Patrick Rothfuss talks about creating the Chandrian, sells jam

Patrick Rothfuss, author of The Kingkiller Chronicle, is out there raising awareness for his Worldbuilders “Geeks Doing Good” fundraiser, which gives to groups like Project HOPE, First Book, BYP100, Mercy Corps and Heifer International. To raise money, he’s selling some interesting products, and just maybe giving us some insight into the villains of his series, the Chandrian.

Let’s start with the merch. May we present…Chandrian jam!

The Chandrian are a shadowy, sinister group of evil-doers behind the deaths of our hero Kvothe’s parents. We don’t know much about them, but we do know their names: Cinder, Cyphus, Stercus, Usnea, Dalcenti, Alenta and Haliax.

Don’t say them out loud. They may be listening.

We haven’t seen what the Chandrian are up to in a while. Rothfuss has been working on The Doors of Stone, the final book in the Kingkiller trilogy, for almost a decade now. Either he has writer’s block on another level, or this is going to be the biggest fantasy book we’ve ever seen. We’re so desperate for new content that we’re even willing to mine this tongue-in-cheek fake commercial for new information. Here’s Rothfuss trying to sell his “Jamdrian jampacked jam packs”:

“What about the jam?” asked Rothfuss, frustrated. “Hey everyone: Evil jam!”

"When I made the Chandrian, I spent a long time creating something other than your typical fantasy bullshit mustache-twirling villain: ‘Ah, now you’re tied to the train tracks!’ They’re supposed to be really psychologically terrifying. What about that pairs naturally with a breakfast condiment?"

If you have to ask, you’ll never know.

Unfortunately, it sounds like the Chandrian-inspired jams have all sold out, because why wouldn’t they? But there’s still a whole lot more good stuff to check out on the fundraiser page, including tons of new artwork prints, mugs, signed books, and more. And all the money goes to good causes!

As for the Chandrian, Rothfuss certainly did create something mysterious and spooky. Now if we could only learn more about their plan…Maybe it really has been about jam this whole time.

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