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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|ws1|6}} [[Raagent]], the current Lord General, resides in the Tower.{{book ref|ws1|6}} 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|ws1|4}}{{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|ws1|4}} and each Profession now generally regards the other with contempt.{{book ref|
Despite the rift between Professions, [[Kenton]] spent many hours training with soldiers of the Tower in his youth,{{book ref|
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|ws2|3}} 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|ws2|3}}
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