In The Name of the Wind, the innkeeper who is actually Kvothe is Kote.
Kote manages the Waystone Inn in the rural town of Newarre, presenting himself as an unremarkable innkeeper. The revelation that he is really Kvothe—the legendary musician, magician, swordsman, and figure known as the Kingkiller—frames the novel’s entire narrative. He has adopted the name and identity of Kote while living in hiding.
Kote is assisted by Bast, who is not another identity for Kvothe but his student and a prince of the Fae. Chronicler is a traveling scribe who recognizes Kote as Kvothe and persuades him to recount his life story. Denna, meanwhile, is a musician and one of Kvothe’s most important personal connections, not the innkeeper.
The name Kote also reflects the story’s recurring interest in names, identity, and the power associated with knowing a thing’s true name. The contrast between the diminished innkeeper and the heroic Kvothe of the past is one of the series’ central mysteries.