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|abilities=[[Nahel bond]], [[Windrunner]] magic, {{tag+|Splinter}} of [[Honor]] |
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|bonded=[[Lopen]] |
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|world=Roshar |
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|universe=[[Cosmere]] |
|universe=[[Cosmere]] |
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+ | |books=[[The Stormlight Archive]] |
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− | |first appeared=[[Oathbringer]] |
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== Appearance and Personality == |
== Appearance and Personality == |
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− | Rua appears to Lopen as a ribbon of light, a young boy of nine or ten years |
+ | Rua appears to Lopen as a ribbon of light, a young boy of nine or ten years and as a young man. One of his favourite forms is a flying chull with broad wings.{{book ref|sa3.5|3}} Lopen calls him Naco. He likes to play hide-and-seek with Lopen, whose carefree attitude meshes well with the spren. He is mischievous like a [[windspren]]. He appears to be incapable of speech, though Lopen seems to understand more complex meanings from his gestures.{{book ref|sa3|121}}{{book ref|sa3.5|epilogue}} |
− | {{image|Gar Leyva Rua.jpeg|side=right|height=200px|}} |
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== Attributes and Abilities == |
== Attributes and Abilities == |
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− | As an [[Honorspren]], forming a [[Nahel |
+ | As an [[Honorspren]], forming a [[Nahel Bond]] with Rua made Lopen a [[Knight Radiant]] of the [[Order of Windrunners]]. Through their bond, Lopen is able to access the Surges of [[Gravitation]] and [[Adhesion]], and after Lopen reaches his Third Ideal, Rua is able to form a [[Shardblade]].{{book ref|sa3|121}}{{book ref|sa3.5|epilogue}} |
== History == |
== History == |
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− | {{image|Rua |
+ | {{image|Lopen and Rua by Ralf Melevo.jpg|side=right|width=200px|Rua with [[Lopen]]}} |
− | Rua seems to have |
+ | Rua seems to have bonded Lopen during the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]]. Lopen said the first oath but did not become a complete Radiant. After the battle, while talking to a wounded soldier, he said his second oath and then becomes a full Radiant. |
Rua, who is nicknamed Naco by Lopen, plays with him at the war camps where the wounded are being cared for. He is still at the beginning of his consciousness. When Lopen teaches Rua how to make a rude gesture, the spren proceeds to use it indiscriminately, once even growing an extra pair of arms to make a quadruple rude gesture towards the [[Stormfather]] himself.{{book ref|sa3|121}} |
Rua, who is nicknamed Naco by Lopen, plays with him at the war camps where the wounded are being cared for. He is still at the beginning of his consciousness. When Lopen teaches Rua how to make a rude gesture, the spren proceeds to use it indiscriminately, once even growing an extra pair of arms to make a quadruple rude gesture towards the [[Stormfather]] himself.{{book ref|sa3|121}} |
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− | Rua travelled with Lopen to [[Akinah]], and even showed himself to [[Rysn]] at one point during the voyage.{{book ref|sa3.5|9}} He also helped Lopen detect and keep track of [[Turlm]] when the sailor was washed overboard. For the duration of the storm and until they reached the shore, Rua watched the ocean for and kept track of a shadow, later revealed to be a specialised [[Sleepless]] hordeling, that followed |
+ | Rua travelled with Lopen to [[Akinah]], and even showed himself to [[Rysn]] at one point during the voyage.{{book ref|sa3.5|9}} He also helped Lopen detect and keep track of [[Turlm]] when the sailor was washed overboard. For the duration of the storm and until they reached the shore, Rua watched the ocean for and kept track of a shadow, later revealed to be a specialised [[Sleepless]] hordeling, that followed [[Wandersail]] as they approached Akinah{{book ref|sa3.5|11}}, and continued to follow the rowboat they took to shore.{{book ref|sa3.5|13}} Rua was concerned for Lopen when he was injured fighting the specialised hordelings defending Akinah.{{book ref|sa3.5|18}} After the battle, Rua helped Lopen swear his Third Ideal and became a [[Shardblade]] for the first time, including an engraving of Rua making a rude gesture as soon as Lopen considers it.{{book ref|sa3.5|epilogue}} |
== Relationships == |
== Relationships == |
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− | {{image|Lopen and Rua by Ralf Melevo.jpg|side=right|width=200px|Rua with [[Lopen]]}} |
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=== Lopen === |
=== Lopen === |
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=== Huio === |
=== Huio === |
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− | Rua cheered for Huio when he swore his Third Ideal during the battle on Akinah; he was excited and happy about Huio progressing in his bond with [[Caelinora]].{{book ref|sa3.5|19}} |
+ | Rua was cheered for Huio when he swore his Third Ideal during the battle on Akinah; he was excited and happy about Huio progressing in his bond with [[Caelinora]].{{book ref|sa3.5|19}} |
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− | Syl believes Rua to be the only other honorspren like her, curious and mischievous like a windspren, indicating that they likely know each other in some capacity.{{book ref|sa4|I|1}} |
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== Notes == |
== Notes == |