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PATRICK ROTHFUSS
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THE N A M E OF
THE W I N D
The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One
PATRICK ROTHFUSS
My name is Kvothe, pronounced nearly the
same as "quothe." Names are important as they
tell you a great deal about a person. IVe had
more names than anyone has a right to.
The Adem call me Maedre. Which,
depending on how it's spoken, can mean The
Flame, The Thunder, or The Broken Tree.
"The Flame" is obvious if you've ever seen
me. I have red hair, bright. If I had been born a
couple of hundred years ago I would probably
have been burned as a demon. I keep it short
but it's unruly. When left to its own devices, it
sticks up and makes me look as if I have been
set afire.
"The Thunder" I attribute to a strong
baritone and a great deal of stage training at
an early age.
I've never thought of "The Broken Tree"
as very significant. Although in retrospect, I
suppose it could be considered at least partially
prophetic.
My first mentor called me E'lir because I was
clever and I knew it. My first real lover called
me Dulator because she liked the sound of it.
I have been called Shadicar, Lightfinger, and
Six'String. I have been called Kvothe the
Bloodless, Kvothe the Arcane, and Kvothe
Kingkiller. I have earned those names. Bought
and paid for them.
But I was brought up as Kvothe. My father
once told me it meant "to know."
I have, of course, been called many other
things. Most of them uncouth, although very
few were unearned.

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I have stolen princesses back from sleeping
barrow kings. I burned down the town of
Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian
and left with both my sanity and my life. I was