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Kvothe's White Star Brow Links Him to the Amyr or the Angels

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The white star Kvothe wears on his brow while naming Felurian may mark him as Amyr or angel-touched.

About: Kvothe, The Amyr

Also involves: Felurian, Auri, Naming, The Slow Regard of Silent Things

The theory§

This theory reads the 'white star' Kvothe wears on his brow while naming Felurian as a mark linking him to the Amyr, the angels, or the Ruach. When he calls Felurian's name he sees himself reflected in her eyes with his power riding 'like a white star' on his forehead, and this matches Skarpi's account of Aleph's making of the angels, whose fire 'settled on their foreheads like silver stars' as they became righteous, wise, and terrible. The parallel is sharpened by Felurian's own claim that none of the original Amyr Aleph touched were human, raising the possibility that Kvothe is not wholly human. The theory connects this to Auri's three gifts before Kvothe leaves for Severen, the second being a kiss on the forehead with holly-stained lips, read as an 'activation' or protective marking of that spot, holly carrying protective force in folklore and echoing the holly-browed white riders of the verse. Further speculation casts Kvothe as possibly one of the Ruach, perhaps Andan, whose name means anger, or argues that the angelic star reflects a being fully awakened by Aleph into simultaneous naming and shaping, the same condition figures like Iax or Lanre might attain.

Evidence§

  • when kvothe is with Felurian and he names her he says that he sees himself reflected on her eyes and that he "wears his power on his forehead like a white star" … it matches with the description of the Amyr that also have a light in their forehead or similar
    OP's core claim: Kvothe's white-star brow when naming Felurian matches the Amyr. — u/Iagisan
  • I saw myself reflected in her eyes, naked among the cushions. **My power rode like a white star on my brow.**
    Verbatim book passage establishing the white star on Kvothe's brow. — u/_-M-_
  • Then the fire settled on their foreheads like silver stars and they became at once righteous and wise and terrible to behold.
    Skarpi's account of Aleph's angels, the parallel the theory rests on. — u/_-M-_
  • Felurian said, none of the original Amyr was human (the ones that Aleph touched) so here we have Kvothe with such a power to see Felurian's name … the star appeared in his forehead. With all this i mean that maybe Kvothe is not 100% human
    Sharpens theory: if Amyr were non-human, the mark suggests Kvothe isn't wholly human. — u/CaptainFinn-s
  • Some have speculated that Kvothe's Angel like apotheosis here is an indication that he is somehow Adan, one of the nine Ruach who accepted Alephs gift. > *And beside her came Andan, whose face was a mask with burning eyes, whose name meant anger.*
    Extends theory: Kvothe may be one of the Ruach, possibly Andan. — u/Sandal-Hat
  • Auri's second of three gifts to him (candle, kiss, safe place), before he left for Severen, was a **kiss on the forehead with holly berry stained lips**. Holly is considered to have *protective qualities in folklore*.
    Adds evidence: Auri's holly-stained forehead kiss read as activating/protecting the spot. — u/turnedabout
  • I think of it as third eye on forehead a mind's eye if you will. … I think the sleeping mind stuff is intentionally confusing.
    CounterCounter-reading: the mark is a third-eye/sleeping-mind symbol, not an Amyr/angel mark. — u/Imaterd005

Book refs: WMF, SRoST

Tier reasoning§

tier verified: the white-star image is canon and the Amyr-mark reading is a reasonable fit, plausible holds

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