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%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* Rickard Karstark in Season 1, although he becomes Robb's most visible bannerman in the second and third seasons.

%%Needs context about his previous role** Wendel Manderly only appears as a non-speaking extra in one episode. The only way to recognize him is that if he's wearing a big House Manderly merman sigil brooch, which you'd have to read the books to recognize until his father Lord Wyman appeared in Season 6.

%%Needs context about their previous roles* The dragons Viserion and Rhaegal are ThoseTwoGuys who aren't Drogon. They don't even get ''[[NominalImportance names]]'' until Season 5. Viserion finally becomes ''slightly'' more prominent late in Season 7 by virtue of [[spoiler: becoming the Night's King's mount]], but plenty of viewers' reactions were still along the lines of, "Oh no, not... that one."

* The dragons Viserion and Rhaegal are ThoseTwoGuys who aren't Drogon. They don't even get ''[[NominalImportance names]]'' until Season 5. Viserion finally becomes ''slightly'' more prominent late in Season 7 by virtue of [[spoiler: becoming the Night's King's mount]], but plenty of viewers reactions were still along the lines of, "Oh no, not... that one."

** Wendel Manderly only appears as a non-speaking extra in one episode. The only way to recognize him is that if he's wearing a big House Manderly merman sigil brooch, which you'd have to read the books to recognize until his father Lord Wyman appeared in Season 6.

* Rickard Karstark in Season 1, although he becomes Robb's most visible bannerman in the second and third seasons.

** In the books, Denys Mallister is a major player in the politics of the Night's Watch, and the frontrunner to win the Lord Commander's election. His show counterpart appears only briefly in a none-speaking role, and only really exists so that his candidacy can ensure a contested election and deny Alliser Thorne automatic victory, thus enabling Jon Snow to be nominated as a third candidate at the last minute.

** Except for Loras and Brienne, Renly's Kingsguard is the same. This is most evident when [[spoiler: Brienne]] is [[WhatMeasureIsAMook totally unfazed by killing two of them]], an act that haunts the doer in the novels. [[TheDeadHaveNames Their names]] were Emmon Cuy and Robar Royce, incidentally.

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* The Dothraki are demoted yet again in Season 8 [[spoiler: when they are unceremoniously annihilated by the Army of the Dead in the ''very first minutes'' of the battle against them, providing nothing more than wight fodder.]]

* Roose Bolton, the BigBad of the North in Seasons 4 and 5, is shoved aside in favor of his [[BastardBastard bastard son]] Ramsay, culminating in Season 6, when [[spoiler: [[TheStarscream Ramsay murders him.]]

* A significant portion of House Greyjoy's subplots and screen-time were removed from the first four seasons. In the books, they play a more important role in the War of Five Kings, particularly after the Sack of Winterfell. For instance, Robb's first priority after the Battle of Blackwater in the novels was to drive the Greyjoys out of the North rather than to besiege Casterly Rock. Furthermore, Aeron and Victarion Greyjoy are entirely absent in Season 2, with Victarion AdaptedOut. Aeron appears in the second book and is a POV character in the fourth book, where his background (including his fear of Euron) is explained. Yara is demoted in Season 3, only appearing in the finale. In Season 4 she only appears in one episode as well (though it's a memorable appearance), and is entirely absent from Season 5. Season 6 brings House Greyjoy back into the limelight after Balon's death, Yara reaching POV character status as the star of the Ironborn plotline and the introduction of Euron and Aeron (as an extra only identified by AllThereInTheManual), but Euron acts as merely TheDragon to Cersei, as opposed to the SorcerousOverlord and potential human BigBad of the books.

