Gernia vs RotE *spoilers all Hobb books*

[Farseer]

Sure did, Provost! It was one of those lightbulb moments!

I don't mind admitting that I still expect something a little similar in RotE (some yet-to-be-revealed reason for the trees to have a Wit presence and a presence in Wintrow's stained-glass window...Eyod had reason to leave the trees alone and I hope we one day discover exactly why) but different enough from SS to not be too 'samey'.

That Fitz attested many times that the trees contained Wit, particularly those ancient ones higher up in the Mountain Kingdom, made it an easy step for me to take to accept that trees in the SS series could actually contain the anmas or lives of humans/beings. It definitely made me wonder if it was only ‘age’ that gave the RotE trees their ancient, Wit presence...or something more! Maybe those in the upper reaches of the Mountain Kingdom are kaembra-like ones !