Difference between revisions of "Old Chapps"

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'''Old Chapps''' is a slightly insane fisherman who lives in the [[HallandrenIdris|Idrian]] dock slums{{book ref|wb|28}}{{book ref|wb|54}} in [[T'Telir]] on [[Nalthis]].{{book ref|wb|53}}{{annotationwob ref|wb|chapter=537385}} He has lived in [[T'TelirHallandren]] at least since he was a teenager,.{{annotationwob ref|wb|chapter=547394}} but his residence in the slums likely indicates that he is ethnically [[Idrian]].

He doesdid his fishing during the night to avoid paying a tariff. He iswas occasionally hired by slumlords in the city to weigh down bodies and drop them in the bay.{{book ref|wb|53}} In his youth he sold out his mother out of desire for her apartment, framing her for a theft. He iswas feebleminded and did not realize that he would subsequently become responsible for paying rent; he still liveslived in the apartment.{{annotationwob ref|wb|chapter=547394}} After his mother died in prison, Chapps tied rocks to her feet and left her body in the bay.{{annotationwob ref|wb|chapter=547394}}

While fishing one night, he hearsheard a voice in his mind that tellsdirected him where to goa spot on the water. He doesndidn't think anything of it as the sea often "talkstalked" to him. The voice commandscommanded him to drop his net in a specific location; when he pullspulled it up, he findsfound a [[Nightblood|black sword in a silver sheath]] entangled in the net. The sword iswas able to easily influence Chapps's unstable mind{{annotation ref|wb|chapter=53}} and it asksasked him if he wantswanted to destroy evil.{{wob ref|7385}}{{book ref|wb|53}} Chapps takestook the sword onshore and cleaned it up.{{book ref|wb|53}} and cleans it up.{{book ref|wb|54}} [[Vivenna]] later findsfound Nightblood in a tenement (likely Chapps's apartment) alongside multiple corpses, including that of Chapps.{{book ref|wb|54}}

* Brandon cites Old Chapps as an example of an unexpected viewpoint character with a unique voice. He enjoys writing them and tries to include a few in each of his books.{{annotationwob ref|wb|chapter=537385}}