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[Center][h1][b][color=f7941d]House Peake[/color][/b][/h1]
[b][color=f7941d]Green or Black:[/color][/b] Greens
[b][color=f7941d]Recent History:[/color][/b]
House Peake is at the apex of its power, holding three castles and extensive lands between the Mander and the Red Mountains. Starpike itself lies within the Dornish Marches, while Dunstonbury is situated along the Mander River, with Whitegrove being somewhere in between. The late lord, Unwin, followed the Hightowers to war, pledging himself to the Green cause. As one of the largest and strongest houses from the Reach, Peake support proved formidable. During the battles at Tumbleton, Unwin and his sons had a hand in eliminating the Two Betrayers as leading members of the Caltrops. After their father’s death by dragonfire, the three Peakes assumed command of the Greens host and decided to abandon the campaign pushing towards King’s Landing and return home.[/Center]


[b][color=f7941d]Family Members:[/color][/b]
[List]
[*][s][color=fdc68a]Unwin Peake[/color][/s], late Lord of Starpike, Dunstonbury, and Whitegrove, dead by dragonfire[/List][indent][list]
[*][color=fdc68a]Raynalt[/color], eldest son and heir, the new Lord Peake 29
[*][color=fdc68a]Caspar[/color], second son, 28
[*][color=fdc68a]Guymon[/color], a warrior of renown, 24
[*][color=fdc68a]Syrenna[/color], his comely daughter, 16[/List][/indent]
[List][*][color=fdc68a]Ser Mervyn Flowers[/color], knight of the Kingsguard and Unwin’s bastard half-brother
[*][color=fdc68a]Tessario the Tiger[/color], Essosi sellsword in service of the House
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[hider=Late Lord Unwin Peake][color=f7941d][b]Name:[/b] Unwin Peake[/color]
[b]Age:[/b] 52, deceased
[b]Description:[/b]
Lord Unwin supported the greens during the Targaryen civil war. 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 sacked town in hopes of reinforcements from the Stormlands. Unwin also advocated for declaring Prince Daeron Targaryen to be the new Prince of Dragonstone after hearing of the death of Prince Aemond Targaryen. It was not to be, for Daeron died during the Second Battle of Tumbleton. Lord Peake was a leader of the Caltrops, thirteen nobles who plotted to kill the disrespectful Two Betrayers (Ulf the White and Hugh Hammer). Lord Peake's tent was burned by Seasmoke during the Second Battle of Tumbleton, but he survived the battle. When Unwin enquired after Ulf’s 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 then offered one thousand 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 attempt taming Silverwing himself. The attempt cost him his life.

Lord Unwin Peake was a difficult and merciless person who inflicted all of his life’s dreams on his children, rearing them into an ambitious brood. The harsh upbringing caused his eldest, Raynalt to estrange from his family, sending him into voluntary exile for several years. Caspar coped in the form of losing himself in women, ballads and song, appropriating the skills to play the harp and compose. Guymon, the youngest, acted out by the way of violence, getting into fights from an early age on. Clearly struggling with anger management issues as a result of Unwin’s permanent pushing for accomplishment.[/hider]

[hider=Raynalt][color=f7941d][b]Name:[/b] Raynalt[/Color]
[b]Age:[/b] 29
[b]Appearance:[/b] after [url=http://www.deviantart.com/art/Julius-Civilis-333789318]darkraven1988[/url]’s work on devart
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[b]Description:[/b]
Raynalt is a decent enough fighter, able to stand his own in personal combat but preferring not to.  In battle he wields a horseman’s pick or hatchet. Though he does not lack courage, he sees his mind as his most powerful weapon. Unlike his kinsmen Guymon and Mervyn, he is no frontline fighter but has instead specialised in the practical aspects of warfare. On several accounts, Raynalt has displayed an aptitude for tactics and planning, relying on knowledge, surprise, timing and opportunism to gain victory.

He has a mind for organisation and politics, and always tries to gain the advantage and negotiate or strike from a position of strength. Cunning, Ray uses his strengths in a versatile way, carefully guards his weaknesses and exploits those of his enemies. The game is always being played, he believes, and it is just a matter of playing your cards right.

Growing up in the Reach meant growing up among a host of ruthlessly ambitious family members. As the firstborn to the late Lord Unwin Peake, Raynalt was groomed from an early age to inherit the family lands and become the head of the powerful Peake clan. With that responsibility came the duty to be ever vigilant of the enemies of House Peake, and they are many.
	
Up until the age of ten, Ray spent his time travelling between the Peake holdings, studying history and literature mostly. When he went away as a ward to Oldtown and later Highgarden, his studies turned to more practical fields, the eldest Peake taking an interest in engineering and logistics. It is said he devoured the Oldtown library within the year.

Though Raynalt spent sufficient time practicing his skills with weapons, he is not particularly a prodigy, unlike his younger brother Guymon or his half-uncle Mervyn Flowers of the Kingsguard. While he displayed reasonable aptitude for swinging a sword, Ray’s weapon of choice is a single-handed war hammer, better known as a horseman’s pick.

