The Kingkiller Chronicle · Character

Bookseller

  • Minor
  • First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 30

Bookseller is a minor character in The Kingkiller Chronicle (Book 1).

Gender
male
Age
middle-aged
First appears
Book 1 · Ch. 30
Books
1

The bookseller at the Broken Binding appears briefly as a minor figure in Kvothe's University days, selling texts with his characteristic irritation softened by a rare laugh. He interacts curtly with customers, embodying the everyday merchants who populate Tarbean and the University fringes. Though his role is small, he adds texture to the world's commerce, fading after this single encounter.

Description

Tall and reedy, this middle-aged man has thinning hair that leaves his scalp faintly visible under dim shop light. His narrow face carries a vaguely irritated expression, etched with faint lines from years behind a desk. He wears simple merchant clothes—a worn vest over a plain shirt—his thin frame perched awkwardly on a stool amid stacks of books and ledgers.

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  1. BOOK 1The Name of the Wind

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