She is kind to her people and instills a sense of solid devotion in them because of her leadership. She is someone who can handle the stresses of the ruling. She marries Prince Verity and portrays herself as a strong woman. In the Mountain Kingdom, she was raised knowing she would be sacrificed. Princess Kettricken is a new character introduced in this book. He's young, but the use of the Skill has aged him, and now he looks older than his father. It eats up at his life force, and nothing else satisfies him. The Skill takes over Prince Verity, making him obsessed with constantly using it. Prince Verity remains back at the castle, using the Skill to deter the red ships from attacking the coast of the Six Duchies. He stays in the mountain kingdom and tries to heal, but depression comes along with that, and he feels like he isn't going to be a help to anyone. The book starts off with an incredibly weak Fitz who has seizures. It killed the mountain prince but failed to kill Fitz. The end of book 1 had Fitz drinking the poison meant for the Mountain prince. However, Prince Regal's ploy to blame Fitz and take Kettricken as his own instead of for Prince Verity has failed.įitz has grown from a child to a teenager and is learning more and more about the politics and the tricks of living in a royal family.

His quest to assassinate the mountain prince while going to help the mountain princess Kettricken engaged to prince verity and come back to Buckkeep was a success in a way. The last book, Assassin's Apprentice, left off with a huge reveal, and now Fitz has seizures and is incredibly weak. However, now he's basically a cripple at the start of the book. If you have not read Assassin's Apprentice, please do so before reading this review.įitz the Bastard is now Fitzchivalry, named after his father, Chivalry.

Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb