Difference between revisions of "Kenton"

 

== Appearance and Personality ==

Kenton has golden blonde hair and a slightly tan-to-brown complexion, as a result of his half-Darksider heritage. Kenton's eyes are naturally blue. However, when he uses the full might of his sand mastery powers, his eyes glow with a golden light and his pupils seem to contract or disappear, leaving only the white of his irises.

 

Kenton has lived much of his life challenging authority. He has done it so often that he sometimes instinctively challenges others for the sole purpose of challenging authority, without a greater goal in mind.{{book ref|ws1|4}}

 

== Attributes and Abilities ==

 

=== Sword Fighting ===

 

== History ==

=== Early Life ===

Kenton is the youngest son of Lord Mastrell [[Praxton]]. Despite none of his siblings having showed any ability to master sand, Kenton, ten years old at the time,{{book ref|ws1|6}} attempted to join the Diem. He was the last in his group to be tested and barely managed to turn his sand black. Praxton tried to stop Kenton from entering the Diem telling him that he had no talent for mastery, but Kenton argued with him, saying that the law says he has enough. Reluctantly, Praxton allowed his son to join the Diem.{{book ref|ws1|1}}

 

Kenton was only able to control one ribbon, and trained himself to become extremely skilled at using a single ribbon of sand. He refused advancement to the lowest rank of underfen four times, since accepting it would mean being relegated to that rank permanently.{{book ref|ws1|1}}

 

=== The Mastrell's Path ===

When he was eighteen years old{{book ref|ws1|6}} he insisted on running the [[Mastrell's Path]] to prove that he could do anything a Mastrell could do, and so deserved to be elevated to that rank. Prior to running the Path, Praxton offered Kenton advancement to a slightly higher rank of Fen if he wouldn't run the Path. Kenton refused his father's offer and while undertaking the Path, he killed the [[Sandling]] guardian, something thought impossible, destroying the Path forever.{{book ref|ws1|1}}

 

 

Following an assassination attempt and the return of his old friend, [[Elorin]], Kenton sought out the Lord General, [[Raagent]]. Though initially opposed, Raagent promised to vote to preserve the Diem after Kenton saves his life from a Karak. {{book ref|ws2|4}} After returning to Kezare, Kenton found [[Drile]] attempting to sway other sand masters to his side and challenged him to a duel. Afterward, he went to visit Vey, the Lord Merchant but found little success. After reuniting with Khriss, the two of them, along with Baon and Aarik, searched the Diem for the missing money after dodging yet another assassination attempt, but located very little of the riches supposedly in the Sand Master's possession.{{book ref|ws2|5}}

 

On invitation from Lord Admiral, Kenton went with [[Khriss]] to his party, where he learned that Delius intended to support him regardless of Vey's decision. After Khriss urged him to leave the party, the two of them stumbled on a collapsed construction site, where Kenton used his Sand Mastery to rescue the trapped workers. Having come to a realization, he returned to the Diem and begun to tell the other sand masters that they must begin to mend their public image by paying for their expenses and helping the common people. However, he was interrupted by Khriss seeking to learn sand mastery. As part of his new philosophy of how the sand masters should be run Kenton agreed to allow Khriss to join the Diem.{{book ref|ws2|6}}{{book ref|ws3|1}}