Iwan Rheon, Faye Marsay, John Bradley, Conleth Hill, and Liam Cunningham

1. Several of the less significant main Houses are simplified for the TV series. The only Martell child mentioned is Trystane, omitting his older siblings Arianne and Quentyn. Oberon Martell has only 3 bastard daughters rather than 8, half of which are still children. Victarion Greyjoy is left out. In the books, Loras Tyrell has 2 older brothers, one of which is already married, which makes the House plus able to turn a blind eye to his sexuality. Davos also has 7 sons in the livres but only one in the TV series.

2. Several of the younger characters' ages are raised in the TV series. At the beginning,...