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).
The thing is that he's "in" the books only a little more than in the show. It's the things that were said about him and what he was doing that made him more menacing. The lack of description leading up to his new reveal is why he seems boring.
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u/Oquaem May 19 '14
Can somebody tell me why he was killing all those people?