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Rothfuss's Hidden Anagrams Encode the Chandrian and the Nine Ruach

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'En Temerant Voistra' anagrams to 'seven traitor names'; 'En Faent Morie' may anagram to 'nine to fear me'.

About: The Chandrian

Also involves: The Amyr, The Adem, Elodin, Aleph, Tehlu, The Creation War, Naming, En Temerant Voistra

The theory§

This theory holds that hidden anagrams encode the central tallies of the Creation War's survivors. Prompted by Rothfuss's remark that there are only so many ways to anagram 'En Temerant Voistra', the phrase is unscrambled to 'seven traitor names', matching the Adem's preserved memory that seven names are remembered through the long wandering of Ademre, the names of the seven traitors, that is, the Chandrian. The companion phrase 'En Faent Morie' is then read as 'nine to fear me', tying it to the nine Ruach who left the mortal world to serve Aleph after the Amyr were founded. Elodin's particular interest in the Lethani and Adem lore, together with his knowledge of Adem hand-talk, is cited as evidence he hunts these true names, which would explain why he sets his students searching for a book that may not even exist in the Archives. The reading is contested on the grounds that both anagrams leave letters over, and that Rothfuss may have meant the remark as a joke.

Evidence§

  • Patrick Rothfuss tweeted something to the effect of “there are only so many ways you can anagram en temerant voistra.”
    Origin: Rothfuss's tweet that prompts treating the phrase as an anagram. — u/melancholy_breadroll
  • Someone on this sub unscrambled it and discovered it meant *seven traitor names.*
    Core claim: En Temerant Voistra unscrambles to 'seven traitor names'. — u/melancholy_breadroll
  • *Seven names are remembered through the long wandering of Ademre. Seven names have been remembered, the names of the seven traitors.* WMF Ch. 128
    Textual match: Adem lore preserves seven traitor names, tying anagram to Chandrian. — u/melancholy_breadroll
  • It tracks that he is also very interested in knowing this specific Ademic history lesson, which just so happens to have the true names of the Chandrian. Which is why he sends his students on a wild goose chase to find it. Elodin also knows hand talk
    Motive: Elodin's Adem ties and book-hunt suggest he seeks these true names. — u/melancholy_breadroll
  • I think it’s an anagram for **Nine to fear me**
    Companion claim: En Faent Morie reads as 'nine to fear me'. — u/melancholy_breadroll
  • The only other list of names we get in this series from the creation war is the one of the NINE Ruach (including Tehlu) who apparently left the mortal world to better serve Aleph after Selitos founded the Amyr.
    Links the 'nine' to the nine Ruach of the Creation War. — u/melancholy_breadroll
  • *En Temerant Voistra* would actually be an exact anagram for *"Seven Traitor Name* ***T***\*" . . .\* * The "T" needs to be an "S" * *En Faeant Morie* is spelled with an extra "A" so it would actually be *"Nine to Fear Me* ***A***\*"\*
    CounterCounter/refine: both anagrams leave a leftover letter and don't match exactly. — u/TrentBobart
  • "en voistra temerant" means "in your fears" in latin, and according to google translate "en faent morie" means "making you die" in Catalan (as it's a descendant of latin). Seems like the more plausible meaning of the words than anagrams
    CounterCounter: phrases may be Latin/Catalan translations, not anagrams. — u/Brimmk
  • I took Pat's comment to be a joke, so I focused more on the linguistic connections
    CounterCounter: the anagram remark may have been a joke, not a real clue. — u/eeple

Book refs: WMF, WMF ch 128, WMF ch 13

Tier reasoning§

tier holds: anchored by Rothfuss's own anagram tweet

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