Chade Fallstar

Also known as Chade

Major
First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 3

His piercing green eyes catch yours like shards of emerald in a pockmarked face, voice a dry whisper laced with secrets. Lean and chilled, he leans on his stick with bony hands that seem to grasp at hidden truths. There's a wild cunning in his gaze that pulls you into shadows you didn't know were there.

Gender: male
Age: older adult
First appears: Book 1 · Ch. 3
Books: 1

Chade Fallstar emerges from hiding as the pox-scarred assassin and advisor to King Shrewd, drawing young Fitz into a world of poisons and intrigue with his green eyes and elfbark-stained hands. He teaches Fitz the assassin's craft in secret chambers, using carris seed that leaves him pale and swaying with exhaustion. Through Fitz's training and trials, Chade remains the shadowy uncle weaving Farseer survival, his scars a map of old betrayals.

Description

Pox-scarred man of indeterminate age, tiny livid pink/red scars on face and body, papery white skin, untidy wool-colored hair/beard, piercing green eyes, bony lumpy-knuckled hands, lean and vulnerable to cold. Tall skinny old man with pale papery skin, long untidy grey hair and beard, piercing green eyes, and face and arms covered in tiny angry pink and red pox scars. Bony hands with mottled skin and tendons visible. Wears a worn grey wool robe.

Connections

Family & partnersFriends & mentorsRivals

FitzChivalry Farseerconflicting source relationships
Chade trains Fitz in the secret arts of assassination and court intrigue, becoming a crucial, albeit morally ambiguous, mentor figure who demands loyalty to the King.
King Shrewdconflicting source relationships
Chade is Shrewd's trusted, secret agent, executing his will and providing counsel on sensitive matters, often involving assassination and intrigue.
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Lady Thymedisguise/assassin
Lady Thyme is a persona adopted by Chade to travel secretly and carry out missions, including the investigation of Forge, allowing him to operate unnoticed.