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{{character
|image=Rua by Dragontrill.jpeg
|abilities=[[Nahel bond]], [[Windrunner]] magic, {{tag+|Splinter}} of [[Honor]]
|bonded=[[Lopen]]
|species=Honorspren
|aliases=Naco
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|first appeared=[[Oathbringer]]
}}
{{update|sa4}}
{{quote
|"Storm you!" Lopen made a double obscene gesture toward the sky...Rua joined him, making the same gesture, then grew two extra arms to give it more weight.
|Lopen teaching Rua a rude gesture{{book ref|sa3|121}}
}}
== Appearance and Personality ==
He has shown a high degree of affinity towards mischief. He likes to play hide-and-seek with Lopen, whose carefree attitude meshes well with the spren. When Lopen teaches Rua how to make a rude gesture, the spren proceeds to use it indiscriminately, even growing an extra pair of arms to make a quadruple rude gesture towards the [[Stormfather]] himself.▼
Rua appears to Lopen as a ribbon of light, a young boy of nine or ten years or as a young man. One of his favorite 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|}}
== Attributes and Abilities ==
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 ==
{{image|Rua LittleGreyDragon.jpg|side=left|height=200px|}}
Rua seems to have begun investigating Lopen for a potential Nahel bond sometime between the [[Battle of Narak]] and the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]]. Lopen then swore the First Ideal sometime before the Battle of Thaylen Field and swore the Second Ideal shortly after the battle, while talking to a wounded soldier.{{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 the ''[[Wandersail (1174 ship)|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 ==
{{image|Lopen and Rua by Ralf Melevo.jpg|side=right|width=200px|Rua with [[Lopen]]}}
=== Lopen ===
{{quote
|Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before pancakes.
|Lopen’s first oath, where he bonds Rua.{{book ref|sa3|121}}
}}
Rua and Lopen have a good time together as they play hide and seek or make gestures to other people, but when things get serious Rua is genuinely worried about Lopen when injured.{{book ref|sa3.5|18}} Rua follows and imitates Lopen.{{book ref|sa3|121}} Rua knows that Lopen sometimes unintentionally hurts people with his jokes, and helped him acknowledge that and swear his Third Ideal.{{book ref|sa3.5|epilogue}}
=== Phendorana ===
Lopen asks if it's [[Phendorana]]'s fault that he hasn't sworn the Third Ideal, implying Rua listens to her, specifically when it comes to oaths.{{book ref|sa3.5|17}}
=== Huio ===
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}}
=== Sylphrena ===
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}}
== Notes ==
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