Game Of Thrones Season 4 Spoilers: 3 New Characters Added To HBO Series

Though it should come as no surprise to the people who read the books ( yes, we can feel you looking down your smarty-pants noses at us and we don' curr), HBO series Game Of Thrones is set to add three new characters to the already massive lineup in Season 4. Writer George R. R. Martin revealed as much during his visit to Kansas City's ConQuest 44. While the descriptions are relatively spoiler-free, you should still proceed with caution.

Via The Mary Sue:

The Magnar of Thenn: "Magnar" is the word for "Lord" in the Old Tongue so this is more of a title than a name. The Magnar of Thenn is Styr, a part of Mance Rayder's Wildling army we technically should have already been introduced to. Tormund Giantsbane has been picking up the slack so I'm not really sure what purpose he'll serve.

Mace Tyrell: He's the Lord of Highgarden, the son of Lady Olenna (kicking major ass this season), and father of Margaery and Loras. As with Magnar, I'm not sure why they're bothering to introduce this character in Season 4 when he could have been shown in Season 3. If memory serves, he doesn't actually do all that much in the novels. However, he does play a role in the trial of Tyrion, though characters have been combined or replaced before on the show.

Prince Oberyn Nymeros Martell: I saved my favorite for last. Oberyn is known as the Red Viper in Dorne. Dorne is a fairly new locale to Game of Thrones viewers but trust me, you'll like what you see there. Oberyn studied briefly at the Citadel but decided becoming a Maester wasn't for him, though he does know a fair bit about poisons. He's also part of a very interesting revenge plot line I won't get into here.

What do you think? Are there any book folks out there who think these are the wrong characters to add to Game Of Thrones?