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Aleph Lies Bound Beyond the Doors of Stone and Kvothe Unwittingly Frees Iax

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A grand-unified endgame: Tehlu usurps an absent god, and Kvothe opens the Doors of Stone, accidentally freeing Iax.

About: Aleph, Iax, The Doors of Stone

Also involves: Encanis, Tehlu, The Tehlin Church, The Chandrian, The Amyr, Kvothe, Denna, The Lackless Box, Selitos, Auri, Laurian, Caesura, Vintas, The Archives, The Moon

The theory§

This grand-unified endgame holds that the Creator Aleph sacrificed himself to bind Encanis/Iax beyond the Doors of Stone after the battle of Drossen Tor, naming the angels with Tehlu at their head to judge mankind in his absence. In this reading Tehlu is merely a namer raised to angelhood who has exploited the Creator's absence to be worshipped as god, while the Tehlin church steals and buries the true history of Aleph's binding to prop up that worship. The Chandrian seek the keys to reopen the Doors to free Iax and erase records of their own signs, while the Amyr destroy evidence of Aleph, the Doors, and the Lackless box to keep the imprisoned demons sealed out of Temerant. Kvothe, descended through the Lacklesses from Iax and misled by Denna, is theorized to assemble the seven items of the Lackless rhyme to open both the Lackless box and the four-plate door, unwittingly freeing Aleph and Iax and igniting a cosmic war. A competing line of reasoning holds this is too realm-shaking: Kvothe's tale is more likely confined to king-killing and civil unrest than to setting the most powerful beings in existence against one another.

Evidence§

  • Aleph is the Creator God and He sacrificed himself to bind Encanis/Iax beyond the doors of stone after the blac of drossen tor. He named angels, with Tehlu at their lead, to judge mankind in his absence.
    Core premise: Aleph bound Iax beyond the Doors and left angels to judge in his absence. — u/chainsawx72
  • Tehlu is just a namer turned angel, who has used 'god's' absence to make himself worshipped as god. Tehlu, some of the angels, and the Tehlin church are actively trying to keep the doors of stone shut so Tehlu can remain 'god' and escape judgement.
    Tehlu is a usurper exploiting Aleph's absence; church keeps Doors shut to preserve his godhood. — u/chainsawx72
  • The Chandrian seek the secrets and keys to open the doors of stone to free Iax, and destroy any history related to their signs/weaknesses. The Amyr destroy historical evidence of Aleph and the Doors of Stone and the Lackless box to keep Encanis and the flood of 'demons' out of Temerant
    Opposed factions: Chandrian want the Doors open, Amyr suppress the history to keep them shut. — u/chainsawx72
  • He also learns the true story of his mother, Netalia Lackless, and the origins of the Lackless family name all the way back to Iax the Luckless.
    Kvothe's Lackless lineage traces back to Iax, tying him personally to the imprisoned being. — u/chainsawx72
  • she tells him that Aleph is trapped beyond the doors of stone, but not the whole story, and Kvothe's folly leads him to determination to open the Doors of Stone.
    Denna's partial truth misleads Kvothe into wanting to open the Doors. — u/chainsawx72
  • Kvothe opens the four plate door first to access the doors of stone using 7 things from the poem... the night of a new moon (candle without a light). the son (himself and his lackless (iax) bloodline) who brings the blood (the blood of selitos), the secret … Causura (the sharp word, a word forsworn), Auri's key (a thing held tight in keeping), Meluan's Lackless ring (a ring not for wearing)
    The Lackless rhyme maps to seven concrete items Kvothe assembles to open the door. — u/chainsawx72
  • This releases Aleph but also releases Iax and the 'flood' of demon-likes from their prison.
    Payoff: opening the door unwittingly frees Iax and the imprisoned demons. — u/chainsawx72
  • The theory that Kvothe opens the doors of stone and sets Iax free is a bit of a long shot. … I don't think that Kvothe's actions will be so realm shaking. … I think his story will be just limited to his king-killing which will cause huge civil unrest.
    CounterCounter: the endgame is too realm-shaking; story likely confined to king-killing and civil unrest. — u/determanisticLemon

Book refs: NOTW, WMF

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tier verified: sprawling multi-link cosmic endgame, fringe is correct

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