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‘JUST A YEAR AGO, EVEN HER OWN FRIENDS HAD NEVER HEARD OF HER.’

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THE WEEK

LADY GAGA SHUT DOWN ROSELAND

Decoding Thrones

HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones returns to screens on April 6 to titillate viewers with gratuitous nudity, violence and Peter Dinklage for another 10 episodes. If the show’s expansive cast, complex mythology and labyrinthine story lines have you confused, here’s a detail of our online refresher: a web showing the characters’ allegiances, animosities, magical powers and everything in between. See the complete infographic at time.com/gameofthrones.

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“I’m going to put a sword through your eye and out the back of your skull.”

THE HOUND

JOFFREY

“Just now kings are dying like flies.”

TYRION

Sees through the eyes of animals

JOJEN REED

HATRED

CERSEI

DISTRUST

“If you ever call me sister again, I’ll have you strangled in your sleep.”

MAGIC

DEVOTION

GREY WORM

LOVE

“Burn them all.”

THE KINGSLAYER

“The night is dark and full of terrors.”

Can resurrect the dead

THOROS OF MYR

DAENERYS