Desmond Peake

The Black Rose

Joanna Peake

Arlan Peake †

Desmond Peake is the eldest son and heir of Lord Uther Peake and his wife Lady Prunella Celtigar. He has three siblings, the ladies Catelyn Peake and Samantha Peake, and a younger, deceased brother, Ser Arlan Peake. Desmond has himself received a knighthood and fathered three children of his own; Ser Terrence Peake, and the ladies Jocelyn Peake and Joanna Peake.

## Appearance and Character

Desmond Peake, is brown of hair and blue of eye. The latter of the two features belonging to his Lord father, while the former is one such that comes from his mother's line. Further so, Desmond does possess, unakin to both his Lord father and son, facial hair, with a respectable moustache growing into a beard upon his chin.

Additionally, while having been more of a warrior in his youth, in his older years, Desmond has let the sword take rest, and his build has lost the small amounts of muscle it had gained in martial practice in his younger years.

Character wise, Desmond is an unassertive and quiet man. Wholly lacking the ambition of his father and the drive of his son, Desmond sits rather meekly in the succession, content to watch over the House's finances and engage in the odd pit of subterfuge when he deems it so totally necessary, or is convinced by another to do so.

## History

### 59 - 75 AC

Desmond Peake's early years proved uneventful, in the right kind of way. Save the incident of the Third Dornish War occuring when he was a toddler, little else, save winters here and there, of which did not affect the Peakes too harshly, seeing as the Reach is never too harshly affected, Desmond's youth was defined by lessons from the maester, lessons from the master-at-arms, lessons from his Lord father, and time with his siblings and other such nobles from the Reach as well as children his age.

As Desmond grew, he proved to be good enough in a fight that he would be able to hold his own amongst the ranks of an army, but would never be any such warrior to bet on in a joust or a melee. For Desmond's talents lay elsewhere. This private and quiet youth proved to have an astute eye for what was occuring in his surroundings, while so too proved beyond capable at ensuring the taxes collected were good and steady. Additionally, and one of the few things, save his eyes, that Desmond inherited from his Lord father, he did inherit his father's skill for subterfuge and intrigue.

### 75 - 93 AC

In 78 AC, Desmond had his first child, a son, whom he named Terrence Peake, with his wife, lady Jeyne Tarly. Then, in 83 AC, he had his second child, a daughter, whom they named Jocelyn Peake, and in 89 AC, they had their most recent child, a girl, whom they named Joanna Peake. Save for these children, not much else of note happened during these years. Desmond went about his business, did as his Lord father required of him, fought in 83 AC in the Fourth Dornish War, and lived the quiet life within the Peake lands and their three castles.

### 93 AC

Come the Rosegold Rebellion in 93 AC, despite not being much of a warrior, Desmond rode alongside his Lord father, his son, his uncle, and more of his family. The war proved short, yet somehow incredibly bloody, though Desmond himself never saw the thick of combat, rather prefering to hang to the edges of the battle, an action which earned him no renown, but did so keep him in alive. But, come the Battle of Bitterbridge toward the end of the war, when his son suffered a dangerous wound, Desmond was swift to fall into a panic and withdrew from the final day of fighting to sit by his son's bed, and did not leave Bitterbridge until Terrence was so ready to travel once more.

### 93 - 98 AC

The years after the rebellion proved peaceful enough for Terrence, until 98 AC, when Lord Gwayne Tyrell began causing problems once more. Now, with Desmond's father bringing about actions against Lord Tyrell, and Lord Tyrell the same, Desmond was forced back into a more active political role and life, and that was not something that pleased him.