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

[Farseer]

That's true, assasin. Most likely there is no connection but interesting, I thought, all the same. I guess, in a way, it could add weight to the whole 'El of the sea' and 'Eda of the land' difference? That there are certain ones who truly have an aversion to the sea, and therefore a solid attachment to the land, for reasons other than birth etc? Another, slightly different, example of this could possibly be Wintrow...a Vestrit who was initially very disinterested in a sea life though, as we know, he came to love it and acquired great knowledge and sea-faring wisdom under Kennit's tutelage.

We are given the character of Thick, who is solidly "of the land", and he becomes sick while on a boat. This is not such a stretch for us, especially as he is also portrayed initially as a social, physical and intellectual outcast...he seemingly lacks in all else so, of course, he will be the 'weak' one who succumbs to seasickness.

In the beginning we are also given this image of Taker, a tough Outislander Raider whose family were solidly "of the sea", and yet he suffers from seasickness also (not an easy position for him to be in, and most likely this 'weakness' caused hostility from others who called the God Runes their home). While we may think that the present situation has called for different individuals and groups to undertake vast changes, there are those who instigated great change many generations prior eg if Taker had not bravely turned aside from his home, sea-faring life and what was expected of him, who is to say if Changer would ever have come to exist?

Another thought...as the first Farseer, did Taker ever find out how to use the Skill pillars connecting Buck and Aslevjal for the purpose of travel (such as Thick and Fitz used), and therefore venture home to the Out Islands from time-to-time? It appears not.