Podrick Payne

Podrick Payne, often called Pod, is a character in Game of Thrones. He is played by Daniel Portman and will debut in the second season of the series.

Podrick Payne is the distant cousin of the more famous Ser Ilyn Payne, the King's Justice. He is a young man serving as a squire, hoping to attain the experience and knowledge needed to become a knight.

In the books
In the Song of Ice and Fire novels, Podrick is a young member of a cadet branch of House Payne. His parents died when he was young, so he was raised by a relative, Ser Cedric Payne, as a squire. Ser Cedric was killed in battle, so Pod was taken up as a squire by the hedge knight Ser Lorimer. When Ser Lorimer was hanged for stealing food from the baggage train, he was recruited by Tyrion Lannister as his squire.

Notably, Pod appears in the first Song of Ice and Fire novel, but his appearance in the TV show has been delayed until the second season. It is likely he will be playing the same role of Tyrion's squire and servant, however.