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|spouse=[[Mardra]] |
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|groups={{tag|Kelsier's crew}}, {{tag+|army|Venture}} |
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− | '''Hammond''' is a [[skaa]] [[ |
+ | '''Hammond''' is a [[skaa]] [[misting]] on [[Scadrial]]. He is a member of [[Kelsier]]'s crew who helped organize the rebellion's army of Skaa.{{book ref|mb1|4}} |
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+ | == Appearance and personality == |
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− | Ham is humble, long-winded, and kindly.{{wob ref|2288}} He argues about the rightness of the fight they are in. He also shows attachment towards his crew and soldiers and wants to make sure there are greater plans for them.{{book ref|mb1|21}} |
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− | Ham |
+ | Ham is humble, long-winded, and kindly. {{book ref|mb1|annotation 4}} He argues about the rightness of the fight they are in. He also shows attachment towards his crew and soldiers and wants to make sure there are greater plans for them. {{book ref|mb1|21}} |
+ | Ham always seemed happy. {{book ref|mb1|24}} He works to give his family a better life and dreams of moving with them to a city where they can live like noblemen, a place where you can stop worrying and just live. {{book ref|mb1|24}} |
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− | He has very short hair,{{book ref|mb2|16}} and always wears a loose shirt and vest, both sleeveless; however, when acting as General Hammond for Kelsier's army, he wears a uniform which he dislikes.{{book ref|mb1|24}} He conditioned his support as General to Elend to stop using a uniform, so, he went back to his customary sleeveless vests.{{book ref|mb2|3}} |
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+ | He would wear his customary loose shirt and vest, both sleeveless; however, when acting as General Hammond, he would wear a uniform which he disliked using. {{book ref|mb1|24}} |
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− | Ham likes philosophical debates. He |
+ | Ham likes philosophical debates. He questioned if going against the Lord Ruler was good or bad as overthrowing God is not in itself something good. {{book ref|mb1|10}} or like to talk about atium economics {{book ref|mb1|13}} |
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+ | It was due to his philosophy that he figured out that Skaa were made different from noble men. From the number of children to birth to physical differences like height. {{book ref|mb1|21}} |
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− | As a General he might have been a bit of an anarchist at heart, but he could be a very good leader if he was given a small team. Though his guards weren’t the most disciplined, polished soldiers, they were fiercely loyal.{{book ref|mb2|22}} He promoted people with good natured disposition.{{book ref|mb3|18}} |
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== History == |
== History == |
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+ | Ham ran general security for jobs, providing his crewleader with manpower and warriors, assuming such are necessary. {{book ref|mb1|4}} |
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⚫ | He joined Kelsier on his |
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⚫ | He joined Kelsier on his Skaa rebellion working initially for Yeden, based on the promise of payment, including the Lord Ruler’s atium. His role was to train the Skaa army. {{book ref|mb1|4}} He did that on secure caves away from Luthadel becoming General Hammond. He would leave the crew for months to train and inspect them, {{book ref|mb1|16}} and made good progress with their skills. {{book ref|mb1|21}} |
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⚫ | He also trained [[Vin]] in using Pewter. Through doing this he gained a friendship with Vin, who accompanied him when travelling to meet the Garrison in [[Luthadel]] where they found that their army was exposed and they were marching to fight them.{{book ref|mb1|24}} Ham was asked by the Garrison to join them, and |
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⚫ | He also trained [[Vin]] in using Pewter. Through doing this he gained a friendship with Vin, who accompanied him when travelling to meet the Garrison in [[Luthadel]] where they found that their army was exposed and they were marching to fight them. {{book ref|mb1|24}} Ham was asked by the Garrison to join them, and Kell asked him to do so and be the inside guy, though Ham decided he would not betray them from the inside. {{book ref|mb1|25}} |
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⚫ | After most the army was lost to the Garrison killing Yeden in battle and scattering the rest |
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⚫ | After most of the army was lost to the Garrison killing Yeden in battle and scattering the rest. {{book ref|mb1|25}} the crew was ready to quit, but with the Lord Ruler executing random Skaa in reprisal for the army creation, Kelsier rallied the team to push further and used the fact that the Garrison was out to strike directly into Luthadel. {{book ref|mb1|26}} |
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− | When [[OreSeur|Renoux]], along with his servants, staff, guards, and [[Spook]] were captured, Kelsier decided to rescue them. Ham fetched one of the rebel teams and led the attack to rescue them while Kelsier fought the [[Steel Inquisitor]].{{book ref|mb1|33}} Ham successfully rescued all of the prisoners, while Kelsier remained behind and killed the Inquisitor but was killed himself when the Lord Ruler arrived.{{book ref|mb1|34}} |
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− | + | When [[OreSeur|Renoux]] , [[Spook]] along with his servants, staff and guards were captured, Kelsier decided to rescue them. Ham fetched one of the rebel teams and led the attack to rescue them while Kelsier fought the [[Steel Inquisitor]] {{book ref|mb1|33}} who eventually killed him as he had planned. {{book ref|mb1|34}} |
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+ | After Kelsier’s death, he left instructions for the final assault. Ham would take care of four remaining noble houses, fetch the army and go to warehouses. The assault leader would be [[Clubs]] though. {{book ref|mb1|34}} He did manage to bring down Keep Elariel and kept fighting till the end. {{book ref|mb1|37}} |
