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| House_name         = House Manderly of [[White Harbor]]
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| Coat_of_arms = A white merman with dark green hair, beard and tail, carrying a black trident, on a blue-green field
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| Coat_of_arms = A white merman with dark green hair, beard and tail, carrying a black trident, over a blue-green field<br>''(Aquamarine, a merman argent crined, bearded and queued vert, carrying a trident sable)''
 
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| Seat = [[New Castle]] in [[White Harbor]]<br>[[Dunstonbury]] (formerly)
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| Seat = [[New Castle]] in [[White Harbor]]<br>[[Wolf's Den]] (formerly)<br>[[Dunstonbury]] (formerly)
| Current_Lord = [[Wyman Manderly]]
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| Current_Lord = Lord [[Wyman Manderly]]
| Region = [[The North]]
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| Region = [[North]]<br>[[Reach]] (formerly)
| Title = Lord of [[White Harbor]]<br>[[Warden of the White Knife]]<br>[[Shield of the Faith]]<br>[[Defender of the Dispossessed]]<br>[[Lord Marshal of the Mander]]<br>Knight of the [[Order of the Green Hand]]<br>Lord of [[Dunstonbury]] (formerly)
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| Title = [[Lord of White Harbor]]<br>[[Warden of the White Knife]]<br>[[Shield of the Faith]]<br>[[Defender of the Dispossessed]]<br>[[Lord Marshal of the Mander]]<br>[[Knight]] of the [[Order of the Green Hand]]<br>[[Lord of Dunstonbury]] (formerly)
 
| Heir = Ser [[Wylis Manderly]]
 
| Heir = Ser [[Wylis Manderly]]
| Overlord = [[House Bolton]]
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| Overlord = [[House Stark]] (AGOT)<br>[[House Bolton]] (ADWD)
 
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'''House Manderly of White Harbor''' is a noble family in the [[north]] whose seat is the [[New Castle]] in the city of [[White Harbor]]. They are among the most powerful and loyal vassals of [[House Stark]] as well as the richest northern family due to their control of the only city in the region. Unlike most other northern houses,{{ref|AGOT|53}} the Manderlys follow the [[Faith of the Seven]] instead of the [[old gods]], as the family originated in [[the Reach]].  
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'''House Manderly of White Harbor''' is a noble family in the [[north]] whose seat is the [[New Castle]] in the city of [[White Harbor]]. They are among the most powerful and loyal vassals of [[House Stark]] as well as the richest northern family due to their control of the only city in the region. Unlike most other northern houses,{{ref|AGOT|53}} the Manderlys follow the [[Faith of the Seven]] instead of the [[old gods]], as the family emigrated from the [[Reach]] after the [[coming of the Andals]].  
  
The Manderlys' blazon is a white merman with dark green hair, beard and tail, carrying a black trident, over a blue-green field.{{ref|AGOT|55}}<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/2/#In the North]</ref> Their words do not appear in the books, neither has [[George R. R. Martin]] submitted them in semi-canon material.  
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The Manderlys' blazon is a white merman with dark green hair, beard and tail, carrying a black trident, over a blue-green field.{{ref|AGOT|55}}<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/2/#In the North]</ref> Their words do not appear in the books, nor has [[George R. R. Martin]] submitted them in semi-canon material. [[House Manderly guards|Manderly guards]] wield tridents instead of spears.{{ref|ADWD|19}}
  
The Lord of White Harbor, [[Wyman Manderly]], influences all lands and houses east of the mouth of the [[White Knife]], including Houses [[House Locke|Locke]], [[House Woolfield|Woolfield]], and [[House Flint of Widow's Watch|Flint of Widow's Watch]].{{ref|ADWD|29}} The Manderlys' dominion includes the [[Sheepshead Hills]]{{ref|AWOIAF| Sheepshead Hills}} and the [[Broken Branch]],{{ref|AWOIAF| Broken Branch}} as well as the allegiance of [[Ramsgate]].{{ref|AWOIAF| Ramsgate}} Their bannermen includes a dozen petty lords and a hundred landed knights.{{Ref|ADWD|29}}
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The Lord of White Harbor, [[Wyman Manderly]], claims to influence all lands and houses east of the mouth of the [[White Knife]], including Houses [[House Locke|Locke]], [[House Woolfield|Woolfield]], and [[House Flint of Widow's Watch|Flint of Widow's Watch]].{{ref|ADWD|29}} The Manderlys' dominion includes the [[Sheepshead Hills]]{{ref|AWOIAF| Sheepshead Hills}} and the [[Broken Branch]],{{ref|AWOIAF| Broken Branch}} as well as the allegiance of [[Ramsgate]].{{ref|AWOIAF| Ramsgate}} Their bannermen includes a dozen petty lords and a hundred [[landed knight]]s.{{Ref|ADWD|29}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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The Manderlys are an ancient line who once lived along the banks of the mighty river [[Mander]] in the [[Kingdom of the Reach]], and some claim the river was named after them.{{ref|AWOIAF| Mander}} A noble house of great lords descended from the [[First Men]], they held the castle of [[Dunstonbury]] as their seat and had a fierce rivalry with [[House Peake]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: Andals in the Reach}}
 
The Manderlys are an ancient line who once lived along the banks of the mighty river [[Mander]] in the [[Kingdom of the Reach]], and some claim the river was named after them.{{ref|AWOIAF| Mander}} A noble house of great lords descended from the [[First Men]], they held the castle of [[Dunstonbury]] as their seat and had a fierce rivalry with [[House Peake]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: Andals in the Reach}}
  
During the reign of the [[House Gardener|Gardener kings]] in the Reach, King [[Gwayne III Gardener|Gwayne III]] the Fat managed to persuade Lords Manderly and Peake to accept his judgement on their quarrel, and do fealty for their lands, without any bloodshed.{{ref|twoiaf| The Reach: The Gardener Kings}} Near the end of the long reign of King [[Garth X Gardener|Garth X]] Greybeard, a problem arose with the succession as Garth had fathered no sons and only sired daughters, one of whom had been married to Lord Manderly, and the other to Lord Peake. Both lords were determined that their own wife should succeed the throne and the rivalry between them was marked by betrayal, conspiracy and murder, and soon escalated to open war with many lords joining the cause of both sides. The anarchy that followed lasted almost a decade until Ser [[Osmund Tyrell]], the High Steward of [[Highgarden]], made common cause with the other lords of the Reach and defeated the Peakes and Manderlys. He then placed a distant cousin of the late king Garth on the throne who ascended as King [[Mern VI Gardener]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: Andals in the Reach}}
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During the reign of the [[House Gardener|Gardener kings]] in the Reach, King [[Gwayne III Gardener]] persuaded Lords Manderly and Peake to accept his judgment on their quarrel and do fealty for their lands, without any bloodshed.{{ref|twoiaf| The Reach: The Gardener Kings}} Like other houses of the Reach, the Manderlys presumably converted from the [[old gods]] of the First Men to the [[Faith of the Seven]] after the Gardeners welcomed [[Andals]] into their kingdom.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: Andals in the Reach}}
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Near the end of the long reign of King [[Garth X Gardener]], a problem arose with the succession as the elderly and senile Garth had sired no sons and only daughters, one of whom had married Lord Manderly, and another to Lord Peake. Both lords were determined that their own wife should succeed to the throne, and the rivalry between them was marked by betrayal, conspiracy and murder, and finally escalated into open war with other lords joining the cause on both sides. The anarchy that followed lasted almost a decade until Ser [[Osmund Tyrell]], the [[High Steward of Highgarden]], made common cause with the other lords of the Reach and defeated the Peakes and Manderlys. Osmund then placed a distant cousin of the late Garth X on the throne as King [[Mern VI Gardener]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: Andals in the Reach}}
  
