Assassin's Fate
Chapters - Robin Hobb
Prologue
Bee dreams of children holding hands in a circle, playing a game of prophecy. The blindfolded child in the centre shouts back predictions until a wind tears the circle apart, scattering the children and leaving only the blindfold with its black, staring eyes.
POV: Bee Farseer
Chapter 1: Bee Stings
Bee emerges from a Skill-pillar into a leafless spring forest and attempts to flee her captors. Dwalia orders the others to catch her, and after a brutal fight Bee is beaten, bound and left by the fire while her captors argue about ghosts and visions at the Elderling market square.
POV: Bee Farseer·On page: Dwalia, Vindeliar, Nighteyes, Kerf
Chapter 2: The Silver Touch
Fitz recovers in Kelsingra after over-using the Skill to heal dragon-touched children, while General Rapskal accuses Amber of stealing Silver from the dragons' well. Thymara and her partner defend Amber, and Malta and Reyn intervene to restore order.
POV: FitzChivalry Farseer·On page: The Fool, FitzVigilant, Perseverance, Rapskal, Thymara, Malta Haven, Reyn Khuprus
Chapter 3: In the Mountains
Bee wakes to find Dwalia furious that she nearly chewed through her bonds overnight. The group discovers they are at an old Elderling market square with a nearby road, and Dwalia reads a paper that she says was wrung from Prilkop, declaring him a liar.
POV: Bee Farseer·On page: Dwalia, Vindeliar, Nighteyes, Kerf, Alaria, Soula·Mentioned: Prilkop
Chapter 4: Chalced
Bee and her captors emerge from a second Skill-pillar into absolute darkness and a confined space, having lost Reppin who was pulled back into the stone. The group struggles in the cramped space as Dwalia tries to establish order and determine where they have ended up.
POV: Bee Farseer·On page: Dwalia, Vindeliar, Nighteyes, Reppin, Kerf, Alaria, Soula
Chapter 5: The Bargain
Fitz prepares for a diplomatic dinner with the Kelsingra dragon keepers, having a frank conversation with Perseverance and Lant about the Fool's many identities. Amber and Spark dress for the occasion as the party readies to negotiate their departure from Kelsingra.
POV: FitzChivalry Farseer·On page: FitzVigilant, Perseverance, The Fool, Spark·Mentioned: Chade Fallstar
Chapter 6: Revelations
Fitz and the Fool spend an evening drinking brandy while Fitz tries to draw out information about Clerres and Prilkop. The Fool reveals that Prilkop is ancient, a true White of pure bloodline, and speaks of the tortures he endured at the hands of the Servants.
POV: FitzChivalry Farseer·On page: The Fool·Mentioned: Prilkop, Malta Haven, Icefyre
Chapter 7: Beggar
Bee finds herself alone in the ruins of the duke's palace in Chalced and must fend for herself. She ventures into the city as a mute beggar, sells her fur boots for coins, and buys bread from a kind baker while trying to formulate a plan to survive.
POV: Bee Farseer·On page: Nighteyes
Chapter 8: Tintaglia
Reyn brings Fitz news that the Tarman has arrived to carry them downriver, and the Fool confesses more about Clerres. Tintaglia returns to Kelsingra, and Fitz and Lant witness her arrival with awe.
POV: FitzChivalry Farseer·On page: The Fool, Reyn Khuprus, FitzVigilant, Tintaglia·Mentioned: Tarman
Chapter 9: The Tarman
Fitz and his party watch the Tarman dock at Kelsingra and prepare to board for the next stage of their journey. He meets Captain Leftrin and Alise, describing the scene to the blind Amber.
POV: FitzChivalry Farseer·On page: The Fool, FitzVigilant, Perseverance, Leftrin, Alise Kincarron Finbok, Reyn Khuprus, Tarman
Chapter 10: Bee's Book
Aboard Tarman, Fitz attempts to Skill to contact Nettle and Dutiful but is seized by Chade's dissolving consciousness in the Skill-current. With the Fool's help through elfbark, Fitz narrowly escapes being drawn in, and they study Bee's dream journal together.
