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The '''Steel Ministry''' is the religion and the government bureaucracy of the [[Final Empire]]. It is made up of various divisions, named Cantons, and the members of the Ministry are called obligators. The [[Inquisitors]] are also part of the Steel Ministry.
One of the main functions of the Ministry is to witness a myriad of contracts and agreements, even something as simple as promise to come to a game of [[shelldry]].{{book ref|mb1|23}} The nobility pay the [[Lord Ruler]] for their services in a manner similar to that of renting [[skaa]].{{book ref|mb1|prologue}} As the authority in bureaucratic matters, any mercantile contracts, divorces, weddings, land purchases, inheritances, or any other important dealings could only be authorized by obligators. If one of the Ministry hasn't witnessed an event or sealed a document, it might as well not have happened or have been written.{{book ref|mb1|23}} However, obligators are also used to witness less formal agreements, such as meetings between friends.{{book ref|mb1|23}}
== Organization ==
The Steel Ministry is organized into subsections named Cantons. The priests are called obligators and the Steel Inquisitors are obligators who have been [[Hemalurgy|Hemalurgically]] granted all the powers of a [[Allomancy|Mistborn]]. Each Canton of the Ministry runs a specific part of the Empire's government.
=== Canton of Finance ===
An obligator is needed to witness or approve anything significant going on in the Final Empire. Without their approval, agreements and contracts aren't morally or legally binding.{{book ref|mb2|part=ars}} Any legal assassination requires the Ministry's approval, usually through bribery.{{wob ref|5498}} Obligators, in addition to witnessing agreements, run all public works in the Final Empire. They oversee programs such as sewage and engineering, and most of the head engineers who design city plans are obligators themselves.{{wob ref|3045}}
In addition to their bureaucratic functions, the obligators serve as the Lord Ruler's religious leaders. They teach the Lord Ruler's religion to skaa and noblemen alike.{{wob ref|5422}} The obligators determine who the nobility is allowed to marry as part of their religious duties.{{book ref|mb1|23}} Obligators are allowed to be married.{{wob ref|1077}} Those who become an obligator forfeit their surname.{{wob ref|7690}} The Lord Ruler requires more devotion from the obligators; they practice religious worship and have to maintain a religious air that is unnecessary for nobles. Some of the religious practices for the Steel Ministry include daily prayers and ceremonies to the Lord Ruler.{{wob ref|7695}}
{{Image|noorden.jpeg|Noorden, an obligator|side=right|width=255px}}
Obligators are distinguished by their shaved heads and intricate black tattoos around their eyes that signify rank and Canton membership.{{book ref|mb1|1}}{{book ref|mb1|27}} They typically wear dark grey robes.
==== Known Obligators ====
*Lord Prelan [[Tevidian]]: Canton of Orthodoxy
*[[Bendal]]: Canton of Inquisition
*[[Kar]]: Canton of Inquisition
*High Prelan [[Arriev]]: Canton of Finance
*Prelan [[Laird]]: Canton of Finance
*Prelan [[Aradan Yomen]]: Canton of Resource{{book ref|mb2|27}}{{wob ref|7766}}
*[[Noorden]]: Canton of Orthodoxy{{book ref|mb3|40}}
*[[Marsh]]: Canton of Inquisition
== History ==
After the Collapse of the Final Empire, the Steel Ministry remained in various forms, depending on the local ruler.
==== The New Empire
King [[Elend Venture]] used Steel Ministry facilities as his government buildings. In Luthadel, Elend used a low-ceilinged room, similar to a lecture hall, in the Canton of Finance headquarters as an assembly hall for the [[Luthadel Assembly]]'s meetings. He remodeled the building so that civilians could come and watch the Assembly proceedings.{{book ref|mb2|10}}
[[Category:Steel Ministry| ]]
[[Category:Hemalurgy|*]]
[[es:Ministerio del Acero]]
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