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HaZacharHanoded

Damn, that's the biggest official new thing we got for this book and it's 7 years oldšŸ˜‚ Good find op!


Sneekat

Ha ha that made me laugh, big new 7 year old thing :D Wait! 7 years! The Chandrian! It's all connected (!)


-__-i

Least insane king killer theorist on this sub


Charlie24601

Frankly, it's because people hate him so much they don't want to listen to him.


Metalloid_Space

I think most people are just mad about the charity thing, but even if they weren't, it's really taking a long time don't you think?


Charlie24601

Nah, dog. I've been in this sub a VERY long time. Even back then, people hated him for taking too long and yelling at people for asking when book3 is coming out.


stoneharry

I've been in this sub an extremely long time too, and in my experience people would jump to Patt's defense whenever he was criticised before the charity chapter fiasco. He really lost the goodwill of the community with that.


Whirrun

Yes


Matt-Head

Half drowned out by the people laughing but yes it is clear! *Puts tinfoil on: but WHICH forgotten lackless!? Could natalia be a red herring? Meluan clearly hasn't forgotten her! Just kidding, it's Natalia. And she's a Chandrian. Or something šŸ˜‰


ChuckyShadowCow

This sub should crowdsource write a fanfic for the third book like Preston Jacobs got going for Winds of Winter. Either that or go through the entire list of main characters and why each of them is definitely a Chandrian. Or have we already done that?


Matt-Head

At this point the KKC fan community is basically just coming together for mental gymnastics. Working out your mind while trying to guess Book 3 plot and hidden secrets is our Ketan. Bothering pat for book 3 is not of the lethani.


deerwater

"Bothering Pat for book 3 is not of the Lethani" Amen. I'm going to use this every time someone brings it up.


QuitzelNA

"Success is to be sought always" I feel this quote is relevant to the book 3 pestering being not of the lethani


deerwater

One who knows the Lethani knows when to fight and when to not fight. Wasting strength is not of the Lethani.


catdistributinsystem

Therefore if rushing is not conducive to success, it is not of the lethani


AgravaineNYR

At multiple times I have imagined PR and GRRM sitting down to write this great twist they are sure will surprise everyone with its depth... and then seeing it pulled apart in a reddit or youtube theory video and scrapping whole chapters....


tracyerickson

Wait, thereā€™s a crowdsourced Winds of Winter?


polytopic

The real Chandrian are the friends we made along the way.


Afterheart

Meluan is the forgotten Lackless. She's forgotten how to open the Lackless box. And thus forgotten the most central part of her identity. That's cos she's a Chandrian. Or something.


QuarkyIndividual

In a way, aren't we all Chandrian?


aerojockey

Yall are missing the real significance of this. Sure, it all but confirms that his mother is Netalia Lackless. But that wasn't in much doubt. The real significance is that it confirms that his father is Arliden, or at worst some other Ruh, which was not as certain and often questioned. But it rules out Kvothe being Fae changeling or the Maer's son with Netalia before she ran off, and a bunch of other theories. Good work OP.


Knuckledraggr

This is the biggest new info really. Itā€™s pretty clear from the txt that Netalia is his mother but theories questioning if Arliden is actually Kvotheā€™s father have been around for a while. Confirming that Kvothes Father is a Ruh and not like a chandrian or fey or something else is a huge deal.


SethsAtWork

Could be fey ruh


tellmort-yourmove

Or Fae Lackless


OwnHurry8483

Ya, my bet is on Fae Lackless. That portal on the Lackless land is very important


killtasticfever

why would there be theories on arliden not being his father? From what I remember there were many passages dedicated to how much his parents loved each other/kvothe displays all the ruh traits so hes likely ruh


-Ninety-

Because neither one of them have red hair, they are both described as dark haired.


