1. Small Men Can Cast Big Shadows
And so we finally arrive at the half-man himself, the Imp, Tyrion Lannister. Usually Dwarf actors are relegated thanks to their short stature to lesser roles although that's not always the case or are cast as some form of race unto themselves; little people who occupy magical lands and the like. As with everything about Game of Thrones though nothing is typical and that goes doubly for Tyrion Lannister. Hes a living embodiment of the fact that true stature is within, true size and strength comes from character and not just from the physical. So much so that Id say there was a definite case in saying that Tyrion is actually Game of Thrones main character. When we left Tyrion, hed just kicked serious mailed ass at the Battle for Kings Landing after orchestrating a massive employment of alchemical wildfire over Blackwater Bay, decimating the approaching Baratheon fleet. Shortly after, he even joined the fray outside the walls, proving that little guys wielding massive weapons can kill as easily as anyone else. http://youtu.be/5qEAyTZ9axg Tyrion was attacked at the culmination of this battle and it happened so fast that you might have missed this; his attacker was actually Ser Mandon Moore, the knight left behind by Cersei to assist as she and Joffrey fled to the Red Keep. With his face all but sheared in half, his position as Hand of the King now taken by his father Tywin and with Pycelle reinstated as the Maester of Kings Landing its clear that Cersei is gaining the upper hand. Going in to series 3, the game between Tyrion and Cersei just got serious. Expect much more of Tyrions moral ambiguity, more of the dry cool wit and quite possibly a few shocking, completely unexpected developments that see Tyrion landed in more trouble than hes ever been before. And so we reach the end of our little list. Game of Thrones series 3 is due to begin airing on HBO on March 31st 2013, so provided the Mayan calendar doesn't mark the end of the world, we will be tuning in as soon as humanly possible. And if I'm honest, I imagine you will be too. Let me just leave you with this, which I think sums up pretty well the general feeling toward this one-of-a-kind show http://youtu.be/25KABvPbq-U