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Bilming

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Bilming
Region Elendel Basin
World Scadrial
Universe Cosmere
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Bilming is a port city in the Elendel Basin on Scadrial.[1] It is the only major port city in the Basin other than Elendel, and it is a center of industry.[2] The city's symbol is a tortoise.[3]

Geography

Bilming is located on a peninsula on the Sea of Yomend.[1] A railway connects it to Elendel.[1]

Landmarks

Bilming maintains a large fleet of clipper ships and cargo ships in its "impressive" harbor, and it has recently added warships known as "Pewternauts" with armored hulls and gun turrets.[3]

One of the Set's hidden training compounds is located in Bilming.[4]

The tallest building in Bilming is a skyscraper at the center of the city known as Independence Tower. It is nicknamed the Shaw, as it bears resemblance to the spires of Kredik Shaw. It is one of the Set's central hubs of activity and features heavy fortification with the capability to detect Cognitive Shadows such as Kelsier.[5] This building was intended to be used by the Set as a launching point for a rocket intended to destroy Elendel.[6]

History

Bilming was created as part of the reshaping of Scadrial during the Catacendre.[7]

Relationship with Elendel

Bilming's status as an alternative port to Elendel appears to have caused some friction between the two cities. Elendel's former governor, Replar Innate, once made hollow promises about raising tariffs on imports that come from Bilming.[8] Lord Bastien Severington, the mayor of Bilming, invited a number of senators from Elendel to the introduction of the Pewternauts as a gesture of friendship, only to have a senator named Inis Julien publicly call them pointless "toys".[3]

In 342 PC, Devlin Airs spoke to Waxillium Ladrian at Kelesina Shores's party and warned him that civil war was brewing.[2] Wax listened to Lord Severington give an anti-Elendel speech at the party and realized that Bilming had enough power to spearhead a conflict.[9][2]

Culture

They have a deep distrust of Malwish technology, which is pushed by a propaganda campaign in news papers such as The Two Seasons. They consider their unsealed and unkeyed metalminds to be a form of nefarious witchcraft that puts them and their loved ones in danger.[10]

They have a unique form of brutalist architecture brought about by the influences of Autonomy.[11]

Trivia

Notes

  1. ↑ a b c Map of Elendel Basin
  2. ↑ a b c The Bands of Mourning chapter 15#
  3. ↑ a b c The New Ascendancy broadsheet
  4. ↑ The Bands of Mourning epilogue#
  5. ↑ The Lost Metal chapter 39#
  6. ↑ The Lost Metal chapter 58#
  7. ↑ The Bands of Mourning chapter 21#
  8. ↑ Shadows of Self chapter 5#
  9. ↑ The Bands of Mourning chapter 14#
  10. ↑ The Two Seasons broadsheet
  11. ↑ The Lost Metal chapter 21#
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