The Worst House in Game of Thrones History

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  • Hello everyone! Today I'm discussing the history of the worst house in #asongoficeandfire.
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    Thank you all for watching! I'll be back with more theories on Sunday. Character art in this video is by TheMico!
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    00:00 The Worst Houses
    01:08 House Peake
    02:04 The Origins of House Peake
    02:49 An Early Rivalry
    03:39 Targaryen Conquest
    04:15 Jaehaerys' Reign
    04:48 The Dance of the Dragons (HotD Spoilers)
    05:36 Unwin Peakes (Lighter HotD Spoilers)
    07:55 Orphan-Maker
    08:29 Blackfyre Rebellions
    09:48 The Peake Uprising
    11:33 The Future of the Peakes
    12:34 Conclusions
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  • @QuinnTheGM
    @QuinnTheGM  ปีที่แล้ว +179

    Question I forgot to ask in the video: who's your fan casting for Unwin Peake in House of the Dragon?

    • @narnilphilomythus2821
      @narnilphilomythus2821 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Peter Capaldi

    • @glenesis
      @glenesis ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@narnilphilomythus2821 LMAO

    • @amcc666
      @amcc666 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Joel Edgerton. Seeing him in the Green Knight made me wish he did more medieval acting

    • @azekeprofit
      @azekeprofit ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Nic Cage

    • @ravensoath
      @ravensoath 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      Ok, Nicholas Cage would be balls to the wall.

  • @electromika
    @electromika 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1553

    > is named "Unwin"
    > loses
    We have to stop letting Martin get away with this

    • @dmdeign7116
      @dmdeign7116 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +103

      'tis Uther Shett

    • @filipmaly6603
      @filipmaly6603 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      Yeah or at least give him honorary title of Spoiler -ser Spoiler Unwin Peak. Much better

    • @johnnythemachine6949
      @johnnythemachine6949 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +91

      He named several members of House Tully after Muppets and Sesame Street Characters: Grover, Elmo, Oscar, Kermit...

    • @thalmoragent9344
      @thalmoragent9344 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Lmao 😅

    • @nicmagtaan1132
      @nicmagtaan1132 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Nothing is worse than the muppet tully

  • @fantasticgoatac4780
    @fantasticgoatac4780 ปีที่แล้ว +982

    Peake conflicts be like:
    "Lord Piek Peake's 10 yr old daughter, Piper Peake gets rejected as a potential wife for King Aegon the Xth. As a response, House Peake launches a rebellion.
    Casualties:
    Rebels: 3 wounded (scratched by a kitten)
    Royalists: 2000 knights dead, the king (Burnt to death by Oil poured on him from the battlements) , the hand, the master of coin and his mistress.
    4500 wounded
    Aftermath: House Peake loses 3 acres of Land. Lord Peake's son becomes a Ward at Storm's End for 3 years.

    • @stephenjenkins7971
      @stephenjenkins7971 ปีที่แล้ว +117

      Oml, this actually killed me

    • @enzorossi9853
      @enzorossi9853 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Funny af

    • @mysteryjunkie9808
      @mysteryjunkie9808 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +123

      Common Peake W

    • @smokejaguar986
      @smokejaguar986 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +98

      Crusader Kings 2 ass House

    • @cvox607
      @cvox607 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      What did the mistress do 😂

  • @50ftFrankenstein
    @50ftFrankenstein ปีที่แล้ว +614

    One of my favorite parts of Fire and Blood was Unwin Peake threating to resign as Hand of the King of Aegon III, and the council of regents was just like, "Cool, we're all sick of you anyway, gtfo."

    • @Klongu_Da_Bongu
      @Klongu_Da_Bongu 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      Lord Ouchwin moment

    • @marielalara1202
      @marielalara1202 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      All bc Aegon wouldn't marry his daughter Lady Turnips

  • @cutlerwalton7313
    @cutlerwalton7313 ปีที่แล้ว +1220

    The most iconic moment in this house’s history is when Unwin said “It’s Peakin’ time.” And Peaked all over Westeros. Truly he was the Hand of all time.

    • @AlfieVsLion
      @AlfieVsLion ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Dude I’ve never seen a guy Peake like that before

    • @warlordofbritannia
      @warlordofbritannia 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      He certainly peaked, perhaps the most peak of all time

    • @sit-insforsithis1568
      @sit-insforsithis1568 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Is that meme still alive ?

    • @SurfParadise52
      @SurfParadise52 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      House Peake performance
      > Never get punish by killing thier king
      > Le rebellion
      > Blackfyre simp

    • @AlfieVsLion
      @AlfieVsLion 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@SurfParadise52 He obviously had a Peake at the ending and know he’d get off Scot free ..

  • @judeconnor-macintyre9874
    @judeconnor-macintyre9874 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +180

    You forgot to mention that Unwin is canonically stronger than Jaime because when he pushed a kid out the window they stayed down.

