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House Peake are a House of [[First Men]] origin from [[the Reach]]. Their seat is Holyhall.
House Peake are a House of [[First Men]] origin from [[the Reach]]. Their seat is Starpike.


[[File:Sigil House Peake.png|thumb|Arms of House Peake. Words: ‘We Three Stand’.]]
[[File:Sigil House Peake.png|thumb|Arms of House Peake. Words: ‘We Three Stand’.]]


== 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. Generations of border war have forged a proud, hard-edged lineage famed for sword-skill and iron discipline.
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 [[House_Tarly|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.


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>