Tyrion Lannister is one of the central characters in HBO’s Game of Thrones, but he’s very different from the protagonist depicted in the books. The television fantasy epic is adapted from George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice & Fire book series, a saga known for taking traditional fantasy genre norms and subverting them with a darker and more realistic setting. While early seasons of Game of Thrones put substantial effort into embracing this crucial thematic approach, Tyrion began to change more and more after season 4 from his book counterpart.