 
===Exile and White Harbor===
 
===Exile and White Harbor===
According to Lady [[Rohanne Webber]], House Manderly left or were driven away from the Reach about a thousand years ago.{{ref|tss}} Lord [[Godric Borrell]] further refines the time period to "no more than nine hundred years ago", claiming the House had overreached itself and been repelled by the "green hands",{{Ref|ADWD|9}} a reference to the Gardener kings and their sigil.{{ref|AWOIAF| White Harbor}} According to Maester [[Yandel]], the exile of House Manderly is credited to Lord [[Lorimar Peake]] upon the behest of King [[Perceon III Gardener]], who feared the Manderlys' growing influence and power in the Reach.{{ref|TWOIAF| The North: The Kings of Winter}} This allowed House Peake to acquire the Manderlys' seat of Dunstonbury.{{ref|twoiaf| The North: The Kings of Winter}}
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[[File:Manderly knight by manzanedo.jpg|thumb|House Manderly knight, by Antonio José Manzanedo © Fantasy Flight Games]]
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At some point, House Manderly overreached itself, and was driven from the Reach by the [[House Gardener|Gardener Kings]].{{Ref|ADWD|9}}{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|AWOIAF| White Harbor}} According to [[Maester]] [[Yandel]], the exile of House Manderly is credited to Lord [[Lorimar Peake]] upon the behest of King [[Perceon III Gardener]], who feared the Manderlys' growing influence and power in the Reach.{{ref|TWOIAF| The North: The Kings of Winter}} This allowed House Peake to acquire the Manderlys' seat of Dunstonbury.{{ref|twoiaf| The North: The Kings of Winter}} The Manderlys were left sore, friendless and in peril of their lives. They fled north, and were welcomed by the [[House Stark|Starks]] of [[Winterfell]] as their own bannermen.{{Ref|ADWD|19}} The Starks awarded the [[Wolf's Den]] to the Manderlys and tasked them with defending the [[White Knife]] in return for swearing an oath that they would always be loyal subjects of House Stark. This history instilled the Manderlys with great loyalty to their new liege lords.{{ref|ADWD|19}}
  
[[Wylla Manderly]] proclaims that the Manderlys, sore and friendless and in peril of their lives, fled north and were protected and welcomed by the [[House Stark|Starks]] of [[Winterfell]] as their own bannermen a thousand years before the [[War of Conquest]]. The Starks awarded the [[Wolf's Den]] to the Manderlys and tasked them with defending the White Knife in return for swearing an oath that they would always be loyal subjects of House Stark. This history instilled the Manderlys with great loyalty to their new liege lords.{{ref|ADWD|19}}
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When exactly House Manderly came north is unknown. In {{Date|211}}, Lady [[Rohanne Webber]] dated the flight of the Manderlys as having occurred "a thousand years" ago.{{ref|tss}} Lord [[Godric Borrell]] defines the time period to "no more than nine hundred years" before {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|ADWD|9}} However, both [[Wylla Manderly]], as well as Maester Yandel date the arrival of the Manderlys in the north back a bit further, "a thousand years before [[Aegon's Conquest|the Conquest]]"{{Ref|ADWD|19}} and "some thousand years before the Conquest",{{Ref|TWOIAF| The North: The Kings of Winter}} respectively. A semi-canon source lists "a thousand years before the Conquest" as well.{{Ref|AWOIAF| White Harbor}} These accounts thus place the arrival of the Manderlys in the north between 1000 BC and 600 BC.
  
The city of White Harbor was built by the Manderlys with the wealth they had brought from the Reach and they developed it over the following centuries.{{ref|ADWD|19}} It is the smallest of the five cities of [[Westeros]], and is the main northern port for commerce and naval transport. The [[New Castle]], built to replace the aging Wolf's Den, resembles their previous castle Dunstonbury in the Reach.{{ref|TWOIAF| The North: The Kings of Winter}} The Manderlys are one of the few great houses of the north to follow the [[Faith of the Seven]] instead of the [[old gods]] and thus have a strong tradition of [[knight]]hood.{{ref|AGOT|53}}
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House Manderly built the city of [[White Harbor]] with the wealth they had brought from the Reach.{{Ref|ADWD|19}} They further developed it over the following centuries.{{ref|ADWD|19}} It is the smallest of the five cities of [[Westeros]], and is the main northern port for commerce and naval transport.{{ref|TWOIAF| The North: The Kings of Winter}} Until the construction of [[King's Landing]] during [[Aegon's Conquest]] (by then still known as the [[Aegonfort]], White Harbor was also the newest city of the Seven Kingdoms.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The North: The Kings of Winter}} The [[New Castle]], built to replace the aging Wolf's Den, resembles their previous castle Dunstonbury in the Reach.{{ref|TWOIAF| The North: The Kings of Winter}} The Manderlys are one of the few great houses of the north to follow the [[Faith of the Seven]] instead of the [[old gods]] and thus have a strong tradition of [[knight]]hood.{{ref|AGOT|53}}
  
