The Name of the Wind, Prologue - A Silence of Three Parts

I want to say that know absolutely nothing about the Kingkiller Trilogy, but that's not exactly true. After all, in choosing which series to tackle next I need some details in which to judge. So here's what little I know:

• The basic framing structure is based on a "kingkiller" hiding out in an inn and his location being discovered by someone who wants to interview him. And it's in this interview structure in which the story of this man's past is uncovered. "So it's like Interview With a Vampire?" I ask. "Um... kind of. Sure," I'm answered.
• Because of the interview structure, there are many different time periods in which the story takes place.
• One of those time periods involves a school where students learn both science and magic. "So it's like Interview With the Vampire mixed with Harry Potter?" I ask. "Not really. Well... kind of," I'm answered.
• At the time the interview is taking place, the kingkiller is kind of going crazy and has also lost the ability to do magic.
• Since The Kingkiller Chronicle is a trilogy and each book is referred to as a day (Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3), it only makes sense that the interview takes three entire days. And if the kingkiller is hiding... maybe the story gets interrupted and is never finished? Maybe at that point the story of the past catches up with the present and it continues to conclusion?

...And that sums up the extent of my inside information pretty nice and neatly. Each of these bullet points may or may not be entirely accurate, but they're the facts that I have as the Prologue begins...

Prologue: A Silence of Three Parts

We're introduced to this world through the Waystone Inn and for some reason, it's suspiciously (uncharacteristically?) dead inside--the hollow silence. A pair of men were at the bar, enjoying their brews, suspiciously (deviously?) keeping to themselves--the small sullen silence. And there is a man with true red, flame colored hair and deep, dark eyes who is the keeper of the third silence--the silence of a man waiting to die.

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Lies & Misinformation

In fantastic, traditional fashion, I might have already lied and I may have already made a mistake. And I do this all in the face public scrutiny with the threat of public humiliation. (This is no reason for alarm. This just means that I'm 2-for-2 and I'm on track, picking up right where I left off, well on my way to making this blog as glorious of a train wreck as the last. And this all happened within a single paragraph of summarized prologue.) I left something out of my cheat sheet: The kingkiller is a man with bright red hair. In light of this breaking news, he may not be "hiding out" at all because it looks like he's the owner of the inn where the interview is going to take place.

...Unless he's hiding out in plain sight.

(The plot thickens.)

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