Editing Wendel Manderly

{{Infobox character
| arms = Manderly
| title = Ser
| firstname = Wendel
| lastname = Manderly
| image = [[File:Ser Wendel Manderly TheMico.jpg|250px]]
| image_caption = Wendel by TheMico ©
| Alias =
| Title = [[knight|Ser]]
| Allegiance = [[House Manderly]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Northmen]]
| Father = [[Wyman Manderly]]
| Mother = 
| Spouse =
| Place_of_Birth = [[White Harbor]]{{Ref|AWOIAF|Wendel Manderly}}
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|252|264}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Wendel Manderly|Wendel Manderly]] calculation.''</ref>
| Place_of_Death = the [[Red Wedding|Twins]]
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|299}}
| Books = ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (appears)<br>''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (appears)<br>''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (appears)<br>''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (appendix)<br>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned)
| Coat-of-arms =
| Played_by = Oddie Braddell
| TV_series = ''[[Game of Thrones]]'': [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]]
}}

'''Wendel Manderly''' is a [[knight]] of [[House Manderly]]. He is the second son of [[Wyman Manderly]], [[Lord of White Harbor]].

In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', Wendel is portrayed by Oddie Braddell.

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Wendel Manderly|Images of Wendel Manderly]]''

Wendel has a large walrus mustache and is bald.{{Ref|AGOT|55}} He is not quite as fat as his father, Lord [[Wyman Manderly|Wyman]], and older brother, Ser [[Wylis Manderly|Wylis]], but he is still considered immense.{{ref|AGOT|55}} His face is shaped like the moon.{{ref|ACOK|22}}

Wendel is loud and boisterous{{ref|AGOT|55}} with a booming voice.{{ref|ACOK|33}} A protective man,{{ref|ACOK|31}} he is a prodigious eater who values his honor highly.{{ref|ACOK|22}}

Wendel's clothes are food stained.{{ref|AGOT|55}} The unwed{{Ref|ACOK|16}} [[knight]] wields a bow.{{Ref|ACOK|22}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Ser Wendel accompanies his brother, [[Wylis Manderly|Wylis]], to the muster when [[Robb Stark]] calls his banners. They escort [[Catelyn Stark]] from [[White Harbor]] to Robb's encampment at [[Moat Cailin]].{{Ref|AGOT|55}}

Wendel stays with Robb's force on the march south and is named as one of his [[Robb Stark's personal guard|personal guard]] during the [[battle in the Whispering Wood]].{{Ref|AGOT|63}} Robb is proclaimed [[King in the North]] at [[Riverrun]].{{ref|AGOT|71}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Wendel Manderly.jpg|thumb|250px|Wendel by sir-heartsalot ©]]
Lord Wyman considers marrying Wendel to Lady [[Donella Hornwood]] in order to claim the [[Hornwood]] lands following the deaths of her husband, Lord [[Halys Hornwood|Halys]], and son, [[Daryn Hornwood|Daryn]].{{ref|acok|16}} Donella is abducted by [[Ramsay Snow]], however.{{ref|ACOK|28}}

Wendel is one of Catelyn's escorts after she leaves Riverrun to meet with [[Renly Baratheon]], and he offers to hunt quail for her during the journey south. Wendel is entertained by the [[melee at Bitterbridge]].{{Ref|ACOK|22}} They continue on to [[Storm's End]] after Renly learns his castle is [[Siege of Storm's End (299)|under attack]] by his brother, [[Stannis Baratheon]].{{Ref|ACOK|33}}

Outside a [[sept]] in a [[village near Storm's End]], the quiet Ser [[Robar Royce]] and the loud Wendel discuss the upcoming battle between Renly and Stannis. Renly is later assassinated by a [[shadow assassin|shadow]] in his pavilion, however, and Robb's envoys flee Storm's End.{{ref|ACOK|33}} Since [[Brienne of Tarth]] discards her clothing stained with Renly's blood, Wendel gives some of his spare garb to the woman.{{Ref|ACOK|39}}

Catelyn's party returns to Riverrun, and Wendel cheers when he hears of Robb's victories in the [[westerlands]].{{ref|ACOK|39}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
After Robb breaks his marriage contract with [[House Frey]] by wedding [[Jeyne Westerling]], Wendel offers to marry a daughter of Lord [[Walder Frey]] as part of an apology to the Freys. Catelyn does not believe that Walder would be placated by a second son like Wendel, however.{{ref|ASOS|14}}

Wendel, one of Robb's [[sworn sword]]s,{{ref|AFFC|Appendix}} commands the baggage train during the journey from Riverrun to the [[Twins]] for the wedding of Lord [[Edmure Tully]] to [[Roslin Frey]].{{Ref|ASOS|45}} Wendel eagerly eats a leg of lamb during the wedding feast, and [[Walda Frey]] tells him of her own marriage to Lord [[Roose Bolton]].{{ref|ASOS|51}} When the Freys and [[House Bolton|Boltons]] betray Robb with the [[Red Wedding]], Wendel is killed by a crossbow quarrel to his mouth.{{Ref|ASOS|51}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Wendel's bones are returned to his father by a trio of [[House Frey|Freys]]—[[Rhaegar Frey|Rhaegar]], [[Jared Frey|Jared]] and [[Symond Frey|Symond]]—who also come to ensure [[White Harbor]] bends the knee to King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]]. Wendel's remains are interred in the [[Sept of the Snows]].{{Ref|ADWD|15}} Jared tells the [[Merman's Court]] that Wendel saved Lord [[Walder Frey]] from the [[skinchanger|warg]] [[Robb Stark]], at which Lord [[Davos Seaworth]] scoffs.{{Ref|ADWD|19}} In private, however, Lord [[Wyman Manderly]] confides in Davos that he seeks vengeance against the Freys for his son's death.{{Ref|ADWD|29}}

==Quotes by Wendel==
{{Quote|'''Wendel''': There are birds in this grass. Would you fancy a roast quail to break your fast this morning?<br>
'''Catelyn''': Oats and bread are sufficient ... for all of us, I think. We have many leagues yet to ride, Ser Wendel.<br>
'''Wendel''': As you will, my lady. Oats and bread, and what could be better?{{Ref|ACOK|22}}|Wendel and [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Nothing's more like to bring a [[House Lannister|Lannister]] running than a threat to his gold.{{Ref|ACOK|39}}|Wendel to [[Martyn Rivers]]}}

==Quotes about Wendel==
{{Quote|A valiant boy, and jolly.{{Ref|ACOK|16}}|[[Wyman Manderly]] to [[Rodrik Cassel]] and [[Luwin]]}}

{{Quote|He was one of the fattest men Catelyn had ever known, but howevermuch he loved his food, he loved his honor more.{{ref|ACOK|22}}|thoughts of [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Wendel was always a brave boy. I was not surprised to learn he died a hero.{{Ref|ADWD|19}}|[[Wyman Manderly]] to [[Jared Frey]]}}

{{Quote|My son Wendel came to the [[Twins]] a guest. He ate Lord [[Walder Frey|Walder's]] [[guest right|bread and salt]], and hung his sword upon the wall to feast with friends. And [[Red Wedding|they murdered him]]. Murdered, I say, and may the [[House Frey|Freys]] choke upon their fables.{{Ref|ADWD|29}}|[[Wyman Manderly]] to [[Davos Seaworth]]}}

==Family==
{{Manderly tree}}

==References==
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