Jul-11-2011, 12:19 AM (UTC)
(This post was last modified: Jul-11-2011, 12:33 AM (UTC) by Farseer.)
Please proceed with caution as this thread is now riddled with spoilers for all books!
It is possible that prescience assisted Fool when he spoke of the stunted dragons
but he sounds far too specific for me to believe that that's the case (?) and, after his having had a little too much of his Apricot Brandy to drink, I always got the impression that he had not truly intended to share any of it with Fitz?
I have found the passage, which comes from Chapter Eight, 'Old Blood' in FE (page 173 in my UK version):
As for Fool being present at the actual time of emergence or not, it is hard to say based on that passage alone. He could just as easily have heard word from Jek or Althea while making his way back to Fitz in the Six Duchies? Of course, I'd like to think that he had been present at such a significant event....he certainly deserved to be. If he had been, travel for him would have been quite swift from Shoaks onward, after he had purchased Malta?
This begs another question, but I will plop that in another thread.
Fool says that the dragons had emerged in late spring in the Rain Wilds. At the beginning of the above chapter, Fitz notes that it is summer but many of those summer days had passed by the time Fool rode up on his horse.
A detailed comparison of Tintaglia's movements in the RWC and those in TM would be helpful with the timeline of events as well.
It is possible that prescience assisted Fool when he spoke of the stunted dragons
but he sounds far too specific for me to believe that that's the case (?) and, after his having had a little too much of his Apricot Brandy to drink, I always got the impression that he had not truly intended to share any of it with Fitz? I have found the passage, which comes from Chapter Eight, 'Old Blood' in FE (page 173 in my UK version):
Quote:From anecdotes of the Bingtown Traders, he launched into a wild tale of sea-serpents that entered cocoons to emerge as dragons. When I demanded to know why I had not seen any of these dragons, he shook his head. 'Stunted,' he said sadly. 'They emerged in the late spring, weak and thin, like kittens born too soon. They may yet grow to greatness, but for now the poor creatures feel shamed at their frailty. They cannot even hunt for themselves.' I well recall his look of wide-eyed guilt. His golden eyes bored into me. 'Could it be my fault?' he asked softly, senselessly at the end of his tale. 'Did I attach myself to the wrong person?'...
As for Fool being present at the actual time of emergence or not, it is hard to say based on that passage alone. He could just as easily have heard word from Jek or Althea while making his way back to Fitz in the Six Duchies? Of course, I'd like to think that he had been present at such a significant event....he certainly deserved to be. If he had been, travel for him would have been quite swift from Shoaks onward, after he had purchased Malta?
This begs another question, but I will plop that in another thread.
Fool says that the dragons had emerged in late spring in the Rain Wilds. At the beginning of the above chapter, Fitz notes that it is summer but many of those summer days had passed by the time Fool rode up on his horse.
A detailed comparison of Tintaglia's movements in the RWC and those in TM would be helpful with the timeline of events as well.
"I am the Catalyst, and I came to change all things. Prophets become warriors, dragons hunt as wolves."
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