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• Author: Patrick Rothfuss
• Publisher: Daw
• Publish Date: 2007

The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One) is a fantasy book by Patrick Rothfuss, the first book in a series called The Kingkiller Chronicle. Winner of the Quill Award, 2007 Plot Kvothe begins his story in his childhood amongst the Edema Ruh, a people of travellers and performers. Kvothe, even for a Ruh, is an extremely talented musician, particularly with lute and voice, and learns at lightning speed. His father's troupe picks up an arcanist by the name of Abenthy, a graduate of the University (there is only one), who begins to train Kvothe in matters of science. Particularly, he teaches Kvothe "sympathy," a form of magic which allows the sympathist to link two objects together and cause changes in the bound object by manipulating the other (a system drawing equally from modern thermodynamics, quantum entanglement and voodoo dolls). However, sympathy is only the weaker form of magic in Rothfuss' story; Abenthy also knows the secret of naming, thus giving him power over those things he has named, particularly wind, as he demonstrates to an astonished Kvothe by using it against a suspicious townsperson. Kvothe spends the remainder of the novel attempting to find someone to teach him the titular "Name of the Wind." Meanwhile, Kvothe's father Arliden is attempting to compose a song about the "Chandrian," a mythical (if human) force of evil and corruption, occasionally referenced in children's rhymes but otherwise submerged in the murk of legend. Arliden's curiosity leads the Chandrian to visit the troupe and put everyone to the sword; Kvothe escapes by the simple expedient of having been out in the woods at the time. Now orphaned, Kvothe spends three deadening years in the city of Tarbean, forced to become a street urchin, before being introduced to a storyteller named Skarpi. Skarpi re-ignites Kvothe's interest in life by telling an ancient historical tale depicting the founding of the Chandrian, suggesting that Kvothe may have a chance to avenge his parents. Kvothe, thus inspired, makes his escape to the University to continue his education. There he bargains for, and obtains, enrollment on a shoestring budget, gaining acceptance to the Arcanum but being forced thereafter to scramble constantly to make ends meet. While at the University, Kvothe continues to feed his love of knowledge, as well as resuming his pursuit of music, which helps ease his monetary woes after a significant down payment on a new lute. He also renews his acquaintance with Denna, a beautiful young woman whom he met on the road from Tarbean to the University and who has since taken up residence in a town near the University. He begins a rivalry with a rich fellow student, Ambrose, and with an arrogant head faculty member, Master Hemme; he also attempts to gain the attention of Master Elodin, who holds the promising title "Master Namer". After Ambrose "helps" him explore the University's library by renting him a lit candle, Kvothe is banned from the stacks for life, and expends considerable effort attempting (successfully) to find a way to sneak in. Finally, he takes up his father's interest in the Chandrian, eventually investigating a destroyed farmhouse outside Trebon where those mythical villains supposedly slaughtered a wedding party; this leads directly to a confrontation with a drug-addicted dragon (the herbivorous tree-eating "draccus," which has stumbled upon a "denner resin" farm, and is about to attack Trebon in its euphoria). As night falls, Kvothe relates how Elodin finally took him as a student, after Kvothe demonstrated that, even if only subconsciously, he has the power to name (and command) the wind, injuring Ambrose because he had destroyed Kvothe's lute. However, the novel ends before Kvothe can reveal any more details about himself, such as which king he killed and why, what became of his love for Denna, under what circumstances he leaves the University, and who the Chandrian actually are.

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