Encyclopaedia WoT: Eben Hopwil

Physical Description#

He is skinny with a big nose and ears, and is fifteen or sixteen. (LoC,Ch3) He is sixteen and still has blotches on his cheeks. (TPoD,Ch13)

Chronology (Possible Spoilers)#

Eben is at the farm when Rand arrives with Taim. (LoC,Ch3)
Taim teaches Jonan Adley, Damer Flinn, Jur Grady, Eben Hopwil, Fedwin Morr and the other two recruits to blow up rocks and shield themselves. (LoC,Ch11)
Eben and Fedwin are with the other students when Rand addresses them at the Black Tower. (LoC,Ch42)
Eben is one of the Asha'man who come to Rand's rescue at Dumai's Wells. (LoC,Ch55)
At Dumai's Wells Eben is one of the nine Asha'man selected to accompany Rand back to Cairhien. (ACoS,Ch2)
Eben accompanies Rand to Caemlyn. Rand plans to take him to Lord Semaradrid and High Lord Weiramon as a messenger. (ACoS,Ch7)
Eben and Jonan Adley reach the hillforts with High Lord Weiramon and begin attacking. Sammael shows up and begins to counterattack. (ACoS,Ch41)
Rand sends Eben to scout Amador. He runs into a Seanchan patrol and kills them. (TPoD,Ch13)
Rand confronts some men loyal to Lord Brend accompanied by Dashiva, Hopwil, Marcolin and Gregorin. (TPoD,Ch13)
When Rand says he will cleanse saidin, Torval, Narishma, Morr and Hopwil look at him with wonderment and hope. Dashiva looks poleaxed. (TPoD,Ch14)
Hopwil and the other Asha'man accompany Rand as he Travels to Illian. (TPoD,Ch21)
Gedwyn and Rochaid lead the Asha'man including Hopwil as they Travel with Rand to Altara. (TPoD,Ch22)
After the first skirmish with the Seanchan, Flinn, Adley, Morr and Hopwil Heal the wounded. (TPoD,Ch23)
Hopwil and seven other Asha'man hold gateways as Rand's army pours through, preparing for the final battle with the Seanchan. Narishma and Hopwil go with the Defenders of the Stone to the north. (TPoD,Ch24)
Rand has Dashiva, Flinn, Morr and Hopwil accompany him to visit Cadsuane but he leaves them outside when they fail to intimidate her. (TPoD,Ch27)
The day after the explosion, Flinn, Hopwil and Narishma are still in the Sun Palace. (WH,Prologue)
Cadsuane blackmails Flinn, Hopwil and Narishma for some unknown purpose. (WH,Ch13)
Flinn, Hopwil and Narishma stay at the Sun Palace fearing that if they return to the Black Tower they might be blamed for the attack on Rand. (WH,Ch25)
Daigian bonds Eben Hopwil as her Warder. (WH,Ch25)
After Eben serves drinks, he and Daigian play cat's cradle in the sunroom of the Sun Palace. (WH,Ch13)
Corele, Daigian, Merise, Damer, Eben and Jahar accompany Cadsuane as she Travels from the Sun Palace to Far Madding. (WH,Ch23)
When Rand and Lan are imprisoned, Cadsuane and her party, including Damer, Eben and Jahar, go to the Hall of the Counsels where Cadsuane bullies them into releasing Rand and Lan. (WH,Ch34)
Damer, Eben and Jahar accompany Rand, Cadsuane and the others from Far Madding to Shadar Logoth. Daigian, Eben, Beldeine and Nesune link and patrol the area. They encounter Aran'gar and Eben leaps at her when he detects her holding saidin. They drive off Aran'gar, but Eben is killed. (WH,Ch35)

Other References (Possible Spoilers)#

In The Path of Daggers
1. TPoD,Ch13 - He has been promoted to full Asha'man.
2. TPoD,Ch23 - Flinn, Narishma, Hopwil and Morr have all complained that saidin feels strange.
In Winters Heart
1. WH,Prologue - At the Black Tower, Taim adds Gedwyn, Kisman, Rochaid, Torval, Dashiva, Flinn, Hopwil and Narishma to the list of deserters.
2. WH,Ch12 - Rand tells Min, Aviendha and Elayne to trust no Asha'man except Eben Hopwil, Jahar Narishma and Damer Flinn.
In Crossroads of Twilight
1. CoT,Prologue - Now that they are bonded, Samitsu thinks of Damer, Jahar and Eben as relatively tame.
2. CoT,Ch23 - Daigian still suffers from the loss of Eben.
In Knife of Dreams
1. KoD,Ch23 - Jahar Narishma recounts for the Salidar Aes Sedai how Eben Hopwil died while linked to Daigian and Beldeine.
In The Gathering Storm
1. TGS,Ch7 - Nynaeve offers to try to Heal Daigian Moseneillin to ease her sorrow over Eben. She refuses.

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