It's payoff time for Game of Thrones fans. With just a month to go before the HBO series returns for its third season, the network has dropped another batch of tantalizing visuals.
PHOTOS: Game of Thrones Season 3 Character Posters
A set of 12 character posters was released Friday, just a week after the first proper trailer for the season. Among the crop of familiar faces -- Jon Snow (Kit Harington), Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke), Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) -- there is one surprise for viewers who haven't read the books.
PHOTOS: 'Game of Thrones' Season 3 Preview
Sandor "The Hound" Clegane (Rory McCann), who hasn't been altogether prominently featured in the first two seasons, gets his own one-sheet. Mazel tov, Hound.
Click through the gallery for a look at all of the character posters.
Game of Thrones' third season premieres at 9 p.m. March 31.
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