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== Culture ==
The Steel Ministry was notorious for taking bribes. It functioned similar to being its own noble house, with contracts and agreements to gain wealth and leverage. Corruption was commonplace, during the Final Empire. [[wob ref|5498}} Rising through the ranks of the Ministry was very influenced by Allomantic abilities. Those with abilities, especially with metals judged to be valuable, rose quickly and were placed in positions of power. {{annotation
Noblemen would address Inquisitors, and presumably obligators, as "Your Grace". {wob ref|7764}}
There was a long standing rivalry between the various Cantons for control of the Ministry.
Daily prayer was a facet of the religion. {{annotation ref|mb3|chapter=34}} There is a ritual that involves an altar made of gold. It is centered in a room with four candelabra at the corners. Near the altar, [[Alendi's journal]], written in Khlenni, was kept. Near the doorway, a bowl of small, triangular knives was kept on a pillar to be used in the ritual. {{book ref|mb1|14}} The knives were occasionally used for the worshipper to slice their own body. {{annotation ref|mb3|chapter=34}} Marsh later uses these triangle knives as a weapon of choice.
The Ministry's position on sexuality was dependent on how much they were paid. {{wob ref|8203}}
Skaa and nobles alike were required to fulfil their roles in the Empire and obey the Lord Ruler, but neither devotion nor faith was requested. Weddings were characterized only by the presence of an obligator to witness the fact. Sometimes additional ceremony would be added, but there wasn't a standard; the obligator's presence was the only requirement. {{annotation
== Obligators ==
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