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==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|
==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|
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|ws2|3}} The Lossandin government spends a significant amount of tax revenue on the Tower, even more than they spend on the Diem.{{book ref|
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|ws2|3}} 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}}
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