Editing Forch

|abilities={{tag+|coinshot}} & {{tag+|brute}} {{tag|twinborn}}

|died=314, killed by [[Waxillium Ladrian|Wax]]{{book ref|mb6|prologue}}

|residence=The Village

|world=Scadrial

|universe=[[Cosmere]]

|first appeared=[[The Bands of Mourning]]

'''Forch''' is a [[Terris]] youth living in [[The Village]] in [[Elendel]] on [[Scadrial]] during [[Waxillium Ladrian]]'s youth.{{book ref|mb6|prologue}} A [[Twinborn]], he is both a [[steel]] [[Misting]] (aka a [[Steel#Allomantic_Use|Coinshot]]) and a [[pewter]] [[Ferring]] (aka a [[Pewter#Feruchemical_Use|Brute]]). Forch is an arsonist and a kidnapper and is killed by Waxillium Ladrian. His interactions with the young Wax strongly influences Wax's later life, forcing him to leave the Village and pushing him further on his path to becoming a lawman.

== Appearance and Personality ==

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|I've just got to see what's inside. You know?

|Forch on his obsession{{book ref|mb6|prologue}}

}}

Forch is a tall young man in his late teens.{{book ref|mb6|prologue}} He almost never says anything and also rarely displays any sort of emotion. He has few friends of his own. Forch is a clever man though, capable of careful planning, such as establishing a false alibi in order to avoid being implicated in any of his crimes. He can be careless though, and may overlook small details that hint at his guilt. He is also highly disturbed, feeling no sense of remorse at horrific crimes. Forch has a fascination with both arson and violence. He has a curiosity about what the insides of people look like and is willing to commit crimes such as kidnapping and torture to see for himself. He also has no qualms about killing anyone who witnesses his crimes, and is unwilling to show any mercy to his victims.

== Attributes and Abilities ==

Forch is a Twinborn, with access to both an Allomantic and a Feruchemical ability.{{book ref|mb6|prologue}} Forch is a Coinshot, which allows him to Push on metal objects. He is a strong Allomancer, able to challenge Wax in strength. Since Forch lives in the Village, he cannot make use of his Allomancy openly; he is restricted to using it privately and in emergency situations. Thus he is not very practiced in its use and can misjudge the force of his Pushes as well as how much he should brace himself. He also lacks finesse with Allomancy, making use of simple weapons like a metal bar used to crush his opponents. He is also a Brute which allows Forch to store strength in a pewtermind and tap it to grow stronger at a later time. Forch uses this typically in hand-to-hand fights, easily beating others with his enhanced strength. He also sometimes uses it with his Allomancy, throwing metal objects into places where he can conveniently Push on them.

About a month later, Forch planned to sneak out of the Village in the evening to drink with [[Telsin Ladrian]], [[Idashwy]], [[Kwashim]], and [[Waxillium Ladrian]].{{book ref|mb6|prologue}} Waxillium became nervous and did not accompany them, but Forch left with the others. While he was away, a constable visited the Village and attempted to convince Vwafendal to turn the arsonist over to him. Vwafendal refused and the constable left a bullet as a reminder of past violent crimes in the Village.

Forch returned to torturing the child, but Wax survived the fall by Pushing on the bullet he had taken from Vwafendal's office earlier.{{book ref|mb6|prologue}} Wax returned to the building to attack Forch. He Pushed the bullet at Forch's head. Forch Pushed on the bullet too, caught in a shoving match with Wax. Using his Feruchemy, Forch threw the metal bar at Wax, Pushing on it and crushing Wax against the wall. Just before being crushed to death, Wax managed to Push on the primer of the bullet caught between them, firing it and hitting Forch in the eye, killing him instantly.