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The '''Fingers''' were the personal guard of Lord [[Unwin Peake]] during his time as [[Hand of the King]] to the young king [[Aegon III Targaryen]].{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
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The '''Fingers''', also called the '''Hand's Fingers''', were the personal guards of two [[Hands of the King]] during the [[regency of Aegon III]].{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
  
 
==History==  
 
==History==  
Lord [[Unwin Peake]] was suspicious and untrusting, so when he became [[Hand of the King]] during the [[regency of Aegon III]], he hired ten foreign [[mercenaries]] with no competing loyalties in [[Westeros]] and paid them very lavishly in [[Currency|gold]] so they would be completely loyal to him, their captain was [[Tessario the Tiger]].{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
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Lord [[Unwin Peake]] was suspicious and untrusting. When he became [[Hand of the King]] to [[Aegon III Targaryen]] in {{date|133}}, Unwin hired [[mercenaries]] with no competing loyalties and paid them lavishly in [[Currency|gold]]. Unwin's personal guard became known as his "Fingers" since there were ten of them and he was the King's Hand. Their captain was [[Tessario the Tiger]], an adventurer from [[Volantis]], although [[Mushroom]] mocked him as Tessario the Thumb.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}} Aegon disliked the sellswords.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
  
Peake's personal guard soon became referred by others as the ''"Fingers"'' since there were ten of them and Lord Unwin was the King's Hand. The [[fool]] [[Mushroom]] called Tessario, ''Tessario the Thumb'', in mocking reference to this.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
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On the feast day of the [[Father (the Seven)|Father]] in {{date|133}}, the Fingers aided the [[King's Justice]], Ser [[Victor Risley]], in beheading prisoners at the [[Red Keep]]'s gates.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}} Mushroom suggested that Ser [[Mervyn Flowers]] might have allowed one of the Fingers to enter the bedchamber of Queen [[Jaehaera Targaryen]] and thrown the girl to her death.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}} When Lord Peake resigned as the Hand in {{date|134}}, he bequeathed his guard to his successor, Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]].{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Voyage of Alyn Oakenfist}}
  
When Lord Peake resigned as the Hand he bequeathed his guard to his successor, Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]].{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
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When Mervyn ordered the arrest of Lord Rowan during the [[Lysene Spring]], the Fingers did nothing to protect the Hand.{{ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}} After a conspiracy against Aegon and Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]] was uncovered, the surviving Fingers were allowed by the new Hand, Lord [[Torrhen Manderly]], to join the [[Night's Watch]].{{ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
  
 
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Revision as of 18:44, 10 April 2019

The Fingers, also called the Hand's Fingers, were the personal guards of two Hands of the King during the regency of Aegon III.[1]

History

Lord Unwin Peake was suspicious and untrusting. When he became Hand of the King to Aegon III Targaryen in 133 AC, Unwin hired mercenaries with no competing loyalties and paid them lavishly in gold. Unwin's personal guard became known as his "Fingers" since there were ten of them and he was the King's Hand. Their captain was Tessario the Tiger, an adventurer from Volantis, although Mushroom mocked him as Tessario the Thumb.[1] Aegon disliked the sellswords.[1]

On the feast day of the Father in 133 AC, the Fingers aided the King's Justice, Ser Victor Risley, in beheading prisoners at the Red Keep's gates.[1] Mushroom suggested that Ser Mervyn Flowers might have allowed one of the Fingers to enter the bedchamber of Queen Jaehaera Targaryen and thrown the girl to her death.[1] When Lord Peake resigned as the Hand in 134 AC, he bequeathed his guard to his successor, Lord Thaddeus Rowan.[2]

When Mervyn ordered the arrest of Lord Rowan during the Lysene Spring, the Fingers did nothing to protect the Hand.[3] After a conspiracy against Aegon and Prince Viserys Targaryen was uncovered, the surviving Fingers were allowed by the new Hand, Lord Torrhen Manderly, to join the Night's Watch.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Fire & Blood, Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows.
  2. Fire & Blood, Under the Regents - The Voyage of Alyn Oakenfist.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Fire & Blood, The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency.