Dominance

Dominance
World	Scadrial
Universe	Cosmere

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The Dominances were the ten regions of governance in the Final Empire on Scadrial.

They were feudal states, each plantation owing allegiance to higher lords that controlled the region, and then those that controlled the dominance^{[citation needed]}, but were all beneath the Lord Ruler.

by Isaac Stewart

Map of the Final Empire

Inner Dominances

Each of these Dominances contains one of the Lord Ruler's storage caverns.

There has not been a significant rebellion in the five Inner Dominances in two centuries.

Central Dominance

Politics

This dominance can be found in the center of the Final Empire, and holds the city of Luthadel, capital of the Final Empire. It was the most politically significant dominance in all the Final Empire. Although it was the smallest dominance in terms of land area, it was more populous then any other as well. The Great Houses all maintained noble keeps here to keep their fingers on the pulse of the empire; indeed, a keep in Luthadel qualifies a house as a Great House . Noble balls and other sources of intrigue kept the nobles entertained. This was the economic center of the Final Empire and fortunes were regularly won and lost through business dealings and backstabbing.

The Lord Ruler's influence was pervasive here. The obligators and Inquisitors of the Steel Ministry were never far away. They kept the nobles in line, witnessing contracts, both large and small. Luthadel, inside the Central Dominance, had a large underworld element which survives through theft and trickery, composed of both regular crews and illegal Allomancers. Large and violent mass executions served to remind both skaa and nobles alike that the Lord Ruler reigned supreme.

Geography

The Central Dominance has normally mild winter, with no snow at all in some years . It was good for grazing land as well. The land under Luthadel was rich with metal, most notably tin and brass. Another interesting trait of the Central Dominance was the massive complexes of caves located within its borders; the dominance contains hundreds of cave systems .

The River Channerel ran through Luthadel and the Central Dominance on its way to the Southern Sea. The Central Dominance contained two major bodies of water, Lake Luthadel to the north and Lake Tyrian to the west, so named for the ashmount Tyrian that it was adjacent to.

The dominant plant life un the Central Dominance is hardy scrub well adapted to ash .

Resources & Economics

The most important resource that the Central Dominance produced was atium, from the Pits of Hathsin. Atium made up the most important currency in the Final Empire, useful for paying for kandra contracts, as well as payment for many noble deals. The Central Dominance also was known for its metalworking, refining ore into usable metals. Since it contained Luthadel, the Central Dominance's most important economic function was to serve as a place where business was done, contracts signed, and bargains struck. This also allowed the Lord Ruler to have a tight grip on the economy of the Final Empire. Since Luthadel was his home he could keep an eye on the scheming nobility.

Notable Locations

Places of interest included the caves known as the Pits of Hathsin, as well as Ruin's Perpendicularity located within. The nearby Kandra Homeland was also located in caves and the other major cave complex, the Arguois caverns, were home to the skaa rebellion. The Lord Ruler's palace, Kredik Shaw was located in the Central Dominance. In tunnels beneath it were both the first storage cache and the Well of Ascension, Preservation's Perpendicularity.

Other locations include Suisna and Fellise.^[expand]

Northern Dominance

Politics

This dominance was home to the Ventures, the most powerful Great House in the time of the skaa rebellion. Being one of the inner dominances, it was subject to high scrutiny by the obligators and the Lord Ruler, alert for any signs of rebellion among the skaa.

After the Collapse, Straff Venture takes control of the dominance. Under Elend's New Empire, Janarle is king of the Northern Dominance.

Geography

The Northern Dominance is a wild rugged place, filled with untamed valleys and forests. One of the most important resources of this dominance are the high basins of water that are sheltered from the polluting ash. These basins lead to a plethora of natural waterways that flow through the dominance. One of these waterways is the River Channerel which runs along the Northern Dominance's southern border. The mines from this dominance also produce extremely valuable metals. The Northern Dominance contains only one ashmount, Kalling, which is located to the north of Urteau. Due to the mountains in the northwest, the Northern Dominance was one of the few places in the empire that contained wild sheep.

Resources & Economics

The streams in the Northern Dominance allow it to grow more crops then most regions in the Final Empire. In addition to these crops the dominance also produces many valuable metals sold throughout the world. These factors combine to make the Northern Dominance the second most rich dominance in the Final Empire. Its regional capital, Urteau, also had canals for streets which allowed for the easy transportation of goods. However when the canals were drained, Urteau became backwater and its trade influence diminished.

Notable Locations

The regional capital of Urteau was a major economic center for the dominance. This city was important enough to hold one of the Lord Ruler's storage caches under the building of the Canton of Resource.

Eastern Dominance

Known communities included Statlin City (the site of a storage cavern), Urbene, and Erlac. Other places of interest included the Conventical of Seran.

This Dominance also contains the ashmount Faleast. Major bodies of water include the Black Lake (which extends slightly into the Central Dominance) and the River Seran as well as its associated lakes North Seran and South Seran. (A small part of South Seran appears to extend into the Crescent Dominance.)

Western Dominance

Capital: Tremredare, and later Fadrex City. It also contained Chardees, Chakath, and Mantiz.

Politics

Fadrex City became the capital of the Dominance after the Collapse since it was more defensible than Tremredare, originally under king Ashweather Cett. Aradan Yomen, previously the leading obligator of the area, eventually became king in Fadrex City.

Other Features

The ashmounts Morag and Torinost are located here. Fadrex City is the site of a storage cavern.

In the northern part, the buildings have a fluid, organic shape quite different from Luthadel.

The dominance's plateaus represent some of the highest elevation farmland in the Final Empire .

Southern Dominance

Capital: Austrex. It also contained Vetitan (the site of a storage cavern), Lekal City, Garthwood, and Longsfollow.

The ashmounts Zerinah and Doriel are in this Dominance.

Outer Dominances

Terris Dominance

Capital: Tathingdwen

Places of interest included Mount Derytatith, the location of the Well of Ascension prior to the Ascension of the Lord Ruler.

However, while it retained the name and was the home of the Terris people, the Terris Dominance was not truly the same place as Terris during Classical Scadrial. Rashek created the mountains of the Terris Dominance during his Ascension, and removed the mountains from ancient Terris, during his Ascension to hide the location of the Well.

There are a lot of small villages across the Terris Dominance.

Farmost Dominance

Located to the west and north-west of the Western Dominance, the Farmost Dominance is largely unknown. It contains a significant area of sea.

House Renoux is from this Dominance.

Crescent Dominance

The crescent dominance is the farthest eastern dominance in the Final Empire. No character in the series is from this place, nor have any of the characters traveled there. As such, very little is known about it.

The Dominance contains a small part of the lake South Seran (which is mostly in the Eastern Dominance).

The land is a desolate, sandy expanse. It is inhabited only by bandit and nomad tribes made of fugitive skaa, who survive by raiding the Eastern Dominance. Koloss hordes are sometimes dispatched to eliminate them.

Remote Dominance

The Remote Dominance was the most wild and untamed of all the Dominances. It was located to the southwest of the Eastern Dominance, below the Southern Islands. The Remote Dominance was home to many beasts, such as uncontrolled hordes of koloss that were charged with hunting the carnivorous mistwraiths native to the area.^{[citation needed]}

While this area does have a noble and military presence it is extremely limited. Most people lived within heavily garrisoned walls, with little influence beyond the small cities and outposts. Some people did manage to survive outside the walls in the wilderness, but they tended to be escapees and adventurers who did not survive long if they were not skilled in combat and survival.

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