* A significant portion of House Greyjoy's subplots and screen-time were removed from the first four seasons. In the books, they play a more important role in the War of Five Kings, particularly after the Sack of Winterfell. For instance, Robb's first priority after the Battle of Blackwater in the novels was to drive the Greyjoys out of the North rather than to besiege Casterly Rock. Furthermore, Aeron and Victarion Greyjoy are entirely absent in Season 2, with Victarion AdaptedOut. Aeron appears in the second book and is a POV character in the fourth book, where his background (including his fear of Euron) is explained. Season 6 brings House Greyjoy back into the limelight after Balon's death, with the introduction of Euron and Aeron (as an extra only identified by AllThereInTheManual), but Euron acts as merely TheDragon to Cersei, as opposed to the SorcerousOverlord and potential human BigBad of the books.

* A significant portion of House Greyjoy's subplots and screen-time were removed from the first four seasons. In the books, they play a more important role in the War of Five Kings, particularly after the Sack of Winterfell. For instance, Robb's first priority after the Battle of Blackwater in the novels was to drive the Greyjoys out of the North rather than to besiege Casterly Rock. Furthermore, Aeron and Victarion Greyjoy are effectively or entirely absent. Season 6 brings them back into the limelight with the introduction of Euron and Aeron (as an extra only identified by AllThereInTheManual), but Euron acts as merely TheDragon to Cersei, as opposed to the SorcerousOverlord and potential human BigBad of the books.

* The Dothraki were important enough to have a ConLang in Seasons 1 and 2, but are reduced to the background in Season 3 and are largely invisible in Season 4. In particular, this happened to Kovarro to the point that he hasn't been seen in Season 3 or 4. Aggo is dropped from Season 1 and appears in a single scene in Season 2. In season 5 they vanished entirely, though they reappear in Seasons 6 and 7 (or at least, ''some'' Dothraki do - they aren't the same characters as before).
* In contrast to being a major viewpoint in the books, Catelyn increasingly becomes a supporting character to Robb's AdaptationExpansion romance with Talisa, particularly in Season 3.
* Tommen and his sister Myrcella weren't exactly large characters in the books but were demoted in early seasons to only a few speaking lines and being on screen for only a handful of scenes beyond that (including extended absences after Season 2, though Myrcella gets a bit more time in Season 2 and this is averted with Tommen in "Blackwater", where he has a minor role, whereas in the book he's not even present in King's Landing) but appear to be [[AscendedExtra ascending]] in later seasons with Tommen recast for Season 4 and Myrcella recast for Season 5. Myrcella becomes a recurring character in Season 5.
* The secondary characters of the Kingsguard are mostly rolled into the CompositeCharacter Meryn Trant. Bronn even lampshades this when he refers to one of them as "Ser Whosit of Whocares?"
* Except for Loras and Brienne, Renly's Kingsguard is the same. This is most evident when [[spoiler: Brienne]] is [[WhatMeasureIsAMook totally unfazed by killing two of them]], an act that haunts the doer in the novels. [[TheDeadHaveNames Their names]] were Emmon Cuy and Robar Royce, incidentally.

* Ygritte's AdaptationExpansion in Season 2 comes at the expense of Qhorin Halfhand.
* In "Blackwater", the extra who acts as Stannis' number two aboard his flagship, with exactly one line, is credited as Ser Imry Florent, the admiral who led Stannis' fleet into Tyrion's trap (instead of Davos) in the novels in the Battle of Blackwater.

* A significant portion of House Greyjoy's subplots and screen-time were removed from the first four seasons. In the books, they play a more negligible role in the War of Five Kings, particularly after the Sack of Winterfell. For instance, Robb's first priority in the novels after the Battle of Blackwater was to drive the Greyjoys out of the North rather than to besiege Casterly Rock. Furthermore, Aeron and Victarion Greyjoy are entirely absent. Season 6 brings them back into the limelight with the introduction of Euron and later Aeron. However, after the War of Five Kings, Euron Greyjoy acts as TheDragon to Cersei, as opposed to the books, which clearly set him up as ''the'' human BigBad of the series. Based upon the released chapters for The Winds of Winter, he won't even be "human" for long as he prepares his massive sacrifice of priests and wizards in hopes of achieving godhood.

