The Mountain

Since I just received my copy of Game of Thrones Season 4 on bluray today I thought I would post about one of the most despicable characters from the show. A man they call "The Mountain Who Rides" or just for simplicity's sake "The Mountain", AKA Gregor Clegane.

In past seasons we have heard of his terrible deeds, he burned his brothers face in the fireplace when they were young boys. He murdered the queen Elia Martell and her two children in the sacking of King's Landing that won King Robert his crown. He has Decapitated his own horse in a rage after losing a joust. He led an army to destroy the Riverlands, leaving only death and destruction in his wake. He is the most feared of all the knights in Westeros.

And now in the most recent season to be released on bluray, he has killed Prince Oberyn Martell in single combat who was trying to avenge his sister (the before mentioned Elia Martell and her children). During the fight he kept asking The Mountain to admit to what was rumored he did to Oberyn's sister and children. When Oberyn thinks he has won after injuring The Mountain, Clegane grabs Oberyn, throws him on the ground, climbing on top of him and grabbing Oberyn's head between his hands he finally admits, "Elia Martell! I killed her children. Then I raped her. Then I smashed her head in. LIKE THIS!". Yep he crushes Oberyn's skull with his bare hands, that is just the sort of man The Mountain is.

Now let's talk about the actor, a real life mountain of a man! First of all his name is Hafpor Bjornsson, how cool is that! In his other job he is a competitive strongman! Here is a video:

That is just insane! He is currently considered the world's second strongest man! This guy just might be scarier in real life than in the show! Ok maybe not, hafpor actually seems like a pretty good guy in most of his interviews, but the guy could definitely be referred to as "The Mountain" in real life. He consumes about 10,000 calories a day when he's training! That's almost as much as a normal person should eat in a week! The guy is also just a hair under 7 feet tall, here is a picture with him standing next to Cersei Lannister actress Lena Heady:

The guy astounds me, what more can I say! I look forward to seeing more of Hafpor as The Mountain in the upcoming season 5, it will be interesting to see what becomes of his character after being poisoned and wounded in the Oberyn fight.