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. — 

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• You should assume spoilers henceforth! Forthwith! This post shall take a fortnight of hours to read! 
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• Name of the Wind Analysis — Ch 5:
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Name of the Wind Analysis — Ch 5:

Turn your hymnals towards today’s page and chapter. Bast pulls out “needles of bone” — they’re grey white. What kind of bone? 

Rings of bone? The “slivers of hate” Bast says may teach us something about iron:

“little slivers of hate”
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I won’t copy every comment, but I think that whole thread worthwhile.

It occurs to me, though, in considering Kvothe’s eyes that I could have this wrong. That instead of taking Haliax’s place as the priest of the moon, he succeeds in killing Cinder instead, becoming the new rod. And wants, in fact, to die because he can’t — because he himself powers the moon’s movement now or however that dynamic works. The black eyes, iron in his voice, etc. is there. In that instance, he’s literally the new Tehlu (though not the sun).

I’m reminded again of both quicksilver and of the sword. And again Kvothe tells us that stories — especially this one — lie to you. Where? 

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Anpauen — “shoe iron.“ And he threads the bone needle instead of iron. With what? Not gut. Kvothe uses gut for stitches. So what? Not string that they would cut away. Is it plant matter? 

Is it starlight? 

I like to think that the Prince of Twilight might stitch a person with startlight. 

Making Kvothe’s back a bit of a constellation, scars and stars. 

Anywhoodle.

Kote shrugged. “It’s not the first time I should be dead, Bast. I’m a fair hand at avoiding it.”

“I can’t see how you’ve managed to stay alive this long.”

…”Neither do I, Bast,” he said. His voice was tired and grey.

Or maybe unable to die altogether?

Signs/Songs of the Chandrian (Ver. Ironic Death)
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But the horned god is a thing, for sure.

Bast sings:

“How odd to watch a mortal kindle 
Then to dwindle day by day. 
Knowing their bright souls are tinder.
And the wind will have its way. 
Would I could my own fire lend. 
What does your flickering portend?”

Again with what I said of stars earlier. Souls as fuel. Immortals who burn as bigger fuel — can you lend your fire as an immortal to a mortal?

This gives me Beren and Luthien vibes again. Here are other interesting things: a fire that starts, dwindles. Their souls are “tinder,” so it’s actually the souls that burn, which parallels my fixed stars are souls theory. “The wind will have its way,” we should always pay attention to the wind in this book because of the name of the book and that it’s the main thing he’s always after.

In this case, the wind will have its way means either fanning the flame like a billows or snuffing it out eventually and blowing the smoke away.

But what if the soul is entangled with the wind? Does that soul snuff out others? 

Can a Fae lend their own immortal fire? 

And is the flickering of Kvothe, specifically, an omen? 

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