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name=Brother Cavil| |
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affiliation=Cylon Infiltrator| |
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portrayed=[[Dean Stockwell]]| |
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'''Brother Cavil''' is a character from the reimagined ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2003)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' series. |
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Brother Cavil is revealed to be a humanoid [[Cylon (Battlestar Galactica)|Cylon]] agent, and appears as an eccentric man in his late-sixties; likewise being the oldest-looking Humanoid Cylon encountered thus far in the series. Unlike the other Cylon models that have been encountered, Cavil portrays a sarcastic demeanor and sense of humor. He takes little seriously, including religion and death. |
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Two versions of Cavil appeared at the end of the second season in the episodes "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I and II". He first appeared as a religious counselor from the fleet who [[Galen Tyrol|Chief Galen Tyrol]] meets with after he physically attacked deck hand [[Specialist Cally]] who had awoke him up from a horrible nightmare. Tyrol states he dreams of killing himself, and Cavil determines the problem is that Tyrol subconsciously believes that he is a Cylon sleeper agent like his former girlfriend [[Sharon Valerii]]. |
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Cavil assures Tyrol that the Chief is no Cylon, jokingly stating "he never seen him at any of the [Cylon] meetings". Despite posing as a priest, Cavil is overly critical about the [[Lords of Kobol (Battlestar Galactica)|Lords of Kobol]], telling Tyrol that praying to them will not help his problems, for the Lords "don't care" about the Humans. Humans have been given the choice to decide their own destinies and they have no play in their affairs. It is speculated here that Cavil may have been pushing the Cylon agenda for humans to accept their one God, (as continually pressed into [[Gaius Baltar]] by his vision of Cylon [[Number Six (Battlestar Galactica)|Number Six]]), rather than look to a pantheon of false deities. Later however, Cavil meets with [[Laura Roslin|President Laura Roslin]] and offers prayer to the Lords of Kobol to guide her success with her Presidential campaign against Baltar. |
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The next version of Cavil was found among the survivors from [[Caprica]], led by [[Samuel Anders]], after [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] leads a rescue mission to the planet. During a Cylon attack, the Cylons suddenly cease fire and withdraw. The Cavil among the group announces that the Cylons have left Caprica and they have been saved. Once at the fleet, Chief Tyrol spots the second Cavil disembarking from a [[Colonial Raptor|Raptor]], and alerts the guards that he is a Cylon. The man admits to being a Cylon with a message for their leader. [[William Adama|Admiral Adama]] has the man taken to the brig. Meanwhile, the first Cavil is arrested and joins his twin in the brig. Brother Cavil emphatically denies being a Cylon agent until he sees his twin the adjacent cell. He simply says "Oh, well... okay then..." and calmly enters his cell. |
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The second Cavil gives his message stating that the Cylon attack on the Colonies, as well as pursuit of the fleet was an "error". Cavil further explains that two Cylon "heroes", the Number Six model known as Caprica Six and Number Eight (Sharon Valerii - the version that was stationed on Galactica and shot Admiral Adama), have convinced them that the war was futile. The Cylons are machines, and they strive to be the best machines that will one day rise above their creators. Their first step was to replace the humans, and they thought they could do this by "hijacking" their lives and taking their place. They determined however, that they had just become the humans that they hated and were no better for it. The Cylons have made new plans, and now offer the humans a "reprieve", where the two will go their separate ways. |
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Adama and Roslin furiously reject the idea, stating they simply cannot walk away after the Cylons have destroyed their home worlds. Adama asks the two Cavil's about their "divine mission from their God", where Brother Cavil angrily says "there is no God", and that God was created by primitive man to explain the unexplained. Regardless of the sincerity of the message, and the offer of truce, Roslin orders both Cavils to be vented into space, to let them find out for themselves whether or not God exists (although wether or not they were actually put out the airlock is not shown on screen). |
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See also: [[List of Battlestar Galactica (2004 television series) episodes]] |
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==External links== |
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* {{cite web | title=Cavil | work=Battlestar Wiki | url=http://www.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Cavil | accessdate=March 17 | accessyear=2006}} |
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[[Category:Battlestar Galactica characters|Cavil]] |
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[[Category:Fictional cyborgs|Cavil]] |
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[[Category:Cylon characters|Cavil]] |
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[[Category:Fictional immortals|Cavil]] |
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[[Category:Fictional priests and priestesses|Cavil]] |
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[[Category:Fictional atheists|Cavil]] |
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