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The rulers Farseers are the ruling family of the [[Six Duchies]], a line which started with [[Taker]] who arrived from the [[Out Islands]], and continues to King-In-Waiting [[Dutiful]] and then, presumably, his son [[Prosper]].

All Most of the Farseer line show themselves in possesion of the [[Skill]], and throughout the their history have used [[Skill-coterie]]s. The Skill was taught to all royalty, save for a brief period from King [[Bounty]] to Queen [[Kettricken]], when it was only taught to Princes, and from then on was taught to all in the Six Duchies who showed a talent for it, royal or not.

The Farseer line has a tradition of naming nobles after the virtues they wish them to hold, and they often do, sometimes in extremes and other times only subtly showing the characteristics they are named for. The names can be something seen as entirely positive (such as [[Verity]]), or something ambiguous in nature (as seen with [[Shrewd]]).Folk beliefs claim that the names were sealed to newborn babes by magic, "passed through fire and plunged through salt water and offered to the winds of the air" and that they were later incapable of betraying the virtues whose names they bore. It is unclear whether such a ritual once existed and if it was really binding.  {{Elderlings}}