 
===Targaryen Era===
 
===Targaryen Era===
House Manderly enjoyed great relations to both their liege lords, the Starks, and their sovereigns, the [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]]. Princess [[Viserra Targaryen]], the wild and high-spirited daughter of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys I]] and Good Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen|Alysanne]], was betrothed to Lord Manderly, but she apparently died by falling from a horse while racing drunkenly through the streets of King's Landing.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}} Lady [[Jeyne Manderly]] wed [[Rickon Stark (son of Cregan)|Rickon Stark]], eldest son and supposed heir to Lord [[Cregan Stark]] and gave him two daughters, [[Serena Stark|Serena]] and [[Sansa Stark (daughter of Rickon)|Sansa]]. Lady [[Myriame Manderly]] married [[Rodwell Stark]] and became Lady of Winterfell upon her husband's accession.{{ref|TWOIAF| Appendix: Stark Lineage}}
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In the aftermath of [[Aegon's Conquest]], Ser [[Warrick Manderly]] and Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]] suppressed the [[Sistermen's Rebellion]]. Lord [[Steffon Sunderland]] sent a son to be fostered with the Manderlys.{{ref|FAB|Reign of the Dragon - The Wars of King Aegon I}}
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[[Mara Manderly]] was a companion to Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]] at [[Dragonstone]] in {{date|55}}. Her father, Lord [[Theomore Manderly]], hosted Alysanne in {{Date|58}} when the queen visited [[White Harbor]] as part of her [[royal progress]], with Mara's sister, [[Jessamyn Manderly|Jessamyn]], serving as her cupbearer.{{ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}} Theomore was to marry Princess [[Viserra Targaryen]] in {{date|86}},{{ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}} but the high-spirited girl died after falling from a horse while racing drunkenly through the streets of King's Landing.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}} House Manderly supported Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys Targaryen]] in the [[Great Council of 101 AC]] at [[Harrenhal]].
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During the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Prince [[Jacaerys Velaryon]] traveled to White Harbor and [[Winterfell]] and convinced the north to join the [[blacks]]. After agreeing that his youngest daughter should wed Prince [[Joffrey Velaryon]] once fighting ended, Lord [[Desmond Manderly]] sent warriors led by his sons, Ser [[Medrick Manderly|Medrick]] and Ser [[Torrhen Manderly|Torrhen]], to support [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]].{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}} Torrhen served as one of the regents of King [[Aegon III Targaryen]] after the war, resigning in {{Date|132}} after the deaths of his father and brother from [[Winter Fever]].{{ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}} When Aegon came of age in {{Date|136}}, he ended [[Regency of Aegon III|the regency]] and dismissed Lord Manderly, his [[Hand of the King]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
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Lady [[Jeyne Manderly]] wed [[Rickon Stark (son of Cregan)|Rickon Stark]], eldest son and supposed heir to Lord [[Cregan Stark]] and gave him two daughters, [[Serena Stark|Serena]] and [[Sansa Stark (daughter of Rickon)|Sansa]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Appendix: Stark Lineage}} Lady [[Myriame Manderly]] married [[Rodwell Stark]] and became Lady of Winterfell upon her husband's accession.{{ref|TWOIAF| Appendix: Stark Lineage}}
  
House Manderly supported [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys Targaryen]] in the [[Great Council of 101]] at [[Harrenhal]]. During the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Prince [[Jacaerys Velaryon]] traveled to White Harbor and Winterfell and convinced the north to join the [[blacks]]. Lord Manderly sent warriors led by his sons, Ser [[Medrick Manderly|Medrick]] and Ser [[Torrhen Manderly|Torrhen]], to support [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]].{{ref|tpatq}} Torrhen served as one of the regents of King [[Aegon III Targaryen]] after the war, resigning in {{Date|132}} after the deaths of his father and brother from [[Winter Fever]]. When Aegon came of age in {{Date|136}}, he ended [[Regency of Aegon III|the regency]] and dismissed the [[Hand of the King]], Lord Manderly.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
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===Recent History===
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Members of House Manderly were present at the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]] of {{Date|281}}.{{Ref|ASOS|24}}<ref name="Citadel">[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/FAQ/Entry/Who_were_the_different_people_in_Meeras_story/ "The Citadel: FAQ, entry 6.2.6- Who were the different people in Meera's story?" (2007]</ref>
  
===Robert's Rebellion===
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When Lord [[Eddard Stark]] called the northern [[Bannerman|banners]] to join [[Robert's Rebellion]] against King [[Aerys II Targaryen]], Lord [[Wyman Manderly]] led the Manderlys south. Wyman fought at the [[Battle of the Trident]], rewarding his retainer Ser [[Bartimus]] for saving his life by making him castellan of the Wolf's Den, now White Harbor's prison.{{ref|ADWD|29}}
When Lord [[Eddard Stark]] called the northern banners to join [[Robert's Rebellion]] against King [[Aerys II Targaryen]], Lord [[Wyman Manderly]] led the Manderlys south. Wyman fought at the [[Battle of the Trident]], rewarding his retainer Ser [[Bartimus]] for saving his life by making him castellan of the Wolf's Den, now White Harbor's prison.
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Lady Manderly, the wife of Lord Wyman, died in around {{Date|291}}.{{Ref|ACOK|16}}
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
 
===''A Game of Thrones''===
 
===''A Game of Thrones''===
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[[File:Wyman Manderly by cabepfir.jpg|thumb|[[Wyman Manderly]] by Cecilia Latella ©]]
 
After learning of the [[catspaw|assassination attempt]] on his son [[Bran Stark|Bran's]] life, Lord [[Eddard Stark]] instructs his wife [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]] to have Lord [[Wyman Manderly]] strengthen [[White Harbor]].{{ref|AGOT|20}}
 
After learning of the [[catspaw|assassination attempt]] on his son [[Bran Stark|Bran's]] life, Lord [[Eddard Stark]] instructs his wife [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]] to have Lord [[Wyman Manderly]] strengthen [[White Harbor]].{{ref|AGOT|20}}
  
After leaving the [[Vale of Arryn]], Catelyn meets the Manderlys at White Harbor. Because of Eddard's arrest in [[King's Landing]], a Manderly army, led by Ser [[Wylis Manderly|Wylis]] and Ser [[Wendel Manderly|Wendel]], joins [[Robb Stark]] at [[Moat Cailin]] when marching south against the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]]. Their force consists of near 1,500 men, including some 20 knights with their squires, 200 mounted lances, swordsmen and freeriders, and the remaining foot armed with spears, pikes and tridents. Wyman remains at White Harbor to watch over the city.{{ref|AGOT|55}} When the northern army splits at [[the Twins]], Wendel accompanies Robb to free [[Riverrun]], and although he is already a mature man, he is counted among the thirty young sons of lords that form [[Robb's personal guard]]. Meanwhile, Wylis leads the White Harbor infantry with Lord [[Roose Bolton]] on his march south, and is captured at the [[battle on the Green Fork]].
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After leaving the [[Vale of Arryn]], Catelyn meets the Manderlys at White Harbor. Because of Eddard's arrest in [[King's Landing]], a Manderly army, led by Ser [[Wylis Manderly|Wylis]] and Ser [[Wendel Manderly|Wendel]], joins [[Robb Stark]] at [[Moat Cailin]] when marching south against the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]]. Their force consists of near fifteen hundred men, including some twenty knights with their squires, 200 mounted lances, swordsmen and freeriders, and the remaining foot armed with spears, pikes and tridents. Wyman remains at White Harbor to watch over the city.{{ref|AGOT|55}}
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When the northern army splits at the [[Twins]], Wendel accompanies Robb to free [[Riverrun]], and although he is already a mature man, he is counted among the thirty young sons of lords that form [[Robb's personal guard]]. Meanwhile, Wylis leads the White Harbor infantry with Lord [[Roose Bolton]] on his march south, and is captured at the [[battle on the Green Fork]].
  
