[Locke.]

Girth, this is Stannis:



He is the one who attacked King's Landing and was beaten in battle by a dwarf. Something that would never happen to a real King like Robb.

And this is Beric, the guy who gets brought back to life:



Probably just easier to remember him as the guy who wears an eye patch.

Originally Posted by Dezzy

I read the first one. It was so similar to the show though that I decided I'd save the books for after the series ends.

Only the first book is the same, the second is massively different, and the third so far has been somewhere in the middle.