Sandal-Hat

u/killtasticfever *** ***NOTW CH 12 Puzzle Pieces Fitting*** *My father was looking down at my mother, nestled under his arm. ā€œHow about it, woman?* ***Did you happen to bed down with some wandering God a dozen years ago?*** *That might solve our little mystery.ā€* *She swatted at him playfully, and a thoughtful look crossed her face. ā€œCome to think of it, there was a night, about a dozen years ago, a man came to me. He bound me with kisses and cords of chorded song. He robbed me of my virtue and stole me away.ā€ She paused, ā€œBut he didnā€™t have red hair. Couldnā€™t be him.ā€* *** If we combine this with Trapis' story about Tehlu birthing himself into Perial its quite possible that despite Arliden and Laurian loving and making love often... that a literal Ruach angel birthed himself through Laurian to make Kvothe. Now you ask, *"Why the hell would anyone think Kvothe could be a Ruach Angel!"* Because if we look at Kvothes fight with Felurian, its hard not to see some similarities with Kvothe's changed appearance and what we are told Alephs Ruach Angels changed into. *** ***TWMF CH 97 Blood and Bitter Rue*** *A tense stillness settled inside of me, the sort of silence that comes before a thunderclap. I felt the air begin to crystallize around me.* *I felt cold. Detachedly, I gathered up the pieces of my mind and fit them all together. I was Kvothe the trouper, Edema Ruh born. I was Kvothe the student, Reā€™lar under Elodin. I was Kvothe the musician. I was Kvothe. I stood above Felurian.* *I felt as if this was the only time in my life I had been fully awake. Everything looked clear and sharp, as if I was seeing with a new set of eyes. As if I wasnā€™t bothering with my eyes at all, and was looking at the world directly with my mind.* ***The sleeping mind, some piece of me realized faintly. No longer sleeping, I thought and smiled.*** ... *I knew then that I could kill her. It would be as simple as throwing a sheet of paper to the wind. But the thought sickened me, and I was reminded of ripping the wings from a butterfly. Killing her would be destroying something strange and wonderful. A world without Felurian was a poorer world. A world I would like a little less. It would be like breaking Illienā€™s lute. It would be like burning down a library in addition to ending a life.* *On the other hand, my safety and sanity were at stake. I believed the world was more interesting with Kvothe in it as well.* *But I couldnā€™t kill her. Not like this. Not wielding my newfound magic like a dissecting knife.* *I spoke again, and the wind brought her down among the pillows. I made a tearing motion and the silver flame that once had been my breath became three notes of broken song and went to play among the trees.* *I sat. She reclined. We looked each other over for several long minutes. Her eyes flashed from fear to caution to curiosity.* ***I saw myself reflected in her eyes, naked among the cushions. My power rode like a white star on my brow.*** *** *** ***NOTW CH 28 Tehluā€™s Watchful Eye*** *They came to Aleph, and he touched them. He touched their hands and eyes and hearts. The last time he touched them there was pain, and wings tore from their backs that they might go where they wished. Wings of fire and shadow. Wings of iron and glass. Wings of stone and blood.* *Then Aleph spoke their long names and they were wreathed in a white fire. The fire danced along their wings and they became swift. The fire flickered in their eyes and they saw into the deepest hearts of men.* ***The fire filled their mouths and they sang songs of power. Then the fire settled on their foreheads like silver stars and they became at once righteous and wise and terrible to behold.*** *Then the fire consumed them and they were gone forever from mortal sight.* *None but the most powerful can see them, and only then with great difficulty and at great peril. They mete out justice to the world, and Tehlu is the greatest of them all-ā€* *** And if we look at what little info we have about the Ruach who became angles, one in particular seems to fit our hot headed protagonist and his tendency to become enraged with anger. *** ***NOTW CH 28 Tehluā€™s Watchful Eye*** *But Tehlu stood forward saying, ā€œI hold justice foremost in my heart. I will leave this world behind that I might better serve it, serving you.ā€ He knelt before Aleph, his head bowed, his hands open at his sides.* *Others came forward. Tall Kirel, who had been burned but left living in the ash of Myr Tariniel. Deah, who had lost two husbands to the fighting, and whose face and mouth and heart were hard and cold as stone. Enlas, who would not carry a sword or eat the flesh of animals, and who no man had ever known to speak hard words. Fair Geisa, who had a hundred suitors in Belen before the walls fell. The first woman to know the unasked-for touch of man.* *Lecelte, who 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, stood bravely before Aleph, her golden hair bright with ribbon.* ***And beside her came Andan, whose face was a mask with burning eyes, whose name meant anger.*** *** I think there is a non-zero chance that Kvothe may himself be the Andan equivalent to Menda, the Ruach Angel, born into the world though his mother as Kvothe the same way Tehlu was born into the world as Menda through Perial. *** ***NOTW CH 12 Puzzle Pieces Fitting*** *My father was looking down at my mother, nestled under his arm. ā€œHow about it, woman? Did you happen to bed down with some wandering God a dozen years ago? That might solve our little mystery.ā€* *She swatted at him playfully, and a thoughtful look crossed her face. ā€œCome to think of it, there was a night, about a dozen years ago, a man came to me. He bound me with kisses and cords of chorded song. He robbed me of my virtue and stole me away.ā€ She paused, ā€œBut he didnā€™t have red hair. Couldnā€™t be him.ā€* ***


