Time to indulge in "Game of Thrones" season 5 spoilers speculation! Yea, I'm admitting that up front, this is speculation, but I think we can figure out a pretty important question together: Will The Hound ever kill his brother, The Mountain? Will he ever get his well-deserved revenge, and we our poetic justice? The books don't have an answer yet, but today's a good day to speculate, since the actor who plays Gregor was just named Europe's strongest man. So let us look to the show and wonder. "Game of Thrones" books spoilers follow, for all books including "A Dance With Dragons."

The Hound Vs The Mountain

Read More:

'Game Of Thrones' Season 5 Spoilers: How Will The Show Handle Tyrion, Griff & Young Griff?

'Game Of Thrones' Season 5 News: George Gives You Permission To Watch The Show Before 'Winds Of Winter'

'Game Of Thrones' Season 5 Spoilers: Does The Hound Die?

It's been a question since way back in "A Game of Thrones," the first book in the series, when readers generally were led to hate both characters equally: Will Sandor ever get justice against his brother? As you'll recall, Sandor has every reason to hate his older brother Gregor, and he does so with a fiery passion. After all, Sandor's disfigurement, his hideous facial burns, were caused by Gregor in their youth. Gregor held Sandor's face against a fire while his face burned. And not by accident. He's tormented Sandor in other ways over the years too, but that is by far the most significant. And Sandor, of course, still fears fire to this day. So he certainly deserves his revenge.

But will he get it? Will we ever see another showdown of The Hound vs. The Mountain? We're about to get into heavy spoilers territory here, so be warned. We have a bit of a poetic situation going on already, since it is generally assumed by most people in Westeros that both Gregor and Sandor Clegane are now dead. Gregor died of his wounds and the poison from the duel with Oberyn, and Sandor died protecting Arya (from Brienne, in the show). That would seem to preclude any justice, poetic or otherwise.

But not so fast. By "A Dance With Dragons" and even "A Feast For Crows," it is very clear that Gregor Clegane is not dead. Or at least not quite dead. He's... not exactly himself anymore, but non-maester Qyburn's experiments have saved his life and his strength, if not his mind, transforming him into the formidable Robert Strong, Cersei's champion. From any meaningful perspective, it seems like he is undead-he doesn't eat, sleep, talk, or even remove his helmet-but he is still Cersei's champion.

As for The Hound, his survival or non-survival is a little more controversial. He may well have died of his wounds after Arya abandoned him, or he may have recovered, healed by the men of Quiet Isle, where he may be living out a life of quiet contemplation. I am leaning toward that theory... he has forsaken his violent past and is burying the dead who wash up on the Isle to atone somehow for his crimes.

Yet, if he's alive, it forces us to ask whether he will be the one who finally strikes Gregor down. And I think there's a good case for it. Here's why: Cersei's upcoming trial-by-combat will determine the validity of the charges against her, which include the murder of the last High Septon. The trial itself is being prosecuted by the Faith, who held her prisoner for a time. Their champion has not yet been specified.

Sandor Clegane is no member of the Faith, but he does live the life of a male penitent on the Quiet Isle, living among brothers of the Faith-assuming you accept the theory that he's alive. He is not totally removed from the news of the world, and besides for a limp, seems to have recovered pretty well. Is it possible that, when Cersei's trial finally arrives, the champion of the Faith will be none other than Sandor Clegane, fighting for truth, justice, and vengeance against his brother?

Of course, the question can't be answered now, but I do think a final confrontation at Cersei's trial is an actual possibility. The Hound vs. The Mountain, fighting for the Queen's life. Now that would be poetic justice.