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===​​[[Season 4]]===
 
===​​[[Season 4]]===
[[File:Giant_with_his_bow.png|thumb|The Giant takes aim with a massive bow.]]
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[[File:Giant_with_his_bow.png|thumb|The giant takes aim with a massive bow.]]
 
During the [[Battle of Castle Black]] this giant emerges from the [[Haunted Forest]] holding a bow with the other members of Mance Rayder's army. He escorts [[Mag Mar Tun Doh Weg]] and his [[Mammoths|mammoth]] to the outer gate of [[the Wall]]. While a wildling bowman fails to reach the black brothers on top of the wall with his arrow, this giant crouches next to him, pulls a massive bow out and shoots a ballista bolt at the wall, breaking havoc on their defenses. His next arrow hits a brother with such force it causes him to fly off the other side of the wall and land in the middle of [[Castle Black]].
 
During the [[Battle of Castle Black]] this giant emerges from the [[Haunted Forest]] holding a bow with the other members of Mance Rayder's army. He escorts [[Mag Mar Tun Doh Weg]] and his [[Mammoths|mammoth]] to the outer gate of [[the Wall]]. While a wildling bowman fails to reach the black brothers on top of the wall with his arrow, this giant crouches next to him, pulls a massive bow out and shoots a ballista bolt at the wall, breaking havoc on their defenses. His next arrow hits a brother with such force it causes him to fly off the other side of the wall and land in the middle of [[Castle Black]].
 
[[File:Giant (Watchers on the Wall).PNG|thumb|left|100px]]
 
[[File:Giant (Watchers on the Wall).PNG|thumb|left|100px]]
At the gate, while Mag turns around the mammoth and several wildlings tie ropes to it, this giant violently exposes the gate's supports and ties the other end of the ropes to them. While the mammoth tries to pull the gate open, men of the [[Night's Watch]] throw down flaming barrels of tar, which explode and drive the mammoth off. The giant chases after it, but this brings him within the firing arc of a large ballista mounted atop the Wall. The ballista bolt impales him from behind and he is killed, which enrages Mag and spurs him to lift the gate and confront the men within all by himself.<ref>"[[The Watchers on the Wall]]"</ref>[[File:Giant (The Children).PNG|thumb|right|The Giant's dead body.]]
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At the gate, while Mag turns around the mammoth and several wildlings tie ropes to it, this giant violently exposes the gate's supports and ties the other end of the ropes to them. While the mammoth tries to pull the gate open, men of the [[Night's Watch]] throw down flaming barrels of tar, which explode and drive the mammoth off. The giant chases after it, but this brings him within the firing arc of a large ballista mounted atop the Wall. The ballista bolt impales him from behind and he is killed, which enrages Mag and spurs him to lift the gate and confront the men within all by himself.<ref>"[[The Watchers on the Wall]]"</ref>[[File:Giant (The Children).PNG|thumb|right|The giant's dead body.]]
   
 
When Jon leaves Castle Black to kill Mance Rayder, Jon walks past the giant's corpse, which has crows picking at its flesh.<ref>"[[The Children]]"</ref>
 
When Jon leaves Castle Black to kill Mance Rayder, Jon walks past the giant's corpse, which has crows picking at its flesh.<ref>"[[The Children]]"</ref>
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It wasn't initially clear that the grey-haired giant seen in the Season 3 premiere was meant to be the same individual as the grey-haired giant who later appeared at the end of Season 4, despite being played by the same actor. It was later confirmed that they were the same individual in the book ''[[Inside HBO's Game of Thrones: Seasons 3 & 4]]''.
 
It wasn't initially clear that the grey-haired giant seen in the Season 3 premiere was meant to be the same individual as the grey-haired giant who later appeared at the end of Season 4, despite being played by the same actor. It was later confirmed that they were the same individual in the book ''[[Inside HBO's Game of Thrones: Seasons 3 & 4]]''.
   
The character has no direct counterpart in the novels. The giant never received an official name in on-screen dialogue or a designation in the credits, i.e. "Giant #3". The ''Inside HBO's Game of Thrones: Seasons 3 & 4'' book, however, mentioned that the production team assembling the costumes took to calling him "Dongo the Doomed" by the end of Season 4 ("doomed" because he gets shot in the back with a ballista bolt). There were in fact only two specific Giant costumes, for two distinct individuals: [[Mag the Mighty]] and Dongo the Doomed. For lack of any other official name, "Dongo" has been taken by ''Game of Thrones Wiki'' as the character's name.
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The character has no direct counterpart in the novels. The giant never received an official name in on-screen dialogue or a designation in the credits, i.e. "Giant #3". The ''Inside HBO's Game of Thrones: Seasons 3 & 4'' book, however, mentioned that the production team assembling the costumes took to calling him "Dongo the Doomed" by the end of Season 4 ("doomed" because he gets shot in the back with a ballista bolt). There were in fact only two specific giant costumes, for two distinct individuals: [[Mag the Mighty]] and Dongo the Doomed. For lack of any other official name, "Dongo" has been taken by ''Game of Thrones Wiki'' as the character's name.
   