    • @matztz_4560
      @matztz_4560 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Fax

    • @VictorIV0310
      @VictorIV0310 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Based

    • @zxylo786
      @zxylo786 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Common Peake W

    • @zaja2418
      @zaja2418 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Unwin the Based.

  • @dee-taylor
    @dee-taylor ปีที่แล้ว +297

    I for one enjoy Jaime repeating the Moonboy phrase. It represents so much and is often humorous in its timing.

    • @e2t4th
      @e2t4th 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I think it’s pretty on point for a man obsessed with a woman. I like it

  • @fantasyhaven1
    @fantasyhaven1 ปีที่แล้ว +680

    Imagine inserting a loving reference to an author you admire by naming a House after him...
    And then filling that House with irredeemable arseholes

    • @sultanmalik9808
      @sultanmalik9808 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      Anyone who's read the Gormenghast trilogy would know that is the perfect homage to Mervyn Peake

    • @thor30013
      @thor30013 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      Martin does that a few times. There's at least two references to Robert Jordan in Westeros, and the map collection/World of Ice and Fire include locations like "Leng" and "Carcosa."

    • @sultanmalik9808
      @sultanmalik9808 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      @@thor30013 My fantasy knowledge at the moment extends only to the classics
      Because I have the kind of OCD that makes me consume media in anything that resembles a chronological order, so I started reading fantasy with Lord Dunsany

    • @Klongu_Da_Bongu
      @Klongu_Da_Bongu 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      @@thor30013 "Leng" is the name of the underwater city in LP. Weirdocraft's "Mountains of madness"

    • @lephinor2458
      @lephinor2458 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Based

  • @azekeprofit
    @azekeprofit ปีที่แล้ว +273

    > kill Targ king
    > kill Lannister
    > kick Manderlys away from MANDER so hard they end up across the continent
    Sounds pretty good to me
    Also the reference to Gormenghast series author, Mervyn Peake is pretty cool.

    • @doctorstrange5566
      @doctorstrange5566 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      U forgot kill the queen

    • @Ballz580
      @Ballz580 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah throw a little girl out a window too so cool

    • @d.dante_vergil
      @d.dante_vergil 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      PEAKE PERFORMANCE

    • @mappingshaman5280
      @mappingshaman5280 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      >makes manderly's the strongest house in the North as opposed to a minor reach house
      > ends the green bloodline
      > supports based daemon blackfyre
      Dare I say Chad house?

  • @mysteryjunkie9808
    @mysteryjunkie9808 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +350

    Props to the Peakes for killing a King in their rebellion something the Blackfyres couldn’t do in 5 rebellions. Common Peak W Uwinbros rise up

    • @kingofdragons7
      @kingofdragons7 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      No one likes the Peakes

    • @MrFredstt
      @MrFredstt 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

      @@kingofdragons7 I do

    • @SwampGreen14
      @SwampGreen14 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +91

      Imagine rising up against the crown 3 times in the span of like 50 years and still being around as a house.
      Sigma Peake grindset 💯💪⚔️

    • @nunyabiznes33
      @nunyabiznes33 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

      ​@@SwampGreen14LOL true. The Reynes and Tarbecks went extinct over a loan. Here the Peakes killed a monarch and never really suffered much. 🤣

    • @HelmViss
      @HelmViss 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kingofdragons7 I genuinely do

  • @aegorbittersteel2154
    @aegorbittersteel2154 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +71

    What a loyal family supporting the True Kings House Blackfyre and killing a pretender

    • @QuinnTheGM
      @QuinnTheGM  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      Yes sir lord Rivers sir 🫡

    • @gooby214
      @gooby214 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Based sigma Blackfyre enjoyer

    • @davidlewis5312
      @davidlewis5312 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Betafyre

    • @aegorbittersteel2154
      @aegorbittersteel2154 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@davidlewis5312 Chadfyre

    • @zaja2418
      @zaja2418 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@aegorbittersteel2154 All too common Peake W.

  • @judeconnor-macintyre9874
    @judeconnor-macintyre9874 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +68

    "When you play the game of thrones you either win or you Unwin"

  • @sergeant_chris6209
    @sergeant_chris6209 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +102

    Little piece of trivia, Dustonbury was actually the original castle of the Manderlys, which suggests that the Peake sigil used to be different before they exiled them and acquired it

    • @debamlyabanerjee4067
      @debamlyabanerjee4067 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Every house took castles from other houses like house stark they killed the marsh kings and took there castle🏰

    • @MrBrranch
      @MrBrranch 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      @@debamlyabanerjee4067 yeah but the Peakes have 3 castles in their sigil. he's saying they didnt get their third until after they got Dustonbury so they would have had a different sigil. Learn how to read

    • @feb4252
      @feb4252 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They always had 3 castles because they dressed for the job they wanted.

