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| Character_name = [[File:House Peake.PNG|50px|left]] Unwin Peake [[File:House Peake.PNG|50px|right]]
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| firstname = Unwin
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| lastname = Peake
| Title = Lord of [[Starpike]], [[Dunstonbury]] and [[Whitegrove]]<br>[[Regent|Lord Regent]]<br>[[Protector of the Realm]]<br>[[Hand of the King]]
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| image = [[File:Unwin Peake.jpg|300px]]
| Allegiance = [[House Peake]]<br>[[Greens]]<br>[[Caltrops]]
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| image_caption = Unwin with [[Orphan-Maker]] as depicted by Douglas Wheatley in ''[[Fire & Blood]]''.
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| Alias = The player in the shadows{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
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| Title = [[Lord of Starpike]]{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}<br>[[Lord of Dunstonbury]]{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}<br>[[Lord of Whitegrove]]{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}<br>[[Regent|Lord Regent]]{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}<br>[[Protector of the Realm]]{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}<br>[[Hand of the King]]{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
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| Allegiance = [[House Peake]]{{Ref|TPATQ}}<br>[[Greens]]{{Ref|TPATQ}}<br>[[Caltrops]]{{Ref|TPATQ}}
 
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| Culture = [[Reach]]
| Spouse = 3 wives
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| Father = Lord [[Lord Peake (father of Unwin)|Peake]]
| Issue = [[Titus Peake (son of Unwin)|Titus Peake]]<br>[[Myrielle Peake]]<br>2 sons<br>3 daughters
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| Spouse = 3 wives{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
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| Issue = [[Titus Peake (son of Unwin)|Titus Peake]]{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}<br>[[Myrielle Peake]]{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}<br>2 sons{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}<br>3 daughters{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
 
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| Date_of_Birth = or before {{Date|100}}<ref name=ages>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Unwin Peake|Unwin Peake]] calculation.''</ref>
 
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| Date_of_Death = {{Date|136|196}}<ref name=ages/>
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[Fire & Blood]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[The Princess and the Queen]]'' (mentioned)
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| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[Fire & Blood]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[The Rise of the Dragon]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[The Princess and the Queen]]'' (mentioned)
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'''Unwin Peake''' was the Lord of [[Starpike]], [[Dunstonbury]], [[Whitegrove]], and head of [[House Peake]] during the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{Ref|tpatq}} He later served as [[Regent|Lord Regent]], [[Protector of the Realm]] and [[Hand of the King]] during the [[Regency of Aegon III|regency]] of King [[Aegon III Targaryen]].{{Ref|twoiaf| Aegon III}}{{Ref|fab|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
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'''Unwin Peake''' was the Lord of [[Starpike]], [[Dunstonbury]], [[Whitegrove]], and head of [[House Peake]] during the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{Ref|TPATQ}} He later served as [[Regent|Lord Regent]], [[Protector of the Realm]], and [[Hand of the King]] during [[Regency of Aegon III|the regency]] of King [[Aegon III Targaryen]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
  
