kvothe then resolves to get into the university, whose vast archives include all kinds of accumulated knowledge, including, presumably, also on the chandrian. having through great effort obtained some minimal funds for both clothing and traveling, he sets out. en route kvothe becomes enamored with a talented young woman known as denna, who is a musician like himself. kvothe enters the university despite his lack of tuition funds and performs admirably as a student, but faces continuous poverty and rivalries with the wealthy student ambrose jakis and the arrogant master hemme, who sees that kvothe receives lashing for misbehaviour. a trick by ambrose causes kvothe to be banished from the archives, hampering his research on the chandrian, though he does very well in other fields of study, advancing extremely fast in academic degrees and gaining some loyal friends. kvothe buys a lute despite his poverty, and performs brilliantly at a famous musical tavern to earn money, where he also befriends denna again.