  • @MultiKommandant
    @MultiKommandant 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +70

    I kinda like House Peake. Even the "worst" Houses tend to have at least some impressive moments in the series, and for such terrible (or perhaps just very unlucky) plotters the Peake's have definitely left a lasting legacy in Westeros. A small, relatively powerless house that always manages to turn shit into gold in times of crisis, only for unforeseen circumstances to ungold their shit.

    • @KaiHung-wv3ul
      @KaiHung-wv3ul 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Or you can say they have a tendency of Unwinning their victories.

  • @InquisitorThomas
    @InquisitorThomas ปีที่แล้ว +96

    Hey at least House Peake generously shared their plot armor with the main characters of the TV show once the Aegon plot was cut out.

  • @alexfdezpal
    @alexfdezpal 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    General public after GoT ended: interest on ASOIAF is about to go so down
    Me, 2023: this House Peake video is about to be crazy

    • @PineappleLiar
      @PineappleLiar หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Asoiaf was meant to be consumed by a small number of freaks getting too invested in minutiae as the lord intended; the show was Icarus flying too close to the sun and only now is the wax cooling is the salted foam of an icy sea.

  • @Guinnessdrnkr1234
    @Guinnessdrnkr1234 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    The Greyjoy's seemed to have pissed off most of the high lords of the realm over the centuries, and somehow haven't been stripped of their holdings. I guess I can believe Peakes keeping their lands.

    • @nunyabiznes33
      @nunyabiznes33 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      With the Greyjoys it's believable at least. It'll be hard root them out of their archipelago and they're practically and can just sprout out anywhere.
      What I'm actually surprised is the Greyjoys didn't had a larger presence in the Stepstones prior to them acquiring holding on the mainland. The Stepstones are perfect for them, it's like their homeland, just warmer and lusher.

    • @stew-03
      @stew-03 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@nunyabiznes33I wondered the same about the Stepstones. Dalton Greyjoy should have been all over that place.

    • @jaqenhghar764
      @jaqenhghar764 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Well if you are counting all the ass holery that Ironborns have done then let me tell you it wasn't done under house Greyjoy alone as house Hoare, house Greyiron and others have also lead the Ironborns into all those raids and now are extinct.

  • @GreyWasteTim
    @GreyWasteTim 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +151

    If I ever get to submit a question to GRRM himself "How the hell does House Peake still have a castle?" is near the top. Whatever the Lothstons did to lose Harrenhal during Maekar's rule better be epic because whatever it was it didn't involve killing the man.

    • @judeconnor-macintyre9874
      @judeconnor-macintyre9874 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +74

      "How is Maekar going to take away our castle, if we kill him?"
      -Lord Peake, 233 AC.

  • @jenniferhanses
    @jenniferhanses ปีที่แล้ว +194

    You forgot Martin learning a new cool word every book.

    • @mattmorales4320
      @mattmorales4320 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Ooh, this is something I haven’t noticed. Can you give an example?

    • @kyleholmes8230
      @kyleholmes8230 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      He learned them from his nuncle.

    • @IntermissionForBunny
      @IntermissionForBunny ปีที่แล้ว +53

      ​@@mattmorales4320 dunno about "cool" but mayhaps, cus and nuncle come to mind

    • @50ftFrankenstein
      @50ftFrankenstein ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Nuncle showing up in every paragraph halfway through the series

    • @jenniferhanses
      @jenniferhanses ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@mattmorales4320 It's been a while since I reread the books. I probably should. But I know lief was one of them. I think he also really got into loath for a while (which is different than loathe).

  • @DeclanWhite1453
    @DeclanWhite1453 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    Peake hate is a sign of low intellectual standing

    • @kingofdragons7
      @kingofdragons7 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How? They are pieces of shit, hating them is the only option

    • @lordodin5755
      @lordodin5755 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      Based and correct opnion

    • @gooby214
      @gooby214 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      The Peakes simply do what most human beings would.

    • @kingofdragons7
      @kingofdragons7 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@gooby214 y'all are horrible

    • @krimzonkamikaze8524
      @krimzonkamikaze8524 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      based

  • @Spongebrain97
    @Spongebrain97 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    When reading Fire & Blood it really makes sense as to why later on in the story in Dunk & Egg why the Peakes supported the Blackyres. Because of how often they rebelled against the Targaryens, especially after they killed Maekar, I wonder why their house wasn't straight up destroyed.
    Also the Targaryens always having to put the Peakes down makes me think of "how many times we have to teach you this lesson old man!?"

  • @SaSa-gn3rr
    @SaSa-gn3rr 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    The only explanation why Bloodraven didn't wipe the house Peake clean from the existence Maegor the Cruel style after the whole mess with Maekar must be because he saw them in the future having a big role to play against the Others in the Long Night, because like the fact that they got away with this was insane

    • @Caramelo23606
      @Caramelo23606 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      They haven't even begun to Peake yet.

    • @KaiHung-wv3ul
      @KaiHung-wv3ul 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Or it's just Egg being merciful.