 
==Character==
 
==Character==
Unwin was proud, brusque, hard, ambitious and cunning.{{Ref|fab|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
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Unwin was proud, brusque, hard, ambitious, and cunning. Like his [[Lord Peake (father of Unwin)|lord father]], Unwin  did not believe a woman should rule over men.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}} Unwin had a splendid [[silk]]en pavilion.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
===The Dance of the Dragons===
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===Dance of the Dragons===
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Unwin supported the [[greens]] during the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] civil war known as the [[Dance of the Dragons]]. He marched forth with a thousand men{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}} and joined Lord [[Ormund Hightower]]'s great host, which slowly marched towards [[King's Landing]]. After the [[First Battle of Tumbleton]], Unwin was one of the men who attempted to claim leadership over the host following Ormund's death, and he quarreled with the other would-be successors. At a war council, he stabbed Lord [[Owain Bourney]] through the eye with his dagger, declaring him a turncloak.{{ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}} Unwin wanted to wait at the [[Tumbleton|sacked town]] in hopes of reinforcement from Lord [[Borros Baratheon]]. Upon learning of the [[Moon of the Three Kings|unrest]] in King's Landing, Unwin wished to march on the capital immediately, but Ser [[Hobert Hightower]] counseled caution, and [[Hugh Hammer]] and [[Ulf White]] refused to join any attack. When the host learned of the death of Prince [[Aemond Targaryen]], Unwin advocated for declaring Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Daeron Targaryen]] to be the new [[Prince of Dragonstone]]. Together with Ser Hobert, Unwin called together eleven other [[lord]]s and [[landed knight]]s, with whom they formed the [[Caltrops]]. At a secret war council, the Caltrops plotted to kill the [[Two Betrayers]].{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}
Lord Unwin supported the [[greens]] during the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] civil war known as the [[Dance of the Dragons]]. He joined Lord [[Ormund Hightower]]'s great host, which marched from [[Oldtown]] toward [[King's Landing]]. After the [[First Battle of Tumbleton]], Unwin wanted to wait at the [[Tumbleton|sacked town]] in hopes of reinforcement from Lord [[Borros Baratheon]]. Unwin advocated for declaring Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Daeron Targaryen]] to be the new [[Prince of Dragonstone]] after hearing of the death of Prince [[Aemond Targaryen]]. He was a leader of the [[Caltrops]], thirteen nobles who plotted to kill the disrespectful [[Two Betrayers]].{{Ref|tpatq}}
 
  
Lord Peake's tent was burned by [[Seasmoke]] during the [[Second Battle of Tumbleton]], but he survived the battle. When Unwin asked [[Ulf White]] his intentions after the battle, Ulf replied that he would take the [[Iron Throne]] after the greens captured King's Landing. However, Ulf died drinking poisoned wine with Unwin's commander, Ser [[Hobert Hightower]]. Lord Peake offered one thousand [[currency|golden dragons]] to any knight of noble birth who could claim the surviving dragon, [[Silverwing]], but none succeeded. Seeing that the greens' army was disappearing through desertion, Unwin, the new commander, decided to abandon the campaign toward King's Landing and retreat from Tumbleton.{{Ref|tpatq}}
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Lord Peake's tent was burned by [[Seasmoke]] during the [[Second Battle of Tumbleton]]. Unwin was one of the four Caltrops to survive the battle. He asked Ulf White about his intentions after the battle, to which Ulf replied that he would take the [[Iron Throne]] after the greens captured King's Landing. As planned by the Caltrops, Ulf died shortly later, after drinking [[poison]]ed [[wine]] with Hobert. Unwin offered one thousand [[Currency|golden dragons]] to any knight of noble birth who could claim [[Silverwing]], Ulf's [[dragon]], but none succeeded. Seeing that his army was disappearing through desertion, Unwin decided to abandon the campaign toward King's Landing and retreat from Tumbleton.{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}
  
===The Regency of Aegon III===
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===Regency of Aegon III===
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When the original council of King [[Aegon III Targaryen]]'s [[regent]]s was formed in {{Date|133}}, Unwin was not offered a place amongst them. According to [[Septon]] [[Eustace (Dance of the Dragons)|Eustace]], Unwin was angered by his exclusion.{{Ref|fab|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}} Following the death of Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] in {{Date|132}}, the other regents offered the empty seat to Unwin, who accepted.{{Ref|fab|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}} After the death of Ser [[Tyland Lannister]], [[Hand of the King]], in {{Date|133}}, Unwin was one of the three regents who remained in [[King's Landing]], besides the ailing Lord [[Manfryd Mooton]] and [[Grand Maester]] [[Munkun]]. Unwin insisted that the other regents, who had departed the capital before Tyland's death, had given up their place on the council by doing so. Supported by Munkun, Unwin undid all of King Aegon III's appointments, as the king had not consulted his regents in making them. Unwin instead selected his own people for the vacant offices, and named himself as Hand and [[Lord Protector of the Realm]].{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
During the [[regency of Aegon III]], Lord Unwin became a [[regent]] after the death of Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] in {{Date|132}}. After the [[Winter Fever]] struck the realm on the third day of {{Date|133}}, Lord Peake became [[Hand of the King]] after the death of his [[Tyland Lannister|predecessor]]. Peake would rule the realm in all but name and he kept acquiring more and more power, endeavoring to weaken his foes by any means at hand. Unwin appointed his kin and men to hold many high offices in order to cement his power.{{Ref|fab|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
 
