I’m new here, just read the books over the past two weeks. I’ve already got so many theories! Here’s my biggest one….
So the Amyr have a distinct problem: any stories spreading of the chandrian are hunted down and anyone involved is exterminated. The only exception seems to be the children’s song about the Chandrian. So how is this order going to pass along vital information necessary to stop the Chandrian? Through a song. Kvothe himself says that stories seem to change from mouth to mouth but songs remain more true to the original, like his experiences with Felurian. The Amyr know this and will hide information in songs to pass on to the next generation.
Thats where the Lackless song comes into play. It’s scandalous in nature, and about a prominent family, so of course it would be a household song. The first lines of both verses that we know are, “Seven things has Lady Lackless” and “Seven things stand before the entrance to the Lackless door.” The Chandrian are also known as the seven. I think this song is a clever riddle containing information about the Chandrian and how to stop them, passed down from the Amyr and revealed to those who enter the order. The song references the doors in the Archives (there’s a door without a handle) and the secret box of Meluan’s (in a box, no lid or locks). There’s obviously a hidden message within, but I don’t think we know enough yet to know what it means.
Seven things to stop the seven Chandrian? What do you think?