  • @TrueYellowDart
    @TrueYellowDart ปีที่แล้ว +186

    I’d argue that houses Lannister and Frey aren’t depicted as historically evil, like house Bolton and Peake are. They seem to be as much of a mixed bag as any other lords. The Freys are always prickly because they’re “new money” that will never be fully respected by most other well-established houses.
    Tywin and Walter are just such complete bastards in the modern story, and were in control of their houses for so long that they seem more awful. But let’s not forget that Starks have quite a few ruthless lords in their history too.
    But I’m not arguing about Peake and Bolton. They’re clearly rotten.
    Bracken seems to have more assholes than usual but their feud with Blackwood seems pretty evenly split with crappy behavior all around.

    • @nunyabiznes33
      @nunyabiznes33 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      The Brackens are apparently the native in the area with regards to the Blackwoods so I wouldn't blame them for being pissed.

    • @rolandorodriguez4504
      @rolandorodriguez4504 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@nunyabiznes33They adopted the Faith of the Seven, the lost that native status when they did that

    • @johansmallberries9874
      @johansmallberries9874 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      In addition to that, there’s been some terrible Starks

    • @enzorossi9853
      @enzorossi9853 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      But also george wrote the bwoods to be so much cooler than the brackens lol

    • @TrueYellowDart
      @TrueYellowDart 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      @@enzorossi9853 I mean that’s true. While both houses probably are some level of arse, we’ve got Bloody Ben, Alysanne, and of course Bloodraven for the Blackwoods. Bracken hasn’t had any fun characters like that yet that I can recall.

  • @dominiqueodom3099
    @dominiqueodom3099 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

    I am no House Peake sympathizer,but i always considered the Hyper Loyalty of House Manderly to the Starks of Winterfell to be not as well intentioned as alot of ASOIAF fans believe.
    House Manderly being chased out of the Reach has to be more complex than just House Peake whispering in the Ears of House Gardener,i think House Peake just capitalized on House Manderly's history of Overreaching and it ended up Costing them dearly,Similar to how the Blackwoods were originally a Northern House that was chased out by the Starks.

    • @Sienisota
      @Sienisota 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Manderlys being so visibly loyal to the Starks, in order to be ready to step in if house Stark falls? I doubt Manderlys would mind being the "regent king in the North" for a last heir of the Starks...

    • @bryanjames7528
      @bryanjames7528 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      In books Lord Manderly knew where Rickon was at n had the Onion Knight to bring him back so they could use Rickon, as regents, to take back the North from the Boltons.

    • @juandavidrestrepoduran6007
      @juandavidrestrepoduran6007 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Blackwoods aren’t native to the north.

    • @dominiqueodom3099
      @dominiqueodom3099 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      @@juandavidrestrepoduran6007 I mean....they are the most prominent Riverland House known for its historic ties to the north and its not far off to believe the Wolfswood of the Northern Kingdom were originally known as the Blackwoods before being forced to flee from the north just like the Manderly's.

  • @SvenskaKrig1709
    @SvenskaKrig1709 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    "House Peake is evil for supporting Aegon II, the Blackfyers, and Aegon VI"
    Well then.. I see Im in the out crowd.

    • @QuinnTheGM
      @QuinnTheGM  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      It’s more the things they did in support of those causes and others that are bad.

    • @SvenskaKrig1709
      @SvenskaKrig1709 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@QuinnTheGM I was joking. It felt like a "are we the badies moment."
      Honestly with everything Unwin did during the regency to Aegon's remaining blood from how he treated Gaemon Palehair to what happened to Jaehaera you'd figure he was an ultra-Black supporter.

  • @Fire_Summoner
    @Fire_Summoner ปีที่แล้ว +88

    House Peake is lucky they didn't rebel under Tywin Lannister. He would have a new house song.

    • @SwampGreen14
      @SwampGreen14 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      „3 Pikes for House Peake“

    • @thedemonhater7748
      @thedemonhater7748 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      “In brick of gold, or brick of black, a castle still has walls.”
      “And mine are tall, and strong my lord, as tall and strong as yours.”
      “And so he spoke, and so he spoke, that lord of Starpike.”
      “And now the Peaks of those high walls, weep for none to hear.”

    • @kallemort
      @kallemort 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Would've ended with a dead Tywin.

    • @gooby214
      @gooby214 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      House Peake are out of Tywin's reach. They live in the Reach.

    • @Fire_Summoner
      @Fire_Summoner 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@gooby214"This ends up killing Lord Robert Rain and Tywald Lannister, so two other high lords".
      This event shows the Lannisters would operate in a rebelling region. So the Peakes are not out of Tywin's reach.

