Kubalandeli abaningi 'bemidlalo yezihlalo zobukhosi', kwaba nokushaqeka ukuthi kukhethwe i-bran stark ngochungechunge lweNkosi yeNkosi eyisithupha. Kodwa-ke, ithuba elinjalo alizange limangale ngoPeter Dinklage, owadlala iTyrion Lanner kumbukiso we-TV. Ngaphandle kwentukuthelo yabalandeli, umlingisi ugcizelela ukuthi isixazululo esinjalo sesiphenduke isiphetho esinengqondo ngokuphelele se-saga yonke.
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Ngokusho kwabalandeli abaningi, inkosi kwakufanele ibe yiTyrion, ngoba ungumbhali wokugcina, owasinda. Ezinye izintandokazi zabalandeli - daineris targaryen, uJohn Snow and Sansa STark asala. Naphezu kwalokhu, ekuphawulalweni kwakhe kuye ngesizini yesishiyagalombili "Imidlalo Yezihlazo" Izindlela ZaseShowranner David Benioff kanye Nezindlela ZaseDan Ezelwe yiNkosi uWesterros - Kwakuyisiphelo sokuthi umlobi uGeorge Martin wakhulelwa amanoveli avela "kwengoma ka Umjikelezo weqhwa nomlilo ".