Kai Grand Defender

Kai Grand Defender
Umbrella term	Kai Grand Master
Discipline bonuses	Deliverance Telegnosis Astrology Herbmastery Elementalism Bardsmanship
Previous rank	Kai Grand Sentinel
Next rank	Kai Grand Guardian

Kai Grand Defender is the fifth Kai Grand Master rank, and the twenty-third Kai rank overall, after Kai Grand Sentinel.

Training

Kai Grand Defenders reaching this rank have mastered four Grand Master Disciplines, and New Order Kai Grand Sentinels have mastered seven. In both cases, they have also mastered all the Magnakai and Kai Disciplines.

Improved Grand Master Disciplines

New Order Kai Grand Defenders have improved Grand Master Disciplines over their original, initial mastery of them:

Deliverance

Kai Grand Defenders are able to repair the effects of natural decay in materials such as wood, stone, cloth, metal, etc., reversing damage caused by rot, rust, or mould.

Telegnosis

Kai Grand Defenders are able to locate a known or familiar material object, within a 15-foot radius. This distance steadily increases as a Kai Grand Master advances in rank.

Astrology

Kai Grand Defenders are skilled in the use of all common astrological devices used to predict future events. Such devices include cards, dice, and crystal spheres.

Herbmastery

Kai Grand Defenders are able to neutralize any poisonous toxins that may be present in organic materials such as plants, berries, and fruits. They may be able to transform the toxins to grant an increase in Endurance and/or Combat Skill when the previously poisonous matter is swallowed.

Elementalism

Kai Grand Defenders are able to summon up a dense, misty vapour to obscure themselves from both normal vision and infravision. This mist will occur within 5 feet of the Kai Grand Defender and will last for three to five minutes. Range and duration increase as a Grand Master rises in rank.

Bardsmanship

Kai Grand Defenders are able to use their musical skills to pacify (and/or implant a suggestion into the mind of) an intelligent creature within audible range. This improved Discipline is similar in effect to the Brotherhood Spell Mind Charm (Kai-alchemy).

It is unknown what improvements non-New Order Kai Grand Defenders had, as the Grand Master series starts at this level.

In the gamebooks

In the Grand Master series, the player begins the series at Kai Grand Defender. In canon, Lone Wolf starts the series at this level during The Plague Lords of Ruel.

In the New Order series, completing three gamebooks promotes the reader to Kai Grand Defender. The earliest this can be played as, and canonically for Grand Master, is Rune War.