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{{character
|family=[[House Tekiel]]
|world=Scadrial|ethnicity=Noble▼
|relatives=[[Salmen Tekiel]], [[Kale Tekiel]]
|died={{date|1022|fe}}, killed by [[Kar]]
|profession={{tag+|lord prelan}}
▲|family=[[House Tekiel]]|children=[[Vin]] & [[Vin's sister|sister]]
|world=Scadrial
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|first appeared=[[Mistborn: The Final Empire]]
}}
'''Tevidian Tekiel''' was the Lord Prelan of the [[Steel Ministry]] on [[Scadrial]] shortly
▲'''Tevidian''' was the Lord Prelan of the [[Steel Ministry]] on [[Scadrial]] shortly before the [[Lord Ruler]]'s death,{{ref|b|mb1|c|26}} and [[Vin]]'s father. He was a Tekiel (and as such, a noble of a very pure line), but had to renounce his surname to join the Steel Ministry.{{ref|annotation|mb3|chapter=32}}.
Tevidian bedded many [[skaa]] women.{{book ref
== 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{{ref|b|mb1|c|36}}
}}
Tevidian was shown to deeply care about the stability of the [[Final Empire]], much
== Conflict with Inquisitors and Death ==
The
[[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.▼
▲The cantons of the Steel Ministry often had internal political struggles{{ref|annotation|mb1|chapter=36}}, and the Canton of Inquisition sought organizational dominance over the rest of the Ministry for centuries.{{ref|b|mb1|c|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.{{ref|b|mb1|c|37}}
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
▲[[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.
▲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 plunged their daggers into Tevidian repeatedly, who exulted in the brutality.{{ref|b|mb1|c|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,
|The Lord Ruler's first words after Tevidian's death.{{book ref
}}
== Notes ==
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