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|Baon to Khriss, on why he forgoes sunglasses in the Kerla{{book ref|ws|
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They followed [[N'Teese]], the guide Kenton arranged, across the [[Ry'Do_Ali_River|Ry'do Ali]] and headed for the Darksider quarter, [[Lonzare]]. N'Teese, for a ten [[lak]] fee, brought the group to meet with [[Loaten]]. Baon tried to join Khriss in her meeting with the man, but the guards at the door would not let him through. Khriss told him that it was fine and entered. When Khriss was leaving the office, Baon caught a glimpse of Loaten through the door and recognized him for who he was, a traitor to the Dynasty. He immediately pulled out his pistol and made to attack him, Khriss calmed him down, and the group made a hasty exit.{{book ref|ws|5}}
Baon accompanied Khriss as she attempted to meet with the [[Taishin]], searching for information on the Sand Mages. After being stonewalled by all of the other Taishin, they went to the Diem where they found the new acting [[Taishin#The Lord Mastrell|Lord Mastrell]], Kenton, and the Sand Mages Khrissalla was looking for.{{book ref|ws|6}} Baon
Baon accompanied Khriss when she intercepted Kenton at his meeting with [[Taishin#The_Lord_Artisan|Lord Artisan]] [[Rite]] at the Central Studio.{{book ref|ws|7}} They then returned to meet with the [[Lady Judge]] again on the Diem's behalf while Kenton was trvelling to the [[deep sand]]s. High Judge [[Heelis]] advises they meet with [[Nilto]] to help repair the Diem's reputation with the common people. He was present when Nilto returned Prince Gevalden's pistol and signet ring to Duchess Khrissalla. As they return to Lonzare, he advises her not to give the weapon into the care of Professor Cynder.{{book ref|ws|8}}
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|Someday, Duchess, you will need to learn how to judge people, and not faces or titles
|Baon to Khriss.{{book ref|ws|7
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Back in Lonzare Baon watches as Khriss conducts experiments on white sand in her bedroom-turned-laboratory, he also takes the opportunity to observe the sand through the microscope and watch the demonstration of light emmission from sand, that Khriss believes to represent all of the colors of [[starmarks]]. Khriss and Baon then discussed Skathan's powers, and Baon admits that Skathan looked the same when he left Iiaria as he did twenty years earlier when Baon was a child. Afterward he accompanied her to [[Taishin#The_Lord_Admiral|Lord Admiral]] [[Delius]]' party and then retires to the servants tent to wait for her.{{book ref|ws|11}} After the party, while Kenton is investigating a disturbance at a worksite of the [[Khrissalla's_Journal#Lossand_Professions|Company of Masons]], Baon readies his pistols and prepares to defend Khriss should the disturbance be another ambush.{{book ref|ws|12}}
The next day, while he was cleaning his pistols, Khriss offered to make more gunpowder since Baon was running out of charges, if they could procure some saltpeter. Khriss then noticed that his pistols were, specifically, [[Elis]]ian officer's pistols and she confronted Baon about the incident with Deral. Baon admitted to having killed the captain and his lieutenant,
Later, Khriss confronted Nilto at the docks by loudly calling to him by his true name, Gevin. Acron, revealing himself as an assassin sent by Skathan to find and kill the missing prince, pulled out a pistol and moved to shoot Gevin. Baon reappeared then, and pushed a crate of fruit down onto Acron from atop a tall stack of crates, knocking the man to the ground. While he was talking to Khriss, Acron recovered and, still on the ground, fired at Baon, grazing him on his arm.{{book ref|ws|14}}
Baon traveled with Khriss and Kenton to [[Lraezare]] when
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|Merely surprised, Duchess. Merely surprised.
|Baon, after mastering sand for the first time.{{book ref|ws|epilogue}}
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The group went to the [[Tower (Taldain)|Tower]] to search for the missing [[Lord General]], [[Raagent]]. They found Raagent's corpse in the Tower's cellar, where he had been tortured to death by [[Sharezan]].{{book ref|ws|16
Two weeks later Baon, Khriss, and Cynder set sail for Elis, taking
▲Two weeks later Baon, Khriss, and Cynder set sail for Elis, taking [[Dirin]] and three barrels of [[Investiture|Invested]] sand with them. During the journey, at Khriss' prodding, Baon tries to master sand and to his surprise, succeeds.{{book ref|ws|18|review=yes}}
=== On Roshar ===
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