Warrick Manderly was born in the beginning of the year 78 AC, the second child of four to Lord Medrick and Arra Manderly. Being the first born son, Warrick is the heir to White Harbor. Warrick is married to Kyra Manderly.

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Appearance and Characteristics Edit

Ever since Warrick could walk and talk, every person that saw the little lord declared he were the spitting image of Medrick himself. As Warrick grew up, his temper calmed dramatically and his itching to prove himself in a fight to anyone that so much as looked at him sideways disappeared fully.

Warrick could be considered a caring leader, though he sees his people as little more than pawns to increase and project his family's power and prestige. Despite his outwardly manly, rough, cold demeanor, Warrick is a romantic behind closed doors and constantly dotes on and spoils his wife, Kyra.

Like his father, Warrick sticks to the normal plain, practical clothing of the typical Northman, with added available flairs provided to his family by foreign silks and clothing designers.

History Edit

Childhood Edit

Born the second child of Medrick, Warrick was raised right from the start by his father to be a much better leader than Medrick saw himself as. The Lord of White Harbor wanted to try to steer Warrick to a more peaceful mindset even in his child ages. Without the gruesome realities that Medrick witnessed as a young lad, however, Warrick's natural attitudes that were passed down to him shone through. Warrick was a fiery, temperamental child, always prone to scream and shout and all other manners of temper tantrums whenever he didn't get his way. As he grew, he also enjoyed starting fights with boys his age; his younger cousin Wyndylyn was constantly the target of Warrick's sparring attempts.

Thankfully for nearly everyone involved with Warrick's childhood, his temper cooled rapidly by the day as he aged towards his teenage years. Although he still loved to fight whenever he could, he at least stopped seeking out fights against everyone, as well as unleashing his spoiled temper tantrums at a moment's notice.

When Warrick wasn't outdoors play fighting or learning to ride a horse, or whatever manner of activity young lords partake in, he would always seem to be at his mother's side. Warrick was always very attached to his mother who always gave him the attention and affection he yearned for, and in return Warrick would almost always do everything Arra asked of him.

At age 11, Arra unfortunately passed away and no other woman he knew came close to filling the void left from her death.

Teenage years Edit

When the Curse struck White Harbor once more in 89 AC, Medrick went through great pains to spare his children from witnessing the death and decay brought from the blight. In doing so Warrick was also protected from catching the fatal plague. The days he spent cooped and locked away drew on forever to the heir of White Harbor, and he felt like he would go insane if he had to wait any longer.

Opportunity Edit

After the Curse of Maekor passed, the North saw a brief period of peace until Malmur Stane brought horrible death to the Wolfswood. With Prince Theodan Stark's calling to bring justice to the ravagers, Warrick rushed to armor himself and lead his family's knights to Winterfell. Medrick was furious at his son, but by the time he learned of Warrick's intentions, the boy was already off with his knights.

Warrick grew close to Theodan as they travelled together through the Wolfswood as they hunted for the butchers together. Leading the knights into charge after charge, Warrick bloodied his sword with the guts of dozens of fanatics.

After the fighting in the Wolfswood finally reached its end, Warrick departed from his prince's group to travel home with the rest of his knights. When his father returned home from his first major fighting, he was a passive and changed man; Warrick was the opposite. Emboldened and reaffirmed in his belief that he deserved his position in life, the heir to White Harbor returned home feeling like a hero. He finally started to at least attempt to rule the city in Medrick's absence when his father was away performing his council duties. Warrick also spent more time studying under his uncle Hallis in the ways of leading men instead of simply practicing sword-fighting.

A Determined Love Edit

In the year 95 AC, Warrick travelled down Castle Stair to the fish market to spend an innocent day at the market when he spotted a woman more beautiful than any other he'd ever seen in his entire life. Growing up, Warrick was a boy to fulfill his more primal needs with whoever he would pick, yet this new woman he saw put a pause to his feelings. Warrick rushed to talk to this mysterious beauty to learn she was the eldest daughter to one of his vassals, Kyra Woolfield.

As soon as Warrick heard the lady speak, he instantly fell in love. Kyra, a woman that seemed incredibly independent and ambitious, acted as if she wanted nothing to do with Warrick; a feeling he was not accustomed to whatsoever. The heir of White Harbor would not take no for an answer; Warrick wanted Kyra, so Warrick would have Kyra. He convinced, quite easily, Kyra's father to allow Warrick to take her hand in marriage. No more than two moons later, the two were joined together in the Godswood in White Harbor instead of the Sept of Snows as per the usual Manderly tradition to remain faithful to the Seven.

Warrick's utter and total infatuation with Kyra blinded the boy of her aloof and indifferent attitude towards him. Even with advisors or other family members attempts to show the truth to Warrick, his love for her held the same view of her since the minute he laid eyes upon her. The heir grew to hate their attempts at what he believed to be blasphemy born of jealousy and any person speaking any ill of Kyra around Warrick found themselves facing the young man's wrath, with the commonfolk suffering much more harshly should he hear any of their rumors.

As Kyra moved to involve herself more with ruling White Harbor, Warrick's loud and boisterous attitude helped the woman immensely. Although, in Medrick's absence, Warrick ruled the city, all knew Kyra truly pulled the strings.

In 97 AC, Kyra bore Warrick his first born son, Daryn. If Kyra was the most important thing in the world to Warrick, Daryn was a very close second; Warrick spent what time he could spare around his son, even going so far as to take the toddler with him to the training yards.

