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== Childhood ==
The third son of King Shrewd, his mother was Queen [[Desire]], Regal was encouraged from an early age by her that he was superior to his two older brothers ([[Chivalry (King-In-Waiting)|Chivalry]] and Verity) and had a better claim to the throne and was thought to have been named thusly to futher drive home the point. As an adolescent, Regal was childish, immature and pompous. He was jealous of his older brothers getting big horses, when he was riding a pony and being together so much, excluding their baby brother. Her mother had warned him that his brothers might want to kill him.
== Appearance ==
== King Regal ==
He was irresponsible as a Farseer monarch, taking an unusually hard line with criminals, [[Forged]] ones and people with the [[Wit]]. He created the [[King's Circle]], a gladiator ring that pitted any willing warrior or criminal agaisnt a [[Forged]] one. He had not been taught to rule, being the third son. He saw King's power as something he wanted, like a child who wants toys, and as means to do what ever he wants, no-one telling him no.
== In the end ==
As Regal aged, his behaviour went from near acceptable childish jealously to unbecoming outright arrogance, using his new position as King to do as he wanted, however ill-advised, regardless of the effect on the Six Duchies. Towards the end of his reign, Regal developed his mother's taste for drugs and had her same irrational behaviour, showing especially when it came to his hatred of [[Fitz]], whom he stopped at nothing to kill.
In the end, Fitz used the [[Skill]] on Regal to force him into loyalty towards the Farseer heir and [[Kettricken]], though it was never found out how long this would have lasted, as Regal was killed in his bedroom some time later, most probably by a ferret. == Skill == The coterie Regal's half-brother [[Galen]] had created was loyal to Regal, not to the real Farseer king. Regal wasn't taught Skill as his mother thought him too weak and sickly for something she saw as labour and hard work. He had the Skill ability, as he was able to use it to talk to and punish his coterie using [[Will]]'s power.
== Other traights ==
Regal had a fear of anyone different to himself, and would not stand to have someone who was 'unwhole' in his presence. This fear was inherited from her mother and extended to include such people as [[The Fool]], although he served as one of Regal's servants for a time, and people possessing the [[Wit]].
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