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The '''Conventical of Seran''' is a fortress of the [[Canton of Inquisition]] on [[Scadrial]]. It is where new [[Inquisitor]]s were [[Hemalurgy|made]], and [[Kwaan's inscription]] is kept there.
== Geography ==
The Conventical of Seran lies far south of Luthadel in the [[Eastern Dominance]]{{book ref|mb2|12}},
It is built in a large crater-like depression in the land. This valley has steep rocky slopes, is about three hundred feet deep and is almost too wide to look at the other side with the bare eye. The crater is surrounded by gently sloping hills, and no roads lead to it. All these reasons make the Conventical of Seran hard to defend, but even
== Architecture ==
=== Exterior ===
The Conventical's walls are built from dark stone and are flat, broad and impressive. It has steel plates bolted to some of the outside sections of the building, covered by some rust, moss and ash.
=== Interior ===
In general the whole interior is dark, square-shaped, covered by steel plates and without decoration, except for carvings in the steel.{{book ref|mb2|12}}
The ground floor doesn't have a clear purpose, it only serves as entry. On the upper floor(s) are the [[Inquisitor]]
== History ==
=== During the Final Empire ===
After the [[Lord Ruler]]'s death, the [[Inquisitors]] and high [[obligator]]s of the [[Canton of Inquisition]] retreat to the Conventical of Seran.{{book ref|mb2|7}} For some reason all of them abandon the building a couple of months before [[Ruin]]'s release from the [[Well of Ascension]], killing a lot of their servants and taking everything useful upon their departure.{{book ref|mb2|12}}▼
The [[Lord Ruler]] built the Conventical as a [[Hemalurgy]] laboratory. During the one thousand years of his reign, he conducted several experiments in hope of creating new Hemalurgic constructs. Due to the nature of Hemalurgy, many died in the process. But all the attempts turned out to be failure, as the Lord Ruler was unable to create anything on top of the three he already knew: [[Koloss]], [[Kandra]] and [[Inquisitor]].{{epigraph ref|mb3|44}}
=== After the Collapse ===
When Marsh discovers that the Conventical is abandoned, he goes there to investigate it together with [[Sazed]]. Marsh climbs down the crater in which the Conventical was situated using a cable which was formerly used to transport people up and down in a cage, but Sazed uses his [[Feruchemical]] [[iron]] to lower his weight and fall down easefully. The two of them need to work together to open the building's massive steel doors, Marsh using [[Allomantic]] [[pewter]] and Sazed his Feruchemical pewter.{{book ref|mb2|12}}▼
▲After the [[Lord Ruler]]'s death, the [[Inquisitors]] and high [[obligator]]s of the [[Canton of Inquisition]]
▲When Marsh discovers that the Conventical is abandoned, he
Once inside Sazed starts archiving what he sees in his [[coppermind]], while Marsh attempts to find something specific (although undefined) in the Inquisitor's quarters, but concludes that the Inquisitor's must have taken it with them upon their departure. Sazed finds his way down to the room that holds [[Kwaan's inscription]], and makes a quick rubprint copy with charcoal as Marsh insists on leaving soon.{{book ref|mb2|12}}▼
▲Once inside, Sazed
Two weeks after [[Ruin]]'s release from the [[Well of Ascension]] Sazed returns to the Conventical, alone. When he compares his copy from Kwaan's inscription with the original he notices that his copy doesn't match the text carved in steel, as expected.{{book ref|mb2|epilogue}}▼
▲Two weeks after [[Ruin]]'s release from the [[Well of Ascension]] Sazed
== Trivia ==
*[[Brandon]] is planning to write more from [[Marsh]]'s viewpoint in the future and reveal what Marsh hoped to find in the Conventical.{{wob ref|8930}}
*The [[Summary:The Hero of Ages#prologue|prologue]] of [[The Hero of Ages]] possibly takes place in the Conventical of Seran.{{book ref|mb3|prologue}}
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