Difference between revisions of "The Alloy of Law"

|cover=The Alloy of Law Cover.jpg

|released=November 8, 2011

|prequel=The Hero of Ages

|sequel=Shadows of Self

|ISBN=978-0-7653-3042-0

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The book follows [[Waxillium Ladrian]], a descendant of [[Breeze]] and former lawman who returns from the [[Roughs]] to assume leadership of his house in the wake of his uncle's passing, and [[Wayne]] - Wax's formidable partner and old friend. The two of them are [[Twinborn]], with both one [[Allomantic]] power and one [[Feruchemical]] power.

Meeting up with Wayne, Wax shows him the pocket book he swiped from his uncle containing appointments and notes. Wax is determined to stop his uncle. {{quote|He would see this to the end. Roughs honor. When one of your own went bad, it was your job to see the mess cleaned up.|Last lines of the Epilogue}}

 

;[[Waxillium Ladrian]]: He is the descendant of Breeze and an extremely powerful Twinborn. Returning to his estates in Elendel, after spending most of his life in the Roughs, Wax is set on assuming his duties to his house until a new threat emerges - one that very much pulls him into the fray.

 

;[[Miles Dagouter]]: Also known as Miles "Hundredlives" is the primary antagonist in The Alloy of Law. Once an associate of Wax, his ideals have driven him to lead the Vanishers to their criminal behaviour. He is also a Twinborn, able to compound gold and appear as if immortal, hence his nickname.

 

;[[Steris Harms]]: The daughter of Lord Harms and Wax's fiancee. She is stern and business-like, showing a distaste for most of Wax's personality as she holds the image society has determined to be of the utmost importance. She is kidnapped by Miles and Wax, Wayne and Marasi manage to rescue her.

 

;Lord [[Harms]]: The father of Steris and later revealed father of Marasi to a different woman. He accompanies Steris to her liaisons with Wax before she is kidnapped. He seems amused when Wax succeeds in shocking Steris with stories of his past. Marasi informs Wax that Harms is willing to financially back Wax in his investigation of the Vanishers.

 

;[[Pathism]]: Known adherants - Waxillium Ladrian

:Pathians pray to Harmony for 15 minutes each day in no set posture. Their one basic tenet describes:

:In the novel ''Mistborn'', Trell is referenced as the god of the Nelazan people, who were said to have lived far to the North in Pre-Ascension times. The Nelazan worshipped darkness, glorifying the stars as the "Thousand Eyes of Trell" and dismissing the sun as profane. Their intricate star maps enabled Sazed to place Scadrial back in its proper orbit at the conclusion of ''Hero of Ages''. The connection between this ancient religion and its incarnation in ''Alloy of Law'' is unclear.

 

;''[[Harmony]]'': In the original [[Mistborn (series)|trilogy]] Sazed took up the Shards of both [[Preservation]] and [[Ruin]] to become Harmony. He is worshipped on Scadrial in the time of Alloy of Law as a god by Pathians.

 

== Notes ==

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