Abidi

Abidi the Monarch is a Fused of the Shanay-im on Roshar.
== Appearance and Personality ==
Abidi's face looks almost like a white glyph, with only specks of black showing through. He announces to his enemies that he will one day rule the world, and he is recognized by others (including Shalash) as a particularly cruel Heavenly One who likes pain. He wants glory, as after Adolin Kholin wounds him he refuses to return to Braize so that he can come back healed, as he wants to personally oversee the fall of Azimir. Abidi believes bathing in the blood of Radiants quiets the voices of a thousand years of pain in his mind, thereby keeping him sane. He is very confident, and refuses to believe Adolin is not a Radiant when Adolin bests him in combat.
== Attributes and Abilities ==
Abidi is one of the Shanay-im. This allows him to use the Surge of Gravitation. Like all Fused, he can also breathe in Voidlight; this allows him to heal from most wounds, such as being stabbed through the chest, as long as he has Voidlight. Abidi is one of the best Fused duelists and can fight with aluminum-lined maces and even a Shardblade, despite there not being dead Shardblades before the Recreance.
== History ==
Abidi's actions throughout the first part of the True Desolation are unknown. He is first encountered in Shadesmar by Shallan, Adolin, and their companions when he ambushes them as they travel from Lasting Integrity to the Azimir Oathgate on day one of the final ten days before the Contest of champions. The assault was an uncharacteristically direct and lethal attack for the Shanay-im, and Abidi nearly kills Shallan in the bead ocean. She wounds him by manifesting her illusions physically, and Adolin finishes him off by stabbing him between two pieces of carapace, forcing him to flee. While not deadly, the strike cracks his gemheart, preventing him from flying unless he returns to Braize to be reborn.
Abidi next encounters Adolin on the battlefield where he commands singer forces in the assault on Azimir. He and Adolin face off several times as his army slowly progresses through their siege of the oathgate platform. On day seven of the final ten days before the Contest of Champions his forces break out of the platform and Abidi encounters Shalash and Talenel. Shalash recognizes him as an especially sadistic fused when he orders the slaughter of the wounded in a hospital. He escapes in terror when Taln suddenly awakens and slays many of his fellow Fused. On day nine, Abidi's forces are able to kill the Shardbearer using Adolin’s Shardplate and Abidi claims the armor for himself. By the end of day nine, his forces break through the Azish defences and take the city.
On day ten, Abidi lays a trap for Adolin, Yanagawn, and their companions in the Bronze Palace throne room to stop them from sitting the emperor on his throne. Adolin confronts him there and is nearly defeated by Abidi when he is unable to summon Maya as a Shardblade because of the room’s aluminum lining. However, Adolin’s platespren return to him at the last moment, stripping Abidi of his stolen Plate. In the ensuing reversal, Adolin kills Abidi, throwing him through the doors to the throne room and crushing his ribcage with a plate enhanced stomp.
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