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! |! n) w9 J# b, S0 n7 V! {  wThis article discusses the characters in The Realm of the Elderlings, a fictional world created by Robin Hobb for her book series The Farseer Trilogy, The Liveship Traders Trilogy and The Tawny Man Trilogy. This page does not attempt to be a comprehensive listing of all the characters and their histories, but a general overview of the most important ones. There may be light spoilers in certain sections, so please watch for the spoiler warning.0 I* S! E, C- Y( E
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1 The Farseer Trilogy
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1.1.3 Chivalry
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1.1.5 Regal 5 j, X0 f, S/ _1 k% J0 O% P( y
1.1.6 FitzChivalry 4 z: l3 d0 L, g7 I
1.2 The Dukes of the Six Duchies ! X! S; Y1 l# C. J5 m" s
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1.2.2 Brawndy
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1.3.1 The Fool , I: i' C# e' q% T  v# e
1.3.2 Galen
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1.4.1 Molly Chandler
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1.5 The Mountain Kingdom
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1.5.2 Rurisk
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1.6.1 Nosy
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2.1 The Vestrit family
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2.1.3 Keffria Vestrit
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2.1.5 Wintrow Vestrit
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2.1.7 Selden Vestrit
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2.2.4 Ringsgold
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2.3.1 Captain Kennit
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2.4 Other characters
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2.4.2 Kyle Haven
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2.4.4 Satrap Cosgo
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2.4.6 Jani Khuprus
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3 The Tawny Man Trilogy
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3.1.1 Prince Dutiful
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3.2.2 Laurel
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3.3.2 Peottre Blackwater
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3.4.2 Svanja Hartshorn
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3.5.1 Laudwine
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It is the tradition of the Six Duchies to name children after a virtue. This is thought to impress the importance of the virtue on the child so that he or she will grow up embodying that virtue. While it is practiced throughout the kingdom, the noble houses are particularly fond of the tradition.! `% J4 [, a& T* a6 x; C

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The Royal Family, the Farseers
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The bastard half-brother of King Shrewd and great-uncle to Fitz. Due to an accident when he was younger, his face is covered with pox-like scars. He rarely ventures outside the false walls and hidden chambers of Buckkeep Castle - and even then does so under the identity of Lady Thyme. Chade is the royal assassin for the Farseer line and takes Fitz as his apprentice. He keeps a pet weasel, Slink.7 T9 d' |4 B. T3 F3 }' B
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0 R5 |! I/ m. x% B# x. Q3 G3 yKing of the Six Duchies. Shrewd is the half brother of Chade Fallstar. Shrewd is the father of both Chivalry and Verity by his first wife, Queen Constance and Regal by his second wife, Queen Desire. As a way controlling his grandson FitzChivalry, he apprentices him to the assassin Chade. Shrewd has a reasonable amount of power in the skill.
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The eldest son of King Shrewd and father of Fitz. Less than a year previous to Fitz's birth, Chivalry went to the Mountain Kingdom to negotiate a series of treaties. When he discovered his son's existence, he abdicated from the line of succession and went to live at Withywoods with his wife, Lady Patience. He died in a hunting accident a few years later, but there remains some suspicion that Chivalry was murdered per order of Queen Desire.
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' c$ ^5 Q2 h- M; y6 RThe only son of King Shrewd and Queen Desire, half-brother of Princes Chivalry and Verity, and third in line to the throne. He shows great contempt for FitzChivalry, considering him to be a threat to the stability of the succession. He is later referred to as Regal the Pretender. Though Regal was never trained in the Skill, he uses royal coteries to wield it.
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+ B$ W6 v% h; cThe narrator of The Farseer Trilogy and The Tawny Man Trilogy, Fitz is the illegitimate son of Chivalry and an unknown woman from the Mountain Kingdom. Fitz is capable of using two kinds of magic, the Skill and the Wit. Due to his illegitimate birth and his lack of memory before the opening of the book, Fitz never learns his exact age. However, his estimate is that he was brought to his uncle Verity when he was about six years old. In the fourth of the books, Fool's Errand, Fitz is approximately 35.# k) i' g9 c1 g
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Duke of the duchy of Rippon.
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, m& H  ?+ ^  ^% q( J- XA jester in King Shrewd's court, the Fool frequently speaks in riddles, and at times appears to be prescient. While Fitz notes that he is extremely pale, there is no cause to believe that the Fool is albino. Although the Fool frequently teases FitzChivalry, Fitz considers him a close friend. The Fool hints that he and Fitz are destined to save the world by preventing the fall of the Six Duchies. He makes an appearance in the Liveship Trader trilogy as the foreign wood-carver, Amber.8 ?: p* ~5 F& P" h, e- C- i

