House Peake
House Peake of Starpike | |
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Coat of arms |
Three black castles on orange (Tenné, three castles sable) |
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Head | Titus Peake |
Region | Reach |
Title | Lord of Starpike |
Overlord | House Tyrell |
House Peake of Starpike is a noble house from Starpike in the Reach. They blazon their arms with three black castles on orange.[1][2][3] The three black castles on their arms symbolize the three castles that House Peake once owned: Starpike, Dunstonbury, and Whitegrove.[4] Their motto has yet to appear.
The Peakes are Marcher lords from the Dornish Marches.[5]
Contents
History
Kingdom of the Reach
House Peake is an ancient house of First Men origin. According to tales from the Reach, the Peakes, Florents, and Balls are each descended from one of the three husbands of Florys the Fox, a daughter of Garth Greenhand.[6]
Famous Peakes of legend include Ser Urrathon the Shieldsmasher, Lord Meryn the Scribe, Lady Yrma of the Golden Bowl, Ser Barquen the Besieger, Lord Eddison the Elder, Lord Eddison the Younger, and Lord Emerick the Avenger.[7]
The Peakes were historical rivals with House Manderly. During the reign of the Gardener kings in the Reach, King Gwayne the Fat persuaded Lords Manderly and Peake to accept his judgment on their quarrel and do fealty for their lands, without having to fight a single battle.[8]
Near the end of the long reign of King Garth Greybeard, a problem arose with the succession as Garth had sired no sons and only daughters, one of whom had married Lord Manderly, and another to Lord Peake. Both lords were determined that their own wife should succeed to the throne, and the rivalry between them was marked by betrayal, conspiracy and murder, and finally escalated into open war with other lords joining the cause on both sides. The anarchy that followed lasted almost a decade until Ser Osmund Tyrell, the High Steward of Highgarden, made common cause with the other lords of the Reach and defeated both the Peakes and Manderlys. Ser Osmund then placed a distant cousin of the late Garth Greybeard on the throne who ascended as King Mern VI Gardener.[9]
House Manderly was driven into exile from the Reach by Lord Lorimar Peake upon the behest of King Perceon III Gardener who feared the Manderlys' swelling power in the Reach. This allowed House Peake to acquire the Manderly seat of Dunstonbury.[10] Lord Lorimar's daughter married Perceon III's son Gwayne and was the seventh Peake maiden to become Queen of All the Reach. As a powerful house, Peake daughters had married Redwynes, Rowans, Costaynes, Oakhearts, Osgreys, Florents and Hightowers over the centuries.[7]
Targaryen Era
Lord Armen Peake and his sons perished upon the Field of Fire.[7]
Lord Uther Peake ruled during the reign of King Jaehaerys I Targaryen and married Prunella Celtigar.[11]
During the Dance of the Dragons, Lord Unwin Peake supported the greens. He took command of the green army from the Reach after the Second Battle of Tumbleton and led its retreat.[12] After the death of Lord Corlys Velaryon, Lord Unwin was given a position as one of King Aegon III Targaryen's regents. He eventually became Hand of the King, which he later resigned when the king would not marry his daughter.[13]
Lord Gormon Peake was a fierce supporter of Daemon I Blackfyre and was considered one of the finest knights during the reign of King Daeron II Targaryen. After they chose the side of House Blackfyre in the failed First Blackfyre Rebellion, they had two of their castles stripped from them, leaving them only Starpike.[2] Gormon was a part of Daemon II Blackfyre's entourage at the Whitewalls wedding tourney in 211 AC, and was subsequently executed for treason.[1][2]
The Peakes rose against the Iron Throne in the Peake Uprising in 233 AC. King Maekar I Targaryen's helm was crushed by a rock hurled from the battlements of Starpike. Lord Robert Reyne and Ser Tywald Lannister were also killed in the Storming of Starpike.[14] In the aftermath of Starpike, Roger Reyne, the new Lord of Castamere took vengeance for his father Robert's death by slaughtering seven captive Peakes before Prince Aegon Targaryen prevented him from harming others.[15]
Recent Events
A Feast for Crows
Lord Titus Peake is married to Margot Lannister.[16]
A Dance with Dragons
Ser Laswell, Torman, and Pykewood Peake are exiles in the Golden Company in support of Aegon Targaryen. Laswell is sent to capture Rain House.[17]
