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The Narrow Road Between Desire by Patrick Rothfuss comes out in November, which will center on Bast.

Which character would you prefer to have a novella about?

Bast (you lucky duck)

Auri (because slow regard was just the tip of the iceberg)

Denna (because you agree with me and have excellent taste)

Elodin (because what is going on in that funky little brain of his)

Devi (because we need more hypercompetent bi women in media)

Sim (because his and Fela's love story would be so sweet to focus on)

Wil (my number 2 pick, we know NOTHING about him and he's awesome)

Fela (I think her internal monologue would be insightful and funny)

Tempi (it's about the MUSIC)

Kilvin (what were those other disasters, kilvin, huh buddy? I just want to know)

Mola (this would be the most practical medical drama ever)

Other (I know I missed all your faves, yell nicely at me in the tags)

Voting ended onOct 26, 2023

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Best Kingkiller Chronicle Villain Round 1: Poll 1

The Cthaeh

The Skindancer

Voting ended onAug 3, 2023

The Cthaeh: "Do not try to pin me with small names. I am Cthaeh. I am. I see. I know. At times I speak."

The Skindancer: "All snakes bite, Reshi. I don't need their names to know they're dangerous."

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Best Kingkiller Chronicle Villain Round 1: Poll 2

Lord Haliax

Carceret

Voting ended onAug 3, 2023

Lord Haliax: "You are a tool in my hand," . . ."Who knows the inner turnings of your name, Cinder?" "Who keeps you safe from the Amyr? The singers? The Sithe? From all that would harm you in the world?" ..."And whose purpose do you serve?"

Carceret: "I have two talents wagered that you will not last a second day. If you leave in the night, as I hope, I will win silver. If I am wrong and you stay, I win in bruises and listening to your cries."

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Best Kingkiller Chronicle Villain Round 1: Poll 3

Cinder

Caudicus

Voting ended onAug 3, 2023

Cinder: "Someone's parents have been singing entirely the wrong sort of songs."

Caudicus: "Your Grace, Caudicus is poisoning you."

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Best Kingkiller Chronicle Villain Round 1: Poll 5

Master Jasom Hemme

Lady Meluran Lackless

Voting ended onAug 3, 2023

Hemme: "Master Hemme was the king-high bastard of the lot. He took delight in student’s discomfort and did everything he could to badger and unsettle them. He had a fondness for trick questions."

Lady Lackless: "The roads are always thick with Ruh bandits this time of year."

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Best Kingkiller Chronicle Villain Round 1: Poll 6

Felurian

Pike

Voting ended onAug 3, 2023

Felurian: "(about Felurian taking away his control) I howled inside my own mind. I have been beaten and whipped, starved and stabbed. But my mind is my own, no matter what becomes of this body or the world around."

Pike "What did you steal Nalt?"

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Best Kingkiller Chronicle Villain Round 1: Poll 7

Master Ash

Encanis

Voting ended onAug 3, 2023

Master Ash: "He wouldn't tell me his real name for more than a span. Even now I don't know if the name he's given me is real."

Encanis: Legendary figure, enemy of Tehlu

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Fave KKC Character Final Round

Auri

Elodin

Voting ended onJul 7, 2023

Auri: “She knew the true shape of the world. All else was shadow and the sound of distant drums.”

Elodin: "Using words to talk of words is like using a pencilto draw a picture of itself, on itself. Impossible. Confusing. Frustrating. But there are other ways to understanding. Look! Blue! Blue! Blue!"

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Fave KKC Character Semifinals: Poll 1

Auri

Devi

Voting ended onJun 30, 2023

Auri: “She knew the true shape of the world. All else was shadow and the sound of distant drums.”

Devi: "Welcome to the game. Thanks for playing."

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Fave KKC Character Semifinals: Poll 2

Elodin

Kvothe

Voting ended onJun 30, 2023

Elodin: "Using words to talk of words is like using a pencilto draw a picture of itself, on itself. Impossible. Confusing. Frustrating. But there are other ways to understanding. Look! Blue! Blue! Blue!"

Kvothe: "I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep. You may have heard of me."

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Fave KKC Character Round 3: Poll 1

Auri

Simmon

Voting ended onJun 23, 2023

Auri: “She knew the true shape of the world. All else was shadow and the sound of distant drums.”

Simmon: "Am I your touchstone or not? This is going to get tedious if I have to tell you everything three times before you listen.”

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Fave KKC Character Round 4: Poll 4

Denna

Kvothe

Voting ended onJun 23, 2023

Kvothe: "I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep. You may have heard of me."

Denna: “Did you ever hear the story about the boy with the golden arrows? That always bothered me when I was young. You must want to kill someone really badly to shoot a gold arrow at him. Why not just keep the gold and go home?”

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Fave KKC Character Round 3: Poll 3

Fela

Elodin

Voting ended onJun 23, 2023

Fela: "Like one of those silly girls in those stories my mother used to read me. I always hated them. I used to ask, ‘Why doesn’t she push the witch out the window? Why doesn’t she poison the ogre’s food? Why does she just sit there waiting to be saved? Why doesn’t she save herself?’”

Elodin: "Using words to talk of words is like using a pencilto draw a picture of itself, on itself. Impossible. Confusing. Frustrating. But there are other ways to understanding. Look! Blue! Blue! Blue!"

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Fave KKC Character Round 3: Poll 2

Bast

Devi

Voting ended onJun 23, 2023

Bast: “It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.”

Devi: "Welcome to the game. Thanks for playing."

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Fave KKC Character Round 2: Poll 2

Kilvin

Simmon

Voting ended onJun 16, 2023

Kilvin: "Chan Vaen edan Kote...Expect disaster every seven years."

Simmon: "Am I your touchstone or not? This is going to get tedious if I have to tell you everything three times before you listen.”

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Favorite KKC Character Round 2: Poll 3

Bast

Tempi

Voting ended onJun 16, 2023

Bast: “It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.”

Tempi: "But in most things, important things, delicate is better. Small is better."

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Favorite KKC Character Round 2: Poll 4

Lorren

Devi

Voting ended onJun 16, 2023

Lorren: "I have a great respect for curiosity."

Devi: "Welcome to the game. Thanks for playing."