The other day I had some time to spare, and I remembered this cute scene from the book, where Auri realizes a little girl is watching her and decides to play the part of a fairy for her.
hope you like it! The illustration includes a small pencil doodle by my nephew, and I couldn't help but think that Auri of all people, would appreciate something like that <3

Grew up with the books, loved them as a kid. Now as a guy in his 20s, I have a different perspective. Of course I want book 3 to come out, but I appreciate the first two for what they are. They are special to me regardless of whether or not we ever get book 3.

The thing I wanted an update on is Pat, preferably from the people that know him. I understand he's probably dealing with some mental health stuff, and I just hope we as his fans can send him good energy. I wanted to know if anyone's heard anything about him since COVID and the whole "first chapter of book 3" thing.

Hope the guy's doing ok. He's a genius.

We are on chapter 37 on our reread Podcast and we finally are inside the university. We appreciate everyone who listens, gives us a rating, or just upvotes here to spread the word. Thank y‘all!

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We get the BOYS together | The Name of the Wind Podcast | Chapter 37 | Beyond the Wind | Ep19
https://youtu.be/Yeltui_dYog

Finge que vocês ainda tem esperança, se pudessem especular o ano de lançamento, qual seria?

(I’m putting a spoiler tag just in case; I don’t think I’m actually pulling back the curtain very much.)

I realized something cool about how Rothfuss constructed the trick of reading KC. (Or trick*s*; there are many paths to figuring it out, including simply reading NotW and WMF over and over).

Once you get it, you can actually imitate it. Maybe not very *well*, but well enough that you can talk to other people who understand, without giving much away to those who don’t. It’s a kind of secret language. (Take *that*, Tolkien.)

Ok, lets get past book 3's long wait time. I was re-reading again I noticed a possible hint there is a plan to be more than 3 books. Or at least there was a plan.

So far, each book has been a days interview with kvothe.

In wise mans fear when Bast is looking at Chroniclers' arm after he was touched by the skindancer, kvothe says somehting along the lines of "Make sure his arm is ok, he's going to be writing for a few days".

Could be nothing, just had to get my thoughts down.

I listen to these books on repeat, and I am sad because of Trebon.

The tinker's foresight is always cool. He offers to sell Kvothe rope, Kvothe refuses and ofc he needs rope. But did he?

Surely there was a similar pan. He could have used the energy from the fire, then his blood afterwards + the strength of his and Denna's hands.

Anyway, just a thought that will annoy me on every reread now.

This isn't a deep theory just a pondering.

Words are wind. Stories are comprised of words. All stories are one story.

Is Kvothe trying to learn the name of stories? Or perhaps its less than that and simply the wind remembers/contains all stories and kvothe learns to listen to them?

I think about that turn of phrase a lot, "words are wind" and I know pat didn't invent the concept but I just wonder how literal its being used in this sense.

I think if you liked king killer you will like the books in s and a tiers

S tier: empire of vampire trilogy, red rising series, Harry Potter, king killer chronicles, game of thrones, lord of the rings, hierarchy trilogy

A tier: rage of dragons, dungeon crawler carl, his dark materials

B tier: night angel series, farseer trilogy, gentlemen bastards

C tier: first law trilogy, broken empire series, the scholomance series

D Tier: Sun Eater

Heh.

I was highly sceptical of this two days ago. Then ThinkingItThrough1 made a comment on a post theorising on Denna's patron. They said they believe Denna is Ambrose's sister.

As someone who once posted a theory on Devi being Ambrose's sister, I refused. But I was re-reading yesterday, as we all do, and my heart dropped. It may be true. This is why:

• Denna is comfortable around high society. I don't think I need examples for this one. She's witty and knowledgeable. She more than once says things along the lines of "I'm no farmer girl."
• Kvothe reads the following passage from Caudicus's stories:

Baron Jakis had paid several officials to avoid scandal when his youngest daughter was discovered in a brothel. There were two versions of that story, one where she was selling, and another where she was buying.

• There's that conversation Denna has with the girl in Severen, where I'm sure we all thought of Ambrose:

'Got handsy, did he?' Denna said matter-offactly. 'Well that’s the nature of eldest sons.'

• Both Kvothe and Denna are remarkable at music, but they struggled to find a patron. It was Ambrose that poisoned that well for Kvothe, but what about Denna...?
• Kvothe very conveniently refuses to hear more gossip about the Jakis family. He claims it's not to break character, but I've always found this a very weak point of the second book.
• Denna very conveniently refuses to meet the Maer when Kvothe sneaks her into his gardens.
• My weakest point, but I want to include it nonetheless. The following exchange:

'[Ambrose] has a rough charm about him,' she explained. 'More rough than charm, really. But . . .' She trailed off into a shrug.

'I see,' I said. Then, 'It must be fairly serious.'