  
He began by undoing the king's appointments of Ser [[Robert Darklyn]] and Ser [[Robin Massey]] to the [[Kingsguard]] and instead gave white cloaks to his own nephew Ser [[Amaury Peake]] and his bastard half brother Ser [[Mervyn Flowers]] and named Ser [[Marston Waters]] as the new [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]. Ser [[Gareth Long]] who had served as [[master-at-arms]] at [[Starpike]] was named the new master-of-arms to the [[Red Keep]] to train King Aegon for knighthood and later under Ser Gareths suggestion, Lord Unwin made [[Gaemon Palehair]] the kings whipping boy. Lord Unwin appointed Ser [[Lucas Leygood]] as [[Commander of the City Watch]] and bestowed five hundred [[City Watch of King's Landing|gold cloaks]] on his own men. His widowed aunt [[Clarice Osgrey]] was placed in charge of [[Jaehaera Targaryen|Queen Jaehaera's]] household. Lord [[George Graceford]] and Ser [[Victor Risley]] (both [[Caltrops|Caltrop]]) were appointed to the offices of [[Lord Confessor]] and [[King's Justice]]. He even went so far as to dismiss [[Eustace|Septon Eustace]] and brought in [[Bernard|Septon Bernard]], who was descended from his house. Finally Lord Peake, surrounded himself with ten sell swords who he lavished gold on to make them completely loyal only to him. His personal guard soon became known as the [[ Fingers (guards)|"Fingers"]] and were under the command of [[Tessario|Tessario the Tiger]] who [[Mushroom]] mocked as Tessario the Thumb.{{Ref|fab|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
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Many of the appointments Unwin made concerned his own family members, or close friends. He gave white cloaks of the [[Kingsguard]] to his nephew, Ser [[Amaury Peake]], and his [[bastard]] half-brother, Ser [[Mervyn Flowers]]. Lord Peake named Ser [[Gareth Long]], the former [[master-at-arms]] at [[Starpike]], as the new master-at-arms to the [[Red Keep]], and he appointed Ser [[Lucas Leygood]] as [[Commander of the City Watch]]. Unwin placed his widowed aunt, [[Clarice Osgrey]], in charge of Queen [[Jaehaera Targaryen]]'s household. Lord [[George Graceford]] and Ser [[Victor Risley]], two [[Caltrops]], were appointed to the offices of [[Lord Confessor]] and [[King's Justice]], respectively. Septon [[Eustace (Dance of the Dragons)|Eustace]] was dismissed and replaced by Septon [[Bernard]], who was descended from [[House Peake]]. In addition, Unwin surrounded himself with a personal guard made up of ten [[sellswords]], who soon became known as the "[[Fingers (guards)|Fingers]]".{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}} By {{Date|133}}, he had taken possession of the [[Valyrian steel]] sword [[Orphan-Maker]].{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
  