** In the books, Denys Mallister is a major player in the politics of the Night's Watch, and is considered the frontrunner to win the Lord's Commander election. His show counterpart only appears in one brief scene with no lines, and only really exists so that his candidacy can ensure a contested election and deny Alliser Thorne automatic victory, thus enabling Jon Snow to be nominated as a third candidate at the last minute.
* Rickon Stark is by far the most OutOfFocus Stark even in the novels, but in the show, he appears so little that viewers keep ''forgetting he exists''. In addition to his rather sporadic appearances, the only time he really goes beyond the generic TagalongKid is his {{Tear Jerker}} scene just as he's being PutOnABus in "The Rains of Castamere". Even when TheBusCameBack in Season 6, it's merely as a PlotDevice whose capture by Ramsay prompts Jon and Sansa to campaign against Ramsay so they can save Rickon. In Season 6, Rickon has only two brief scenes and not a single word of dialogue before he's [[spoiler:killed off]].
* Roose Bolton, the BigBad of the Northern arc in Season 5, is shoved aside in favor of [[BastardBastard Ramsay]] [[TheHeavy Bolton.]] Culminates in Season 6, when [[spoiler: [[TheStarscream Ramsay murders his father.]] ]]
* Podrick Payne was completely cut from Season 1. In Season 2, he hardly speaks and is part of the furniture, although often remarked upon as "odd." Then comes "Blackwater", after which he experiences a rise in appearances and ceases to be a glorified extra.

* Wendel Manderly only appears in one episode and has no lines. The only way the audience would know he was an important Northerner without knowing his backstory in the books would be because he's positioned very close to Robb Stark and Roose Bolton during Edmure's wedding, the camera kind of lingers on him whenever he's onscreen and that he's wearing a big House Manderly trident-armed merman sigil brooch.

* Lothor Brune is TheDragon to Littlefinger in the novels. Here, he only appears once in the Season 2 premiere when Dontos Hollard is introduced.

* As a friend of Jaime Lannister and a distinguished warrior in his own right, Addam Marbrand has much more to do in the book as opposed to his one-episode appearance in the show.

* Weasel. In the books 'Weese' is the steward of Harrenhal with a more prominent role while 'Weasel' is actually a little girl whom Yoren finds in a burnt out holdfast. After she runs off when the party are captured, Arya adopts the moniker as a cover.

* Viserion and Rhaegal when compared with Drogon... leads to ThoseTwoGuys. Viserion ''slightly'' becomes more prominent by virtue of being the Night's King's mount.
* Jhiqui only appeared one episode in a single scene.

* House Greyjoy plays a more negligible role in the War of Five Kings, particularly after the Sack of Winterfell. For instance, Robb's first priority in the novels after the Battle of Blackwater was to drive the Greyjoys out of the North rather than to besiege Casterly Rock.
** After the War of Five Kings, Euron Greyjoy acts as TheDragon to Cersei, as opposed to the books, which clearly set him up as ''the'' human BigBad of the series.
*** Based upon the released chapters for The Winds of Winter, he won't even be "human" for long as he prepares his massive sacrifice of priests and wizards in hopes of achieving godhood.

* In "Blackwater", the extra who acts as Stannis' number two aboard his flagship is credited as Ser Imry Florent, the admiral who led Stannis' fleet into Tyrion's trap in the novels.

* Subverted with Stannis' wife Selyse, who is portrayed by an extra in "The North Remembers" and promptly forgotten, but becomes an actual part of the cast in Season 3.

* The Dothraki were important enough to have a ConLang in Seasons 1 and 2, but are reduced to the background in Season 3 and are largely invisible in Season 4. In particular, this happened to Kovarro to the point that he hasn't been seen in Season 3 or 4. In season 5 they vanished entirely, though they reappear in Seasons 6 and 7 (or at least, ''some'' Dothraki do - they aren't the same characters as before).

* The Dothraki were important enough to have a ConLang in Seasons 1 and 2, but are reduced to the background in Season 3 and are largely invisible in Season 4. In season 5 they vanished entirely, though they reappear in Seasons 6 and 7 (or at least, ''some'' Dothraki do - they aren't the same characters as before).