  • @notthis9586
    @notthis9586 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Peakes are even more awesome than I realized. Like they killed a monarch and just kept going? Shit if ASoIaF is really a critique of monarchy than they're one of the only truly based houses XD

  • @erickfromthegrave
    @erickfromthegrave ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Targaryens are known for some bad decisions but Maekar going to lead the breach of Starpike was probably one of the worst

    • @warlordofbritannia
      @warlordofbritannia 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      Maekar had a deathwish and went out of his way to get killed in battle, that’s what I’m betting

    • @connormccormack7953
      @connormccormack7953 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@warlordofbritanniainternalised guilt from accidental fratricide is a bitch

    • @SwampGreen14
      @SwampGreen14 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@warlordofbritannia But didn‘t his death lead to a succession crisis?
      Wait, that sounds exactly like something Maekar would do.

    • @laza0202
      @laza0202 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Why not at least appreciate his warrior spirit & the fact he was a king fighting his battles

    • @stew-03
      @stew-03 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@laza0202And he wielded a big mace for crushing knights. Maekar was cool

  • @Midnightsstan521
    @Midnightsstan521 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Justice for Jaehaera.

    • @gooby214
      @gooby214 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nah. She was just another inbred Targ. Who cares.

    • @judeconnor-macintyre9874
      @judeconnor-macintyre9874 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Justice for Unwin.

    • @matztz_4560
      @matztz_4560 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@judeconnor-macintyre9874finally a reasonable opinion

    • @davidlewis5312
      @davidlewis5312 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@judeconnor-macintyre9874 considering the bullshit he did and got away with, I will get the block, you get lord peake and we will let Prince Viserys pick out the ax. I am sure he has one already

  • @GreyWasteTim
    @GreyWasteTim 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    Surprised you didn't mention the "friends in the Reach" line from Laswell Peake. Potentially means Titus Peake and Starpike are also gonna push for Aegon Blackfyre.

    • @QuinnTheGM
      @QuinnTheGM  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      I meant to! Some things got lost in the video-makin’ shuffle.

    • @dominiqueodom3099
      @dominiqueodom3099 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The biggest thing I've seen to come out of the "Friends in the Reach" discussion is the idea that House Redwyne,Like House Frey during the Butterwell-Frey wedding/second Blackfyre Rebellion has been keeping communications open on both sides. They have the most feared fleet in Westeros and yet they didn't send any ships in Support against the Golden Company in the War of the Ninepenny kings.

    • @GreyWasteTim
      @GreyWasteTim 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@dominiqueodom3099 House Tarly also seems like a good candidate. The Reach is ruled by women in Randyll's eyes, as Mace Tyrell is more a figurehead for the Queen of Thorns. Randyll Tarly is quick to dismiss news of Jon Con and FAegon as nothing but Kevan Lannister has doubts and thinks him dangerous. Then Kevan is killed by Varys, another supporter of Aegon.

  • @jcdenton7261
    @jcdenton7261 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    I mean being on the losing side of several wars does not make a house "evil" like you repeatedly say

    • @QuinnTheGM
      @QuinnTheGM  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Martin tends to view sides of certain conflicts as evil, and the Peakes are consistently on Martin’s least favorite side.

    • @jcdenton7261
      @jcdenton7261 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      @QuinnTheGM thats just not true. Literally the opposite. He goes out of his way to show there's good and bad on both sides. Even portrays Eddard as a fool with the way characters like Jorah talk about him.
      Hell Jaimes whole character is a testament to this.
      Pretty much every conflict in the book he makes it somewhat ambiguous on who was in the right because it is totally subjective. Even when there is a clear cut "villain" there's always a few characters on their side who are somewhat good natured and just there due to circumstance. He even tries to makes us sympathize with the odd Frey.

  • @user-ti5cw1ug6l
    @user-ti5cw1ug6l 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    This house is literally peak. Their sigil should be a troll face.

  • @gloriousasssquat1876
    @gloriousasssquat1876 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    The Peakes are just me playing CK3

  • @rorywilson3252
    @rorywilson3252 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I won't lie, that Peake Rebellion just made me love the Peakes.

  • @seancarley2335
    @seancarley2335 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    One of the best GOT channels I've been subscribed too. My favorite part is when Unwin Peaked all over himself

  • @msb7289
    @msb7289 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    He ain't losing. He is just UNWINning

  • @mrelephant2283
    @mrelephant2283 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Peake Performance

  • @brendan9868
    @brendan9868 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Peake rebellion was more effective than all the Blackfyre rebellions combined. Killed a King, the Lord of Casterly Rock and the Lord of Castamere.
    Also don’t know if it’s brought up enough, but stealing Orphan Maker from house Roxton was probably one of the most scummy things you could do. The Roxtons are a fairly small house with their only real claim to fame being that sword and the man just pulls finders keepers instead of just returning the sword following Jon Roxton’s death.

    • @jaqenhghar764
      @jaqenhghar764 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Am I evil for laughing at poor Roxtons....?

    • @sanlougaru149
      @sanlougaru149 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@jaqenhghar764 No, you are not. Bold Jon Roxton deserved such a thing considering what he did.

