-LORD TORRHEN MANDERLY-
Lord of White Harbor, Warden of the White Knife, Shield of the Faith, Defender of the Dispossessed, Lord Marshall of the Mander, Knight of the Order of the Green Hand
Born in 244 AC
Status: Married, to Eleanor Velaryon.
Children: Rodric Manderly (born 266 AC), Wyman Manderly (born 267 AC), Bartimus Manderly (271 AC), Wylla Manderly (twin to Leona, born 273 AC), Leona Manderly (twin to Wylla, born 273 AC) and one-and-twenty baseborn sons and daughters.
Nicknames: The Thrice-Pious, the Sea-Horse, the Baby-maker
Traits (11):
+3 Survival
+3 Wealth
+1 Duels
+1 Joust
+1 Battles
+2 Naval Battles
BIOGRAPHY:
Lord Torrhen Manderly is a robust and tall man; not a single stone of fat graces his body. Lord Manderly is an avid hunter, falconer and rider, one of the very best in the North, which led to him being nicknamed the “Sea-Horse”. Torrhen is a good sailor and has battled and killed every pirate in the sight of his walls. The lavish court of the Merman needs the income provided by trade tariffs and taxes. Thus for the Lord of White Harbor is essential to protect trade and make it flourish. More so when White Harbor is the only pot in the whole North.
Torrhen is as skilled killing the Seven’s creatures (ranging from wolves to great white bears) as making money; he is often seen lurking in the harbors, discussing and making deals with Ibbenese whalers, dye traders from Pentos, Bravoosi loaners and Volantene silk traders. He likes to hang out with characters of dubious origin, and is an usual sight in the inns of his city. Being fluent in a dozen languages he chatters with foreigners and Northerners alike.
Voracious in bed and table he has fathered one-and-twenty bastards (he says to honor the Seven, thrice) and is famous to have defeated Megara the Whale, a Volantene known for her unlimited hunger, after a day-long feast. He wears splendid furs and robes, heavily embroidered, his armor was made by the best smiths in King’s Landing, he donated White Harbor's sept two charts filled with silver and his flagship, the Seahorse, is a magnificent galleon commissioned at Braavos at the highest expense.
Twenty years ago he married Lady Eleanor Velaryon, whom he met at High Tide. A woman as willful and high-spirited as him, who has fathered two bastards on her own, but only when, after ten years of marriage, during a spectacular argument (almost a brawl), they decided to live on their own, separated. However, an unlikely friendship was born soon afterwards and both are now perfect companions. His wedlock-born children strongly resemble their father, some in mind other in body; the heir, Rodric, is as witty and excessive as his father; Wyman has long being absent in Braavos as a courtier to the Sealord and one of the best clients of the Merling Queen, which earned him to be dubbed as the "Merman King"; Bartimus is forging his chain in Oldtown or at least he claims so; Wylla and Leona, twins, are fair maidens, tall as Umber Ladies, good riders and falconers, a common sight in every hunting field a day away from White Harbor.
House Manderly swore an oath of loyalty to Lord Stark, several times were the houses joined by marriage, but their relationship with the Iron Throne was equally good, and a Targaryen princess, Viserra, daughter of Jaehaerys I and Queen Alysanne, almost married Lord Wyman III Manderly, their bethrotal contract signed during the Kings' visit to the North. Due such amity towards the throne Lord Torrhen showed certain reluctance in supporting his liege lord against King Aerys II, however their unwavering loyalty towards the Starks overcame any qualm.
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