Cavilo

Cavilo
species: Human
Mercenary
from Vorkosigan series by Lois McMaster Bujold
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Commander Cavilo, aka Livia Nu. Female villain from Lois McMaster Bujold's The Vor Game.

Quite likely to have been inspired by Servalan, but, like Grayza, nowhere near as successful, and also more inclined than Servalan to use sex to achieve her ends. Cavilo intends to marry Gregor Vorbarra in order to become Empress of Barrayar.

Description

She was short, but astonishingly intense, slight figure and white-blonde hair cropped close to her head giving her an odd elfin look. Her black jumpsuit seemed shot with electric sparks, flowing over her skin like water, evening-wear in the day-cycle. Thin-heeled black shoes boosted her a few futile centimeters. Her lips were colored wood-carmine to match the shimmering scarf that looped across alabaster collarbones to cascade from each shoulder, framing the bare white skin of her back. She looked... expensive.

Quote

"Face like an angel, mind like a rabid mongoose?"

Oser's lips twitched very slightly. "You've met her."

References

The Vor Game, 1990.

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