Wylla Manderly

	Wylla Manderly, by Gaya-the-K ©
Allegiance	House Manderly
Culture	Northmen
Born	284 AC or 285 AC; White Harbor
Father	Ser Wylis Manderly
Mother	Leona Woolfield
Books	A Feast for Crows (mentioned); A Dance with Dragons (appears);

Wylla Manderly is the second daughter of Ser Wylis Manderly and Leona Woolfield.^[3]

Appearance and Character

Wylla has blond hair, longer than her sister Wynafryd's. She dyes it a garish green and wears it in a braid, but leaves her eyebrows blond. She has a thin and high voice.^[4]

Wylla is brave^[5] and loyal to House Stark.^[4]^[5]

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

Cersei Lannister reports to the small council that Wyman Manderly has agreed to marry both of his granddaughters to Freys.^[6]

A Dance with Dragons

As part of the terms of White Harbor being pardoned and returning to the king's peace of Tommen I Baratheon, Wylla is betrothed to Little Walder Frey,^[4] a squire of Ramsay Bolton.^[7]

When Lord Davos Seaworth appears in the Merman's Court before her grandfather, Lord Wyman Manderly, Wylla stands behind him with her sister, Wynafryd. While Wyman is skeptical of Davos's call for vengeance for the death of Robb Stark in the Red Wedding, Wylla pipes out her agreement. When she announces her refusal to marry Little Walder, her grandfather threatens to send her to the silent sisters. Wylla goes on to tell of the promises of loyalty House Manderly made to House Stark when they were exiled from the Reach centuries ago. Finally, her mother, Lady Leona, has to drag her from the hall.^[4]

After faking the execution of Davos and releasing him from imprisonment in the Wolf's Den, the scheming Wyman reveals his true feelings about the Freys and calls Wylla brave.^[5]

Wylla's unwanted betrothal ends with the death of Little Walder at Winterfell.^[8]

Quotes by Wylla

Davos: What does Stannis offer you? Vengeance. Vengeance for my sons and yours, for your husbands and your fathers and your brothers. Vengeance for your murdered lord, your murdered king, your butchered princes. Vengeance!
Wylla: Yes. They killed Lord Eddard and Lady Catelyn and King Robb. He was our king! He was brave and good and the Freys murdered him. If Lord Stannis will avenge him, we should join Lord Stannis.^[4]
—Davos Seaworth and Wylla

Wylla: I know about the promise ... Maester Theomore, tell them! 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!
Theomore: Solemn oaths were sworn to the Starks of Winterfell, aye. But Winterfell has fallen and House Stark has been extinguished.
Wylla: That's because they killed them all!^[4]
—Wylla and Theomore

Quotes about Wylla

Wylla. Did you see how brave she was? Even when I threatened to have her tongue out, she reminded me of the debt White Harbor owes to the Starks of Winterfell, a debt that can never be repaid. Wylla spoke from the heart, as did Lady Leona. Forgive her if you can, my lord. She is a foolish, frightened woman, and Wylis is her life. Not every man has it in him to be Prince Aemon the Dragonknight or Symeon Star-Eyes, and not every woman can be as brave as my Wylla and her sister Wynafryd ... who did know, yet played her own part fearlessly.^[5]
—Wyman Manderly to Davos Seaworth