<P> He is named a knight of Joffrey's Kingsguard in A Clash of Kings and is often assigned to guard Sansa, trying to protect her from Joffrey's abuse . He flees King's Landing during the Battle of the Blackwater, due to the widespread use of wildfire, a fictional substance similar to Greek fire . </P> <P> In A Storm of Swords, he is captured by the Brotherhood Without Banners which sentences him to trial by combat . Sandor prevails and is set free . He later kidnaps Arya to ransom her to her brother Robb Stark and hopes to earn a place in Robb's service . He takes her to the Twins, where Robb is attending a wedding . However, just as they arrive, the Freys begin slaughtering the Starks . Sandor and Arya escape . They encounter three of Gregor's men at an inn, and Sandor is seriously injured in the ensuing fight . Arya abandons him to his apparent death . </P> <P> He is mentioned a few times in A Feast for Crows (2005), where the Elder Brother mentions to Brienne of Tarth that he found Sandor, who is now "at rest". However, the appearance of a mute gravedigger who matches Sandor physically and the Elder Brother's refusal to confirm if Sandor is dead imply that he may still be alive . </P> <P> Clegane accompanies the royal court on Robert Baratheon's visit to Winterfell . On the way back to King's Landing, Joffrey falsely accuses a butcher's boy, Mycah, of threatening him, and Clegane kills the boy, attracting the hatred of Mycah's friend Arya Stark . During the Tourney of the Hand, Sandor's sadistic elder brother Gregor tries to kill Ser Loras Tyrell after he is unhorsed, but Sandor defends Loras from Gregor until Robert orders the men to stop fighting . When Ned Stark accuses Joffrey of being a bastard born of incest and orders his arrest, Clegane assists the Lannister soldiers in the subsequent purge of the Stark household and Sansa Stark's capture, though he later comforts Sansa when Joffrey orders her beaten . With Joffrey's ascension to the throne, Clegane is named to the Kingsguard to replace the ousted Ser Barristan Selmy, though Clegane refuses to take his knight's vows . </P>

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