![]() ![]() ![]() But why didn’t Kennit just kill him? Why leave him on that island with his mother? Well, you would think it’s because Hobb is saving him for a critical cog in the plotline, but what happens? Inexplicably, Kennit’s mother takes him with her to “the showdown”, and then while all the fighting is going on, he gets killed incidentally by indiscriminate enemy arrows. ![]() His son Wintrow understandably hates him and never thinks twice when Kennit exiles him in chains. He’s a controlling tyrant who blames everyone else for the consequences of his own stupid, greedy decisions. Worse still, his name becomes honored as the sage king who sacrificed himself. Instead, he dies rather instantly and stupidly by accidentally taking a sword for the Satrap while trying to steal him back from the Jamaillians. ![]() I expected him to die a harrowing, morbid death to pay for his evil deeds. Will he eventually fall into the flames of a moral abyss? Or will he ascend as a selfless hero? Well, in the end, he’s a raping, malicious thug consumed by his primal lust and abused childhood. You never know whether you should hate him or love him. Throughout the story, he oscillates between being a scheming, greedy, cutthroat pirate and a wise, gentle philanthropist. The character of Kennit was flawed in my opinion. Stop here and come back later if you haven’t finished the series. ![]()
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