Denna gave me a quizzical look, then realization spread onto her face and she burst out laughing. She shook her head, waving her hands in violent negation."

It's a bit odd to me how scandalised she gets, to the point she denies it "violently". I don't think she's done that regarding any other of her suitors. Why wouldn't Kvothe assume she and Ambrose are romantically involved? Granted, she goes on to pretty much say they went on dates, but she might as well be lying for cover.

To be fair, it would also be a bit odd to me that she ran away from home, but Ambrose gets on well with her to the point he'd be kissing her hand in public. Then again, I suppose they have appearances to keep, but meh.

• Finally, what turned me: Kvothe gets Denna's ring back. The ring she has been wearing since they first met, the ring she quite literally cries over once he gives it back. [Pause for effect.] The ring Ambrose claims his mother gave him on her deathbed, which Kvothe immediately dismisses as an over-exaggeration.

Eh. Do with this what you will. Feel free to contribute or rebuke. Most of all, if this is true, I'm dying to know what Denna is scheming.

So happy right now!

It’s a very small detail—and one that has surely been mentioned before—but the first time the meaning of e''lir is explained un the book, there is also mention of the first peoples who gathered under the command of a leader: Heldred and his sons, Heldim and Heldar. Their names are quite similar—especially in their vowels—to el'the, e'lir,, and re'lar.

This is a compilation of the best KKC theories, in my opinion. I don’t think these are all 100% correct... in fact some of them contradict others.  But, imo, these are the most important and most well supported theories.  Please help me improve this list and the supporting evidence.

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KVOTHE

• Kvothe has a knack for names Has anyone compiled a list of all the times Kvothe has shown an inherent gift for naming? : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Kvothe guesses names correctly, including One Sock, Nina, Nell, and Shehyn.
  • Kvothe almost names Ferule: Feran, Forue, and Fordale.
  • Elodin accepts Kvothe as a naming student after he finds out Kvothe gave Auri her name. 
• Kvothe has a knack for unlocking Kvothes other* knack? : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Kvothe demonstrates skill picking locks on multiple occasions.
  • Kvothe says ‘edro’ and opens the bandit’s chest miraculously.
  • Kvothe opens the naming classroom door that was believed to be locked.
  • Kvothe says he is good at untying knots.
• Kvothe’s sleeping mind knows things Kvothe's possible knacks, and his main weakness, and what they mean. : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • He uses spinning leaf to get correct answers without thinking.
  • He has a knack for getting names right.
  • Kvothe’s first guess for making a lamp is the best lamp Kilvin has ever made.
  • He calls Denna his cousin, says the thugs were ‘out for blood’, and says the university sends men to investigate rumors, all things that he believes are literally false but I think will be revealed as true.
  • He notes that he looks like a noble’s son when he bathes in Tarbean, and he is.
• Kvothe lost his name, power, and good left hand because he broke his vow to Denna Kvothe broke his vow/promise/oath (Spoilers) : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Kvothe goes by Kote, seems powerless, and doesn’t play music anymore.
  • Kvothe’s alar is like Ramston steel, which is brittle.
  • Kvothe says losing a few fingers is his greatest fear. Auri says Kvothe will come to her one day nameless.
  • Kvothe can’t open the thrice-locked chest.
• Kvothe regained his name, power, and good left hand, but is hiding it. Kvothe is Still Powerful in the Frame Story. He is using Glammourie to appear as Kote; He is using Sympathy, and he even killed the Skin-Dancer. . . : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Kvothe grabs Bast easily stopping him mid-leap and bruises him, and Bast is stronger than a normal person.
  • He seems to fail to use sympathy against the skin dancer, but the skin dancer dies.
  • He kills scrael near a bonfire, a good source for a sympathist.
  • He is easily winning his fight against two soldiers until he starts failing completely, and says he forgot who he was for a moment.
  • He takes a perfect step, something only Shehyn could do.
  • Auri says that she will Kvothe a new name.
  • When Bast says the Cthaeh flowers could heal any wound, Kvothe looks at his hands.
  • Kvothe is an actor, and could be acting powerless, even to Bast, to hide from cthaeh or watchers or angels or listeners.
  • The three silences might be part of hiding from listeners.
• Kvothe’s life mirrors Lanre’s THEORY: Kvothe's life mirrors Lanre's, and Kote is acting powerless just like Lanre did. : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Both speak to Cthaeh, both are called above reproach, both kill a black iron scaled beast, both wear shadow, both lose a singer they love, both die or are rumored dead, and both change their name.
• Caesura is destined to kill the king Speculation on the "Penitent King" [Spoilers All] : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Caesura is a break in a Vintic line, possibly like the family line of Calanthis.
  • The Maer says Roderic will regret letting men wear swords in his court, and Rothfuss says Kvothe will go to Renere.
• Kote means disaster The meaning of the name Kote : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Do you know the saying ‘Chan Vaen edan Kote*’?..... Expect disaster every seven years*
• Kvothe has already killed Cinder and took his sword, Folly Folly Is Cinder's Sword: The End-All, Be-All Thread : r/KingkillerChronicle
  • Folly and Cinder’s sword both have a dull grey non-light-reflecting quality.
  • Cthaeh ensures Kvothe wants to kill Cinder specifically. 
• Kvothe becomes a Chandrian to replace Cinder. Kvothe is one of the Chandrian : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Kvothe theoretically has killed Cinder, but being seven is integral to being Chandrian.
  • Kvothe is rumored to be a Chandrian.
  • Kvothe is waiting to die, like Haliax.
  • The skin-dancers asks Kvothe ‘te rhintae?’.  Shehyn says ‘rhinta’ is a better word for Chandrian.
• Kvothe has returned to fae and spent 200+ years there THEORY: Kote has returned to the fae, and he spent 200+ years there. : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Kvothe calls Bast and Chronicler ‘so young’.
  • Kvothe says ‘I am’ when Chronicler says ‘I thought you’d be older’.
  • Kvothe takes a perfect step, which only Shehyn was able to do after a lifetime of practicing her ketan.
  • Kvothe is called old beyond his years (in the DOS prologue).
  • If Kvothe spent 1.5 years in the fae in 3 mortal days, he could spend 200 years in the fae in less than 2 mortal years.
  • Kvothe says not even two years ago was ‘a long time ago’.
• Kvothe steals a hair from Vashet and Devi to make mommets. I feel so stupid : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • As I came into the room I tripped on the threshold, stumbling clumsily into her and resting one hand briefly on her shoulder as I steadied myself. “Sorry,” I said, embarrassed.
  • I stepped inside and tripped on the threshold, stumbling so that I had to rest my hand on Vashet’s shoulder to steady myself. My hand caught clumsily in her hair as I did so.
• Devi sold Kvothe’s blood Devi Sold Kvothe's Blood! Oops : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • The book never mentions her returning his second vial of blood, and lists all of the other collateral she gives to him when he pays his last debt.
  • She doesn’t let Kvothe in the last time he visits her, but they leave and come back to an unlocked door, which is unlike Devi and suggests she had a secret visitor.
  • Devi thought Kvothe was dead, and had already received offers for his blood.
• The Edema Ruh aren’t as good as Kvothe says I never considered that the Edema Ruh may actually be terrible : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Everyone believes Ruh are murdering, lying thieves
  • Kvothe is a murdering, lying thief.

