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Oberyn Nymeros Martell , nicknamed The Red Viper, is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of epic fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin , and its television adaptation Game of Thrones . Introduced in 2000's A Storm of Swords , Oberyn is the younger brother of Doran Martell , from the desert kingdom of Dorne . Unlike his sickly and pensive brother, Oberyn is notorious both for his dangerous and unpredictable nature as well as his affinity for poisons, for which he earned his nickname. He is subsequently sporadically mentioned in A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons . As his brother is sickly, he travels to King's Landing in order to claim the Dornish seat on the small council, as well as to seek vengeance for his sister Elia Martell's death at the hands of Ser Gregor Clegane , whom he suspects acted directly on orders from Tywin Lannister . Oberyn is portrayed by Chilean-American actor Pedro Pascal in the HBO telev...

The Sons of the Harpy were an underground insurgency group opposing the rule of Daenerys Targaryen over Meereen , composed of former slavers. They took their name from the harpy , the traditional heraldic symbol of the slave-masters in the Ghiscari cities of Slaver's Bay , and the Ghiscari Empire before them. They concealed their identities by wearing golden masks with horned faces resembling harpies. https://gameofthrones.fandom.com/wiki/Sons_of_the_Harpy ------------------------------ Game of Thrones  is an American  fantasy   drama  television series created by  David Benioff  and  D. B. Weiss . It is an adaptation of  A Song of Ice and Fire ,  George R. R. Martin 's series of fantasy novels, the first of which is  A Game of Thrones . It is filmed at Titanic Studios in  Belfast , on location in the United Kingdom, and in Canada, Croatia, Iceland, Malta, Morocco, Spain, and the United States. The series premiere...

Margaery Tyrell is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of high fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin , and its television adaptation Game of Thrones . Margaery is first mentioned in A Game of Thrones (1996) and first appears in A Clash of Kings (1998). She is a member of the House Tyrell , the second wealthiest and largest of the eight Great Houses in Westeros . She is twin sister to Loras Tyrell and the granddaughter of Olenna Tyrell . She subsequently appeared in A Storm of Swords (2000), A Feast for Crows (2005), and A Dance with Dragons (2011). Like her grandmother, she is shrewd, ambitious and adaptable, and uses her beauty, generosity and family influence to secure power for herself. Having wed herself to three different kings over the course of the narrative, she is one of the most influential political figures in Westeros, which often brings her into conflict with her chief rival at court, Cersei Lannister . Margaery is...