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[[File:Sandor and stranger by Giliberti.jpg|thumb|300px|Sandor riding stranger by M.Luisa Giliberti©]]
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{{Infobox animal character
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| Character_name = Stranger
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| image          = [[File:Sandor and stranger by Giliberti.jpg|300px]]
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| image_caption  = Sandor Clegane riding Stranger, by M.Luisa Giliberti©
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| Alias          = Driftwood{{Ref|AFfC|31}}
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| Title          =
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| Owner          = [[Sandor Clegane]]<br>[[Quiet Isle]]
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| Species        = [[Horse]] <small>(courser)</small>
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| Place_of_Birth =
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| Date_of_Birth  =
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| Place_of_Death =
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| Date_of_Death  =
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| Books          = ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (appears)<br>''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (appears)<br>''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (appears)
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| Played_by      =
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| TV_series      = [[Season 3]] {{!}} [[Season 4]]
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'''Stranger''' is the warhorse of [[Sandor Clegane]].
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==Appearance and Character==
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:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Stranger|Images of Stranger]]''
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Stranger is a heavy [[Horse|courser]], almost as large as a destrier but much faster.{{Ref|ASOS|47}} He is a handsome black stallion with a mean temper. He is gentle with his master, [[Sandor Clegane]], but aggressive toward others.{{Ref|ASOS|47}} The horse was blasphemously [[named after]] [[Stranger (the Seven)|the Stranger]], the death aspect of the [[Faith of the Seven|Seven-Faced God]].{{Ref|ASOS|47}}{{Ref|AFFC|31}}
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==Recent Events==
 
[[File: Heliotropa_Stranger_horse.jpg‎|Stranger, the blasphemously named warhorse - by Heliotropa ©|thumb|300px|right]]
 
[[File: Heliotropa_Stranger_horse.jpg‎|Stranger, the blasphemously named warhorse - by Heliotropa ©|thumb|300px|right]]
'''Stranger''' is [[Sandor Clegane]]'s warhorse.
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===''A Clash of Kings''===
==About==
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Dismounting just before the [[riot of King's Landing]], [[Sandor Clegane]] is left afoot when Stranger gallops away with the royal party. When [[Tyrion Lannister]] sends Sandor and [[Bronn]] to contain the fire in [[Flea Bottom]], Sandor only goes so he can find his horse.{{Ref|ACOK|41}}
He is a heavy [[horse|courser]] almost as large as a destrier but much faster. {{Ref|aSoS|47}} He is a big handsome black stallion with a mean temper. He is quick to kick and bite.  However he is as gentle as an old gelding with Sandor. {{Ref|aSoS|47}} He was apparently named after [[the Stranger]], the death aspect of the [[Faith of the Seven|Seven-Faced God]]Sandor may have given him that name.
 
  
==Recent Events==
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During the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], Sandor rides Stranger up the plank and on to the deck of ''[[Prayer]]'', hacking down anyone who blunders within reach.{{Ref|ACOK|58}}
===A Clash of Kings===
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Dismounting just prior to the [[Riot of King's Landing]], Sandor is left afoot when Stranger gallops away with the royal party. When [[Tyrion]] sends Sandor and [[Bronn]] to contain the fire in Flea Bottom, Sandor only goes so he can find his horse. <ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 41|Chapter 41]], Tyrion</ref>
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===''A Storm of Swords''===
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After deserting the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] because of the [[wildfire]], Sandor escapes [[King's Landing]] on Stranger. After he is captured by the [[brotherhood without banners]], Sandor wins his [[trial by combat]] in the [[hollow hill]] and is freed.{{Ref|ASOS|34}} Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]] orders [[Anguy]] to kill Sandor's horse if he spots Sandor following them, but the archer and [[Lem]] would prefer to save the horse for their own use.{{Ref|ASOS|39}} 
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After capturing [[Arya Stark]], Sandor rides with her on Stranger through the [[riverlands]]. Arya rides double with Sandor, though he threatens that if she doesn't behave he'll truss her up and throw her over the back of the horse. Shortly after being kidnapped, thinking she can ride off before the Hound can catch her, Arya tries to steal Stranger when Sandor is relieving himself against a tree. Instead Stranger almost bites her face off.{{Ref|ASOS|47}}
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Sandor attempts to ransom Arya to Lady [[Catelyn Stark]] by bringing her to the [[Twins]], where Lord [[Edmure Tully]] is to marry [[Roslin Frey]]. They approach the Twins disguised as peasants delivering salt pork for the wedding feast, with Stranger tethered to the [[wagon]]. When Ser [[Donnel Haigh]] and two [[squire]]s accost them to check their business at the Twins, Haigh inquires about Stranger, who is too fine a horse for [[smallfolk]]. Sandor claims that the horse is a wedding gift from Lady [[Shella Whent]] to Lord Tully, an excuse Haigh accepts. One of the squires almost winds up in the mud when Stranger bites at the squire's own mount.{{Ref|ASOS|50}}
  
