But following your points it seems that he might be able to raise an even larger force. My thought was that Manderly could raise at least 8,000 men (after the Red Wedding). Wyman Manderly will be the saviour of House Stark, the most loyal of their bannermen. It is the silver lining to the NorthвЂ™s situation. This all indicates that Manderly was assumed to keep most of his forces behind from EddardвЂ™s final decree. You have to also remember that Manderly sent forces to keep the piece in the North (the Hornwood crisis). It would explain why CatelynвЂ™s cool with Manderly sending a fraction of his forces to Robb. After Catelyn sailed to White Harbour in the first book, we can assume thatВ Wyman has since been very busy building up his forces and fleet. But keep in mind that EddardВ wanted Wyman Manderly to fortify White Harbour and prepare for war. This reinforces the picture that theВ 1500 therefore seems like a rather small portion of ManderlyвЂ™s total strength.ДЄbsolutely. So if 90% of the Landed Knights are not even present, we can assume that most of their men are not present either. Not to mention the knights sworn to his 12 petty lords. And eachВ landed knight will likely have numerous household knights and other soldiersВ of his own.Д¬onsidering that Manderly would have a number of his own household knights in the host accompanying his sons, it would appear that very few of his landed knights are actually represented in this host. That excludes his household knights, hedge knights etc. Yet we know he has a hundred LANDEDВ knights sworn to him. Manderly has 20 knights in the 1500 men that join Robb. I noticed something interesting about House ManderlyвЂ™s numbers recently. Probably about time for a military strength thread again.

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