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Mollye

Molly Chandler by Purest-Green

Molly Chandler is a woman from Buckkeep Town. She and FitzChivalry Farseer become friends when they are children, and later become lovers. Molly has long, dark hair and is quite short. She is easily provoked to anger, but also displays deep affection for people she cares about. Molly's parents own a chandlery in Buckkeep Town, where they sell candles made of beeswax. Molly's mother was evidently kind to her, nicknaming her Molly Nosegay. Molly's father is an alcoholic who frequently shouts at Molly and beats her. Molly learned to be independent from a young age, as her father's incapacitated states left her to run the chandlery by herself.

Assassin's Apprentice[]

Molly keeps company in Buckkeep Town with a group of children. She is known to them as Molly Nosebleed. She meets Fitz, who goes by the name Newboy, when he is sent to run errands in town. Fitz is fascinated by Molly, who is two years his elder.

As they age, their interest in each other shows sings of deepening into romance. Molly frequently sees Fitz when he runs errands in town. Fitz tells her that he is a scribe's boy for Fedwren. Occasionally the two are able to leave off their errands and spend free time together.

On one such occasion, they picnic at the beach. Molly pushes for the two to climb along a sea-cliff for a better view, engineering a situation where Fitz will be able to touch her to help her ascend. They discuss Verity's impending engagement to a yet-undecided woman, and Molly is enraptured by Fitz's careful consideration of what Verity should have in a bride. Fitz describes a woman who is independent and capable, and says that not all men are suited to such a wife; Molly is excited by this, believing he is describing the kind of woman that interests him.

Molly's father dies, leaving her unexpectedly saddled with debt. She loses the chandlery to creditors and is forced to ask her cousins for aid. Her cousin Jade arranges that she moves to Siltbay to stay with relatives.

When Siltbay is raided, Molly survives and manages to rescue her nieces; however, the raid means her family can no longer support her. She works her way back to Buckkeep on a fishing boat. She goes to Buckkeep Castle intending to ask Fitz for money, but is redirected to Fedwren. Fedwren then sends her to Patience, who hires her as a maid.

Royal Assassin[]

Molly encounters a weakened Fitz after he returns to Buckkeep Castle and assumes that he is drunk. She discovers that he is Chivalry's illegitimate son when she brings him to his room and is furious with him for lying about his identity. Molly then confesses her hurt feelings at Fitz's apparent abandoning of their courtship. They argue with each other about their respective romantic intentions, Fitz's dishonesty, and his apparent drunkenness.

Fitz avoids meeting Molly at Patience's insistence, but the two occasionally see each other in passing. Molly is hurt by Fitz's apparent coldness and only speaks brusquely to him.

Molly is startled from sleep one night by Fitz sneaking into her room. She brandishes a dagger before recognizing him. Fitz confesses his feelings for her and clarifies their misunderstandings. Molly admits her feelings too. They share a kiss.

However, Molly's expectations are dashed when Regal comes to see her. Regal encourages Molly to avoid Fitz, suggesting that his interest in her will be unbecoming for the Farseer family. He manages to win her obedience by shaming her for her station. Regal visits Molly several times to reinforce this line of thought. He also buys candles from Molly and encourages her to save her money so that she may leave the castle and return to Buckkeep Town.

Molly is weaving in Patience's room one night when Fitz visits unexpectedly. Molly is further shocked by Fitz's bold approach and confession of love to her. She responds negatively and leaves him with Patience and Lacey.

Later that night, Molly is interrupted by Fitz climbing through her window. She is eventually persuaded to let him in. Fitz reiterates his affection for her, and Molly explains that Regal had told her differently. Molly defends Regal as being concerned with her honor and trying to help her. She and Fitz kiss and have sex for the first time.

Assassin's Quest[]

Molly appears in the book Fitz’s Skilling. She is pregnant with Fitz‘s bastard child and thinks he is dead. Burrich helps her around the house, with the birth and then afterwards with the baby,Nettle. After being attacked by King Regal’s guards who want to kill a Nettle, they flee town. Burrich proposes they say they are husband and wife simply so he can declare Nettle as his own. Molly proposes something more honest, that they marry and she can say she had lain with him before they wed. She had fallen in love with him for his steadfastness and Burrich also loves her. The last image Fitz has of her is in Burrich’s embrace. === In then epilogue we know that she has had a son, Chivalry and expecting another baby. Fitz has heard this from Starling.

Fool's Fate[]

Molly and Burrich have six sons together: Chivalry, Nimble, Swift, Just, Hearth, and Steady.

She finally reconciles with Fitz near the end of Fool's Fate. First by learning from others that he is alive, and then from Fitz himself. He sends gifts to her children and begins to help Chivalry with the care of their stable before Molly eventually admits her love for him. They wed.

Fool's Assassin[]

Molly and Fitz have been living together at Withywoods for quite some time. They have settled into their routines, and slowly her children with Burrich grow up and leave to live lives of their own. She is soon plagued with a wandering mind and fainting spells, and Fitz and Nettle begin to think that she is losing her mind. It is then that Molly declares that she is pregnant again, well past her child-bearing years. Molly insists that her pregnancy is real, much to the dismay of Nettle and Fitz, and has their house steward, Revel, put together a nursery for their baby. The time for the baby to be born comes and goes, and Molly continues to insist she is pregnant. Fitz and Nettle privately continue to believe that Molly has lost her wits, but they agree that if the imaginary pregnancy makes her happy, then they will be content to continue the charade.

One day, Molly overhears Nettle and Fitz discussing her false pregnancy, and she tells them they they do not have to believe her, but that eventually they will know she is right. Molly and Fitz make an agreement that they will not discuss the pregnancy, but in Molly's private study, Fitz will need to pretend that he believes her. One day, Molly interrupts Fitz and declares that she must break her bond not to disucss the pregnancy, because she is in labor. She sends Fitz for water and towels, and by the time he arrives, she has given birth to a very tiny baby. They name her Bee. She is pale and no larger than a hand. Molly believes she will perish soon after birth, but Fitz reaches out to her with the skill and the wit and determines that Bee is strong and will survive.

For the first many years of Bee's young life, Molly was her caregiver. Bee disliked being handled by Fitz, so Molly carried Bee with her. As Bee grew, Molly was the only one who could understand her as she was afflicted with a severe tongue-tie. Molly was her best friend, and taught her to read and write, to do simple math, to tend the bees and create candles, and took care of her appearance. Molly was a doting mother to Bee, insisting that her differences were not bad, just different. One day when Bee and Molly are out in the fields, she has a heart attack and dies. By the time that Fitz finds his wife and daughter, Molly is dead.

She appears in the beginning of Fool's Assassin, but then dies nearly ten years after giving birth to Bee.

Molly's children include Nettle, Chivalry, Steady, Swift, Nimble, Just, Hearth, and Bee.

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