Pre-release City of Dragons (spoilers Farseer, LST, TM and RWC)

[Farseer]

You guys are slowly shattering my idea

Never may that happen!

or that she may decide to live without a partner

Too true, Lady Laura! Let's not take away her independence just yet, especially as she has only now really had the opportunity to have any! Actually, I think Thymara has real and admirable strength here...she won't accept anybody just for the sake of being with someone and, for me, she has proven this already. I doubt that's likely to change quickly...?

I dont know if Hest and/or Malta POVs were confirmed.. only that Hobb said that they would be in the book? (I think ) I hope someone else can confirm this.

I can't confirm either but believe this to all be correct from what I have read...?

And I hope Seldon comes back!

No doubt he will be there in some form, even if it's in the background. I am interested to hear of the progression of his changes and where he will fit in the whole scheme of things. As to who he will 'end up with'...hmm...possibly *Farseer/Tawny Man spoiler*

Spoiler

Nettle! Nah, most likely not...she and Riddle seemed quite chummy toward the end of FF...

Following on the LST and RWC storyline (and forgetting Farseer/TM for just a second! ), one of the things I am most curious about is the name of Brashen and Althea's son! Finding out what happens to Paragon, and even the Kendry, will also be something I jump on, if there's anything there...

What else? Ah, outside of what I mentioned in the spoiler tag, in my previous post, I'd like to know if there's any 'other' consequence to the Khuprus family for their role in everything and what Reyn finds at Cassarick...Time's Rainbow and the Star Chamber being my number one topics of interest!

And on the "how will the dragons change their Elderlings" topic, maybe a crest like what Malta developed... (or would that be inapporpriate, like only Malta can be crested? Tintaglia might get mad if another dragon did the same to their Elderling )

Tintaglia did comment that Malta would find out about the added benefit of having a crest, during the mating process, and around this same time it seemed to me as though Tintaglia was suggesting that not all Elderlings bore a crest?

As for the appearance of the Elderlings and their changes, I seem to recall that there were quite a few differences in appearances that have been depicted on tapestries etc over the years and throughout the realm eg height, colouring, presence or lack of scaling, number of limbs (though I have to confirm this latter point, something is niggling me about some observations a character within the plot has made...)...

Venomous/acidic claws for Elderlings makes me instantly think of a discussion we were having in the Others' Island thread, regarding the nails that Kennit found on the Treasure Beach...LOVE IT!!