10 things we need to see in The Doors Of Stone, Kingkiller Book 3

3. The death of a king

This one should come as no surprise. To date, despite the fact that the series is called The Kingkiller Chronicle, no kings have bitten the dust. That’s almost certainly going to change in Book Three.

Whether Kvothe will actually be the one to commit the regicide is a point of much speculation, however. A common theory is that that same Ambrose who Kvothe is constantly butting heads with at the University will actually end up being the king that Kvothe kills. Ambrose is 12th in line for the throne of Vintas, one of the predominant nations in Temerant. There have already been a few massacres at this point in the series, so it’s definitely not out of the realm of possibility that some sort of tragedy could propel Ambrose to the throne. And if it did, we wouldn’t bet on him changing his antagonistic ways. It’s easy to imagine Kvothe being thrust into a situation where killing Ambrose would become unavoidable.

On the other hand, another theory is that Kvothe won’t actually be the one to kill a king, but might take the blame for it and go into hiding. All we know for sure comes in Kvothe’s own words:

"I have been called Kvothe the Bloodless, Kvothe the Arcane, and Kvothe Kingkiller. I have earned those names. Bought and paid for them."

In The Doors of Stone, we’re going to find out once and for all how he earned that last name. Bet on it.