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Kenton quickly realized Ais was, in truth, [[Heelis]]' spy, though he permitted her to accompany him as he visited several Taisha in an attempt to drum up support for the Diem. He managed to secure [[Delius|Lord Admiral]]'s vote under the condition that the Lord Merchant votes opposite, and Lord Artisan's if the diemDiem pays off its debt to them.{{book ref|ws2|1}}

Following an assassination attempt and the return of his old friend, [[Elorin]], Kenton sought out the Lord General, [[Raagent]]. Though intiallyinitially opposed, Raagent promised to vote to preserve the Diem after Kenton saves his life from a karakKarak. {{book ref|ws2|4}} After returning to Kezare, Kenton found [[Drile]] attempting to sway other sand mastermasters to his side and challenged him to a duel. AfterwardsAfterward, he went to visit Vey, the Lord Merchant, Vey, 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. {{book ref|ws2|6}} As part of his new philosophy of how the sand masters should be run Kenton agreed to Allow Khriss to join the Diem. Kenton Decided that since he had already visited all the Taishin he could, his only hope was to study everything in his father's library that related to them. He hoped to find some way to outsmart or bribe Lord Vey but initially met with little success. Kenton explained to Ais how the position of Lord Admiral functioned and concluded it was the cause of Lord Delius's drunkenness and extravagance. Kenton went to get Khriss so that he could test her ability to sand master, after retrieving her Kenton was interrupted several times by sand masters with basic administrative questions. Khriss Segusted that Kenton appoint someone to oversee the day-to-day administration of the Diem, and Kenton decided to appoint Elorin. Kenton tested Khriss for talent in sand mastery but she showed none. Kenton was disappointed by this because he had hoped another Darksider would have talent, however, Khriss said that she was not disappointed because she just wanted to know how the testing process worked. Kenton then showed Khriss the fighting pit where he intended to duel Drile. Kenton said that he believed his duel with Drile might as well be an execution because he could not possibly win as Drile was much more powerful than him. Kenton returned to visit lord Vey in the hope that he could find some way to get lord Vey on his side. After being made to Wait for a long time, Kenton loudly exclaimed that he expected Lord Vey to Continue paying tribute to the Diem for the same reason as always. Upon hearing this Lord Vey invited Kenton into his office for a private meeting. In this meeting, Kenton pretended to know why Lord Vey had been Paying tribute to the Diem and attempted to use this knowledge to blackmail Vey into voting for him. however, Vey realized that Kenton did not in fact Know why the merchants guild had continued to pay tribute and refused to vote for him.{{book ref|ws3|1}}