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| − | As a means of ensuring the loyalty of his bastard grandson FitzChivalry so as to avert any future crown-inheritance issues, |
+ | As a means of ensuring the loyalty of his bastard grandson FitzChivalry so as to avert any future crown-inheritance issues, Shrewd apprentices him to the assassin Chade. Shrewd has a reasonable amount of power in the Skill. |
In the beginning of the Farseer trilogy he is a proud man who, partially thanks to Chade's work, is well seated in his throne with Verity to succeed him. When [[FitzChivalry Farseer]] comes to see him properly, he asks Fitz to swear fealty, which Fitz does. In ''[[Royal Assassin]]'' it seems that King Shrewd's health has failed while Fitz was in the Mountain Kingdom and Verity has taken over much of the ruling. Fitz discovers that Regal has set his own healer to try and help Shrewd regain his health. This is through controversial methods: the use of smoke and drugged wine. King Shrewd once again asks Fitz to swear fealty. Eventually Fitz discovers that the king's poor health is because his Skill strength is being sapped by Justin and Serene under Regal's orders. In one last attempt to skill to Verity, he taps Fitz's strength and reaches Verity, but he is killed shortly after by [[Justin]] and [[Serene]]. |
In the beginning of the Farseer trilogy he is a proud man who, partially thanks to Chade's work, is well seated in his throne with Verity to succeed him. When [[FitzChivalry Farseer]] comes to see him properly, he asks Fitz to swear fealty, which Fitz does. In ''[[Royal Assassin]]'' it seems that King Shrewd's health has failed while Fitz was in the Mountain Kingdom and Verity has taken over much of the ruling. Fitz discovers that Regal has set his own healer to try and help Shrewd regain his health. This is through controversial methods: the use of smoke and drugged wine. King Shrewd once again asks Fitz to swear fealty. Eventually Fitz discovers that the king's poor health is because his Skill strength is being sapped by Justin and Serene under Regal's orders. In one last attempt to skill to Verity, he taps Fitz's strength and reaches Verity, but he is killed shortly after by [[Justin]] and [[Serene]]. |
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Revision as of 23:34, 11 March 2017
King Shrewd Farseer is the King of the Six Duchies. He is the father of Chivalry and Verity by his first wife Queen Constance; the father of Regal by his second wife Queen Desire; and the grandfather of FitzChivalry Farseer, whom he apprentices to his half-brother Chade Fallstar.
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As a means of ensuring the loyalty of his bastard grandson FitzChivalry so as to avert any future crown-inheritance issues, Shrewd apprentices him to the assassin Chade. Shrewd has a reasonable amount of power in the Skill.
In the beginning of the Farseer trilogy he is a proud man who, partially thanks to Chade's work, is well seated in his throne with Verity to succeed him. When FitzChivalry Farseer comes to see him properly, he asks Fitz to swear fealty, which Fitz does. In Royal Assassin it seems that King Shrewd's health has failed while Fitz was in the Mountain Kingdom and Verity has taken over much of the ruling. Fitz discovers that Regal has set his own healer to try and help Shrewd regain his health. This is through controversial methods: the use of smoke and drugged wine. King Shrewd once again asks Fitz to swear fealty. Eventually Fitz discovers that the king's poor health is because his Skill strength is being sapped by Justin and Serene under Regal's orders. In one last attempt to skill to Verity, he taps Fitz's strength and reaches Verity, but he is killed shortly after by Justin and Serene.