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=== Cantons ===

The Cantons are the subsections of the Steel Ministry.

[[File:Steel_Ministry.png|right|thumb|<center><Small>by {{a|Francis Goeltner}}</small></center>Obligators visiting Lord [[Themos Tresting|Tresting]]'s plantation]]

 

 

==== Canton of Inquisition ====

[[File:Inquisitor_by_Ydunn_Lopez.jpg|left|thumb|<center><small>by {{a|Ydunn Lopez}}</small></center>A Steel Inquisitor]]

During the [[Final Empire]] the Canton of Inquisition was run by the [[Steel Inquisitors]], and acted as law enforcement, especially over the Allomantic community. Obligators of the Canton of Inquisition had the usual tattoos around the eyes, with the addition of a stark red line on the side of their face.{{book ref|mb1|27}} In addition to dealing with anyone that went against Ministry protocol, the Canton of Inquisition also had bases all around the city of [[Luthadel]], called Soothing stations. These were to dampen the emotions of everyone in the area, calming and depressing them to preempt rebellion. In addition, many Inquisitors found skaa Mistings by installing [[bronze|Seekers]] in the Soothing stations.{{book ref|mb1|27}} There were between thirty and forty soothing stations around the city, each with three Soothers, a Seeker, and a Smoker to mask the Allomancy to anyone outside.{{book ref|mb1|29}}

During his argument with [[Elend]], [[Aradan Yomen]] mentions how the Canton of Inquisition had been formed sometime during the sixth century, and it was this Canton which suggested the [[Terris]] breeding programs to the Lord Ruler in order to keep that population under control. The Lord Ruler agreed to it provisionally, and the programs were then kept until the collapse of the Final Empire. However, it is also mentioned that the subjugation of the Terris people had started far before the Canton of Inquisition had come up with the idea of the breeding programs.{{book ref|mb3|44}}

 

 

=== Obligators ===

== Doctrine ==

{{quote|The fact that the Lord Ruler would base his Church on a financial institution shows—in my opinion—that he worried less about true faith in his followers, and more about stability, loyalty, and quantifiable measures of devotion.|[[Harmony]] in the [[Words of Founding]]{{epigraph ref|mb3|27}}}}

[[File:The_Lord_Ruler_2_by_Rafael_Sousa.png|thumb|230px|right|<center><small>by {{a|Rafael_Sousa}}</small></center>The Lord Ruler]]

The doctrine most taught by the Steel Ministry is that the skaa are cursed and the nobility are blessed.{{book ref|mb2|14}} The basic doctrine is that the nobility has prestige and access to Allomancy because of their ancestors' loyalty to the Lord Ruler, while the skaa were punished for the sins of their own ancestors. The Mistborn are taught to be descendants of the only men who supported the Lord Ruler before his Ascension.{{book ref|mb1|3}}{{book ref|mb1|7}}