KKC Theory WikiAlchemy
“Arcane discipline of distilling and transforming substances”
Description§
Alchemy is a branch of arcane study taught at the University and overseen by the Master Alchemist. It concerns the distillation, mixing, and transformation of substances, producing compounds far beyond ordinary chemistry. Simmon studies alchemy among Kvothe's circle, while Caudicus practices it in his tower at Severen. Kvothe himself is repeatedly noted as ignorant of the discipline, a gap that shapes his misjudgments.
Relationships§
- Unknown To Kvothe — Kvothe is repeatedly noted as ignorant of the discipline
- Taught At The University — A branch of arcane study taught at the University under the Master Alchemist
- Studied By Simmon — Simmon is an able student of alchemy
- Practiced In Severen — Caudicus practices it in his tower at Severen
- Practiced By Caudicus — Caudicus keeps alchemical gear in his tower at Severen
Established facts§
- Taught at the University under the Master Alchemist.
- Simmon is an able student of alchemy; Kvothe is not.
- Caudicus keeps alchemical gear in his tower at Severen.
- Celum Tinture is a book of alchemy.
- Each master keeps the most dangerous works of his discipline in a private library.
Theories that reference this§
- plausible Abenthy Was the Arcanist Who Lived in Caudicus's Tower Before Him pop 303
- plausible Jax's Eight Tinker Gifts Each Map to One of Temerant's Eight Magics pop 257
- fringe Cinder Is a Homunculus Shaped to Be Haliax's Tool pop 194
- fringe Caudicus Was Treating the Maer, Not Poisoning Him pop 132
- fringe Did Ambrose Secretly Dose Kvothe With Trust-Altering Alchemy? pop 109
- fringe Did Ambrose Secretly Dose Kvothe With Trust-Altering Alchemy? pop 109
- fringe Simmon Is the Blind Man Kvothe Sings Colors To pop 108
- fringe Kvothe Is Blamed for Maer Alveron's Death, Having Misread the Caudicus Affair pop 106
- fringe Auri Is Centuries Old, Lost in Time at the Old University pop 77
- well-supported Kvothe Really Did Save the Maer, Not Ruin Caudicus's Cure pop 60
- plausible Cinder Was Disguised as Master Ash During the Fishery Fire pop 58
- plausible Caudicus Is a Red Herring: An Inept Arcanist, Not the Maer's Poisoner pop 56
- fringe Lanre's Immortality: His Name Is Sympathetically Bound to the Moon pop 52