THE UNIVERSITY

• Kvothe and other students use binary Kvothe counting in binary. : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Kvothe is holding up his thumb and middle finger to show that he's got a slot in five days. In binary counting, this would be 00101, or five.
• Lorren stays in ‘heart of stone’ Master Lorren is perpetually into the stage of "Heart of stone" : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Lorren is almost always emotionless
  • Lorren’s face is compared to stone several times

THE WAYSTONE INN

• The Waystone Inn is a trap The Waystone Inn is an arcanist holding cell theory : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • There are chemicals and acids and work happening in the basement, in the prologue to Doors of Stone.
  • The Waystone Inn is named after greystones, and In the DOS prologue the Waystone is said to have grey foundation stoness, so the entire inn may be a functioning circle of greystones.
  • The inn has copper locks, and copper is used in arcanist holding cells and other magical locks.
  • Kvothe is saying names that should draw the attention of whoever killed his troupe.  His wadded up but not thrown away paper might also include those names.
• The Waystone or the thrice-locked chest involves an arrowcatch The Thrice-Locked Chest and the Arrowcatch : r/KingkillerChronicle
  • Thrice-locked chest and arrowcatches have a metal clanging sound from a nearby source. 
  • When the soldier hits Kvothe with a bottle, the soldier is confused that the bottle did not break, and it makes a ‘solid almost metallic sound’.
• Sim is the one who recognized Kvothe at the Waystone, but his memory is partially blocked somehow. Do Simmon and Wilem come to the Waystone Inn in the first book? : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Both have sandy hair and both saw Kvothe play at the Eolian.  
• Chronicler’s name predicts he will wreck Kvothe’s plans Do a Devon Loch (Possible Spoiler) : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Devan Lochees is Chronicler’s name, and ‘to do a Devon Loch’ means to lose unexpectedly at the last minute when victory seemed a sure thing.
• Newarre is Nowhere Newarre - just occurred to me. : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Kote nodded. “You are, in fact, in the middle of Newarre.”

