Editing Arguois caverns

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|image=Yeden's Army by Kelly Mai.jpg
|type={{cat tag|Caves}}
|region=Central Dominance
|world=Scadrial
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[Mistborn Era 1]]
}}

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|With all the nooks and bottlenecks down here, this would be a nasty place to have a battle.
|[[Ham]] to [[Kelsier]]{{book ref|mb1|21}}
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The '''Arguois caverns''' is a natural system of caves in the [[Central Dominance]] of the [[Final Empire]] on [[Scadrial]]. They can be found north of [[Luthadel]], placed between the city and the [[Pits of Hathsin]].{{book ref|mb1|6}} It takes several weeks to travel from Luthadel to the Arguois caverns via barge.{{book ref|mb1|21}}

The caves lie adjacent to a forest that backs onto one of the rivers in the area, and are one of the more extensive systems in the Empire.{{book ref|mb1|21}} There are also multiple cave complexes that can be found in the area.{{book ref|mb1|21}} The caves are accessible via three rends in the ground, instead of the traditional hillside cave entrance, and are difficult to climb down into.{{book ref|mb1|21}} The difficulty of entrance makes the caves easily defensible, and with enough supplies, the caverns could be held indefinitely against an invading force.{{book ref|mb1|21}} Inside the caverns, minerals can be found in the rocks, stalactites and stalagmites.{{book ref|mb1|21}} There are various small rooms as well as a cavern large enough to hold 7000 men.{{book ref|mb1|21}} This large cavern has natural acoustics.{{book ref|mb1|21}}

The caverns are used by the [[skaa rebellion]] during the late Final Empire to house and train their armies.{{book ref|mb1|6}} The [[Lord Ruler]] knows of the rebellion's use of the caves, however, deems them not a threat so has not taken action against the rebels.{{book ref|mb1|6}} He has never led a successful raid against the caverns.{{book ref|mb1|21}} The caves are large enough to hold potentially ten thousand people.{{book ref|mb1|6}}   

==History ==
The caves were possibly used by rebel groups for several centuries, prior to when they were used by the skaa rebellion.{{book ref|mb1|21}}

Following the slaughter at [[Tresting plantation|Tresting]]'s estate, [[Mennis]] and some of Tresting's [[skaa]] made their way to the Arguois caverns, at [[Kelsier]]'s suggestion, to join the skaa army.{{book ref|mb1|25}}

At some point, the skaa rebellion began using the caves to hide in. Prior to the formation of Kelsier's army, there were approximately three hundred skaa, including women and children, hiding in the system. In 1023 FE, Kelsier's efforts to raise an army led to a vast increase in the number of people hiding within the caves.{{book ref|mb1|6}} Weapons and supplies were secretly dropped off at the caves via the canels through shipments [[Renoux]] sent from Luthadel to his plantation in the west.{{book ref|mb1|20}} Kelsier and [[Yeden]] visited the skaa while they were being assembled to help bring them resolve and hope.{{book ref|mb1|21}} During his time there, Kelsier used Captain [[Demoux]] to make a statement about the strength of the army and to help bolster the men's resolve.{{book ref|mb1|21}} A while after Kelsier's visit, Yeden decided to test the army against a nearby garrison at [[Holstep]]. A group of 2000 men rebelled against his orders and stayed behind in the caves, and were eventually found by Kelsier and [[Vin]]. After being found, the depleted army abandoned the caves, no longer able to use them to gather.{{book ref|mb1|25}}{{book ref|mb1|26}}

== Notes ==
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