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I also wonder if Brashen’s huge acts of service toward Althea will be enough to redeem him. Both in Althea’s eyes, and my own. I don’t judge his drug habit, but I do judge the way he reacted to being turned down by Althea. I don’t believe it is irredeemable, but he needs to grow somewhat before I fully like him again.

Perhaps…Malta is She Who Remembers? Or maybe she will become that?? Very excited for this next development for her, she was so easy to hate until recent chapters, now she is seeing things with a mature mindset & she makes very interesting choices. I love Hobb’s differing expressions of femininity!!

Okay so my theories thus far:

Igrot (the pirate) captured Paragon way back, used him to try and have ownership of the seas. Paragon went mad from the death - killed the crew and returned to Bingtown.
Key Island, where Kennit lived, was raided by Igrot whilst he had Paragon. Kennit decided he would take revenge by claiming his own live ship.
Paragon & Vivacia together are One Who Remembers.

Etta POV!! Hell yeah!!!

Oh hell yeah, Malta is one driven kid. I like her redemption starting to come in, she is young and has much more to learn. Exciting to see this character develop!

Kennit calling himself “kind hearted” is absolutely hilarious.

“You’re mad!”
“Scarcely. Why do people always accuse me of that when I am arranging things to my liking instead of theirs?”

Unbelievably good quote from Kennit. I love to hate him and hate to love him.

Kennit is just a little mummy’s boy. His psychotic nature makes sense now x

Althea is a woman after my own heart, pirates are ridiculously sexy.

Oh my I want to throttle Cosgo so hard, he is fucking foul.

Hobb once again showing how unrivalled she is in making despicable characters. It’s insane how she manages to write someone who is WORSE than Kennit. I’d like to study the types of traits in Cosgo vs Kennit to see what it is exactly that makes me sympathise with one and hate the other.