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Good review. I have a theory too.
That kid on the road said that they need a son to bring the blood in order to open the lackless box. We know that kvothe was a lackless heir but he changed his name so he may not be able to open whatever he keeps in the thrice locked chest. Devan Lochees AKA the Chronicler is also a lackless heir just a different sect. What if he's there because he's the only one left who can open the box?
Also Kvothe may be the Son of Iax/Jax. Felurin described the shapers as having eyes that can go change from dark to light. Iax was a, if not the shaper that caused the creation war. In NoTW Kvothe's father asked his mother if about a dozen years bed down with a god. It then mentions she was quiet but had this thoughtful look in her eyes.
Kvothe may also be a Chandrian.(kinda in i know). But when Kvothe leaves Ademre Shehyn tells him a story about the Chandrian,and also mentions their deep names. She called them Rhinta. When the skindancer appears in the Waystone it looks at Kvothe and says "te rhinte?"
Another thing worth mentioning is that Dennas sutior may be Cinder. The Ctheah mentioned a walking stick. But this was AFTER their encounter in the Eld. So Cinder may have to use a walking stick becuaseof the arrow through the leg. But there may be evidence that Bredon is working or atleast in contac as mentioned. The slanderous stories Kvothe got in Severen. It mentioned Bredon partook in"pagan" rituals in the woods around his estate.
Kvothe's chest May only be opened by a namer as he says "Edro! Open damn you". And the sword on the mounting board is not Caesura as Chronicler pointed out. And Newarre is in Northern Vintas if that helps anyone. What gave ot away was the currency. I.e Royals. And when Kvothe asks Chronicler how was the road to Tinüe. He says he wasnt going there. So they must be close enough to where that is a literal question and not a greeting of some sort. And finally Alveron might be The King. The soldier who assault Kvothe are in Blue and white. Same colors as Aleveron.
This was all i can add the great list of Theories. Pleae Pat, hurry up with the third book. You are loosing fans by the day.
How about this additional mind-bender. Haliax is also Bredon, as well as being Dena's patron. Who else would have had a vested interest in telling Lanre's story with the twist that Lanre is the hero/victim.
I swear I just heard the sounds of a thousand minds being blown!
I also have the sinking suspicion that Skarpy is also one of the true Amyr, like Lanre/Haliax/Bredon hiding among the mortals . They would be some of the only one's to be able to protect themselves if the Chandrian came, and them telling these stories would be a good way to draw the Chandrian out.
The item inside the Lackless box has a part of the moon that was stolen - reference the story of the moon that Kvothe gets while in the Fey and there is also the story where the sad fellow that lived on a broken street traps part of the moon's name in a box. It, if not the actual name of the moon, was the item that started the war that Lanre was part of.
Makes sense.
I always thought that skarpi might have been one of the original chandrian. In the story that Sheyn told 8 men were sent to destroy there cities but one man remembered the lathani and decided not to go through with it. What if that was Skarpi?
@Robert... Haliax cannot be the suited. She met him at the Eolin,, I think people would notice a guy with shadows instead of a face.. Could be able to disguise himself I guess
It states that they must be able to hide their signs, which is why Cinder looked different when Kvothe met up with him in the forest...these are heavy hitters in the magic realm, so I imagine a simple illusion of appearance would be easy for them, considering they were able to literally disappear by walking into Haliax's cloak/shadow and also when Cinder had been shot and walked into his tent and straight up pulled a disappearing act too.
In WMF when Bast tries to convince Kvothe of how bad the Cthaeh really is he mentions that "Iax spoke to the Cthaeh before he stole the moon."
In the story that Hespe tells about Jax,(the kid who could never be happy) she says that he met a hermit in the woods on his way to steal the moon. The Hermit gives him advice and shows him how to untie the strings of his pack. Maybe the Cthaeh is the namer that jax bumps into while chasing the moon?
It would make more sense maybe the Cthaeh hadn't been trapped in the tree yet. And if Jax/Iax hadn't stolen the moon yet then Earth and the Fae realm hadn't been split yet.
Awesome theories!! Some of them I had thought of, most I had not. The Bredon Denna link makes a lot of sense. What makes you so sure she is dead, though? Because you hope it is the case or because there is some hint that it is? I can't imagine her being gone without more drama and especially not so early in the series. Presumably, there is another 1000-page book to come. I also agree that there must be some link between Bredon and the Chandrian. Pagan rituals, absence at same time as Denna, her song about Lanre. The theory about Kvothe being Rhinta is mind-blowing. It might explain a lot, though. Anyway, just discovered this thread and am loving the sharing of theories.
