Editing Tevidian Tekiel

{{character
|family=[[House Tekiel]]
|children=[[Vin]], [[Vin's sister]]
|relatives=[[Salmen Tekiel]], [[Kale Tekiel]]
|died={{date|1022|fe}}, killed by [[Kar]]
|profession={{tag+|lord prelan}}
|ethnicity=Noble
|world=Scadrial
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|first appeared=[[Mistborn: The Final Empire]]
}}
'''Tevidian Tekiel''' was the Lord Prelan of the [[Steel Ministry]] on [[Scadrial]] shortly during the [[Final Empire]],{{book ref|mb1|26}} and [[Vin]]'s father. He was a [[Tekiel]], a [[noble]] of a very pure line, but had to renounce his surname to join the Steel Ministry.{{wob ref|7690}}

Tevidian bedded many [[skaa]] women.{{book ref|mb1|36}} Ultimately, he illegitimately sired [[Vin]] and her younger sister, providing them both [[Allomancy[[, Vin being [[Mistborn]] and her younger sister being a [[Seeker]]. He claimed he killed every skaa he slept with, but [[Vin's mother]] deceived Tevidian into thinking she was noble, and so he was lax with her. Tevidian eventually found her and killed her, but did not manage to kill Vin or her sister.{{book ref|mb1|36}} Tevidian did not recognize Vin, and Vin suspected Tevidian never knew he was a father.

== Personality ==
{{quote
|"My lord," Tevidian said, turning away from her. "Look outside your window! Do we not have better things to discuss? The entire city is in rebellion! Skaa torches light up the night, and they dare go out into the mists. They blaspheme in riots, attacking the keeps of the nobility!"<br />"Let them," the [[Lord Ruler]] said in an uncaring voice.
|Tevidian and the Lord Ruler arguing about the skaa rebels{{book ref|mb1|36}}
}}

Tevidian was shown to deeply care about the stability of the [[Final Empire]], much more so than the [[Lord Ruler]]. Tevidian was extremely agitated at the Great Houses' fall.{{book ref|mb1|36}} Like all obligators, he was required to have extreme faith in the Lord Ruler,{{wob ref|7695}} and so Tevidian was probably agitated because he truly believed in his god and his empire. Though Tevidian was insistent the Lord Ruler needed to act, when the Lord Ruler told him to not question the matter, Tevidian showed obedience and stood down.{{book ref|mb1|36}}

== Conflict with Inquisitors and Death ==
The Cantons of the [[Steel Ministry]] often had internal political struggles,{{wob ref|2464}} and the [[Canton of Inquisition]] sought organizational dominance over the rest of the Ministry for centuries.{{book ref|mb1|36}} The [[Lord Ruler]] grew weary of the Inquisitors' pleas, as he said that they had many other duties and would be wasted doing administration. Still, the Inquisitors persisted, researching weaknesses in the obligator power structure. [[Bendal]] swore that Tevidian had fathered a half-breed child, and hunted [[Vin]]'s half-brother, [[Reen]], to get him to admit it. Reen died promising Vin had starved to death long ago, but Bendal remained convinced one was out there.{{book ref|mb1|37}}

[[Kar]] eventually captured Vin, using her as the apex of their arguments against Tevidian and the [[Canton of Orthodoxy]]. Before the Lord Ruler, Kar claimed that no noble house would ever have abandoned her. With Vin being so powerful, at least one of her parents had to come from a very pure line. The Lord Ruler pressed Vin, prompting her to say who her father was. Vin admitted it was the lord prelan.

Tevidian protested, but the Lord Ruler questioned him, and the lord prelan eventually admitted that [[Vin's mother]] had, in fact, borne children. With that confession, the Lord Ruler let the Inquisitors kill Tevidian in his own throne room. The other obligators in the room backed away in horror as the Inquisitors, exulting in the brutality, plunged their daggers into Tevidian repeatedly.{{book ref|mb1|36}} After Tevidian's death, the Canton of Inquisition, with Kar at its head, was given authority over the Steel Ministry.

{{quote
|Your point is proven, Kar, It seems that I have trusted too much in the... obedience of mankind. I did not make a mistake. I have never made a mistake. However, it is time for a change. Gather the high prelans and bring them here—rouse them from their beds, if need be. They will witness as I grant the Canton of Inquisition command and authority over the Ministry.
|The Lord Ruler's first words after Tevidian's death.{{book ref|mb1|36}}
}}

== Notes ==
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{{complete|[[User:Chaos2651|Chaos2651]] ([[User talk:Chaos2651|talk]]) 14:40, 25 December 2016 (MST)}}
{{Mistborn|Era 1}}