Golden Fool, Fitz learns about the Fool's genderfluid identity. He reacts negatively, feeling betrayed that the Fool was not who Fitz perceived him to be, and testily tells the Fool that he does not desire him physically. This conversation creates a rift between them that is healed only by the end of the series. It is only through the magic of the Skill that Fitz is able to appreciate Fool's identity: in Fool's Fate, when Fitz heals the Fool's battered body and they swap selves, Fitz states that "in those hours of rebuilding, I realized and accepted him as he was. [...] He was human only in the same way that I was a wolf". This dynamic is further developed in the concluding Fitz and The Fool trilogy. Reception Writing in the magazine Tor.com, author Natasha Pulley remarked on how the trilogy built its characterization through details, stating that "Fitz is one of the most meticulously imagined characters I’ve read, in one of the most meticulously imagined worlds". Reviewing the conclusion of The Tawny Man trilogy, The Birmingham Post likewise commented positively on the series' flawed and believable characters. The reviewer critiqued the epilogue as overly long, but otherwise praised the series, describing Hobb as "one of the best writers of the fantasy genre currently operating". References Sources External links Fantasy novel series HarperCollins books