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Royal Assassin Part 5 - chapter 21 to 25
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her being pregnant, and going to battle, she sure is a feisty one! i can understand that a lot of folk and lords will get very loyal to her, perhaps more than verity will ever achieve?
a lot happening in this chapter
-one the king finally taking some stand and being 'awake'.
-regal trying to dismiss yet another attack even though this one actually endangers buckkeep directly (what on earth is he thinking of? trying the ruin a country because he can't rule it?)
-the attack being so clearly focused on kettricken. did regal pay off the outlanders to get her killed?
i'm liking this book, even though i still have some believability issues. it all seems too easy for regal.
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also finally laid out his plan to move buckkeep inland to his mother's old keep. makes me really think that the attack at neatbay was ordered by regal.
lastly, for a while i had the suspicion, but now i'm getting more certain, this book will not end well. it's all going to go downhill from here, is it? going to get worse for fitz, the fool, kettricken, burrich...
dead, jailed, excommunicated, what will it be?
I'm going to guess you won't see the end coming :)
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Guess you'll have to keep reading.
Hanne wrote: "oh yay, so not dead, jailed or excommunicated?"Ha Ha! I like how you assume these are the only 3 alternatives. No peaking at the last pages!
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At the end of this book Fitz has a skill duel with Regal, wins, gets granted a boon from Shrewd that allows him to marry Molly, and they have lots of puppies.
You forgot the unicorn!
I didn't want to spoil
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Hanne wrote: "is there a mean mean witch who will turn Molly into a dog?"Not till the 3rd book.
Hanne wrote: "ch23 - have i already said that i love kettricken?her being pregnant, and going to battle, she sure is a feisty one! i can understand that a lot of folk and lords will get very loyal to her, perha..."
I think part of this mess has been caused by Verity going to find the elderlings, he should have sent someone he trusted instead of him dashing off.Also all the power struggles which are going in the castle he just does not know that much about politics as regal seems to know I guess.
Hanne wrote: "(ch21) hmmm... interesting!
so Regal is playing a tough game, not entirely sure yet how all of this will help him achieve his goal. i haven't made the entire puzzle in my mind yet.
how will losing ..."
Ya i too did not realize that rurisk was kettricken's brother's name.
so Regal is playing a tough game, not entirely sure yet how all of this will help him achieve his goal. i haven't made the entire puzzle in my mind yet.
how will losing bearns help him? i can see how giving a bad reputation to kettricken will, but bearns?
kettricken is being absolutely awesome! love her.
so far i had also not realized that Verity named his biggest defense ship after her brother.