Difference between revisions of "The Alloy of Law"

:Pathians pray to Harmony for 15 minutes each day in no set posture. Their one basic tenet describes:
::"Do more good than harm."{{ref|b|aol|c|3}}
:Harmony is not worshipped,; rather, performing altruistic actions is the worship for a Pathian. A Pathian will usually wear an earring while praying, a simple thing stamped on the head with the ten interlocking rings of the Path.{{ref|?|706|12|Who gave Wax the earring?}}
 
The earring acts as a [[Hemalurgic]] spike, allowing Harmony to communicate with Wax on several occasions. He received it from [[MeLaan]]{{ref|?|706|12|The person who gave Wax his earring.}}, a [[kandra]] who now serve Harmony as his agents and are known to the world as Faceless Immortals.{{ref|?|428|10|What happened to the kandra?}}
:Little is known of the religion except that Trell is supposed to have made metalborns. The [[Words of Founding]] are said to contain a lengthy explanation of Trellism and its teachings, which indicates that metalborns were special.{{ref|b|aol|c|11}} There are theories{{ref|17S|1808|5=Trellism; Why Miles sees metalborns as divine}} on the origins of this religion but most of what is known comes from Miles' perspective.
 
:In the novel ''Mistborn'', Trell is referenced as the god of the Nelazan people, who were said to have lived far to the North in Pre-Ascension times. The NelazansNelazan worshipped darkness, glorifying the stars as the "Thousand Eyes of Trell" and dismissing the sun as profane. Their intricate star maps enabled Sazed to place Scadrial back in its proper orbit at the conclusion of ''Hero of Ages''. The connection between this ancient religion and its incarnation in ''Alloy of Law'' is unclear.
 
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