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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. The wait is going to kill me. So, rather than wait patiently, I am going to gather various speculations and list facts to keep in mind.

Please take note: This review contains spoilers for books 1 and 2 The Doors: So, as the third book in the Kingkiller Chronicle is named 'The Doors of Stone,' it is quite obviously required of us to consider the 'Doors' of which they are speaking. And so, as perfectionism dictates, I will list every single door that I've noticed. In Skarpi's story of Lanre, Lanre batt The wait is going to kill me. In Skarpi's story of Lanre, Lanre battles a beast that, while he is able to kill said beast, kills Lanre as well.

However, one line is read pertaining to the beast's death that is not , in fact, read pertaining to Lanre's. This also brings me to a certain suspicion about the sleeping mind, but I will return to that later. The main building of the University, Mains, is quite literally described as a 'featureless stone block.

Inscribed above these doors are the words 'Vorfelen Rhinata Morie. Of more importance are the doors of stone that Kvothe sees just before he is banned from the Archives "It was quite by accident that I found the four-plate door. It is also described as 'not a door for opening, but a door for staying closed.

There's a ventilation-shaft-like entrance to the Archives from the Underthing, but I'm not sure whether or not that matters. Elodin's cell in Haven is made of stone. And, last but not least, the Mauthen farm is made with stone reinforcements. Stone that is, in fact, dug up from barrows burial mounds in the ground, and used to build the house. This house was most likely destroyed by the Chandrian.

However, that has to do with a certain vase that, again, I will return to later. Felurian mentions Doors of Stone in one of her stories. There are many more doors mentioned below in the comments; I don't have room to add them, or edit completely. In fact, he says that he earned the name, 'bought and paid for it. Nobility that is either a king, or will be a king, in the future: At the top of our list is Ambrose, the first born heir to a Vintish barony. His father is one of the twelve most powerful men in Vintas.

He is sixteenth in the Peerage. Lanre, also known as Lord Haliax, is a little more than nobility Sovoy is of Modegan Nobility. Kvothe's mother and likely aunt Meluan Lackless are of Vintish nobility. Maer Alveron is said to be higher in the peerage than Ambrose.

Last, and the most painful to admit, is Simmon. Simmon is said to be of Aturan nobility; according to Sovoy, he is not high nobility, but he is nobility nonetheless. I feel like Kote talks about Simmon's innocence so constantly as if to prove a point of surprising his audience in the end. If it is Simmon he ends up killing, I wouldn't be terribly surprised. Among other references to Simmon's 'goodness' is this passage: '"I love you Sim.

You're a good person, better than I'll ever be. They are a group of people under Selitos, if the stories are to be believed, that hunt the Chandrain. The most trusted and powerful of them are known as the Ciridae, and their mark is a burning tower.

If Master Archivist Lorren is to be believed, they are equal part knight-errant and vigilante. They had judiciary powers and could judge in both religious and secular courts. All of them are exempt from the law, in varying degrees. They were also disbanded years ago. Kirel- Tall, burned but left living in the ashes of Myr Tariniel. Deah- a woman having lost two husbands to the fighting in Myr Tariniel. Face, mouth, and heart are cold as stone.

Enlas- Would not carry a sword or eat the felsh of animals, would not speak hard words. Geisa- Fair, with a hundred suitors in Belen before the walls fell. The first woman to know the unasked for touch of man. Lecelte- Laughed easily and often, even when there was woe thick about him. Imet- Hardly more than a boy, who never sang and killed swiftly without tears.

Ordal- The youngest of them all, who had never seen a thing die, a girl with golden hair. Anden- A face with burning eyes, his name means 'anger. He is, in fact, the one who is subject in the Maer's favorite story, a bloody story. Sir Savien is also mentioned as one of the Amyr. Kvothe also suspects that the Duke of Gibea is one of the Amyr, or that he worked for them at least.

He's a medicinal worker of great skill under the authority of Maer Alveron. He thought it was the bird of death, come to greet him, and he is about to slip away when, ironically, a man dressed as Encanis gives him a silver talent and warms him. Wings of fire and shadow. Wings of iron and glass. Wings of stone and blood. Could they have, in fact, saved him? But why? To spit in the faces of the Chandrain who killed his family? Who knows.

Why not. The University I happened to list a few things, in case I wanted to refer back to them later on: Master Linguist, Chancellor. Mains is the oldest building at the University, and, apparently, nearly as complicated as Hogwarts Castle. It makes me wonder. I decided that it was worthy of note.

Consanguinity: Once together, always together. Conservation: Energy cannot be created nor destroyed. Sympathy is based off of the laws of Thermodynamics, the Quantum Entanglement theory, and voodoo dolls. Alder Whinn, we hear, went crazy at the University. He now has accommodations at Haven, where it seems Elodin has a special fondness for him.