 
===''A Clash of Kings''===
 
===''A Clash of Kings''===
 
While at [[Winterfell]] for the [[harvest feast]], Lord Wyman meets with [[Bran Stark]], Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]], and Maester [[Luwin]]. He offers to [[Old Mint|mint]] coins for Robb, informs them of White Harbor's defenses, and proposes to build the king a new warfleet of galleys, with Rodrik saying he will inform Robb of the proposal. Later during the feast, Rodrik commands [[Hother Umber|Hother]] and [[Mors Umber]] to work with Wyman in building longships to combat [[wildlings]].{{ref|ACOK|16}}
 
While at [[Winterfell]] for the [[harvest feast]], Lord Wyman meets with [[Bran Stark]], Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]], and Maester [[Luwin]]. He offers to [[Old Mint|mint]] coins for Robb, informs them of White Harbor's defenses, and proposes to build the king a new warfleet of galleys, with Rodrik saying he will inform Robb of the proposal. Later during the feast, Rodrik commands [[Hother Umber|Hother]] and [[Mors Umber]] to work with Wyman in building longships to combat [[wildlings]].{{ref|ACOK|16}}
  
Lady [[Donella Hornwood]] (née Manderly) is widowed by the death of Lord [[Halys Hornwood]] on the Green Fork. During the harvest feast, Lord Wyman advances his claim for the [[House Hornwood]] lands, going on to offer to wed his cousin. Ultimately this does not occur, as Donella is forcefully wed when she returns to her lands and is locked away to die by [[Ramsay Snow]], the Bastard of [[House Bolton|Bolton]]. In response, Wyman seizes [[Hornwood]] to prevent Ramsay from occupying it,{{ref|ACOK|28}} and Manderly knights attack Bolton men in the Hornwood forests. News reaches Winterfell via Ser Rodrik, but he does not have the manpower to stop them.{{ref|ACOK|35}}
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Lady [[Donella Hornwood]] (née Manderly) is widowed by the death of Lord [[Halys Hornwood]] on the Green Fork. During the harvest feast, Lord Wyman advances his claim for the [[House Hornwood]] lands, going on to offer to wed his cousin. However, Donella is forcefully wed when she returns to her lands and is locked away to die by [[Ramsay Snow]], the Bastard of [[House Bolton|Bolton]]. In response, Wyman seizes [[Hornwood]] to prevent Ramsay from occupying it,{{ref|ACOK|28}} and Manderly knights attack Bolton men in the [[Hornwood (forest)|Hornwood forests]]. News reaches Winterfell via Rodrik, but he does not have the manpower to stop them.{{ref|ACOK|35}}
  
In the south, Wendel accompanies Lady [[Catelyn Tully]] to negotiate with Kings [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] and [[Stannis Baratheon]], bearing the Stark banner at the parley before [[Storm's End]]. Meanwhile, Wylis has been held prisoner at [[Harrenhal]], where he frequents the kitchens. Wylis is one of the northmen [[Tyrion Lannister]] is willing to trade for his cousins captured at the [[battle in the Whispering Wood]].{{ref|ACOK|25}} Wylis is ultimately freed when Roose Bolton [[Fall of Harrenhal|captures Harrenhal]].
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In the south, Wendel accompanies Lady [[Catelyn Stark]] to negotiate with Kings [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] and [[Stannis Baratheon]], bearing the Stark banner at the parley before [[siege of Storm's End (299)|Storm's End]]. Meanwhile, Wylis has been held prisoner at [[Harrenhal]], where he frequents the kitchens. Wylis is one of the northmen [[Tyrion Lannister]] is willing to trade for his cousins captured at the [[battle in the Whispering Wood]].{{ref|ACOK|25}} Wylis is ultimately freed when Roose Bolton [[Fall of Harrenhal|captures Harrenhal]].
  
After [[Theon Greyjoy]] [[Capture of Winterfell|seizes Winterfell]], he receives reports that Lord Wyman sent a dozen barges up the [[White Knife]] packed with knights and siege engines to help recapture the Starks' seat. During his parley with Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] outside the gates of Winterfell, Theon observes a line of mounted Manderly knights. Rodrik's forces are betrayed by [[House Bolton]] in the [[battle at Winterfell]], however.{{ref|ACOK|66}}
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After [[Theon Greyjoy]] [[Capture of Winterfell|seizes Winterfell]], he receives reports that Lord Wyman sent a dozen barges up the [[White Knife]] packed with knights and siege engines to help recapture the Starks' seat.{{ref|ACOK|56}} During his parley with Rodrik outside the gates of Winterfell, Theon observes a line of mounted Manderly knights. Rodrik's forces are betrayed by [[House Bolton]] in the [[battle at Winterfell]], however.{{ref|ACOK|66}}
  
 
===''A Storm of Swords''===
 
===''A Storm of Swords''===
As Robb marches to the [[Twins]] to attend the wedding of [[Edmure Tully]], Ser Wendel Manderly is placed in charge of protecting his baggage train. Ser Wylis commands Lord [[Roose Bolton]]'s rearguard as they march to the same destination. Wylis is captured for a second time when [[Gregor Clegane]]'s men [[fighting at the fords of the Trident|attack]] the army as they cross the [[ruby ford]] of the [[Trident]], with Lord Bolton allowing the Mountain to destroy his rearguard. Wylis is returned to captivity at Harrenhal. At the Twins, Wendel dies at the [[Red Wedding]], with an arrow going into his open mouth.  
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As Robb marches to the [[Twins]] to attend the wedding of [[Edmure Tully]], Ser Wendel Manderly is placed in charge of protecting his baggage train. Ser Wylis commands Lord [[Roose Bolton]]'s rearguard as they march to the same destination. Wylis is captured for a second time when [[Gregor Clegane]]'s men [[fighting at the fords of the Trident|attack]] the army as they cross the [[ruby ford]] of the [[Trident]], with Lord Bolton unable to prevent the Mountain from destroying his rearguard.{{ref|ASOS|49}} Wylis is returned to captivity at Harrenhal.{{ref|AFFC|27}} At the Twins, Wendel dies at the [[Red Wedding]], with an arrow going into his open mouth.{{ref|ASOS|51}}
  
Maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]] sends a raven to White Harbor in a plea for help from the Manderlys to defend [[Castle Black]] from a [[Battle of Castle Black|wildling siege]].
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Maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]] sends a raven to White Harbor in a plea for help from the Manderlys to defend [[Castle Black]] from the [[Attack on Castle Black|wildlings]].{{Ref|asos|55}}
  
