This is not an obituary or a career retrospective. This is simply one fan discussing his memories of an amazing man and tremendous actor — Sir Christopher Lee, who passed away earlier this week. There’s a popular meme making the rounds on Facebook detailing the accolades of Christopher Lee, ending with the line, “Now let’s see Chuck Norris top that.” I won’t discuss Lee’s absolutely badass life in great detail, but suffice to say he served in the military every year of WWII, was a highly ranked British officer, hunted Nazi war criminals, and was knighted for his contributions to the arts. This is about Christopher Lee the performer, a man born 93 years ago who had 281 IMDb credited roles and was probably the greatest screen villain in history.

The Game of Thrones: Season 3 Blu-ray and DVD are coming on February 18, 2014, but in the meantime, here’s some Game Of Thrones-related cuteness to hold you over.

While at the Modern Fantasy Summit in Santa Fe last week, artist Sarah Allegra captured a special moment between authors George R.R. Martin (Game Of Thrones) and Peter S. Beagle (The Last Unicorn) as they stood in front of a wall of her art prints — Martin held up a mini direwolf pup plush to the tiny plush unicorn Beagle was holding.