Here's what 'Game of Thrones' characters were up to in season one and what they're up to now

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Only a few "Game of Thrones" characters from the first season managed to stay alive long enough to see the seventh.

The surviving characters on "Game of Thrones" have been through a lot, and have gone through quite a lot of changes since the series began.

If one thing is certain, it's that no one on "Game of Thrones" has remained the same.

They have traveled far and wide and been through so many battle and adventures that at times it's hard to remember where they began. We decided to compare what life was like for these characters when their stories first began and what life is like for them now.

Here's what the main characters of "Game of Thrones" were like in season one, and here's what they're like now as season seven comes to a close: