Editing User:SapphicSpren/Raboniel

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|image=Lady_of_Wishes.png
|died=1175, Stabbed by Navani{{book ref|sa4|113}}
|children=[[Essu]]
|abilities={/{tag+|Fused}}
|titles=Lady of Wishes, Lady of Pains
|species=Singer
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
}}
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{{quote
|Raboniel is a scholar, but not the kind you would wish to work beneath.
|Lady [[Leshwi]]{{book ref|sa4|14}}
}}
'''Raboniel''' is one of the [[Fused]] scholars on [[Roshar]].{{book ref|sa4|14}} She was one of the [[Nine]] until she decided it was too limiting. She organizes the operation for the Fused occupation of Urithiru, and with the help of [[Navani Kholin]] develops [[Warlight]], as well the method to create [[Anti-Stormlight]] and [[Anti-Voidlight]].

== Appearance and Personality ==
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Raboniel is a very tall, narrow-figured femalen [[Fused]], with a topknot of red-orange hairstrands, carapace like a helmet and very long arms and fingers.{{book ref|sa4|14}}{{book ref|sa4|65}}
She has remained sane even after seven thousand years. However, she is exhausted from the unending war in which both the Fused and Radiant spren cannot be killed permanently. She is obsessed with ending the war to the point that nothing else matters to her. Raboniel showed immense grief upon her daughter's death.{{wob ref|14628}}
{{quote
|Humans never use what is around them to its fullest. They always impose their will far too strongly.
|Raboniel{{book ref|sa4|41}}
}}
Raboniel is scholarly and curious, and one of her interests is in the Radiants, their powers, and their connection to Urithiru.{{book ref|sa4|14}} Instead of being angry when the Sibling's node defenses activate, she is fascinated by the defenses and excited by the prospect of discovering the tower's secrets. She enjoys matching wits with Navani and, to a lesser extent, Leshwi. She is very skilled in manipulation, as shown in how she persuades Navani into doing research under her. She is also ruthless in the pursuit of her desires, but is not emotionless like many believe.
Raboniel looks down on the humans, but at the same time admires their fabrial innovations, and she eventually realizes that she may have underestimated the humans.{{file ref|Navani's Notebook - Experiments.jpg}} However, she disdains many aspects of human culture, including their art and gender roles.{{book ref|sa4|51}} Although she wears a havah to make Navani and the other humans more comfortable, she finds it annoying.{{cite}}

== Attributes and Abilities ==
Like other Fused, Raboniel cannot be killed by conventional means and she can heal using [[Voidlight]]. She is a type of Fused called the ''[[Fused#Fannahn-im|fannahn-im]]'' or "Ones of Alteration," meaning she can use the [[Surge of Transformation]].{{book ref|sa4|14}} She is able to turn weapons into dust and can breathe out an apparently toxic compound. She carries a small thin blade with her.{{book ref|sa4|37}}
Raboniel is able to attune unique Rhythms given to her by Odium.
As a scholar, Raboniel is perhaps the most knowledgeable of any Fused regarding [[fabrial]]s and [[Lights]].{{book ref|sa4|14}}{{book ref|sa4|89}} She also has a degree of [[cosmere]] awareness, including knowledge of arcane items from other planets.{{book ref|sa4|64}}