===A Storm of Swords===
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When the battle at [[Red Wedding]] begins, some [[House Frey|Frey]] knights ride at the wagon. Clegane cuts Stranger loose with a single slash of his sword, and leaps onto his back to fight. As Arya runs towards the Twins' open gates, the Hound rides her down, catching her with the flat of an axe.{{Ref|ASOS|52}}
After freezing under pressure because of the [[wildfire]] in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] Sandor flees [[King's Landing]] on Stranger.  
 
  
After he is captured by the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]] Cleagane wins his life at Hollow Hill and is freed.  The Brotherhood are wary of being followed by him.  [[Beric Dondarrion]] orders [[Anguy]] to take the rearguard with [[Beardless Dick]] on the morrow and if he sees Cleagane still sniffing after them, to kill his horse. [[Anguy]] protests as he thinks Stanger is a good horse.  [[Lem]] agrees and says that it’s the bloody rider they should kill and they could use that horse. {{Ref|aSoS|39}}
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After they escape the Twins, Arya acquires a horse to ride, which she calls [[Craven]]. Although the mare is a good enough horse, Arya resents her for running away from the fighting at the Twins, and thinks that Stranger would have remained to fight.{{Ref|ASOS|65}} When Arya abandons Sandor as he lays dying by the banks of the [[Trident]], she saddles up Craven and rides away, but leaves Stranger with his master.{{Ref|ASOS|74}}
  
After capturing [[Arya Stark]], Sandor rides him trough the [[Riverlands]].  Shortly after being kidnapped, thinking she can ride off before he can catch her, Arya tries to steal Stranger when [[the Hound]] is taking a piss against a tree, instead Stanger almost bites her face off.  The stallion is as gentle as an old gelding with his master, but otherwise he has a temper as black as he is. Arya thinks to herself that she has never known a horse so quick to bite or kick. When they are crossing the [[Trident]] on the ferry Sandor struggles to calm Stanger who is kicking and screaming as the deck moves underfoot.  
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===''A Feast for Crows''===
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[[File:driftwood.jpg|thumb|Driftwood on the [[Quiet Isle]] - by Pojypojy ©]]
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As [[Brienne of Tarth]] and her companions arrive on the [[Quiet Isle]], they make their way to a whitewashed stable. At the far end of the stable, away from other animals, a huge black stallion trumpets at the sound of their voices and kicks at the door of his stall. Brother [[Narbert]] reveals that the horse, now called '''Driftwood''' to avoid blasphemy, had broken Brother [[Rawney]]'s shinbone, and bitten off Brother [[Gillam]]'s ear when he tried to geld him. The [[Elder Brother (Quiet Isle)|Elder Brother]] explains the horse was once Sandor Clegane's steed, Stranger.{{Ref|AFFC|31}}
  
Just before the [[Red Wedding]], as Sandor and Arya are attempting to enter the [[Twins]] on a wagon disguised as peasants, one of the squires near to the wagon almost winds up in the mud when Stanger, who is teathered to the wagon, bites at the squire’s  own mount. Once the battle begins Clegane cuts Stranger loose with a single slash of his sword and leaps onto his back. The courser knew what was wanted of him; he pricked up his ears and wheeled towards the charging destriers. Later the Hound rides down Arya on Stanger, catching her as she runs towards the [[Twins]] open gates. 
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==Quotes about Stranger==
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{{Quote|'''Beric''': Anguy, on the morrow, take the rear with [[Beardless Dick]]. If you see [[Sandor Clegane|Clegane]] still sniffing after us, kill his horse.<br>
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'''Anguy''': That's a good horse.<br>
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'''Lem''': Aye. It's the bloody rider we should be killing. We could use that horse.{{Ref|ASOS|39}}|[[Beric Dondarrion]], [[Anguy]], and [[Lem]]}}
  
