#master lorren

DISCUSS!!!

I also think yes.

Lorren reminds me quite a lot of Isaac Newton, who reportedly only laughed once, when somebody asked what the point was of studying Euclid.

Isaac Newton also had a feud with Robert Hook and used his authority as a member of the Royal Society to diminish Hook’s memory by having his portrait lost/removed. This reminds me of Lorren’s far more exaggerated role in suppressing information about the Chandrian/Lanre.

I do also wonder about the etymology of Lorren’s name.

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Reddit post in r/kingkillerchronicle by u/msbox titled “do we think kvothe will make Lorren laugh?”

Post text reads: I think yes. Or somebody will.

After Kvothe lights the candle in the archive:

“Lorren turned away from me, and made a brief, contemptuous gesture toward the desk.”

“‘E’lir Kvothe is banned from the Archives.’ [Lorren] made a sweeping gesture with the flat of his hand.”

Master Lorren: What??

Scriv: that boy has a candle in the archives

Master Lorren:

Kvothe: got it

Kvothe:

We know the stone door in the Archives has four holes.

What if Taborlin built that door, and you need to put a key, a coin, a candle, and some special fourth thing into the holes to open it.

And that’s also why Lorren is so wildly freaked out about candles in the Archives — because someone could use one to open the door?