Epic RotE re-read of 2014

[Mervi]

I've always thought that Shrewd has a soft spot when it comes to Regal. Like he's totally aware of all the awful things that Regal gets up to but keeps telling himself that surely Regal will grow up and become wiser one day. It kinda doesn't make a lot of sense because he's quite strict and even cold otherwise when it comes to parenting (the testing of Fitz's loyalty for example) but then maybe Shrewd never imagined a situation where Regal would come to true power so he's more lax toward him? Or maybe for whatever reason Regal's upbringing was almost solely Desire's doing and later on it's too late for Shrewd to do much about it? I have a feeling we're going to find out more about the dynamics of Shrewd's court in FA...