Editing Mander (section)

===Targaryen Era===
[[File:Jorge Carrero Roig The Mander.png|thumb|350px|A skiff sails the Mander on a sunny day, by Jorge Carrero Roig © Fantasy Flight Games]]
After the downfall of [[House Gardener]] in the [[Field of Fire]], [[Aegon I Targaryen]] granted [[Highgarden]] to [[Harlan Tyrell]] and named him [[Lord Paramount of the Mander]].{{ref|FAB|Aegon's Conquest}}

The Mander was said to have been red with blood for twenty leagues after the [[battle at Stonebridge]], part of the [[Faith Militant uprising]].{{ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}} According to legend, Septon [[Mattheus]] encountered Septon [[Barth]] at [[Bitterbridge]] in {{date|50}} during their respective journeys to [[Oldtown]] and [[King's Landing]].{{ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}}

Ser [[Rickard Thorne]] was slain while crossing the Mander at Bitterbridge during the [[Dance of the Dragons]], and Prince [[Maelor Targaryen]] was killed shortly after.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}} Many townspeople drowned in the river during the retaliatory [[sack of Bitterbridge]] by the [[greens]].{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

At a crossing of the Mander during the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]], Ser [[Quentyn Ball]] slew all of Lady [[House Penrose|Penrose]]'s sons except for the youngest, whom he spared as a favor to the lady.{{ref|TMK}} The [[Blackwater Rush]] and the Mander ran low during the terrible summer drought of {{Date|211}}.{{Ref|TSS}}

During [[Robert's Rebellion]], the [[House Greyjoy|Greyjoys]] and Shield Islanders fought a [[battle at the Mander]]'s mouth. Lord [[Quellon Greyjoy]] was killed in the fighting.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands: The Old Way and the New}}