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|[[Shai]] about Gaotona{{tes ref|98}}
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'''Gaotona''' is an [[arbiter]] of the [[Heritage Faction]] of the [[Rose Empire]] on [[Sel]].{{tes ref|prologue}} He is noted as being the most influential of the arbiters, due to favor of the emperor {{tes ref|
== Appearance and Personality ==
{{quote
|I value truth, young woman. Not Forgery.
|Gaotona to [[Shai]]{{tes ref|3}}
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Gaotona is elderly, and the oldest of the arbiters. He stands in a straight, thoughtful pose, with his hands clasped behind his back.{{tes ref|2}} He is a clever man,{{tes ref|30}} quickly picking up on exaggerations of Shai's abilities.{{tes ref|3}} Gaotona has a strong conscience, unwilling to force others to endure what he himself will not submit to.{{tes ref|30}} He is noted for being a very genuine person.{{tes ref|70}} He values truth in both himself and others, expecting them to treat him with the same honesty he treats them.{{tes ref|3}}{{tes ref|98}} Gaotona also has an extreme appreciation of art and beauty. He believes that art is for the people who view it and not the person who created it.{{tes ref|76}} Masterful art can bring him to tears.{{tes ref|epilogue}} Gaotona expects the best in other people. This combined with his sincere, honest nature leads many people around him to feel perpetual disappointment from him. He encourages others to be what he feels is their best and gives disappointed looks when they fail to meet his hopes.{{tes ref|30}}
== Attributes and Abilities ==▼
Gaotona has extensively studied art, to the point that he can recognize the styles of the [[Vivare]] dynasty or [[Chamrav]] at a glance.{{tes ref|12}} While he is not an expert on technique, he has enough knowledge of painting to examine how a painting was done.{{tes ref|prologue}} During Shai's captivity, Gaotona studies how soulstamps are made. He can understand and read specific symbols that go into the soulstamps, including a symbol denoting time.{{tes ref|70}} Gaotona considers
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== History ==
=== Early Life ===
Gaotona was born in the same area as [[Ashravan]].{{tes ref|30}} He extensively studied art of historical cultures.{{tes ref|12}} He became Ashravan's mentor, constantly encouraging him to become emperor. He is known to have been incredibly close with Ashravan, which has given him influence among the other arbiters. Gaotona, along with [[Frava]] and three others, were appointed as the five main arbiters of the [[Rose Empire]].{{tes ref|2}} The resentment Ashravan felt for Gaotona slowly pushed Gaotona out of favor with the emperor. Gaotona disagreed with Frava on almost every topic discussed.{{tes ref|prologue}} When the [[Glory Faction]] sent assassins after the emperor, Gaotona and the other arbiters took over with damage control. They first brought in [[resealer]]s to heal the wound. The physical wound was healed, but Ashravan's mind was gone. To keep their positions, Gaotona and the other arbiters considered secretly hiring [[Shai]], currently a prisoner, to re[[Forge]] Ashravan's soul.{{tes ref|2}} Gaotona, observing Shai's artwork, voted yes on using her out of a desire to understand her. This was the first time in years he and Frava had agreed on a vote.{{tes ref|prologue}}
=== Re-Forging Ashravan ===
{{quote
|Why? Why would someone capable of this artistry, this majesty, turn to forgery? Why not create original paintings? Why not be a true artist?<br />
When Gaotona learned that Shai had broken out of her room, he immediately went for Ashravan's rooms, bringing Shai's Essence Marks with him. Gaotona returns them to her, keeping up the arbiters' end of the deal. Gaotona realizes that Shai manipulated him, but is unsure how. Shai tells him it was the hardest way possible, by being genuine. Shai gives him a book containing the truth and he tells her to leave, before Weedfingers catches her. Fearful of what he'll find, Gaotona enters Ashravan's room. Gaotona is amazed at the similarity between what Shai created and the original Ashravan.{{tes ref|98}} When Gaotona read the copy of the book Shai had left him, he discoveredd it was a copy of Ashravan's soulstamp. Shai had written an explanation of the modifications she'd made that would, slowly, lead to Ashravan becoming a better man. Overcome by the beauty of the art Shai had reated in her work, Gaotona realized the only way the modifications would work is if no one knows about them. He burns the book.{{tes ref|epilogue}}
== Relationships ==
▲== Attributes and Abilities ==
=== Ashravan ===
▲Gaotona has extensively studied art, to the point that he can recognize the styles of the [[Vivare]] dynasty or [[Chamrav]] at a glance.{{tes ref|12}} While he is not an expert on technique, he has enough knowledge of painting to examine how a painting was done.{{tes ref|prologue}} During Shai's captivity, Gaotona studies how soulstamps are made. He can understand and read specific symbols that go into the soulstamps, including a symbol denoting time.{{tes ref|70}} Gaotona considers himslef to have only faint knowledge in the area,{{tes ref|epilogue}} but he is able to decipher the purposes of Shai's five Essence Marks himself.{{tes ref|76}} Politically, Gaotona holds power as one of the five arbiters of the Heritage Faction appointed by Emperor Ashravan. Despite being less influential due to falling out of favor with the emperor, Gaotona is still onw of the next five most powerful people in the Rose Empire.{{tes ref|2}} Particularly when Ashravan is injured, Gaotona is in charge of the emperor's security.{{tes ref|12}}
{{quote
|You loved him as a son—the youth that you mentored, the emperor you always believed in, even when he didn’t believe in himself.
|[[Shai]]'s description of Gaotona's feelings towards [[Ashravan]]{{tes ref|70}}
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Gaotona loves Ashravan and views him as a son. He was Ashravan's mentor and always believed in and viewed the best in him, such as encouraging Ashravan to become emperor. Ashravan felt shame and disappointment for not living up to what Gaotona believed of him.{{tes ref|70}} Because of this, Ashravan began to resent Gaotona and slowly pushed him further away, until he was almost willing to have Gaotona replaced as arbiter.{{tes ref|epilogue}} When Ashravan was braindead, Gaotona was the one who missed him as a person, rather than as emperor. Gaotona was unaware of Ashravan's resentment towards him until Shai showed him with a soulstamp.{{tes ref|70}}
=== Shai ===
Initially, Gaotona has a strong dislike towards Shai becuase of her status as a theif and a Forger. Seeing her artistic talents, he believes that she has wasted her life and feels disappointment that she is not creating her own art. The two have disagreements over Shai's actions, particularly Shai's burning of ShuXen's painting.{{tes ref|30}} By being genuine, Shai allows Gaotona to understand her perspective on art and her actions. While Gaotona claims to not be on her side, he does not want her dead and aids in her escape. Gaotona left enough of an impact on Shai for her to write him into her final Essence Mark as a kindly grandfather.{{tes ref|98}} She comes to trust him enough to leave her book about Ashravan's soul with him. Similarly, Shai managed to change Gaotona's view on art enough that he was willing to burn her book, which he viewed as a masterpiece.{{tes ref|epilogue}}
=== Frava ===
Frava and Gaotona have an extremely antagonistic relationship. While they work together as arbiters of the Heritage Faction, they almost never agree on any course of action to take.{{tes ref|prologue}} Frava views him as an obstacle because he is the only arbiter willing to go against her, and she wants to remove him from his station for it. Frava misunderstands Gaotona's sincerity, instead believing it to be naiveté. She tries to use his perceived foolishness to her political advantage whenever possible.{{tes ref|epilogue}}
== Notes ==
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