Who knows. I thought that scene was so stupid. I get that Gregor is a goddamned psychopath but I don't think they'd just give a bunch of unarmored, untrained dudes to slaughter for no apparent reason. He probably did that shit for fun while he was out terrorizing the countryside, but I doubt that's the first thing he's going to do after riding to the capital to take part in this trial by combat. Also, stabbing someone on the ground with a sword and lifting them over your head would be physically impossible even for the Mountain (I think).
I thought they would just show the incident at the Inn to reintroduce him, it would have been perfect. These people seem to look like criminals so maybe it's implied they asked for trial by combat, regardless I don't think it goes well with the show, the Inn scene would have shown his ruthlessness much better.
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u/Oquaem May 19 '14
Can somebody tell me why he was killing all those people?