Feeling his position now secure Lord Peake was determined to demonstrate strength to the realm and on the [[Feast Day of Our Father Above]] in {{Date|133}} he came before the court wielding [[Orphan-Maker]], and had the crowded dungeons of the [[Red Keep]] emptied and all the offenders punished publicly depending on their crimes. Thieves lost a hand, rapists were [[Eunuch|gelded]], murderers hanged. The former [[Grand Maester]] [[Orwyle]] was the last to be executed that day, beheaded by Ser [[Victor Risley]].{{Ref|fab|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}  
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Unwin wished to demonstrate his strength and rectitude during his time as Hand. He had the crowded dungeons of the Red Keep emptied and all the offenders punished publicly on the [[Feast Day of Our Father Above]] in {{Date|133}}.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}} By mid-year, Unwin's hold on power was firm. Intent on demonstrating the power of the [[Iron Throne]], Unwin sent his uncle, Ser [[Gedmund Peake]], with the [[royal fleet]] to end the pirate kingdom of [[Racallio Ryndoon]] and establish a presence upon [[Bloodstone]] in the [[Stepstones]], so as to restore trade during the [[Daughters' War]]. However, as the royal fleet was not large enough to accomplish this, Unwin sent forth a [[raven]] to [[Driftmark]], commanding Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]] to join his forces to Gedmund's. However, while Gedmund delayed on [[Tarth]], Alyn defied orders and sailed to the Stepstones with his own fleet, [[Lord Alyn's attack|crushing the Braavosi fleet]] at Bloodstone. This left Unwin furious, as Racallio's forces were unharmed, while the attack on the Braavosi forces could easily lead to a war with [[Braavos]] itself. Although he publicly rewarded Alyn for his actions, Unwin instructed King Aegon III to send forth Velaryon to the [[westerlands]] to deal with [[Dalton Greyjoy]], [[Lord of the Iron Islands]], hoping that Alyn would either suffer severe losses on the perilous journey, or would free the westerlands from the [[ironborn]]. Meanwhile, he sent Lord Mooton to Braavos to negotiate a truce and prevent war.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
  
Next he had his uncle, Ser [[Gedmund Peake]] take command of a fleet to secure the [[Stepstones]] and sent a [[raven]] commanding [[Alyn Velaryon]] to join his forces with Ser Gedmund. Alyn however took matters into his own hands, while Ser Gedmund delayed on [[Tarth]], Alyn took his own fleet and crushed the [[Braavosi]] fleet at [[Bloodstone]]. Lord Unwin developed a rivalry with Alyn and sent him to deal with the threat of Lord [[Dalton Greyjoy]], hoping Alyn would be killed in the process, the situation however resolved itself when Lord Dalton was murdered by a woman he had taken captive as a [[salt wife]].{{Ref|fab|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}  
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In {{Date|133}}, Queen [[Jaehaera Targaryen]] died, apparently having committed suicide. It was rumored, however, that she had been murdered. Archmaester [[Gyldayn]] considers Unwin as the only possible candidate for having ordered Jaehaera's death, if indeed she had been murdered, and suggests Ser Mervyn Flowers, the white cloak guarding Jaehaera's door the night of her death, or one of the Fingers as the possible killers. According to Gyldayn, Unwin's motive would have been the succession of the Iron Throne, as Aegon III was not like to father an heir on the queen, leaving only the potential son of Aegon III's half-sister [[Baela Targaryen]], who was expecting with her husband, Alyn Velaryon.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
  
Lord Unwin attempted to wed his daughter to King [[Aegon III Targaryen]] after the apparent suicide of Queen [[Jaehaera Targaryen]]. Ser [[Mervyn Flowers]] of the [[Kingsguard]], was standing guard at the door to Jaehaera's chambers on the occurrence of her death. It was variously suggested that Jaehaera had been murdered by him or that Ser Mervyn had merely stood aside to allow [[Tessario|Tessario the Tiger]] to do the deed.{{Ref|fab|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
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Seven days after Jaehaera's death, Unwin declared that Aegon would wed [[Myrielle Peake]], Unwin's daughter. Many [[lord]]s disapproved of the match and voiced their criticism. Lord [[Cregan Stark]] suggested the [[north]] would look on the match with disfavor, Lord [[Kermit Tully]] called it presumptuous, Lord [[Benjicot Blackwood]] questioned the haste of the match, and Grand Maester [[Munkun]]'s support began to waver, acknowledging that the match would be seen as advancing [[House Peake|Peake]] interests rather than being for the good of [[Seven Kingdoms|the realm]]. Several highborn ladies wrote to the crown, proposing their own relatives as Aegon's bride (or themselves, in some cases). Due to pressure from the lords and ladies of the realm, Unwin instead announced what became known as the [[Maiden's Day Ball]] in King's Landing, where the king would be able to choose his own bride.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
  