Ray squired first for Ser Luthor Peake, a position he later passed on to his youngest brother. Raynalt himself then served a Crownlands knight, but it became clear that this was not a beneficial position, for while he may have been a knight of some fame in his heyday, the Crownlander washed up in the capital, with Ray in tow and quickly had turned to the drink. The youth handed the knight more pitchers, sacks, bottles and other containers than lances. Raynalt condemned him for a useless half-wit, and wrote to his father that he would choose and negotiate his own commission. After being turned down by a Tyrell knight of renown, in a rather humiliating exchange, young Raynalt Peake began to see the world for what is really was, putting behind him the ideas and fancies he had obsessed about in his childhood years. All fantasies surrounding knighthood were shed as he instead focused on his ambitions.

After all, being the firstborn of the ambitious Lord Unwin Peake saw Raynalt bombarded with a sense of duty from an early age. Lord Peake visited all of his own ambitions on the young lad, and while Ray acted out during his youth he had grown into himself and adopted a mature disposition, recognising the importance of the House. After earning his knighthood, Ray travelled around the Reach and even visited the Free Cities in an attempt to escape his overbearing father. It was Caspar who found him in Pentos to bring him home again and try to reconcile his father and brother. The true turn-around only came with Guymon’s capture and the death of their uncle at the hand of Dornish bandits, even though Raynalt lost an eye in the skirmish that saw Guy freed.[/hider]


[hider=Caspar][color=f7941d][B]Name:[/B] Caspar[/color]
[b]Age:[/b] 28
[b]Appearance:[/b]
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[b]Description:[/b]
A cheat, a rogue, a womanizer... these are all true words to describe Caspar, and all he takes pride in. Silver-tongued and musically proficient, Cas is a well-known sight at a noble’s court and an innkeeper’s tavern, though perhaps those who have seen his handsome mug the most are the whores and courtesans of the cities of the world. He has travelled extensively, first in the pursuit of his eldest sibling, and afterwards for his own amusement. While he certainly is not poor, Caspar seems to owe money to people of a variety of backgrounds, and for some unknown reason he never discloses he shall never return to Volantis.

Good with his tongue and good with his fingers, as many a maiden low or highborn shall attest to, Cas hates conflict and believes he is a diplomat at heart. Often he acted as a mediator between his father and brothers, ultimately being responsible for the reconciliation of the family. His genial ways quickly earn him the love and adoration of his audience, be they tavern patrons, guests at banquets or courtiers from Highgarden to King’s Landing. Intelligent without a doubt, Caspar is notoriously vain and known to put his wit in service to more... nefarious ambitions. Breaking the rules is fun, after all.[/hider]


[hider=Guymon][color=f7941d][b]Name:[/b] Guymon[/color]
[b]Age:[/b] 24
[b]Appearance:[/b] 
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[b]Description:[/b]
Ser Guymon is well-known for his size, brutality and prowess in battle. The Peakes have always been a rather burly breed, but Guymon is certainly one of the largest and brawniest members of the house. He is built like a bull and fierce as a mastiff, with a jut of jaw and arms thick with muscle. He advocates that sharp steel and strength is what rules the world.

Guy likes violence, good food, wine, women and killing things. Fortunately he has been blessed with a physique like the warhorse on his house’s sigil. Stubborn and known for his irascible temper, Guymon dominates and terrifies others. Behind his back, he is often accused of being a slave to his base desires, though insulting him to his face might cause loss of limb. He has reputedly put men and women in the ground with his bare hands.

Because of his hulking bulk, he is oft-times dismissed as witless and dumb. However, beneath his crude face resides a more than average intelligence, sharpened by ambition, hatred for criminals, and a penchant for cruelty. He despises weakness and helplessness.

Guy’s redeeming qualities would be the devotion to his family, and that once his loyalty has been earned, it is practically impossible to imagine him to stray. He has his own corrupted sense of honour. Favours are never forgotten, nor are slights.

Guymon grew up at Starpike, squiring for his uncle Luthor Peake. While his younger sister was introduced to the world of numbers and letters, Guy found his love for weapons and warfare. Together with his uncle he would travel around Westeros to compete at tournaments, first as squire later as a knight himself.

It was during his time as a squire that Luthor and he were beset by bandits. His uncle was killed during the ambuscade and Guy taken. Unwin refused to pay the ransom, and so it was thanks to his older brothers Raynalt and Gaspar that the boy lived. He was rescued, but at the loss of Raynalt’s left eye which was gouged with a torch - a debt he can never entirely repay.

The brute’s weapon of choice is a heavy mace, though he is an able swordsman and excellent lance. He finds ranged weapons to be cowardly and despises bowmen. A great soldier and knight, Guymon excels at combat but not leading a larger host of men.[/hider]