Editing Tower (Taldain)

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The '''Tower''' is the seat of power of the military forces of [[Lossand]] on the [[Dayside]] of [[Taldain]].{{book ref|ws|9|review=yes}} The Tower is a physical location, and the term is also used as a name for the Profession that is headquartered there.

==Location==
The Tower is presumably located in or near the Lossandin capital of [[Kezare]]. [[Khrissalla]] visits the headquarters of all of the Professions, including the Tower, when she is staying in the city.{{book ref|ws|6|review=yes}} The architecture of the Tower is not known, but it includes barracks.{{book ref|ws|6|review=yes}}

==History==
The soldiers of Lossand make up one of the eight Professions officially represented in the [[Taishin]], the council of guilds; their Taisha is known as the Lord General.{{book ref|ws|6|review=yes}} [[Raagent]], the current Lord General, resides in the Tower.{{book ref|ws|6|review=yes}} The Tower makes up the physical defense force of Lossand; notably, it does not have authority over the [[trackt]]s, who report to Lady Judge [[Heelis]] and a rivalry has formed between the Tower and the trackts.{{book ref|ws|4|review=yes}}{{book ref|ws3|4}} 

Historically, the Tower and the [[sand mastery|sand master]]s of the [[Diem]] presumably worked together to defend against external forces such as the [[Kerzta|Kerztians]], but there has been peace for two hundred years{{book ref|ws|4|review=yes}} and each Profession now generally regards the other with contempt.{{book ref|ws|1|review=yes}}{{book ref|ws|9|review=yes}} The Lossandin government spends a significant amount of tax revenue on the Tower, even more than they spend on the Diem.{{book ref|ws|6|review=yes}} In recent years, the [[Taishin]] have increasingly come to believe that the Tower affords the nation all the protection that they need, and that the cost and arrogance of the Diem are not worth the trouble.{{book ref|ws|5|review=yes}}

Despite the rift between Professions, [[Kenton]] spent many hours training with soldiers of the Tower in his youth,{{book ref|ws|1|review=yes}}{{book ref|ws|4|review=yes}} seeking to gain any edge that he could in battles{{book ref|ws|9|review=yes}} due to his weak powers of [[sand mastery]].{{book ref|ws|1|review=yes}} The training has given him excellent instincts and reflexes, serving him well in a number of situations, including his run of the [[Mastrell's Path]].{{book ref|ws|1|review=yes}} The Tower's soldiers taught him that pushing his muscles past their limits would result in them becoming stronger, a principle that Kenton later relates to increasing one's power of sand mastery by [[Sand_mastery#Overmastery|overmastering]].{{book ref|ws2|4}}

After the Taishin vote to dissolve the Diem, Raagent proves to be power-hungry, offering to pay sand masters to join the Tower rather than allow them to shift allegiances to another country such as [[Seevis]].{{book ref|ws|9|review=yes}} When Kenton points out his hypocrisy, Raagent is insulted, but ultimately cuts a deal with Kenton to help save the Diem after seeing him single-handedly behead a massive [[sandling]].{{book ref|ws|9|review=yes}}

==Notes==
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