Chapter:Eleven - The Binding of Iron (The Name of the Wind)

Kvothe begins practical sympathy lessons with Abenthy. Kvothe's mother emphasizes the importance of thinking before reciting unfamiliar songs.

Characters

Characters physically appearing in the chapter

• Abenthy
• Kvothe
• Laurian

Characters mentioned in the chapter, but not physically present

• Arliden is mentioned in passing during Kvothe's conversation with his mother, Laurian
• Fain, a character in the play, For All His Waiting
• Heldred, a chieftain who brought together the nomadic tribes of the Shalda Mountain foothills, now known as the Cealdim, roughly two thousand years ago
• Heldar, Heldred's son
• Heldim, Heldred's son
• Lady Lackless
• Lady Perial, a character in the play, For All His Waiting

Locations

Locations mentioned in the chapter, but not physically visited

• Kvothe mentions hearing a young girl singing a song about Lady Lackless while in Fallows
• Kvothe mentions the Shalda Mountains while recounting the history of the iron drab

Objects

Objects physically appearing in the chapter

• Iron drab

Objects mentioned in the chapter, but not physically present

• Copper jot
• Laurian asks Kvothe to gather sweet nettle to add to the cooking pot

Significant Phrases

"Seven things has Lady Lackless
Keeps them underneath her black dress
One a ring that's not for wearing
One a sharp word, not for swearing
Right beside her husband's candle
There's a door without a handle
In a box, no lid or locks
Lackless keeps her husband's rocks
There's a secret she's been keeping
She's been dreaming and not sleeping
On a road, that's not for traveling
Lackless likes her riddle raveling."

Terms

• Alar
• Cealdim
• Kvothe argues that the Lackless poem is not dissimilar from For All His Waiting
• Kvothe uses the Heart of Stone as he begins practicing sympathy
• Abenthy explains the Law of Sympathy to Kvothe
• The Sympathetic Binding of Parallel Motion is the first piece of sympathy that Abenthy teaches Kvothe