 
===''A Feast for Crows''===
 
===''A Feast for Crows''===
According to Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]], the Manderlys are on the verge of allying themselves with the [[House Bolton|Boltons]], with Lord Wyman agreeing to marry both of his granddaughters to members of [[House Frey]] and open his port to Lannister ships. The [[Iron Throne]] receives reports that Lord Wyman executed Davos when he attempted to negotiate an alliance with Stannis; Cersei responds by allowing the release of Wyman's surviving son, Wylis Manderly. At Harrenhal, [[Jaime Lannister]] informs a grateful Wylis he will have an escort to [[Maidenpool]] and be put on a ship home to [[White Harbor]].
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According to Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]], the Manderlys are on the verge of allying themselves with the [[House Bolton|Boltons]], with Lord Wyman agreeing to marry both of his granddaughters to members of [[House Frey]] and open his port to Lannister ships. The [[Iron Throne]] receives reports that Wyman executed Davos when he attempted to negotiate an alliance with Stannis; Cersei responds by allowing the release of Wyman's surviving son, Wylis Manderly. At Harrenhal, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] informs a grateful Wylis he will have an escort to [[Maidenpool]] and be put on a ship home to [[White Harbor]].
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[[Brienne of Tarth]] and her companions see the corpses of the perpetrators of the [[raid on Saltpans]] hanged from trees. Among the dead are men with tridents badges sewn on their breasts, presumably [[House Condon|Condon]] or Manderly men-at-arms who became [[broken men]] during the [[War of the Five Kings]].{{Ref|AFFC|37}}
  
 
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
 
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
When [[Davos Seaworth]] arrives in White Harbor hoping to ally Lord Wyman to King [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]], he sees that twenty-three war galleys have been built without the Lannisters' knowledge. White Harbor is awash with refugees, including those from the Hornwood lands.{{ref|ADWD|15}} Despite the objections of his granddaughter, [[Wylla Manderly]], Wyman denounces Davos in front of three Frey envoys, indicating he is ready to make peace with the Iron Throne and pay allegiance to [[Roose Bolton]], the new [[Warden of the North]], who requires that Wyman give up his claim to the Hornwood lands.{{ref|ADWD|19}} Wyman fakes Davos's death, however, killing a criminal in his place and altering the body so it resembles the Onion Knight. After Wylis returns safely to White Harbor, Wyman has [[Robett Glover]] free Davos from the [[Wolf's Den]]. Lord Manderly sends Davos on a mission to find [[Rickon Stark]], known to be alive thanks to [[Wex Pyke]], in a secret bid to unite the northern lords in resistance to Houses Bolton and Frey.{{ref|ADWD|29}}
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[[File:Wylla_and_wynafryd_by_eluas.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[Wylla Manderly|Wylla]] and [[Wynafryd Manderly]], by Eluas ©]]
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When [[Davos Seaworth]] arrives in White Harbor hoping to ally Lord Wyman to King [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]], he sees that twenty-three war galleys have been built without the Lannisters' knowledge. White Harbor is awash with refugees, including those from the Hornwood lands.{{ref|ADWD|15}} Despite the objections of his granddaughter, [[Wylla Manderly|Wylla]], Wyman denounces Davos in front of three Frey envoys—[[Jared Frey|Jared]], [[Rhaegar Frey|Rhaegar]], and [[Symond Frey|Symond]]—indicating he is ready to make peace with the Iron Throne and pay allegiance to [[Roose Bolton]], the new [[Warden of the North]], who requires that Wyman give up his claim to the Hornwood lands.{{ref|ADWD|19}} Wyman fakes Davos's death, however, killing a criminal in his place and altering the body so it resembles the Onion Knight. After Wylis returns safely to White Harbor, Wyman has [[Robett Glover]] release Davos from the [[Wolf's Den]]. Lord Manderly sends Davos on a mission to find [[Rickon Stark]], known to be alive thanks to [[Wex Pyke]], in a secret bid to unite the northern lords in resistance to Houses Bolton and Frey.{{ref|ADWD|29}}
 
   
 
   
Keeping up his ruse of loyalty, Lord Wyman arrives at Winterfell with three hunded men{{ref|ADWD|46}} to answer Roose Bolton's call to arms, and to attend [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay Bolton]]'s wedding. At the wedding, he provides some of the food, including [[Frey Pies/Theories|three pies]] that are implied to be made from three missing Freys who had recently been in White Harbor. While quartered in Winterfell, there is tension within the garrison between the Manderlys and Freys. When Wyman japes about the death of [[Walder Frey (son of Merrett)|Little Walder Frey]], it boils over into bloodshed, with Lord Wyman wounded and several men-at-arms dead on both sides. Lord Bolton, hoping to reduce tensions and hungry mouths within the castle, sends the White Harbor men to engage Stannis's army, which is slowly [[march on Winterfell|approaching Winterfell]].{{ref|ADWD|51}}
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Keeping up his ruse of loyalty, Lord Wyman arrives at Winterfell with three hundred men{{ref|ADWD|46}} to answer Roose Bolton's call to arms, and to attend [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay Bolton]]'s wedding. At the wedding, he provides some of the food, including [[Frey Pies/Theories|three pies]] implied to be made from the Frey envoys who disappeared after leaving White Harbor.{{ref|ADWD|32}}{{ref|ADWD|37}}
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While quartered in Winterfell, there is tension within the garrison between the Manderlys and Freys. When Wyman japes about the death of [[Walder Frey (son of Merrett)|Little Walder Frey]], it boils over into bloodshed, with Wyman wounded and several men-at-arms dead on both sides. Lord Bolton, hoping to reduce tensions and hungry mouths within the castle, sends the White Harbor men to engage Stannis's army, which is slowly [[march on Winterfell|approaching Winterfell]].{{ref|ADWD|51}}
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===''The Winds of Winter''===
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Having escaped from [[Winterfell]] and been brought to the [[crofters' village]], [[Theon Greyjoy]] tells [[Stannis Baratheon]] that [[Roose Bolton]] has sent the [[House Frey|Freys]] and [[House Manderly|Manderlys]] to confront him. Stannis is angered at Wyman's support of the [[House Bolton|Boltons]], but Theon does not believe Wyman would coordinate with the Freys against Stannis.<ref name=TheonI>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Theon I (The Winds of Winter)|Theon I]]</ref>
  
 
==House Manderly at the end of the third century==
 
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** Lady {[[Donella Hornwood|Donella Manderly]]}, his cousin, married to Lord {[[Halys Hornwood]]}. Starved to death by [[Ramsay Snow]].
 
** Lady {[[Donella Hornwood|Donella Manderly]]}, his cousin, married to Lord {[[Halys Hornwood]]}. Starved to death by [[Ramsay Snow]].
  
