General Note to my Gentle Readers:

This blog is dedicated to an indepth look at the first two books of The Kingkiller Chronicles: "The Name of the Wind" and "A Wise Man's Fear" by Patrick Rothfuss.


If you have not yet read these books, don't read this blog. It's that simple. I will spoil it. Let the books speak to you first, then come back here and see what you might have missed, or point out what I blindly failed to see. We will not hesitate to spoil from both books and with no warning. Except this one. So now you are warned.

Friday, January 18, 2013

Uses of Numbers

  1. Ones:
    • NotW 1: The times a tinker pays a simple trade
  2. Twos:
    • NotW 1: The times a tinker pays for freely-given aid
  3. Threes:
    • NotW 0: The parts of silence
    • NotW 1: Taborlin's tools: Key, coin and candle
    • NotW 1: The times a tinker repays any insult
    • NotW 1: paying for something with an iron penny, copper penny and silver penny
    • NotW 1: Demons fear: cold iron, clean fire, the holy name of God
    • NotW 1: The number of languages used by Kote to mock-banish Bast as a "demon".
    • NotW 1: The locks on the roah chest: one of iron, one of copper and one that cannot be seen.
    • NotW 3: "Listen three times" with response "I hear you three times."
    • NotW 4: On meeting Chronicler, Kvothe asks him three questions. He starts the third one with "Third time pays for all."
  4. Sixes:
    • NotW 1: According to Jake, the number of Chandrian: they were the first sic to refuse Tehlu's choice of the path and were cursed for it.
  5. Elevens:
    • NotW 1: Spans are 11 days.
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