Verity Farseer
Character from The Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb
The good king who destroyed himself saving his kingdom — a quiet, steady man who poured his life into the Skill to fight the Red Ships until there was nothing left of him but duty and stone.
Also known as: King Verity, King-in-Waiting Verity, Verity-as-Dragon
What They Know
- Mastery of the Skill at a level that allows him to reach minds across vast distances and through stone itself
- Military strategy and coastal defense — years spent fighting the Red Ship Raiders with conventional and magical means
- The art of carving Skill-dragons from memory stone — the ancient Elderling technique of pouring consciousness into rock
- The true cost of Skill-use: addiction, personality erosion, and the seductive pull of dissolving into the Skill current
- The political machinations of his brother Regal, discovered too late to prevent the damage
Connections
- married_to — kettricken
- child_of — shrewd
- sibling_of — regal
- sibling_of — chivalry
- uncle_of — fitz
- served_by — fitz
- parent_of — dutiful
View full profile at Simulacra.Ink