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To answer this question I want to quickly draw attention back to this paragraph:
“The final conflict between these two prophets--one true, one false, one bent on the creation of a better world, the other on destroying it--revolves around dragons, and their place in the Realm of the Elderlings. The Fool, following the path laid out before him in his dreams, strives towards the act of bringing them back to the skies, in a journey that spans nine books, six trilogies, and four different identities who are all ultimately just facets of himself. He dies for that ambition at the end of his journey--only to be revived by his Catalyst.”
The Fool prophesied that his own death would be a requirement to bring about the ideal future he saw for the world. It’s not clear when, during the canon, he comes to this conclusion, but by the time of the Tawny Man trilogy, he confesses to Fitz that he has accepted the inevitability of his fate and that even knowing what will happen if he continues on his current quest, he’s determined to see it through to the end. And he does, both with great courage and bone-deep terror, because he knows that his death will be a tortuous and painful one at the hands of someone who truly, deeply loathes him: the Pale Woman. When he dies, cold and alone, he is fulfilling his own prophecy.
That is why, when Fitz defies his will at the end of Fool’s Fate and uses both Skill and Wit magic to bring him back from the dead, the Fool ends up feeling lost and listless. Imagine spending your whole life working towards the realization of something so immense, so tremendous and all-encompassing, that you’d be willing to suffer torture and death to make it come to pass. Now imagine that you’re brought back to life again by the unrequited love of your life via a process that is more intimate and invasive than any medical procedure could ever be described as, and as life returns to your previously dead body, so too return your memories of the tortuous death that put you next to a funeral pyre in the first place.
The trauma of that experience, coupled with the uncharted expanse of living in a world where the Fool can no longer see or sense any futures--he’s not meant to be a part of it anymore, after all--would be enough to make anyone question their purpose in the world. It’s why, at the end of Fool’s Fate, as Fitz is making plans to incorporate the Fool into his life again, the Fool himself is quietly and privately making his own plans to leave. That section of the book includes intense suicidal ideation, though he never goes through with any of it.
Notable names in the Fool’s past.
I’ll devote the most time to discussing Fitz, but here are the names of characters who are important to the Fool:
King Shrewd is also FitzChivalry’s paternal grandfather.
FitzChivalry Farseer
The Fool’s relationship with Fitz is undoubtedly the most significant in his life. In Fool’s Errand, a hedge witch named Jinna describes their relationship to Fitz as “a true and unending love that winds in and out of your life for all of your days,” and while the true extent of the Fool’s feelings for Fitz are not returned in canon, their connection is undeniably intense, as is the lengths the pair are willing to go to in order to reach each other time and time again.
As stated previously, Fitz is the illegitimate son of former King-in-Waiting Chivalry Farseer, who abdicated his throne upon learning of Fitz’s existence, thus ceding his throne to his younger brother, Verity Farseer. (Quick synopsis of this aspect of the Farseer trilogy: it largely concerns, the youngest of these brothers, Regal Farseer, and his long game to assassinate Shrewd and steal his father’s throne. Fitz is instrumental in bringing him to justice, and returning a true Farseer heir to the throne. [Spoiler alert, it isn’t him.]) From a young age, Fitz was groomed for his own role within the Farseer court, as the King’s assassin. It is in this capacity that Fitz becomes a crucial player in Farseer politics, though he has no head for it nor any love for the machinations that Chade concocts. As an assassin, Fitz is subject to some truly dreadful experiences, ultimately a victim of torture and death himself due to his Wit magic (a taboo magic that allows for communication and bonding with animals); ironically, it is this bond that Fitz shares with Nighteyes that brings him back from the grave.
For the Fool, Fitz is first and foremost (lol alliteration) the Catalyst to his White Prophet, meaning that he is the agent of change by which the world will be set upon its proper course. Sometimes when he is feeling grim, he describes Fitz as “the rock ground down by the wheel to set the cart on a different path”; meaning that the Catalyst often doesn’t have a great time helping bring this change about, which is true. The Fool feels tremendous guilt over the experiences he asks Fitz to endure, over and over again--but, as Fitz often claims himself, it was never easy for him to say no to the Fool.
It’s also not easy to pinpoint an exact moment in the books when the two become close friends, as the first (coherent) words the Fool ever speaks to Fitz are actually “listen, you idiot.” But as children in the castle, Fitz is the one who turns the Fool’s title into a name, rather than one of mockery; as young men, they go through a trying and traumatic ordeal together during their quest to find Verity and restore him to the throne. They share a Skill connection together; the Fool has marks of Skill magic on his fingers, and he touched these accidentally against Fitz’s wrist once, enabling them to know and share with each other in a way that defied words. When the Fool believed that he was leaving Fitz behind to die in the stone quarry, he kissed him on frantic impulse--such is the way such friendships/relationships develop.
In the interceding years between the Farseer trilogy and the Tawny Man trilogy (approximately 15 years, according to Fitz), he “thinks of the Fool often,” and misses him more than nearly anyone else from his past, including the woman he loved and left behind (Molly), who was the mother of his child. And at the conclusion of Fool’s Fate, it is this intense connection and shared experience that causes Fitz venture back into the heart of a frigid glacier to find the Fool’s dead body, and to labour to bring him back to life again.
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He will require an opt-in permissions post for his prophetic abilities and Skill magic, to be hosted and available for player comment on his journal. Please provide this link as well as links to your character's IC inbox and optional information post when you respond to the Taken Characters list, explained below.
AFFINITY: Your character's randomized starting ranks for all seven Affinity areas have been added to the tracking spreadsheet! Be sure to bookmark the link for future reference, since Affinity will be part of your Activity Checks.
TALENT: Upon arrival in Aifaran, The Fool has received an ability from the school of Illusion! He will find this image tattooed somewhere in a location of your choice, and you're free to decide how your character discovers the specifics of their new power: Chromatic Veil!
Level 1 Skill: You can make any object or creature appear a different color for up to an hour, either visible to everyone or just the affected subject.
Restrictions: The object or creature can be no larger than yourself.
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