Hey friends, long time no write about the Name of the Wind, Kingkiller, etc. I’ve intended to do a Name of the Wind analysis reread (not to mention the other books) for some time now. — 

You should assume spoilers henceforth! Forthwith! This post shall take a fortnight of hours to read!

Table of Contents

• You should assume spoilers henceforth! Forthwith! This post shall take a fortnight of hours to read! 
• Note about me:
• Name of the Wind Analysis — Ch 4:
• Navigate to other chapters:

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Name of the Wind Analysis — Ch 4:

Turn your hymnal to today’s page and chapter. As I said, it’ll feel more hopscotch-y without the text at hand.

Connor’s opinion first:

Middle of Newarre? That’s a bit silly

— Connor Hathaway

I kind of like it, honestly. I like silly things, particularly in connection with . It’s the Jon Stewart in me. Regardless, here’s tingle’s map:

Road to Newarre
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The middle of Newarre
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But how do you get there?

How to get to Newarre (revised) and questions about writing.
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We then come across Burning Hair and Rotting Flowers. Again with the bonfire. Again with the troupe killing connection. Again with the Scrael connection. All of it reminds me of all of the rest of it.

“Charred body of God” — points to Tehlu’s story, Encannis, and the harvest bon fires again. And therefore Haliax and Cinder.

“Honestly?” He ran his hand absentmindedly through his hair, brushing his hood back in the process. In the firelight his hair was impossibly red, his eyes a shocking, vibrant green. He looked at Chronicler, sizing him up. “Demons,” he said. “Demons in the shape of big, black spiders.” 

Chronicler relaxed. “There’s no such thing as demons.” From his tone it was obvious he’d said the same thing many, many times before. 

The red-haired man gave an incredulous laugh. “Well, I guess we can all go home then!” He flashed a manic grin at Chronicler. “Listen, I’m guessing you’re an educated man. I respect that, and for the most part, you’re right.” His expression went serious. “But here and now, tonight, you’re wrong. Wrong as wrong can be. You don’t want to be on that side of the fire when you figure that out.”

“I guess we can all go home,” is a nod to the reader. I promised demons, there are demons, if there aren’t demons we can all go home, said the red haired green eyed man. Rothfuss does a lot of these false syllogism things that are basically just exploiting fallacies, which is a very classic sci-fi move. 

For instance:

1. In previous centuries, I would’ve been burned as a demon for red hair.
2. (assumed) that not all people with red hair are demons.
3. I have red hair.
4. Therefore false conclusion: I am not a demon.

But that’s a false conclusion. Some people with red hair are demons. 

After that, we get the hive of the scrael. If the scrael are like wasps from a hive, who or what is the queen? 

The Cthaeh, the scrael, and skin dancers are all one being.
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The Draugr? 

When he says, “You’ll be surprised at the sorts of things hidden away in children’s songs,” he’s telegraphing that the most important parts of the stories are in songs, poems, the more innocent bits of the story. Sure he’s found things in the academic setting, but the biggest stuff is hiding right under the surface in plain sight.

How did he kill the scrael?

Kote’s use of Sympathy in the frame story.
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Navigate to other chapters:

I’ll put this at the end of each chapter so we can actually navigate the text

• Name of the Wind Analysis — Prologue
• Name of the Wind Analysis — Chapter 1
• Name of the Wind Analysis — Chapter 2
• Name of the Wind Analysis — Chapter 3
• Name of the Wind Analysis — Chapter 4
• Name of the Wind Analysis — Chapter 5
• Name of the Wind Analysis — Chapter 6
• Name of the Wind Analysis — Chapter 7
• Name of the Wind Analysis — Chapter 8
• Name of the Wind Analysis — Chapter 9
• Name of the Wind Analysis — Chapter 10