Lopen
| 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 looks a little flabby around the waist. Most strikingly, when he joins Bridge Four he is missing his left arm. He eventually regrows it with Stormlight.[2][3]
History
Lopen's family left Herdaz when he was a baby and he was raized in Alethkar[4] He has experienced great misfortunes in his life, like losing his left arm and being enslaved, but he never accepted these things as part of his identity[5], and would even joke about his plight.[6][7]
Bridge Four
Unlike many of the Bridge Four members, Lopen did not hide a dark past. He was not sent to the bridge crews because of a crime, but only because he was a nuisance.[8] As he was a Herdazian slave, it was likely the racist attitude of Alethi society that enabled this unjust treatment.
While recruiting for Bridge Four one day, Kaladin was moved to choose Lopen, who was the only person among the newcomers who did not have a defeated look of apathy on his face, and the only one volunteering to be picked, despite being of little apparent use. Later it would turn out that Lopen was clueless about bridge crews, and wanted to be picked simply because it made him feel special.[2]
Considering Lopen's physical limitation, Kaladin assigned him to carry water for the crew during bridge runs. Lopen also carried medical equipment and other items for Kaladin later on, accompanied by Dabbid and others who could not help carry the bridge. Eventually he learned medical first aid from Kaladin and was given medic duties as well.[9]
During the Battle of the Tower, while unable to fight, Lopen helped by ensuring that Kaladin always had a spear in hand. He did this by taking spears from fallen Alethi soldiers and tossing one to Kaladin when needed.[9] After Bridge Four rescued the Kholin army in that battle, Dalinar Kholin had all the bridgemen in Sadeas' warcamp freed, including Lopen.[10]
With the former bridge crews now a battalion headed by Kaladin under Dalinar's camp, Bridge Four members were given new responsibilities. Lopen was assigned under the battalion's quartermaster, Rock. As a Bridge Four member, Lopen also became part of Dalinar's personal guard, and like the others was given an official uniform on the same day that he received the tattoos that covered his slave brand.[11]
Lopen took part in Kaladin's experiments with Radiant powers, allowing himself to be stuck on walls and even joining in a sparring match with Rock and Sigzil against a Stormlight-Invested Kaladin.[7] He stayed behind in the warcamps during the Battle of Narak to take care of the barrack and watch over an injured Kaladin.[12]
King of Alethkar
After Kaladin thwarted an assassination attempt on King Elhokar, the wounded king was taken to Lopen's home in Little Herdaz to recover. Deciding to conceal the king for his own safety, but being averse to lying, Lopen's family members somehow persuaded Elhokar to temporarily abdicate in favor of Lopen so that they could truthfully say that "King Elhokar" was not with them. This made Lopen the legitimate king of Alethkar for several minutes.[13]
Later on Lopen tried to convince the Alethi to add him to their list of kings, but to no avail.[14]
Radiant
Lopen always found Kaladin's abilities fascinating, particularly the ability to absorb Stormlight. He desired to "glow" like Kaladin[6][4], so much so that he repeatedly attempted to Invest Stormlight from gemstones.
He eventually succeeded when he became one of Kaladin's squires. Through the healing effect of Stormlight, he was able to restore his missing arm.[15]
As a Windrunner squire, Lopen was able to harness the Lashings. He was particularly fond of using them to become upside-down on ceilings, to the annoyance of others.[16][17]
Kaladin assigned Lopen to help the First, Second, and Third Squads of the newly augmented Bridge Four to achieve squireship.[18]
Lopen later became a Knight Radiant in his own right, bonding with a male Honorspren named Rua. Currently he has achieved the Second Ideal of the Windrunners.[1]
Family
Lopen's mother has implied that Herdazian families are matriarchal, with the women possessing all authority inside Herdazian homes. She tells this to the king of Alethkar himself when he was under her care.[15]
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.[19] He is apparently related to a significant portion of the Herdazian population in the Alethi warcamps[20], explaining the high 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# - ↑ a b Palabras radiantes capítulo 41#
- ↑ Oathbringer San Diego signing
— Arcanum - 2017-11-14# - ↑ a b El camino de los reyes capítulo 73#
- ↑ a b Palabras radiantes capítulo 12#
- ↑ Oathbringer release party
— Arcanum - 2017-11-13# - ↑ a b El camino de los reyes capítulo 68#
- ↑ El camino de los reyes capítulo 69#
- ↑ Palabras radiantes capítulo 2#
- ↑ Palabras radiantes capítulo 77#
- ↑ Arcanum Unbounded release party
— Arcanum - 2016-11-22# - ↑ Palabras radiantes capítulo 89#
- ↑ a b Palabras radiantes capítulo 87#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 35#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 46#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 37#
- ↑ Words of Radiance Philadelphia signing
— Arcanum - 2014-03-21# - ↑ Oathbringer release party
— Arcanum - 2017-11-13#