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=== The Vanishers ===
Against his better judgement, and under the disapproving eye of his butler, Tillaume, Wax begins to piece together the history of the Vanishers, hoping to discover the reason for their unorthodox targets as well as the secret behind the way they commit their crimes. Realizing the distraction this has created for his house duties, Waxillium endeavors to put away this new obsession and attend the Yomen-Ostlin wedding dinner with
After the wedding is interrupted by the arrival of bandits from the Vanishers gang, who proceed to rob the lords and ladies in attendance at gunpoint, Wax initially refuses Wayne’s insistence that he take up a pistol, convincing himself that the Elendel constabulary will be able to handle the disturbance with far less bloodshed. When the gang goes too far, killing a man and taking
In the ensuing gunfight, Wax, Wayne, and, surprisingly, Steris’ cousin Marasi work together to subdue the majority of the attackers, while successfully minimizing civilian casualties. When Marasi is suddenly held at gunpoint by one of the gang, in the same fashion as Lessie a year ago, Wax nearly freezes up again. Marasi struggles and stuns the Vanisher holding her, momentarily opening up the shot for Wax and forcing him to make a choice to overcome his fear to pull the trigger and save her. As the robbers retreat, Waxillium is surprised to discover the identity of the Vanishers’ leader, Miles “Hundredlives” Dagouter, another former lawman from the Roughs.{{book ref|mb4|6}}
Wounded in the attack and shaken by Hundredlives’ claim that the real evil in the world is the corruption of Elendel itself{{book ref|mb4|13}}, Waxillium escapes to Ranette’s house, where he obtains [[Hazekiller]] bullets and a new prototype revolver, [[Vindication]].{{book ref|mb4|14}}
Correctly deducing the
Making use of a large amount of dynamite smuggled alongside him in the Breaknaught, Waxillium fights his way through the Vanishers’ hideout, losing Vindication in the fray. Successfully springing a trap made specially to capture Hundredlives, Wax is then forced to flee when the outlaw opts to blow himself up with a personal explosive, rather than be captured.
Escaping into the mists, Waxillium briefly experiences a conversation with [[Harmony]], culminating in the realization that Harmony worked behind the scenes to orchestrate the delivery of Wax’s old, lost weapons to the Vanishers’ hideout, just for this moment.{{book ref|mb4|18}}. Newly re-armed, Wax locates and rescues
As the building collapses, several surviving Vanishers, led by the now fully-healed, Miles Hundredlives, hold Marasi at gunpoint.
Refusing to freeze up and lose another woman’s life to the same
Miles and an already injured Wax square off, with Hundredlives beating Wax mercilessly. Waxillium holds on, taking the punishment of Miles’ blows as Marasi secretly holds them in a time bubble. Wax successfully distracts the outlaw, laying all of his hopes on the absent Wayne, who finally returns, having surrounded the three of them with Elendel’s constables.{{book ref|mb4|19}}
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