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|quote = "You must be careful. Smoke Mountain is more dangerous than you will ever understand. But the Last Great Wilderness is real... and you will get there without me, brave little bears."
  
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'''Qopuk''' (''ko-puck'') is an old,{{r|SM|21}} heavy,{{r|SM|46}} frail male [[Polar Bear|polar bear]] with dark,{{r|SM|21}} dull eyes,{{r|SM|22}} graying, flattened,{{r|SM|36}} matted, filthy fur,{{r|SM|21}} a brownish gray muzzle, enormous teeth,{{r|SM|21}} enormous paws, and a sunken frame.{{r|SM|22}}
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==History==
  
==History==
 
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===[[Seekers: The Original Series|The Original Series]]===
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===In ''[[The Original Series]]'' arc===
 
====''[[Smoke Mountain (Book)|Smoke Mountain]]''====
  
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: Near the beginning of the book, [[Toklo]], [[Lusa]], [[Kallik]], [[Ujurak]], and [[Taqqiq]] encounter Qopuk in a small forested area. Lusa senses that he is not hostile, and asks if he is okay.
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:Near the beginning of the book, [[Toklo]], [[Lusa]], [[Kallik]], [[Ujurak]], and [[Taqqiq]] encounter Qopuk in a small forested area. Lusa senses that he is not hostile, and asks if he is okay.
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: After knowing that he is near death, the bears prepare to leave, when he starts mumbling about [[The Last Wilderness]]. He says that he knows how to get there, and the bears try to persuade him to lead them there. He is too weak to move, and instead offers to tell them about The Last Wilderness and that they need to cross [[The Big River|a wide river]] and the [[Smoke Mountain (Location)|Smoke Mountains]] in order to get to it.
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:After knowing that he is near death, the bears prepare to leave, when he starts mumbling about [[The Last Great Wilderness]]. He says that he knows how to get there, and the bears try to persuade him to lead them there. He is too weak to move, and instead offers to tell them about The Last Wilderness and that they need to cross [[The Big River|a wide river]] and the [[Smoke Mountain (Location)|Smoke Mountains]] in order to get to it.
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:He dies soon after telling them the stories. Lusa, Kallik, and Ujurak perform a burial for him before they move on.
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Revision as of 16:50, 27 July 2020

"You must be careful. Smoke Mountain is more dangerous than you will ever understand. But the Last Great Wilderness is real... and you will get there without me, brave little bears."
— Qopuk before he dies in Smoke Mountain, pages 48-49

Qopuk (ko-puck) is an old,[1] heavy,[2] frail male polar bear with dark,[1] dull eyes,[3] graying, flattened,[4] matted, filthy fur,[1] a brownish gray muzzle, enormous teeth,[1] enormous paws, and a sunken frame.[3]

History

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.


In The Original Series arc

Smoke Mountain

Near the beginning of the book, Toklo, Lusa, Kallik, Ujurak, and Taqqiq encounter Qopuk in a small forested area. Lusa senses that he is not hostile, and asks if he is okay.
After knowing that he is near death, the bears prepare to leave, when he starts mumbling about The Last Great Wilderness. He says that he knows how to get there, and the bears try to persuade him to lead them there. He is too weak to move, and instead offers to tell them about The Last Wilderness and that they need to cross a wide river and the Smoke Mountains in order to get to it.
He dies soon after telling them the stories. Lusa, Kallik, and Ujurak perform a burial for him before they move on.


Spoiler warning: End of spoiler warning.

Trivia

  • His name means "ice crack" in Inuktitut.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Revealed in Smoke Mountain, page 21
  2. ↑ Revealed in Smoke Mountain, page 46
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Revealed in Smoke Mountain, page 22
  4. ↑ Revealed in Smoke Mountain, page 36
  5. ↑ Revealed on babysnames.merschat.com
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