The Fool (spoilers for all RotE books, including LST)

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I started trying to think of a clue about the possibility of a hermaphrodite existence in the Realm of the Elderlings. And then it stroke me that such a creature was almost always there – Sa. And there was a quote in the book about duality of the White Prophet gender borrowed from the faith in Sa, so indirectly but Sa and White Prophets were connected by the author herself.

Was there a god encompassing both masculine and feminine characteristics? Sa was Mother/feminine. The Outislands worshiped Eda (the goddess of earth) and El (a masculine god of the sea?).....the Motherhouse was a bi-product of Eda making women stronger so El would not be able to dominate them.

As far as I can recall, any mention of gender in White Prophets was that they would come as either male or female. I don't think references to duality were intended to suggest the ability to morph from one to the other or to be both at the same time. Hobb was explaining that White Prophets came in both genders and typically matched to a Catalyst of the opposite gender. Clearly Fitz and the Fool were an exception to this general pattern. What matters is that they loved one another which is consistent between White Prophets and The Catalysts.

And coming back to the story of Prilkop ...........I think the legend of the Black Man and the legend of the black-haired girl are too similar to be coincidence or to describe different people.

As I understand this, White Prophets begin white and darken when they make changes in the world. The Fool was pale (and sickly looking according to Fritz) when he was King Shrewd's fool. Hair and skin darkened to gold and would eventually become black like Prilkop given enough time and change. Even though they live much longer and consequently appear younger for longer periods the White Prophets would not likely be children with black hair.

And does anyone here know if this news is true?
http://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/fbrbl...ovel-news/

I think Robin would have come forward somewhere to deny it by now.

This is probably the #1 topic brought up everywhere she goes.