Which ever occurred, after the death of Queen Jaehaera, a betrothal was planned between the king and [[Myrielle Peake]]. Many [[lord]]s disapproved of Peake trying to forward the match so soon after the suspicious death of the queen. Lord [[Cregan Stark]] suggested the [[north]] would look on the match with disfavor, Lord [[Kermit Tully]] called it presumptuous, and [[Grand Maester]] [[Munkun]]'s support began to waver, acknowledging that the match would be seen as advancing [[House Peake|Peake]] interests rather than being for the good of the [[Seven Kingdoms|realm]]. Several highborn ladies wrote to the crown, proposing their own relatives as Aegon's bride (or themselves, in some cases). Due to pressure from the lords and ladies of the realm, Peake instead announced a [[Maiden's Day Cattle Show|ball]] in [[King's Landing]] where the king himself would be able to choose his own bride.{{Ref|fab|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
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Lord Peake restricted the ball to [[maiden]]s of [[nobility]] under the age of thirty to limit the attendance, but more than one thousand young women from throughout [[Westeros]] and even [[Essos]] came to King's Landing in hopes of marrying the king. Many women were injured or scandalized before the ball, and lords spoke of the "[[Maiden's Day curse]]". Many of these events were likely engineered by Lord Peake, who hoped to have his daughter be queen.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
  
Lord Peake restricted the ball to [[maiden]]s of [[nobility]] under the age of thirty to limit the attendance, but more than one thousand young women from throughout Westeros and even Essos came to King's Landing in hopes of marrying the king. Many women were injured or scandalized before the ball, and lords spoke of the "[[Maiden's Day curse]]". Many of these events were likely engineered by Lord Peake, who hoped to have his daughter be queen.{{Ref|fab|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
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Unwin had Myrielle arrive at court a fortnight before the ball, making sure she spent as much time as possible with the king. Aegon and Myrielle dined together half a dozen times and it seemed like the king was fonder of Myrielle than he ever was of Jaehaera. When the day of the ball finally arrived, each maid was presented before the king. King Aegon quickly grew bored and his growing disinterest as hours passed only benefited Lord Peake further. When only a few maidens remained, Lady [[Baela Targaryen]] and Lady [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena Targaryen]] suddenly arrived with their kinswoman, [[Daenaera Velaryon]]. Afterwards, the king summoned his cupbearer, [[Gaemon Palehair]], who announced that the king would marry Lady Daenaera. His plans foiled by the twins, Lord Peake developed a special hatred for Baela and Rhaena. According to [[Mushroom]], Unwin was paranoid and convinced that the pregnant Baela was plotting to kill the king if she had a boy and said as much to Ser [[Marston Waters]] once.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Voyage of Alyn Oakenfist}}{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
  
Unwin had his daughter, Myrielle arrive at court a fortnight before the ball, and Unwin made sure that she spent as much time as possible with the king. Aegon and Myrielle dined together at a dozen and it seemed like the king was fonder of Myrielle than he ever was of Jaehaera. When the day of the ball finally arrived, each maid was presented before the king. King Aegon quickly grew bored and his growing disinterest as hours passed only benefited Lord Peake further. When only a few maidens remained, Lady [[Baela Targaryen]] and Lady [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena Targaryen]] suddenly arrived with their kinswoman [[Daenaera Velaryon]]. Afterwards, the king summoned his cupbearer, [[Gaemon Palehair]], who announced that the king would marry Lady Daenaera. His plans foiled by the twins, Lord Peake developed a special hatred for Baela and Rhaena. According to [[Mushroom]], Unwin was paranoid and convinced that the pregnant Baela was plotting to kill the king if she had a boy and said as much to Ser [[Marston Waters]] once.{{Ref|fab|Under the Regents - The Voyage of Alyn Oakenfist}}{{Ref|fab|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
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When Lord Unwin threatened to resign his position in {{date|134}}, his threat was accepted by his co-regents. Although he left King's Landing, all of Unwin's appointments kept their posts after his departure.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
 
