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It is not known how Skathan came to power, but by the time of the crisis in the [[Diem]] it was implied that he had held autocratic control over the Dynasty for nearly a century, and perhaps much longer. Khriss noted that Skathan suppressed the spread of new technology (such as pistols) among Darkside nations, successfully doing so for decades at a time.{{book ref|ws|4|review=yes}} He also has an army of [[starcarved]].{{book ref|ws|prologue}} Darksiders that lived in [[Kezare]] on the [[Dayside]] created an ethnic enclave in the city, but this was not common knowledge because Skathan did not want people to know that there was traffic between the continents.{{book ref|ws|5|review=yes}}
Some residents of the Dynasty actively worked to unseat Skathan. [[Loaten]] was his former Chief Minister of Diplomacy, and was rumored to have made an attempt on Skathan's life, although his motives were unclear.{{book ref|ws|5|review=yes}} He was considered a traitor after somehow escaping execution, and Baon nearly shot him on sight.{{book ref|ws|5|review=yes}} [[Gevalden]] came to Dayside looking for a weapon to use against Skathan to bring stability to his "troubled" homeland,{{book ref|ws|prologue}} which Khriss believed to be the [[sand master]]s.{{book ref|ws|5|review=yes}} After Gevalden's mysterious disappearance, Khriss traveled to Dayside to seek out the sand masters; she also performed scientific experiments on [[sand (Taldain)|white sand]] and [[sandling]] carapace in the hopes of independently discovering a weapon that Skathan was not familiar with.{{book ref|ws|6|review=yes}} Loaten told Khriss that the Dynasty was likely aware of her "secret" mission because it kept close tabs on anyone perceived to be an enemy;{{book ref|ws|5|review=yes}} Baon was indeed sent to Dayside by the Dynasty to watch Khriss.{{book ref|ws|5|review=yes}}
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