Editing Vey
Spoiler Policy Reminder
Under our spoiler policy, any content from books that are not fully released is not allowed on the Coppermind. This includes any information from pre-released sample chapters, readings, and other comments Brandon has made about Stormlight 5. The only exception to this rule is on meta-pages for the books themselves (e.g., Wind and Truth). If you are unsure whether the information you want to add comes from pre-release content, please do not add it and instead ask about it on our Discord.
Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
Latest revision | Your text | ||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{character |
{{character |
||
|relatives=[[NaiMeer]]{{book ref|ws3|3}} |
|||
|merge-family=y |
|||
| |
|titles=[[Lord Merchant]]{{book ref|ws2|4}} |
||
⚫ | |||
|titles=[[Lord Merchant]]{{book ref|ws|10|review=yes}} |
|||
⚫ | |||
|'residence=[[Kezare]] |
|||
|ethnicity=Kerztian |
|ethnicity=Kerztian |
||
|nationality=Lossandin |
|nationality=Lossandin |
||
|world=Taldain |
|world=Taldain |
||
|universe=[[Cosmere]] |
|universe=[[Cosmere]] |
||
| |
|books=[[White Sand]] |
||
}}{{spoiler|book=ws3}} |
|||
}} |
|||
'''Vey''' is the |
'''Vey''' is the [[Lord Merchant]] of the [[Guild]]. He is in charge of the banking industry of [[Lossand]]. He resides at the Golden Market of the Guild. He has a vote on the council of [[Taishin]]. |
||
== Appearance and Personality == |
== Appearance and Personality == |
||
He has tan [[Kerztian]] skin and long brown hair.{{book ref| |
He has tan [[Kerztian]] skin and long brown hair.{{book ref|ws1|5}} He wears the colors of the Guild, purple and white. |
||
== History == |
== History == |
||
In the first vote of the Taishin |
In the first vote of the Taishin Vey votes for the dissolution of the [[Diem]].{{book ref|ws1|6}} His Profession, the Guild, is the only Profession which continues to pay tribute to the Diem. |
||
[[Kenton]] visits Vey with [[Ais]] and [[Aarik]] to try and change his mind. After waiting for two hours in Vey's waiting room Kenton, bored, decides to play with his sand while waiting. Immediately Vey, infuriated, comes out of his office and yells at Kenton for practicing his "unholy art" in his office. Vey then invites Kenton into speak with him in order that he should stop using his sand in his office. Kenton bluntly asks Vey to vote for the Diem. Vey says that [[sand mastery]] is unholy and it would be unethical for him to allow it to exist. He then goes on to taunt Ais for guarding Kenton, calling her a traitor to her people. Kenton interrupts his rant with his sand. HE and Vey have a shouting match and they leave the office without any success.{{book ref|ws2|4}} |
|||
Later, Kenton |
Later, Kenton tries again with a different tactic. He goes back to Vey's office and tells [[Grelin]] that he wants to make amends with Vey after their last meeting. After another long wait Kenton gets up and loudly implies that he knows the reason why Vey has kept paying the tribute to the Duem. Vey calls Kenton's bluff and he is forced to admit that he doesn't know the secret. He then makes an attempt at blackmail which fails. |
||
Four days before the final vote, Vey |
Four days before the final vote, Vey leaves town to stay out of Kenton's reach. Kenton tries forcing [[Gennel]] to tell him where Vey went, but Gennel won't tell him. Khriss asks [[Nilto]] to find him and they find that he went to [[Lraezare]]. Vey instructs his nephew [[NaiMeer]] to stop Kenton from following him but [[Delius]] arrives and uses his rank as [[Lord Admiral]] to commandeer a ship to Lraezare on which he invites Kenton to join him. |
||
⚫ | They find out that Vey is staying in the house of [[Lokkall]], head of the Shipowners' Circle. when they get the house Lokkall claims not to know where Vey is. Kenton, frustrated, yells out that if Vey doesn't speak with him he will turn over the Diem's ledger, with the 700,000 [[lak]], over to the [[Lady Judge]]. Vey appears from a room upstairs and tells Kenton that they can speak privately. Kenton goes up to join him, taking Ais with him as a witness. Kenton guesses, correctly, that Vey owes the 700,000 lak to the Diem, not the reverse. Vey groans and tells Kenton the story of [[Hennin]]. |
||
{{sidequote |
|||
⚫ | Hennin became Lord Merchant when two of his relatives died leaving him two separate fortunes. The Lord Mastrell of his time started a personal account with Hennin, and Hennin would put the Diem's tribute money into the account. Hennin lost his fortune causing his rule to end. When the next Lord Merchant took over he discovered that a vast sum was now owed to the Diem, the original tributes and a large amount of interest, and since a new Lord Merchant inherits all of the incumbent's debts as well as his fortune, the debt has increased to the point where it is impossible to pay back. The Lord Mastrell was willing to keep the debt secret so long as the Lord Merchant kept paying the tribute. The Lady Judge's predecessor knew about the debt and ruled that the Lord Merchant must pay the debt in full when the Lord Mastrell asks for it.{{book ref|ws3|3}} |
||
Instead of demanding that Vey pay the debt, Kenton forgives the debt, earning Vey's respect and causing him to vote for the Diem.{{book ref|ws3|3}} |
|||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
== Quotes == |
|||
{{quote |
|||
|His name was Hennin. An idiot of a Lord Merchant who acquired the position unearned after two relatives died and left him separate fortunes. |
|His name was Hennin. An idiot of a Lord Merchant who acquired the position unearned after two relatives died and left him separate fortunes. |
||
|Vey{{book ref| |
|Vey{{book ref|ws3|3}} |
||
|side=right|size=250px |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{quote |
|||
⚫ | |||
{{sidequote |
|||
|Thus each Quarter the Lord Merchant sends two thousand [[lak]] of his personal fortune to the Diem which the Lord Mastrell returns with instructions that it be deposited in the private account, adding to the blasted debt. |
|Thus each Quarter the Lord Merchant sends two thousand [[lak]] of his personal fortune to the Diem which the Lord Mastrell returns with instructions that it be deposited in the private account, adding to the blasted debt. |
||
|Vey{{book ref| |
|Vey{{book ref|ws3|3}} |
||
|side=left|size=300px |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
⚫ | Hennin became Lord Merchant when two of his relatives died leaving him two separate fortunes. The Lord Mastrell of his time started a personal account with Hennin, and |
||
Instead of demanding that Vey pay the debt, Kenton forgave the debt, thus earning Vey's respect. Kenton then asked for a loan from the Guild to cover the Diem's current debts, promising Vey that the Diem would pay back the loan with the money they earn working for the artisans and that the interest on the loan will make a lot of money for the Guild. Vey accepted the offer, saying he could call the fact that the Guild wouldn't make that money if the Diem were disolved a threat to justify the loan to the rest of the Guild, and agreed to vote for the Diem.{{book ref|ws|15|review=yes}} When the Taishin voted on the Diem again following Kenton's duel with [[Drile]], Vey voted as promised and it is implied that [[Gennel]] voted for the Diem due to Vey's influence on him.{{book ref|ws|18|review=yes}} |
|||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
== Notes == |
== Notes == |
||
<References /> |
<References /> |
||
{{ |
{{partial}} |
||
{{White Sand}} |
{{White Sand}} |
||
[[Category: Taldaini]] |
[[Category: Taldaini]] |