 
Unwin threatened to resign his position. Lord Peake's threat was accepted by his co-regents and in {{Date|134}} he resigned. Although he left [[King's Landing]], all of Lord Unwin's appointments kept their posts after his departure.{{Ref|twoiaf| Aegon III}}{{Ref|fab|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
 
  
 
===Later Life===
 
===Later Life===
In {{Date|135}} there was a conspiracy against [[House Rogare]] in [[King's Landing]]. It was claimed that the Rogare's were plotting to assassinate King Aegon in order for Prince [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys]] who was married to [[Larra Rogare]] to ascend the [[Iron Throne]], this eventually led to the [[secret siege]] within the [[Red Keep]]. When the plot unravelled and the conspirators were arrested, many suspected Lord Unwin was the mastermind behind it, for all the conspirators were men and women he had named to positions of power when he was [[Hand of the King]]. Although it was never conclusively proven, few doubt Lord Unwin was involved. {{Ref|fab|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
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Amid the [[Lysene Spring]] in {{Date|135}}, there was a conspiracy against [[House Rogare]] in King's Landing. It was claimed that the Rogares were plotting to assassinate King [[Aegon III Targaryen]] in order for his brother, Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]], who was married to Lady [[Larra Rogare]], to ascend the [[Iron Throne]]. This eventually led to the [[secret siege]] within the [[Red Keep]]. When the plot unraveled and the conspirators were arrested, many suspected Lord Unwin was the mastermind behind it, for all the conspirators were men and women he had named to positions of power when he was [[Hand of the King]]. Although it was never conclusively proven, few doubt Unwin was involved.{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
  
 
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House Peake.svg Lord
Unwin Peake
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Unwin with Orphan-Maker as depicted by Douglas Wheatley in Fire & Blood.

Alias The player in the shadows[1]
Titles
Allegiances
Culture Reach
Born In or before 100 AC[5]
Died In 136196 AC[5]
Father Lord Peake
Spouse 3 wives[2]
Issue
Books

Unwin Peake was the Lord of Starpike, Dunstonbury, Whitegrove, and head of House Peake during the Dance of the Dragons.[4] He later served as Lord Regent, Protector of the Realm, and Hand of the King during the regency of King Aegon III Targaryen.[6][2]

Character

Unwin was proud, brusque, hard, ambitious, and cunning. Like his lord father, Unwin did not believe a woman should rule over men.[2] Unwin had a splendid silken pavilion.[7]

History

Dance of the Dragons

Unwin supported the greens during the Targaryen civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons. He marched forth with a thousand men[2] and joined Lord Ormund Hightower's great host, which slowly marched towards King's Landing. After the First Battle of Tumbleton, Unwin was one of the men who attempted to claim leadership over the host following Ormund's death, and he quarreled with the other would-be successors. At a war council, he stabbed Lord Owain Bourney through the eye with his dagger, declaring him a turncloak.[8] Unwin wanted to wait at the sacked town in hopes of reinforcement from Lord Borros Baratheon. Upon learning of the unrest in King's Landing, Unwin wished to march on the capital immediately, but Ser Hobert Hightower counseled caution, and Hugh Hammer and Ulf White refused to join any attack. When the host learned of the death of Prince Aemond Targaryen, Unwin advocated for declaring Prince Daeron Targaryen to be the new Prince of Dragonstone. Together with Ser Hobert, Unwin called together eleven other lords and landed knights, with whom they formed the Caltrops. At a secret war council, the Caltrops plotted to kill the Two Betrayers.[7]