POV: FitzChivalry Farseer·On page: The Fool, Chade Fallstar·Mentioned: Nettle, Dutiful Farseer, Thick
Chapter 11: Passage
Bee endures seasickness aboard a ship bound for Clerres, then begins exploring the vessel once Dwalia is too ill to supervise her. She starts cautiously testing Vindeliar's magical controls over the group and discovers he is subtly defying Dwalia by keeping her ill and docile.
POV: Bee Farseer·On page: Dwalia, Vindeliar, Kerf·Mentioned: Alaria
Chapter 12: The Liveship Paragon
Fitz encounters the liveship Paragon at Trehaug and is shocked to find the figurehead bears his own face. Paragon joyfully recognises Amber, and Althea Vestrit welcomes them aboard for the next leg of their journey toward the sea.
POV: FitzChivalry Farseer·On page: The Fool, Paragon, Althea Vestrit, Brashen Trell, FitzVigilant, Perseverance, Ant
Chapter 13: Full Sails
Bee cultivates a cautious brotherhood with Vindeliar aboard their ship, learning about Clerres and the Four from his descriptions. She overhears merchants discussing their route and begins planning to escape at the next port with Vindeliar's help.
POV: Bee Farseer·On page: Dwalia, Vindeliar, Kerf, Alaria, Soula
Chapter 14: Paragon's Bargain
Aboard Paragon, Fitz spends long days reading Bee's dream journal with the Fool, tormented by the evidence of his neglect as a father. He explores the ship invisibly using an Elderling cloak and discovers the growing romance between Lant and Spark.
POV: FitzChivalry Farseer·On page: The Fool, FitzVigilant, Perseverance, Clef, Paragon, Spark, Cord Paragon, Kitl, Twan, Jock
Chapter 15: Trader Akriel
Bee, desperate and starving after hiding on the ship for three days, approaches a trader woman and offers to sell herself as a literate slave. Trader Akriel feeds her and agrees to buy her, planning to sell her as a child's maid in Cottersbay.
POV: Bee Farseer·On page: Trader Akriel·Mentioned: Dwalia, Vindeliar
Chapter 16: The Pirate Isles
Fitz endures hostility from Paragon's crew, who blame Amber for the ship's eventual transformation into dragons. He uses the Elderling butterfly cloak to move unseen through the ship, observing his companions and feeling the weight of enforced idleness as they sail toward Clerres.
POV: FitzChivalry Farseer·On page: The Fool, FitzVigilant, Perseverance, Clef, Paragon, Althea Vestrit, Brashen Trell, Cord Paragon, Kitl, Twan, Ant
Chapter 17: Serpent Spit
Bee's escape plan with Trader Akriel fails violently when Dwalia discovers them; Dwalia kills Akriel and recaptures Bee. The group flees the port of Sewelsby with blood on their clothes, and Vindeliar uses his magic to beg coins so they can eat and sleep at a seedy inn.
POV: Bee Farseer·On page: Dwalia, Vindeliar, Trader Akriel, Kerf, Alaria, Soula
Chapter 18: Silver Ships and Dragons
Fitz and his party meet with Wintrow Vestrit, Queen Etta's admiral, to discuss the implications of liveships becoming dragons. They learn that Vivacia has set sail to follow the dragons, and Kennitsson arrives to join the voyage.
POV: FitzChivalry Farseer·On page: The Fool, Wintrow Vestrit, Althea Vestrit, Brashen Trell, Clef, FitzVigilant, Kennitsson, Kitl, Twan, Ant·Mentioned: Vivacia
Chapter 19: Another Ship, Another Journey
Bee endures captivity aboard a new ship where Dwalia has seduced the captain through Vindeliar's magic. She maintains her mental walls against Vindeliar while trying not to lose herself in the role of subservient slave, and continues to suppress her prophetic dreams.
POV: Bee Farseer·On page: Dwalia, Vindeliar, Kerf, Alaria, Soula