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It’s safe to say Ron Perlman <\/strong>has solidified himself as an icon of pop culture through some seriously imposing roles. He’s played Slade in Teen Titans<\/strong><\/em>, The Lich in Adventure Time<\/strong><\/em>, Clay Morrow in Sons of Anarchy<\/strong><\/em>, and, of course, Hellboy. He’s also been a longtime collaborator of Guillermo del Toro<\/strong>, appearing in films including Cronos<\/strong><\/em>, Pacific Rim<\/strong><\/em>, and the Hellboy<\/strong><\/em> movies. But one of Perlman’s most surprising roles came long before Hellboy<\/em> \u2014 on a fantasy series that also counted future Game of Thrones<\/em><\/strong> author George R. R. Martin<\/strong> among its writers and producers.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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\n Ron Perlman’s Fantasy Breakout Came Long Before ‘Hellboy’ One thing Perlman is known for is disappearing beneath heavy prosthetics. He did it in his film debut, the 1981 Jean-Jacques Annaud<\/strong> film Quest for Fire<\/strong><\/em>, in which he plays Amoukar in full Neanderthal makeup while speaking a made-up prehistoric language. He did it again in The Name of the Rose<\/strong><\/em>, The Island of Dr. Moreau<\/strong><\/em>, Star Trek: Nemesis<\/strong><\/em>, and, most famously, Hellboy<\/strong><\/em> and Hellboy II: The Golden Army<\/strong><\/em>. But years before the latter made him a genre icon, Perlman spent three seasons under prosthetics for a very different fantasy role.<\/p>\n\n
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Collider Exclusive \u00b7 Game of Thrones Personality Quiz<\/span>Which Game of Thrones House<\/em> Do You Belong To?<\/span>Stark \u00b7 Lannister \u00b7 Targaryen \u00b7 Baratheon \u00b7 Tyrell<\/span><\/p>\n Five great houses. Five completely different answers to the same question: how do you hold power in a world that will take it from you the moment you stop paying attention? Eight questions will determine where your loyalties \u2014 and your nature \u2014 truly lie.<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n
\ud83d\udc3a<\/span>Stark<\/span><\/p>\n\ud83e\udd81<\/span>Lannister<\/span><\/p>\n\ud83d\udc09<\/span>Targaryen<\/span><\/p>\n\ud83e\udd8c<\/span>Baratheon<\/span><\/p>\n\ud83c\udf39<\/span>Tyrell<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n FIND YOUR HOUSE \u2192<\/label>\n <\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n\n\n
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Someone powerful is acting dishonourably and everyone knows it. What do you do?<\/span>In Westeros, the answer to this question has ended more than one great house.<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n A<\/span>Call it out, openly and on the record. If honour means anything, it has to mean something when it’s costly.<\/label>B<\/span>Use it. Information about someone else’s dishonour is leverage \u2014 and leverage is power.<\/label>C<\/span>Act decisively to correct it \u2014 with or without the approval of those around me.<\/label>D<\/span>Challenge them directly. Strength settles disputes more honestly than courtroom manoeuvring.<\/label>E<\/span>Navigate carefully \u2014 build alliances, apply quiet pressure, and create a situation where the right outcome becomes inevitable.<\/label>\n <\/p>\nNEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/label><\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n\n\n
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What is the source of your power?<\/span>Every house endures because of something. What is it for yours?<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n A<\/span>The loyalty of people who trust me \u2014 earned over generations, not bought with gold.<\/label>B<\/span>Wealth, intelligence, and the willingness to use both without sentiment.<\/label>C<\/span>A legacy so fearsome and a vision so total that opposition becomes unthinkable.<\/label>D<\/span>Physical strength, military force, and the respect that comes from being the kind of person nobody wants to fight.<\/label>E<\/span>Charm, connection, and the ability to make powerful people feel that my success is also theirs.<\/label>\n <\/p>\nNEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/label><\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n\n\n
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Who do you truly fight for?<\/span>Strip away the banners and the words. The honest answer tells you everything.<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n A<\/span>My family and my people \u2014 those who depend on me and have kept faith with me through everything.<\/label>B<\/span>My family \u2014 the ones who share my blood, even when they exhaust me, even when they disappoint me.<\/label>C<\/span>My cause \u2014 a vision larger than any single person, including me.<\/label>D<\/span>Myself, and those few who’ve proven themselves worth fighting beside.<\/label>E<\/span>My house \u2014 its name, its future, the position I intend to leave it in when I’m gone.<\/label>\n <\/p>\nNEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/label><\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n\n\n
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How do you deal with your enemies?<\/span>A house’s method reveals its character as clearly as its words ever could.<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n A<\/span>Honestly \u2014 I face them directly, and I give quarter when it’s warranted.<\/label>B<\/span>Thoroughly \u2014 I don’t leave loose ends, and I don’t make the same enemy twice.<\/label>C<\/span>Decisively \u2014 fire answers questions that diplomacy only delays.<\/label>D<\/span>Head-on \u2014 I’d rather meet a threat on the battlefield than behind closed doors.<\/label>E<\/span>Elegantly \u2014 I prefer to make former enemies into allies, or at least into people who owe me something.<\/label>\n <\/p>\nNEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/label><\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n\n\n
