[split] What does the name "Farseer" really mean? SPOILERS ALL BOOKS

[Farseer]

Lots of things to come back to in this thread but I think it's interesting that we have not heard anything regarding a Naming Ceremony for Dutiful. By the time we come back to him in TM, he has reached an age whereby such a ceremony would have already taken place...and I would expect that, if it had done so, he would have shared this with Fitz? After all, Fitz did later become a father figure to him or, at the very least, an important link to Verity.

Something to keep an eye out for during a TM re-read. I must finish CoD first...so why the heck am I even here, let alone in this old thread?!

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well, the witness stones (buckkeep skill pillars) were four in count, and four-sided, so they do not add support to the 12-basis, but they are very much symbolic nonetheless...

'thul, just coming back to this...

Ah, while I believe that the Witness Stones do play a part, they are not the only Skill Pillars in the realm and so I would include the others in my 'twelve' theory as well, and not just the Witness Stones. The Witness Stones would be simply four of the twelve.

In reality, now that I think of it, if we take into consideration that all four Skill Pillars that make up the Witness Stones are represented by the one rune, as they likely would be as all four pinpoint the one location (?), then they really only make up 'one'. Something to think on...

I have mainly pointed out the Witness Stones, not so much for their own number, but for their Six Duchies reputation as acting like a judge/jury, a group of which numbers (in our human world) as twelve jurors plus a judge...and this number mirrors the number required for a Naming Ceremony to occur - a sponsor plus twleve men.

While the sixteen facets of the Witness Stones could provide us with a clue as to the number of Skill Pillars or destinations within the realm, it is possible that some of the facets are duplicated...but, then again, maybe not. If rumour is to be believed, then the Witness Stones themselves are the 'gateway to the land of the pecksies'. While this is possible, and maybe even likely, they are also of Sa/El/Eda etc in my mind and it is therefore possible that they are also a gateway to/of 'the gods' (which Skilled Ones/Elderlings can use).

Erk...I digress!!

I think I will need to compile a list of known locations at some stage, but may go and have a look in the wiki first!