Kvothe
As Kote \/ Reshi
true red hair
young
chose his name carefully when he came to starting town
for usual and unusual reasons including
names are important to him
Knows all the stars names and stories like he knows his own hands
moves with patient efficiency
hums but tries not to
cleans as an excuse to touch and hold various bottles
seem nowhere near thirty when cleaning them
tired lines on his face
Makes up stories for his skills for the townfolk
Wishes the Waystone were busier
not hurting for cash
scars across his back and arms old and new
all were smoothe and silver except one
"Autumn's the time. In Autumn everything is tired and ready to die"
He's been Kote for less than 2 years
strong enough to hold and bruise Bast
Kvothe
pronounced nearly the same as "Quothe"
means "to know" (according to his fater)
nicknames
Kvothe the bloodless
Kvote the Arcane
Kvothe Kingkiller
Maedre (to The Adem) which means
The Flame, The Thunder, The Broken Tree
E'lir (from his first mentor)
Dulator (from his first lover)
Shadicar
Lightfinger
Six-string
Red (from Ben)
E'lir (from ben when he's being stubborn claimed it meant wise one)
rumor
fearless
dead
myth
red-handed killer
Chandrian
there was a girl
Learned Tema in a day
story
- he went looking for his heart's desire, had to trick a demon to get it, once it rested in his hand he had to fight an angel to keep it
according to the traveler
killed "him" in Imre near a fountain where cobblestones are shattered
no one can mend them
Chronicler
This was the face of a man who has killed an angel
can't be more than 25
could break me in his hands like a kindling stick
eyes darken from green to nearly black
counseled kings, walked the roads with nothing but his wits to guid him
name became both praise and curse at the University
Kvothe's Mother
he has magician's fingers
clear bright eyes that looked like they wanted to swallow up the world
Kvothe
everyone he killed deserved it
I trouped, traveled, loved, lost, and was betrayed
Learned Tema in a day and a half no sleep
Has a strong Baritone and a great deal of stage training
"The Broken Tree" is a prophetic name
stole princesses back from sleeping barrow kings
burned down the town of Treborn
spent the night with Felurian and left with sanity and life
expelled from the univeristy at a younger age than others are admitted
tread paths by moonlight others fear to speak during day
talked to Gods
has a knack for sympathy beyond a natural penchant for absorbing knowledge
mother says he has magician's fingers
Pushed the memories of the death of his parents into a seldom-used corner of his mind
Imagined death in the form of a great bird with wings of fire and shadow
Learned
in general from acrobats, actors, and travelers
commonwealth law from a traveling lawyer at 8
woodcraft from a huntsman named Laclith
inner workings of Modeg court from a cortesean
Learned the lute at 8 years old
sympathy at 11
how to jape and tumble from trip
courtly dances of a half dozen coutries from Shandi
Swordplay(stage) from Teren
begging, purse slitting, pickpocketting, and lockpicking on the streets of Tarbean