The Skill and The Wit (spoilers all RotE books)

[Farseer]

I'll have to come back to add anything of worth to the actual discussion re King Wisdom being Witted etc (once I find the post I was supposed to have placed here yonks ago!) but, in the meantime, I just wanted to say "Welcome!" to you, SwiftWitted. It's terrific to have you here on thePlenty!

I do recall something of Fitz speculating the origin of his Wit via the Farseer line though... and I know Chade encouraged the thinking that Fitz had received his Wit from his mother's line as this took the heat off Dutiful.

Hmm. There was definitely a few passages here and there regarding King Charger (the Piebald Prince) so possibly that's what I'm thinking of. Chade or Fitz denounced any Witted blood continuing on from Charger though as his Farseer line ended after his death by hanging (and subsequently being quarted and burned etc), and thus his line of 'Wit' also ceased. As for his having inherited the Wit in the first place, Charger's mother was of Farseer lineage but his father, who was Witted, wasn't...so this strain did not come, predominately at least, from the Farseer line.

Still, I do remember a slight mention of 'others' in the Farseer line but these were not named by Chade or Fitz. Will see if I can dig up something concrete from the TM books.