Difference between revisions of "Steel Inquisitor"

Although created from humans, they wereare physiologically and mentally distinct.{{wob ref|7713}}{{wob ref|2615}} They couldcan, however, still mate with humans.{{wob ref|5530}} Children from Steel Inquisitors are more likely to havebe AllomancyAllomancers compared to children from two humans, but the strength of Allomancy and Feruchemy would still weaken over time.{{wob ref|4148}}{{wob ref|12858}} There are also complications that can happen with the children of an Inquisitor.{{wob ref|4148}} Steel Inquisitors have slightly longer lifespans compared to humans.{{wob ref|5532}}

{{image|Inquisitor.jpg|Common binding points for creating a Steel Inquisitor|side=leftright|width=250px}}

To create an Inquisitor, metal spikes are inserted at various points in the subject's body by hammering the metal spike through the heart of a [[Misting]] or [[Feruchemist]] into the new Inquisitor; this reduces the loss of power through the Hemalurgic process, due to the spike spending a minimal amount of time outside of a body. These spikes, now Hemalurgically charged, tear into and forcibly splice information from the victim to the subject's [[Spiritwebspiritweb]]. This process moves vital organs, allowing the spikes to be inserted practically anywhere without fatally wounding the subject.{{book ref|mb3|41}} The process is not painless for either person involved, as both violent changes to the Spiritwebspiritweb and having metal spikes driven into one's body causes pain. The [[steel]] spikes inserted into eye sockets allow the Inquisitor to navigate via the blue Allomantic lines from the traces of metals in everything. The spikes create a chain in an Inquisitor's body, and there is a central spike or 'linchpin spike' that acts as a connector to the lower and upper spikes. If this spike is removed, the Inquisitor dies. A linchpin is needed to avoid deadly side effects if four or more spikes are used on an Inquisitor.{{file ref| Hemalurgy table.jpg | Hemalurgy Table}}

CreatingInquisitors anare Inquisitortypically bestowsgranted many Allomantic and some Feruchemical abilities to(detailed the[[Steel subject,Inquisitor#Powers|below]]). These abilities are granted on top of the Inquisitor's own natural Allomantic powers (if any), meaningand any abilities the subject had prior to the transformation are augmented by the spikes. As such, Mistborn and Seekers were the preferred subjects, as their increased Seeking ability would allow them to pierce [[coppercloud|copperclouds]]s.{{book ref|mb3|37}}{{book ref|mb3|45}}

There ofare forty -seven totalknown bindpoints that can be used for an Inquisitor. Eleven are physical, twelve are mental, twelve are temporal, and twelve are spiritual.{{file ref| Hemalurgy table.jpg | Hemalurgy Table}} There are no differences in bindpoints between males and females.{{wob ref|5533}} IfTo agrant Steelevery Inquisitorpossible wouldAllomantic wantand every baseFeruchemical power, forit bothwould Allomancy and Feruchemy,take thirty two spikes would(one befor each power) plus a neededlinchpin, leaving room for fifteenfourteen extra spikes.

Steel Inquisitors were very powerful and - with Feruchemical healing - nearly invincible. Rumors in the skaa underground held that Inquisitors were immortal, that they could see into people's souls, and that they were warriors with no equal.{{book ref|mb1|3}} However, removing spikes from an Inquisitor could effectively kill itthem, most notably the linchpin spike located between the shoulder blades. This was a weakness built into them by The Lord Ruler. Similarly, Inquisitors could not survive a beheading. Removing one eye spike is not enough to kill most Inquisitors. Inquisitors also require much more rest and sleep than a normal human would, which may be related to the burden placed upon their souls by the nature of their transformations.{{book ref|mb7|part=ars}}

Another major weakness in Inquisitors came from the Hemalurgic spikes they bore, though this was not a problem before Ruin was released. Any spike in a person allows for influence to be more easily pushed on a personthem via the tears in their Spiritwebspiritweb. These tears allow forcertain peopleAllomancers to control a Hemalurgic construct using Allomancy. This weakness is also present in both [[kandra]] and [[koloss]]. This alsoweakness allowed them to be controlled by [[Ruin]] - the more spikes they had, the greater the weakness was. However, the stronger a creature's will, the more it can resist that influence or even break free from it for a time. Because of their Hemalurgic origins, all Steel Inquisitors were able to hear the voice of Ruin.

{{image|Hemalurgy table.jpg|Possible bind points and abilities for Inquisitors {{file ref| Hemalurgy table.jpg | Hemalurgy Table}}|side=right|widthheight=300px}}

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. NotThe allnumber Inquisitorsof hadspikes anvaried; atiumMarsh spikehad eleven pre-Collapse, norand couldafter allthe ofCollapse theman Inquisitor at Vetitan had a tapnew healthone. DuringAfter theRuin timetook control of Kelsierthem, however,Marsh mostwas hadgiven those10 more spikes, making him the most powerful Inquisitor.{{book ref|mb3|13}}

Inquisitors who had been made from Mistborn were notably more powerful, having their Allomantic abilities almost doubled. Some of the Inquisitors who obtained Feruchemical spikes also discovered how to compound, gaining more power from their [[metalmind]]s. This is not something the Lord Ruler taught the Inquisitors. Compounding was something they had to figure out themselves.{{wob ref|5484}}

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Marsh* isKelsier was not the onlyfirst knownperson survivingto kill a Steel Inquisitor.{{wob ref|15168}}