 
"Mag the Mighty" is really a nickname that the human wildlings came up with for the giant whose full name in the [[Old Tongue]] is "Mag Mar Tun Doh Weg". While "Dongo" isn't a name from the novels, presumably the in-universe explanation would be that "Dongo" is a shortened nickname for a longer name in the Old Tongue (the few giant names revealed so far always have five syllables in them, written as distinct words. For example, something like "Don Goh Tun Doh Weg", etc.
 
"Mag the Mighty" is really a nickname that the human wildlings came up with for the giant whose full name in the [[Old Tongue]] is "Mag Mar Tun Doh Weg". While "Dongo" isn't a name from the novels, presumably the in-universe explanation would be that "Dongo" is a shortened nickname for a longer name in the Old Tongue (the few giant names revealed so far always have five syllables in them, written as distinct words. For example, something like "Don Goh Tun Doh Weg", etc.

Revision as of 05:54, 7 November 2014

Dongo is a recurring character in the third and fourth seasons, and is played by guest star Ian Whyte. Dongo is a giant in the wildling army of Mance Rayder.

Biography

Background

Dongo is one of the non-human race of giants who joined the Free Folk army assembled by Mance Rayder, the King-Beyond-the-Wall.

Season 3

Giant working S3 Ep1

The giant in Mance Rayder's camp

While approaching the camp of the Free Folk in Skirling Pass, Jon Snow witnesses this giant building a tent from the bones and tusks of a mammoth. As Jon stares at the giant in disbelief, Ygritte warns him that giants are shy, but quick to anger and tells him how she once witnessed a giant smash a man into the ground like a hammer to a nail. This giant catches Jon gawking at him and grunts in annoyance. [1]

​​Season 4

Giant with his bow

The giant takes aim with a massive bow.

During the Battle of Castle Black this giant emerges from the Haunted Forest holding a bow with the other members of Mance Rayder's army. He escorts Mag Mar Tun Doh Weg and his mammoth to the outer gate of the Wall. While a wildling bowman fails to reach the black brothers on top of the wall with his arrow, this giant crouches next to him, pulls a massive bow out and shoots a ballista bolt at the wall, breaking havoc on their defenses. His next arrow hits a brother with such force it causes him to fly off the other side of the wall and land in the middle of Castle Black.

File:Giant (Watchers on the Wall).PNG

At the gate, while Mag turns around the mammoth and several wildlings tie ropes to it, this giant violently exposes the gate's supports and ties the other end of the ropes to them. While the mammoth tries to pull the gate open, men of the Night's Watch throw down flaming barrels of tar, which explode and drive the mammoth off. The giant chases after it, but this brings him within the firing arc of a large ballista mounted atop the Wall. The ballista bolt impales him from behind and he is killed, which enrages Mag and spurs him to lift the gate and confront the men within all by himself.[2]

Giant (The Children)

The giant's dead body.

When Jon leaves Castle Black to kill Mance Rayder, Jon walks past the giant's corpse, which has crows picking at its flesh.[3]

Appearances

Template:Season Three Appearances Template:Season Four Appearances

Behind the scenes

It wasn't initially clear that the grey-haired giant seen in the Season 3 premiere was meant to be the same individual as the grey-haired giant who later appeared at the end of Season 4, despite being played by the same actor. It was later confirmed that they were the same individual in the book Inside HBO's Game of Thrones: Seasons 3 & 4.

The character has no direct counterpart in the novels. The giant never received an official name in on-screen dialogue or a designation in the credits, i.e. "Giant #3". The Inside HBO's Game of Thrones: Seasons 3 & 4 book, however, mentioned that the production team assembling the costumes took to calling him "Dongo the Doomed" by the end of Season 4 ("doomed" because he gets shot in the back with a ballista bolt). There were in fact only two specific giant costumes, for two distinct individuals: Mag the Mighty and Dongo the Doomed. For lack of any other official name, "Dongo" has been taken by Game of Thrones Wiki as the character's name.

"Mag the Mighty" is really a nickname that the human wildlings came up with for the giant whose full name in the Old Tongue is "Mag Mar Tun Doh Weg". While "Dongo" isn't a name from the novels, presumably the in-universe explanation would be that "Dongo" is a shortened nickname for a longer name in the Old Tongue (the few giant names revealed so far always have five syllables in them, written as distinct words. For example, something like "Don Goh Tun Doh Weg", etc.

In the books

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Mance Rayder uses giants for breaching the tunnels at the Wall. However, none of the giants wield bows during the Battle of Castle Black. The most complex weapons that the giants seem capable of wielding are clubs and simple mauls.

References