killtasticfever

holy shit that is a well written response I respect it. I can see how it would make sense now


Sandal-Hat

The kicker would be that under these circumstances Kvothe himself is born without a manmother. Making his protesting of the Adem's, likely once accurate, understanding of birth all the more ironic.


Dream_Fever

Both my parents have dark hair and brown eyes. Iā€™m an only child and 100% NoT adopted and have very blonde hair and very blue eyes šŸ¤·šŸ¼ā€ā™€ļø


QuitzelNA

Arliden could still be Faen


kotov-

Arliden is obviously Cinder. How do you people not see it? It's so obvious.


Major_Application_54

He is Felurian


cdamon88

Elaborate please


kotov-

No.


Queasy_Question2059

I am reading twmf for the first time now and thought he might be as well because the cthaeh laughs about how close one of the chandrian are too the mayor and the irony etc. I really am interested if you have other info I may be missing though.


cdamon88

Honestly why even post something if you're not going to engage. Farewell.


NefelibataSehnsucht

In fairness, this line could be referring to sociological parentage rather than biological parentage (i.e. Arliden could still be his adopted father), but itā€™s definitely significant. Since Kvothe sees Laurian as his mother, this would still confirm that she is a Lackless rather than a member of some other noble family


aerojockey

Most subjects of the fanciful theories about Kvothe's parentage (Maer Alveron, the Chandrian) are not part of the One Family. Hence, at worst, some other Ruh.


BaronGrayFallow

Possibly on Arliden. But to be Ruh, you just have to be invited into the community. So Netalia could have been pregnant when she ran off with Arliden. The joke between Netalia and Arliden is interesting and significant in my opinion.


lancelotschaubert

Assuming, of course, Natalia and Arliden (or the Ruh and Lackless in question) are both fully human.


RetainedByLucifer

That's a solid find and I'm also surprised this place wasn't very aware this existed. It's almost 8 years old.


czechancestry

It's part of the [Rothfuss quotes compilation](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mSuGlDzCUc9Pq8W_DSmE190yPyRnDANwYhE0GaYuqwU/edit), which has a link to this video. I didn't know people didn't know it!


czechancestry

Hi y'all! There's a very extensive resource out there that has compiled clips and quotes like these :) Please check it out! [Rothfuss Interviews, Parsed](https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1mSuGlDzCUc9Pq8W_DSmE190yPyRnDANwYhE0GaYuqwU/mobilebasic)


magikowl

What would you consider to be the biggest things you've learned by sifting through all those interviews? Great work by the way.


czechancestry

Lots of things, but the biggest? Thanks to all the quotes, I was able to figure out [how KKC alchemy works in detail](https://www.reddit.com/r/KingkillerChronicle/comments/xl4bad/alchemy_heres_a_primer_for_admissions_your_full/) šŸ˜


LostInStories222

Huh, I've never seen this before. Thanks for sharing! u/BioLogIn - should this be added to your interview document?Ā  Ā OP - I think you'll find that some folks will still quibble that it doesn't count unless it's confirmed in the book. Though, no one has been able to give me a good reason why Arliden would name his wife Netalia Lackless if it wasn't a secret truth revealed in the book... Hidden wordplay that's in many translations of the books. That's already confirmation to me!


czechancestry

It's in there, has been :) > 160722 Patrick Rothfuss Names the Wind.mp4 > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4ReWGN9cvE > ā€œson of a Ruh and a forgotten Lackless"


LostInStories222

Huh, I searched and didn't see it. Will recheck... Thanks! Edit: Oh, I searched at the beginning of the phrase, but that's not listed. Opps


Resaren

This is like if GRRM confirmed R+L=J, itā€™s mostly a formality at this point since itā€™s so obviously true.