Lord Peake's tent was burned by Seasmoke during the Second Battle of Tumbleton. Unwin was one of the four Caltrops to survive the battle. He asked Ulf White about his intentions after the battle, to which Ulf replied that he would take the Iron Throne after the greens captured King's Landing. As planned by the Caltrops, Ulf died shortly later, after drinking poisoned wine with Hobert. Unwin offered one thousand golden dragons to any knight of noble birth who could claim Silverwing, Ulf's dragon, but none succeeded. Seeing that his army was disappearing through desertion, Unwin decided to abandon the campaign toward King's Landing and retreat from Tumbleton.[7]

Regency of Aegon III

When the original council of King Aegon III Targaryen's regents was formed in 133 AC, Unwin was not offered a place amongst them. According to Septon Eustace, Unwin was angered by his exclusion.[3] Following the death of Lord Corlys Velaryon in 132 AC, the other regents offered the empty seat to Unwin, who accepted.[3] After the death of Ser Tyland Lannister, Hand of the King, in 133 AC, Unwin was one of the three regents who remained in King's Landing, besides the ailing Lord Manfryd Mooton and Grand Maester Munkun. Unwin insisted that the other regents, who had departed the capital before Tyland's death, had given up their place on the council by doing so. Supported by Munkun, Unwin undid all of King Aegon III's appointments, as the king had not consulted his regents in making them. Unwin instead selected his own people for the vacant offices, and named himself as Hand and Lord Protector of the Realm.[2]

Many of the appointments Unwin made concerned his own family members, or close friends. He gave white cloaks of the Kingsguard to his nephew, Ser Amaury Peake, and his bastard half-brother, Ser Mervyn Flowers. Lord Peake named Ser Gareth Long, the former master-at-arms at Starpike, as the new master-at-arms to the Red Keep, and he appointed Ser Lucas Leygood as Commander of the City Watch. Unwin placed his widowed aunt, Clarice Osgrey, in charge of Queen Jaehaera Targaryen's household. Lord George Graceford and Ser Victor Risley, two Caltrops, were appointed to the offices of Lord Confessor and King's Justice, respectively. Septon Eustace was dismissed and replaced by Septon Bernard, who was descended from House Peake. In addition, Unwin surrounded himself with a personal guard made up of ten sellswords, who soon became known as the "Fingers".[2] By 133 AC, he had taken possession of the Valyrian steel sword Orphan-Maker.[2]

Unwin wished to demonstrate his strength and rectitude during his time as Hand. He had the crowded dungeons of the Red Keep emptied and all the offenders punished publicly on the Feast Day of Our Father Above in 133 AC.[2] By mid-year, Unwin's hold on power was firm. Intent on demonstrating the power of the Iron Throne, Unwin sent his uncle, Ser Gedmund Peake, with the royal fleet to end the pirate kingdom of Racallio Ryndoon and establish a presence upon Bloodstone in the Stepstones, so as to restore trade during the Daughters' War. However, as the royal fleet was not large enough to accomplish this, Unwin sent forth a raven to Driftmark, commanding Lord Alyn Velaryon to join his forces to Gedmund's. However, while Gedmund delayed on Tarth, Alyn defied orders and sailed to the Stepstones with his own fleet, crushing the Braavosi fleet at Bloodstone. This left Unwin furious, as Racallio's forces were unharmed, while the attack on the Braavosi forces could easily lead to a war with Braavos itself. Although he publicly rewarded Alyn for his actions, Unwin instructed King Aegon III to send forth Velaryon to the westerlands to deal with Dalton Greyjoy, Lord of the Iron Islands, hoping that Alyn would either suffer severe losses on the perilous journey, or would free the westerlands from the ironborn. Meanwhile, he sent Lord Mooton to Braavos to negotiate a truce and prevent war.[2]

