The Name of the Wind Characters

by Patrick Rothfuss

The Name of the Wind Character List

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Taborlin the Great

Taborlin the Great is a famous wizard of old time, who had become a legend, and is poetically talked about.

Kote (Kvothe)

Kvothe was a skillful sword fighter and a magician in past, but now he has settled down as a keeper of an inn called Waystone, and nobody knows of his past. Kvothe is said to have killed a king, and is nicknamed a Kingkiller. Now he is called Kote.

Bast

Bast is Kvothe’s assistant in the inn.

Chronicler

Chronicler is a writer, who, being saved by Kvothe from a creature resembling a spider, recognizes Kvothe and asks him to tell the story of his life.

Arliden

Arliden is Kvothe’s father.

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