== History ==
{{image|Navani and Raboniel by Esther Schrader.jpg|side=left|width=250px|Working with [[Navani]]}}
=== The Last Return ===
Raboniel used to have the title Lady of Pains, but decided she did not like that title, and was then referred to as Lady of Wishes instead.{{book ref|sa4|14}} During the last Return, she developed a disease intended to kill all humans on the planet; although it turned out to affect singers as well, she released it anyway. However, it did not work as expected, as fewer than one in ten humans was killed, and one in a hundred singers.{{book ref|sa4|14}}
=== Occupation of Urithiru ===
{{quote
|We will end this war, [[Pursuer]]. Forever. We have spent far, far too long in an endless cycle. I will break it - and once I am finished in this tower, there will be no turning back, ever.
|Raboniel to the Pursuer{{book ref|sa4|41}}
}}
Raboniel was the one to suggest the [[Urithiru]] invasion to the [[Nine]], saying that she could use her abilities to turn the tower's defenses against the Radiants and suppress their powers. {{book ref|sa4|14}} She led a group, including [[Venli]], [[Rothan]], stormform Singers, and a group of [[Deepest Ones]], in the invasion. 
Upon arriving at Urithiru, Raboniel began to corrupt the [[Sibling]] with [[Voidlight]]. This caused her great physical strain, but she managed to activate the tower's defenses as planned.{{book ref|sa4|38}} She ordered her team to only kill people who resisted, and to gather the Radiants, and gave the [[Pursuer]] permission to kill [[Kaladin]]. When [[Ulim]] found Navani, Raboniel directed him to keep her alive, seeing her as a useful resource.
Raboniel met with Navani and laid out her plans for Urithiru - Raboniel would gather the Radiants and allow all other humans to live in the tower, although they were all demoted to darkeyed status. She allowed the humans to continue trade, unlike most of the humans in [[Alethkar]], but not to carry weapons. Navani agreed to these terms when Raboniel said that if she did not agree, the singers would kill all the Radiants and be less accommodating in their rule.{{book ref|sa4|42}}
She was determined to discover the secret of anti-Voidlight, and directed and aided Navani in achieving this. Under Raboniel, Navani had access to a full lab and her group of ardents and scholars, although she was not given any servants.{{book ref|sa4|46}} At the start of their partnership, Navani told Raboniel about the fabrial mechanics involved in the flying ship, including the use of [[aluminum]] to isolate planes of movement, and Raboniel explained to Navani that some spren manifested as [[Soulcasters]].{{book ref|sa4|46}} 
Navani and Raboniel co-authored a lab notebook called [[Rhythm of War (in-world)|Rhythm of War]] in which they recorded their experimentation.

== Relationships ==
=== Essu ===
Raboniel loves her daughter [[Essu]] deeply. Watching Essu's descent into madness over time was a very painful experience for Raboniel, and her first action with the anti-Voidlight is to kill her daughter as a mercy. {{cite}}Navani sees that Raboniel truly grieves her daughter's death.

=== Navani ===
Raboniel was impressed with the scholarly work that [[Navani]] has done, and she requested that [[Navani]] help her in developing [[Warlight]]. With both their efforts they managed to develop not only [[Warlight]], but also [[Anti-Stormlight]] and [[Anti-Voidlight]]. Raboniel then used Anti-Voidlight to kill her [[Fused]] daughter [[Essu]]. Navani was touched by this, as they were both mothers who have lost children, and Raboniel's grief over her daughter humanized her in Navani's mind.

Later, when Raboniel revealed her plan to use [[Anti-Stormlight]] to kill the Radiants' [[spren]], Navani used a [[fabrial]] trap to stop Raboniel, and then, with what remained of the weapon Raboniel used to kill her daughter, stabbed Raboniel. However, since there wasn't enough [[Anti-Voidlight]] Raboniel was left in a weakened state.{{book ref|sa4|106}}

When [[Navani]] was subsequently attacked by [[Moash]], Raboniel latched onto his foot and clawed at him to buy time for Navani.{{book ref|sa4|107}} Navani later returned and killed Raboniel, treating her with the utmost respect.{{book ref|sa4|113}} She left a note on Raboniel's body saying it is not to be disturbed.

=== Leshwi ===
Raboniel believes [[Leshwi]] to be one of the cleverest and most capable Heavenly Ones, calling her dangerous. Leshwi offers Venli to Raboniel to act as Raboniel's Voice, with the motive of gaining information on Raboniel through Venli, and although Raboniel sees through this scheme, she accepts Venli as her Voice. {{book ref|sa4|31}}

=== Venli ===
Upon initially meeting Venli, Raboniel is curious about her, calling her a "traitor to her own kind." Venli acts as Raboniel's Voice, and Raboniel also gives Venli information on the Surges and the different types of Fused and Radiants. Raboniel recognizes Venli's ambition and curiosity and encourages those attributes as worthy Passions.{{book ref|sa4|31}}  She mistakenly believes that Venli wishes to become a Fused, and advises her that no mortal has been granted that honor since the original Fused.{{book ref|sa4|53}}

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