Like everyone in Britain, he had come under the influence of the column, and influenced him to enact harsh laws. Anyone who was found to be poor or sick, was sent to Paws, which by then had been flooded and made into a toxic swamp and had turned into a shanty town. Aidon expressed this as a genuine act of compassion. The Avatar first met him in the city center. Aidon was busy with holding a speech to outline his politics to the people, who believed in this perversion of compassion. When the Avatar later asked for the Heart of Compassion, Aidon denied having it.