Bise
Names: BiseDistrict Master BiseMaster Biseformer District Master
First appears in Book 2: The Temporal Void, chapter 4 (Inigo's Ninth Dream)
Appearances
What you know
Book 2: The Temporal Void
- Ch 4Bise, District Master of Sampalok, opposes Edeard and has extensive financial ties to Ivarl's organization, but he is outnumbered in Council.
- Ch 4Bise refuses to sign warrants against gangs, signed one excluding Edeard from Sampalok, and is preparing an act to rescind the original law.
- Ch 7Master of Sampalok district who would refuse to allow permanent banishment of gang members there.
- Ch 7Bise, a District Master among the traditionalists around Owain, glared at Edeard with open loathing during the ceremony.
- Ch 9Bise, a District Master, refused to sign the consent-to-marry bill, the first non-unanimous one in 319 years, and Kristabel is furious.
- Ch 9As a District Master, Bise can be tried only by the Upper Council's Masters under the exemption accountability law, not in the law courts.
- Ch 9Bise addressed Sampalok, offering families sanctuary in his mansion and urging residents to resist the invasion by the Waterwalker's forces.
- Ch 9Bise is District Master of Sampalok, head of family Diroal, accused of letting gangs spread and protecting them in his mansion.
- Ch 9Bise, a Diroal District Master, is banished with over fifty family members; he threatens Edeard and is expected to seek refuge with friends.
- Ch 12Bise and his closest family have moved to a Gilmorn farm twenty miles away; Argian has been watching him with farsight.
- Ch 12Bise's allies are tiring of him; he probably hid wealth and lands, and the Diroal estate will take years to fully inventory.
Connections
- ally ofCaptain Ivarlfinancial connections
- enemy ofEdeard
- ally ofOwain
- enemy ofOwainformer Council allies, now Owain sacrifices Bise
- leadsDiroal
- member ofDiroal
- family ofMistress Florrelgrandmother
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 4Lian sentenced
Lian is sentenced to twenty-five years. Sparbil thanks Edeard and warns of Council politics, with Bise opposing him.
- Book 2 · Ch 7Kristabel urges banishment
Kristabel argues that Edeard must carry exclusion forward into permanent banishment of gang masters, offering ships or wagons to send them away. Edeard is troubled but moved.
- Book 2 · Ch 7Constable graduation ceremony
Mayor Owain awards epaulets to new constables, including Felax of Jeavons. Afterwards Masters divide into political groups at the reception.
- Book 2 · Ch 7Owain explains his policy to Edeard
Owain tells Edeard he supports banishment but wants a nationwide approach, promises to bring Bise round on Sampalok warrants, and argues for provincial taxes funding militias.
- Book 2 · Ch 9Opera with Kristabel
At the opera, Edeard and Kristabel discuss Bise's refusal to sign, his legal immunity, and Buate's counterattack ahead of the election.
- Book 2 · Ch 9Militia sent into Sampalok
The Mayor orders armed militia against the rioters. Edeard, defying orders, travels underground with his squad to stop them, while Finitan explains Owain's political maneuvering.
- Book 2 · Ch 9Banishment of the Diroal family
Edeard declares the Diroal family stripped and banished; the city dissolves Bise's mansion into liquid dust, and Bise and his household flee down the stairs.
- Book 2 · Ch 9The banishment of the Diroal and their allies
After the mansion melts away, Edeard orders the Diroal and named men escorted by constables to North Gate; Bise and Buate leave defiantly and Edeard re-seals the gate.
- Book 2 · Ch 14The conspirators are killed and the guns destroyed
Edeard rises through the floor of the sealed records chamber, kills Owain and the other conspirators with a rapid-fire gun, then has the city dispose of all the guild's weapons and designs.