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

[Farseer]

Yes, I had all of these listed, Nightchade, though your having had them up here has now freed me from having to type them up!

Still, I agree, it is all fascinating to find these little tidbits and look for links! I near squealed the house down around my ears the first time I realised Fool's teapot had a rosed-shaped lid...!!!

I’m the same in that it is so easy to get sidetracked when searching for one topic…I end up reading a couple of chapters before I remember I was there for a reason, or I come across another subject I was looking for quotes for, and so then begin searching for things related to that topic!

I'm not sure about the Bresingas re roses. I certainly went when I first read it, and I absolutely WANT it to mean something (!!), but as it later mentioned their rose garden, I started to second-guess myself, thinking that they had a rose garden so it was only natural that they would place bouquets of roses in Lord Golden's room. Of course, you may be right in that they may still have had some knowledge that Lord Golden enjoyed roses over other flowers. They certainly seem to feature more in TM than the Farseer books.

I thought there would be a clue within Fool's old room (in the Farseer trilogy) but the coverlet on the baby had pansies, not roses, on it. Fitz also noted that there were 'flowers' in a bowl, and the patterns on Fool's bed covering appeared to be flower-like, but he didn't single out the rose as being present let alone significantly more in evidence than any other kind of flower.

A few other things from Farseer and RWC as well, though I doubt that any of these are anything of worth in the whole ‘rose’ scheme of things:

Fitz went to give Molly some yellow roses from the Women's Gardens but then discovered her with Jade. He had also expected the pleasure of the Skill to be like the scent of a rose. A minstrel sang the song 'A Fair Rose Amidst the Clover' to Lady Grace. Some of the women from the Mountain Kingdom wore rose-coloured robes but there were many other colours worn also.

Fitz asked Burrich for rosehips to relieve his Skill headache after he Skilled with Shrewd in RA, and at one time likened the colour of Kettricken’s face to the roses that would one day bloom again in the Queen’s Garden. Rose was also one of the flower names Fitz wondered if Molly would call their child.

Ah, RWC, Alise’s family home had a humble rose garden, Alise’s mother had purchased rose silk and pink ribbon for her ball dress, Alise had dreamed of roses being brought to her by a romantic suitor and she later likened one of Heeby’s scarlet scales to a large rose petal.

Will add more soon. I can't think of a time where I remember Fool with a rose embroidered on his chest but that's not to say it's not there. Was it when he was 'Fool' or 'Lord Golden' do you think? As LG, I thought he always just wore the cock pheasant on his chest? Hmm, far more searching is required!