However, he is also very poor, which causes many problems for him as tuition at the university is very expensive. He does very well at the University and is a very talented student. It encompasses approximately five years of his early life. The remainder of the novel chronicles his time here when not alternating to the present day in interludes.
Kvothe then sells his meager possessions, gaining just enough to travel to the institution where he makes admissions on a scholarship.
Shortly after this introduction, his troupe is slaughtered by the folkloric group known as The Chandrian, leading to his childhood as an orphan on the streets of Tarbean.Īpproximately three years later, Kvothe meets the storyteller Skarpi whose tales spur him to attempt to enter the University, a dream he'd toyed with as a child. The first day of the narrative begins when Kvothe is eleven years old, being raised by his parents who lead a troupe of Edema Ruh entertainers. The frame story occurs several years after the beginning of the narration, which addresses the man's lifetime as an adventurer and student of The University, being written by the Chronicler over a period of three days. It is owned by a man named Kote, soon revealed to be an alias of the legendary figure Kvothe. The Name of the Wind begins in the frame story, the setting of which is The Waystone Inn located in Newarre. From his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, to years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-riddled city, to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, The Name of the Wind is a masterpiece that transports readers into the body and mind of a wizard. In these pages you will come to know Kvothe the notorious magician, the accomplished thief, the masterful musician, the dragon-slayer, the legend-hunter, the lover, the thief and the infamous assassin.The Name of the Wind is fantasy at its very best, and an astounding must-read title.This is the riveting first-person narrative of Kvothe, a young man who grows to be one of the most notorious magicians his world has ever seen. My name is Kvothe.You may have heard of me'So begins the tale of Kvothe - currently known as Kote, the unassuming innkeepter - from his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, through his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-riddled city, to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a difficult and dangerous school of magic. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. 'I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings.
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