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|titles=[[Autonomy]]
|aliases=[[Sand Lord]], [[Patji (being)|Patji]], [[Trell (Trellism)|Trell]]
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|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|first appeared=[[The Lost Metal]]
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'''Bavadin''' is the original and current Vessel of the [[Shard]] [[Autonomy]].{{book ref|mb7|19}}{{wob ref|7266}}{{wob ref|7641}} She is the only Shard of [[Taldain]], where she's
== Appearance and Personality ==
=== Appearance ===
=== Personality ===
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Bavadin is a strong believer in strength through struggle; to her, only those who can overcome great adversity can be truly worthy, while those who cannot keep up do not deserve to survive in her world. She admires tenacity and individualism, and appreciates people who are bold and willing to do whatever it takes to achieve their goals.{{book ref|mb7|19}} She does not care for those who try to fake their drive and passion, however, preferring those truly dedicated to their causes rather than those who try to appease her. While she typically acts through her avatars, she will
While Bavadin appreciates the driven and the ambitious, she is also extremely controlling. Under Autonomy, people are only allowed to express their individualism in the forms she approves of; a sort of assigned uniqueness, manufactured to fit into the larger whole she is building.{{book ref|mb7|20}} She is also not opposed to meddling with the affairs of other planets, including those that already have Shards of their own, even as she herself seeks to remain isolated and separate, unwilling to let herself be "contaminated" by any other Shard.{{au ref|Taldain}}{{wob ref|9608}} She is extremely proactive in making sure that her own autonomy is enforced, to the detriment of others.{{book ref|mb7|19}}
Bavadin is a Vessel of a [[Shard]], making her ageless, incorporeal and incredibly powerful. Whether Autonomy grants her any unique strengths or abilities is unknown; however, Bavadin is highly skilled in using her Shardic powers.
Bavadin's main area of expertise is the creation of avatars, sapient, semi-autonomous entities wielding a portion of her power.{{book ref|mb7|19}} Through her avatars, Bavadin can take on a myriad appearances, often multiple at once; she is a keen actress, assuming dozens of made up-personas. Her primary focus on using those avatars is creating and maintaining religions. There are entire pantheons of gods where every deity is actually Bavadin in a different disguise.{{book ref|mb7|20}}{{wob ref|3974}}
Aside from her avatars, Bavadin seems to have some measure of skill in combating other Shards. She successfully manages to infiltrate and Invest [[Scadrial]] without [[Harmony]] being able to act on it until it is too late. When acting directly, Bavadin knows how to bind another Shard,
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=== Followers ===
Through her propensity for creating avatars and faiths focused on those avatars, Bavadin has gathered no small amount of religious influence throughout the cosmere. She has been known to leverage it for her own purposes at times -- such as manifesting her [[Sand Lord]] persona to [[Elorin]] to facilitate the destruction of the [[Sand mastery|sand masters]].{{book ref|
Outside of [[Taldain]], Bavadin has more people to draw on. The best-known of them is the group called the [[Set]] from [[Scadrial]]. Worshippers of Bavadin's [[Trell]] persona, the Set have been activated by her at some point after the [[Catacendre]] with the purpose of taking control over [[Elendel Basin]] and through it, the whole of the planet.{{book ref|mb6|epilogue}} Vast majority of the Set appear unaware of Trell's true nature, with only their last leader, [[Telsin Ladrian]], knowing Bavadin's full intentions for the planet; nevertheless, the group is closely tied to Autonomy, enough so for her to Invest Telsin as her avatar.{{book ref|mb7|19}}{{book ref|mb7|66}}
When religious or subtle methods prove insufficient, Bavadin controls a more brutal group known as
== History ==
Bavadin seems very interested in the Ladrian siblings, perhaps due to their uncle [[Edwarn Ladrian|Edwarn]]'s involvement with the [[Set]]. She particularly likes [[Wax]], calling him a "masterpiece" and bemoaning the fact that he was claimed by Harmony before she could get to him.{{book ref|mb7|55}}{{book ref|mb7|66}} She takes the time to speak with Wax, commending him on his pursuit of her people and challenging him to prove that Scadrial deserves to be left free of her manipulation.{{book ref|mb7|55}}
Once [[Telsin Ladrian]] takes over the Set, Bavadin seems to respect her drive and desire to survive. She makes her Autonomy's avatar, granting her the title of Trell, and gives her time to enact her own plan to take over the planet before she unleashes the men of gold and red on it.{{book ref|mb7|66}} However, Bavadin finds Telsin somewhat more tedious and lacking in the individualism; she considers her attempts to display it fake and manufactured for Bavadin.{{book ref|mb7|55}} Once Telsin's plan begins to unravel, Bavadin abandons her
== Trivia ==
* Among the original Vessels, [[Brandon]] is very fond of Bavadin.{{wob ref|6874}} Part of the reason he
* Bavadin appears to be genderfluid by various Word of Brandons, with Brandon even going as far as to saying her gender changes depending on the day,{{wob ref|5721}} telling fans to not "get too hung up on gender... where Bavadin is concerned";{{wob ref|3974}} and [[Shai]], when describing Autonomy, said "He, she, they, it varies".{{book ref|mb7|20}} Brandon has also previously not corrected fans referring to Bavadin with he/him pronouns, and used the same terminology for them.{{wob ref|6875}}
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