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

[Farseer]

I could acknowledge that Forged, too, begins with a capital letter.

There I go giving you beings ammo against my theories and you take it!

Yes, the pattern exists in reality, and is also very apparent in the books. Not only is there (not sure why I am really spoiler tagging this but anyhoo!) *CoD spoiler*

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and Forged but there is also the Skilled ones and the Tattooed as well as the Others, the Three Ships folk, the Red Ships, the New Traders, the White Prophet, the Catalyst etc etc...

...but, as I said, seeing as I am being fanciful and not practical, I am going to ignore all of those 'capital' connections!

As for your comment re "The cultural roots for the Six Duchies and Bingtown/Rain Wilds have been clearly defined different", well, have they truly? Certainly there do exist current differences, and each considers the other strange or barbaric, but Changer is Changer and the Catalyst for the world, not just the SD. Not only is he a descendant of Taker, who did not begin in the SD but rather founded them, he is also descended from Elderlings and Elderlings, as a group, were not limited to one region (eg the SD) only. As far as I can see, in this, Fitz very much shares cultural roots with the Elderlings and the difference between the SD and B/the RW is of no import to the possible connection between *CoD spoiler*

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his name, Changer, and the Changed existance being experienced by the Rain Wilders/Elderlings.

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On yet another tangent that I may regret...Fitz is Changer and, as the Catalyst, does not change. Like a true catalyst, he creates change but does not change. Maybe this explains (only maybe!) why he and those of his line do not appear to change whilst other 'Elderlings' do. Though this lack of change remains to be seen, of course.

I'm debating but my head and heart are far off in the Rain Wilds ...onward to my reading!