King-in-Waiting of the Six Duchies
Verity Farseer, second son of King Shrewd, becomes King-in-Waiting after his elder brother Chivalry abdicates. An upright, gruff man more at home with a map or a shipyard than with court intrigue, he spends his strength wielding the Skill to repel the Red-Ship Raiders. Married to Kettricken of the Mountains, he bears on his shoulders the fragile fate of the Six Duchies.