#House Manderly

[naggascradle]

i wont lie i hold quite a bit of fondness for house manderly. like wyman manderly's meeting with davos skyrocketed him into being one of my fav schemers in this series. like yesss people in story assume wyman is a craven and an idiot who can be pushed into submission but thats not true!! he uses those expectations against people to disarm them into seeing him as not much of a threat. he even plays into these concepts like the pie scene is one of his most iconic ofc because like what a ballsy move to disappear three frey family members and then appear at a wedding with three massive pies and ask a singer to play the song about a man's son being turned into a pie and served to him. and the whole family playing into the mummer's show in the merman's court is soooo good too like okay his granddaughters are down to perform all this to backstab the people who killed their uncle. literally awesome. anyway merman sigil + "the merman's court" name + the fact all of the guards wield tridents and not spears. chefs kiss they have the pizzazz they know how to perform. definitely a house that resembles the families in the reach but are loyal northmen all the same.

[wodania]

Ashara and Wylla i forgot to post

[muadweeb]

targaryens could never serve this much cunt...HOUSE MANDERLY FOR THE WIN RAHHHH 🧜‍♂️🧜‍♀️🧜‍♂️🧜‍♀️🧜‍♂️🧜‍♀️🧜‍♂️🧜‍♀️

[anahida]

Ik he only appears for 2 seconds in the show and like maybe 10 seconds in the book but I like his house and I find him cute lol. 🌊🦭🧜🏻‍♂️

And yes I totally did ignore the book description just cuz...

I should draw Wyman soon cuz at least that merman is more important. 🥧

Pose Reference: @adorkastock

[amoratearte]

“Theomore is a good man,” Alysanne told her daughter, “a wise man, with a kind heart and a good head on his shoulders. His people love him.” The princess was not persuaded. “If you like him so much, Mother, you should marry him.”

Princess Viserra Targaryen

I added this to my print shop!

[themoonofblueside]

it's just so funny that ned is like "sigh i hate southron politics there is no one to trust i miss winterfell i belong to the north" while in adwd the north is like. fifteen different conspiracies for a different heir, at least two houses with associated with cannibalism or flaying people, everyone hating each other, not a single family united for the same cause or even same side, vengeance ideas that would make oberyn martell weep-

[jeyneofpoole]

there is an insufferable manderly footsoldier making shit like this in adwd winterfell i just know it

[ophelias-lamentation]

Princess Viserra Targaryen daughter of King Jaehaerys and Queen Alysanne. Viserra was the prettiest of the Kings daughters and she knew it, she would entertain young men and would often flirt and play games. She desired to become Queen and sought to marry one of her older brothers, in order to prevent this her mother betrothed her to an old lord. At the age of fifteen she was to be sent to white harbor to marry Lord Manderly, she escaped her rooms and rode her horse around kings landing in a last night of fun. She was thrown from her horse and died at the age of five and ten.

[sare11aa11eras]

Wylla Manderly as her house sigil for MerMay!

[gwenllian-in-the-abbey]

Hi, I was wondering if you could explain what a "petty lord" would be in Westeros? Are these lords that are sworn directly to a paramount's bannerman (like Beesbury and Costayne being sworn to Hightower instead of directly to Tyrell)? I haven't been able to find a definition, only that they have much smaller holdings and there are dozen petty lords near White Harbor according to Wyman Manderly. Thank you so much in advance.

Good question!

Westeros, unlike medieval Europe, has a very simplified feudal structure. You might have noticed that everyone who is not royalty is either a "lord" or a "ser." There are no equivalent titles to earl or duke or marquis or count. My understanding is that George uses the term "petty lord" to distinguish smaller, less influential lordships from larger ones. IRL the term "petty kingdom" is used much the way George used the same term to describe pre-conquest Westeros-- houses like the Hightowers were petty kingdoms in the way that Mercia, Kent, East Anglia, etc were petty kingdoms before England was unified. They were local powers encompassing a few counties at best, and many medieval petty kingdoms irl went on to become duchies or principalities when larger kingdoms expanded to encompass more territory. In Westeros, the petty kingdoms became lordships, either lords paramount or the principle banner houses to the lords paramount. My understanding of "petty lord" is that it's an imprecise term used to describe any minor lordship, but it would be particularly applicable imo to those houses that do not have their own banner houses, which would include the sorts of houses you mention, sworn to a bannerman rather than the lord paramount. That said, I don't think there is any exact canon definition, so it can probably be applied loosely to any minor house that doesn't have significant power or influence.

[warsofasoiaf]

Are the Manderly’s true Northerners? Additionally, we know they brought with them a great deal of wealth, but is it possible they initially struggled with the cultural divide and/or making inroads with the other Northern houses in the years immediately following the Starks gifting them the Wolfsden?

What is a "true Northerner?" Certainly, they live in the North, that makes them Northerners, but is that all that's required to be a "true Northerner?" They pay their taxes and govern their lands in liege to House Stark like the other northern lords - is that what it means to be a "true Northerner?" Or does a "true Northerner" follow the Old Gods? If there are "true Northerners," does that mean there are "false Northerners?" I'm not being flippant - the idea of what is a true member of a group is something that, while often used as a means of dismissal, is actually a very important element of group dynamics.

I imagine there was some level of cultural divide - they follow a different religion after all. But I imagine that since they were invaluable to the Starks and served loyally, eventually they won their neighbors over.

Thanks for the question, Anon.

SomethingLikeALawyer, Hand of the King

[diegoedil]

Princess Viserra Targaryen and Lord Desmond Manderly, Viserra lives AU, by riotarttherite

The Dragon and the Merman

[sleazyjanet]

wylla manderly commission for @lesbianhaleth 🧜‍♂️🧜‍♀️

also if you want to support me and my art and also get a pack of awesome cards, you can dm me and get a deck (and if i have time, an extra bust commission of a character of your choice)

[anahida]

Happy New Year! 🥂

I like to imagine these two were friends at some point... 🥲

And if Domeric looks like Guy of Gisbourne, it is because that's exactly how I picture him for some reason. 🙃

[snake-berry]

Wylla Manderly

fun request to do :) i didnt have a clear image of her in my mind so i kinda had to make it up as i went along w/ this one but hey i think it worked out

[thetorturedlover]

They are so underrated

House Manderly of White Harbor