@Robert Aldrich
Haliax cannot be Bredon or Denna's suitor. _Profound seriousness_ _Disapproval_ He has shadows that cannot be removed. It is his curse. Sorry to burst your bubble
Well, I guess we will see when the actual book come out.
Wow! You've already read the book and it's 5 star worthy?
Just had a thought, what if Bast is the love child of Kvothe and Felurian? That would explain their connection and why bast feels so protective of kvothe. A good counter-arguement would be that Basts to old to be Kvothes son(they said the he was over a hundred years old or something). But time moves differently in the Fae. If a year with felurian is only 3 days in the real world then its possible that Bast is old enough to be Kvothes. Just a thought.
I've alway been bothered by kvothe looking for the Chandrian. Trying to find them under some rock when he has a way to bring them to him at any time he chooses. He's a genius and he is one of the most celebrated members of the arcanum but he can't figure out that saying their names over and over will bring them right to his doorstep?
I don't think Bredon works with the Chandrian. I do think he is Denna's patron, but I think it more likely he is one of the Amyr than a bad guy. While it is true he commissioned a song portraying Lanre as a good guy, that could as likely be an Amyr goal, trying to muddle the facts for people. The chandrian don't want details about themselves known, so I think it unlikely they would want Bredon to commission something like Denna's song. She also is doing genealogical research for him, which I could see an Amyr needing. Either to learn more about the chandrian to defeat them or to learn about some factor we don't know yet.
Courtney wrote: "I don't think Bredon works with the Chandrian. I do think he is Denna's patron, but I think it more likely he is one of the Amyr than a bad guy. While it is true he commissioned a song portraying L..."
If the Amyr hate the Chandrian I can't see them commisioning a song that sings Lanre's praise. If they hate him for what he did to Myr Tariniel they're not going to have someone make a song claiming that he was the hero who was betrayed. I think that more than anything else the chandrian don't want their names known. They killed Kvothe's dad because he was figuring out their names. They killed the Mauthens because they had a vase that showed their signs. It seems to me that the Chandrian would have the most to gain by spreading misinformation through denna's song. It works in there benefit to be seen as the heroes. You said "the chandrian don't want details about themselves known." which makes sense but I seriously doubt that they would have a problem with incorrect details, which is what Denna is spreading.
My reasoning for why Bredon would have Denna doing genealogical work for the chandrian ties back to an earlier theory. I think that they are trying to track the Lackless line to its conclusion(kvothe). Thats why cinder was set up in the forest waylaying tax collectors. He was trying to get to the box but he would still need kvothe to open it.
Also, your forgetting the fact that Denna gave her patron the exact numbers of the mauthen wedding right before they were slaughtered in a struggle involving blue flame. If Bredon worked for the Amyr he would probably attempt to find a way to stop it. It makes more sense that the Chandrian wanted the numbers so that they could ensure that everyone was dead. Clean sweep.
The last comment made me think of something. Bredon mentions the joy of setting a trap and watching your opponent walk into it. What if that's why he set Denna to writing a story with Lanre as the hero? Kvothe and Denna fought about it, and either he corrects her, or she goes looking for the truth. She writes a true song, bringing the Chandrion on herself, and then her death is Kvothe's fault. In trying to bring her back from death, he opens a door, kills a king, and starts a war?
Also, my other theory is that Patrick Rothfuss is watching all of the fans spin theories to make sure he hasn't missed any good connections, and to see if any of his threads can be improved by a fan theory that played out better that the one he invented. That's the reason for the delay in the release.
One of my theories: What if all we know is wrong? Our knowledge of the Chandrian and the Amyr comes through the stories Kvothe has been told. Stories, as we also learn repeatedly throughout the story, tend to reshape themselves through retelling. Most (if not all) of the stories we've learned thus far about Lanre/the Amyr/Chandrian in some fashion. My theory is that what if the story/song Denna is writing with her patron IS the REAL story. We see the Chandrian as the evil force because they murdered Kvothe's troupe as well as countless others in order to protect their secrets. And while yes, this is terrible, what if they started out good and are killing only those who sing wrongly of them? Perhaps it is the Amyr who have been scavenging libraries for all stories of the Chandrian and Amyr because they don't want anyone knowing the truth. Either way, there's a piece of the story missing: the one Kvothe has been searching for. Who are the Amyr and what happened to them? What's their story?