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===Household===
 
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==Historical Members==
 
==Historical Members==
* Ser [[Medrick Manderly]], a [[knight]] and son of Lord Manderly who fought for [[the blacks]] during the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{ref|tpatq}}
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* Unnamed Lord Manderly, who quarreled with a Lord [[House Peake|Peake]] during the reign of King [[Gwayne III Gardener]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: The Gardener Kings}}
* Lord [[Torrhen Manderly]], a knight and son of Lord Manderly who fought for the blacks during the Dance of the Dragons. Torrhen also served as regent for the young King [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon III]] and later gave up his position in {{Date|132}} following the death of his father and brother.{{ref|tpatq}} Later [[Hand of the King]] until Aegon III came of age.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
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* Unnamed Lord Manderly, married to a daughter of King [[Garth X Gardener]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: Andals in the Reach}}
* Lady [[Jeyne Manderly]], wife of [[Rickon Stark (son of Cregan)|Rickon Stark]], eldest son and heir of Lord [[Cregan Stark]] by his first marriage to [[Arra Norrey]]. Had two daughters, [[Serena Stark|Serena]] and [[Sansa Stark (daughter of Rickon)|Sansa Stark]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Appendix: Stark Lineage}}
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* Ser [[Warrick Manderly]], who defeated the [[Sistermen's Rebellion]].
* Lady [[Myriame Manderly]], wife of Lord [[Rodwell Stark]] and reigned as Lady of [[Winterfell]] upon her husband's accession. Without issue.{{ref|TWOIAF| Appendix: Stark Lineage}}
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* Lord [[Theomore Manderly]], who hosted Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]] in [[White Harbor]] during her royal progress of {{Date|58}}.{{ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}
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** At least three sons.{{ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}
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** At least two daughters, including [[Jessamyn Manderly|Jessamyn]] and [[Mara Manderly|Mara]].{{ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}
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** Several nieces and nephews.{{ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}
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** Lord [[Desmond Manderly]], Lord Theomore's great-grandson, who ruled during the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}}
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*** Ser [[Medrick Manderly]], a famous [[knight]] and son of Desmond who fought for the [[blacks]] during the Dance.{{ref|tpatq}}
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*** Lord [[Torrhen Manderly]], a knight and son of Desmond who also fought for the blacks during the Dance. Torrhen served as [[regent]] for the young King [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon III]] and later gave up his position in {{Date|132}} following the death of his father and brother.{{ref|tpatq}} Later [[Hand of the King]] until Aegon III came of age.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
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**** Daughters.{{ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
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**** Cousins of Lord Torrhen who accompanied him to [[King's Landing]] for the [[Great Council]] in {{Date|136}}.{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
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*** Daughters.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}}
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* Lady [[Jeyne Manderly]], wife of [[Rickon Stark (son of Cregan)|Rickon Stark]], the eldest son and heir of Lord [[Cregan Stark]] by his first marriage to [[Arra Norrey]]. They had two daughters, [[Serena Stark|Serena]] and [[Sansa Stark (daughter of Rickon)|Sansa Stark]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Appendix: Stark Lineage}}
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* Lady [[Myriame Manderly]], wife of Lord [[Rodwell Stark]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Appendix: Stark Lineage}}
  
 
==Quotes==
 
==Quotes==
{{Quote|A thousand years before [[War of Conquest|the Conquest]], a promise was made, and oaths were sworn in the [[Wolf's Den]] before the [[old gods]] and [[Faith of the Seven|the new]]. When we were sore beset and friendless, hounded from our homes and in peril of our lives, the wolves took us in and nourished us and protected us against our enemies. The city is built upon the land they gave us. In return we swore that we should always be their men. [[House Stark|Stark]] men!{{ref|ADWD|19}}}}  - [[Wylla Manderly]] to the [[Merman's Court]]
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{{Quote|A thousand years before [[Aegon's Conquest|the Conquest]], a promise was made, and oaths were sworn in the [[Wolf's Den]] before the [[old gods]] and [[Faith of the Seven|the new]]. When we were sore beset and friendless, hounded from our homes and in peril of our lives, the wolves took us in and nourished us and protected us against our enemies. The city is built upon the land they gave us. In return we swore that we should always be their men. [[House Stark|Stark]] men!{{Ref|ADWD|19}}|[[Wylla Manderly]] to the [[Merman's Court]]}}
  
==References and Notes==
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House Manderly of White Harbor
House Manderly.svg
Coat of arms A white merman with dark green hair, beard and tail, carrying a black trident, over a blue-green field
(Aquamarine, a merman argent crined, bearded and queued vert, carrying a trident sable)
Seats
Head Lord Wyman Manderly
Regions
Titles
Heir Ser Wylis Manderly
Overlords

House Manderly of White Harbor is a noble family in the north whose seat is the New Castle in the city of White Harbor. They are among the most powerful and loyal vassals of House Stark as well as the richest northern family due to their control of the only city in the region. Unlike most other northern houses,[1] the Manderlys follow the Faith of the Seven instead of the old gods, as the family emigrated from the Reach after the coming of the Andals.

The Manderlys' blazon is a white merman with dark green hair, beard and tail, carrying a black trident, over a blue-green field.[2][3] Their words do not appear in the books, nor has George R. R. Martin submitted them in semi-canon material. Manderly guards wield tridents instead of spears.[4]

The Lord of White Harbor, Wyman Manderly, claims to influence all lands and houses east of the mouth of the White Knife, including Houses Locke, Woolfield, and Flint of Widow's Watch.[5] The Manderlys' dominion includes the Sheepshead Hills[6] and the Broken Branch,[7] as well as the allegiance of Ramsgate.[8] Their bannermen includes a dozen petty lords and a hundred landed knights.[5]

History

Kingdom of the Reach

The Manderlys are an ancient line who once lived along the banks of the mighty river Mander in the Kingdom of the Reach, and some claim the river was named after them.[9] A noble house of great lords descended from the First Men, they held the castle of Dunstonbury as their seat and had a fierce rivalry with House Peake.[10]

During the reign of the Gardener kings in the Reach, King Gwayne III Gardener persuaded Lords Manderly and Peake to accept his judgment on their quarrel and do fealty for their lands, without any bloodshed.[11] Like other houses of the Reach, the Manderlys presumably converted from the old gods of the First Men to the Faith of the Seven after the Gardeners welcomed Andals into their kingdom.[10]

Near the end of the long reign of King Garth X Gardener, a problem arose with the succession as the elderly and senile Garth had sired no sons and only daughters, one of whom had married Lord Manderly, and another to Lord Peake. Both lords were determined that their own wife should succeed to the throne, and the rivalry between them was marked by betrayal, conspiracy and murder, and finally escalated into open war with other lords joining the cause on both sides. The anarchy that followed lasted almost a decade until Ser Osmund Tyrell, the High Steward of Highgarden, made common cause with the other lords of the Reach and defeated the Peakes and Manderlys. Osmund then placed a distant cousin of the late Garth X on the throne as King Mern VI Gardener.[10]

