Which RotE character is your favourite? (spoilers all RotE books)

[maulkin]

It's very odd that in the Duchies, Skill and Wit are so highly regarded that they become huge political and social issues in the kingdom, yet the southern countries seem to pay no attention to them at all.

I suppose that, since the Skill must be learned, southerners may be unaware that it exists even though some possess the capacity for it. The Wit is more of a problem since the Witted appear to use it intuitively, without the need for training. I can only conclude that the Wit is rare or absent among Southerners. Since the Wit appears to be hereditary, it is possible that the Witted never reached the South or that they were persecuted to extinction there.