Okay, finally: Singing Magic theory, and why there was - of course - no music. Haliax seems to indicate that the Singers are a great threat to the Chandrian. Who keeps you safe from the Amyr, the Singers, the Sithe? And then Cinder, when his troupe was killed, “Someone’s parents,” he said, “have been singing entirely the wrong sort of songs.” I think Singing (like Naming, different from naming) is one of the types of magic, and that he learns it in the Stormwal mountains. “I guess I’d to go to the Tahlenwald,” [Kvothe] said. “I heard a story once that said the leaders of their tribes aren’t great warriors, they’re singers. Their songs can heal the sick and make the trees dance.” I shrugged. “I’d go there and find out if it was true.” - WMF, ch 38, Kernels of Truth The boy followed the road over the Stormwal to ask the witch women of the Tahl, but none of them could give him an answer. - WMF, ch 83, Lack of Sight (Hespes infamous Jax story.) The Tahl are known by the Adem, likely distantly related, and, as Penthe suggests, seem very knowledgeable aside from magic. “Then I would make the long trek over the mountains into the Tahl to be cured of it. Even if the trip should take two years and bring no money to the school. And none would think the less of me for that.” - WMF, ch 127, Anger I could easily see Kvothe going there after his expulsions suspension is revoked by new Chancellor Hemme, to expand his education of Naming and to search for the Chandrian. “Arrogance,” the Cthaeh said. “You assume you know everything. You laughed at faeries until you saw one. Small wonder all your civilized neighbors dismiss the Chandrian as well. You’d have to leave your precious corners far behind before you found someone who might take you seriously. You wouldn’t have a hope until you made it to the Stormwal.” - WMF, ch 104, Cthaeh We already know that it is possible to Sing a Name as much as you can speak it, from Kvothes experience with Felurian. But now, looking into Felurian’s twilight eyes, I understood her far beyond the bottoms of her feet. Now I knew her to the marrow of her bones. Her eyes were like four lines of music, clearly penned. My mind was filled with the sudden song of her. I drew a breath and sang it out in four hard notes. -WMF, ch 97, Blood and Bitter Rue Aside from learning how to Sing, I think hes also going to meet the real Shamble-Men (vampires) just like he met a real Dragon (draccus): “I want to hear about the dry lands over the Stormwal,” one of the younger girls complained. “About the sand snakes that come out of the ground like sharks. And the dry men who hide under the dunes and drink your blood instead of water. And—” She was cuffed quickly into silence from a dozen different directions by the children surrounding her. - NotW, ch 26, Lanre Turned I think that, like Sympathy and Naming, Singing is another type of magic in Temerand that Kvothe, as Kote, hid from himself to help him hide from everyone looking for him as it was too dangerous for a simple inkeeper to know. And thats my Singing Magic theory.
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