Name of the Wind 91 - Epilogue

Chapter 91

Kote continues to run into Denna, always in the company of a wealthy suitor. Each time, in true friend zone style, he comforts himself by saying although they may be getting intimate with her, they will never be as close friends with her as he is. At the House of the Wind, Kote lets loose the note Denna left for him. Depending which way it blows out of the square, it should give him a prediction of what will happen, but it stays circling the courtyard. Kote then hints that Ambrose eventually found a way to get him expelled.

Each time Denna comes up, I feel a little sadder for Kote. He keeps pining away for her and despite being brave in other aspects of his life, he is always too scared to declare himself to her.

Chapter 92

Back at the inn, Kote stops his story for the night. Chronicler is having a hard time falling asleep. He barricades the door to the room and is finally able to nod off. He wakes up to find Bast in the room. Bast reveals he has been starting rumors that Kote is here, in order to bring about anything that might snap Kote out of his stupor. He had expected some sort of enemy to show up, but Chronicler was a stroke of luck, giving Kote a reason to think and talk about his heroic deeds. We learn that Bast encouraged him to write a memoir, but Kote gave it up pretty quickly, although he still has the crumpled up pages. Bast warns chronicler to keep Kote focused on positive topics, and not to bring up music or why he doesn't do sympathy any more. When Chronicler protests about remaining neutral, Bast threatens him very seriously. He shows Chronicler that his iron necklace of protection won't be enough to protect him. He then acts courteously again before leaving out the window.

Whoa, Bast gets into full scary Fae mode! I like it! Hope to see some of Bast's backstory in the next book. So far, telling the story doesn't seem to have quite as much effect as Bast hopes for, but we shall see how it goes on the next day.

Epilogue

Kote sits at his desk, the crumpled memoir pages still sitting on top of it while he tries to ignore them.

Nice device to bring the book full circle. I really like the framing device of one book per night of storytelling. I did feel like we left in the middle of things, without anything nicely tied up - except we did resolve the issue of getting back into the archives. Hopefully it won't get him into even more trouble with Lorren. Really hope we get an explanation of how the wind tipped him off to the entrance and how he got through the  4 plate door.

Name of the Wind 82 - 84

Chapter 82

Kote wakes up wrapped in bandages at the inn. The townspeople believe he is some sort of holy man who destroyed the demon that attacked the town. While he was unconscious, they burned the draccus and buried it. He searches for Denna but she is long gone. The mayor and constable interview him, but he gets more info out of them than they do from him. He intimidates them into sending out for anyone who knows what the Mauthens dug up on Barrow Hill - an urn decorated with symbols of the Chandrian. He gives a girl a coin that he says will protect her from demons and enjoys the heroic feeling of having comforted her, which he says is what motivated him to be a hero.

Kote now uses his smarts to get the better of the townspeople who are not quite as grateful as they maybe should be.  We do see that he gets a thrill from being a hero again -- will this lead him to try to fill that role?

Chapter 83

Kote returns to Imre and has some explaining to do to friends and teachers. He trades the lodestone to Devi to cancel out the 20 talent debt. Only Wil and Sim get the full story.

I expected a more involved storyline of how he unloads the lodestone, but luckily for him Devi accepts barter. 

Chapter 84

Kote runs into Denna, but she is with another guy now. It is not the mysterious patron, code name Ash. Later Wil and Sim question him about it. Ambrose shows up, grabs Kote's lute, and plays a mocking song. He tosses it back to Kote, but it crashes on the ground and it is destroyed. Kote is pissed. In his anger, he inadvertently calls the wind and hurts Ambrose. Kote's mind is a little scrambled. His friends take him to Kilvin's office. Elodin shows up, whispers a word in his ear, and he snaps out of it.

Yay! Kote finally calls the wind, as he's always wanted too. Not a sastifying enough revenge on Ambrose, for any of us, but it's a start. I'm feeling like Wil and Sim only exist to ask Kote what he feels about Denna.

Name of the Wind 82 - 84

Chapter 82

Kote wakes up wrapped in bandages at the inn. The townspeople believe he is some sort of holy man who destroyed the demon that attacked the town. While he was unconscious, they burned the draccus and buried it. He searches for Denna but she is long gone. The mayor and constable interview him, but he gets more info out of them than they do from him. He intimidates them into sending out for anyone who knows what the Mauthens dug up on Barrow Hill - an urn decorated with symbols of the Chandrian. He gives a girl a coin that he says will protect her from demons and enjoys the heroic feeling of having comforted her, which he says is what motivated him to be a hero.

Kote now uses his smarts to get the better of the townspeople who are not quite as grateful as they maybe should be.  We do see that he gets a thrill from being a hero again -- will this lead him to try to fill that role?

Chapter 83

Kote returns to Imre and has some explaining to do to friends and teachers. He trades the lodestone to Devi to cancel out the 20 talent debt. Only Wil and Sim get the full story.

I expected a more involved storyline of how he unloads the lodestone, but luckily for him Devi accepts barter. 

Chapter 84

Kote runs into Denna, but she is with another guy now. It is not the mysterious patron, code name Ash. Later Wil and Sim question him about it. Ambrose shows up, grabs Kote's lute, and plays a mocking song. He tosses it back to Kote, but it crashes on the ground and it is destroyed. Kote is pissed. In his anger, he inadvertently calls the wind and hurts Ambrose. Kote's mind is a little scrambled. His friends take him to Kilvin's office. Elodin shows up, whispers a word in his ear, and he snaps out of it.

Yay! Kote finally calls the wind, as he's always wanted too. Not a sastifying enough revenge on Ambrose, for any of us, but it's a start. I'm feeling like Wil and Sim only exist to ask Kote what he feels about Denna.