Gandalf the Grey Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 I started my second re-read of ADWD, and I couldn't help but wonder who was more morbidly obese: Lord Manderly or Magister Ilyrio.My impression in the first read was that Manderly wins that competition; however, I can't recall them ever being compared directly, as they are seen through different eyes (Davos and Tyrion respectively). Hopefully some of you have strong opinions on this, which you can back up with text references, because I think this is a tight competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ravenfrost Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 My vote is for Manderly he had his throat cut and still didn't die because all that was cut was fat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Arianne Martell Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 The Yellow Whale of Yunkai outweighs them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headless Jeyne Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Agree, at least the other two can move around by themselves. The Yellow Whale gets the prize for fattest character in the books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manfryd Lothston Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 The Yellow Whale of Yunkai outweighs them all.It is known. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third World King Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Agree, at least the other two can move around by themselves. The Yellow Whale gets the prize for fattest character in the books.Wasn't Ilyrio seen walking with Varys in the secret passages by Arya? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Arianne Martell Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Wasn't Ilyrio seen walking with Varys in the secret passages by Arya?But I don't think Illyrio is so fat that he has to piss himself because he can't move Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Lepus Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Agree, at least the other two can move around by themselves. The Yellow Whale gets the prize for fattest character in the books.He is dying; he probably can't move by himself because the disease that is slowly killing him makes him too weak, not just because of his weight (but yes, he is fatter that Illyrio, since Tyrion, who has seen both, says so).But I don't think Illyrio is so fat that he has to piss himself because he can't moveThe Yellow Whale suffer from some cronic tropical disease that has destroyed his liver (yellow fever, probably); he smells like urine because his body is saturated with biliruibin, which makes him yellow and stinky, not because he pisses himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third World King Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 But I don't think Illyrio is so fat that he has to piss himself because he can't moveOops my bad. Got confused.Yeah, I do agree, the guy who Tyrion had to clean is fattest of them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Northman Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 My view has always been that the fatness ranking goes as follows:1. Yellow whale2. Magister Illyrio3. Lord Manderly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moe. Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 i agree with free northman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchaza Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 People above mentioned it, the Yellow Whale is the fatest, those Manderly is pretty fat if he can be stabbed, but the blade only passing though his fat.... of one of his chin's. So Manderly is fatter than Illyrio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hombay Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 1. Yellow Whale of Yunkai2. Wyman Manderly3. Illyrio Mopatis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Northman Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 People above mentioned it, the Yellow Whale is the fatest, those Manderly is pretty fat if he can be stabbed, but the blade only passing though his fat.... of one of his chin's. So Manderly is fatter than IllyrioHe wasn't stabbed. Hosteen Frey slashed at his face with his sword, Manderly jerked his head back, but couldn't drag it far enough back and the tip of the sword sliced through his fat chins.It could have been just 1 inch of sword, for all we know. It doesn't mean that his chins are so thick that an entire blade gets buried in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Time for Wolves Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 We need to compare manboobs to judge this one. We've only seen Illyrio's and they are apparently impressive. Can the Yellow Whale and Manderly match up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StannisBamfatheon Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Glad to see this board asks the hard hitting questions!And I always pictured Manderly has totally being the boss of obesity. Like not only is he fat but he totally pulls it off. Also one character mentions that he has to take like 40 minute trips to the bathroom. He pays the iron price for his eating habits!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naathi Prince Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Illyrio is the fattest. Tyrion mistook a drawf elephant for illyrio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EgoistMusketeer Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 But Tyrion has never met Manderly and Tyrion himself is not the best judge of sizes, everything seems bigger when one is small therefore Tyrions impression of Illyrio is going to be a bit more skewed than Davos' of Manderly.In reading, I get the impression that Wyman is fatter, Illyrio just seems to be generally more active Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kittykatknits Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Glad to see this board asks the hard hitting questions!And I always pictured Manderly has totally being the boss of obesity. Like not only is he fat but he totally pulls it off. Also one character mentions that he has to take like 40 minute trips to the bathroom. He pays the iron price for his eating habits!!Stannis also calls him Lord To Fat to Sit a Horse and we know that he needs special chairs and contrivances to get around.I bet these guys have some really bad vericose veins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord of Cheese Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 I am the fattest. It is known! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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