Another theory: In Trebon, while Denna was high on denner resin (spelling?), she mentions how she died once; she quit breathing/living for two whole minutes (not sure if it was two exactly, but at least one). Jump to the scene with the Ctheah tree and how it is constantly killing butterflies. What if the butterflies represent people? Denna, who has already "died," would be the only one who truly possesses "free will." Thus, I believe she could be the only one who could actively go against the Ctheah, without the tree "seeing" it as it would were it someone else. In the Kote timeline, I do believe Denna could be dead (though she survived death once, who's to say she can't do it again?) due to her interference with the Ctheah's plans of escape.
Yet another theory: It is shown that Kote cannot perform magic anymore and that he is a weak fighter, compared to his former self in the stories, Kvothe. In the book we are told that his Alar is like Ramston steel and that the most he's been able to split his mind is into six or seven pieces. I think Kote can perform magic, but that he's already split his mind those six/seven times to hold everything (whatever it is) at bay. This is why his magic failed, his mind is already broken to max capacity. Furthermore, we see Kote get into a fight with king's men and we see Kote kick some ass before failing miserably. At the end of the WMF there is a sentence that states Kvothe takes a "perfect step." The only other person we've seen to take a "perfect step" is the head hancho lady of the Adem, whose name I can't remember. Thus, I believe Kvothe is still around, he just hides because of reasons unknown. Given my above theory of the role reversal of the Amyr and Chandrian, perhaps Kvothe comes to learn this and somehow becomes a member of the Chandrian (one of the good guys/protectors), which is why the shadowwalkerguy who touched Chronicler pointed to Kote saying "Rhintae?".
All are just theories and can probably be disproven, but they have been the main theories I've been toying around with. Of course, there are many many more theories, but these are the most prevalent ones for me at the moment.
Cheers!
My theory is that the Chtaeh taught Iax/Jax simpathy and he linked the moon to the fae with a piece of lunar rock, which is what's inside de Lackless box.
I have a theory as to what made the Kvothe we know from the story into Kote the innkeeper.
We know several things about "Kote":
1) he sings but for some reason doesn't play the lute. in all of the prologues and epilogues it is said: "If there had been music... but no, of course there was no music" When Old Cob mentions that the inn might profit from a bit of music, Kote agrees in a way too casual for it to be anything resembling the truth.
2) we know that Kote can't do sympathy anymore. He tried to to beat the skin-dancer, but failed.
3) we know that Kote can't fight as well as he used to. When Kote was attaked by those soldiers we could see the extent of his current fighting abilities.
So what could have happened to Kvothe that would cause all of these things. The answer that he is traumatized by past events doesn't fully satisfy me. We can assume that Dena died. We know for sure that kvote started the war, presumably by killing a king. But at the age of eleven his whole family was brutally murdered. His life as he knew it was turned on it's head. he spent years living homeless on the streets of Tarbeen. And yet he was able to push through it and still become an amazing arcanist. Kvothe didn't even know the full extent of the problen of the Ctaeh until Bast told him, so that couldn't be it either. And so we must assume there is more to the story.
So here is the theory:
We know that it is possible to contain at least part of someone's name somewhere, to hide it, even change it. Jax manages to capture part of the moon's name.
So what if Kvothe, after realizing that he is in danger, a wanted man, makes a rash decision. He hides part of his name in a box that he hides in a chest, a chest impossible to open. He stops being Kvothe and becomes Kote.
If this sounds a bit far fetched, here is my reasoning:
1) We know that it is possible to change your name, your inner name. When Kvothe mentions Denna changing her name to Elodin, the latter freaks out, asks Kvothe what he has done.
2)Apart from the Jax example there is another example of someone hiding there name. In fact it part of the story about the Chronicler that Kvothe comes up with off the cuff: "the king knows that Chronicle can't control you if you have your name hidden away somewhere safe. The high king's name is written in a book of glass, hidden in a box of copper and that box is hidden away in a great iron chest where nobody can touch it." Apart from the fact that kind of sounds like the thrice-locked chest, it also contains the same materials: copper and iron, though on Kvothe's chest that's just what two of the the locks are made of.