  • @arminreindl7742
    @arminreindl7742 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Hell say what you want, but even most of the other "evil" houses have a more sympathetic history.
    House Frey might have come from exploiting their bridge, but really it was a smart move and they didn't go full bastard mode until Walder came around.
    The Lannisters have their ups and downs for sure, but really its mostly Tywin and Cersei that stick out as the main antagonistic forces.
    Boltons are....ok yeah can't really defend those guys.
    Brackens definitely have their fair share of shitty actions themselves, but honestly they seem pretty reasonable as long as you keep them away from the Blackwoods. Plus, their whole feude is so ambiguous in origin that they may have been in the right at one point, even if we're generally lead to sympathize with the Blackwoods more often than not.

    • @matztz_4560
      @matztz_4560 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And the hoares? And greyjoys?

    • @arminreindl7742
      @arminreindl7742 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@matztz_4560 I mean aside from the fact that iron island culture is kind of terrible on a fundamental level, I looked into the Hoares and they too are a surprisingly diverse bunch in terms of evilness. There were at least two periods in history when the Hoares are surprisingly liberal in their approach, aiming for trade, cooperation with the mainland and discouraging or even outlawing the old way, adopting the faith of the seven either wholly or in part and gaining the support of the westerlands in one instance. Obviously that didn't last, one line of "good" Hoares was overthrown by a much more antagonistic member of the family and then there's obviously the three that ruled the Riverlands (which also followed a period of much more peaceful iron island rulers).
      It's similar for the Greyjoys. Admittedly I could find fewer examples of good Greyjoys, but theres a few examples still of them trying to be more closely tied to the mainland and even letting the faith of the seven back (which didn't last long). Hell, Quellon Greyjoy, Theon's grandfather, tried to reform the islands to be much more peaceful and to get rid of the old way, only to be survived by three sons that couldn't care less for his plans.

    • @joshedillon9534
      @joshedillon9534 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And to be honest, House Frey taxing the bridge is just the equivalent of every other house that taxes the smallfolk living on their land. At least in their case, there was no bridge there before (as far as we know), so it's a convenient service that they're charging extra for.

  • @judeconnor-macintyre9874
    @judeconnor-macintyre9874 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Did they chose the wrong sides or is this all part of the House Peake Master Plan?

  • @YarPirates-vy7iv
    @YarPirates-vy7iv ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I don't like the characterization of these houses as bad for advancing their house and family through any means necessary, just as everyone else is doing. They're just doing what's required of them. Really I'd like to hear the Brackens side of the story.

    • @bierwolf8360
      @bierwolf8360 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      exactly. The whole basis of this video is just naive. It's from the pov of a Stark/ Targaryen loyalist and completly looks over the shitty things those two have done. The Starks have eradicated multiple houses in their quest to conquer the North. The Targaryens equally saw many houses go extinct. I mean, can anyone defend Aegon roasting the entire Gardener family out of existance as good? Or Hoares even? Everyone is looking out for themselves and stoop as low as needed in the situation and the moral grandstanding in this video just comes across as oblivious.

    • @MFTQ
      @MFTQ 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Except the Boltons who should've been wiped out thousands of years ago

  • @Koudey
    @Koudey ปีที่แล้ว +4

    1:13 Your worn-down-from-teaching voice always makes my day, Quinn

  • @keirangrant1607
    @keirangrant1607 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That Dampair chapter in Dance was absolutely the bees knees man.

  • @ThatGuy-bh9qh
    @ThatGuy-bh9qh 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Peaked? I haven't even begun to Peake. When I do everyone in Westeros is gonna feel it.

  • @illCMAC
    @illCMAC 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Unwin threatening to abdicate the office of The Hand and the entire small council and the king accepting it without skipping a beat is *chefs kiss*

  • @K3end0
    @K3end0 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    2:50 this is one of the reasons i absolutely love ASOIAF lore. I was looking over the map a few weeks ago (i was on book 5 and wanted to get a better look at the geography of dorn and highgarden). I was on the chapter where Stannis was mocking the fact lord Manderly was too fat to ride a horse, and just read the chapter Davos had jested that despite Manderly being fat he was still busy building Galleys. Lots of mention of Manderly...and then i see the river Mander in the reach.
    It clicked in my head and i was like "wait...this cant be a coincidence" and guess what? IT ISNT. ITS PART OF THE LORE. GRRM YOUVE DONE IT AGAIN. Every single detail is accounted for.

  • @kingofdragons7
    @kingofdragons7 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Urwin Peake was one of the most infuriating characters while i was reading Fire and Blood, i have no doubt that he was involved in Jaehaera's murder

    • @gooby214
      @gooby214 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Based Unwin killing a targshit.

  • @racorker
    @racorker 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thanks for the heads up before the HotD section

  • @TheCbot88
    @TheCbot88 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Has House Peake peaked?! Will they reclaim their lost lands and castles?! Stay tuned for a special sneak peek at the Sneake Peakes!

