OgreWolf New Member. Joined Jul 9, Messages Damn, I read Liveship before reading Farseer. So I don't remember Liveship very well. Kind of spoils my experience of reading Tawny Man. Perhaps anyone can help. Was Amber the woman who had the shop in bingtown or something. So frustrating. I'm in the middle of Golden Fool right now.
Chlestron New Member. Joined Dec 5, Messages Yes, Amber was a woodcarver who specialized in wizard wood and had a shop in Bingtown. She also re-carved Paragon's face and knew significantly more about what was really going on with the ships and the Rainriver wilds than anybody else, but she either wouldn't or couldn't talk about it. Jump to: navigation , search. Categories : Characters Bingtown.
Navigation menu Personal tools Log in Request account. Namespaces Page Discussion. Views Read View source View history. Amber is described as tawny in both her skin and long hair, and her eyes are golden as well. She wears several pieces of jewelry; many are wooden and of her own make, the exception being a silver and sapphire slave earring. Lord Golden has long, curly golden hair and wears extremely flamboyant and fashionable clothes.
He participates in the latest beauty trends, decorating his face with markings that resemble those of Elderlings. In Golden Fool , the Fool reveals that he has an intricate back tattoo which depicts several colorful dragons.
This tattoo is flayed from his back along with his skin in Fool's Fate. He is short-haired and paler than he has been in years, appearing almost a corpse-like gray; he is blind, his hands are deformed, and he is covered in scars and abscesses.
The dragon's blood he drinks in an attempt to restore his health begins to alter his appearance in ways similar to those that dragons effect in Elderlings.
When he is somewhat healed and visits Kelsingra , he returns to the guise of Amber. The questions of the Fool's gender are raised several times throughout the series and never definitively answered.
Fitz believes the Fool is male. When masquerading as Amber, the Fool is exclusively perceived as female. Likewise, Lord Golden is believed male, except by Jek , who sees Amber in disguise.
When directly questioned on the matter, the Fool has said that their gender is no one's business but their own. In the final series Fitz and the Fool, the Fool is asked about their child, where he has not given birth to one but one exists.
They almost confirm to Fitz his gender is male. As King Shrewd's jester, he is acrobatic, sing-song, and fond of publicly embarrassing most who speak to him. Lord Golden delights in finery and frippery and flirting. Some of these traits appear to be part of his intrinsic personality. Zebra zebra wrote, - 03 - 05 Zebra zebra - 03 - 05 Previous Share Flag Next. Hints as to Amber's identity are many, but I think they're much more obvious if you read Liveships after Tawny Man rather than before.
Below are examples that focus on her not-overly-feminine appearance, manner, or Skill-tipped fingers, rather than her prophesising. We're introduced to Amber in Chapter 8 of Ship of Magic , when Althea and Brashen walk past her shop: She wore a long brown gown that hung simply from her shoulders; it more cloaked than enhanced her slight form.
The rich brown of her draped gown pointed up the gold of her skin and hair and eyes. Chapter The golden woman was dressed in a long simple robe the colour of a ripe acorn, and her hair was bound down her back in a single shining plait. The fabric of the robe fell in pleats from her shoulders to the hem, concealing every line of her body. Her hands were gloved, to conceal the scars and callouses of an artisan's fingers in the guise of a gentlewoman's hands.
For a second her tawny eyes locked with Althea's, and Althea's mouth went dry. There was something otherworldly about her. C It jolted Althea that for an instant she had looked right at Amber and not seen her. It was her skin and hair and eyes, she decided. The woman was all the same colour, even to her clothing, and that colour was identical to the honey-toned wood of the chair. Amber flowed upright. She was taller than Althea had expected.
Not pretty, much less beautiful, there was still something arresting about her. Her clothing was demure, her carriage graceful. Her appearance shared her carvings' simplicity and elegance.
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