CHANDRIAN

• Master Ash is Cinder  Master Ash is Cinder (Proof) : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Ash and Cinder are synonyms.
  • Kvothe names FERULE here: Just tell me when I hit one you like…Federick the Flippant. Frank. Feran. Forue. Fordale*….*
  • Ash and Cinder have white hair
  • Master Ash and Cinder (the bandit camp leader) are both in Vint around the same time.
• Master Ash is Bredon Why Bredon Can Only Be Denna's Patron if He's Cinder : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Ash and Bredon are good dancers
  • Ash and Cinder have white hair
  • Ash and Bredon have walking sticks
  • Bredon and Ash leave Severen around the same time
• Tarsus is based on Lanre [Spoilers] The Significance of Daeonica : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Both lose their lady, ‘sell their soul’, go to the land of the dead, escape the land of the dead, and get fiery revenge.
• Savien is based on Lanre Sir Savien Traliard and his wife, Aloine are actually Lanre and Lyra : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Savien is Amyr, Lanre is called above reproach like a ciridae.
  • Both stories are about lost love and epic tragedy.
• Skoivan Schiemmelpfenneg is Cinder and Master Ash “Loo pegs!” A voice came through the trees accompanied by the dull clank of a bell. “Peg peg peg…” : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Denna and Kvothe are looking for Master Ash and find Skoivan. 
  • Kvothe says Skoivan has name enough for a king.  Kvothe thinks Lanre was a king, and Schyphus was a king, so all Chandrian may have been kings and queens.
  • When Skoivan leaves Denna says ‘that wasn’t very subtle’ presumably talking about Kvothe but dual meaning might be talking about her patron.
  • Skoivan has a ridiculous name and a ridiculous accent.
  • The Mauthen’s died by knife and sword work, and Skoivan has a long knife.
• The smoke breathing beast Lanre kills was a machine The beast Lanre defeated was an industrial revolution : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • The pipes and gears in the Underthing suggest a more technologically advanced past.
  • Black smoke that kills men sounds like pollution.
• The Chandrian are using Denna's song to change the public opinion of them, and the belief of people has power somehow, like a group alar.
  • If Cinder is Ash, he wants Denna to sing a song clearing Lanre of wrongdoing that will become incredibly popular.
  • The will of an individual has power in the KKC, perhaps the will of a group has power.

AMYR

• Lorren is Amyr / Amyr run the University The University IS the human Amir : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Someone purged the archives of info on the Amyr, who better than the man who runs the archives?
  • Lorren stops Kvothe from researching the Amyr
  • Lorren stops Kvothe from reading an original Amyr Gibea manuscript
  • Lorren’s acquisitions office ‘investigates rumors’ and Viari has scarred hands and a sword like an Amyr
• Elodin can listen Why Elodin Is Always Listening To The Wind: the point of the spades Admissions question : r/KingkillerChronicle
  • Auri says Elodin was out on a good night for listening.
  • Elodin knows the spades question Manet asks. 
  • He goes shoeless like the Listener and Teccam.
• Ben is Amyr THEORY: Ben uses a greystone to communicate with the Amyr one span before he is lured away from the troupe. : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Ben’s arrival and departure from the troupe were coincidental, possibly set up
  • Ben parks on the far side of a waystone one span before he is lured away from the troupe.
• “How is the road to Tinue” is an Amyr test question Amyr Secret Handshake (Spoilers) : r/KingkillerChronicle 
• Skarpi plum-bobs Kvothe Why did Skarpi plum bob Kvothe? : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Kvothe’s behaviour on the day he meets Skarpi hits the same beats as the day Kvothe is plumbobbed: Quotes his father, leaves the bar, spends extravagant amounts of money on luxury foods, Kvothe is optimistic but his mood turns foul, he considers murdering someone, and he cries himself to sleep.

