User:SapphicSpren/Raboniel

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“Raboniel is a scholar, but not the kind you would wish to work beneath. ”

—Lady Leshwi

Raboniel is one of the Fused scholars on Roshar. 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. 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.

“Humans never use what is around them to its fullest. They always impose their will far too strongly. ”

—Raboniel

Raboniel is scholarly and curious, and one of her interests is in the Radiants, their powers, and their connection to Urithiru. 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. However, she disdains many aspects of human culture, including their art and gender roles. Although she wears a havah to make Navani and the other humans more comfortable, she finds it annoying.^{[citation needed]}

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 fannahn-im or "Ones of Alteration," meaning she can use the Surge of Transformation. She is able to turn weapons into dust and can breathe out an apparently toxic compound. She carries a small thin blade with her. 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 fabrials and Lights. She also has a degree of cosmere awareness, including knowledge of arcane items from other planets.

History

by Esther Schrader

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. 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.

Occupation of Urithiru

“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

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Raboniel encountered Kaladin while continuing her corruption of the Sibling - they had a short conversation, but were interrupted by the Pursuer. When he defeated the Pursuer, Raboniel stabbed him to observe his Radiant healing and asked him questions about how his Surges were affected by the tower's corruption. Navani and Raboniel co-authored a lab notebook called 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. ^{[citation needed]}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.

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

Leshwi

“Leshwi had set up a method for Venli to clandestinely deliver notes about Raboniel. Venli found the whole thing a baffling part of Fused politics. Raboniel knew that Venli was spying, and Leshwi knew that Raboniel knew, yet they both pretended the subterfuge was unknown. ”

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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.

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. 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.

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