While Robert's retinue is returning to King's Landing, Joffrey dismisses his bodyguard so the boy can explore the Trident with his betrothed, Sansa Stark. When Bran Stark is comatose after a fall, Sandor offers to silence the boy's direwolf when Joffrey complains of its howling. Sandor guards Prince Joffrey Baratheon when the retinue of King Robert I Baratheon travels to Winterfell. The Hound and the Mountain, by Cristi Balanescu © Ser Barristan Selmy unhorsed Sandor during a tourney in 297 AC. Joffrey is very fond of Sandor and often calls him "dog", but his younger brother, Prince Tommen Baratheon, is frightened of Sandor's face and voice. Queen Cersei Lannister assigned Sandor to protect her eldest son, Prince Joffrey Baratheon, and the sworn shield has protected the boy for many years. He claims to have killed a man when he was twelve years old, possibly during Robert's Rebellion, as he was part of Lord Tywin Lannister's host during the Sack of King's Landing. Sandor left to join the Lannister household as a sworn sword on the day Gregor came into his inheritance, and he has never returned to his family home. There are also rumors of a sister who died young in mysterious circumstances, and their father was killed in a hunting accident, which is also implied to have been suspicious, leaving the family estates to Gregor. Sandor's father explained the burns by claiming that his bedding caught fire, though there are still rumors that Gregor was involved. The Cleganes' maester attempted to heal the burns with ointments. When Gregor found him, he shoved the side of Sandor's face into the burning coals of a brazier and held him there while he screamed, until three grown men were able to drag him off. Sandor desired his brother Gregor's gift, a jointed wooden knight, and took it to play with, though he was afraid of what the brutal Gregor might do. When Sandor was seven years old, a woodcarver in the village by the family keep gifted toys to the Cleganes to buy favor. ![]() The Hound, by Jim Pavelee © Fantasy Flight Games His stallion is a heavy courser named Stranger. Sandor wields a longsword, a warhammer, and a dagger, and can wield an axe. When wearing the white woolen cloak of the Kingsguard, he fastens it with a jeweled brooch. He also has worn a red woolen tunic with a leather dog's head sewn on the front. He also sometimes wears a brown roughspun tunic and studded leather jerkin. The Hound regularly wears an olive-green cloak over plain, soot-dark armor, and a distinctive helm sculpted into the shape of a snarling dog's head. Sandor hates and fears fire, but will carry a torch or light a campfire when needed. According to Lord Varys, Sandor gambles and patronizes whores and winesinks. He often makes fun of Tyrion Lannister because of the dwarf's height, which amuses Prince Joffrey Baratheon. The cynical Sandor dislikes knighthood and has a temper, but he is dutiful and likes dogs. Jaime regards Sandor as one of the strongest living men in Westeros, but the Kingslayer thinks he could defeat the Hound's strength with his own speed and skill. Martin, Sandor is taller than King Robert I Baratheon, Brienne of Tarth, Lord Renly Baratheon, and Ser Jaime Lannister, but shorter than Hodor and Lord Jon Umber. Sandor speaks in a rough, rasping voice, and has a laugh "like the snarling of dogs in a pit." The burnt corner of his mouth twitches when he speaks. Sandor brushes his hair so that it covers his burned side, since no hair grows there. ![]() There is a twisted mass of scars around his eye, which is still good, not harmed by the fire, but he has no lips on that side. Slick black flesh is pocked with craters and deep cracks that ooze red and wet, his ear is only a hole with a stump, and a hint of bone shows on his jaw. One side of Sandor's face is gaunt, with sharp cheekbones and a heavy brow, while the other side is a burned ruin of scars. He has grey eyes, his nose is large and hooked, and his long hair is dark and thin. ![]() Sandor is a huge and heavily-muscled man. Appearance and Character See also: Images of Sandor Clegane
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