Fire, ice and puberty: How 'Thrones' characters have grown

LOS ANGELES: Living in Westeros can really change a person. Those who survived the first seven seasons of 'Game of Thrones' have seen their parents, children and even pets stabbed, disemboweled and beheaded. They've been burned and frozen. They've lost essential body parts. Some have been through death and back, others suffered the horrors of puberty. Occasionally, they've been allowed some triumph. Here's a look at the twisted journeys of some of the characters who've managed to make it from 2011's season one to Sunday's premiere of season eight of the HBO series.