Vargo Hoat
In the television series, the villainous Locke cuts of Jaime Lannister’s hand and forces Brienne of Tarth to fight a bear in a pit. This character is a new invention for “Game of Thrones,” at George RR Martin’s personal request. In the novels, the character is instead named Vargo Hoat, and is an unpleasant man with a very prominent lisp. When Martin learned that “Game of Thrones” showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss wanted to ditch the lisp, he requested that they invent a wholly different character rather than get Vargo Hoat so wrong in the show.