3) After Kvothe finishes telling the story for the day he goes up to his room and tries to open the chest. He manages the first two locks: iron and copper, but can't open the last. As that is where the chapter ends we are supposed to assume that he gave up. But what if he didn't, what if he stayed up half the night trying to open it, and what if he succeeded? In the epilogue it says that he "takes one perfect step" obviously the ketan. But perfect? We know that Kote's fighting abilities aren't perfect. The fact that he takes a PERFECT step make me think that he is the real Kvothe.
But then again, i might be wrong. This all just speculation. Nonetheless it's an interesting theory.
Camilla wrote: "I have a theory as to what made the Kvothe we know from the story into Kote the innkeeper.
We know several things about "Kote":
1) he sings but for some reason doesn't play the lute. in all of the ..."
I like your theory, Camilla, though I have an alternative one. At one point, in Severen-Low, Kvothe mentions to Denna that he could get the Maer Alveron to look into Master Ash for her. Denna seems terrified, and makes Kvothe promise that he won't try to find out anything about Master Ash. After talking a bit more, this happens:
"I swear I won't attempt to uncover your patron," I said bitterly. "I swear it on my name and my power. I swear it by my good left hand. I swear it by the ever-moving moon."
We see this same oath given by various characters (namely, Elodin and Bast) several times throughout the series (albeit, without the left hand part). Though I don't think Kvothe quite knew exactly what he was doing at the time, this would explain why he can't play the lute, do sympathy, or fight like he used to. I think this is further backed up in Chapter 2 of WMF, when Chronicler, Bast, and Kvothe are making holly crowns:
"The innkeeper's fingers fumbled clumsily, snapping the holly branch and jabbing a thorn deep into the fleshy part of his thumb. The red-haired man didn't flinch or curse, just scowled angrily down at his hand as a bead of blood welled up, bright as a berry.
Frowning, the innkeeper brought his thumb to his mouth. All the laughter faded from his expression, and his eyes were hard and dark. He tossed the half-finished holly cord aside in a gesture so pointedly casual it was almost frightening."
You forgot one. The reason the Chandrian cause everything around them to corrupt is because they changed their true name, which is a thing we know you must not do, as it mentions in the name of the wind. Hence by changing their name they corrupted their nature and cause the nature of everything around them to be corrupted.
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Good review. I have a theory too.That kid on the road said that they need a son to bring the blood in order to open the lackless box. We know that kvothe was a lackless heir but he changed his name so he may not be able to open whatever he keeps in the thrice locked chest. Devan Lochees AKA the Chronicler is also a lackless heir just a different sect. What if he's there because he's the only one left who can open the box?
Also Kvothe may be the Son of Iax/Jax. Felurin described the shapers as having eyes that can go change from dark to light. Iax was a, if not the shaper that caused the creation war. In NoTW Kvothe's father asked his mother if about a dozen years bed down with a god. It then mentions she was quiet but had this thoughtful look in her eyes.Kvothe may also be a Chandrian.(kinda in i know). But when Kvothe leaves Ademre Shehyn tells him a story about the Chandrian,and also mentions their deep names. She called them Rhinta. When the skindancer appears in the Waystone it looks at Kvothe and says "te rhinte?"
Another thing worth mentioning is that Dennas sutior may be Cinder. The Ctheah mentioned a walking stick. But this was AFTER their encounter in the Eld. So Cinder may have to use a walking stick becuaseof the arrow through the leg. But there may be evidence that Bredon is working or atleast in contac as mentioned. The slanderous stories Kvothe got in Severen. It mentioned Bredon partook in"pagan" rituals in the woods around his estate.
Kvothe's chest May only be opened by a namer as he says "Edro! Open damn you". And the sword on the mounting board is not Caesura as Chronicler pointed out. And Newarre is in Northern Vintas if that helps anyone. What gave ot away was the currency. I.e Royals. And when Kvothe asks Chronicler how was the road to Tinüe. He says he wasnt going there. So they must be close enough to where that is a literal question and not a greeting of some sort. And finally Alveron might be The King. The soldier who assault Kvothe are in Blue and white. Same colors as Aleveron.
This was all i can add the great list of Theories. Pleae Pat, hurry up with the third book. You are loosing fans by the day.
How about this additional mind-bender. Haliax is also Bredon, as well as being Dena's patron. Who else would have had a vested interest in telling Lanre's story with the twist that Lanre is the hero/victim.I swear I just heard the sounds of a thousand minds being blown!