After escaping the [[Twins]] Arya acquires a horse to ride which she called [[Craven (horse)|Craven]], although she is a good enough horse Arya resents her for running away from the fighting at the Twins and thinks that Stranger would have remained to fight.  When Arya abandons Sandor she saddles up Craven and rides her but leaves Stranger with the dying Hound. {{Ref|aSoS|74}}
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{{Quote|He was gentle as an old gelding with [[Sandor Clegane|his master]], but otherwise he had a temper as black as he was. She had never known a horse so quick to bite or kick.{{Ref|ASOS|47}}|thoughts of [[Arya Stark]]}}
  
===A Feast for Crows===
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{{Quote|'''Hyle''': A handsome beast.<br>
[[File:driftwood.jpg|Driftwood on the [[Quiet Isle]] - by Pojypojy ©|thumb|400px|right]]
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'''Narbert''': [[Faith of the Seven|The Seven]] send us blessings, and the Seven send us trials. Handsome he may be, but Driftwood was surely whelped in hell. When we sought to harness him to a plow he kicked Brother [[Rawney]] and broke his shinbone in two places.{{Ref|AFFC|31}}|[[Hyle Hunt]] and Brother [[Narbert]]}}
As [[Brienne]] and her companions arrive on the [[Quiet Isle]] they make their way to a whitewashed stable.  Way down at the far end of the stable, well away from the other animals, a huge black stallion trumpets at the sound of their voices and kicks the at the door of his stall.  Ser [[Hyle Hunt]] gives the horse an admiring look as he is handing his horse’s reins to Brother [[Gillam]] and remarks that he is a handsome beast.  Brother [[Narbert]] sighs and replies that,
 
{{Quote|[[The Seven]] send us blessings, and the Seven send us trials. Handsome he may be, but Driftwood was surely whelped in hell. When we sought to harness him to a plow he kicked Brother [[Rawney]] and broke his shinbone in two places. We had hoped gelding might improve the beast’s ill temper, but …{{Ref|aFfC|31}}}}
 
He then asks Brother [[Gillam]] to show them his injury.  Brother [[Gillam]] lowers his cowl; underneath he has a mop of blond hair, a tonsured scalp, and a bloodstained bandage where he should have had an ear.  Driftwood had bitten off his ear which shocks [[Podrick Payne|Pod]]  
 
  
Later, after [[Brienne]]’s confession to [[Elder Brother]] he tells her of the fate of [[the Hound]] adding that the big black stallion that is in their stables was the Hound’s warhorse Stranger.  He adds that it is a blasphemous name, saying that the brothers prefer to call him ''Driftwood'', as he was found beside the river.  Elder Borther tells [[Brienne]] that he fears the horse has his former master’s nature. {{Ref|aFfC|31}}
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{{Quote|Driftwood is a beast of burden. [[Smith (the Seven)|The Smith]] gave men horses to help them in their labors.{{Ref|AFFC|31}}|Brother [[Narbert]] to [[Hyle Hunt]]}}
  
==Quotes==
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{{Quote|You may have seen a big black stallion in our stables. That was his warhorse, Stranger. A [[Stranger (the Seven)|blasphemous name]]. We prefer to call him Driftwood, as he was found beside [[Trident|the river]]. I fear he has [[Sandor Clegane|his former master's]] nature.{{Ref|AFFC|31}}|the [[Elder Brother (Quiet Isle)|Elder Brother]] to [[Brienne of Tarth]]}}
{{Quote|That’s a good horse.{{Ref|aSoS|39}}}} [[Anguy]], on Stanger
 
  
{{Quote|A handsome beast.{{Ref|aFfC|31}}}} Ser [[Hyle Hunt]], upon espying Stranger in the [[Quiet Isle]]’s stables
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==Behind the Scenes==
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Stranger may have been inspired by [[w:Bucephalus|Bucephalus]], the black horse of [[w:Alexander the Great|Alexander the Great]]. Both Bucephalus and Stranger were successfully tamed only by their eventual masters.
  
==References and Notes==
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==References==
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[[ru:Неведомый (конь)]]

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Sandor and stranger by Giliberti.jpg
Sandor Clegane riding Stranger, by M.Luisa Giliberti©

Alias Driftwood[1]
Owners
Species Horse (courser)
Books

TV series Season 3 | Season 4

Stranger is the warhorse of Sandor Clegane.

