Gram

object · importance 8 · 0 theories

“Artificed ward that absorbs hostile sympathy”

Appearance§

A small worn object, kept against the skin; Kvothe wears his on his wrist.

Description§

A gram is a product of artificery that protects its bearer from malfeasance by absorbing the sympathy directed against them. It is meant to be worn in contact with the skin and grows chill to the touch when shielding its wearer. Kvothe builds one to defend himself after fearing malfeasant attack, having first struggled to locate a working schema for it.

Relationships§

• Built By Kvothe — Kvothe builds one to defend himself against malfeasant attack
• Absorbs Sympathy — protects bearer by absorbing the sympathy directed against them
• Schema From The Archives — schemata for grams are rare and hard to find within the Archives
• Product Of Artificing — a gram is a product of artificery

Established facts§

• Prevents malfeasance by absorbing the sympathy used against its bearer.
• Meant to be worn in contact with the skin.
• Becomes chill to the touch when it protects its bearer.
• Gives a shock to a person who touches it but does not own it.
• Kvothe concludes a guilder acts as a gram in addition to being a badge of rank.
• Schemata for grams are rare and hard to find within the Archives.

Theories that reference this§

• plausible Kvothe Built the Waystone Inn as His Own Arcanist Holding Cell pop 560
• fringe Cinder Is a Homunculus Shaped to Be Haliax's Tool pop 194
• plausible Kvothe Hurriedly Forges a Protective Gram in the Doors of Stone Prologue pop 187
• fringe It Was Mola: The Medica Student Behind Kvothe's Mysterious Collapse pop 179
• plausible The Waystone Inn Is a Designed Magical Trap, Not Just a Building pop 166
• plausible Kvothe Is Being Gifted Taborlin's Seven Magical Items, by Women pop 157
• plausible Copper Disperses Arcane Energy, Making It a Cage for Namers and Sympathists pop 153
• plausible Kvothe Blocks His Own Sympathy With a Long-Held Alar Against Himself pop 106
• plausible By Healing the Maer, Kvothe Accidentally Empowers a Tyrant King pop 70
• fringe Kvothe's Expulsion Could Stem From a Mundane Cause Like His Hidden Gram pop 53
• fringe Kvothe's Expulsion Could Stem From a Mundane Cause Like His Hidden Gram pop 53
• fringe Masters Hemme and Brandeur Are Secret Amyr, Along With the Jakis Family pop 53