Huio

Huio
Lopen's family Relatives Lopen
Abilities	Windrunner, Shardbearer
Bonded With	Caelinora
Groups	Knights Radiant (Windrunner), Bridge Four, Kholin army
Nationality	Herdazian
Homeworld	Roshar
Universe	Cosmere

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“Is not my recipe. Huio has changed this thing. I now have to either promote him or push him off side of plateau. ”

—Lunamor serving shiki to Kaladin

Huio is a Herdazian member of Bridge Four on Roshar during the Era of Solitude and a Windrunner of the Third Ideal.

Appearance and Personality

“Short joke? Be glad not short temper.”

—Huio to Lopen

Huio is one of Lopen's cousins. He is a short, bald, beefy man with thick arms. He is known among Bridge Four for his propensity to visit prostitutes. His lack of fluency in Alethi is a source of embarrassment to him, though he gets a sense of satisfaction and pride out of his cooking skill. He demonstrates a curious and scientific mind in his fondness for taking apart fabrials to experiment with them and better understand how they work, though this frequently results in him breaking the fabrial beyond repair.

Abilities and Attributes

Huio is a Windrunner, quick to pick up on how to draw in Stormlight. This allows him to use Stormlight and access the Surges of Gravitation and Adhesion when in Kaladin's proximity. He is also fairly skilled in field medicine--at least, more so than Teft--and a more than adept cook. After Huio swore the Third Ideal of the Windrunners, his spren Caelinora gained the ability to become a Shardblade, which can be summoned in the form that he chooses, including a hammer.

Along with Rock and Lopen, Huio is one of the only members of Bridge Four that can swim.

History

Late in 1173, Lopen brought Huio and another of his cousins, Rod, to join Bridge Four. He ended up often being on kitchen duty with Rock, requesting the duty more and more as the others became squires. Huio once added a handful of lazbo to some shiki he was stirring for Rock, much to Rock's horror. When Rock tasted it, however, he realized Huio had improved on the original recipe. He even began to ask Huio's advice on some recipes.

Huio also pulled shifts guarding the Kholins with the rest of Bridge Four. He was part of the group that went with Dalinar to Thaylen City to check on Amaram's progress helping rebuild the city from the damage from the Everstorm and to attend a conference with Queen Fen and the other monarchs who had joined their coalition. The soldiers from Bridge Four were with Dalinar in the conference, so they heard the translation of the Eila Stele; this demoralized the group enough that they left Dalinar behind and returned to Urithiru on their own. When they returned to the Bridge Four barracks, they discovered the aftermath of Taravangian's plot to steal back Jezrien's Honorblade: Rock and Bisig were gravely injured, and Eth was dead. Huio, the best at field medicine present, attended to Rock until they could get him to Renarin.

When he began earning a stipend as a Radiant, he sent most of it to his family to help out the poorer cousins, of which a large part went to Rod's family.

Expedition to Aimia

A few months after the Battle of Thaylen Field, Lopen and Huio were chosen by Kaladin to join a Thaylen expedition to Aimia aboard the Wandersail as they were the only Windrunners capable of swimming. Huio is said to spend the early portions of the trip assisting the crew with shipboard duties.{{book ref|sa3.5|5} Because Huio struggles with Alethi, Lopen frequently pulls his cousin into conversations to translate jokes. Huio is seen tinkering with Rushu's spanreen and the aluminum foil - an activity that ultimately results in the discovery of aluminum-modified fabrials. He also seems to have some sense for the behavior of the spren trapped in the fabrial and the implications of aluminum, although it is unclear if this is his own knowledge or if it is related to his bond with Caelinora.

After discovery of Nikli's plot to saboutage the expedition, Lopen and Huio are tasked with flying it to shore for incarceration.

At some point during Lopen's absence, Huio begins to fight the large hordeling that is attacking the Wandersail. Lopen arrives just in time to rescue Huio from its jaws. The two proceed to fight the creature to give the crew time to escape. Lopen tried in vain to swear the Third Ideal. After Lopen's assault fails, and he falls to the ground injured, Huio swears the Third Ideal to save Lopen and proceeds to summon Caelinora as a true Shardhammer to shatter the hordeling's arm. Shortly after, Huio kills it with a shardspear through the head. The two escape while Ryns' negotiation continues underground.

Back at the ship, Lopen and Huio discuss the Third Ideal. Lopen swallows hard to congratulate his cousin on beating him to it - upon which Huio implies that his Third Ideal involved protecting Lopen. Lopen understands the implication that Huio hates him (or at least harbors ill will) as the known examples of the Third Ideal begin with "I will protect even those I hate". Huio, however, swears that he does not hate Lopen and that the Third Ideal does not have to involve hatred - although the constant ribbing and teasing from his cousin could be a bit much.

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