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=== Nations ===
The Southern Scadrians were divieddivided into five different nations,{{book ref|mb6|30}}{{book ref|mb7|9}} however following the discovery of the Northern Scadrians their politics changed until they united under the banner of single nation, the [[Malwish Consortium]]. So far, the names of three of these previous nations have been revealed:
 
==== Malwish ====
 
Following the discovery of the Northern Continent, the Malwish took over diplomatic relations with the Basin, and the majority of Southerners who visited the North were from there. They were the only tribe who sent an ambassador up. It is under their banner that the Southern Nations united.{{book ref|mb7|9}}
 
Some of the researchers on [[Canticle]] view Malwish as a civilized language.{{book ref|tsm|44}}
 
==== The Hunters ====
==== The Fallen ====
The former rulers of the Southern Scadrians became known as the '''Fallen''' after they lost their authority due to the Ice Death, which is seen as their divine punishment. A member of the Fallen wears a plain, unpainted mask until he earns the right to wear an ornate one through some great achievement.{{book ref|mb6|22}} The Fallen were the kings before the Ice Death, and their simple masks are a punishment for having offended the Jaggenmire.
 
==== The Maskless ====
A people in the far south, on a separate landmass from the Elendel Basin and Malwish Consortium. It is unknown if this is one nation, or a collection of peoples. They are not part of the Malwish Consortium.{{map ref|Scadrial}}
 
They are most likely the [[Deniers of Masks]] mentioned by [[Allik]], who actively shun masks and are considered quite dangerous by the rest of Southern Scadrial.{{book ref|mb6|21}}
 
=== Religion ===
The Southern Scadrians worship the '''[[Jaggenmire]]''', an entity composed of two beings who are always one and always apart. The Jaggenmire is made up of '''Herr''' and his sister-wife '''Frue''', who is also his wife. The Southern Scadrians believe that Herr can make things go and Frue can make things stop, though neither can make life on their own. They think of the Jaggenmire as acausal, having always been separate, and always been together, simultaneously. These concepts have been compared to [[Preservation]] and [[Ruin]], and how both now exist in [[Harmony]]. The Southern Scadrians believe that their kings did something to offend the Jaggenmire, causing the Ice Death.{{book ref|mb6|22}}
 
The Southern Scadrians also worship the Sovereign, the person who saved them following the Ice Death. He taught them to revere Metalborn, who they consider pieces of God. They believe that he created the Bands of Mourning and hid them in the mountains for him to use upon his return. Some clans believe that this warning was intended as a test and that the Southern Scadrians have to prove themselves by finding the Bands.{{book ref|mb6|21}} Others, the Hunters, believe that the Bands should be destroyed.{{book ref|mb6|22}}
 
=== Technology ===
The Southern Scadrians are more technologically advanced than the Northern Scadrians in many ways. The Sovereign gavegives them the Excisors[[Excisor]]s, devices that allowedallow them to create '''medallions''', a type of [[Feruchemy#Unsealed_Metalminds|unsealed metalmind]], that grant the power of Feruchemical brass.{{book ref|mb6|21}} They later reverse-engineeredengineer these medallions to grant other Feruchemical powers. Notably, they use iron medallions to allow many people to store their weight, leading to their development of airships.
 
The process of creating the medallions requires both Metalborn and the [[Excisor]]sExcisors. The Southern Scadrians also constructed medallions with several types of metal, granting the wearer several Feruchemical powers at once. Wearing multiple medallions at once does not work, as the medallions interfere with each other. Exactly how medallions are made is a trade secret within the Malwish consortium.{{book ref|mb7|9}}
 
When the crew of the [[Brunstell]] is saved they are given guns by Allik and Steris to fight the Set. A short time later they are seen wielding the weapons, so it’s safe to assume they know how guns work, which shows that they have guns in the south as well.{{cite}}
 
While talking to Wax, Harmony reflects on the limited progress the people of Elendel have made since the remaking of Scadrial due to the benevolent environment of the Basin, mentioning "...others, who were nearly destroyed", and implies they are significantly more advanced than those in the Basin.
 
They have access to something called [[ettmetal]], which is a.k.a. kind of metal that has not yet been discovered in the northHarmonium. Among other things, ettmetal is used to fuel the Southern airships.{{book ref|mb6|22}}
 
== Notable People ==
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== Theories ==
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It is not known exactly what the "Unknown Metals" of the Southerners are. These may be the 32 alloys of [[atium]] and [[lerasium]] theorised about in the Ars Arcanum of [[The Alloy of Law]], although this is unlikely, as they have never been shown to have any access to either [[atium]] or [[lerasium]]. They may be the [[Trellium|unidentified silver and red metal]] used by Paalm to create her hemalurgic spikes. It may also be [[ettmetal]].
 
== Trivia ==
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