Recent History Edit

98 AC, Warrick and Kyra hosted the Grand Tourney of White Harbor for the entire North to partake in, with guests arriving from the Kingdoms of the Iron Islands and Dorne. Though incredibly expensive, the tourney had proved to be well worth the costs, as the Kingdom of Winter cemented friendly ties to both the Iron Islands and Dorne.

Slavers struck the North during the events, however, and as soon as the closing feasts found their end, Warrick traveled to Karhold with the new King Theodan and other northern lords to respond to the fishing village being utterly ravaged by the pirate known as Blackvein. All but a small amount of the Manderly fleet was called to the ports of Karhold, as well as two hundred knights of the Order of the Green Hand under the command of his cousin Wyndylyn Manderly.

Warrick commanded the combined Northern fleet east with Lord Jonos Locke as his second in command, aiming for the free city of Braavos when a fierce and unrelenting storm blew the fleet off course and damaging most ships, even sinking a few. Though the storm seemed like a curse at first, the Gods showed it to be a blessing, as the fleet blew off their original course straight into the hiding place of Blackvein and his pirates. A fierce naval battle ensued and, after only a small number of ships lost, the pirates were routed and fled towards their hidden stronghold on the southern coast of Skaagos.

Though Warrick's main role ended after the successful naval attack, he still fought at his knight's side as the northerners thoroughly routed the pirates. Following the battle, Warrick sent his fleet home to White Harbor, but made the journey home after, making a stop at each of his vassal's holds with Kyra. Warrick recognized the issue his fleet dealt with, with it's lack of a clear leading flagship, and immediately began the construction of his own flagship, the Trident.

Warrick attempted to talk Theodan Stark into supporting Lords Hunter and Belmore in their revolt in the Vale, but thanks in part to his father's disapproval, Stark turned the Valemen away.

In the year 100 AC, Warrick and Kyra had their second boy, Marlon Manderly, as the two seemingly found a new love for each other. White Harbor thrived as the rest of the North under the rule of Kyra, as wealth and power flowed through the city's ports. Their first daughter arrived soon after, in the year 105 AC. Times, however would soon turn for the worst.

Despite being the home of the famous glass gardens, White Harbor struggled like everywhere else to grow enough food to support its population during the drought. The wealth that the Manderlys had enjoyed for so long had strained as their people spent less on luxury goods and more on food imports, leading to exotic merchants avoiding White Harbor's ports.

Faced with challenges that the new Lord of White Harbor was ill prepared to deal with, Warrick's brash and merciless posture only increased more and more with each passing moon. Punishments were more harsh and dolled out more frequently for any infractions. Were it not for the steadying hand of Kyra, White Harbor would have faced a much, much more of a bleak future.

Finally, with the wildling raiders once again attacking from beyond the Wall, Warrick found something he actually enjoyed and was good at doing: fighting. Determined to make up for the Manderly's absence during Theodan's ranging in 97 AC, Warrick pulled no stops to support his King against the Wildlings. Nearly every able bodied Manderly man joined Warrick alongside the Starks, and the heavily armored Manderly cavalry came to be a force to be reckoned with during each conflict. The fierce fighting brought distraught to the Manderly, however, as he lost two very dear cousins to him, Wyndylyn and Duncan, before finally returning home with Wyndylyn's bastard daughter, Jessamyn Snow, to raise in honor of Wyndylyn's memory.

Warrick's intimidating ruthlessness in his rule helped keep another onslaught of Dragonblight from returning: the port was utterly quarantined and any who attempted to bypass the lockdown orders were mercilessly and quickly killed to prevent the disease from spreading beyond the city's walls.

More Pirates Edit

Once again, the North's shores were attacked by pirates, and once again it fell on the Manderly fleet to supply the bulk of the defense. The drought and recent plague left the fleet's fighting force depleted, however, and the Manderlys struggled to keep their, and their vassals, own ports safe, much less the sprawling coast line. Much of these years were spent at sea aboard the Trident with both of his sons, Daryn and Marlon, who was now a young boy of 14.

The Death of Warrick Edit

Though Warrick bore no love for the Targaryens, he trusted his friend to do the right thing for the North, and backed Theodan in his decision to rejoin the Iron Throne even as other Northerners bickered and complained over their loss of freedoms. When the Glovers called their banners to revolt, Warrick was once again at the front of a sizeable Manderly army to support the Starks. Warrick suffered grievous wounds during the final assault upon the walls of Deepwood Motte. The Lord of White Harbor was rushed back to his home, though he never truly healed from his wounds he suffered.

In late 128 AC, Warrick Manderly passed away in maester Bennard's chambers.

Household Edit

Household: Castellan - Hallis Manderly Steward - Wendyl Manderly Junior Steward - Mycal Master-at-arms - Ser Mikken of Fordswatch Septon - Septa - Sybelle Maester - Bennard Maester (Daryn) - Eustace

House Guard: Head of the Guard - Wyndylyn Manderly Constable - Osric of Bitesmouth Town Sheriff - Ser Duncan Manderly Gaoler - Ser Rylon of White Creek Castle

Retainers: Master Blacksmith - Errold the Steelhand

Ladies-in-waiting: (For Kyra) Kenna Condon

(For Kyra) Sworn swords: Ser Franklyn



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