Councillor Oydia was a silver-furred female Caratu with huge violet eyes serving on the Axis Council in the Axis of Time. She represented the Colloquium of Progress, a multispecies community from eighteen millenia prior to the 24th century. Councillor Shiiem of the Zcham feared that Oydia's neutrality on the Council had been compromised by Councillor Lirahn's telepathic influence. (DTI novel: Watching the Clock)