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

[Farseer]

These beings wonder if perhaps Thymara will end up choosing Rapskal,

Yet to read the rest of the posts but this jumped out. I agree. I don't see Thymara and Tats together at all...Rapskal is the one for her, at least from the current group of characters in her immediate vicinity or, at least, that's how it appeared to me at the end of DH.

Now that I've put that in print, Thymara and Tats will get together! Back to Rapskal though...he has this ability to make Thymara feel special and this would, in the long-term, suit Thymara's "dragonness" or role of being a "queen" having someone speak of her beautiful wings and such...Rapskal's manner fits well that of a minstrel or Elderling's role to a dragon so why not a male Elderling to a queen (by queen here I mean a female dragon/Elderling as Sintara etc speaks of herself and Thymara,)?

It also seems likely that Rapskal, like Heeby (and most other Hobb characters!), will prove to be even 'more' as he was seen as the 'least' of the dragonkeeper group in many ways. Of course, he has already done more by proving that Heeby would be the first to fly but possibly there is still more greatness for Rapskal to reveal of himself?

EDIT: Not to mention that Rapskal was the first, at least of the Rain Wilders/Bingtowners etc, to rediscover Kelsingra. END EDIT

In another thread we wondered if Thymara may not even end up choosing someone else from another part of the realm as a way of instigating a political alliance such as what was achieved through the bringing together of *Farseer/Tawny Man spoilers*

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Verity and Kettricken or Dutiful and Elliania

. Of course this is fairly unlikely but you never know...outsiders may have tended to view the Rain Wilders and their looks as strange but opinions are changing and it would also now be seen as a bit of a coup to partner an Elderling, particularly a rarely-winged one!

I can't add too much without throwing in Farseer stuff as I am hoping we see at least a few hints of characters from the Six Duchies *Major Farseer/Tawny Man spoilers*

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who DO have dragon-like traits, such as Fitz and Nettle. They both have their temper side, and Fitz and Paragon both also reflect each other/a dragon during their berserker stages! If Tintaglia or Icefyre once again make an appearance, as they must do somewhere soon, Nettle and Fitz do both still Skill-dream with Tintaglia so could well be 'about' even if we don't hear of them. I am hoping though, as it is around Kelsingra where the storyline will apparently continue, that Fitz will turn up somehow. I think and hope this because the region draws him to it...it was this drawing that took him there in the first place in AQ but which also made him want to later return, and he would have done if it were not for Nighteyes' not wanting to return via the Skill-pillars after the Red Ship Wars.

Remembering too, that Fitz and Nighteyes even attempted to go up the Rain River in a small boat...Fitz himself didn't know why at the time but I think it's because Kelsingra was 'calling' him (or at least the Skill/the Skill River where Verity and Kettle lathed their hands and arms etc), knowing that, eventually, one would reach Kelsingra/the Skill River if they went upriver.

He might be at Withywoods and he might be content but, just as Verity's calling "Come to me" had to be heeded no matter what Fitz did or didn't wish to do, I don't think Fitz will be able to stay away from Kelsingra or the Skill River for too long!

If nothing else, I am least hoping the next book/s reveal to us what was behind the locked doors that Fitz found in the Citadel of Records in the Kelsingra map tower, or we find out something about the Skill River itself (someone may stumble upon it?) or the well from which the dragons consumed the Skill (the well which both Tintaglia and Fitz saw). As you can tell, as far as I am concerned, a book about Kelsingra continues the Farseer/Tawny Man storyline just as much as it does the LST/RWC one!

Love it, Oblivia! I took particular interest as I thought I'd seen it on the Blood Memories site...?

I'm happy to continue adding spolier tags for Farseer/Tawny Man etc in here but I might add a spoiler tag for LST and RWC in the actual thread title? I'd assume that most who head to this thread will have read at least those books but...