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After the fall of the [[Lord Ruler]], the Luthadel nobility fractured. House Lekal established a "kingdom" in the [[Southern Dominance]] where their country estate was located. Jastes came to lead the House and attempted to implement some of the idealistic policies he had long discussed with Elend, but his approach failed because his local rivals continued to use the ruthless methods that were common during the Final Empire. A number of Lekals were killed, including Jastes's sister.{{book ref|mb2|42}} Obviously stressed and bitter, Jastes seemed to lose himself; he assembled a [[koloss]] army that he "controlled" by paying them with fake coins, brushing off any collateral damage that they caused.{{book ref|mb2|34}}{{book ref|mb2|44}} The Lekal forces allied with the armies of [[Straff Venture]] and [[Ashweather Cett]] in the [[Siege of Luthadel]].{{book ref|mb2|16}} Jastes predictably lost control of the koloss army,{{book ref|mb2|51}} resulting in the [[Battle of Luthadel]] and a great deal of death and destruction, ironically including the koloss storming Keep Lekal.{{book ref|mb2|53}} Elend felt that he had no choice but to execute his former friend for his actions.{{book ref|mb2|51}}
After Jastes's death, his uncle [[Audil Lekal|Audil]] succeeded him as king of the Lekal lands in the south. Acting as 'Chief Ambassador of the [[New Empire]]', [[Sazed]] (accompanied by a contingent including [[Breeze]]) visited the estate-turned-shantytown of Lekal City. Although Audil had lost most of his kingdom to bandits and koloss,{{book ref|mb3|part=ars}} House Lekal still controlled enough land close to Luthadel to worry Elend, and Sazed and Breeze successfully compelled Audil into signing a treaty with the [[New Empire]].{{book ref|mb3|4}}
As Scadrial became increasingly unstable, Lekal City and the surrounding area were destroyed by lava from an [[ashmount]], likely Zerinah or possibly Doriel.{{book ref|mb3|61}}{{17s ref|topic|59143|10th Anniversary Final Empire Map|date=May 9, 2017}} King Audil and many of the people loyal to him were killed as the area burned.{{book ref|mb3|61}}
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