[split] What does the name "Farseer" really mean? SPOILERS ALL BOOKS

[Nuytsia]

We all remember Fool's prophetic words to Fitz in AA, "Fitz fixes feists fits. Fat suffices', and hopefully it took you all as long to get your head around it, as it took me !
Later on in Fool's Fate, Fool referred back to it and asked Fitz how he knew what to do, as his Catalyst, even back then.

Yes I think the most straightforward explanation of the 'fat suffices' thing is as you described (relating to the dog). But I always thought surely it must be more than that! Not sure. I would like to re-read it's reference in Fool's Fate, but I can't remember whereabouts it's mentioned in FF.
It always struck me that 'fat suffices' is a rather contrived way of saying 'he got it out with butter' and it further strikes me that 'fat suffices' sort of rhymes with 'sacrifices'.... however what the rest of the 'prophecy' could rhyme with I don't know!

That reference to 'masks of the Pillars' seemed weird to me - what the heck do masks that look like pillars look like? If Pillars refers to the witness stones (which seems most likely), why does he refer to it as 'Pillars' at all. (with a capital P like it's the formal name?) I thought Witness Stones WAS the formal name for .... witness stones....