Difference between revisions of "Final Empire"

The Lord Ruler suppressed most technological advances, killing everyone who discovered gunpowder and the knowledge associated with it.{{epigraph ref|mb3|28}} He did allow some advances such as the implementation of canneries, allowing for the easy storage of food.{{citebok ref|mb2|13}} The currency includes [[Currency|Boxings]] and Clips.{{bookbok ref|mb1mb2|313}}{{book ref|mb3|51}}

The empire had a standing army around [[Luthadel]] including a number of garrisons. The [[Luthadel]] Garrison consisted of twenty thousand troops, mostly skaa, and many of the smaller towns in the [[Central Dominance]] had smaller Garrisons of their own, such as [[Valtroux]] and [[Holstep]].{{citebook ref|mb1|24}} There is also a substantial army of koloss who can be under the control of the [[Lord Ruler]] or a remote [[Inquisitor]]. The [[Canton of Inquisition]] itself is trained to have formidable warriors, each member more than capable of overcoming any target. Presumably the openly [[Allomancy|Mistborn]] and [[Misting]] [[Noble]]s can be required to form a militia under the Lord Ruler's command at any point. The Noble houses themselves operate guardsmen, militias and armies when necessary. In addition to this the Lord Ruler can field any of the [[kandra]] as covert operatives with the ability to accurately imitate and replace any target whose skeleton is available.{{cite}}

The descendants of the people who originally supported the Lord Ruler during his rise to power are now the nobility of the Final Empire.{{citebook ref|mb2|14}} The Lord Ruler and his allies had access to beads of [[lerasium]], and gained Allomantic powers. Because of this, certain nobles gain the use of Allomancy. There is a wide range of nobles, from the high houses to the impoverished, but even the lowest noble is still higher than the highest skaa.{{cite}}