| Marsh | |||||||
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| Abilities | Seeker, Steel Inquisitor | ||||||
| Aliases | Ironeyes | ||||||
| Residence | Luthadel | ||||||
| Ethnicity | Skaa | ||||||
| Homeworld | Scadrial | ||||||
Marsh is a skaa Seeker from the Final Empire on Scadrial.
He was stern and determined, earning him the name "Ironeyes" as a result of his piercing gaze. Like his brother, Kelsier, Marsh hated injustice. This led to him leading the skaa rebellion for many years.
Marsh attempted to help the Kelsier's revolution by infiltrating the Steel Ministry. He revealed important Ministry secrets to the rebellion, such as their soothing stations positioned by the Lord Ruler to inspire depression and docility in the skaa population. However, he was presumed dead by the rebellion after a corpse was found at a designated meeting place.
It was later revealed that he had been watched by the Canton of Inquisition and they had 'recruited' him, turning him into an Inquisitor using Hemalurgy. He continued to aid the rebellion, including killing the other Inquisitors in Luthadel when Vin was assaulting the Lord Ruler, and ultimately helping her to succeed.
He later led Sazed to the Conventical of Seran where they found Kwaan's inscription. After the Siege of Luthadel, Ruin took control of Marsh and attempted to make him distract Sazed long enough in order to prevent him from warning Vin about giving up the power at the Well of Ascension.
After Ruin was freed from the Well, it took total control of Marsh, and during this time, he had no control over his body, and tried to kill himself on multiple occasions with no success. To this end he was implanted with several Hermalurgical spikes which further increased Ruin's hold over him. This was necessary because of Marsh's strong will, which hindered Ruin's control over him. He was unable to aid Vin and Elend in any way, except when he took control of his body for just long enough to pull out Vin's earring, allowing the mists to flow into her, saving her life from the Inquisitors -- including himself -- that were trying to kill her under Ruin's control, and allowing her to ascend. In the Battle of Hathsin, again under Ruin's control, he beheaded Elend, giving Vin the motivation to kill Ruin.
Ironeyes
Marsh survived the Final Ascension, along with his nickname, Ironeyes. He became a boogeyman figure in Elendel's popular culture. Despite this, he seemed to act in the interests of Harmony, and delivered a book to Wax through Marasi, using emotional Allomancy to make her curious enough to follow him.
Abilities
Marsh was a Seeker, a Misting who could burn bronze. He was highly skilled and taught Vin how to use bronze effectively.
Upon becoming an Inquisitor, he gained further abilities in Allomancy and Feruchemy, allowing him to extend his life as Rashek had. He gained many more spikes than were usual for an Inquisitor in the Lord Ruler's time; upwards of twenty.[1]