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Kvothe Unknowingly Gets People Killed Through His Schemes and Pranks

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Kvothe's forged prank letter and other careless acts indirectly cause the deaths of people around him.

About: Kvothe

Also involves: Ambrose Jakis, Caudicus, Devi, Vintas, Imre, Tarbean, Fela, Wilem, Bast, The Adem, The Lethani

The theory§

This theory argues that Kvothe inadvertently causes the deaths of people around him through his schemes and pranks, the central case being a noble lady killed as a consequence of the forged letter he sends Ambrose. The letter, planted to look like it comes from a former lover claiming to be pregnant, is delivered with the instruction to say it is from a noble lady, and Ambrose can only connect it to a woman near his father's barony in southern Vintas. Since the Jakis family is shown to murder inconvenient women who threaten Ambrose's reputation and his path toward the throne, the supposed sender becomes a target. The theory extends the pattern: Kvothe distributing Caudicus' poisoned rings among prostitutes could cause further deaths, and his habit of pushing his luck and unleashing forces he does not fully understand fits a wider arc of unintended harm.

Evidence§

  • This is just a theory... but I think Kvothe gets a lot of people he knows killed.
    OP's thesis: Kvothe indirectly causes the deaths of people he knows. — u/chainsawx72
  • Kvothe accidentally gets a Lady killed, because he sends Ambrose a fake threatening letter from a former lover.
    Central case: the forged prank letter implicates and endangers a noble lady. — u/chainsawx72
  • Ambrose knows the letter is from a noble lady near his father's barony in Southern Vintas.
    Letter's fake initial points Ambrose at a specific real woman in Vintas. — u/chainsawx72
  • “And there was Tabetha,” Sim said darkly. “She made all that noise about how Ambrose had promised to marry her. She just disappeared.”
    Ambrose is shown to make inconvenient women disappear, establishing the murder motive. — u/chainsawx72
  • The entire Surthen family was lost at sea two months ago. Ambrose won’t shut up about the fact that his father’s barely a dozen steps from being king.
    Jakis family already kills to clear Ambrose's path toward the throne. — u/chainsawx72
  • Kvothe accidentally gets many people killed by spreading Caudicus' rings from various nobles among prostitutes. This could lead to dead prostitutes, or even a civil war.
    Extends pattern: distributing the poisoned rings among prostitutes causes further deaths. — u/chainsawx72
  • But the law of unintended consequences is universal, and he does pushes his luck very hard...
    Commenter endorses the broader arc of Kvothe causing unintended harm. — u/peregrinrm
  • Literally none of these quotes indicate he got someone killed. Idk what you’re smoking but this is just rambling nonsense as far as I can tell
    CounterCounter: quotes don't actually establish any death was caused. — u/trooperstark
  • I like them all but I don’t think ALL these people will die. Some of them but not all of them, otherwise it just seems a bit much imo.
    CounterCounter: the full death list is overreach; some but not all plausible. — u/ShanonymousRex

Book refs: NOTW, WMF

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