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Waxillium is a descendentdescendant of [[Breeze|Edgard Ladrian]] and [[Allrianne Cett]]. He is of mixed hertiage;heritage, with [[Terris]] on his mothersmother's side and [[Noble]] on his fathersfather's side, {{book ref|mb5|6}} and 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, [[Telsin]], were mostly raised by histheir uncle in [[Elendel]].{{book ref|mb5|5}} At the age of 12, his uncle began grooming him to run athe 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}}

=== Living in theThe Village ===

At the age of 15, Wax spent a year living in the [[villageVillage]]., Withwith the option to stay if he wished. During his last months in the villageVillage, he would encounterencountered [[Forch]], a [[Twinborn]] Terris boy who committed arson. Wax investigated the crime and brought his evidence to the attention of the constables., Butbut this was ultimately disregarded by his grandmother who insisted that the Terris people manage themselves and their criminals.{{book ref|mb6|0}} Wax unintentionally spotted Forch later that night and believed he was going to commit arson again. Investigating further, Wax unknowingly stumbled upon Forch attempting to dissect a living boy he had kidnapped. Despite being heavily outmatched by another Twinborn., Wax ultimately killed Forch in self defense during a steelpushingSteelpushing battle, rescuing the child from him.{{citebook ref|mb6|prologue}}}

In his early years in the [[Roughs]], Wax developed an image of himself as a "Gentleman Bounty Hunter"{{book ref|mb5|0}},; although initially incompetent and unfamiliar with his Twinborn abilities, he would eventually hone them. He pro-actively worked with other law enforcers in the area, eventually working with [[Jon Deadfinger]] and finding a 17 year old [[Wayne,]] who he would ultimately spare from execution and turn his life around to become a lawman.{{book ref|mb5|prologue}}

During a bounty claim on Granite Joe, he would encounterencountered [[Lessie.{{book ref|mb5|0}} A]]--a woman he would fall in love with and eventually marry.{{book ref|mb5|prologue}}

After the reported death of his uncle, Wax was implored to return to Elendel to begin managing the ledgers of his house. Initially ignoring this request, Wax chose instead to hunt the murderous [[Bloody Tan,]] as his lastfinal bounty. In a horrifying turn of events, Waxillium mistakenly shot Lessie in the forehead, when he attempted to free her from Bloody Tan's clutches. With nothing left for him in the Roughs, Wax returned to his family mansion in Elendel.{{book ref|mb4|Prologue}}

In his early months in [[Elendel]], Wax earned a reputation for frequently disappearing early from social functions, preferring to steel-push through the mists, in patrol of the city. On one such night, Waxillium paused his patrol and intervened in a shootout. Believing he heard a woman's whimper, which reminded him of Lessie, Wax froze during the gunfight. Coming to the conclusion that he was no longer capable of being a lawman, and with the effectiveness of the city constabulary forcing him to face the irrelevance of vigilante justice in general, Wax hung up his guns for good.{{book ref|mb4|1}}

Throwing himself into the much more mundane effort of saving his house's financial future, Waxillium spent half a year working to reverse his late uncle's squandering of the family funds. Believing there was no other choice, he entered into a marriage agreement with [[Lord Harms]]' daughter, [[Steris]], hopeful that her father's money would help bring House Ladrian back from the brink of destitution. That same day, Wayne, an old partner from his time in the Roughs, re-entered Wax's life--carrying with him an [[aluminum]] bullet and a tantalizing mystery surrounding a gang of train robbers known as the [[Vanishers]], which threatened to draw Wax away from his house responsibilities and right back into the life of a lawman.{{book ref|mb4|2}}

Against his better judgement, and under the disapproving eye of his butler, [[Tillaume]], Wax began 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 hashad created for his house duties, Waxillium endeavored to put away this new obsession and attended the [[Yomen-Ostlin wedding dinner]] with Steris, marking their public debut as a couple.{{book ref|mb4|3}}

After the wedding was interrupted by the arrival of bandits from the Vanishers gang, who proceeded to rob the lords and ladies in attendance at gunpoint, Wax initially refused Wayne's insistence that he take up a pistol, --having convinced himself that the Elendel constabulary would be able to handle the disturbance with far less bloodshed. When the gang went too far, killing a man and taking Steris as a hostage, Wax admitted that he could not stand idly by, and attacked the gang with his backup pistols and the full fury of his steel-pushingSteelpushing.{{book ref|mb4|5}} In the ensuing gunfight, Wax, Wayne, and Steris' cousin [[Marasi]] worked together to subdue the majority of the attackers, while successfully minimizing civilian casualties. When Marasi was suddenly held at gunpoint by one of the gang, in the same fashion as Lessie a year ago, Wax nearly froze up again. Marasi struggled, successfully stunning the Vanisher holding her, momentarily opening up the shot for Wax--forcing him to make a choice to overcome his fear to pull the trigger and save her. As the robbers retreated, Waxillium was surprised to discover the identity of the Vanishers' leader, [[Miles Dagouter|Miles "Hundredlives" Dagouter]]--another former lawman from the Roughs.{{book ref|mb4|6}}

Eventually discovering the location of the Vanishers' hideout and confirming Hundredlives' involvement, Wax began forming a plan to take down the unbeatable, former lawman.{{book ref|mb4|10}} Focusing his attention on puzzling out the Vanishers' peculiar robbery methods, Wax was taken by surprise when the Vanishers attacked his train en route back to Elendel.{{book ref|mb4|12}} 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 escaped to [[Ranette]]'s house, where he obtained [[Hazekiller]] bullets and a new prototype revolver, [[Vindication]].{{book ref|mb4|14}}