Jan-24-2011, 04:10 AM (UTC)
Just re-reading Assassin's Quest and it made me think of this thread.....
I still don't know exactly what the passage in the OP might mean, but it does seem that the most obvious reason for the name Farseer is as Mervi indicated.
I had forgotten all this! But I'm at the bit where Fitz is drawn to witness the Raiders attacks at night in his dreams (and he sometimes occupies peoples' bodies, and sometimes he comes across Verity). It is in some ways similar to the passage when King Shrewd (and the Fool) see the raid on Siltbay (? the one where Molly is there). I wondered why those people in particular are drawn there - why not all Skilled ones? (they certainly never come across Will, Burl, Carrod). I guess it is meant that only the Farseers are drawn to witness these events, because their people are suffering??
Maybe this specific link to their peoples' suffering is one 'practical' reason why a Farseer on the throne is a good idea...
Made me wonder if Regal might have had more empathy with his people if he were Skilled. It also made me wonder why he seems to have no hint of the Skill, seeing as he apparently has Farseer blood from both sides of the family - and Galen has the Skill without (??) Farseer blood from his father. Or have I forgotten something that explains this?
I still don't know exactly what the passage in the OP might mean, but it does seem that the most obvious reason for the name Farseer is as Mervi indicated.
I had forgotten all this! But I'm at the bit where Fitz is drawn to witness the Raiders attacks at night in his dreams (and he sometimes occupies peoples' bodies, and sometimes he comes across Verity). It is in some ways similar to the passage when King Shrewd (and the Fool) see the raid on Siltbay (? the one where Molly is there). I wondered why those people in particular are drawn there - why not all Skilled ones? (they certainly never come across Will, Burl, Carrod). I guess it is meant that only the Farseers are drawn to witness these events, because their people are suffering??
Maybe this specific link to their peoples' suffering is one 'practical' reason why a Farseer on the throne is a good idea...
Made me wonder if Regal might have had more empathy with his people if he were Skilled. It also made me wonder why he seems to have no hint of the Skill, seeing as he apparently has Farseer blood from both sides of the family - and Galen has the Skill without (??) Farseer blood from his father. Or have I forgotten something that explains this?
(Aug-10-2010, 01:01 PM (UTC))Mervi Wrote: I had always assumed that farseers were named so after their ability to use the Skill - they are able to "see" far in space, if not in time. However, the Fool seems to think that the name should mean seeing far ahead in time, and maybe he also means that Fitz has earned that title because he sees the future through the Fool's predictions?
IDK, IDK.
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