Both are framed by Kvothe, now in hiding under the pseudonym Kote, telling the story to a Chronicler over a three-day period. This fits well with what we've learned so far in The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear. Rather than hop around, writing stories in far-flung corners and various time periods in his fictional world, Rothfuss seems to see Book 3 as queuing up an even grander narrative, suggesting that Kvothe, rather than providing an end to continent-altering events, will instead set a new, larger conflict in motion. Book 3 will not be the final book in the world." At Pax South, he described The Kingkiller Chronicle is "one person's story," the tale of Kvothe, but that he planned to continue writing in the world of Temerant long after he was done with Kvothe's tale.īut positioning The Kingkiller Chronicle as prologue puts this in a new light. Rothfuss previously told fans "Book 3 closes this arc of the story. With a word count of around 250,000 for the trilogy's first book, that would suggest a 350,000 word conclusion in Book 3.īut it's not dubious napkin math based on an off-the-cuff approximation by Rothfuss that's the most intriguing part of his answer. Rothfuss previously said The Kingkiller Chronicle Book 3 would be shorter than The Wise Man's Fear, which clocked in at nearly 400,000 words. "I am an author who has tricked you into reading a trilogy that is a million-word prologue."Īn author who has tricked you into reading a million-word prologue. "It's way worse than that," Rothfuss answered. Rothfuss was asked by an Alaskan fan, "Are you like a DM taking us on a journey where the bard is the hero of the story?" The bard is an often underappreciated class in Dungeons & Dragons, and the questioner wondered (in light of Rothfuss' well-known affection for the game) whether his trilogy is a conscious attempt to ennoble the D&D bard archetype with Kvothe, hero of The Kingkiller Chronicle and virtuoso lute player. Mostly recently, during a Q&A at Emerald City Comic Con, the fantasy author offered up an intriguing new way to look at The Kingkiller Chronicle, indicating the state of Temerant after the as-yet unreleased conclusion to the trilogy. At PAX South, Rothfuss described the struggle he's faced trying to wrap up the trilogy with the hotly anticipated Book 3, tentatively titled The Doors of Stone. On the JoCo Cruise, Rothfuss fan-cast the adaptation of the first book in his trilogy, The Name of the Wind, proposing its producer, Lin-Manuel Miranda, as a perfect pick to play the main character's father. Patrick Rothfuss, author of The Kingkiller Chronicle, has been on something of a public appearance blitz lately.
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