Editing Vetitan

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'''Vetitan''' is a small town in the [[Southern Dominance]] of [[Scadrial]].{{book ref|mb3|1}} It is the location of one of the [[Lord Ruler]]'s [[storage cavern]]s.{{book ref|mb3|5}}

Vetitan lies in the Southern Dominance of the [[Final Empire]], reasonably close to [[Garthwood]].{{book ref|mb3|1}} It is not far from the [[Central Dominance]].{{book ref|mb3|63}}

With a population of around seven thousand, Vetitan is fairly large for a farming community. Most houses are one-story buildings, but it is more urban than a plantation.{{book ref|mb3|1}} The presence of nearby ore deposits make it both a farming and mining town.{{book ref|mb3|63}}

==Landmarks==

There is a lord's manor at the center of the town built with wood and fine stone. There are [[Steel Ministry]] offices in a tall, imposing building.{{book ref|mb3|1}} The Ministry building contains a trapdoor to a cellar that hides the entrance to a storage cache behind a stone wall, accessible only by [[Allomancer]]s.{{book ref|mb3|5}}

===Fatren's Administration===

Vetitan was once ruled by some local lords and the Steel Ministry. After the [[Collapse]], the lords and their [[obligator]]s abandoned the city, perhaps intending to return at a later date.{{book ref|mb3|1}}{{book ref|mb3|5}} However, their soldiers eventually left to join other armies when the lords did not return, and a [[skaa]] named [[Fatren]] stepped into a leadership role. He convinced his fellow residents to go ahead with their plantings to produce crops, which he used as bribes to prevent the citizens from being drafted into any of several nearby armies. Instead, he trained a garrison of a thousand soldiers largely made up of former mineworkers, along with another thousand unskilled reserves.{{book ref|mb3|1}}

Fatren competently ran the city, but he came under increasing pressure as the [[mist]]s were getting denser, making agriculture more difficult. The city ran low on resources, and he wondered if he should have kept the mines operating, although he concluded that the ore would not have done him much good. He also worried about [[koloss]]; they had recently destroyed the nearby city of Garthwood, and fewer than a hundred survivors escaped to Vetitan. At the suggestion of Fatren's brother [[Druffel]], they built an earthen fortification around the town with real city gates. The garrison was able to fight off bandits, but Fatren knew his defenses would be inadequate if a koloss army attacked.{{book ref|mb3|1}}

===Koloss Attack===

Three months after Garthwood was razed, Fatren's fears were realized as ten thousand koloss were making their way to Vetitan. Emperor [[Elend Venture]] arrived there just in time to teach Vetitan's garrison how to fight the koloss. Emperor Venture demanded fealty from Fatren, offering him a title in return; Fatren generally did not trust [[noble]]s, but saw that Elend was a remarkable leader and eventually agreed.{{book ref|mb3|1}} Elend led a charge to attack the koloss while they were still setting up their camp, taking down several hundred of them in the surprise. The Vetitan garrison was inspired by Elend, and kept fighting until [[Vin]] arrived at the battle and killed the [[Inquisitor]] who controlled the koloss using emotional Allomancy. This allowed Elend to take control of all of the koloss instead, ending the battle.{{book ref|mb3|3}} He assigned some of the koloss to obey Fatren.{{book ref|mb3|5}}

===Storage Cache and Evacuation===

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|Be careful what you speak. It can hear what you say. It can read what you write. Only your thoughts are safe.

|The inscription in the Vetitan storage cavern{{book ref|mb3|5}}

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Vin and Elend knew there was a storage cache in the city, and quickly located it. The cache contained a large amount of supplies, including food, water, and the first eight Allomantic metals.{{book ref|mb3|5}}{{book ref|mb3|12}} The inscription in the cavern included details about [[malatium]] and the use of emotional Allomancy on koloss and [[kandra]]. Elend already had some of this information, but was heartened by the thought that the [[Lord Ruler]] would not have maintained the caverns if he did not think the [[Deepness]] could be stopped. The pair then learned that the last cache was hidden in [[Fadrex City]].{{book ref|mb3|5}}

Elend then grudgingly began the evacuation of the people of Vetitan to [[Luthadel]]. He was glad they had become independent, but the town was outside of his defensive perimeter and would eventually succumb to the Deepness even if it were not attacked.{{book ref|mb3|5}}{{book ref|mb3|8}} Some of the skaa were killed by the [[mist]]s during the journey, but Elend had no other options. The residents would be employed as farmers in the city, and the soldiers were allowed to join the army if they wished. When the group reached [[Demoux]]'s camp, Elend ordered him to send five hundred soldiers back to Vetitan with the task of transferring the remaining supplies in the storage cache to Luthadel on barges.{{book ref|mb3|8}}