I also have the sinking suspicion that Skarpy is also one of the true Amyr, like Lanre/Haliax/Bredon hiding among the mortals . They would be some of the only one's to be able to protect themselves if the Chandrian came, and them telling these stories would be a good way to draw the Chandrian out.
The item inside the Lackless box has a part of the moon that was stolen - reference the story of the moon that Kvothe gets while in the Fey and there is also the story where the sad fellow that lived on a broken street traps part of the moon's name in a box. It, if not the actual name of the moon, was the item that started the war that Lanre was part of.
Makes sense.I always thought that skarpi might have been one of the original chandrian. In the story that Sheyn told 8 men were sent to destroy there cities but one man remembered the lathani and decided not to go through with it. What if that was Skarpi?
@Robert... Haliax cannot be the suited. She met him at the Eolin,, I think people would notice a guy with shadows instead of a face.. Could be able to disguise himself I guess
It states that they must be able to hide their signs, which is why Cinder looked different when Kvothe met up with him in the forest...these are heavy hitters in the magic realm, so I imagine a simple illusion of appearance would be easy for them, considering they were able to literally disappear by walking into Haliax's cloak/shadow and also when Cinder had been shot and walked into his tent and straight up pulled a disappearing act too.
In WMF when Bast tries to convince Kvothe of how bad the Cthaeh really is he mentions that "Iax spoke to the Cthaeh before he stole the moon."In the story that Hespe tells about Jax,(the kid who could never be happy) she says that he met a hermit in the woods on his way to steal the moon. The Hermit gives him advice and shows him how to untie the strings of his pack. Maybe the Cthaeh is the namer that jax bumps into while chasing the moon?
It would make more sense maybe the Cthaeh hadn't been trapped in the tree yet. And if Jax/Iax hadn't stolen the moon yet then Earth and the Fae realm hadn't been split yet.
Awesome theories!! Some of them I had thought of, most I had not. The Bredon Denna link makes a lot of sense. What makes you so sure she is dead, though? Because you hope it is the case or because there is some hint that it is? I can't imagine her being gone without more drama and especially not so early in the series. Presumably, there is another 1000-page book to come. I also agree that there must be some link between Bredon and the Chandrian. Pagan rituals, absence at same time as Denna, her song about Lanre. The theory about Kvothe being Rhinta is mind-blowing. It might explain a lot, though. Anyway, just discovered this thread and am loving the sharing of theories.
@Robert AldrichHaliax cannot be Bredon or Denna's suitor. _Profound seriousness_ _Disapproval_ He has shadows that cannot be removed. It is his curse. Sorry to burst your bubble
Well, I guess we will see when the actual book come out.
Wow! You've already read the book and it's 5 star worthy?
Just had a thought, what if Bast is the love child of Kvothe and Felurian? That would explain their connection and why bast feels so protective of kvothe. A good counter-arguement would be that Basts to old to be Kvothes son(they said the he was over a hundred years old or something). But time moves differently in the Fae. If a year with felurian is only 3 days in the real world then its possible that Bast is old enough to be Kvothes. Just a thought.
I've alway been bothered by kvothe looking for the Chandrian. Trying to find them under some rock when he has a way to bring them to him at any time he chooses. He's a genius and he is one of the most celebrated members of the arcanum but he can't figure out that saying their names over and over will bring them right to his doorstep?
I don't think Bredon works with the Chandrian. I do think he is Denna's patron, but I think it more likely he is one of the Amyr than a bad guy. While it is true he commissioned a song portraying Lanre as a good guy, that could as likely be an Amyr goal, trying to muddle the facts for people. The chandrian don't want details about themselves known, so I think it unlikely they would want Bredon to commission something like Denna's song. She also is doing genealogical research for him, which I could see an Amyr needing. Either to learn more about the chandrian to defeat them or to learn about some factor we don't know yet.
Courtney wrote: "I don't think Bredon works with the Chandrian. I do think he is Denna's patron, but I think it more likely he is one of the Amyr than a bad guy. While it is true he commissioned a song portraying L..."If the Amyr hate the Chandrian I can't see them commisioning a song that sings Lanre's praise. If they hate him for what he did to Myr Tariniel they're not going to have someone make a song claiming that he was the hero who was betrayed. I think that more than anything else the chandrian don't want their names known. They killed Kvothe's dad because he was figuring out their names. They killed the Mauthens because they had a vase that showed their signs. It seems to me that the Chandrian would have the most to gain by spreading misinformation through denna's song. It works in there benefit to be seen as the heroes. You said "the chandrian don't want details about themselves known." which makes sense but I seriously doubt that they would have a problem with incorrect details, which is what Denna is spreading.
