Summary
"The Name of the Wind" is a fantasy book by Patrick Rothfuss, the main character is called Kvothe, an arcanist who has left a life of adventure and sorrow to become an innkeeper in a small town. Eventually his old life catches up with him when he rescues a scholar named Chronicler who realizes Kvothe for who he is, to keep Chronicler from telling the world where he is, Kvothe must tell his whole story to Chronicler. So Kvothe begins to tell his tale and starts with his childhood travelling with a troupe Edema Ruh (basically Gypsies) performing across the four corners of civilization (except for Atur and Vintas). That is when he meets up with an old arcanist called Abenthy who called on the wind to prevent himself from being imprisoned, intrigued by this arcanist Kvothe invites him to stay with his troupe so he can teach Kvothe how to call the name of the wind. This leads to Abenthy to prepare Kvothe for The University, the place were all arcanists in training go to become full fledged Arcanists. Abenthy stays with the troupe for a couple years and teaches Kvothe chemistry, brewing alcohol, mathematics, and a form of magic called sympathy in a short amount of time. One Day Abenthy left the troupe to go and stay in a town that needed a brewer, a couple months later as the troupe was heading towards the metropolis of Tarbean when Kvothe was sent to fetch fire wood, when he returned his family had been murdered by Chandrians, mythical beings that seem to come out of thin air and cause large amounts of destruction. Without a home Kvothe becomes one of the many homeless orphans on the streets of Tarbean, where he must swallow his pride and sell one of the few things he has to help get him to the University. He enrolls in the University and is immediately makes three teacher and a noble his enemy. This bars him from find out more about the Chandrians and the name of the wind, but if there a will there's a way and Kvothe will stop at nothing to find out the things he wants to know.
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