The Eolian

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“Imre's renowned music hall where a musician can win the silver pipes”

Appearance§

The Eolian is a multi-level music hall with a performance stage and an audience floor where patrons drink, play cards, and listen to musicians. Drinks such as metheglin, a spiced mead, are served. Outside stands a courtyard with a fountain and a satyr statue cast in stone. The atmosphere is convivial and reputation-driven, and winning one's silver pipes there is a public, celebrated event.

Description§

The Eolian is the celebrated music hall of Imre, sitting across the river from the University and run by its co-owners Stanchion and Deoch. Musicians who perform well enough can earn their silver talent pipes there, marking them as recognized masters of their craft. It is on the Eolian's stage that Kvothe wins his own pipes by performing The Lay of Sir Savien Traliard, completing the difficult duet with Denna, who first appears to him there with knots braided into her hair. The hall draws University students such as Kvothe, Wil, Sim, and Fela, as well as wealthy figures like Ambrose Jakis and patrons of music like Count Threpe. During a game of corners at the Eolian, Kvothe and his friends explain how sympathy works to Denna, prompting her question about a magic in which writing something down makes it real. Fela later meets Kvothe at the Eolian to give him the shaed. Delayed by the Fishery fire, Kvothe once arrives late to find that Denna has left in the company of a white-haired man taken to be her patron, Master Ash.

Relationships§

• Patron Kvothe — Kvothe wins his pipes here performing The Lay of Sir Savien Traliard
• Meeting Place Denna — Denna first appears to Kvothe here for the duet, knots braided in her hair
• Frequented By Ambrose Jakis — Ambrose frequents the Eolian; enmity with Kvothe begins nearby where he breaks Kvothe's lute
• Departure Scene Master Ash — Kvothe arrives late to find Denna left with a white-haired man taken to be Master Ash
• Located In Imre — The celebrated music hall of Imre, across the river from the University
• Awards Talent Pipes — Musicians who perform well enough earn their silver talent pipes here
• Patron Count Threpe — Count Threpe is a regular patron and a patron of musicians at the Eolian
• Run By Stanchion — Co-owned and run by Stanchion, who awards musicians their talent pipes
• Run By Deoch — Co-owned and run by Deoch
• Stage For Savien Traliard — The Lay of Sir Savien Traliard is performed as a duet on its stage

Established facts§

• The Eolian is a music hall in Imre, across the river from the University, frequented by University students including Kvothe and his friends.
• It is co-owned and run by Stanchion and Deoch, fixtures of the hall.
• Musicians can earn their silver talent pipes by performing there.
• Kvothe wins his pipes by performing The Lay of Sir Savien Traliard as a duet with Denna.
• Denna first appears to Kvothe at the Eolian for that duet, wearing knots braided in her hair.
• Count Threpe is a regular patron and a patron of musicians at the Eolian.
• During a game of corners at the Eolian, Kvothe, Wil, and Sim explain how sympathy works to Denna, who asks about a magic in which writing something down makes it real.
• Ambrose Jakis and his group also frequent the Eolian, and Ambrose is present the night Kvothe wins his pipes.
• Fela meets Kvothe at the Eolian to give him the shaed as thanks for saving her.
• A fountain and a stone satyr statue stand in the courtyard outside the Eolian.
• Metheglin, a spiced mead, is among the drinks served there.
• Delayed by the Fishery fire, Kvothe once reaches the Eolian late and learns Denna has left with a white-haired man taken to be her patron, Master Ash.
• Kvothe and Ambrose's enmity begins in Imre near the Eolian, where Ambrose breaks Kvothe's lute.

Theories§

• fringe Bast Was the Eolian Satyr Statue Kvothe Freed pop 88
• plausible Kvothe Will Recover His Powers, Foreshadowed by the Eolian Audition pop 76

Appears in theories§

• plausible The Two Travelers at the Waystone Inn Are Simmon and Wilem pop 1183
• fringe The Woman Kvothe Promises to Speak Of Is Devi, Not Denna pop 271
• fringe Laurian May Not Be a Lackless, and the Lackless Heir Could Be Elsewhere pop 256
• plausible The Lay of Sir Savien Traliard Preserves the True Story of Lanre and Lyra pop 211
• fringe Devi, Not Denna, Is the Mystery Girl Kvothe Sets the Stage For pop 188
• plausible The Thrice-Locked Chest Is Kvothe's Lute Case Holding His Name pop 183
• fringe Kvothe's Tale of the Nameless Old Man Foreshadows His Own Fall pop 162
• fringe A Detailed Fan Prediction of the Doors of Stone Plot, Translated From Spanish pop 112
• plausible Denna as Irene Adler: Is 'The Woman' a Sherlock Holmes Nod? pop 111
• plausible Kvothe Used Denna as Bait to Trap Master Ash by the Imre Fountain pop 104
• plausible Kvothe and Denna Are Both Lacklesses, Making Them Hidden Kin pop 89
• plausible How the Amyr Hide History: Secret Writing Only Initiates Can Read pop 79
• plausible Cinder's Cold Sign May Have Triggered the Fishery Bone-Tar Fire pop 68
• fringe Ambrose Will Challenge Kvothe to a Duel on His Return to the University pop 64
• fringe Kvothe Will Seek the Cthaeh's Healing Tree to Cure Denna pop 64

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