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== History == | == History == | ||
Rising from the stony uplands where the Red Mountains bleed into the Reach, the Peakes have long stood among the marcher lords charged with guarding the Reachs southern frontier. Alongside the [[Tarlys]] and [[Dunns]], they ride hard into the passes to blunt Dornish incursions and raid in reprisal whenever they steal into the green realm. | Rising from the stony uplands where the Red Mountains bleed into the Reach, the Peakes have long stood among the marcher lords charged with guarding the Reachs southern frontier. Alongside the [[Tarlys]] and [[Dunns]], they ride hard into the passes to blunt Dornish incursions and raid in reprisal whenever they steal into the green realm. Generations of border war have forged a proud, hard-edged lineage famed for sword-skill and iron discipline. | ||
Generations of border war have forged a proud, hard-edged lineage famed for sword-skill and iron discipline. | |||
Legends root their bloodline deep in the [[Age of Heroes]]: singers claim that Florys the Fox, one of [[Garth_Greenhand|Garth Greenhand’s]] wily daughters, kept three husbands, and one of the sons she bore founded House Peake. <ref name="Children">George R. R. Martin, ''The World of Ice and Fire'' (London: HarperVoyager, 2014) pp. 208</ref> | Legends root their bloodline deep in the [[Age of Heroes]]: singers claim that Florys the Fox, one of [[Garth_Greenhand|Garth Greenhand’s]] wily daughters, kept three husbands, and one of the sons she bore founded House Peake. <ref name="Children">George R. R. Martin, ''The World of Ice and Fire'' (London: HarperVoyager, 2014) pp. 208</ref> | ||
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== Notable Members of House Peake == | == Notable Members of House Peake == | ||
Lord Gunnar Peake | [[Gunnar_Peake|Lord Gunnar Peake]] – Lord of Starpike and Commander of the Marches under the rule of [[Gwayne_IV_Gardener|King Gwayne IV 'the Gods Fearing' Gardener]] during the [[Coming_of_the_Andals|Andal Invasions]]. | ||
=== References === | === References === | ||
[[Category:Houses|Peake]] | [[Category:Houses|Peake]] | ||
