A way to end the war with chalced [posible spoilers]

[Farseer]

Yes, you mirror my thoughts there, redchild , and I tried to reflect this a little elsewhere in my comments on Fool and change/balances in the Gernia and other threads. The changing of cycles (and/or putting time onto a differently alotted path) and bringing balance to the world are two of the core themes that I see in each of RH's works, and these are played out in each book, each series and, on an even grander scale, throughout the overall RotE tale as a whole.

EDIT: include the RotE-related short stories here as well as they each have a change and a balancing that takes place within the plot, and these then contribute to the balancing and changing of the entire world.

Among many other things, so far returning balance has been seen in ways that include the Elderling and dragons' return to the world (the obvious one!); the forging of relationships or treaties not previously enjoyed (a couple of examples would be the SD viewing of the Out Islanders or Rain Wilders as an extension of themselves rather then overtly different or strange, as well as the Witted and Unwitted reaching increased levels of understanding...though this latter is still yet to reach a climax and 'final settling') or even the blurring, if not quite abolishing, of social segregation and injustice (view of the worth of ones such as Thick, the keepers, slaves etc). Still there are so many (too many) other large and small-scaled examples of balance and change!!!

While it may seem that these themes of balance and changing cycles are key resolutions for the entire RotE 'final solution' only, they must also be present, I think, in the ending of war with Chalced in whatever form it will take. This is because a) they are key themes of the books and overall tale so far and b) they follow Fool's prophecies and future for the world (as you mentioned).

Of course, this doesn't mean that the world will reach a level of perfection, just balance...and balance or change does not mean it brings only happiness or a corny ending in its wake (for starters, one must also have sadness to create balance and that is a direct contradiction to happiness !).

In creating balance, the situation doesn't create perfection for one element or the other, or even a 'happy ending' for some or all as we may imgaine 'happy' to be for the RotE tale. The same will be true for Chalced's future as for the world's...it will be brought about by balance and change but these will not bring perfection to Chalced or its place within the rest of the realm.

Sorry for the multiple edits...I haven't slept in days (more on that later!) and I need !