  • @scoobyrds
    @scoobyrds ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Whenever I would play CK2 I loved to play as the Gardeners right before Aegon’s conquest. They are primed to have their heir marry a Peake girl and I always maintained that connection in my role play… though i would also eventually recruit a Manderly to come down and take back Dunstonbury too of course.

  • @zacharylewis6108
    @zacharylewis6108 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    House Peake. Rebelled against the Targaryens. Maekar died along with a few Lannisters. Indirectly leading to Tytos becoming Lord of Casterly Rock because his older brother, Tywins uncle, died at Starpeak with the King.

    • @matztz_4560
      @matztz_4560 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Based

    • @ChildOfTheFlower
      @ChildOfTheFlower 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So we should thank the Peake for the existence of Tywin Lannister

  • @thalmoragent9344
    @thalmoragent9344 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Unwin Peake was something else. If its ever revealed that he truly did assassinate Jaehaera, this guys gonna be metaphorically jumped by the fans with every power that Memes may grant
    That, and man was he a terrible Hand. Not a single positive thing that I can recall came out of this guy.

  • @robertsmiley2207
    @robertsmiley2207 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Orphan Maker was the best part of this video 😎 now I must know more about this sword ⚔️

  • @ashleyofnaath
    @ashleyofnaath ปีที่แล้ว +19

    House Uller of Dorne is said to be pretty awful. I'd put them on the list.

    • @nunyabiznes33
      @nunyabiznes33 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They very likely tortured Rhaenys had she survived.

    • @thisrandomdude2880
      @thisrandomdude2880 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@nunyabiznes33 An understandable move, stupid nonetheless.

    • @kallemort
      @kallemort 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​@@nunyabiznes33Torturing incestuous genocidal imperialists is pretty based actually

    • @gooby214
      @gooby214 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@nunyabiznes33 Rhaenys deserved every bit of it. Absolutely.

    • @gooby214
      @gooby214 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kallemort Indeed. No one invited those Targs in Westeros. They asked for it. Dorne did nothing wrong, simply defended their home.

  • @personunidentified7672
    @personunidentified7672 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Big respect for the skip to the next part bit, nice video ill sub

  • @caprikiwi5600
    @caprikiwi5600 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Gormenghast is like my favorite fantasy series of all time so i will always love house peake unconditionally

  • @Mink-yu8nu
    @Mink-yu8nu ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is like Gormanghast fan fic! I see you GRRM and I love it! Hahaha!!!!

  • @themutualfriend5286
    @themutualfriend5286 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I've only watched 2 of your videos including this one and they were both great, I'm subscribing.

  • @PRO100Dreik
    @PRO100Dreik 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    they killed a Targaryen? Bobby B approves

  • @Koryoswolfspirit
    @Koryoswolfspirit 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    LmL had a great point on his last stream about “why the heck is this house even still there GRRM?”

  • @MorriganReads
    @MorriganReads 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    One of the best parts of Unwin’s tenure as Hand is that when trying to marry his daughter, Myrielle, to Aegon III, Aegon questioned wether or not he would like her. Unwin says something like “You don’t like turnips, but you still eat them when the cook prepares them.” So poor Myrielle Peake gets stuck with the nickname “Lady Turnips”

  • @TheHonoredMadman
    @TheHonoredMadman 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love unwin peake, i was gonna make a video on him so i was researching and found this dope ass video, great work yet again dude

  • @marielalara1202
    @marielalara1202 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The fact that this house hasnt been eradicate is beyond me

  • @durrangodsgrief6503
    @durrangodsgrief6503 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    George and the little things dont always make sense look at house osgrey they joined daemon to get their castle back that king maegor stole when lord osgrey spoke out against maegor yet not one of his descendants went to jaehaerys asking for that back

  • @tedogg640
    @tedogg640 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Sacrifice for House Algorithm

  • @the98themperoroftheholybri33
    @the98themperoroftheholybri33 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    >house Ball
    **Bron's laughter**

  • @genericname4575
    @genericname4575 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    LORD LOSE THE MOST POSSIBLE
    Literally got fire and blood the first day it released and not until now did I get the name.
    Lmaooo
    Dude is such a sore loser

  • @jmlaspina1
    @jmlaspina1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Awesome content do more family history vids!!

  • @elliotramsey352
    @elliotramsey352 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    keep up the amazing videos i love this shit ( we need an in-depth explanation on the peaks uprising that killed maekar!)

  • @lordodin5755
    @lordodin5755 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Killing filthy Targs is based TTD Total Targ Death

  • @Meanpeter1
    @Meanpeter1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Hey Quinn since you are a fan of Barry I would love you do a thematic breakdown of the show such as how it portrays what happens when individuals perpetuate the cycle of violence! 🤓

  • @ToucanBinks
    @ToucanBinks 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for another video 👍

  • @jsky2695
    @jsky2695 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    “OOOOH GORMIE” in DavidreadsASOIAF’s voice is the first thing that comes to mind when I hear of House Peake.

