RotE quote game...(spoilers all books)

[Farseer]

The souless ones 'spread like a stain' (I'm not sure if he means the forged ones or just a spreading evil here)

Yes, the soulless ones are definitely the Forged ones. It is directly confirmed at some stage, if not a couple of times, but I'd just have to find the passage/s.

I am certain, as I said in my first post, that it is backed up and confirmed at least in TM, along with the PW's role in it all, even back then eg why the Forged ones were constantly drawn to Verity and Fitz' Skill and ever made their way closer to Buckkeep, how she had purchased Skill scrolls from Regal etc all even back in the Farseer books. Robin even told us the PW was out there from a few subtle hints and tips such as Verity speaking of someone unknown working against he and Fitz. Though we, the reader, didn't know it was the PW at the time Fool said this to Fitz in RA, Fool did (though he chose not to reveal it to Fitz, or us, at the time). We can see she was if we go back and look closely enough, even without Fool's big reveal.

Again, it was spelled out to us all later though, by Fool, that it had all been the Pale Woman's doing (seeing as it was she who had quarried the memory stone/was doing the Forging or making the people into 'soulless' ones) and the 'stain down the shirt' was her future for the world. It was this Forged world that Fool was trying to prevent and which FitzChivalry helped him to succeed in undoing by defeating the PW and releasing Icefyre. He not only stopped the stain from spreading but he also ensured the future relationship between Dutiful and Elliania which would produce the Farseer heir and Fitz also proved himself as the cornerstone of the House Farseer (which all relates back to the original passage in RA).

Sorry, I'm rambling, but I LOVE this passage and all associated links in any of the books!!

I don't mind about points...I just love that it gets me thinking! As for the other quotes, I have some strong feelings on when, where and who but I have to think of them some. I'd rather guess than check, to test myself. I'll be better at the game in Jun though, I think, when life slows down a little and my brain doesn't hurt so much. It all gets a bit too 'tricksy' when that happens.