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Felurian May Have Conceived a Child by Kvothe in the Fae

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If blood carries power, so might Kvothe's seed—Felurian could have borne him a child, possibly Bast or a future Kote.

About: Felurian, Kvothe

Also involves: Bast, The Fae, Tehlu

The theory§

Because blood is repeatedly treated in the books as a dangerous, power-laden thing, this theory asks whether Kvothe's intimacy with Felurian in the Fae could likewise carry power enough to produce a child. It leans on the Tehlin account that Tehlu was born of a virgin in an age when demons and men shared one world, taking that as precedent for a potent birth bridging the mortal and the Fae. From there it speculates that such an offspring could be the unseen voice narrating Kvothe's tale, or could be Bast himself, perhaps aged unnaturally by the different flow of time in the Fae. The reasoning is acknowledged as fringe and faces direct canonical friction: Bast has hooves that neither Kvothe nor Felurian possess, and 'Reshi' is a term of student-to-teacher address rather than evidence of fatherhood.

Evidence§

  • If blood is such a dangerous thing, what happens when you give someone your semen? Or make a baby?
    OP's core premise: if blood carries power, seed might too, enabling a potent child. — u/tynkerd
  • Wasn’t Tehlu born from a “virgin” in a time of “demons” and “men” sharing a world?
    OP cites Tehlu's birth as precedent for a potent birth bridging mortal and Fae. — u/tynkerd
  • What if Kvothe is a dad, and his son Kote (born and grew up in the Fae?) is telling his Dad’s tale in the first person?
    OP's central speculation: a Fae-born son could be the narrator Kote. — u/tynkerd
  • Maybe Kvothe created a baby monster…
    OP closes by floating that the offspring could be something monstrous. — u/tynkerd
  • I dont however think Kote is a different person from Kvothe. If anything, Bast is his son
    Top commenter refines theory: rejects Kote-as-son, proposes Bast is the child instead. — u/purplecactai
  • you think Reshi could mean Father, as a similarity woth the word Teacher?
    OP refines, suggesting Bast's 'Reshi' address might encode fatherhood. — u/tynkerd
  • I’ve always had this nonsense theory that bast is his son and that works because of some far timeline nonsense
    Another commenter independently endorses Bast-as-son via Fae time distortion. — u/Medical_cableguy

Book refs: WMF

Tier reasoning§

tier verified: speculative leap from thin evidence, fringe is correct

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