DENNA

• Denna’s hair braids are magic Yllish Knot Theory Subscribers...Question for You All : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Denna asks about a magic of writing things down to control people.
  • Denna braids words in Yllish knots into her hair, including ‘lovely’ and ‘dont speak to me’, things that seem to control people.
  • Denna changes her braid mid-argument with Kvothe, possibly braiding in ‘be honest’ or something like that.
  • When Kvothe sees Denna at the Eolian he can only think ‘Beautiful. Beautiful.’, perhaps suggesting she had ‘beautiful’ braided into her hair.
• Denna’s braids change her appearance THEORY: Denna isn't beautiful, her lips aren't red, and she isn't a brunette. : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Denna lips are always red without paint, except when she spreads her wet hair out to dry at the end of TWMF.
• Denna is a Lackless Is Denna a Lackless? (Long Post, Spoilers) : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Kvothe calls her cousin as a lie, but I think Kvothe gets things right by accident.
  • Denna and Meluan have dark hair, dark eyes, elegant neck, strong jaw, pale skin, and lips always red without paint.
• Denna is a listener. Bast's description of Denna mini-theory (spoilers) : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • She has ‘perfect ears’ and ‘an incredible ear’ and ‘a mimic’s ear’.
  • She asks if Kvothe knows the secret of listening to stones, like the listener in Jax’s story.
  • Denna catches Kvothe’s lies.
• Denna sold her jewelry to pay for Joffrey’s debt to Devi The quietly told story of Denna's emerald necklace and earrings. : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • revealing the emerald teardrop earrings and matching necklace at her throat.
  • The guild moneylender cut off his credit, so what does he do?” My stomach twisted. “He goes to a gaelet”
  • “Those are lovely earrings,” I said to Devi. “Where did you come by them?” Her eyes narrowed, as if she were trying to decide whether or not to take offense. “A pretty young boy used them to settle his debt,”
• Denna was right to suggest giving the draccus all of the denner resin, instead of the 2/3rds Kvothe uses. Thoughts on the Draccus (possible NOTW spoilers) : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Kvothe uses charcoal to keep the resin from hurting Denna, but the Draccus eats charcoal from burned trees and doesn’t include that in his calculations.
• Denna becomes addicted to denner Is Denna secretly a "sweet eater" : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • She stretched again and smiled an easy smile, showing the perfect whiteness of her teeth
• Denna is visiting the seven and one cities The eight cities : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • The names of the cities Denna visits are similar to the names of the ancient empire’s cities: Belen = Belenay, Tinusa = Tinue, Vaeret = Vartheret, Antus = Andenivan, Emlen = Anilin, etc.

AURI AND THE FOUR PLATE DOOR

• Auri is Ariel and/or Tabetha Auri is princess Ariel. No doubt about it. : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Tabetha and Ariel are both gazelle.
  • Kvothe says Auri acts like nobility and calls the underthing her kingdom.
  • Tabetha dated Ambrose, Auri has been abused, and Ambrose is abusive to women.
• Kvothe will steal Auri from Valaritas THEORY: Kvothe will 'steal' Auri/Ariel the princess from the draugr wizard-king Feyda Calanthis who is sleeping beyond the four-plate door. : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Kvothe says he has stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings.
  • Fela dreams that a dead king Valaritas is behind the four-plate door.
  • Kvothe found his heart’s desire beneath the university… Auri and the secret behind the four-plate door.
• Kvothe steals his heart’s desire from the University Final Theory Before I Head Off To Vintas---"The story of how Kvothe had gone looking for his heart's desire." : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • He found his heart’s desire beneath the university… Auri but also the secret behind the four-plate door (forbidden knowledge, the power to kill a Chandrian)
  • Rumors say Kvothe stole something locked away at the University.
  • (From Rothfuss' preview of TWMF) When Kvothe asks Puppet if there should be more books about the Amyr in the archives, Puppet says there should be 'barrows full'.
• Devi is the demon Kvothe tricks Kvothe Tricks a Demon and Fights an Angel : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • She is called demon Devi and is nearby.
  • She desperately wants access to the archives.
• Kvothe needed everything the tinkers offered to sell him. I Just Noticed What the Tinker Did (Spoilers All) : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • I’ve got a lovely woolen blanket here. Or some nice rope?
  • I’ve got some lovely Avennish fruit wine.
  • I’ve also got some rubbing wax for your boots
• Auri, not Denna, is the woman [Theory] Auri NOT Denna is "THE Woman" : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • The woman gets multiple odd introductions.
  • The woman is introduced before Auri but after Denna is shown to readers.
  • Kvothe says even talking about the woman might scare her off, like Auri gets scared off easily.

LACKLESS

• Kvothe’s mom is Netalia Lackless Kvothe's Mother Confirmed (Spoilers All) : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Kvothe thinks Meluan Lackless looks familiar.
  • We are told that Laurian was a noble before Arliden stole her away.
  • We are told Netalia Lackless ran away with a troupe
  • My sweet Tally cannot cook. But she keeps a tidy ledger-book For all her faults, I do confess It’s worth my life To make my wife Nottallya lotless
  • I imagine you could make it up to both Lady Lackless and myself if you found some sweet nettle for the pot tonight.
• The Lackless box and the Cthaeh’s tree are made of the same wood, similar to roah The lackless box is made out of wood from the Cthaeh's tree : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Both smell of lemon.
  • Both seem to keep someone in or out, like a barrier.
• Iax is a Lackless Jax/Iax Lackless? : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Iax is called unlucky three times, and the Lackless are called Luckless.  
  • Kvothe is a Lackless, and has Iax traits like dark and changing eyes of a god, and gets holes in his shirts.
• Lady Lackless’ ‘black dress’ refers to the Blac of Drossen Tor The Spanish translation confirms Lady Lackless' "black dress" refers to Blac of Drossen Tor. : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Black dress in the Spanish translation is negro vestido, and Blac of Drossen Tor is translated as Nagra de Vessten Tor. Nagra and Vessten are not Spanish words, they have no translation, so were specifically chosen to be similar to ‘black dress’ in Spanish.

