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

[Nuytsia]

Yes, and Chade even got angry with Fitz about this apparent lack of ambition for the throne

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(despite also being angry with him years earlier when he did discuss the Buckkeep caretaker role with Duke Brawndy!). From memory, Chade said something like, “Shrewd was never worried about you like he was with me because you never had any ambitions for the throne”...which kind of leads us to the fact that Chade DID have ambitions for the thrown and thought less of Fitz for not ever having had them! Fitz, in return, was very hurt by this remark of Chade’s and this tells us that he truly had never held any loftier goals than those we learned through his own commentary. Being Son-Of-Chivalry was enough, though he would have preferred his father to be a part of the scenario...!

Goodness that's actually a lot like:
Soldier Son Trilogy Spoiler!

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the bit in Solider Son where Nevarre's father makes a similar comment about him having no ambition (or independent will or something very similar) and Nevarre is totally surprised! He never realised his father thought that about him and certainly hadn't seen himself that way.

Also - that's a heck of a lot of similarities between Chivarly and Fitz there!!!
Interesting to think what might have been different for Dutiful if not for Fitz's actions too.