He demands that Whinn should be allowed to come and go as he pleases, and that nothing should be added to his drink or food without his permission. This, I find curious.

And, the first Name we hear Elodin speak. Or, in this case I suppose, the stone wall moved. Either way, he recited the story of Taborlin while he did it, replacing Taborlin's name with his own.

I will return to this later. Auri: "I can tell you stories no one has ever heard before. Stories no one will ever hear again. Stories about Felurian, how I learned to fight from the Adem. The truth about Princess Ariel. Could she be Princess Ariel? After all, she does 'pour beer as if she were among kings. We know of a young woman, around Ambrose's age, that lives alone on a rooftop. Kvothe assumes that she must have gone insane from a too weak mind at the University.

However, Ambrose seems to have friends in very high places. Could Auri be Tabitha? It's a weak idea, sure, but it's still there.

Auri gives Kvothe a key and a ring. Could the key be the key to the 'Doors of Stone? The ring is wooden, which is interesting. We know that Ambrose's family is from Vintas. How do you suppose Auri came about a ring like that, if the ring is in fact what I assume it to be? And if my earlier theory about Auri being Tabitha proves true, perhaps the ring came from Ambrose.

She claims that the ring keeps secrets. Auri's name is in Kvothe's mother's Trouper name: L auri en. Not that that should have any significance. He killed a king Could the Cthaeh have driven him to do all of the things that he's done? Could the entire story merely have been created through the will of the Cthaeh?

Bast seems to think so. Denna So, we all know who she is. Well, maybe not her name exactly, but we all know that whatever he real name is, it stars with a D. Love lost, than found, than lost again. He lost her when he left the caravan.

He found her at the Eolian as he is singing this song, but where do you suppose he loses her for the last time? He does, obviously, for she is not present at the Waystone, and he crushes a bottle of her favorite wine when driven to despair.

Could be a coincidence. Of course, the song also describes something of Lanre's story. He dies and loses Lyra, Lyra resurrects him and they find each other, then Lyra dies and the love is lost again.

Odd, considering that Savien is one of the Amyr There is a lot of mystery surrounding Denna's patron. I read theories everywhere.

Kvothe also mentions Felurian around the same time the 'Singing Tree' is mentioned. Denna has not so far called him "Dulator. Correct me with a direct quote and page number if I'm wrong, please.

My first real lover called me Dulator because she liked the sound of it. I have been called Shadicar, Lightfinger, and Six-String. Kote and the Waystone Inn Bast explains that you don't merely begin to believe that you are the mask you wear, but you also, eventually, become the mask you wear. He wants 'Reshi' to open up to Chronicler in order to remember when he was a hero.

He's already broken down once, I can only imagine what'll happen to him next. It is mentioned that 'Kote' means 'disaster. Kvothe This is a small section, but it has my most recent and exciting theory in it. Starting with the less important notes: Kvothe's eyes: They turn frosty green when he's terrified. Muddy when he's in a horrible state of stress.

Dark when he's angry, protective, or in any way filled with adrenaline Or, as Kvothe jokes, 'It could be just old fashioned lust,' which, I suppose, makes sense if I'm right about the adrenaline.

Normally, they are a bright green with a gold ring around the pupil. He claims he gets them from his mother And both of his parents have dark hair, whilst his is a fiery red. Well, I say he's a changeling. As do many others. A changeling, in case you are unaware, is a fae infant that is switched with a human infant, in order for the Fae infant to grow off of the human's nourishment.

Sort of like a cuckoo bird. It explains how he picks things up so quickly, it explains why Bastas is his student. It explains why he looks so different from his parents.

The Chandrain This is primarily about the pictures on the vase found by little Nina at the Mauthen Farm. The girl describes seeing a woman holding a broken sword; a man next to a dead tree; a man with a dog biting his leg; a man with white hair and black eyes Cinder, most likely ; a man without a face, but rather a hood with nothing inside, a mirror at his feet and moons in different cycles over his head Haliax?

These are six of the seven. Their signs of which I'm aware: Blue fire Rotting wood Rusting metal The Sleeping Mind Kvothe says that the locked memories of his family are behind the doors of his mind. When Ambrose breaks his lute, he is reminded of the breaking sound of his father's lute in Tarbean, which probably reminds him of his father, the song, the scene of his dead Troupe.

I believe that Kvothe's sleeping mind contains these things, and that when Ambrose broke his lute, he released those memories, and along with them, the rest of his knowledge. Maybe remembering is the price he has to pay to awaken his sleeping mind. Meluan Lackless Lady Lackless. Kvothe sings a short tune about her in the beginning of the first book, when he was but a child.

His mother scolds him for insulting Lady Lackless. His mother claimed that she is a real person, who has real feelings. He meets her later, and she seems familiar to him, but he can't quite find out why. Lady Lackless had a sister that was stolen away from her by the Ruh. Kvothe's mother was mentioned to once have been nobility.

