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As an Elantrian Raoden has enhanced speed, strength, insight and extreme regeneration. 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}}

For the majority of his life, Raoden lived in the city of [[Kae]], just outside of [[Elantris (city)|Elantris]]. When he was younger, Raoden suffered from an infection after breaking his leg and was taken to Elantris to receive treatment. 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. He felt a deep gratitude for the ElantarianElantrian woman who healed him and became angry when his father railed against the ElantariansElantrians on the way home. This led to the first of many arguments between Raoden and Iadon.{{book ref|elantris|19}} 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]]. When he was thrown into the city, he took 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 ElantariansElantrians 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}}

Raoden wasfirst is engaged to [[Sarene]] for political reasons, but he believedbelieves he knewknows her and lovedloves her because of her letters and the talks they had through [[Seon]]. Raoden wasis thrown into Elantris just before Sarene arrivedarrives in [[Arelon]]. He first metmeets her when she performedperforms her widow’s trial in Elantris, and although he believedbelieves she wasis trying to help those there, he believedbelieves she wasis doing the worst thing possible for them. He later revisedrevises his opinion after she finishedfinishes her trial and his band’s numbers increasedincrease significantly. Raoden later metmeets Sarene when she wasis poisoned by [[Hrathen ]] and thrown into Elantris. He spentspends almost all of his time with her while she wasis there, but when the poison’s effects stoppedstop, he toldtells her to leave Elantris and help [[Kae]], even though he desperately wantedwants more time with her. Although he knewknows her for only a short time, his love for her wasis so great that he wasis willing to risk his life and try to rescue her from [[Dilaf]]. After travelinghe travels to [[Teod]] via [[Aon]] Tia, he foughtfights to rescue her, and with the help of the other Elantrians and Hrathen, he wasis successful. Eventually, Sarene becamebecomes pregnant with his child.

[[Iadon]] is Raoden’s father. Before the [[Shaod]] took him, Raoden often opposedopposes his father in public, and wasis responsible for leading the group of nobles that wereare attempting to change Arelon’s government. When Raoden led them, this group was composed of around half the nobles in Iadon’s court, however this shrinks to just five nobles when Sarene begins to take control. After being taken by the Shaod, when Sarene informedinforms him about his father’s suicide, although he had wished for his father’s demise before, he wasis still pained by his death.{{book ref|Elantris|46}}