By TIME Photo and Eliana Dockterman
There’s a reason Game of Thrones has won multiple Emmys for outstanding makeup. The HBO fantasy show’s actors are often unrecognizable on the red carpet when they’re covered in blood or dirt or dozens of pelts to protect themselves from the snow. (Don’t know if you heard, but winter is coming.) They spend hours being made to look as disheveled as possible.
Here’s what all your favorite Game of Thrones characters, from Emilia Clarke’s Daenerys Targaryen to Rory McCann’s The Hound look like in real life.
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