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'''Regal Farseer''' was a Prince, King-in-Waiting and then King of the [[Six Duchies]], though he was later dubbed '"The Pretender', " as he knew that after King [[Shrewd]] died the real King, [[Verity]], was still alive.

The third son of King Shrewd, his mother was Queen [[Desire]], . Regal was encouraged from an early age by her his mother to believe 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 . It was rather thought his mother chose the name "Regal" to have been named thusly to futher further 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 ; he resented their being together so much, excluding their baby brother. Her His mother had warned him , falsely, that his brothers might want to kill him.  When [[Fitz|FitzChivalry]] came to Buckkeep, Regal, resenting his closeness to Verity and Shrewd, treated him rudely and condescendingly called him "Nameless the Dog-Boy." Regal frequently went out of his way to torment and bully Fitz.

He was typically Farseer in physical appearance (, with a dark hair, skin and eyes), and was considered handsome, a title so obtained by ; he was rather prone to much primping, taking pains to take care of his looksand wearing elaborate dress. His brown hair was smoother than his brothers' and better tended, oiled, and often scented. He also dressed placed more finely emphasis on appearance than on behavior, in marked contrast to his brothers, as appearances were extremely important to him.

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 -style ring that where he pitted any willing warrior or criminal agaisnt a [[Forged]] one. He had not been properly 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 whatever he wants, no-one telling him nowanted.

He became King through a series of convoluted and dangerous plots. He plotted extensively against the perceived threat of his brothers; it is likely the "accident" that killed former King-in-Waiting Chivalry was instigated by Regal, and he plotted to poison Prince [[Rurisk]] of the [[Mountain Kingdom]] to make [[Kettricken]] sole heir so that eventually he could marry her, instead of [[Verity]].  After Verity married Kettricken and eventually left to seek the aid of the Elderlings, Regal and his [[Skill|Skilled]] henchmen [[Justin]] and [[Serene]] killed King Shrewd. Regal imprisoned and killed Fitz (though [[Burrich]] figured out how to make this a temporary death); Kettricken fled into the mountains; Regal declared Verity dead and was crowned ‚Äî though he knew his brother was still alive.  Regal left [[Buckkeep]] and moved the court to [[Tradeford]]. In [[Farrow]], he was spoken as the [[Mountwell]] king, taking the name of his mother's bloodline.

As Regal aged, his behaviour behavior went from near borderline acceptable childish jealously jealousy to unbecoming outright arrogance, using . He used 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 behaviourbehavior, 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.

The coterie which Regal's half-brother [[Galen]] , child of Queen Desire, had created was loyal only to Regal, not to the real Farseer kingor to the line of Farseers in general. Regal wasn't formally taught to Skill as his mother thought him too weak and sickly delicate for something she saw as labour labor 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.

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 his mother and extended to include such people as [[The the Fool]], (although he the Fool served as one of Regal's servants for a time, ) and people possessing the [[Wit]].