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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
== Organization ==
The Canton of Inquisition was formed sometime during the sixth century of the Lord Ruler's reign. This Canton was the one to suggest the [[Terris]] breeding programs to the Lord Ruler in order to keep the Terris population under control. The Lord Ruler agreed to it provisionally, and the programs were then kept until the collapse of the Final Empire. However, the subjugation of the Terris people started far before the Canton of Inquisition created the idea of the breeding programs.{{book ref|mb3|44}}
The Inquisitors themselves didn't belong to the regular chain of command in the Steel Ministry, but were ranked below the Lord Prelan. Through [[
==== Buildings ====
*Lord Prelan [[Tevidian]]: Canton of Orthodoxy
*[[Bendal]]: Canton of Inquisition
*[[
*High Prelan [[Arriev]]: Canton of Finance
*Prelan [[Laird]]: Canton of Finance
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