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== Composition ==
The Taishin are composed of the following people:{{book ref|ws|6|reviewpart=yesars}}
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* The '''Lord Farmer'''
* The '''Lord Artisan'''
* The '''LordLady Mason'''
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The Lord Artisan is the Taisha in charge of the [[Draft (profession)|Draft]]. The current Lord Artisan is [[Rite]]. He resides at the Artisan Conference Center.{{book ref|ws|6|review=yes}} He leads the manufactured goods industry of Lossand. The Lord Artisan is selected by a vote of his Professions' members. After Kenton, at the advising of [[Khriss]], promises the services of sand masters to the Draft, and with the help of a loan from the Guild, promises to repay the Diem's 150,000 [[lak]] debt; the Lord Artisan agrees to vote for the Diem.{{book ref|ws|7|review=yes}}{{book ref|ws|18|review=yes}}
== The LordLady Mason ==
The LordLady Mason is the Taisha in charge of the ''[[Mason's Guild|Company of Masons]]''.{{book ref|textws|part=Omnibus Khriss' Notes: The Professionsars}} The canonical name of the current LordLady Mason is unknown. HeShe resides at the Mason CenterHeadquarters.{{book ref|ws|6|review=yes}} HeShe leads the construction industry of Lossand. The Lord Mason sometimes sends a representative in his place to meetings of the Taishin.{{book ref|ws|18|review=yes}}{{ref|text=In the voting scene the "Lord Mason" says that "we vote in favor..." not "I vote..." as the other Taishin do. This implies that the woman present at the meeting is in fact only a representative of the Lord Mason and not the Lord Mason himself. Furthermore in the prose it is stated that the Lord Mason usually sends a representative to council meetings.17}} In the final vote of the Taishin the LordLady Mason's representative voted for the Diem, saying that it has proved that it can be beneficial and flexible. This was largely due to the incident with the construction collapse, where Kenton used his sand to save the lives of several of the Guild's workers.{{book ref|ws|12|review=yes14}}{{book ref|ws|14|review=yes18}}
== Trivia ==
* In the [[White Sand (prose)|prose]] the LordTaisha of the Mason's guild was male and was named Selcomb.
== Notes ==
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