Difference between revisions of "Bavadin"

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Though she herself is female, Bavadin has a habit of taking on multiple forms and appearances. She has several male and female personas, and will often presentspresent herself as different people to the same culture; race, gender and other qualities are fluid where she is concerned.{{wob ref|3974}} Bavadin seems fond of changing her appearance, and which forms she takesdoes changes on theso daily.{{wob ref|5721}} Even her original species is unclear; she is not ana [[Aimian]]dragon,{{wob ref|15149}} but it's unknown whether she's human or [[Sho Del]].{{wob ref|13080}}{{wob ref|25719676}}

Bavadin's interpretation of Autonomy lends itself to strict isolationism; she forbids travel to and from [[Taldain]], to the detriment of worldhoppers from that planet. At the same timeHowever, she is more than willing to meddle in the affairs of other worlds herself.{{au ref|Taldain}}{{wob ref|2571}} She is fond of creating avatars, sapient entities which hold a portion of Autonomy's power but are independent of her.{{wob ref|9385}} It'sTheir unknownpersonalities howare muchcarefully their personalities is influencedshaped by Bavadin's. At least one of them is haughty and self-assured, although it seems it is not a trait shared by all others, and thus it's unclear if Bavadin herself is like this.{{book ref|sa3|47}}

Bavadin seems to have had some alliance with [[Rayse]], the prior Vessel of [[Odium]], although whether this alliance still stands with Taravangian, Odium's new vessel, is unclear. She has assisted himRayse in splintering the shards of [[Devotion]] and [[Dominion]], though the extent and nature of this assistance is unknown.{{wob ref|2614}} [[Hoid]] holds a deep grudge against both Bavadin and Rayse, for unknown, but related reasons.{{wob ref|10630}} Bavadin herself doesn't seem to be overly fond of Hoid either, though they two have had a prior relationship of some nature.{{epigraph ref|sa3|42}} In the present, her avatars deeply dislike Hoid, and at least one of them -- the [[Obrodai]] avatar -- has been instilled with deep dislike of him as a precaution.{{epigraph ref|sa3|50}}