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|abilities={{tag+|Shard|Odium}}
|titles=[[Odium]], King of gods,{{book ref|sa3|prologue}} God{{book ref|sa3|56}}
|aliases=Nun Raylisi{{wob ref|12755}}, Rasan{{file ref|Alethi Glyphs Page 2.jpg|Alethi Glyphs: Second Page}}
|world=Yolen
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
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{{nosnippet|'''Rayse''' was the first Vessel of the Shard [[Odium]].{{wob ref|7266}} After Ascending, he went on a series of killings of various Shards in an attempt to become the sole god of the cosmere.{{book ref|mb7|20}} He was bound to the Rosharan System for around seven-thousand-seven-hundred standard years.{{book ref|sa4|14}}{{book ref|sa4|76}} He died at some point during {{Rosharan date|1175|4}}, slain by [[Taravangian]] with [[Nightblood]].{{book ref|sa4|113}}}}
== Appearance and Personality ==
==== Mortal ====
Prior to Ascension, Rayse was already thought of as cunning, ambitious, and very dangerous.{{epigraph ref|sa1|18}} He was driven to kill Adonalsium to achieve his goals and desires, though his exact motivation for partaking in the Shattering is currently unclear.{{msh ref|3|2}}
His personality was such to lead him to pick up the Shard of Odium, indicating that his personality was aligned with hatred and strong emotions. He wished to become the type of person he came to be after holding the Shard.{{wob ref|5489}}{{epigraph ref|sa2|71}}
Following from his beliefs regarding passion and emotions, he believes a world without such things as not being worth living in.{{book ref|sa3|57}} He also believes himself the only Vessel to truly understand pain and emotion, and the only one to truly care about mankind. He attempts to comfort people through insuring them that he understands them and their feelings, and that he truly cares about them.{{book ref|sa3|109}}{{book ref|sa4|i|4}} He wants to take away the pain of sapient beings, to take away their guilt for their actions. To allow them to fully indulge in their emotions and passions without having to feel the weight of pain or guilt.{{book ref|sa3|118}}{{book ref|sa3|119}} He offers to take away the pain as one of his primary methods of getting people to turn to him, as he preys on their pain, guilt, and insecurities.{{cite}} Despite his claims to love mankind, he considers the lives of humans and singers of inherently lesser value than his own, and looks down upon them.{{book ref|sa4|112}} He does, however, see his singers as more valuable soldiers than mankind, and is willing to use the blood of mankind to preserve and strengthen them.{{book ref|sa4|i|6}}
He is a man deeply driven by hatred and contempt, despite his kindly facade
While willing to compliment people for their accomplishments, such as complimenting [[Taravangian]] for the creation of the [[Diagram (literature) | Diagram]], he often tries to immediately upstage said accomplishments and make them into nothing; this is likely motivated by his own megalomania and belief in the inferiority of mortals.{{book ref|sa3|122}}{{book ref|sa4|i|6}}{{book ref|sa4|112}} He ultimately considers even that which he compliments to be nothing compared to his own ability and being.{{book ref|sa4|i|6}}
Furthermore, he is a traitorous individual, as he is willing to double-cross those that he works with, such as [[Autonomy]], if it means achieving his goals.{{wob ref|15137}} He also betrays his followers, as previously mentioned, seducing them with promises of new forms, only to allow them to be possessed by Fused.{{book ref|sa3|i|6}} However, he holds to his Oaths, as he is incapable of breaking them.{{book ref|sa3|16}} It is due to this that he refrains from making Oaths unless he feels he has no other choice, or if he believes that he gets the better end of the deal.{{cite}}
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As a Vessel of a Shard of Adonalsium, and a deeply arrogant man, Rayse fears very little. But one thing he does fear is [[Szeth]] and [[Nightblood]], for Nightblood is one of the only things that could truly kill him.{{book ref|sa4|i|6}}{{book ref|sa4|113}} He also came to fear Dalinar when he opened the Perpendicularity.{{book ref|sa3|119}} He also fears Harmony, both due to his power and the concept he represents.{{wob ref|3949}}{{wob ref|7318}}{{wob ref|14009}} Lastly, he fears the concept of losing himself, particularly by taking up other Shards and having his mind and self warped by them, thus he attempts to Splinter Shards rather than absorbing them into himself.
When truly terrified, such as upon Dalinar opening the Perpendicularity, he tends to completely lose his composure and begin screaming violently.{{book ref|sa3|119}} Ordering his followers to dispatch of the threat in a panic, even if they likely couldn't stop it.{{book ref|sa3|119}}
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