In 133 AC, Queen Jaehaera Targaryen died, apparently having committed suicide. It was rumored, however, that she had been murdered. Archmaester Gyldayn considers Unwin as the only possible candidate for having ordered Jaehaera's death, if indeed she had been murdered, and suggests Ser Mervyn Flowers, the white cloak guarding Jaehaera's door the night of her death, or one of the Fingers as the possible killers. According to Gyldayn, Unwin's motive would have been the succession of the Iron Throne, as Aegon III was not like to father an heir on the queen, leaving only the potential son of Aegon III's half-sister Baela Targaryen, who was expecting with her husband, Alyn Velaryon.[2]

Seven days after Jaehaera's death, Unwin declared that Aegon would wed Myrielle Peake, Unwin's daughter. Many lords disapproved of the match and voiced their criticism. Lord Cregan Stark suggested the north would look on the match with disfavor, Lord Kermit Tully called it presumptuous, Lord Benjicot Blackwood questioned the haste of the match, and Grand Maester Munkun's support began to waver, acknowledging that the match would be seen as advancing Peake interests rather than being for the good of the realm. Several highborn ladies wrote to the crown, proposing their own relatives as Aegon's bride (or themselves, in some cases). Due to pressure from the lords and ladies of the realm, Unwin instead announced what became known as the Maiden's Day Ball in King's Landing, where the king would be able to choose his own bride.[2]

Lord Peake restricted the ball to maidens of nobility under the age of thirty to limit the attendance, but more than one thousand young women from throughout Westeros and even Essos came to King's Landing in hopes of marrying the king. Many women were injured or scandalized before the ball, and lords spoke of the "Maiden's Day curse". Many of these events were likely engineered by Lord Peake, who hoped to have his daughter be queen.[2]

Unwin had Myrielle arrive at court a fortnight before the ball, making sure she spent as much time as possible with the king. Aegon and Myrielle dined together half a dozen times and it seemed like the king was fonder of Myrielle than he ever was of Jaehaera. When the day of the ball finally arrived, each maid was presented before the king. King Aegon quickly grew bored and his growing disinterest as hours passed only benefited Lord Peake further. When only a few maidens remained, Lady Baela Targaryen and Lady Rhaena Targaryen suddenly arrived with their kinswoman, Daenaera Velaryon. Afterwards, the king summoned his cupbearer, Gaemon Palehair, who announced that the king would marry Lady Daenaera. His plans foiled by the twins, Lord Peake developed a special hatred for Baela and Rhaena. According to Mushroom, Unwin was paranoid and convinced that the pregnant Baela was plotting to kill the king if she had a boy and said as much to Ser Marston Waters once.[9][2]

When Lord Unwin threatened to resign his position in 134 AC, his threat was accepted by his co-regents. Although he left King's Landing, all of Unwin's appointments kept their posts after his departure.[6][2]

Later Life

Amid the Lysene Spring in 135 AC, there was a conspiracy against House Rogare in King's Landing. It was claimed that the Rogares were plotting to assassinate King Aegon III Targaryen in order for his brother, Prince Viserys Targaryen, who was married to Lady Larra Rogare, to ascend the Iron Throne. This eventually led to the secret siege within the Red Keep. When the plot unraveled and the conspirators were arrested, many suspected Lord Unwin was the mastermind behind it, for all the conspirators were men and women he had named to positions of power when he was Hand of the King. Although it was never conclusively proven, few doubt Unwin was involved.[1]

Family

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Son
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Daughter
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Son
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unknown
woman
 
 
 
 
 
Lord Peake
 
Unknown
wife
 
Gedmund
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mervyn
Flowers
 
Unwin
 
Unknown
three wives
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Son
 
Bernard
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Titus
 
Myrielle
 
Daughter
 
Unknown
husband
 
Two
daughters
 
Two sons
 
Amaury
 
 


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Fire & Blood, The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency.
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 Fire & Blood, Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Fire & Blood, Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 The Princess and the Queen.
  5. 5.0 5.1 See the Unwin Peake calculation.
  6. 6.0 6.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown.
  8. Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant.
  9. Fire & Blood, Under the Regents - The Voyage of Alyn Oakenfist.