Talk:The Winds of Winter (episode)

House Manderly
I know that House Manderly is not likely to make an appearance at this point in the season but still I would love to see them show up in this final episode under the guise of seeking an alliance with the Freys and the Lannisters in exchange for rulership of the North only to pull off a Red Wedding-type massacre to avenge Wendel Manderly. In case you're wondering, I have not read A Dance with Dragons but I do know what happens with House Manderly in that one, and I think it's pretty cool. Shaneymike (talk) 18:57, June 24, 2016 (UTC)


 * I'd really love for that to happen. The Manderlys taking out the Freys next episode makes much more sense than Arya or Jaime doing that (I could see Jaime intentionally not intervening, however). But like you said, it's probably not going to happen. All that mentioning of the Manderlys and nothing. Reddyredcp (talk) 22:01, June 24, 2016 (UTC)

Why did they even bother mentioning the Manderlys so much earlier in the season?--The Dragon Demands (talk) 16:16, June 26, 2016 (UTC)


 * Yeah it seemed awfully weird to have Ramsay mention them as potential allies. You would think they'd be royally pissed with the Boltons after Wendel died at the Red Wedding. I can sorta see why they would choose not to aid the Starks after hearing what Robett Glover said though.Shaneymike (talk) 16:31, June 26, 2016 (UTC)


 * The Manderlys seem to be much more OP in the books than in the show to be honest. In the books, they're described as having military strength of extraordinary size for a northern house, possibly many times that of the Glovers at least. Not acually seen much about them at all in the show, so presumably they will play a bigger part next season if at all.


 * EDIT: If I remember correctly, their lord Wendel Manderly is only prevented from joining the Starks by the immediate military force of the Boltons. The show has now removed this obstacle even if the show gives them a quite smaller role.

 Speedit   ♞    talk   contribs  20:35, June 26, 2016 (UTC) edited 23:05, June 26, 2016

Yeah, but earlier Season 6 episodes, twice, said "the three militarily strongest families in the North after the Starks and Boltons are the Umbers, Karstarks, and Manderlys". Sansa even mentioned them again in episode 8, but there wasn't enough time for them to come.

Maybe it's so they have some rational means of explaining how "the North" overall will have any standing army left after the pounding that Jon's force took in the Battle of the Bastards - the new core would be made of Manderlys, Cerwyns, etc. Don't know.--The Dragon Demands (talk) 22:03, June 26, 2016 (UTC)

LSH
I haven't given up hope on LSH.--The Dragon Demands (talk) 16:16, June 26, 2016 (UTC)