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{{group
|founder=[[Elend Venture]]
|leaders=[[Elend Venture]], [[Ferson Penrod]]
|hq=Former [[Steel Ministry#Canton of Finance|Canton of Finance]] building{{book ref|mb2|10}}
|era=Post-[[Collapse]]
|type=Council
|world=Scadrial
|books=[[Mistborn Era 1]]
}}
The '''Luthadel Assembly''' is the ruling council of [[Luthadel]] that is established as part of King [[Elend Venture]]'s new government after the [[Collapse]].{{book ref|mb2|3}}
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The Assembly consists of seven [[noble]]s, eight [[skaa]] workers, and eight merchants. Elend set up this structure so that the common people would be able to outvote the nobles. In practice, however, the merchants held themselves separate from and above the other skaa. The King of the [[Dominance#Central Dominance|Central Dominance]] presides over the Assembly and has a vote of his own, and also exercises a [[wikipedia:casting vote|casting vote]] when the Assembly is evenly divided on a matter. If the throne is vacant, the Assembly elects a chancellor to preside and exercise the casting vote.{{book ref|mb2|31}}
=== Members of the Assembly ===
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|The Assembly was only twenty-four men, but getting them to agree on anything was almost more challenging than any of the problems they argued about.
== History ==
=== Origin ===
After the [[Rashek|Lord Ruler]]'s death, Elend gives a speech to the skaa and convinces them to stop rioting and instead set up a new government based on democratic ideals. Once the rioting stops, Elend is named the new king and leads the negotiations and drafting of a new constitution.{{book ref|mb1|epilogue}} As a firm believer in democracy, Elend created the Assembly so that the people could have some control over the country, and so that the king could both receive advice and have his power limited.{{book ref|mb2|3}}{{book ref|mb2|31}} The Assembly meets in the building that formerly housed the [[Steel Ministry#Canton of Finance|Canton of Finance]].{{book ref|mb2|10}}
=== During the Siege of Luthadel ===
When King [[Straff Venture]] brings his army to Luthadel to retake the city from his son Elend, the Assembly becomes a threat to Elend's ability to function as king. Taking into consideration the coming winter, the scarcity of food and wood/oil to heat the tenements and, before all, the fact that there are only twenty thousand, mostly untrained, of their soldiers in the city, the Assembly wants to give the city to Straff. With effort, Elend is able to convince the majority of the Assembly to give him time to set up a meeting with his father. Elend is sure that Straff won't attack the city. Then a second army comes to Luthadel, headed by another King, [[Ashweather Cett]], making the Assembly even more nervous. Cett makes his way into the city and is allowed to take residence in one of the abandoned Noble's Keeps. Now two armies besiege Luthadel.
When a meeting with Straff is finally arranged, the Assembly schedules a meeting at the same time, knowing that Elend couldn't participate and -- in his absence -- depose him, appointing Lord Penrod as new king. They then decide to accept Straff as their emperor, although he would never get the city.
=== After the Battle of Luthadel ===
At the end of the [[Battle of Luthadel]], [[Vin]] forces King [[Ferson Penrod]] to swear allegiance to Elend.
== Notes ==
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