Jul-19-2010, 11:33 PM (UTC)
(This post was last modified: Jul-19-2010, 11:35 PM (UTC) by Farseer.)
(Jul-19-2010, 05:34 PM (UTC))thul Wrote: Are you sure they'll both be princes?
Would it not be quite possible that one of them is a princess?
Mind you, it is a while since these beings read the farseer books, so they do not recall exactly. They cannot recall anything on whether Etta's child is female or male. If that last was unspecified, then it would be most natural for that one to be female. All the previous farseer heirs have gone abroad to find their wives/queens, so why should not the next one do that too?
'thul, these names Prince Prosper Farseer and Prince Paragon Ludluck are the actual names for Dutiful/Elliana and Kennit/Etta's children and, yes, they are both strongly referenced as being male (that is not to say that one may not choose to dress or act as a female later !).
I agree that one, if not both, will look further afield to find a future bride. Thymara would be an interesting choice (love it !) and this would tighten relations between the Rain Wilds and Pirate Isles or Six Duchies/Mountain Kingdom...though, as you say, age would be a factor and she sounds like she may have some ideas of her own in that regard anyway! As we are yet to get a story based in Chalced, maybe a bride may come from there?
No need to include spoiler tags in here as 'RWC' is included in the thread title...or should I amend that to 'Rain Wild Chronicles', to make it clearer?
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