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
Lopen's family left Herdaz when he was a baby, and he has never visited his homeland ever since.[4] Lopen ended up in the bridge crews simply because he annoyed somebody. The racist attitude towards Herdazians in Alethkar somehow made it possible to send Lopen to the bridge crews without him committing any actual crime.[5]
When Kaladin comes looking for new recruits for Bridge Four, he calls on Kaladin to pick him, and claims that he made this decision because the person who was picked was special, and all the others were not.[2] Even though he didn't know what a bridge crew was at the time, he wanted to join Bridge Four. Though a one-armed man would not be good at carrying bridges, Kaladin chooses him because he was smiling, unlike all the other men.
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 refers to himself as "The Lopen", not because of any Herdazian tradition, but simply because he likes to [6].
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. [7]
As one of Kaladin's squires, he volunteers to teach some of the hopefuls who want to join Bridge Four. He spends some time assuring the ground that although he was leaving for the sky, he still loved the ground and the ground should not miss him.
Lopen later becomes a Knight Radiant in his own right and is seen playing hide-and-seek with his spren, a male Windrunner spren named Rua, after the Battle of Thaylen Field. Currently he has achieved the Second Ideal of the Windrunners.[1]
King of Alethkar
A wounded King Elhokar is taken to Lopen's home in Little Herdaz to recover after a failed attempt on his life. Deciding to conceal the king for his own safety, but being averse to lying, Lopen's family members somehow persuade the king to temporarily abdicate in favor of Lopen so that they could truthfully say that "King Elhokar" was not with them. This makes Lopen king of Alethkar for fifteen minutes.[8].
When they reach the safety of Urithiru, Lopen tries to convince the Alethi to add him to the list of Alethi kings. This is not taken seriously.[9]
Family
Lopen's mother once implied that Herdazian families are highly matriarchal, with the women possessing all authority inside Herdazian homes. She tells this to King Elhokar himself when he was under her care.[7]
Lopen often talks about his many cousins. Lopen's definition of "cousin" is very broad and could include fifth cousins, or people dating his sister, or his aunt.[10] He is apparently related to a significant portion of the Herdazian population in the Alethi warcamps[11], explaining the number of "cousins".
The following are members of Lopen's extended family:
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]
Notes
- ↑ a b c Juramentada capítulo 121#
- ↑ a b c d El camino de los reyes capítulo 32#
- ↑ Minor Lopen Question
— Foros de 17th Shard - 2014-03-18# - ↑ Palabras radiantes capítulo 41#
- ↑ Oathbringer release party
— Arcanum - 2017-11-13# - ↑ Oathbringer Portland signing
— Arcanum - 2017-11-16# - ↑ a b Palabras radiantes capítulo 87#
- ↑ Arcanum Unbounded release party
— Arcanum - 2016-11-22# - ↑ Palabras radiantes capítulo 89#
- ↑ Words of Radiance Philadelphia signing
— Arcanum - 2014-03-21# - ↑ Oathbringer release party
— Arcanum - 2017-11-13#