My reasoning for why Bredon would have Denna doing genealogical work for the chandrian ties back to an earlier theory. I think that they are trying to track the Lackless line to its conclusion(kvothe). Thats why cinder was set up in the forest waylaying tax collectors. He was trying to get to the box but he would still need kvothe to open it.
Also, your forgetting the fact that Denna gave her patron the exact numbers of the mauthen wedding right before they were slaughtered in a struggle involving blue flame. If Bredon worked for the Amyr he would probably attempt to find a way to stop it. It makes more sense that the Chandrian wanted the numbers so that they could ensure that everyone was dead. Clean sweep.
The last comment made me think of something. Bredon mentions the joy of setting a trap and watching your opponent walk into it. What if that's why he set Denna to writing a story with Lanre as the hero? Kvothe and Denna fought about it, and either he corrects her, or she goes looking for the truth. She writes a true song, bringing the Chandrion on herself, and then her death is Kvothe's fault. In trying to bring her back from death, he opens a door, kills a king, and starts a war?
Also, my other theory is that Patrick Rothfuss is watching all of the fans spin theories to make sure he hasn't missed any good connections, and to see if any of his threads can be improved by a fan theory that played out better that the one he invented. That's the reason for the delay in the release.
One of my theories: What if all we know is wrong? Our knowledge of the Chandrian and the Amyr comes through the stories Kvothe has been told. Stories, as we also learn repeatedly throughout the story, tend to reshape themselves through retelling. Most (if not all) of the stories we've learned thus far about Lanre/the Amyr/Chandrian in some fashion. My theory is that what if the story/song Denna is writing with her patron IS the REAL story. We see the Chandrian as the evil force because they murdered Kvothe's troupe as well as countless others in order to protect their secrets. And while yes, this is terrible, what if they started out good and are killing only those who sing wrongly of them? Perhaps it is the Amyr who have been scavenging libraries for all stories of the Chandrian and Amyr because they don't want anyone knowing the truth. Either way, there's a piece of the story missing: the one Kvothe has been searching for. Who are the Amyr and what happened to them? What's their story?Another theory: In Trebon, while Denna was high on denner resin (spelling?), she mentions how she died once; she quit breathing/living for two whole minutes (not sure if it was two exactly, but at least one). Jump to the scene with the Ctheah tree and how it is constantly killing butterflies. What if the butterflies represent people? Denna, who has already "died," would be the only one who truly possesses "free will." Thus, I believe she could be the only one who could actively go against the Ctheah, without the tree "seeing" it as it would were it someone else. In the Kote timeline, I do believe Denna could be dead (though she survived death once, who's to say she can't do it again?) due to her interference with the Ctheah's plans of escape.
Yet another theory: It is shown that Kote cannot perform magic anymore and that he is a weak fighter, compared to his former self in the stories, Kvothe. In the book we are told that his Alar is like Ramston steel and that the most he's been able to split his mind is into six or seven pieces. I think Kote can perform magic, but that he's already split his mind those six/seven times to hold everything (whatever it is) at bay. This is why his magic failed, his mind is already broken to max capacity. Furthermore, we see Kote get into a fight with king's men and we see Kote kick some ass before failing miserably. At the end of the WMF there is a sentence that states Kvothe takes a "perfect step." The only other person we've seen to take a "perfect step" is the head hancho lady of the Adem, whose name I can't remember. Thus, I believe Kvothe is still around, he just hides because of reasons unknown. Given my above theory of the role reversal of the Amyr and Chandrian, perhaps Kvothe comes to learn this and somehow becomes a member of the Chandrian (one of the good guys/protectors), which is why the shadowwalkerguy who touched Chronicler pointed to Kote saying "Rhintae?".
All are just theories and can probably be disproven, but they have been the main theories I've been toying around with. Of course, there are many many more theories, but these are the most prevalent ones for me at the moment.
Cheers!
My theory is that the Chtaeh taught Iax/Jax simpathy and he linked the moon to the fae with a piece of lunar rock, which is what's inside de Lackless box.
I have a theory as to what made the Kvothe we know from the story into Kote the innkeeper.We know several things about "Kote":
1) he sings but for some reason doesn't play the lute. in all of the prologues and epilogues it is said: "If there had been music... but no, of course there was no music" When Old Cob mentions that the inn might profit from a bit of music, Kote agrees in a way too casual for it to be anything resembling the truth.
