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Doors of Stone Can't Resolve the Saga's Biggest Mysteries as a Prequel Finale

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Because Doors of Stone closes a prequel trilogy that sets up a larger saga, it will leave the great mysteries unanswered.

About: The Doors of Stone

Also involves: Kvothe, The Chandrian, The Amyr, Denna, Chronicler, Auri

The theory§

This theory holds that Doors of Stone is structurally the close of a prequel trilogy conceived to introduce a far larger saga, and therefore cannot resolve the Chronicle's deepest mysteries. The questions left open would include the present-day state of the world and its loose demons, the ultimate fate of the Chandrian and whether the Amyr were ever truly reforged or merely went unseen, and how Kvothe lost his power and whether he reclaims it. The central counter-argument grants the limitation but insists the book must still pay off everything Kvothe explicitly promised Chronicler within the frame story: the king he killed, what happened with Ambrose, the full truth of Denna, all about Auri, what lies behind the doors of stone, and how the world came to its current state. Larger forces such as the Cthaeh and the defeat of the Chandrian are judged too vast to settle in a single volume.

Evidence§

  • Doors of stone it’s going to be the end of the PRECUEL trilogy. It was thought as the introduction to a whole fantasy saga.
    OP's core premise: the trilogy is a prequel introducing a larger saga. — u/Varixx95__
  • We will get some things solved but you could for sure forget about some major theories to be answered because it’s just impossible as the book would not be designed for that.
    Central claim: major mysteries can't be resolved by a prequel finale. — u/Varixx95__
  • We probably never see what it’s happening now in the world with the scral and other deamons. We will probably not know how the chandrian are going to end and if the Amyr are reforged or maybe they never disappeared
    Lists specific unanswerable mysteries: present world, Chandrian fate, Amyr. — u/Varixx95__
  • And of course we will not know how the world ends or if our good friend Kvothe decides to came back to magic. And if he does what is he going to do
    Further open questions: world's end and Kvothe reclaiming his power. — u/Varixx95__
  • I slightly disagree. While I don’t believe we will learn everything, I 100% believe we will learn all the things Kvothe initially promised to tell Chronicler. So we will learn about the King he killed, What happened to Ambrose, Everything about Denna, All about Auri, Whats in the Doors of stone (Title), and how the world is currently the way it is.
    CounterCounter: the frame-story promises to Chronicler must still be paid off. — u/SomeGuyNamedJohn12
  • Defeating the Chandrian, Everything about the Amyr, The Ctheah, etc will all still exist though. … I feel like they are all too big for Kvothe to handle in one book.
    Refines counter: concedes the vast forces are too big for one volume. — u/SomeGuyNamedJohn12
  • Kvothe is pretty adamant with Bast that this is the end of his story. … There is no redemption, no unveiling of his rediscovered magics, it’s just the story up to now and then kvothe lives his life as an innkeeper
    Supports OP: in-text, Kvothe frames this as the end, no magic return. — u/thewheatis
  • It just didn’t fit in the supposed size of the third book that Kvothe would both finish Day 3 of his story AND go on to have additional adventures in real time where he resolves all the crap that’s happened since he went into hiding. … When I heard that the trilogy is actually a prequel, everything made sense.
    Reinforces premise: one book can't finish the tale and resolve present-day plots. — u/Coriander_marbles

Book refs: NOTW, WMF

Tier reasoning§

tier downgraded: meta-speculation about book structure, not lore; thinly supported and heavily countered

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