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Oathbringer Portland signing ()
#3 Copy

Questioner [PENDING REVIEW]

Can Lopen's children inherit Alethkar, because he was king for just a brief minute?

Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW]

They'd have a claim. I don't think the Alethi would pay attention to it... But he was legitimately king for a brief moment.

Words of Radiance Philadelphia signing ()
#4 Copy

Questioner

I do have to know, how many cousins [does Lopen have]?

Brandon Sanderson

It depends on what your definition of cousin is. By Lopen's definition, there are a lot of cousins. He's counting like fifth cousins.

Questioner

Third cousin twice-removed?

Brandon Sanderson

Yeah, that's his cousin. Like [someone] dating his sister, or his mom's sister - that's a cousin.

Boskone 54 ()
#7 Copy

Questioner

Lopen. Is he a squire, or does he actually have a spren?

Brandon Sanderson

He’s a squire. You’ll find out a lot more about what the squires are in the upcoming book. For most orders, squire were knights radiant potentially in training, so you can see what happens in the next book.

Oathbringer release party ()
#8 Copy

Questioner [PENDING REVIEW]

The Lopen's cousins? Is there any significance to them, or are they just--

Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW]

No, they're just, like, his cousins and his distant cousins. He just is somebody who knows everyone and is related to half the Herdazians around. There's no secret, they just really are.

Questioner [PENDING REVIEW]

When they show up, ever time, I'm like, there's gotta be something with these guys.

Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW]

They're a tight-knit group, those Herdazians.

Oathbringer release party ()
#9 Copy

Questioner [PENDING REVIEW]

What did Lopen do to get on a bridge crew?

Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW]

Lopen? Someone just thought he was annoying. Lopen, he's like the only person in Bridge Four who's, like, not a criminal. It's just like, "Oh, that stupid Herdazian, send him to a bridge crew, get him away." He's legitimately, like-- all of them have deep, dark, tragic pasts, but not The Lopen.

Questioner [PENDING REVIEW]

Is he one of your friends?

Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW]

No...

Arcanum Unbounded release party ()
#13 Copy

Questioner

I asked about The Lopen, and it was a public Q&A, so I was trying not to be spoilery. But some of the things he said at the end of Words of Radiance, where he knew a lot about background processes. I asked if I should be suspicious of it, and you said, "Yes." Was that in reference to him becoming the king, that you revealed? Or is it because of something else that he knows about?

Brandon Sanderson

Background processes of...?

Questioner

It seemed he knew more about the squires, the process of being squires

Brandon Sanderson

Oh, Lopen. Lopen knowing more. No, that's not about being the king. You are supposed to be suspicious of it because Lopen has been paying a lot of attention. He didn't have foreknowledge. It was completely accidental he ended up in Bridge Four. But once he did, he decided, "I'm gonna do this. I'm gonna learn about it." And he has been the one actively pursuing becoming a full Knight Radiant. He's the only one of the team who's actively been doing that. That's why you are supposed to be suspicious. There's not an ulterior motive. He is proactive.

Skyward Chicago signing ()
#14 Copy

Questioner [PENDING REVIEW]

In The Way of Kings, how did Lopen get in and out of the chasms with only one arm?

Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW]

So, he had a little help. And he can do it. Getting down and up... I've actually seen people, looking online. You can climb a ladder. It's not easy. It's better if you have some help. But you can get up and down.

Oathbringer Portland signing ()
#18 Copy

Questioner [PENDING REVIEW]

In Herdazian, is there no personal pronoun, and that's why Lopen always refers to himself as "The Lopen"?

Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW]

No, that is his personal thing. In Rock's language, most nouns are gendered, masculine, which is why you always see him flipping-- screwing that up. But Lopen, just his thing. Just his thing.

Skyward San Diego signing ()
#20 Copy

Questioner [PENDING REVIEW]

Lopen, from the end of the Wheel of Time; and Lopen, from Stormlight Archive. Do they have anything in common?

Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW]

Lopen... Is there a character in Wheel of Time called Lopen? Must just be a coincidence, then. I didn't write any intentional Wheel of Time references to my books, or anything like that. The only cameo sort of thing there is in there for me is, the sword that Robert Jordan's cousin gave to me out of Robert Jordan's collection, I wrote into the book. Kind of in the same way Robert Jordan wrote himself into the books as a ter'angreal that had lots of stories in it, that they discovered was his cameo for himself. I wrote in my sword. So my sword, which has painted dragons on the scabbard that look a lot (in my mind) like the ones on Rand's arms. And I don't know if he got that from that katana that he was given, but it was the one they gave my out of the collection, so I wrote it in. But any other connections you think you run into are going to be just coincidences. I do have a fondness for certain types of names.

Calamity release party ()
#21 Copy

Questioner

Did Lopen bond a spren or is he a squire?

Brandon Sanderson

As of right now, Lopen is a squire.

Questioner

Okay, as of right now. So it's a potential RAFO.

Brandon Sanderson

Uh, I answered your question exactly. *questioner laughs* That's not a RAFO, that's an exact answer to the question you asked.

Calamity Houston signing ()
#25 Copy

Cadmium (paraphrased)

Who cut Lopen's food for him while he was one-handed?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

*laughs* Well, I'd have to say he doesn't need anyone to cut his food for him, he'd just kind of "grr, arrgh" *pantomimes, stabbing something on table with fork and ripping into it with teeth* Because he's The Lopen right, and he can take care of his food himself. Great question. Very unique.