| Lopen | |
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 por Jamie Knierim
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| Capacidades | Surgebinder (Adhesion/Gravitation) |
| Grupo | Knights Radiant (Windrunner) Bridge Four |
| Nacionalidad | de Herdaz |
| Mundo natal | Roshar |
Lopen is a Herdazian member of Bridge Four and a Windrunner on Roshar.[1]
Appearance
Lopen has brown hair and deep tan skin which is just a shade too dark to be Alethi. His fingernails are slate-colored and crystalline. He has an old slave's mark on his head. He speaks very quickly. He looks a little flabby around the waist and his left arm was cut off, but has since been regrown.[2][3]
History
When Kaladin comes looking for new recruits for Bridge Four, he calls on Kaladin to pick him. Though a one-armed man would not be good at carrying bridges, Kaladin chooses him because he was smiling, unlike all the other men. When Kaladin asks why Lopen wanted to be picked, he responds that Kaladin was the only one picking anyone.[2]
Because Lopen can't carry a bridge due to his missing arm, Kaladin tells him to gather some water and accompany Bridge Four on the very next bridge run. Lopen takes Dabbid and Hobber with him to carry water for the bridgemen. Since Gaz seems to have no issues with this the first time, Lopen and Dabbid continue bringing water on every following bridge run.
He often makes fun of himself (he has many "one-armed Herdazian jokes") and is extremely optimistic: despite being in a terrible situation, he laughs frequently.
He is always fascinated when Kaladin absorbs Stormlight, and says that women would love him if he learned to "glow" like Kaladin. He repeatedly attempts to Invest Stormlight from gemstones, and eventually succeeds. He uses it to restore his missing arm. [4]
Quotes
“Hey, gancho! Hey! You want me, I think. You can use me. We Herdazians are great fighters, gon. You see, this one time, I was with, sure, three men and they were drunk and all but I still beat them. ”
—Lopen asking to be picked.[2]
“Some of my cousins, they call me the Lopen because they haven't ever heard anyone else named that. I've asked around a lot, maybe one hundred...or two hundred...lots of people, sure. And nobody has heard of that name. ”
—Lopen being picked[2]
“'Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before pancakes.' ”
—Lopen describing the first ideal of the Knights Radiant[1]