle in poetically cold blooded fashion. This exchange saw Sandor suffer wounds which would later become infected in A Storm Of Swords.
The book and the show have an ambiguous parting of the ways for Arya and the Hound, but we were treated to a knock-down, drag-out Hound & pound first. Afterward nothing more comes of it, but further in the original continuity there are possible Hound sightings.
Possible Future Hound activity notwithstanding, Lady Brienne is used by the show-runners to surprise every fan here. And it seems like pencillers Benioff and Weiss have found their favorite eraser. Bringing us to this next swerve..