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The Skillmaster of the court. He is known to be a brutal and sadistic master; he is abusive to the Fool, and hates Fitz because of his less-than-perfect bloodlines. While the previous Skillmaster believed that the Skill should be taught while the student is relaxed and loosely focused, Galen teaches that the Skill can only be learned through absolute control over one's body and mind, and he used physical punishment to train his students.* s: k9 s( |1 m7 @: ^3 a) t- Q, k
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Originally from Chalced, Burrich was Prince Chivalry's right hand man until Chivalry abdicated; afterwards, he was the stablemaster at Buckkeep. In the absence of Chivalry's interest in his son, Verity designated Burrich as FitzChivalry's guardian. Beliving FitzChivalry to be dead, Burrich marries Molly Chandler to protect the true identity of Nettle, Fitz's and Molly's daughter.
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  ]  O6 `' f8 n$ z, IPrince Chivalry's wife, known for being extremely eccentric. The public discovery of Chivalry's bastard brings her great pain, all the more so because she is childless herself. Nonetheless, she treats FitzChivalry as her own son, giving him the name "Tom" and attempting to educate him in the fine arts and other non-essential skills. Her companion is the lady Lacey.
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A girl from Buckkeep Town whom Fitz first meets as a child. Originally, she knew Fitz as "Newboy", as he was the newest addition to the group of poor children that she kept company with. Her nickname, "Molly Nosebleed", was given to her by her friends in imitation of the name her mother gave to her, Molly Nosegay. While she worked in her family's candle shop when she was young, she later becomes a maid to Lady Patience at Buckkeep Castle.
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A wandering minstrel who befriends Fitz. Like all minstrels, she wishes to secure her place at court by writing well-known ballads; much to Fitz's chagrin, she follows him in the belief that he will inspire such a ballad. Fitz's relationship with her remains erratic, in no small part due to her instistence on wanting to influence his life.
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Prince of the Mountain Kingdom, the elder child of Eyod. He worked with King-in-Waiting Chivalry during the negotiation of the border treaties previous to the books.
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The second daughter of Captain Ephron Vestrit and Ronica Vestrit, Althea is a wilful tomboy at the start of the series. After the Blood Plague killed the three Vestrit sons in their youth, Ephron Vestrit saw fit to make Althea the heir to his liveship Vivacia. For all intents and purposes, Althea grew up on the Vivacia and fully expected to be named its captain upon her father's death, but she found that Ronica intended for Vivacia to be given to Keffria's husband Kyle, who had been acting as captain.
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. q& M7 k$ `3 x0 K, jWintrow is the eldest child of Kyle Haven and Keffria Vestrit. Initially training to be a priest, he was forced to return home for his grandfather's funeral. Despite Keffria's objections, Kyle pulled Wintrow out of the monastery where he was enrolled and forced him to become ship's boy on the newly quickened Vivacia. Though Wintrow's position is to satisfy the ship's need for a blood relative aboard, he is usually unhappy with his situation and his relationship with Vivacia reflects this.
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A newly quickened liveship belonging to the Vestrit family. Bonded to both Althea Vestrit and Wintrow Vestrit, Vivacia is the centrepiece of the series.
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6 s/ P: H' e" K) T* @% BParagon, also known as the Pariah, is owned by the Ludluck family, though they refuse to sail him because of his past behavior. Paragon is known to have killed three crews, after which he drifts back to Bingtown. He is considered mad and is isolated from the rest of the ships. He is at turns a brute and a child.
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The liveship of the Tenira family, Ophelia's first impressions--and thus her nature--were formed by women. She comes off as equal parts matron and gossip, and serves as something of a mentor to Vivacia at different times.
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A liveship that is lost at sea to an unusual, coordinated serpent attack. In its dying throes, the ship tells its attackers that it was once called Draquius, and was a very different being in its previous life.
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The Kendry belongs to the Khuprus family of Rain Wild Traders. Although originally boyish and talkative, the affable figurehead has a life-altering experience that leaves it in brooding fury.' d7 R$ R; ?9 Z* X8 N% @
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Captain Kennit
; Z! t1 h" [0 T5 k  v: U  f& EA ruthless pirate captain who aspires to be the king of the Pirate Isles. Kennit wears a small wizardwood bead charm crafted to look like his face on his wrist; the charm is sentient, though usually silent. He seeks to captain a Liveship, though his reasons for this are unknown to his crew.
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& i8 E* v1 h5 tThe lover of Kennit, Etta originally worked in a brothel in Divvytown. She joined his crew after a murder attempt at the brothel. She is passionately in love with Kennit.  R6 G$ w5 M5 m