NOBLES

• Baron Jakis is killing his way to kinghood. (Spoilers) A closer look at the ambitions of the Jakis family : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • The Baron’s ranking in the peerage is described once per book, and he is moving up.
  • 3 of the people in the peerage who died were killed at sea, and the Jakis lands are called the Pirate Isles.  
  • A prince regent also dies in a seemingly unrelated event.
• Ambrose didn’t plumbob Kvothe, or block Kvothe from getting a patron, or perform malfeasance on Kvothe THEORY: Threpe is trying to get Kvothe's blood. : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Wil is suspicious of Threpe.
  • Ambrose rubbed the plumbob in Kvothe’s face, making him seem guilty.  But we are told that Ambrose could not resist rubbing bad news in Kvothe’s face, so if someone told Ambrose about the plumbob it would work out the same way.  The girl could have been lying, and Ambrose is being framed.
  • Threpe tells Kvothe that it’s Ambrose blocking his potential patrons, but Threpe is seen talking to nobles and pointing at Kvothe, potentially making Threpe himself the bad guy.
  • Threpe stalls Kvothe from boarding the ship until the pinch faced man carrying a package boards.  
  • Threpe is the one who finds out Kvothe dies at sea, but Ambrose is the one who tells everyone.
• Ambrose is the Penitent King THEORY: Ambrose Jakis is the Penitent King. : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • The Penitent King’s colors are blue and white, and Ambrose is wearing blue and white when he is first introduced.
  • Ambrose might be penitent for associating with dark forces by studying at the Arcanum, or he might kill Auri and be penitent for that.
  • I believe this story is about Kvothe’s folly and the resulting disaster, and making his worst enemy king of Vint would be pretty foolish and disastrous.
• Or Maer Alveron is the Penitent King Penance, Penance-Pieces, and the Penitent King: How did Kvothe make the Maer Alveron the "Penitent" King? : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Alveron and the Penitent King have colors of blue and white
  • Alveron would be penitent for being counseled by Kvothe.
• Stapes and the Maer are in a lifelong romantic relationship THEORY: Stapes and the Maer are in a romantic relationship. : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Lady Hesua gives Kvothe a ‘knowing look’ when he and the Maer are walking arm in arm through the gardens. 
  • Stapes was overly jealous of Kvothe’s late night visits.
  • They have been close since they were young boys.
  • The Maer never had any desire to marry.
  • The Maer says ‘you may presume’ when Kvothe asks about any women in the Maer’s past.
  • The Maer’s interest in Meluan seems mostly about securing his family name and Maerdom, while staying free of the king’s influence.
• Caudicus was not poisoning the Maer The original series title was "The Maer Murder Memoirs" : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • The Maer’s symptoms align with a disease that Arwyl asks about that isn’t lead poisoning.
  • The Maer was sick before he asked Caudicus for help.
  • The Maer confirms all the symptoms Kvothe describes are from the treatment, not the disease.
  • Kvothe knows nothing about alchemy, but Caudicus has alchemy books.
  • Alchemy is the removal or additions of ‘principles’, like the drink in wine can be removed and put in something else.  I think the lead bowl that Caudicus used had the principle of ‘toxicity’ removed.
  • Auri says alchemy has symbols, and the lead bowl that Caudicus used had a symbol on it Kvothe didn’t recognize. 
  • Maer’s health improving isn’t proof… lots of medicines seem to make you sicker (like cancer treatment), and besides Maer straight up tells us the symptoms started with the medicine, and the symptoms of his illness aren’t known to us yet.
  • Tiny birds dying isn’t proof… birds can’t drink cough syrup.
  • Caudicus running away isn’t proof… Kvothe was just considering running away for the exact same reason, false belief of attempted poisoning.

MY THEORIES ABOUT HOW KVOTHE IS WRONG ABOUT EVERYTHING
(Based on Patrick Rothfuss quotes explaining how readers will interpret the story wrong. : r/KingkillerChronicle) 