Kvothe might still have family. An aunt that shuns him for being Edema Ruh. An aunt he barely even recognizes. An aunt that, if she recognizes him, refuses to mention it. But still, she is an aunt.

As Kvothe is so fond of saying, a half of a loaf is better than none, right? A box belonging to Meluan Lackless that does not have a seam. A chest in Kote's inn, seamless according to Bast, thrice locked.

Kvothe looks upon the chest with longing. Elodin panics at the mention of someone changing their name, referring to their true name. Just remove that 'v' and 'h' Could that chest contain 'Kvothe? What does that box contain that is so important to him?

His name, his shaed, what? A possible direct parallel. Kote is undercover at an inn. He also, apparently, knows a smattering of Ademic. Could he have blown past the years of Taborlin in Fae, and returned as Elodin? And, if not That is, if he isn't merely a story But don't all stories have some truth to them?

Kvothe tries to open up to the young Blacksmith boy at the Inn. Elodin tries to open up to Kvothe at the Asylum Of course, he did order him to jump off a roof. And he tells the story of Taborlin, yet he uses his own name in Taborlin's place, shattering stone and breaking out of the prison.

He seems young, yet seems to possess knowledge of someone much older. Maybe I'm thinking about this backwards. Time goes by faster for a man in Fae than in real life, right?

Of course it has flaws Other notable things There are ten words to break a strong man's will Wisdom precludes boldness. The Number Seven Seven Chandrain.

Expect disaster every seven years. Seven men didn't cross to Tehlu's side in Trapis' story. It took Kvothe seven days, start to finish, to memorize all of the runes for Sygladry. Lackless keeps seven things beneath her black dress. That's it, for now. View all comments. Aug 27, Creaver Williams rated it did not like it. But as the day wore on, and the hours turned from morning until noon until night, Kvothe never came.

When Bast showed up as the sun was setting, Chronicler asked where his master was. Kvothe was awake, playing solitaire. Kvothe, after all, was not his bitch. Not even a little bit. The next morning, Chronicler was up before sunrise, and as he walked down to the common room of the Waystone, he saw Kvothe waiting on a handful of customers who had come for breakfast. One unsuccessfully tried to stifle a fart so foul it would have killed a king. He handed him a clutch of papers the included eight pages of crude drawings of a girl making soap.

Chronicler looked at the drawings and tilted his head. The crowd murmured their assent to this sentiment, and one started speaking in a strange language, which led Bast to think perhaps he was a skin dancer, but it turned out he was just Pentecostal. Chronicler turned to look at Bast, who gave him a thumbs up and threw a knife at him. Chronicler ducked, and the blade lodged itself in the ear of the farting guy. Bast sneered an evil sneer. I never said he was my bitch. I have a big announcement to make!

Who wants one? At that point, Chronicler took up residence in the Waystone Inn, waiting for Kvothe to return. Days turned into weeks, and then months to years. Occasionally, he received letters where Kvothe complained about politics and others where he tried to sell him stuff, and one with a story about a cat, but there was no word at all as to when or if Kvothe would actually finish the story. Chronicler would write back, and he would ask, politely, whether or not Kvothe had any intention of finishing the tale he had started so long ago.

Kvothe finally came home six and a half years later, and Chronicler was overjoyed to see him. Also, Denna was a dude the whole time. The end. You being you somewhere in the world is enough. How about a series of listicles instead? There are more critical replies in the quote tweets , but you get the idea. To stay up to date on everything fantasy, science fiction, and WiC, follow our all-encompassing Facebook page and sign up for our exclusive newsletter.

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Winter is Coming 3 months From Westeros to Earthsea, here are the 10 greatest fantasy world maps! The first edition of the novel was published in , and was written by Patrick Rothfuss. The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of and is available in Audio CD format. The main characters of this fantasy, fiction story are Kvothe,.

The book has been awarded with , and many others. Rate this book. All of you people insulting Patrick for taking three years to write a book Jesus, could you be anymore entitled? Are you new to reading or something? Let's look at some other popular fantasy series that have had long delays between their novels.

Let's do the years he released them , , , , While that might seem like much, she had the entire world frothing at the mouth for OotP.

That's some pretty exclusive company up there, isn't it? Let me also remind you that none of those books were as long as either of Pat's books.

I admit, I get frustrated sometimes when I hear the author is going to his thirtieth convention of the year instead of doing some writing, but that's only because I've become so immersed in his world that I'm desperately eager to find out what's going to happen next.

I get over it. It's his life, he's earned it, and we as the readers have no right to tell him what to do, nor should we get pissed at him when his writing speed isn't up to our standards.

Don't give me that "Oh, but I paid for my copy, he owes it to me. Buying a movie ticket doesn't give you the right to walk into the theater and piss on the projector. Paying for cable doesn't mean you get to choose the Friday night line-up.