Kingkiller
The title the stories give Kvothe.
Kingkiller is the name by which Kvothe is known in The Kingkiller Chronicle. He grew from a wandering trouper and musician into a notorious arcanist known as the infamous Kingkiller.
Quick Facts
- Books
- The Name of the Wind (2007)
- The Wise Man's Fear (2011)
- The Doors of Stone (TBA)
- Author
- Patrick Rothfuss
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Heroic fantasy
- Publisher
- DAW/Penguin Books
- Published
- March 27, 2007 – present
- Format
- print (hardcover & paperback); audiobook
Lore & Background
He is rumoured to have killed a king, which earned him the title, and to have caused the war that now engulfs the civilised world. He hides from that fame as Kote, the innkeeper of Newarre.
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