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== Organization ==
=== Cantons ===▼
The Cantons are the subsections of the Steel Ministry.
{{image|Steel_Ministry.png|Obligators visiting Lord [[Themos Tresting|Tresting]]'s plantation|side=right|width=330px}}
Organized the Steel Ministry and looked after the religious side of things. This Canton was the main bureaucratic division of the Ministry.{{book ref|mb1|23}}
There was a long-standing rivalry between the Canton of Orthodoxy and the Canton of Inquisition, for the Canton of Inquisition believed that they should have dominance over the other Cantons. The Canton of Inquisition is eventually given this authority when they captured Vin and proved that she was the lord prelan [[Tevidian Tekiel]]'s half-breed daughter; a long-standing law made it forbidden for nobles to have illegitimate half-[[skaa]] children.{{book ref|mb1|36}}
As the bank of the Final Empire, it was in charge of the financial operations of the Final Empire. Its work included the transport of funds. During the last days of the Final Empire, a skaa crewleader named Camon tried to scam this Canton. During the operation, one of his crewmembers, Vin, unknowingly revealed herself as a Misting, and later a full Mistborn. This was the event that led Kelsier to recruit Vin to his crew.
The building was later used as assembly hall for the [[Luthadel Assembly]], in a low-ceilinged space that looked like a large lecture room.{{book ref|mb2|10}}</br>
There are many philosophers in the Steel Ministry and most end up in the Canton of Resource, the best place for those with analytical minds.{{wob ref|7766}} This Canton is tasked with trade, transport, and taxation. A big portion of the [[atium]] mined at the [[Pits of Hathsin]] is secretly transported by the Canton of Resource. There are obligators on duty at the Pits all the time to extract the metal from the geode surrounding it.{{book ref|mb3|71}} The beads of atium are then disguised as and hidden in Ministry funds, since metal coins radiate powerful light in the [[Cognitive Realm]], which keeps [[Ruin]] from noticing where the god metal goes.{{book ref|mb3|79}} It is also in charge of maintaining supply lines to the other Cantons, for feeding the people, and maintaining the canals.{{book ref|mb3|44}}
The national headquarters of the Canton of Resource is in [[Luthadel]] while one of the [[Western Dominance|Western Dominance's]] regional headquarters is in [[Fadrex City]]{{book ref|mb3|27}} and houses the fifth, and final, of the [[Lord Ruler|Lord Ruler's]] supply caches.{{book ref|mb3|44}} The single story building housing the regional headquarters in Fadrex City is blocky and utilitarian with sharp, flat walls and small windows.{{book ref|mb3|43}} It is the largest of any Ministry buildings in the city because it acts as a way station between Luthadel and more important cities (such as [[Tremredare]]) to the west. Because of the influence of this Canton in Fadrex City, [[Aradan Yomen|Prelan Aradan Yomen]], the head of the Canton locally, is the top religious authority in the city.{{book ref|mb3|27}}
{{image|Inquisitor_by_Ydunn_Lopez.jpg|A Steel Inquisitor|side=left|width=300px}}
The Canton of Inquisition is run by the [[Steel Inquisitors]] and acts as law enforcement, especially over the Allomantic community. Obligators of the Canton of Inquisition have the usual tattoos around their eyes, with the addition of a stark red line on the side of their face.{{book ref|mb1|27}} Administrators in this Canton collect and file information that would assist in the policing efforts. The information they collect is about nobles houses, skaa rebels, and other Cantons.{{book ref|mb3|29}} In addition to dealing with anyone that went against Ministry protocol, the Canton of Inquisition also has bases all around the city of [[Luthadel]], called Soothing stations. Their purpose is to dampen the emotions of everyone in the area, calming and depressing them to prevent rebellion. In addition, many Inquisitors find skaa Mistings by installing [[bronze|Seekers]] in the Soothing stations.{{book ref|mb1|27}} There are between thirty and forty soothing stations around the city, each with three Soothers, a Seeker, and a Smoker to mask the Allomancy to anyone outside.{{book ref|mb1|29}}
==== History ====
{{sidequote|As I walk, I wonder what secrets the Inquisitors deemed worthy of hiding below the earth, in the basement of their stronghold.|[[Sazed]], observing the Conventical of Seran{{book ref|mb2|12}}|side=right|size=200px}}▼
By revealing that [[Vin]] was the daughter of the Lord Prelan [[Tevidian Tekiel]], shortly before the death of the [[Lord Ruler]], the Canton of Inquisition gained dominance over the other Cantons.{{book ref|mb1|36}}
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==== Buildings ====
▲During his argument with [[Elend]], [[Aradan Yomen]] mentions how the Canton of Inquisition had been formed sometime during the sixth century, and it was this Canton which suggested the [[Terris]] breeding programs to the Lord Ruler in order to keep that population under control. The Lord Ruler agreed to it provisionally, and the programs were then kept until the collapse of the Final Empire. However, it is also mentioned that the subjugation of the Terris people had started far before the Canton of Inquisition had come up with the idea of the breeding programs.{{book ref|mb3|44}}
The [[Conventical of Seran]] is a fortress inside a crater to the south of Luthadel. The fortress belongs to the Canton of Inquisition and may be the place where new inquisitors are created. [[Kwaan's inscription]] is in a chamber of this building as well as various torture chambers.{{book ref|mb2|12}} The Inquistitors' torture chambers are [[Hemalurgic]] laboratories, intended to discover new creations, but few know of these chambers' true purposes.{{epigraph ref|mb3|44}} After the [[Collapse]], the Conventical is used as a haven for Inquisitors and high obligators.{{book ref|mb2|7}}
The Canton of Inquisition building in Urteau, in addition to being above one of the storage caches, is broad and imposing. Typical for buildings in Urteau, it was built of wood instead of stone. While more austere than most Ministry buildings, there are still a variety of decor in the form of tapestries, metal trim, red rugs, and hearths in every room. {{book ref|mb3|29}}
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