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Other characters
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Brashen Trell2 b: G: z2 ?- f% r# ^
Brashen was the first mate aboard the Vestrit liveship Vivacia under Ephron Vestrit. He is a member of the Trell family of traders, but he was disowned due to his excessive and socially damaging habits. His employment by Ephron Vestrit was condition to being able to control those habits.- H* U  F, P* \7 |+ d# J
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Brashen is a longtime friend of the liveship Paragon, and often stays aboard the grounded ship when in Bingtown.: ?. ?% o9 D& R8 x  _$ q# X
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/ Z" W6 f* ]& R& X' I7 {Kyle Haven
+ }& C1 g( o7 V( Z4 ^Husband of Keffria Vestrit, Kyle acted as captain of the Vivacia while Ephron was ill and made her a slaver after her quickening. While he has an antagonistic relationship with Wintrow, he dotes on Malta. He frequently clashes with Althea over the Vivacia.2 k4 [- X. ~0 w1 W
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" ^% ~% ]8 v6 e8 vAmber is a foreign wood carver who owns a shop in Bingtown. She is particularly skilled at creating beads and other small pieces, although she has been known to carve furniture. She employs a Six Duchies woman named Jek to guard her shop.. {" a+ v- G: v% b) w

1 G6 ^3 S* n, s6 \Amber has golden skin, eyes and hair, and it is assumed that she takes her name from her unsual colouring. She often wears outlandish clothes and mismatched jewelry. However, she is an intensely private person, and she reveals little of her past. She finds slavery disgusting and seeks to free the slaves of Bingtown.2 ?6 `( D$ W- y5 f2 C. f# r

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  d. @* I6 b" r) Q1 |( BSatrap Cosgo
, q- h0 H: E( Z/ {. Q2 pRuler of Jamaillia and Bingtown, becomes entangled with Malta's tale in Ship of Destiny. Considered to generally be a poor leader. Cosgo was taught about the pleasures of the flesh and of pleasure herbs at a very young age by members of his court. This led to an abrupt end to his education due to his wish to indulge in other fancies.
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Companion Serilla
/ D* o% r* H' q( mAdvisor to Satrap Cosgo, though she dislikes him greatly. She is dispatched to Bingtown, the subject of her studies and where aspires to reside on a permanent basis.  f* B6 A* w7 l

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5 r! c1 |& f- q. [4 h+ yJani Khuprus
# n. x  F' G; }1 f6 \  z2 JMother of Reyn, Rain Wild trader connected to the Vestrit family. Jani is influential in the Rain Wilder comunity due to her wealth and her families ownership of the last wizardwood log.
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Son of Rain Wilder trader Jani Khuprus. He refuses to allow the carving up of the last wizardwood log, believing that it holds the last dragon inside. He courts Malta after she unintentionally gives him permission to do so.
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Violent son of a Bingtown Trader, associated with Companion Serilla.
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Davad Restart
' w0 ]) z0 I2 i% CControversial Bingtown Trader with ties to the New Traders and friend of the Vestrit family. His wife Dorill and their children were killed by the Blood Plague. He lacks social graces and is shunned by almost all of the Old Trader families, largely due to his dealings with the New Traders.

The Tawny Man Trilogy
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Prince Dutiful
3 }' a- q8 p' T! n5 T8 kKing-in-waiting, Dutiful is the son of Queen Kettricken and FitzChivalry, though both he and Kettricken believe his father to be King Verity. He is about fourteen during the events of The Tawny Man Trilogy. He inherited both the Skill and the Wit from Fitz, although Kettricken is slightly Witted and believes herself responsible.
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* F1 _. ^; ]. C3 t# Z& |* o2 aThick is a malformed and dim witted servant whoes services are acquired by Lord Chade to attend to tasks in his secret lair. Fitz discovers that Thick is very strongly endowned with The Skill.
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Arkon Bloodblade is the father of the Narcheska, Elliana.
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Mishap
: z6 C8 k/ }6 N4 b- f" ^The adopted son of FitzChivalry Farseer. Hap, as he's called, knows nothing of Fitz's true identity and calls him by the name Tom Badgerlock. Hap is taken in by Fitz as a child and is probably the son of a woman raped by a forged one. He has two different colored eyes, a sign of evil in those times, and his name is probably a direct result of his physical characteristics. He is apprenticed to the cabinet maker Gindast in Buckkeep.
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: I9 G  E5 H& F5 a" w6 X2 ZSvanja Hartshorn enters into a relationship with Hap, though her father Rory forbids her from seeing him. She is considered responsible for Hap's problems during his apprenticeship.
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: k! v/ g+ q' |0 GNettle is the daughter of Fitz and Molly Chandler. As a Farseer, she possesses The Skill, although she has not received any training. When she comes in contact with Fitz through her Skill dreams, he hides his true identity from her.
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6 h6 e. v/ h+ L6 F) u. xSwift is one of Burrich and Molly Chandler's sons, the twin brother of Nimble. He left home when Burrich discovered that he possesses the Wit and fled to Buckkeep to find Kettricken. He is fanatical about the Wit, and he holds Fitz in scorn because he thinks Fitz is not Witted.
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Laudwine
  c: t& K! Z$ d0 }Laudwine is the leader of the Piebalds, an extreme faction among the Witted. He and Fitz are highly antagonistic.
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4 H( x# J( B  O/ k5 }. w+ q3 ]Deerkin is a cousin of huntswoman Laurel. He associated with the Piebalds until he found out about their true motives.