House Peake thus acquired Dunstonbury, while the Manderlys were left without friends. According to Maester Yandel, Lord Lorimar Peake was responsible, convincing King Perceon III Gardener, who was afraid of the Manderlys' growing power and influence, to exile the family. House Manderly eventually overreached itself, leading to their disgrace and exile from the Reach a thousand years ago. After a decade of anarchy, Ser Osmund Tyrell, the High Steward of Highgarden, united with the other lords of the Reach and defeated the Manderlys and Peakes. Both believed that their own wife should succeed King Garth, leading to conspiracy, murder and betrayal, and eventually war, with other lords supporting both sides. The King had no sons, only daughters, one married to Lord Manderly, the other to Lord Peake. Near the end of the reign of Garth X Gardener, conflict broke out between the Manderlys and Peakes. After the coming of the Andals, the Manderlys converted from the Old Gods to the Faith of the Seven. King Gwayne III Gardener was once able to make both Houses accept his judgement in a quarrel and do fealty for their lands without bloodshed. Descending from the First Men, their seat was the castle Dunstonbury and they had a fierce rivalry with House Peake. In A Song of Ice and Fire, House Manderly was originally a major noble house of the Reach, overseeing rich lands along the River Mander, and some claim that the river is named after them. After the Starks' victory, however, House Manderly is among the northern houses to proclaim Jon the King in the North. The Manderlys ultimately remain neutral during the conflict between the Starks and the Boltons. They send ravens to House Manderly, yet there is no response. Davos comments that House Manderly has not yet declared for the Boltons. The Starks discuss which Houses will likely support them in their quest to reclaim Winterfell. Ramsay believes they can hold the North with just the Manderlys, Karstarks and Umbers, even if the rest of the North is against them. They are the richest House in the North through fish, grain and overseas trade. The Manderlys still keep many traditions from the South, because even though they are descended from the First Men just like their fellow Northmen, they have long ago adopted the Faith of the Seven and the chivalric culture of the past Andal invaders. Centuries ago they were driven out of the Reach and were given sanctuary and lands by House Stark in exchange for their pledge of fealty. House Manderly was once a powerful noble house in the Reach.
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