Exile and White Harbor

House Manderly knight, by Antonio José Manzanedo © Fantasy Flight Games

At some point, House Manderly overreached itself, and was driven from the Reach by the Gardener Kings.[12][13][14] According to Maester Yandel, the exile of House Manderly is credited to Lord Lorimar Peake upon the behest of King Perceon III Gardener, who feared the Manderlys' growing influence and power in the Reach.[15] This allowed House Peake to acquire the Manderlys' seat of Dunstonbury.[15] The Manderlys were left sore, friendless and in peril of their lives. They fled north, and were welcomed by the Starks of Winterfell as their own bannermen.[4] The Starks awarded the Wolf's Den to the Manderlys and tasked them with defending the White Knife in return for swearing an oath that they would always be loyal subjects of House Stark. This history instilled the Manderlys with great loyalty to their new liege lords.[4]

When exactly House Manderly came north is unknown. In 211 AC, Lady Rohanne Webber dated the flight of the Manderlys as having occurred "a thousand years" ago.[13] Lord Godric Borrell defines the time period to "no more than nine hundred years" before 300 AC.[12] However, both Wylla Manderly, as well as Maester Yandel date the arrival of the Manderlys in the north back a bit further, "a thousand years before the Conquest"[4] and "some thousand years before the Conquest",[15] respectively. A semi-canon source lists "a thousand years before the Conquest" as well.[14] These accounts thus place the arrival of the Manderlys in the north between 1000 BC and 600 BC.

House Manderly built the city of White Harbor with the wealth they had brought from the Reach.[4] They further developed it over the following centuries.[4] It is the smallest of the five cities of Westeros, and is the main northern port for commerce and naval transport.[15] Until the construction of King's Landing during Aegon's Conquest (by then still known as the Aegonfort, White Harbor was also the newest city of the Seven Kingdoms.[15] The New Castle, built to replace the aging Wolf's Den, resembles their previous castle Dunstonbury in the Reach.[15] The Manderlys are one of the few great houses of the north to follow the Faith of the Seven instead of the old gods and thus have a strong tradition of knighthood.[1]

Targaryen Era

In the aftermath of Aegon's Conquest, Ser Warrick Manderly and Queen Visenya Targaryen suppressed the Sistermen's Rebellion. Lord Steffon Sunderland sent a son to be fostered with the Manderlys.[16]

Mara Manderly was a companion to Queen Alysanne Targaryen at Dragonstone in 55 AC. Her father, Lord Theomore Manderly, hosted Alysanne in 58 AC when the queen visited White Harbor as part of her royal progress, with Mara's sister, Jessamyn, serving as her cupbearer.[17] Theomore was to marry Princess Viserra Targaryen in 86 AC,[17] but the high-spirited girl died after falling from a horse while racing drunkenly through the streets of King's Landing.[18] House Manderly supported Princess Rhaenys Targaryen in the Great Council of 101 AC at Harrenhal.

During the Dance of the Dragons, Prince Jacaerys Velaryon traveled to White Harbor and Winterfell and convinced the north to join the blacks. After agreeing that his youngest daughter should wed Prince Joffrey Velaryon once fighting ended, Lord Desmond Manderly sent warriors led by his sons, Ser Medrick and Ser Torrhen, to support Rhaenyra Targaryen.[19] Torrhen served as one of the regents of King Aegon III Targaryen after the war, resigning in 132 AC after the deaths of his father and brother from Winter Fever.[20] When Aegon came of age in 136 AC, he ended the regency and dismissed Lord Manderly, his Hand of the King.[21]

Lady Jeyne Manderly wed Rickon Stark, eldest son and supposed heir to Lord Cregan Stark and gave him two daughters, Serena and Sansa.[22] Lady Myriame Manderly married Rodwell Stark and became Lady of Winterfell upon her husband's accession.[22]

Recent History

Members of House Manderly were present at the Tourney at Harrenhal of 281 AC.[23][24]

When Lord Eddard Stark called the northern banners to join Robert's Rebellion against King Aerys II Targaryen, Lord Wyman Manderly led the Manderlys south. Wyman fought at the Battle of the Trident, rewarding his retainer Ser Bartimus for saving his life by making him castellan of the Wolf's Den, now White Harbor's prison.[5]

Lady Manderly, the wife of Lord Wyman, died in around 291 AC.[25]

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Wyman Manderly by Cecilia Latella ©

After learning of the assassination attempt on his son Bran's life, Lord Eddard Stark instructs his wife Catelyn to have Lord Wyman Manderly strengthen White Harbor.[26]

After leaving the Vale of Arryn, Catelyn meets the Manderlys at White Harbor. Because of Eddard's arrest in King's Landing, a Manderly army, led by Ser Wylis and Ser Wendel, joins Robb Stark at Moat Cailin when marching south against the Lannisters. Their force consists of near fifteen hundred men, including some twenty knights with their squires, 200 mounted lances, swordsmen and freeriders, and the remaining foot armed with spears, pikes and tridents. Wyman remains at White Harbor to watch over the city.[2]

When the northern army splits at the Twins, Wendel accompanies Robb to free Riverrun, and although he is already a mature man, he is counted among the thirty young sons of lords that form Robb's personal guard. Meanwhile, Wylis leads the White Harbor infantry with Lord Roose Bolton on his march south, and is captured at the battle on the Green Fork.

A Clash of Kings

While at Winterfell for the harvest feast, Lord Wyman meets with Bran Stark, Ser Rodrik Cassel, and Maester Luwin. He offers to mint coins for Robb, informs them of White Harbor's defenses, and proposes to build the king a new warfleet of galleys, with Rodrik saying he will inform Robb of the proposal. Later during the feast, Rodrik commands Hother and Mors Umber to work with Wyman in building longships to combat wildlings.[25]

Lady Donella Hornwood (née Manderly) is widowed by the death of Lord Halys Hornwood on the Green Fork. During the harvest feast, Lord Wyman advances his claim for the House Hornwood lands, going on to offer to wed his cousin. However, Donella is forcefully wed when she returns to her lands and is locked away to die by Ramsay Snow, the Bastard of Bolton. In response, Wyman seizes Hornwood to prevent Ramsay from occupying it,[27] and Manderly knights attack Bolton men in the Hornwood forests. News reaches Winterfell via Rodrik, but he does not have the manpower to stop them.[28]

In the south, Wendel accompanies Lady Catelyn Stark to negotiate with Kings Renly and Stannis Baratheon, bearing the Stark banner at the parley before Storm's End. Meanwhile, Wylis has been held prisoner at Harrenhal, where he frequents the kitchens. Wylis is one of the northmen Tyrion Lannister is willing to trade for his cousins captured at the battle in the Whispering Wood.[29] Wylis is ultimately freed when Roose Bolton captures Harrenhal.

