The Fool (spoilers for all RotE books, including LST)

[Draquia]

I still have no definitive answer for the Fool's gender, but I was very convinced it was a she when I read about Amber teaching Althea to disguise her womanly attributes so thoroughly. It struck me as a very intimate thing to know about women that the Fool would know how to disguise a period.

Male or female or hermaphrodite however, Beloved's gender is not crucial to his character. I feel like there was much more about him that we never discovered, and I would love to read more about him. But most poignant for me was the love shared between Beloved and Fitz. Fools Fate was the most tragic happy ending I've ever read. I can't believe they never even got to say goodbye properly. At the very least I would want to see that happen, which is why I'm desperately hoping to see the Fool again in Dragon Keeper, which I'm off to buy tomorrow. I desperately want to cling onto Jinna's prophecy - that Fitz's true love winds in and out of his life - and that their paths will cross again one day.

Caroline - if you ever write that alternative ending, please send me a copy - I would love to read it.