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"You're No. 2, George R.R. Martin.\nThe Game of Thrones author copped to his reputation as a ruthless killer of characters, but says he's not nearly as bad as everyone thinks \u2014 at least not compared with showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff, who joined him at the show's Hall H panel at Comic-Con on Friday.\nSee also: 'Game of Thrones' Season 4 Bloopers Are Better Than the Purple Wedding\n\n\"Dave and Dan are far bloodier than I,\" Martin said, referring to their tendency to kill characters on the show before they die in the books \u2014 if they die at all. Maisie Williams, who plays Arya Stark (one of the few panelists who raised their hands to indicate that they're still alive on the show), addressed the death discrepancy ... and how she deals with it.\n\"Some of us know roughly in the books what happens to our characters ... but sometimes David and Dan kill off characters on their own ... so I just suck up to David and Dan as much as I can.\"\n\nHBO brought 10 cast members to Hall H, sitting from left to right: Pedro Pascal, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Gwendoline Christie, Rory McCann, Maisie Williams, Martin, Natalie Dormer, Sophie Turner, Kit Harington, Rose Leslie and John Bradley.\n\"The show is the show and the books are the books,\" Martin said. \"I keep them separate. I know some of the actors read the books. A few of them don't.\"\nThe show also revealed a host of new cast members for Season 5:\n\nHBO cold-opened the panel with a Game of Thrones blooper reel that, while dangerously demystifying, is a real hoot:\n\nBut the highlight of the panel had to be the interplay between McCown (the Hound) and Christie (Brienne), whose brutal hand-to-hand fight was a major highlight of the fourth season's conclusion.\n\"I'm still sore; I can't believe I'm here,\" McCown said. \"Things weren't looking too good the last time I saw myself.\"\n\"I thought he got off lightly,\" Christie said, who was sitting to his right.\nTo which he replied, under his breath: \"Nasty bitch.\" \nThe good-natured sniping continued later in the panel when the two were asked about filming the scene. \"When she punched me, there were connections going on there,\" McCown said. \"Between the legs ... \"\n\"Best moment of my life,\" Christie quipped.\nBONUS: 5 Biggest Moments in Comic-Con History\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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