Impervious Ships (spoilers RWC)

[Farseer]

Stop yourself?

Who are you and what've you done with Farseer?

Seems the book doesn't agree with itself. Some say pirate isles, others say 'Jamaillia built'

A re-read for me is also required here, as the only thing that I think I truly recall is that it was applied as paint to the hulls. Possibly the ships were built in J and the paint/impervious product produced in the PI?

While I agree that it could certainly have been Wintrow, maybe it was someone else with a vested interest/money in the PI region (who has a friend nicely situated there) who wishes to finally open up the Rain Wilds to the entire realm...not to allow for plundering but to allow for the eventual return of balance and to encourage the shifting of Time's Wheel out of its current rut?

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I've already spoken of the First Precept of Sa in this thread (and will likely speak of it a gazillion times hereafter as it is, I believe, also the First Precept and foundation of the entire RotE series! ) but "Only in Union is there Continuity" and unity cannot occur whilst the Rain Wilds holds on to its secrets and its current way of doing things. Change must happen there, as for all of the realm and for all of those within the realm, for this unity, and therefore continuity of the realm/world/life, to take place.

While opening up the Rain Wilds may seem like a very bad idea, given what must now take place (EDIT: such as plunder), likely it will prompt positive change in the long run...a bit like how personal changes for characters seem like awful life events for them at the time (losing liveships etc) but end up being the best things for both the character and the realm in the long run.