Which RotE character is your favourite? (spoilers all RotE books)

[Farseer]

First of all, I really, really love Althea, she is just amazing. I know people find her a annoying, but I understand her very well. Even when she is being utterly unreasonable or stupid I still get why.

I concur!

I know I said some things re Althea not being the spoiled brat others think she is/was (possibly raised in this thread, I'm thinking ) but can only find this little bit (quoted for you below) from the Predictions thread in the Gernia subforum (spoilers on all Soldier Son books there so beware entering if you have not read the Soldier Son trilogy).

I think that there are a number of instances in the RotE where "someone else decides for their future, merely based on the fact they're women". The one that jumps out at me immediately is Althea. She certainly had her future decided for her and even had to create a male identity for herself to make it, particularly safely, in the world of men. She was raised as a substitute son but then had everything she ever wanted stripped from beneath her at the final hour, simply because her mother felt she should finally stay at home and do what women do. What is saddest here is that it was a woman who did this to her, and not a man. Of course, Kyle etc went on to compound and worsen the situation. Ronica knew that once she was captain of the Vivacia, Althea would never adhere to such social restrictions.