Black Hair, Black Eyes *Spoilers all RotE Books*

[Farseer]

As it concerns eyes, I suppose black to mean that deep shade of brown so very dark as to appear black in all but the noon light. And I instinctively take "dark" to mean the same thing.

I'd agree. Though I certainly picture Fitz with 'black' eyes, and he is said to have either 'black' or 'dark' eyes throughout, it is interesting to note that Amber refers to Paragon's newly carved/opened eyes as supposed to having been 'dark brown, almost black' when Clef informed Althea that Paragon had blue eyes like Kennit's mother (and Kennit, but Clef did not know that).

Unless you're hung up on allusions to "black eyes" specifically, the combination isn't so much a Farseer characteristic as it is one of Buck. There are bland references to the dark Buck coloring littered through out the books but Blue Boots is even more specific

"Both Lord Just and the minstrel had the same dark eyes and curly black hair, but that was true of three-fourths of Buck."

True, Nortune, but it is a characteristic of Buck for a reason (or so I believe ). Buck is the home of the 'first Farseer'...and by this I mean Taker, though it is Fitz who truly becomes the first Farseer by virtue of the fact that the House Farseer is so named after him. And also for reasons as per previous posts that I believe are in this thread eg Outislander/Elderling ancestors etc. I will come back to this though.