  • @nothus
    @nothus 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Unwin Peake was most likely named after Tolkein's first publisher (Unwin) and the author of the Gormenghast trilogy (Mervyn Peake)

  • @mementomori771
    @mementomori771 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Well I know what house I'm gonna be apart of for my supervillain arc of CK3 AGOT

  • @nicholasbarber8786
    @nicholasbarber8786 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You forgot house wyl and house uller they basically the Bolton's of the north

  • @aaronbaron3155
    @aaronbaron3155 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's funny because Martin's all like, "I don't really have people be all good or all bad ... shades of grey..Grey... blah blah," and then he proceeded to do the opposite with certain houses

  • @M.P.D-TheBagel
    @M.P.D-TheBagel 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I watched a Lore video about the regency of Aegon III and I’ve never disliked a fictional character more than Unwin Peake and I’m thankful for the validation this video gives me

  • @macnsteez3938
    @macnsteez3938 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I am Peakeing so hard at the idea of Unwin in HotD 🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @collinwehr4170
    @collinwehr4170 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Walder made sure that House Frey is the most irredeemable house in Westeros

  • @raheemjackson6569
    @raheemjackson6569 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Kool story keep up the good work

  • @pulloutchamp3219
    @pulloutchamp3219 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm just happy to be here.

  • @revanius2213
    @revanius2213 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I always suspected they had Orphan-Maker confiscated at some point, possibly after Gormon Peake's execution

  • @eduard927
    @eduard927 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    He killed Roger of Pennytree. Never forget.

  • @brunolapointe66
    @brunolapointe66 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    House Peake? Castles on coat of arms? Lord Titus?
    Okay, this is clearly an hommage for Mervyn Peake and the Gormenghast series

  • @Y4roslavV
    @Y4roslavV 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    No, its one of the most based minor houses ive seen so far

  • @jonathanshihadeh
    @jonathanshihadeh ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video

  • @ryanmattox7408
    @ryanmattox7408 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    George has never shown more restraint than not saying ‘Lord Balls was stabbed in the groin during a ball’ and then explaining a bard was castrated for making up a limerick ‘The Balls of the Balls’ that now everyone in the Reach knows by heart and will be quoted every chapter.

  • @Roronoa79
    @Roronoa79 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is the ideal Westerosi noble house. You may not like it, but this is what Peake performance looks like.

  • @masterplokoon8803
    @masterplokoon8803 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You forgot to mention how before the Maiden's day ball (where it was to be decided who the next queen would be), some of Westeros most beautifull highborn young ladies suddenly started having acidents that either killed or crippled them, or suffered atacks that made then less beautifull( one of them was robbed and got her nose cut off in the woods) or had nasty rumous about them suddenly circulating everywhere. While his daughter was sent to King's Landing weeks to spend as much time as possible with the king make him like her more. And after a Velaryon girl was chosen he still tried to override the decision to make his own daughter queen but failed.

  • @MyCarnageExtreme
    @MyCarnageExtreme หลายเดือนก่อน

    This video made me laugh out loud 😂 When you talked about how they killed the king and other two high lords with a giant rock I was wheezing 😂😂

  • @aaronmisley8662
    @aaronmisley8662 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    “Boiled leather”

  • @proudsaiyanprince2651
    @proudsaiyanprince2651 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ngl they have a really cool digit and colors

  • @68aurel68
    @68aurel68 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It was peak information, thanks

  • @John-kd2tc
    @John-kd2tc 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love all the houses that George hates like the Peakes and the Brackens because if I don't, who will?

  • @VampireNewl
    @VampireNewl 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I wouldn't consider House Frey to be a hat house in the books, the Freys have a variety of personalities and goals. Some Freys are dicks like "Black" Walder Frey but there are also pretty nice Freys like Ser Stevron or Ser Cleos, It's just in universe most people tend to assume the worst of them and treat them pretty poorly.

  • @YoJimBoHugabaJoe
    @YoJimBoHugabaJoe 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    title makes it sound like you going to be talking about a incompetent house more than a evil one

  • @TimeTravelisBoring
    @TimeTravelisBoring 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Gormon Peake makes me thing that this is all a weird Gormenghast reference. It was a pretty famous fantasy series written by a guy called Mervyn Peake.

  • @Flipdip32
    @Flipdip32 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You may not like it, but this is what Peake performance looks like

  • @bananaforscale1283
    @bananaforscale1283 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Unrelated, but I'd like to see covered topic of Targaryen marriages. What if they need to unite Westeros not only politically but also by blood? Obviously in Mad King and his descendants's blood there's blood of Baratheon, Arryn and Martell. Aegon V married with family from Riverlands if that counts. Jacerys failed to connect Fire with Ice (Stark), but it's likely Rhaegar succeeded. Tyrrell (or Hightower) and Lannister houses connected with the royal family, but their genes weren't passed on.