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Greystones Are Paired Portals the Amyr Use to Travel and Communicate

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Greystones link to one another as teleport gates; Ben and Viari use them to report to the University and the Amyr.

About: The Amyr

Also involves: Abenthy, Master Lorren, Felurian, The Archives, The Fae, Arliden, Trebon, Denna, Cinder, The Chandrian, The Moon, Greystones, Viari

The theory§

This theory proposes that greystones are paired portals linking one stone to another, used by the Amyr and others to cross great distances and to slip between the mortal world and the Fae. Its anchor is Felurian leading Kvothe out of the Fae through a pair of tall greystones, after which the forest is no longer the one he had been walking through but the mortal world. From this it argues that Abenthy used a greystone to report Arliden's song to Master Lorren, parking the wagons on the far side of a stone and asking to be alone a span or two before he was lured away from the troupe, and that Lorren's acquisition men, such as Viari, use stone arches like the one near Trebon as doorways when chasing rumours. The Archives, whose grey windowless surface reminds Kvothe of an immense greystone, are offered as a possible destination point. The mechanism extends to Denna, whose access to a greystone door would explain pears out of season and how hard she is to find, and to the Chandrian, who may travel by a related method tied to the moon. The question of whether the Amyr are benevolent and who killed Kvothe's troupe remains open, and the Chandrian's signs at the Mauthen farm argue against Amyr involvement there.

Evidence§

  • I believe greystones are portals to other greystones. Felurian brings Kvothe to a pair of standing stones in the fae, and they teleport to a different pair of standing stones in the mortal realm.
    OP's core thesis: greystones are paired teleport portals. — u/chainsawx72
  • ...we came to a pair of tall greystones..... and I felt a subtle change in the air...... this forest was not the same one I had been walking through a moment before..... This was the mortal world.
    Anchor evidence: passing greystones moves Kvothe from Fae to mortal world. — u/chainsawx72
  • Abenthy parks on the other side of a greystone and asks to be alone. A span or two later, Ben is 'snared', and leaves the troupe. I believe Ben used this portal to report to Lorren what Arliden's song was about.
    Ben uses a greystone portal to report to the Amyr/University before leaving. — u/chainsawx72
  • ...I saw the Archives for the first time in my life, rising like some great greystone over the trees to the west...... As I approached the Archives, its grey, windowless surface reminded me of an immense greystone.
    Proposes the Archives as a possible portal destination point. — u/chainsawx72
  • Three of the massive stones were stacked together to form a huge arch,* ***like a massive doorway.***
    Trebon greystone arch framed as a doorway used by acquisitor Viari. — u/chainsawx72
  • I take it for granted that the way stones are gateways or roads. One thing I hadn't really put together is that the attack and someone deliberately drawing Ben away. I think the OP is right about that.
    Commenter endorses the portal premise and the Ben-drawn-away point. — u/Suspicious_Extreme95
  • The Chandrian seem to use some more powerful alternative teleportation method based on the Shadow Hame - or maybe Haliax is borrowing the strength of the moon that powers the Greystones.
    Extends mechanism: Chandrian travel by related moon-powered method. — u/darkironbrightcopper
  • The signs of the Chandrian at the Mauthen farm push against the Mauthen part of this theory pretty clearly, or no? Blue flame (Cyphus), rotting wood (Usnea), and the rusted-through iron pump handle (Stercus)
    CounterCounter: Chandrian signs at Mauthen farm argue against Amyr killings. — u/walk_into_the_wild

Book refs: NOTW, WMF

Tier reasoning§

tier unchanged; greystone crossing is canon but the Amyr-relay extension is speculative

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