Difference between revisions of "Taishin"

Kenton also had a rival for the position, [[Drile]], who was a much more powerful sand master than Kenton was. Kenton challenged Drile to a duel to settle their disagreement. Drile accepted on the condition that the duel would take place before the council made their decision. [[Elorin]], in a plot to ensure that the Diem would have a weak leader, poisoned the water Drile drank before the duel with [[KaDo]], which allowed Kenton to defeat the more powerful Drile. Kenton asked the Lady Judge for the Taishin to vote on the spot, in the Diem, and she agreed. The Taishin all voted for the retention of the Diem, and Heelis ratified Kenton as the official Lord Mastrell. Afterwards Kenton realized that something was wrong with Drile during their duel and confronted Elorin. Elorin confessed, and in the ensuing fight Kenton killed him. Afterwards Kenton, with Drile at his side, led the Diem in a new direction, different from how it was led in the past.{{book ref|ws3ws|618|review=yes}}

The Lady Judge is the Taisha in charge of the [[Hall of Judgement]]. The current Lady Judge is [[Heelis]]. She is the leader of the [[trackt]]s and judges of Lossand and is the final arbiter of the law. She presides over meetings of the Taishin which take place in the Taisha Meeting Hall, which is a room inside the Hall.{{book ref|ws|4|review=yes}} In the final vote regarding the Diem, Heelis, saying she is partial towards the Diem, gives her vote to [[Ais]]. Ais, with the sight of Kenton stopping [[Sharezan]] to save her family in mind, puts aside her [[Kerztian]] bias against sand mastery, and votes in favor of the Diem.{{book ref|ws3ws|618|review=yes}}

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|ws3ws|618|review=yes}}

The Lord Mason is the Taisha in charge of the ''[[Mason's Guild]]''.{{ref|text=non-canonical name}} The canonical name of the current Lord Mason is unknown. He resides at the Mason Center.{{book ref|ws|6|review=yes}} He leads the construction industry of Lossand. The Lord Mason sometimes sends a representative in his place to meetings of the Taishin.{{book ref|ws3ws|618|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.}} In the final vote of the Taishin the Lord 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=yes}}{{book ref|ws|14|review=yes}}