House Peake at the end of the third century
The known Peakes during the timespan of the events described in A Song of Ice and Fire are:
- Lord Titus Peake, Lord of Starpike.[18][16][19]
- Lady Margot Lannister, his wife.[18]
With unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch there are also:
- Ser Laswell Peake, a knight. An exile lord serving with the Golden Company.[19]
- Torman Peake, his brother. An exile serving with the Golden Company.[19]
- Pykewood Peake, his brother. An exile serving with the Golden Company.[19]
Historical Members
- Ser Urrathon Peake, called "Urrathon the Shieldsmasher."[7]
- Lord Meryn Peake, called "Meryn the Scribe."[7]
- Lady Yrma Peake, called "Yrma of the Golden Bowl."[7]
- Ser Barquen Peake, called "Barquen the Besieger."[7]
- Lord Eddison Peake, called "Eddison the Elder."[7]
- Lord Eddison Peake, called "Eddison the Younger."[7]
- Lord Emerick Peake, called "Emerick the Avenger."[7]
- Lord Lorimar Peake, who drove House Manderly from the Reach upon the behest of King Perceon III Gardener.
- Lord Lorimar's daughter, who married Gwayne Gardener, the son of King Perceon III Gardener. She was the seventh Peake maiden to become Queen of All the Reach.[7]
- Lord Armen Peake, who perished on the Field of Fire alongside his sons.[7]
- Lord Uther Peake, head of the house during the reign of Jaehaerys I Targaryen. Married Prunella Cetigar.[11]
- Lord Unwin Peake, supported Aegon II Targaryen and the greens during Dance of the Dragons.[12] Later a Regent and Hand of the King for Aegon III Targaryen.[13]
- Lord Unwin's firstborn son, who died in infancy.[7]
- Lord Unwin's eldest daughter, who died in childbirth at the age of twelve.[7]
- Lord Unwin's two daughters by his second wife, who both died in infancy.[7]
- Lord Unwin's second son, fostered on the Arbor as a page and squire to Lord Redwyne and drowned aged twelve in a sailing mishap.[7]
- Ser Titus Peake (son of Unwin), Lord Unwin's third son and heir, knighted by Jon Roxton after the Battle of the Honeywine and died six days later in a meaningless skirmish.[7]
- Myrielle Peake, Lord Unwin's daughter and only surviving child by the time of his regency, and a candidate for marriage with King Aegon III Targaryen. Named "Lady Turnips."[7]
- Ser Mervyn Flowers, Lord Unwin's bastard half-brother, a knight of Aegon III Targaryen's Kingsguard.[13]
- Ser Gedmund Peake, Lord Unwin's uncle, called "Gedmund Great-Axe." He was given command of the royal fleet.[7]
- Lord Gormon Peake, known as "Gormy", supporter of Daemon I Blackfyre and his son Daemon II Blackfyre.
Behind the Scenes
House Peake is a reference by George R. R. Martin to the books of Mervyn Peake. Titus Groan is the main character of the Gormenghast trilogy.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Sworn Sword.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Mystery Knight.
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses in the Reach
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire.
- ↑ According to the ConCarolinas westerlands reading, King Maekar I Targaryen was slain at Starpike, while The World of Ice & Fire states Maekar was killed fighting a rebellious lord on the Dornish Marches.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach: Garth Greenhand.
- ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 Fire & Blood, Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach: The Gardener Kings.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach: Andals in the Reach.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The North: The Kings of Winter.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Fire & Blood, Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 The Princess and the Queen.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 The World of Ice & Fire, Aegon III.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, House Lannister Under the Dragons.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire: The Westerlands (unabridged). georgerrmartin.com
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 A Feast for Crows, Appendix.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 61, The Griffin Reborn.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 A Storm of Swords, Appendix.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 A Dance with Dragons, Appendix.
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