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== History ==
Centuries before [[Praxton]], the Lord Mastrell of the time started an account with then [[Lord Merchant]] [[Hennin]]. The Lord Mastrell had Hennin put the Diem's tribute money in the account, and over the years the tributes, combined with the interest, grew to become an insurmountable debt. The Lord Mastrells of the past, and presumably Praxton as well, used this debt as a hold over the Lord Merchant to blackmail him into doing his bidding.{{book ref|ws3|3}}
Praxton married a [[Darksider]] woman, with whom he had a number of children, including [[Kenton]], his youngest son. None of his children, except for Kenton, were able to use sand mastery.{{book ref|ws1|1}}
Throughout Kenton's time as an acolent he and his father had many fights. On four separate occasions Praxton tried getting Kenton to accept the rank of underfen, the lowest rank, but every time he refused, not wanting to be stuck at that rank for all of his career.{[book ref|ws1|1}}
Eight years later Kenton, in an attempt at showing his father that he deserved advancement to the rank of mastrell, the highest rank, insisted on attempting the [[Mastrell's Path]]. His father tried to block him saying that he was not powerful enough. The two of them have another
Shortly afterwards Praxton presided over the Diem's advancement ceremony. He, along with the rest of the sand masters present, drank from the ceremonial water bowl that Elorin had poisoned with [[KaDo]].{{book ref|ws3|6}} He distributed the sashes to all of the masters who were advanced. For the first time in the history of the Diem he unadvanced [[Drile]] from the rank of mastrell to the rank of diemfen. Afterwards, for one last time he tried to offer Kenton the rank of underfen, which once again, he refused. In response, Praxton gives Kenton the golden mastrell's sash that had been Drile's. As he is explaining to Kenton that he is giving it to him out of spite, an arrow strikes him in the chest, and hundreds of [[Kerztian]] [[DaiKeen|warrior-priests]] attack the weakened Diem.{{ book ref|ws1|2}}
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