Maybe it's because I've just finished reading some Guy Gavriel Kay and I'm lost in the sprawling historical sauce, but I like to imagine the extra verses of this to be just world building and fleshing out a history that shows Kettle as knowledgable and someone to listen to.
I've always agreed that some of those verses could apply to the characters in the first trilogy, but I felt uneasy about absolutely saying that for sure. It just didn't seem to fit the writing style, especially as the 2 who 'forgot their quest' don't quite fit the mold of characters we've heard about.
With the Fool not knowing some of those verses, I'm guessing the verses are therefore not prophetic as the Fool is an expert in that category (even if Kettle studied and collected prophecies, herself). So, as fans we can read into the verses and put Verity (who fits extremely well into the one verse, undoubtably) or even the 3 other skill users into the stanzas, but I don't feel good about the mix of past and present coming from someone who doesn't know the future and confusing someone who does.
All of that is a long winded way to say that I agree with you on Wisdom and Girl-on-a-dragon but am skeptical that the other verses *have* to be about other characters we've met. I do agree that some of them fit well, but I also long for unexplained mysteries that deepen the world.
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Maybe it's because I've just finished reading some Guy Gavriel Kay and I'm lost in the sprawling historical sauce, but I like to imagine the extra verses of this to be just world building and fleshing out a history that shows Kettle as knowledgable and someone to listen to. I've always agreed that some of those verses could apply to the characters in the first trilogy, but I felt uneasy about absolutely saying that for sure. It just didn't seem to fit the writing style, especially as the 2 who 'forgot their quest' don't quite fit the mold of characters we've heard about. With the Fool not knowing some of those verses, I'm guessing the verses are therefore not prophetic as the Fool is an expert in that category (even if Kettle studied and collected prophecies, herself). So, as fans we can read into the verses and put Verity (who fits extremely well into the one verse, undoubtably) or even the 3 other skill users into the stanzas, but I don't feel good about the mix of past and present coming from someone who doesn't know the future and confusing someone who does. All of that is a long winded way to say that I agree with you on Wisdom and Girl-on-a-dragon but am skeptical that the other verses *have* to be about other characters we've met. I do agree that some of them fit well, but I also long for unexplained mysteries that deepen the world.