“
I have been called Kvothe the Bloodless, Kvothe the Arcane, and Kvothe Kingkiller.
I have earned those names.
Bought and paid for them.
But I was brought up as Kvothe.
My father once told me it meant "to know."
I have, of course, been called many other things.
Most of them uncouth, although very few were unearned.
I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings.
I burned down the town of Trebon.
I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life.
I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in.
I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day.
I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep.
You may have heard of me.
”
Patrick Rothfuss - The Name of The Wind