2) we know that Kote can't do sympathy anymore. He tried to to beat the skin-dancer, but failed.
3) we know that Kote can't fight as well as he used to. When Kote was attaked by those soldiers we could see the extent of his current fighting abilities.
So what could have happened to Kvothe that would cause all of these things. The answer that he is traumatized by past events doesn't fully satisfy me. We can assume that Dena died. We know for sure that kvote started the war, presumably by killing a king. But at the age of eleven his whole family was brutally murdered. His life as he knew it was turned on it's head. he spent years living homeless on the streets of Tarbeen. And yet he was able to push through it and still become an amazing arcanist. Kvothe didn't even know the full extent of the problen of the Ctaeh until Bast told him, so that couldn't be it either. And so we must assume there is more to the story.
So here is the theory:
We know that it is possible to contain at least part of someone's name somewhere, to hide it, even change it. Jax manages to capture part of the moon's name.
So what if Kvothe, after realizing that he is in danger, a wanted man, makes a rash decision. He hides part of his name in a box that he hides in a chest, a chest impossible to open. He stops being Kvothe and becomes Kote.
If this sounds a bit far fetched, here is my reasoning:
1) We know that it is possible to change your name, your inner name. When Kvothe mentions Denna changing her name to Elodin, the latter freaks out, asks Kvothe what he has done.
2)Apart from the Jax example there is another example of someone hiding there name. In fact it part of the story about the Chronicler that Kvothe comes up with off the cuff: "the king knows that Chronicle can't control you if you have your name hidden away somewhere safe. The high king's name is written in a book of glass, hidden in a box of copper and that box is hidden away in a great iron chest where nobody can touch it." Apart from the fact that kind of sounds like the thrice-locked chest, it also contains the same materials: copper and iron, though on Kvothe's chest that's just what two of the the locks are made of.
3) After Kvothe finishes telling the story for the day he goes up to his room and tries to open the chest. He manages the first two locks: iron and copper, but can't open the last. As that is where the chapter ends we are supposed to assume that he gave up. But what if he didn't, what if he stayed up half the night trying to open it, and what if he succeeded? In the epilogue it says that he "takes one perfect step" obviously the ketan. But perfect? We know that Kote's fighting abilities aren't perfect. The fact that he takes a PERFECT step make me think that he is the real Kvothe.
But then again, i might be wrong. This all just speculation. Nonetheless it's an interesting theory.
Camilla wrote: "I have a theory as to what made the Kvothe we know from the story into Kote the innkeeper.We know several things about "Kote":
1) he sings but for some reason doesn't play the lute. in all of the ..."
I like your theory, Camilla, though I have an alternative one. At one point, in Severen-Low, Kvothe mentions to Denna that he could get the Maer Alveron to look into Master Ash for her. Denna seems terrified, and makes Kvothe promise that he won't try to find out anything about Master Ash. After talking a bit more, this happens:
"I swear I won't attempt to uncover your patron," I said bitterly. "I swear it on my name and my power. I swear it by my good left hand. I swear it by the ever-moving moon."
We see this same oath given by various characters (namely, Elodin and Bast) several times throughout the series (albeit, without the left hand part). Though I don't think Kvothe quite knew exactly what he was doing at the time, this would explain why he can't play the lute, do sympathy, or fight like he used to. I think this is further backed up in Chapter 2 of WMF, when Chronicler, Bast, and Kvothe are making holly crowns:
"The innkeeper's fingers fumbled clumsily, snapping the holly branch and jabbing a thorn deep into the fleshy part of his thumb. The red-haired man didn't flinch or curse, just scowled angrily down at his hand as a bead of blood welled up, bright as a berry.
Frowning, the innkeeper brought his thumb to his mouth. All the laughter faded from his expression, and his eyes were hard and dark. He tossed the half-finished holly cord aside in a gesture so pointedly casual it was almost frightening."
You forgot one. The reason the Chandrian cause everything around them to corrupt is because they changed their true name, which is a thing we know you must not do, as it mentions in the name of the wind. Hence by changing their name they corrupted their nature and cause the nature of everything around them to be corrupted.
Having said that..
#6. I was thinking the same but I had the feeling that there was another "above" the Chandrain that they are working for - trying to release Encanis back into the world. Remember that Haliax got his name and shadow deal at the same time from what's his face that cut out his eye..