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What kind of ruler do you believe in?<\/span>Westeros is full of answers to this question. Most of them end badly.<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n A<\/span>A just one \u2014 someone who serves the realm rather than using it, who leads by example rather than fear.<\/label>B<\/span>A capable one \u2014 someone smart enough to navigate the game, ruthless enough to win it, and realistic about what winning costs.<\/label>C<\/span>A transformative one \u2014 someone who doesn’t just rule what exists but reshapes what’s possible.<\/label>D<\/span>A strong one \u2014 someone whose authority is beyond question because the alternative is obviously worse.<\/label>E<\/span>A wise one \u2014 someone who understands that the realm is fed by more than armies, and that a full stomach keeps more peace than a sharp sword.<\/label>\n <\/p>\nNEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/label><\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n\n\n
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You suffer a devastating loss. How does your house respond?<\/span>How a house handles defeat tells you more about it than how it handles victory.<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n A<\/span>We grieve, properly and together \u2014 and then we endure, because endurance is what we do.<\/label>B<\/span>We adapt. We reassess. And we ensure that whoever caused this loss comes to regret it completely.<\/label>C<\/span>We burn hotter. Setbacks don’t soften us \u2014 they clarify what needs to happen next.<\/label>D<\/span>We hit back. Grief and revenge are the same motion in our house.<\/label>E<\/span>We regroup quietly, rebuild our position, and return when we’re ready \u2014 on our terms, not theirs.<\/label>\n <\/p>\nNEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/label><\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n\n\n
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Which of these truths about Westeros do you most believe?<\/span>Every house has a philosophy. This is yours.<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n A<\/span>The lone wolf dies, but the pack survives. Nothing matters more than the people you protect.<\/label>B<\/span>A Lannister always pays their debts \u2014 in gold or in kind. Reputation is built on consistency.<\/label>C<\/span>I am the blood of the dragon. Some destinies are written before the person who carries them is born.<\/label>D<\/span>Ours is the fury. When we move, we move completely \u2014 and we don’t stop until it’s done.<\/label>E<\/span>Growing strong means knowing when to bloom and when to wait. Patience is its own kind of power.<\/label>\n <\/p>\nNEXT QUESTION \u2192<\/label><\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n\n\n
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The Iron Throne is within reach. What do you do?<\/span>The answer reveals not just your ambition \u2014 but your character.<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n A<\/span>Claim it only if the realm needs me to \u2014 and rule in a way that makes it worth having.<\/label>B<\/span>Ensure someone who owes us sits in it. The power behind the throne is safer than the throne itself.<\/label>C<\/span>Take it. It was always meant to be mine \u2014 I feel that in my bones and in my blood.<\/label>D<\/span>Seize it \u2014 with both hands, without hesitation. Opportunity in Westeros does not wait to be asked.<\/label>E<\/span>Position my house to be indispensable to whoever sits there \u2014 influence outlasts any single reign.<\/label>\n <\/p>\nREVEAL MY HOUSE \u2192<\/label><\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n\n\n
The Maester Has Spoken<\/span>Your House Is\u2026<\/span><\/p>\nYour answers point to the great house whose words, values, and way of surviving in Westeros match your own. Bend the knee \u2014 or don’t. That’s very much up to you.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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\n Winterfell \u00b7 The North<\/span>\n <\/p>\n\n
\ud83d\udc3a House Stark<\/span><\/p>\nWinter is Coming \u2014 and you have always known it. You prepare not out of fear but out of duty, because the people who depend on you deserve someone who takes the long view.<\/p>\n
\nYou lead with honour even when it costs you, because you understand that a reputation built on integrity is the only one worth having.<\/li>\n Your loyalty to family and people runs deep \u2014 not as sentiment but as a code that doesn’t bend when things get difficult.<\/li>\n The North endures because Starks endure \u2014 not by being the cleverest players in the game, but by being the kind of people others are willing to follow into the cold.<\/li>\n You are that kind of person. The pack survives. The lone wolf dies. You already know which one you are.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n
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\n Casterly Rock \u00b7 The Westerlands<\/span>\n <\/p>\n\n
\ud83e\udd81 House Lannister<\/span><\/p>\nYou understand the game \u2014 its rules, its exceptions, and exactly when the rules become the exception. You play it without illusions and without apology.<\/p>\n
\nYou are sharper than most people realise, and you have learned to use that gap to your advantage.<\/li>\n A Lannister always pays their debts \u2014 and you always keep your word, because your word is an instrument of power, and instruments must be kept in working order.<\/li>\n You love your family with a ferocity that sometimes blinds you, and you know it, and you do it anyway.<\/li>\n The lion doesn’t concern itself with the opinion of sheep. Neither, in the end, do you.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n
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\n Dragonstone \u00b7 The Iron Throne<\/span>\n <\/p>\n\n
\ud83d\udc09 House Targaryen<\/span><\/p>\nYou carry a sense of destiny that is difficult to explain and impossible to ignore \u2014 the feeling that you are not simply participating in the world but meant to reshape it.<\/p>\n
\nYou are capable of extraordinary things, and you know it, and that knowledge is both your greatest strength and your most dangerous quality.<\/li>\n Fire and blood are not just words to you \u2014 they are a philosophy about what change requires and what it costs.<\/li>\n The Targaryens at their best were transformative rulers who broke chains and defied the limits of what anyone thought possible.<\/li>\n At your best, so are you. The dragon has three heads. You are one of them.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n
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\n Storm’s End \u00b7 The Stormlands<\/span>\n <\/p>\n\n
\ud83e\udd8c House Baratheon<\/span><\/p>\nYou are a force \u2014 direct, powerful, and difficult to ignore when you enter a room or a conflict. You do not negotiate with challenges. You meet them.<\/p>\n
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