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− | Due to his loyalty to Elend, he tried to help him research legal ways for him to keep his throne. However, he is not a scholar and the task proved difficult.{{book ref|mb2|34}} He also stayed by his side when his throne was taken and helped execute several of his personal ideas.{{book ref|mb2|42}} Still, when the taking of Luthadel seemed inevitable, he along with Breeze, Dox, Sazed and other original crew members met behind Vin and Elend’s back to plan the next steps. |
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− | They decided to stay and fight while sending out Vin, Elend, Spook, Twyndle and Allrianne so they could survive. Sazed told Vin the Well of Ascension was on the North.{{book ref|mb2|46}} |
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− | When the Koloss army finally attacked, Ham led the defense, but his Keep fell and he lost most of his strength. He along with Breeze and Sazed were looking to evacuate as many survivors as possible.{{book ref|mb2|53}} Ham was deeply wounded and could not fight anymore. When Vin came back to the city, he gave her his pewter.{{book ref|mb2|54}} He fell unconscious after that and by the time he woke up, Vin had taken back the city. He then helped Sazed, who fought with Marsh when trying to stop Vin from releasing Ruin.{{book ref|mb2|57}} He found and helped the organization of Luthadel’s storage, which had been created by the Lord Ruler.{{book ref|mb2|Epilogue}} |
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− | After [[Ruin]] was released, Ham continued to be part of the inner circle and gave important ideas on growing plants that didn’t need light. He also participated on the plots to take [[Fadrex City]].{{book ref|mb3|12}} |
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− | He trained and led the new army for the siege of [[Fadrex City]]. As he gets very attached to his people, he argued constantly with Elend and Vin to continue marching through the mists as their soldiers were dying to them.{{book ref|mb3|15}} |
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− | He still followed orders and took his army towards the siege and though he participated on the planning he did as instructed by Elend. Which in this case meant hold the siege, avoid supplies into Fadrex and wait for them to try diplomacy and sneaking in tying to find the storage cache that they were missing.{{book ref|mb3|25}} |
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− | Ham kept leadership of Mistings and shared responsibilities with Demoux, until the second was sent to Luthadel with Mistfallen.{{book ref|mb3|47}} So he kept the army while Vin was taken and Elend went to capture Koloss.{{book ref|mb3|61}} |
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− | He was responsible for making Elend decide not to release the [[Koloss]] on the city and followed his command to retreat.{{book ref|mb3|65}} |
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− | Ham fought in [[Fadrex City]] and tried to follow to fight in Luthadel until the [[Catacendre]] which he survived, and finally reunited with his family.{{book ref|mb3|Epilogue}} |
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− | The details of Ham's life after the Catacendre are unknown. He is the only member of the [[Preservers]] without a known honorific title, but his legacy is visible in the names of [[Hammondar Bay]] and the Hammond Promenade in [[Elendel]]'s 2nd Octant.{{map ref|Elendel}} Furthermore, a month of the Scadrian calendar is named Hammondar, presumably in his honor.{{book ref|eltania}} |
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− | A "Hammondess scion" was appointed to a judge's seat by Governor [[Replar Innate]], likely due to corruption.{{book ref|mb5|18}} This may indicate a noble house of Elendel which descends from Hammond. |
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== Relationships == |
== Relationships == |
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− | {{image|Kelsier's Crew by Katie Payne.jpg|side=left|width=300px|With [[Kelsier]] and the other members of his [[Kelsier's crew|crew]]}} |
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− | === Mardra === |
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− | === Kelsier === |
+ | === Kelsier === |
− | Ham is very loyal to Kelsier, but is also worried about him and his ego. He along with Dox and Breeze try to restrain him when he goes overboard.{{book ref|mb1|24} |
+ | Ham is very loyal to Kelsier, but is also worried about him and his ego. He along with Dox and Breeze try to restrain him when he goes overboard. {{book ref|mb1|24}. Kelsier on the other hand, considers Ham as prone to think about things that no sane man would consider. Still, he listened and the debate on if Skaa were made inferior was an idea Kelsier never forgot. {{book ref|mb1|21}} |
=== Breeze === |
=== Breeze === |
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− | Ham and Breeze are good friends as well as colleagues. The warrior philosopher is a foil for Breeze. Since Breeze tends to be arrogant, long-winded, and manipulative, and |
+ | Ham and Breeze are good friends as well as colleagues. The warrior philosopher is a foil for Breeze. Since Breeze tends to be arrogant, long-winded, and manipulative, and Breeze is humble, long-winded, and kindly they tend to disagree a lot and pick on each other.{{book ref|mb1|annotations 4}} |
=== Vin === |
=== Vin === |
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− | Vin likes Ham, and he in return. He trains her |
+ | Vin likes Ham, and he in return. He trains her and helps taking care of her the times she arrives back injured from a mission. {{book ref|mb1|31}} |
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− | === Elend === |
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− | After the death of the Lord Ruler, Ham became Elend’s captain. He respected Elend but it took him some time to believe in his capabilities as a leader{{book ref|mb2|37}} They befriended each other and Elend trusted him as a friend.{{book ref|mb2|22}} Ham stood by Elend's side and encouraged him as he researched methods of keeping the throne.{{book ref|mb2|34}}{{book ref|mb2|37}} |
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== Trivia == |
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− | + | Brandon really wished he'd made Ham a woman. The character would have gone interesting places--and would have done good things for the lore of the world if women Thugs were heavily recruited to be soldiers. {{wob ref|4929}} |
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== Notes == |
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