Emotions in the Elderling Realm (SPOILERS all books)

[Farseer]

There are also quite a few things from the Tawny Man trilogy (which I actually read first) that got to me. Like when Fitz found Lord Golden's skin. Poor Fitz.

Right here is evidence that I am thinking on these books WAY TOO MUCH and attributing importance to inconsequential things! When I first read this I instantly thought, "Wha?! I didn't read THAT! How could I have missed something so important? Lord Golden's skin? As though he shed it like a reptile (which, you have to admit, kinda fits with the whole reptilian thing we have going on in the RotE, and the fact that the mind tends to shed the skin of the body/trancends it within the Skill River!)?! When did THAT happen?"

Of course, now that I have re-read it after a little shut-eye, I realise you are simply referring to the dead body of Beloved, as Fitz found it on Aslevjal ! No need to elaborate further, unless you'd like to, of course!

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Oh ! To take this another step further, it could be said that each time the characters change their identities eg Fool and Fitz, it is like shedding their skin, or even going through a metamorphic stage such as is experienced by the serpents/dragons...they, too, change their appearance along with their names when they change from serpent to dragon form. Needless to say, Beloved does go through a skin-shedding event very literally during each 'changing time', right down to the peeling skin...VERY reptilian-like!