Item from The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss
A chest of dark roah wood in Kvothe's room at the Waystone Inn, sealed with three locks — one of iron, one of copper, and one that has no keyhole. Its contents are the story's deepest mystery.
The thrice-locked chest sits in Kvothe's room like a sealed confession. He has been seen trying to open it — and failing. This is perhaps the most disturbing detail in the frame story: that Kvothe, who once called the wind and named things into obedience, cannot open his own chest. The first lock requires an iron key. The second requires a copper key. The third requires something else entirely — perhaps a word, perhaps a name, perhaps something Kvothe no longer has. What lies inside is unknown. His lute? His power? His true name? Bast watches the chest with a mixture of hope and dread. Whatever is locked away, it is something Kvothe both desperately needs and is terrified to reclaim.
A large chest of smooth, dark roah wood — a material so dense it sinks in water and so rare it costs more than gold. The wood has a deep, almost black grain. Two visible locks — iron and copper — sit on its face. The third lock is invisible, with no keyhole and no mechanism apparent to the eye.
Also known as: the thrice-locked chest, the chest, Kvothe's chest