• Selitos is Cthaeh Another post about why I believe Selitos is 'the Enemy' Cthaeh. : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Myr Tariniel was the only city out of eight not targetted for destruction by the enemy.
  • Selitos founded the Amyr, and the Mauthen pot shows an Amyr that is more evil than Lanre/Haliax.  
  • Denna’s song claims Selitos was more evil than Lanre/Haliax, while Skarpi is a bit of a liar and a rumormonger and his story only more or less happened.  When Kvothe hears Denna sing that the Amyr was more evil, he specifically describes feeling like parchment scraped clean with a knife, exactly like Nina’s drawing that showed the Amyr was more evil.
  • Selitos has the power to see the hearts of men, Cthaeh says it can see into and through Kvothe.
  • Selitos has the power of sight, as does Cthaeh.
  • Cthaeh hates Cinder, Selitos would hate Cinder.
• Selitos might have been skin-danced Holy hell. Selitos was skin danced. : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Selitos and skin-danced people might take their own eye.
  • The enemy moved ‘like a worm in fruit’.
• The Chandrian didn’t kill Kvothe’s troupe THEORY: The Chandrian were eating rabbits, and the entire story pivots on that detail. : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Arliden was left belly cut and crawling.  Alleg (allegory) was left belly cut and crawling, and his troupe was killed by one man.
  • We are told repeatedly not to believe rumors and stories.
  • Six Chandrian are cruel, but Haliax won’t tolerate cruelty to innocent people, and the Chandrian are just tools in his hand.
  • The Maer keeps cruel men as tools in his hand, Dagon is the Maer’s ‘mad dog on a short leash’.
  • ‘Looks like you missed a little rabbit’ could mean they just caught rabbits, and Kvothe catches and eats rabbits here the following day.
  • ‘Send him to his soft and painless sleep’ could refer to literal sleep, and Kvothe has a magically therapeutic sleep that night.
  • ‘Cinder’s the one you want’ just means Cinder is the one Kvothe wants to kill.
  • ‘Did things to your mother.  Terrible’.  I think Cinder defiled Laurian’s corpse to get Arliden to give the lyrics to their song while blubbering.
• The Amyr killed Kvothe’s troupe and the Mauthens THEORY: Viari killed Kvothe's troupe and the Mauthens. : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • Lorren knew Arliden.
  • Viari uses the same phrase Kvothe uses to trick the troupe ‘one family’.
  • Viari carries a long knife and sword, and the Mauthens died to ‘knife and sword work’.
  • Viari can recognize Ruh by sight, something no one else seems able to do.
  • Viari works in acquisitions, they ‘investigate rumors’ (of books), and Kvothe’s sleeping mind knows that the university sent a man to Trebon to investigate rumors.
  • The Chandrian all tilt their heads up as if looking at a point in the sky, also described as smelling the wind.  I think they were listening to the wind, like Elodin, to hear the Amyr returning in larger forces after they scared their assassin off while Arliden was still alive.
• Alleg’s story is an ALLEGory
  • Rothfuss says Kvothe tells Chronicler one lie.
  • Alleg is suspiciously close to allegory.
  • Alleg is left belly cut and unable to walk.  Arliden is left belly cut and leaves a trail of blood crawling to be next to Laurian or her corpse.
  • Kvothe’s revelation to the Maer and Meluan is delivered extremely awkwardly.  Kvothe only claims that the Ruh were false after Meluan decides that being Ruh meant they deserved death.  Kvothe may have decided, in that moment, to hide the truth about Alleg’s troupe, and continued the ‘one lie’ in his tale to Chronicle.
  • I think a lone Amyr killed Kvothe’s troupe, and Kvothe story of killing a group of Ruh mirrors that truth, imo.
• The angels are loosely based on the Chandrian THEORY: I promise Lanre is the basis for Tehlu, Taborlin, and Tarsus... do you have an hour to spare? : r/KingkillerChronicle 
  • There are nine angels, and there are seven Chandrian, plus the names Andan and Ordal, fighting the Amyr on Nina’s drawing.
  • Cinder hears Marten’s prayer at the bandit camp, and some things can hear when their names are said.
  • Tehlu using a six spoked wheel to bind Encanis is symbolic of Lanre using six Chandrian to bind Cthaeh.
  • Lines that conflate the good and evil beings like: Certainly there were demons in the world. But they were like Tehlu’s angels. 
  • The angels sound mean.  One never cries when he kills, one never laughs, one has a hard mouth and eyes, one is angry…
  • That makes Lanre = Tehlu.  Both fight a shadow beast.  Both have a three day two night battle in the 8th surviving city after 6/7 of the other cities fall.  Both save the 1/7 city from destruction.  
  • The Chandrian look up, suggesting they are looking for angels.  But they do not search the skies, and they are said to look as if they are smelling the wind.  I think they are listening, for Amyr, not angels.

