Gregor Clegane

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Full Name

Gregor Clegane

Alias

Ser Gregor Clegane

The Mountain That Rides
The Mountain
Ser (by his men)
Lord Tywin's Mad Dog
The Enormity That Rides
Ser Gregor
The Great Dog
Ser Robert Strong (strongly implied)
Knight of Clegane's Keep (title)

Origin

A Song of Ice and Fire

Allies

Qyburn (TV series)
Brave Companions
Tyrion Lannister (former subordinate in a battle)
Rorge (novels only)
Vargo Hoat (all formerly)
House Lannister
Mountain’s Men
Addam Marbrand
Leo Lefford
Lyle Crakehall
Flement Brax
Tywin Lannister
Jaime Lannister
Cersei Lannister
Kevan Lannister
Daven Lannister
Joffrey I Baratheon
Robert I Baratheon
Tommen I Baratheon
Euron Greyjoy (TV series only)
Randyll Tarly
Polliver
Rafford
Shitmouth
Joss Stillwood
The Tickler
Dunsen
Eggon
Tobbot
Pimply squire
Chiswyck
Weese
Balon Swann
Arys Oakheart
Preston Greenfield
Osmund Kettleblack
Boros Blount
Meryn Trant (novels only)
Loras Tyrell (novels only)
Amory Lorch
Qyburn (novels, implied)

Powers/Skills

Combat prowess

Brute strength
Swordsmanship
Inhuman durability
Horse riding
Leadership
Intimidation

Goals

Control his lands and rape all the women he wants (succeeded).
Win battles for Lord Tywin and House Lannister(as a living human; mostly succeeded).
Wipe out the Brotherhood without Banners(as a living human).
Kill his brother Sandor(both failed).
Protect Queen Cersei(as undead; implied in the novels and formerly in the TV series).
Help Cersei win the war against Daenerys Targaryen(TV series only; failed).

What Makes Them Despicable

Helping the Lannisters win their wars

Being one of the more cruel and horrible characters in the series.
His attempt to kill his brothers while they were children and causing Sandor a scar and fear of fire.
Murder of the Taragirion boys in front of their mother while raping her before killing them.
Oberyn Martell's cranial septum.Helping Cersei Lannister get rid of her enemies.

"Love to hate" factors

Conan Stevens’ and Ian Whyte’s performances.

He is shown to be a competent and skilled fighter.
His fight with Oberyn is widly loved and considered by some the best duel in the series.

Type of Hate Sink

Barbaric Knight

Ser Gregor Clegane, also known as The Mountain That Rides, is one of the secondary antagonists of the A Song of Ice and Fire novel series and its television adaptation Game of Thrones.

He is the older brother and archenemy of Sandor Clegane and is the head of House Clegane, which are landed knights and bannermen to House Lannister. Gregor is a freakishly tall and large man, almost eight feet tall, and for this he was often called The Mountain That Rides or simply The Mountain. In the TV show, he served as a major antagonist throughout the series until his final death in combat against his brother Sandor.

He was portrayed by Conan Stevens in the first season, Ian Whyte in the second season and Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson from the fourth season onwards.

What Makes Him Hated?[]

He is one of the most cruel and sadistic characters in the series.
As a child, he pushed his little brother, Sandor into a fire and tried to kill him. He was never punished for it and Sandor came out scarred and with a phobia of fire.
Helps Tywin Lannister in his wars and even the latter resented some of his actions, including brutally murdering her Targaryen boys and Elia Martell after raping her.
He brutally murders women, children and animals to express Tywin's displeasure after his son Tyrion was captured by Catelyn Stark.
Once he killed a soldier who was snoring next to him.
Kills his own mare after she fails him in a jousting tournament and then tries to kill Loras Tyrell.
Tortured prisoners in Harrenhal even though they could be used to make weapons.
Tried to crush the brotherhood without banners.
brutally kills Vargo Hot after feeding a pie of his organs to his soldiers.
cruelly cracks Oberyn Martell's skull.
Helps Cersei answer and get rid of her enemies.
Kills Cersei's captive Missandei.
kills Qyburn brutally and throws his body aside in front of Cersei. This shows her that he was not faithful to her at all.
In his last moments he tries to kill his brother with pure physical force.
While Gregor does have somewhat of an excuse as he was raised from childhood to fight and kill by his father, in addition to also suffering from frequent, horrible migraines that exacerbate his bad temper, it doesn't make him tragic or sympathetic in the slightest because he has absolutely no redeeming qualities and his actions are far too horrific, sadistic, and petty to be justified.
Even his transformation into a zombie does not make him tragic and he seems to be aware of his actions in order to have moral authority.

External Links[]

Gregor Clegane on the Villains Wiki.
Gregor Clegane on the Pure Evil Wiki
Gregor Clegane on the Game of Thrones Wiki.

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