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As an Elantrian Raoden has enhanced speed, strength, insight and extreme Regenerationregeneration. Not even decapitation would kill him.{{wob ref|13084}} Raoden shows proficiency in drawing Aons. Both Galladon and Sarene comment on the grace and speed Raoden shows when drawing the symbols in the air.{{book ref|elantris|43}} When he connects to the Dor, he shows skills in crafting illusions and combat Aons. Raoden has been mentioned as being "closer to the Dor than others" making his Aons more powerful.{{book ref|elantris|37}}

As an Elantrian, Raoden and his Dor related abilities are tied to Elantris. The Furtherfurther Raoden is away from the city the more his power decreases. This goes for both the advantages of his Elantrian body and the efectseffects of his Aons. theThe decreaseddecrease is quite drastic,; in Elantris, Raoden aswas able to travel all the way to Teod with a powerful Aon;, while in Teod the same Aon only took him about 60 feet. For this reason Raoden would be unable to use AonDor if he ever were to leave Sel.

=== Pre-ShaodReod ===

For the majority of his life, Raoden lived in the city of [[Kae]], just outside of [[Elantris (city)|Elantris]]. He had a rather stringent upbringing, being taught a variety of skills that were meant to tailor him into a successful king. However as he got older and more confident he was known to frequently disagree with his father, King [[Iadon]], on a variety of political points. Raoden even obtained fencing lessons from Count [[Eondel]] to spite his father.{{book ref|Elantris|52}} His differing opinions with an almost unanimously disliked king promoted a large following with the young prince. {{book ref|Elantris|8}} He also had a close friendship with [[Lukel]].{{book ref|elantris|2}} When he was younger, Raoden suffered from an infectedinfection woundafter onbreaking his leg and was taken to Elantris to receive treatment.{{book ref|elantris|19}} There, he witnessed the allure of the AonDor for the first time as a glowing character in the air caused the pain and wound to vanish. BeforeHe succumbingfelt toa deep gratitude for the [[Shaod]],Elantrian hewoman waswho engagedhealed him and became angry when his father railed against the Elantrians on the way home. This led to the [[Teo]]first princess,of [[Sarene]]many arguments between Raoden and Iadon.{{book ref|elantris|219}} At some point his mother died.

Ten years after the [[Reod]], Raoden underwent the Shaod transformation into an [[Elantrian]], a transformation that was, at the time, incomplete.{{book ref|Elantris|1}} He was immediately cast into the rotting city of Elantris, as was tradition, while his father claimed that he had died to the [[Coughing shivers]]. ThereWhen he was thrown into the city, he mettook the first step to the right and thus became the prey of [[Shaor]]'s gang. Raoden was soon attacked by Shaor's men and attempted to run away. Raoden escaped from his pursuers by throwing them his basket with offerings. The mad Elantrians pounced on the basket and fought over it, paying no further attention to Raoden. Afterward he was approached by a [[Dula]] named [[Galladon]] and learned that he had become like a corpse, with no heartbeat and an inability to heal his own wounds.{{book ref|elantris|1}} Raoden hired Galladon as a guide for the next thirty days with the last of his offerings. Galladon told him of Elantris and the fate that awaited modern Elantrians. He eventually showed Raoden that Elantrians retained the ability to draw [[Aon]]s,{{book ref|elantris|4}} but that they were unable to access the [[Dor]], making the glowing lines useless to the Elantrians. This led to Raoden's investigation of the connection between the failure of AonDor and the Reod.{{book ref|elantris|5}}