Difference between revisions of "Waxillium Ladrian"

Wax is tall{{book ref|mb6|21}} with an intense face and eyes that are sometimes described to be as cold as icicles.{{book ref|mb6|21}}. Though the twenty years he spent living in the Roughs have taken their toll on his appearance{{book ref|mb6|21}}, leaving his hands calloused{{book ref|mb6|31}} and his dark hair streaked with gray, he still maintains the lean, muscular body of his youth.{{book ref|mb4|13}}. Accustomed to regularly sitting for a shave {{book ref|mb6|1}}, Wax still believes he could use a nice scar on his face, in good Roughs fashion.{{book ref|mb4|13}}

In addition to his metalminds, a pair of [[iron]] bracers he wears on his upper arms typically hidden by the cuffs of his sleeves{{book ref|mb4|2}}, Wax favors wearing an [[aluminum]]-lined, Roughs-style hat, as well as a long, mistcloak duster over his fine city suit, vest, and cravat.{{book ref|mb5|5}}. Wax tends to be unnaturally light on his feet, due to his habit of nearly constantly filling his metalminds with a small percentage of his weight.{{book ref|mb2|prologue}}

Waxillium is a descendent of [[Breeze|Edgard Ladrian]] and [[Allrianne Cett]]. He is of mixed hertiage;[[Terris]] on his mothers side and [[Noble]] on his fathers side, {{book ref|mb5|6}} he is said to have more Terris blood than most.{{book ref|mb5|5}} He was raised under a noble house and lived a life of luxury, something he detested .{{book ref|mb6|0}}. He and his sister were mostly raised by his uncle.{{book ref|mb5|5}} At the age of 12, his uncle began grooming him to run a family operated [[First Central Bank |bank]]. Wax became disgusted by the unethical practices of the bank and distanced himself from the role. {{book ref|mb5|8}}

| Wax thinks like a lawkeeper. This is the best way to find our hideout—stay with the cargo you know will be stolen, even if you’reyou're not sure precisely how. No. He’llHe'll have guessed how we’rewe're doing it. That’sThat's the risk of being as good as he is. As good as I was. You start to think like a criminal.

Escaping into the mists, Waxillium briefly experienced a conversation with [[Harmony]], which culminated in the realization that Harmony had worked behind the scenes to orchestrate the delivery of Wax's old, lost weapons to the Vanishers' hideout, just in time to help.{{book ref|mb4|18}}. Newly re-armed, Wax located and rescued Steris, killed numerous members of the Vanishers gang and destroyed their hideout with a tremendous feat of metalborn power.

Due to his invaluable contributions toward the resolution of the Vanishers case, Wax was granted a citywide deputized forbearance by the [[Elendel#Government|Elendel Senate]] as well as certain allowances to practice his Roughs-style justice in the city. {{book ref|mb4|20}}

Months later, while steel-pushing through the crowded city streets in hot pursuit of bank robber the [[Marksman]] (an Allomancer connected with the [[Set]] who featured in Edwarn's appointment book), Wax was stunned and deeply disturbed to recognize the face of an onlooker on the sidewalk below —Bloody Tan, Lessie's murderer. {{book ref|mb5|2}}

Starting his search in the best place to find word of a rogue Feruchemist, Wax visited the [[Terris]] [[Village]] to obtain the counsel of his grandmother, [[Vwafendal]]. Recognizing the name [[Idashwy]], a Steelrunner from his past who had recently left the Village, Wax continued his investigation elsewhere, enlisting Wayne's help to discover the woman's address in the city. {{book ref|mb5|5}}

While attending Lady ZoBell's party with Steris, Wax met the Faceless Immortal, [[MeLaan]], sent to help in the hunt for Bleeder by Harmony himself. In between chats with various nobility of the city, Wax began to hear a new voice in his head, mocking him and the people of Elendel. Wax soon realized he was hearing the voice of Bleeder, who had somehow learned to use the same Hermalurgic connection to him that Harmony had.{{book ref|mb5|9}}. Using their connection to discover Bleeder's location at the party, Wax attempted to apprehend her, giving chase out a window and through the Mists of the city outside.{{book ref|mb5|10}}

| In the back of his noggin, he’llhe'll be relieved that I stopped the wedding. He’llHe'll figure it was me, deep in his subcontinence, and will pay for the damages—no matter what the assessor says. And he won’twon't say anything, won’twon't even investigate. Watch.

| What is it about you that makes me want to punch you, even when you’reyou're saying something helpful?

| You were always the quiet one. The thoughtful one. How did you get here? I … Your face, Waxillium. You’reYou're old.

When the temple's last chamber proved to be missing the Bands, Wax suddenly found himself in an armed standoff with Telsin, who he had rightly suspected to be a mole for the Set. Both siblings fired at once. Wax's bullet went wild and missed, but Telsin's shot hit Wax just below the neck. A number of bullets later, Wax fell into a pit, below the Bands' supposed resting chamber.{{book ref|mb6|26}}. Trailing blood and weakening by the moment, Wax was soon tracked down by Edwarn, now fully revealed as an Allomancer, by way of Hemalurgic spike. Edwarn cruelly triggered another of the temple's traps, which collapsed the roof and crushed Wax's already wounded body under a punishing avalanche of rubble. In a daze, Wax was forced to watch helplessly as his uncle approached, unholstering his pistol and intent on finishing him off. When Wayne arrived to attempt his rescue and broke down at the sight of him, Wax used his remaining breath to tell his friend to go on living and keep fighting.