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Brother Cavil is a character from the reimagined Battlestar Galactica
series.

Brother Cavil is revealed to be a humanoid 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.

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 Chief Galen Tyrol meets with after he physically attacked his 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 subconsiously believes that he is a Cylon sleeper agent like his former girlfriend Sharon Valerii. Cavil assures Tyrol that he is no Cylon, jokingly stating "he never seen him at any of the meetings". Dispite posing as a priest, Cavil is overly critical about the 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), rather than look to a pantheon of false dieties. Later however, Cavil meets with President Laura Roslin and offers prayer to the Lords of Kobol to guide her success with her Presidential campaign against Baltar.

The next version of Cavil was found among the survivors from Caprica, led by Samuel Anders, after 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 Raptor, and alerts the guards that he is a Cylon. The man admits to being a Cylon with a message for their leader. 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 in that case..." and calmly enters his cell.

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", Number Six, and Number Eight (Sharon Valerii) 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.

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 angrilly 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 decides to vent both Cavils into space, to let them find out for themselves whether or not God exists.

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