A Clash of Kings – Terror

In today's a Clash of Kings Illustration, Sandor Clegane's terror consumes him. longsword asoiaf wildfire knight armor a song of ice and fire the hound

A Clash of Kings – Terror

The blood on Clegane’s face glistened red, but his eyes showed white. He drew his longsword.

A Clash of Kings Chapter 60 – Tyrion

Seeing the horror of wildfire consuming the river and everything on it, Sandor is consumed by his terror.

Once again, I remembered the show first before rereading the scene. In the show, Sandor is out on the battlefield when he finally cracks and is at least is able to drop one of his standard profanities before deserting. Here, in the book, he’s behind the wall. His fear of fire consumes him so much he can’t even keep his game face on.

The trick was to capture the scared little boy peeking through Clegane’s hideous visage.