Editing Torrhen Manderly (section)

===Regency of Aegon III Targaryen===
[[File:End of Aegon III's Regency by Paolo Puggioni (The Rise of the Dragon).jpg|300px|thumb|right|Aegon III dismisses his regents © Paolo Puggioni in ''[[The Rise of the Dragon]]'']]
Ser Torrhen was named as one of King [[Aegon III Targaryen]]'s seven regents in {{Date|131}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}} When the regents argued over who should be Aegon's heir, Torrhen objected to Lady [[Baela Targaryen]], the option presented by Ser [[Tyland Lannister]], the [[Hand of the King]].{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}

In late {{Date|132}}, a disease known as the [[Winter Fever]] fell on [[Westeros]]. It struck the [[Three Sisters]] first and quickly spread to White Harbor. With the death of Torrhen's father, Lord [[Desmond Manderly|Desmond]], followed four days later by the death of his brother, Ser [[Medrick Manderly|Medrick]], Torrhen became the new [[Lord of White Harbor|Lord]] of [[White Harbor]]. He gave up his position of regent and sailed back north.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}

Torrhen sent a letter to King's Landing when Lord [[Unwin Peake]], the King's Hand, attempted to betroth his own daughter [[Myrielle Peake]] to King Aegon III following the death of Queen [[Jaehaera Targaryen]]. In his letter, Lord Torrhen argued that Aegon III should marry a Manderly, given the fact that both of the [[marriage]] pacts between [[House Manderly]] and [[House Targaryen]] had been broken "by cruel chance".{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}

When a [[Great Council]] was called in {{Date|136}} to choose the new regents and Hand of the King for King Aegon III, Lord Torrhen sailed to the capital with twoscore knights and cousins. Torrhen was chosen by the assembled lords as Aegon's new Hand. He accepted the position and named [[Isembard Arryn]] as the new [[master of coin]] and [[Gedmund Peake]] as the [[master of ships]].{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}

Torrhen's first task as Hand of the King was to sit in judgment at the trials of those accused of [[poison]]ing [[Gaemon Palehair]] and plotting treason against King Aegon III.{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}} During his time as Hand, Torrhen proved to be honest and able. He enacted a major reform of the taxes with the help of Isembard, made several appointments at court and repudiated the pact that Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]] had signed to secure the release of Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryens]]. However, King Aegon III never warmed to Torrhen, and Torrhen never liked the king.{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}

With Aegon III's [[Age of majority|sixteenth nameday]] approaching, Torrhen made preparations for a great [[royal progress]] throughout the [[Seven Kingdoms]] to mark the occasion. However, on the day Aegon III turned sixteen, the king came into the [[Small council|council]] chambers and canceled the progress. He next dismissed his regents, and relieved Torrhen of his position as Hand. By doing so, Aegon III turned Torrhen into an enemy, as Torrhen considered his dismissal and the abrupt cancellation of the royal progress a deeply humiliating personal insult. Torrhen left King's Landing within a fortnight and sailed back to White Harbor aboard the ''[[Jolly Salt]]'', accompanied by the [[court fool]] [[Mushroom]], to whom he had offered the position of fool at the [[Merman's Court]].{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}