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alliance between the two lands as her marriage to Verity once did. The task is less simple than it appears, and Fitz becomes aware of wheels within wheels, as different interests war with each other with the stakes higher than anyone has imagined. These finally come to a head as
Elliania declares she will not wed Dutiful without his undertaking a quest to slay Icefyre, one of the last true dragons. As Fitz and the Fool reconcile, the Fool reveals that he foresaw his own death while on the quest.
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As Fitz acclimatizes to the secret room once owned by Chade, he meets Thick; Thick is a young man with mental limitations who is stronger in the Skill than anyone that Fitz has ever met. Initially, Thick dislikes Fitz strongly but the two come to understand each other. Thick unknowingly reveals that
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Maintaining a pose as the servant Tom
Badgerlock to the Fool's own pose as the decadent noble Lord Golden, rumors surrounding the relationship between Fitz and the Fool start to wear on Fitz. The two have a large fight as Fitz demands answers of the Fool that the Fool does not want to give and they
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Fitz though bitter and grieving after the death of his beloved wit-partner
Nighteyes, reluctantly takes the post of Skillmaster to teach Prince Dutiful the Skill. He feels he must since he is almost Dutiful's father. Dutiful, the heir to the throne, was conceived by Verity using Fitz's body fifteen
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Dutiful, The Fool, Thick, and Chade all work together to use the Skill in order to save Fitz's life, cementing themselves as
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