Fool's Assassin spoiler thread

[Sini]

I think he is a Farseer as well. I actually think he is Chade's son. There are a bunch of things that I think point to this-

1. Chade certainly took a great interest in the boy, and really wanted Fitz to protect him the same as Shun.

2. Like you said, Bee thought about how alike Shun and Lant look(same nose, good looking ect.), and I'm pretty confident that Shun is Chade's daughter.

3. The rumor that Laurel had quarreled with someone in a high position and it was well hushed. Chade is definitely in a high position and we know he likes to get around when it comes to women and is good at keeping it quiet.

4. Riddle thought Vigilant was a boor and he was surprised that he was able to get any woman to lie with him and was surprised that he would acknowledge a bastard. That doesn't sound like someone Laurel would go for.

5. Riddle said that Vigilant's estates were in disorder for many years, but that he finally got a good man to help run his estates and began to prosper. I think that maybe Chade helped him get his estates in order in exchange for saying that Lant was his bastard to help in the cover up of Lant being Chade's.

6. Vigilant doing nothing to protect Lant from his wife. It might be just because he is his bastard that he doesn't care about now that he has legitimate children, but it could also be that he just didn't care at that point about showing concern or a stake in a son that was not even his own(especially since his estates were now in order).

Ok now you have convinced me that he might be Chade's and Laurel's I've bolded the statements that seem very likely to me. If this is true then he must be alive.

I think Fitz would have known if Nettle had given birth - they are strongly Skill-linked. Thus Chade seems more likely.