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m (→‎Powers: Kelsier can see that way without burning anything so the Inquisitors might be the same)
All Inquisitors exhibit a high tolerance to pain and most forms of physical damage. Depending on which Hemalurgic spikes the Inquisitor had, their abilities could vary immensely. The number of spikes varied; Marsh had eleven pre-Collapse, and after the Collapse an Inquisitor at Vetitan had a new one. After Ruin took control of them, Marsh was given 10 more spikes, making him the most powerful Inquisitor.{{book ref|mb3|13}}
 
* Steel spikes: Inquisitors had five steel spikes. They had one spike in their back between their shoulder blades, which sealed together all the other spikes. Then they had one spike in each eye and two between the ribs, to give them the four Allomantic Physical Powers (iron, steel, tin, and pewter).{{book ref|mb3|5}} With the spike through their eyes, Inquisitors weren't able to see normally, but they could see via the blue lines that appeared when they burned iron or steel; in fact, it is possible that they didn't need to burn anything to see the lines.{{book ref|mb7|epilogue|4}}
* Bronze spikes: Inquisitors had four bronze spikes between the ribs, to give them the four Allomantic Mental Powers (zinc, brass, copper, and bronze).{{book ref|mb3|5}} The Ministry often made Inquisitors from people who already had the power to reveal Allomancy by burning bronze (either [[Allomancer#Mistborn|Mistborn]] or [[Seeker]]s), so that the spike would enhance that power beyond the normal amount, and allow them to pierce copperclouds.{{epigraph ref|mb3|45}}
* Atium spike: Most Inquisitors were able to see into other people's futures by burning atium.{{book ref|mb1|34}} This would've been gained by an atium spike. It was located in their chest.{{book ref|mb1|Epilogue}} Not all Inquisitors had this spike.
* Gold spike: Most Inquisitors had a gold spike between the ribs to give them the Hybrid Feruchemy ability to store health.{{ref|text=The early editions of the books said Feruchemical healing was granted by pewter spikes,{{epigraph ref|mb3|36}}, even though the hemalurgy table says pewter spikes only give Physical Feruchemical abilities.{{file ref|Hemalurgy table.jpg|Hemalurgy Table}} And the early editions didn't mention the health spike in The Hero of Ages chapter 5.{{book ref|mb3|5}} Later editions of the books changed that to a gold spike in both places.}} Not all Inquisitors had this ability;{{wob ref|10123}} those who did often spent much of their time resting so as to store up reserves of health.{{epigraph ref|mb3|36}}
* Pewter spikes: Gained after Ruin's release, the Inquisitor at Vetitan had a pewter spike through his heart which granted the Physical Feruchemical ability to store physical speed.{{book ref|mb3|5}}
* Brass spikes: Gained after Ruin's release, granted Cognitive Feruchemical abilities, such as mental speed.{{wob ref|3868}}
 
==Trivia==
* The early editions of the books said Feruchemical healing was granted by pewter spikes,{{epigraph ref|mb3|36}}, even though the Hemalurgic table says pewter spikes only give Physical Feruchemical abilities.{{file ref|Hemalurgy table.jpg|Hemalurgy Table}} The early editions didn't mention the health spike in The Hero of Ages chapter 5.{{book ref|mb3|5}} Later editions of the books changed that to a gold spike in both places.
* A group of Inquisitors is called a murder.{{msh ref|6|7}}
* Kelsier was not the first person to kill a Steel Inquisitor.{{wob ref|15168}}
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