Editing Maben

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|profession=Maid
|nation=Kharbranth
|residence=Urithiru
|groups={{tag|Diagram (group)|cat=Diagram|text=Diagram}}
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
}}
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'''Maben''' is a chambermaid on King [[Taravangian]]'s staff.{{book ref|sa2|i|14}} 

==Appearance and Personality==
Maben is aware of Taravangian's boon and curse from the [[Nightwatcher]]{{book ref|sa2|i|14}} and is sympathetic to his condition and his age. She tries to help him stay healthy in any way possible, bringing him nutritious meals and checking for signs of illness.{{book ref|sa2|i|14}}{{book ref|sa3|107}} On days when Taravangian is intelligent but lacks compassion, Maben does not take his insults and dismissals personally.{{book ref|sa2|i|5}}

==Duties==
Taravangian employs a number of maids, but Maben directly attends to him and his living quarters{{book ref|sa2|i|14}} and is also referred to as his "room servant".{{book ref|sa3|122}} Maben cleans Taravangian's bedroom{{book ref|sa3|i|5}} and brings him food and drinks.{{book ref|sa2|i|14}}{{book ref|sa3|107}} She also performs any other miscellaneous tasks that he spontaneously assigns to her.{{book ref|sa3|i|5}} Due to the nature of her duties, she is commonly present during meetings of high-ranking members of the [[Diagram (group)|Diagram]], and they do not hold their tongues around her.{{book ref|sa3|107}} She is presumably Taravangian's most trusted house servant, and commands at least a modicum of respect, as she is bold enough to contradict [[Mrall]].{{book ref|sa2|i|14}}

==History==
Maben accompanied Taravangian on a trip to the ruined city of [[Vedenar]] at the end of the Veden civil war. She attempted to serve Taravangian breakfast on his ship, but was stopped by [[Mrall]], who wanted to immediately administer the king's daily intelligence test. She protested, but was overruled by the king, and set out the meal after the testing was complete.{{book ref|sa2|i|14}} 

She was present in [[Urithiru]] with Taravangian and was charged with cleaning his quarters there. During one of Taravangian's highly intelligent days, he somewhat manically forced Maben to stop cleaning and go measure a potential gardening space outside of his balcony.{{book ref|sa3|i|5}} Maben later tried to serve Taravangian food, but he was poring over the Diagram and became annoyed by her interruption, calling her an idiot.{{book ref|sa3|i|5}} Maben disregarded his anger, leading Taravangian to ask Mrall if executing her was an option, which Mrall denied.{{book ref|sa3|i|5}} 

She continued to attend to Taravangian in Urithiru. Other members of the Diagram such as [[Adrotagia]], [[Malata]], and [[Dukar]] usually ignored her presence at their meetings.{{book ref|sa3|107}}{{book ref|sa3|122}}

== Notes ==
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