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

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