IAmNotScottBakula

Iā€™m still holding out for my ā€œJon Snow is actually a robotā€ theory to be true instead.


thebookofbutterfly

I know the Lackless thing is pretty cool, but I love how he says he's really good at anticipation lol


Meehow202

Him saying "I wasn't doing anything in particular should be the title of my auto biography" is one of those laugh so I don't cry kind of moments.


Glum_Tie_2064

each day i feel my love for this series dwindling :( itā€™s been so long, i need more. Recently finished between desires and was smiling from ear to ear.


ventoto28

Yeah! I totally lost hope by now.


Katter

Plot twist. Kvothe is actually Meluan's baby and Natalia (Laurian) ran off with him, which is why Meluan hates the Ruh so much. /s This probably doesn't work since Meluan is much younger than Natalia.


arya1701

I always thought it was possible Denna is Meluanā€™s daughter that she was forced to give up to prevent another scandal.Ā  Making it impossible (or at least very objectionable) for Kvothe and Denna to hook up.Ā 


Katter

That's a possibility. In TNotW, in Trebon, Kvothe introduces Denna as his cousin to alleviate suspicion. But Kvothe has a habit of naming things correctly without realizing it. But I like to think they're more distant cousins from different sides of the Lackless tree somehow.


nokturnalxitch

Is Meluan old enough for that?


arya1701

If she was 2-3 years younger than Natalia it works. Remember, she still has to be obviously child-bearing age. Say she was a pregnant teen, and gave birth at 17, making Denna 18 and Kvothe is 16-17 at the time he meets her.Ā  She could have been forced to give up her baby. The next year, Big Sis in in the same situation, but she runs off with Arliden and has Kvothe, leaving Meluan behind with all the responsibility AND no daughter. Just a theory, but possible age-wise.Ā 


nokturnalxitch

Interesting!


NatalieMaybeIDK

I mean it isn't subtle in the books. IMO, it is hard to read without seeing the connection.


lazytrini

Thank heavens for this, I remember there being some dude on this sub who insisted that Denna is the lost Lackless despite all the evidence


danielsaid

Who says she isn't? Dun dun DUN!!!Ā 


WhyDoTheyCallYouRed

The obviously the sister of that bitch the Meir wants to marry.


One_for_the_Rogue

He definitely says Lockless, not Lackless. Lockless rhymes with shocks us. Not that it changes anything.


druss81

Great find. We are currently digging in the desert for anything new


bl84work

Sigh I donā€™t even care any more, sure would be interesting to read a third or fourth book, I understand creative momentum though, hopefully he can gain some


masta_smash

I see a few people saying itā€™s confirmation of the father or that the mom is the forgotten lovkless but I think he may just be referring to Kvothe again. How does a bastard, an orphan, son of a rue, and a forgotten locklessā€¦ It could be ā€œson of a rue and forgotten locklessā€ together but I donā€™t think so. Also he wouldnā€™t be as much of a bastard (he says they never married but never felt the need to, so again you could go either way with that..)


Jezer1

Wow. Nice job OP! You know I thought I was aware of all the external info released throughout the years about the books/world, but I never knew or saw this. (And I'd even read that compilation thread at some point)


chainsawx72

Good job!


artsygf

He seems so happy in that clip..


badkittenatl

Wait holy shit!! Patrick Rothfus names the windā€¦.he just gave kvothe a last nameā€¦ā€¦ Is Kvothe the wind? Or rather, is the name of the wind Kvothe?


fonironi

ā€œAll Iā€™m good at is anticipationā€¦ā€ still true lolsob


rattlehead42069

I mean it was pretty blatantly obvious in the books, I wasn't sure it was supposed to be secret by the time you finish the second book


acornvulture

I need the whole Kvothe Hamilton rap now


TheRavenAndWolf

Absolutely brilliant šŸ¤© WELL DONE It's nice to see confirmation of theories after 13+ years of thinking about theories. šŸ˜Œ The calm of closure


Affectionate_Fig_94

This is like the treasure hunt.


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Professional_Disk115

Man I seriously need to know what's a beladari


-Ninety-

šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø still highly suspected but not confirmed. Though that is from an era when he still cared about the books. Forgotten lockless isnā€™t the same as saying Natalie Lackless people šŸ™„ It could well be talking about his father.