Appearance and Character

See also: Images of Stranger

Stranger is a heavy courser, almost as large as a destrier but much faster.[2] He is a handsome black stallion with a mean temper. He is gentle with his master, Sandor Clegane, but aggressive toward others.[2] The horse was blasphemously named after the Stranger, the death aspect of the Seven-Faced God.[2][1]

Recent Events

Stranger, the blasphemously named warhorse - by Heliotropa ©

A Clash of Kings

Dismounting just before the riot of King's Landing, Sandor Clegane is left afoot when Stranger gallops away with the royal party. When Tyrion Lannister sends Sandor and Bronn to contain the fire in Flea Bottom, Sandor only goes so he can find his horse.[3]

During the Battle of the Blackwater, Sandor rides Stranger up the plank and on to the deck of Prayer, hacking down anyone who blunders within reach.[4]

A Storm of Swords

After deserting the Battle of the Blackwater because of the wildfire, Sandor escapes King's Landing on Stranger. After he is captured by the brotherhood without banners, Sandor wins his trial by combat in the hollow hill and is freed.[5] Lord Beric Dondarrion orders Anguy to kill Sandor's horse if he spots Sandor following them, but the archer and Lem would prefer to save the horse for their own use.[6]

After capturing Arya Stark, Sandor rides with her on Stranger through the riverlands. Arya rides double with Sandor, though he threatens that if she doesn't behave he'll truss her up and throw her over the back of the horse. Shortly after being kidnapped, thinking she can ride off before the Hound can catch her, Arya tries to steal Stranger when Sandor is relieving himself against a tree. Instead Stranger almost bites her face off.[2]

Sandor attempts to ransom Arya to Lady Catelyn Stark by bringing her to the Twins, where Lord Edmure Tully is to marry Roslin Frey. They approach the Twins disguised as peasants delivering salt pork for the wedding feast, with Stranger tethered to the wagon. When Ser Donnel Haigh and two squires accost them to check their business at the Twins, Haigh inquires about Stranger, who is too fine a horse for smallfolk. Sandor claims that the horse is a wedding gift from Lady Shella Whent to Lord Tully, an excuse Haigh accepts. One of the squires almost winds up in the mud when Stranger bites at the squire's own mount.[7]

When the battle at Red Wedding begins, some Frey knights ride at the wagon. Clegane cuts Stranger loose with a single slash of his sword, and leaps onto his back to fight. As Arya runs towards the Twins' open gates, the Hound rides her down, catching her with the flat of an axe.[8]

After they escape the Twins, Arya acquires a horse to ride, which she calls Craven. Although the mare is a good enough horse, Arya resents her for running away from the fighting at the Twins, and thinks that Stranger would have remained to fight.[9] When Arya abandons Sandor as he lays dying by the banks of the Trident, she saddles up Craven and rides away, but leaves Stranger with his master.[10]

A Feast for Crows

Driftwood on the Quiet Isle - by Pojypojy ©

As Brienne of Tarth and her companions arrive on the Quiet Isle, they make their way to a whitewashed stable. At the far end of the stable, away from other animals, a huge black stallion trumpets at the sound of their voices and kicks at the door of his stall. Brother Narbert reveals that the horse, now called Driftwood to avoid blasphemy, had broken Brother Rawney's shinbone, and bitten off Brother Gillam's ear when he tried to geld him. The Elder Brother explains the horse was once Sandor Clegane's steed, Stranger.[1]

Quotes about Stranger

Beric: Anguy, on the morrow, take the rear with Beardless Dick. If you see Clegane still sniffing after us, kill his horse.

Anguy: That's a good horse.

Lem: Aye. It's the bloody rider we should be killing. We could use that horse.[6]

He was gentle as an old gelding with his master, but otherwise he had a temper as black as he was. She had never known a horse so quick to bite or kick.[2]

—thoughts of Arya Stark

Hyle: A handsome beast.
Narbert: The Seven send us blessings, and the Seven send us trials. Handsome he may be, but Driftwood was surely whelped in hell. When we sought to harness him to a plow he kicked Brother Rawney and broke his shinbone in two places.[1]

Hyle Hunt and Brother Narbert

Driftwood is a beast of burden. The Smith gave men horses to help them in their labors.[1]

—Brother Narbert to Hyle Hunt

You may have seen a big black stallion in our stables. That was his warhorse, Stranger. A blasphemous name. We prefer to call him Driftwood, as he was found beside the river. I fear he has his former master's nature.[1]

Behind the Scenes

Stranger may have been inspired by Bucephalus, the black horse of Alexander the Great. Both Bucephalus and Stranger were successfully tamed only by their eventual masters.

References