House Peake

House Peake
Information
Coat of arms	Orange, three black castles (2-1)
Region	Reach
Overlords	House Tyrell
Religion	Faith of the Seven

House Peake is a noble house of the Reach. Their sigil displays three black castles on an orange field.

In the books

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, the seat of House Peake is Starpike. Additionally, they used to own the castles Dunstonbury and Whitegrove. The current Lord of Starpike is Titus Peake.

House Peake was founded during the Age of Heroes, by a husband of Florys the Fox, a daughter of Garth Greenhand. Under the reign of House Gardener, the Peakes and the Manderlys were bitter rivals. This eventually ended in Lord Lorimar Peake, by King Perceon III's command, driving the Manderlys out of the Reach and taking their castle Dunstonbury. Lord Peake's daughter then married the king's son and eventual successor Gwayne. This was not the only union between Gardener and Peake; Lorimar's daughter had been the seventh Peake to become queen of the Reach. They also joined with Houses Costayne, Florent, Hightower, Oakheart, Osgrey, Redwyne, and Rowan.

Lord Armen Peake and his sons were killed on the Field of Fire during Aegon's Conquest. With the Gardeners extinct and the Tyrells the new liege lords of the Reach, the Peakes lost a considerable amount of power, having no connections with the new ruling family.

At the Great Council of 101 AC, Lord Peake was among the lords who voted for Viserys Targaryen.

Lord Gormon Peake was among the foremost supporters of Daemon I Blackfyre. After the First Blackfyre Rebellion, he lost Dunstonbury and Whitegrove. He was later executed for treason after taking part in the Second Blackfyre Rebellion.

The Peakes lost further station in 233 AC when they rebelled against King Maekar I, who was killed in the storming of Starpike along with Robert Reyne and Tywald Lannister. The aftermath saw no less than seven members of House Peake executed by Lord Roger Reyne.

At the end of the third century, Titus Peake is married to Margot Lannister. There are also three exiled Peakes serving in the Golden Company. Ser Laswell Peake is one of Aegon Targaryen's generals.

House Peake is an homage to the English writer Mervyn Peake, and several members of the house are named after characters from his works. The character Mervyn Flowers is named after Mervyn Peake himself, and Gormon Peake is named after his famous fantasy series Gormenghast.

Known members

• Lord Peake, during the reign of King Gwayne III Gardener.
• Lord Peake.
  • His wife of House Gardener, a daughter of King Garth X.
• Ser Urrathon Peake, the Shieldsmasher.
• Lord Meryn Peake, the Scribe.
• Lady Yrma Peake, of the Golden Bowl.
• Ser Barquen Peake, the Besieger.
• Lord Eddison Peake, the Elder.
• Lord Eddison Peake, the Younger.
• Lord Emerick Peake, the Avenger.
• Lord Lorimar Peake, drove House Manderly into exile.
  • His daughter, married to King Gwayne Gardener.
• Lord Armen Peake, died upon the Field of Fire.
  • His sons, died upon the Field of Fire.
• Lord Peake, loyal to King Maegor I during the Faith Militant uprising.
  • His son, killed by Warrior's Sons.
• Lord Uther Peake, during the reign of King Jaehaerys I Targaryen.
  • Lady Prunella, his wife of House Celtigar.
• Lord Peake, voted for Prince Viserys at the Great Council of 101 AC.
  • Lord Unwin Peake, his son.
    • Three wives.
      • Son dead in infancy.
      • Daughter, died in childbirth at the age of twelve.
      • Two daughters, dead in infancy.
      • Son, drowned at the age of twelve.
      • Ser Titus Peake.
      • Lady Myrielle Peake, called Lady Turnips.
  • Ser Mervyn Flowers, Unwin's bastard half-brother.
• Ser Gedmund Peake, called Gedmund Great-Axe. Uncle of Unwin Peake.
• Uncle of Unwin Peake.
  • Ser Amaury Peake, his son.
• Lord Gormon Peake, called Gormy, a supporter of Daemon I and Daemon II Blackfyre. Executed after the Second Blackfyre Rebellion.
• Lord Peake, started the Peake Uprising in 233 AC.
  • Seven Peakes, executed by Roger Reyne.
• Lord Titus Peake, current Lord of Starpike.
  • Lady Margot, his wife of House Lannister.
• Ser Laswell Peake, a member of the Golden Company.
• Torman Peake, Laswell's brother.
• Pykewood Peake, Laswell's brother.

External links

• House Peake on A Wiki of Ice and Fire (potential spoilers for House of the Dragon)