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My Take on a Possible Bopen Origin
This is just to throw out an alternate theory, instead of Bopen being Zanaria's stillborn son, who became alive/dead with the ageless curse, or just another divine.
First, the few things we know about Bopen:
1. Not actually ageless (SoD teaser)
2. Not elven, or at least not full elven, because his bone structure is screwed up according to Phineas (SoD teaser)
3. Can have "his" skull destroyed (TSK)
4. Came about far after the Birth of Magic (SoD)
5. Appears to be a "spooky scary skeleton" (SoD teaser)
6. He himself does not perform the ageless ritual, perhaps because he cannot (TSK + SoD)
7. Mastery over telekinetics, that's what I'm calling it, not necessarily the in-universe name
8. Can form himself from the bones of others (FoD)
So what does this all amount to? Well, I have no idea. It's a lot to put together. 5 and 7 are kinda worthless as well. But the most important parts of this come from the teaser for Senate of Deadlantis and the final cinematic of the Fall of Dundinborough. He is not an ageless, is an amalgamation of bones, and his bones are not a preset thing. Remember, we've never seen him with skin. That's because he doesn't have any.
I say that "Bopen" is actually a spirit. "Bopen" is actually the purple aura that surrounds him. My personal belief is that he is a Nimbus. So I offer three suggestions for what Bopen may be. One, he is the Nimbus of a supremely powerful being (such as Phanto, perhaps) and the raw power of the dead being caused the NImbus to have much more power than a normal Nimbus. Two, Bopen is a Nimbus that has undergone the ageless ritual, either before or after death. We have yet to see a Nimbus created from an ageless, say if the elven Bopen was some guys brother, elven Bopen "drowns", but gets saved by the mermaids, and the brother creates a Nimbus of his "dead" brother. Or, the Nimbus could have had the ageless ritual performed on it, which is a kinda weird thought and seems unlikely. However, the third, technically fourth option, is one I think is very likely. If you look at windwalk , you'll see that it says that the monk transforms into a Nimbus. Imagine if, say, Nisovin, was experimenting on windwalking by becoming a Nimbus, and one of his test subjects, because you know Nisovin would never try it first, became stuck in the Nimbus form. As opposed to the Nimbus familiar, the windwalk Nimbus can affect the physical world, as it created Rough terrain. This is why I think this one is most likely.
So overall, I'm probably wrong. However, I think I've made some decent points that will uphold my thought that Bopen is a magic user stuck inside a Nimbus form.
First, the few things we know about Bopen:
1. Not actually ageless (SoD teaser)
2. Not elven, or at least not full elven, because his bone structure is screwed up according to Phineas (SoD teaser)
3. Can have "his" skull destroyed (TSK)
4. Came about far after the Birth of Magic (SoD)
5. Appears to be a "spooky scary skeleton" (SoD teaser)
6. He himself does not perform the ageless ritual, perhaps because he cannot (TSK + SoD)
7. Mastery over telekinetics, that's what I'm calling it, not necessarily the in-universe name
8. Can form himself from the bones of others (FoD)
So what does this all amount to? Well, I have no idea. It's a lot to put together. 5 and 7 are kinda worthless as well. But the most important parts of this come from the teaser for Senate of Deadlantis and the final cinematic of the Fall of Dundinborough. He is not an ageless, is an amalgamation of bones, and his bones are not a preset thing. Remember, we've never seen him with skin. That's because he doesn't have any.
I say that "Bopen" is actually a spirit. "Bopen" is actually the purple aura that surrounds him. My personal belief is that he is a Nimbus. So I offer three suggestions for what Bopen may be. One, he is the Nimbus of a supremely powerful being (such as Phanto, perhaps) and the raw power of the dead being caused the NImbus to have much more power than a normal Nimbus. Two, Bopen is a Nimbus that has undergone the ageless ritual, either before or after death. We have yet to see a Nimbus created from an ageless, say if the elven Bopen was some guys brother, elven Bopen "drowns", but gets saved by the mermaids, and the brother creates a Nimbus of his "dead" brother. Or, the Nimbus could have had the ageless ritual performed on it, which is a kinda weird thought and seems unlikely. However, the third, technically fourth option, is one I think is very likely. If you look at windwalk , you'll see that it says that the monk transforms into a Nimbus. Imagine if, say, Nisovin, was experimenting on windwalking by becoming a Nimbus, and one of his test subjects, because you know Nisovin would never try it first, became stuck in the Nimbus form. As opposed to the Nimbus familiar, the windwalk Nimbus can affect the physical world, as it created Rough terrain. This is why I think this one is most likely.
So overall, I'm probably wrong. However, I think I've made some decent points that will uphold my thought that Bopen is a magic user stuck inside a Nimbus form.
Comments
@Rob I completely believe it. I was just trying to give a possible origin that I hadn't seen yet.
https://www.reddit.com/r/BuffaloWizards/comments/5iya4h/suspicions_confirmed/
We also know his aura is purple, like arcane magic, and can manipulate objects around him, like arcane magic. I think he could be connected to something arcane, perhaps even a descendant of Quintara Lotus.
We know from Phineas that he doesn't have the same dark aura that ageless do, so he likely isn't an ageless, and is probably pretending to be an ageless for whatever reason.
Maybe he's connected to the Order of Chaos, though that's just a blind guess.
He has that gold golem, which if I remember correctly, also had a purple aura when the guys fought it. I'm guessing that this thing is Bopens power source, as it consumes gold, which is magic. Perhaps the golem is actually a part of Bopen, and as such gives Bopen power from the gold it consumes.
I'm guessing Bopen is something we haven't seen yet, but is connected to arcane magic in some way, rather than dark magic or Goldstandt.