The Taiben–Atageini Peace ended two centuries of war between Taiben and the Atageini clan. Though the book supplies no terms of the agreement or account of its negotiation, it places the recent signing in a moment of public ceremony and institutional upheaval: Lord Keimi of Taiben had made peace with Lord Tatiseigi, and attended Cajeiri’s ceremony as the old conflict gave way to a changed political landscape.

The Agreement and Its Participants

The peace is identified through its principal figures rather than through a staged signing scene. Lord Keimi of Taiben and Lord Tatiseigi are named as the parties to the agreement; Lord Tatiseigi represents the Atageini side. The account emphasizes the length of the conflict, describing the peace as coming after two hundred years of war. It does not specify the negotiations, the treaty’s provisions, or how the agreement was secured.

A Public Sign of Change

The agreement is mentioned during Cajeiri’s ceremony, where Lord Keimi is present. His attendance gives the peace a public setting: a figure from Taiben appears at a gathering associated with the next generation of political succession, rather than remaining only a name in the history of an old war. The treaty’s recent signing also makes the appearance consequential. The two centuries of hostility have given way, at least formally, to peace between the houses.

Taibeni Kinship and the Guild

The passage connects the peace to a wider shift in how Taiben and its people are regarded. Tabini has publicly mentioned his Taibeni kinship, while the Guild—which had repeatedly found excuses to disregard his Taibeni bodyguards—has undergone what the narration calls a profound revision. Lord Keimi’s presence and the change in the Guild’s posture appear together as signs of a political order being rearranged; the text does not say that the treaty caused the Guild’s change.

That institutional revision has its own recent history. Senior Guild members who went underground during Murini’s rule had resisted calls to return under the post-coup leadership, while the exiled members had worked to restore the law and eventually pledged to retake the Guild. The restoration became a struggle over both authority and evidence: a direct assault on Headquarters risked the lives of members and the destruction of assignment records. When the Guild’s old leadership returned, it began reviewing members’ assignments, loyalties, kinship, service, and references. Against that backdrop, the peace with Taiben belongs to a wider period of political repair, without being presented as part of the Guild operation itself.

Significance

The treaty’s force in the account lies in the contrast between its duration and its brevity of mention. Two hundred years of war are condensed into a sentence about a peace already signed, while Lord Keimi’s attendance makes that change visible in the present. The agreement marks a break with a long-standing conflict and accompanies a broader reconsideration of Taiben’s place in the political community.