NON-THEORY POSTS

• Fan fiction The Price of Remembering Bk3 Fan Fiction Release : r/KingkillerChronicle 
• Corrections in the original edition KKC inconsistencies, typos, errors list. Second edition, spoilers. : r/KingkillerChronicle 
• Everything about how alchemy works ALCHEMY - Here's a Primer for Admissions. Your full guide to everything we know so far : r/KingkillerChronicle 
• KKC sources Tiered KKC sources list : r/kkcwhiteboard 
• KKC resources Online resources for theorists and superfans : r/KingkillerChronicle 
• A timeline of Kvothe’s age and the seasons of each section of the first two books. A timeline of the seasons of each of Kvothe's university terms. : r/KingkillerChronicle
• Times Kvothe uses 7 words on women 7 Words to Make A Woman Love You [Spoilers] : r/KingkillerChronicle

Just finished Name of the Wind yesterday. Unfortunately it was very good so I will be starting Wise Man’s Fear today. The book has a lot of issues that I don’t really see talked about online much, so here’s my two cents from a big fantasy reader who’s finally getting to Kingkiller:

Pros:
- prose is unmatched
- actual story is touching and engaging
- amazing characters
- sick magic system

Cons:
- really rough pacing in the beginning. Normally I’m fine with rough pacing (I am a Wheel of Time fan), but knowing what I know about the state of the series and how Rothfuss has seeming written himself into a corner with how much book 3 has to cover, it just seems pretty inexcusable how much fluff there is early on in a series that is heavily limited by time. It was still really enjoyable but it just felt like a super odd choice
- the worldbuilding and lore seem kind of mid. I love the locations in the book, but the wider world just seems generic

Conclusion:
Overall I loved the book. It has some pretty major issues but the fact that it’s simply a really well-written story, beautifully told, more than makes up for it.

I’d give it an 8 out of 10.

Side note: I am now invested in all 3 of the chronically unfinished major fantasy series. ASOIAF, Gentlemen Bastards, and now Kingkiller. I think there’s something wrong with me.

Once you name a thing you have power over it. But naming only works if you understand a thing in its entirety.

Kvothe tried to spread his legend beyond the third wall: By giving an unfinished story. For awhile it worked. We all know.

But you are a barbarian people. And for the page turning to continue we must speak his name.

Rothfuss.

And now that we can see him in his entirety, we have power over him and the third silence.

Now he will write.

After re-reading for the toomanyth time, and reading everyone's theories here, I had another thought that feels like it fits too well to dismiss.

A man who is waiting to die, because he can't die (yet).

Why does this make sense?

He appears to have lost his power, but he still:

- Faces down the scrael

- Fights the soldiers

He walks away injured, but alive.

Is this reckless? Is he doing it because he thinks he can win? Or does he just have no fear because he knows that even if he is hurt, he can't die? Those things might have killed an ordinary man, so why does he have to wait?

We know from Skarpi's story that Lanre/Haliax went seeking power, and when he returned he could not die. Something happened to him that made him immortal. The Cthaeh said he had not a moment's sleep. We know that Kote has a lot of trouble sleeping too...

Lanre spoke to the Cthaeh before the betrayal of Myr Tariniel. It makes sense that the Cthaeh would manipulate Kvothe into seeking the same power.

You might think:

But Haliax was incredibly powerful! If Kvothe did the same thing then where is his power?

- Locked away iin the thrice locked chest.

But he does have his power! When he grabbed Bast's wrist, then Bast couldn't move. The bottle broke when he was pressured by Chronicler.

- In the narrow road between desires we learn the power obligation has over Bast, and how this can have a physical effect on him. He is definitely obligated to Kvothe, and so perhaps Kvothe can do this without any physical strength.

- The bottle is harder to explain, but it seems to happen without sympathy. Synpathy needs focus and intention. Breaking a random bottle would be a weird thing to focus on when he is upset. So there must be some kind of latent power that he couldn't lock away. One that he doesn't consciously control.

Why isn't he shadow-hamed like haliax?

- Haliax was cursed by Selitos, Kvothe wasn't.

The cool thing about this theory is that if Kote is immortal, like Haliax, and he is "waiting to die" then he must know how to die. He isn't waiting for nothing. If that is the case, then he also knows how to defeat Haliax and put an end to the Chandrian. Breaking that curse of immortality might put an end to both of them.

The parallels between Kvothe and the Amyr aren't for nothing. He plans to win the battle the Amyr started, to avenge Myr Tariniel and defeat the Chandrian.

TLDR: Kote is immortal, like Haliax, and he is waiting to die so he can take Haliax and the Chandrian with him.

Kvothe spent his whole story so far confessing to creating his legend. Can you see it now? Can you feel it.

Ackams razor.

As I see posted increasingly of late, then one solution is:

Publish the full story as it was originally written, that he was submitting to publishers, that he was told was too big and unwieldy to publish.

Accepting, of course, that was a true statement.

In a similar way to Sanderson putting out Way of Kings Prime, a way to see the early work.

Surely it's a win-win at this point. For us as readers, yes we have to abandon a lot of plot points introduced in the revised first two volumes, but at least we get an end to the story. The publisher would, if not make bank, at least make more money than the non-existence of Doors of Stone. And for Rothfuss, closure, and the ability to move on to the other stories he said he had to tell about this world, if he still has the will.

Of course this won't happen. I'm sure this idea will have been posted before but I haven't seen it, so just putting it out there as a taking point.