Small, random questions about RotE that still bother you (spoilers all RotE books)

[Farseer]

I haven't thought on this a lot so hope it's not too easy a thing that I have overlooked but, from where was it that Chade was given the surname 'Fallstar'? As far as I remember, it was first mentioned in regard to Starling's song 'Chade Fallstar's Reckoning' at the end of AQ?Is it due to his being a bastard that he was not given the Farseer name? I can't recall Chade mentioning it when he spoke of his origins to Fitz.

As an aside, Fallstar is an awesome surname, don't get me wrong, but it conjures up a negative connotation for me...fall star, like his star fell, as opposed to, say, a rising star, which is a positive thing?

Going on from there, people seem to pronounce Chade's name differently. I have only ever pronounced it as Sh-ade, and this always seemed to me to fit with his shady lifestyle, shady nature and living in the shade rather than out in the light of castle life (it also fits with the Six Duchies name-giving tradition of giving a name to suit a characteristic of the person being named?). As far as I can tell, Fool confirmed this for me the very first time Fitz ever mentioned Chade to him...he said something like 'Shade, light' and this covered up Fitz's public slip very well. If the 'Ch' was pronounced any differently, this little cover-up wouldn't have been workable?

Fell free to put this in its own thread if it's too much for this one, Mervi !