After Theon Greyjoy seizes Winterfell, he receives reports that Lord Wyman sent a dozen barges up the White Knife packed with knights and siege engines to help recapture the Starks' seat.[30] During his parley with Rodrik outside the gates of Winterfell, Theon observes a line of mounted Manderly knights. Rodrik's forces are betrayed by House Bolton in the battle at Winterfell, however.[31]

A Storm of Swords

As Robb marches to the Twins to attend the wedding of Edmure Tully, Ser Wendel Manderly is placed in charge of protecting his baggage train. Ser Wylis commands Lord Roose Bolton's rearguard as they march to the same destination. Wylis is captured for a second time when Gregor Clegane's men attack the army as they cross the ruby ford of the Trident, with Lord Bolton unable to prevent the Mountain from destroying his rearguard.[32] Wylis is returned to captivity at Harrenhal.[33] At the Twins, Wendel dies at the Red Wedding, with an arrow going into his open mouth.[34]

Maester Aemon sends a raven to White Harbor in a plea for help from the Manderlys to defend Castle Black from the wildlings.[35]

A Feast for Crows

According to Queen Cersei, the Manderlys are on the verge of allying themselves with the Boltons, with Lord Wyman agreeing to marry both of his granddaughters to members of House Frey and open his port to Lannister ships. The Iron Throne receives reports that Wyman executed Davos when he attempted to negotiate an alliance with Stannis; Cersei responds by allowing the release of Wyman's surviving son, Wylis Manderly. At Harrenhal, Ser Jaime Lannister informs a grateful Wylis he will have an escort to Maidenpool and be put on a ship home to White Harbor.

Brienne of Tarth and her companions see the corpses of the perpetrators of the raid on Saltpans hanged from trees. Among the dead are men with tridents badges sewn on their breasts, presumably Condon or Manderly men-at-arms who became broken men during the War of the Five Kings.[36]

A Dance with Dragons

Wylla and Wynafryd Manderly, by Eluas ©

When Davos Seaworth arrives in White Harbor hoping to ally Lord Wyman to King Stannis, he sees that twenty-three war galleys have been built without the Lannisters' knowledge. White Harbor is awash with refugees, including those from the Hornwood lands.[37] Despite the objections of his granddaughter, Wylla, Wyman denounces Davos in front of three Frey envoys—Jared, Rhaegar, and Symond—indicating he is ready to make peace with the Iron Throne and pay allegiance to Roose Bolton, the new Warden of the North, who requires that Wyman give up his claim to the Hornwood lands.[4] Wyman fakes Davos's death, however, killing a criminal in his place and altering the body so it resembles the Onion Knight. After Wylis returns safely to White Harbor, Wyman has Robett Glover release Davos from the Wolf's Den. Lord Manderly sends Davos on a mission to find Rickon Stark, known to be alive thanks to Wex Pyke, in a secret bid to unite the northern lords in resistance to Houses Bolton and Frey.[5]

Keeping up his ruse of loyalty, Lord Wyman arrives at Winterfell with three hundred men[38] to answer Roose Bolton's call to arms, and to attend Ramsay Bolton's wedding. At the wedding, he provides some of the food, including three pies implied to be made from the Frey envoys who disappeared after leaving White Harbor.[39][40]

While quartered in Winterfell, there is tension within the garrison between the Manderlys and Freys. When Wyman japes about the death of Little Walder Frey, it boils over into bloodshed, with Wyman wounded and several men-at-arms dead on both sides. Lord Bolton, hoping to reduce tensions and hungry mouths within the castle, sends the White Harbor men to engage Stannis's army, which is slowly approaching Winterfell.[41]

The Winds of Winter

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Having escaped from Winterfell and been brought to the crofters' village, Theon Greyjoy tells Stannis Baratheon that Roose Bolton has sent the Freys and Manderlys to confront him. Stannis is angered at Wyman's support of the Boltons, but Theon does not believe Wyman would coordinate with the Freys against Stannis.[42]

House Manderly at the end of the third century

The known Manderlys during the timespan of the events described in A Song of Ice and Fire are:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wyman's
father
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Donella's
father
 
 
 
 
 
Marlon's
father
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wyman
 
Deceased
wife
 
 
Halys
Hornwood
 
Donella
 
Ramsay
Snow
 
Marlon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wylis
 
Leona
Woolfield
 
Wendel
 
 
Daryn
Hornwood
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wynafryd
 
Wylla
 


Household

Historical Members

Quotes

A thousand years before the Conquest, a promise was made, and oaths were sworn in the Wolf's Den before the old gods and the new. When we were sore beset and friendless, hounded from our homes and in peril of our lives, the wolves took us in and nourished us and protected us against our enemies. The city is built upon the land they gave us. In return we swore that we should always be their men. Stark men![4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 53, Bran VI.
  2. 2.0 2.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 55, Catelyn VIII.
  3. The Citadel. Heraldry: the North
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 19, Davos III.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 29, Davos IV.
  6. George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Sheepshead Hills.
  7. George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Broken Branch.
  8. George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Ramsgate.
  9. George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Mander.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach: Andals in the Reach.
  11. 11.0 11.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach: The Gardener Kings.
  12. 12.0 12.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 9, Davos I.
  13. 13.0 13.1 The Sworn Sword.
  14. 14.0 14.1 George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, White Harbor.
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 The World of Ice & Fire, The North: The Kings of Winter.
  16. Fire & Blood, Reign of the Dragon - The Wars of King Aegon I.
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 Fire & Blood, Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies.
  18. The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I.
  19. 19.0 19.1 19.2 Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son.
  20. Fire & Blood, Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand.
  21. 21.0 21.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III.
  22. 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 The World of Ice & Fire, Appendix: Stark Lineage.
  23. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 24, Bran II.
  24. "The Citadel: FAQ, entry 6.2.6- Who were the different people in Meera's story?" (2007
  25. 25.0 25.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 16, Bran II.
  26. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 20, Eddard IV.
  27. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 28, Bran IV.
  28. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 35, Bran V.
  29. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 25, Tyrion VI.
  30. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 56, Theon V.
  31. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 66, Theon VI.
  32. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 49, Catelyn VI.
  33. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 27, Jaime III.
  34. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 51, Catelyn VII.
  35. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 55, Jon VII.
  36. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 37, Brienne VII.
  37. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 15, Davos II.
  38. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 46, A Ghost in Winterfell.
  39. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 32, Reek III.
  40. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 37, The Prince of Winterfell.
  41. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 51, Theon I.
  42. The Winds of Winter, Theon I
  43. 43.0 43.1 The Princess and the Queen.
  44. 44.0 44.1 Fire & Blood, The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency.